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by don Tomás
Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday - don Tomás & the US Airforce!
Replies: 7
Views: 852

Re: Happy Birthday - don Tomás & the US Airforce!

Thanks everybody! Yes, the USAF is a bit older, but not by much...

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by don Tomás
Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ot Happy Birthday JohndeFresno
Replies: 12
Views: 2002

Re: ot Happy Birthday JohndeFresno

Me 'n Marilyn want to with you Happy Happy, John. Be seein' you at Herb Bauer's... :D
by don Tomás
Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: B25 and B17 over Arizona
Replies: 16
Views: 1931

Re: B25 and B17 over Arizona

Amazing the way the video was shot, almost looked like one of those computer generated animations. Thanks for the link!
by don Tomás
Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - gator sign
Replies: 19
Views: 3160

Re: OT - gator sign

RIHMFIRE wrote:tastes like chicken...............really they do!
Hikers and Bikers??? :roll:
by don Tomás
Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Chiappa 1886 .45-70
Replies: 26
Views: 5472

Re: Chiappa 1886 .45-70

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:lol: Welcome to the fire! :lol:
by don Tomás
Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- fanny packs for CCW
Replies: 24
Views: 2708

Re: OT- fanny packs for CCW

I've carried my Officer's Model for years in my "man bag" (as the kids called it - I prefer to call it my "European shoulder bag" :D ). I keep my in-the-pant holster in the front zippered area along with extra magazines. In discussions about carrying systems, JimT pointed out tha...
by don Tomás
Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer Request
Replies: 25
Views: 2824

Re: Prayer Request

Knee mail sent...
by don Tomás
Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Model 94 Mare's Leg
Replies: 34
Views: 5839

Re: Model 94 Mare's Leg

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by don Tomás
Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer Request
Replies: 23
Views: 2385

Re: OT - Prayer Request

KneeMail sent...
by don Tomás
Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blazer .45 ACP warning
Replies: 8
Views: 1454

Re: Blazer .45 ACP warning

Thanks for the heads up!
by don Tomás
Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Train Rescue
Replies: 4
Views: 576

Re: OT- Train Rescue

I guess when its not your time, its not your time... :shock:
by don Tomás
Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer Request for family...
Replies: 23
Views: 1824

Re: Way O.T. Prayers needed.

Prayers up...
by don Tomás
Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sayonara, y'all
Replies: 20
Views: 2676

Re: Sayonara, y'all

Have a blast Mike, and keep an eye on the WX...
by don Tomás
Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Raccoon Warning
Replies: 18
Views: 1892

OT - Raccoon Warning

Found this sign when I took the grand kids to Dennis The Menace Park, Monterey Ca. Just in case you thought those were Milk Duds on your next field trip... :wink:

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by don Tomás
Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Happy VJ Day!
Replies: 7
Views: 730

Re: OT - Happy VJ Day!

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by don Tomás
Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Prayer request-update-update
Replies: 26
Views: 2128

Re: OT Prayer request

Prayers up...
by don Tomás
Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .45-70 Ammo for the Iditarod?
Replies: 20
Views: 3167

.45-70 Ammo for the Iditarod?

I have a buddy who is hoping to run the Iditarod in 2-3 years time. His team is assembled and training. He wanted to have a gun available on the sled, even though he's not crazy about the added weight. I convinced him to go with the Marlin Guide Gun: simple, reliable, easy to operate & maintain ...
by don Tomás
Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: The Call You Hope You Never Get...
Replies: 89
Views: 8090

Re: OT: The Call You Hope You Never Get...

Prayers up...
by don Tomás
Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: ham radio "Field Day" tomorrow
Replies: 4
Views: 333

Re: OT: ham radio "Field Day" tomorrow

Always a blast - I used to go for points using a WWII hand-crank generator powering my HeathKit HW-8 into a simple dipole. My boys, now grown, would do all the cranking. Good times... :D
by don Tomás
Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Also 50 years ago today...
Replies: 13
Views: 1131

Re: Also 50 years ago today...

Congratulations!
by don Tomás
Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - "Top Shot"
Replies: 28
Views: 2508

Re: OT - "Top Shot"

Not experts except in the media hype that is advertising. Let me put it this way, I almost signed up for it... but, know I'm a lousy wing shooter. It was open to a lot of folks. There was some talk of it on the SASS Wire forum... with links of where/how to sign up. My ego is too fragile to put myse...
by don Tomás
Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - "Top Shot"
Replies: 28
Views: 2508

Re: OT - "Top Shot"

Thought the show was great, so did the Mrs. Kinda like Survivor, Hells Kitchen, Chopped, and Biggest Loser all rolled into one (except with guns).

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by don Tomás
Mon May 24, 2010 1:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Coral Snake Again
Replies: 31
Views: 4863

Re: OT - Coral Snake Again

According to 5/24/10 Tampa tribune: Coral snake antivenin supply running out (link) TAMPA - Here's something you don't want to experience while cleaning out dead brush from under your deck: a nip on the finger from a slender yellow, red and black snake. If the color schemes follow the "red-to-y...
by don Tomás
Wed May 19, 2010 11:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor: Senior road trip
Replies: 5
Views: 568

Re: Humor: Senior road trip

:lol: :lol: :lol:
I am laughing, but only just a little as I am findin' out this gettin' old stuff is not :cry: for the feint of heart! :D
by don Tomás
Sun May 16, 2010 12:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ysable Kid
Replies: 24
Views: 1429

Re: OT HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ysable Kid

Happy Birthday, Brother Jay. Hope you're felling better and hope that the early BDay present from your daughter has run it's course and is through with the family...
by don Tomás
Sat May 08, 2010 12:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: O/T Up Front by Bill Mauldin
Replies: 16
Views: 2254

Re: O/T Up Front by Bill Mauldin

One of my favorites:

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by don Tomás
Sun May 02, 2010 6:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage Picture Of The Day.
Replies: 22
Views: 1972

Re: Vintage Picture Of The Day.

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by don Tomás
Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Missing U.S. WW II Sub Found By Film Crew
Replies: 17
Views: 1953

OT - Missing U.S. WW II Sub Found By Film Crew

Missing U.S. WW II Sub Found By Film Crew (link) TORONTO, March 30 (UPI) -- A Toronto television production company says it has located the wreckage of a missing U.S. submarine that was sunk in 1944 in the South China Sea. http://www.upi.com/r/m/story/12699752121943/Missing-US-WW-II-submarine-found...
by don Tomás
Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT seeing an old movie
Replies: 1
Views: 297

Re: OT seeing an old movie

I saw that movie at the drive in (1962?). I remember Bob Newhart doing his telephone schistick on a field phone inside a blockhouse that they knew the Germans had tapped. Didn't a flamethrower go up on James Colburn's back? Good flick that you rarely find on late nite TV.... http://www.boomerangshop...
by don Tomás
Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Prayer request for my Brother
Replies: 30
Views: 2096

Re: OT: Prayer request for my Brother

Done & done...
by don Tomás
Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9422 or 10-22
Replies: 44
Views: 5181

Re: 9422 or 10-22

2ndovc wrote:
Hobie wrote:Oh, and the 10/22 has a lot of aftermarket stuff like this M1 kit.
Oh Great! Something else I have to get!! :D

jb 8)
Yeah, thanks a lot Hobie! [/sarcasm] :D :D

Too cool...

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by don Tomás
Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - MikroKopter For The Aircraft Buffs
Replies: 9
Views: 872

OT - MikroKopter For The Aircraft Buffs

Never seen a helo design like this. The maneuverability is not to be believed...

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(video link)
by don Tomás
Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Expensive .45-70 Garden Gun
Replies: 6
Views: 664

Re: Expensive .45-70 Garden Gun

I guess I don't get out much, I never knew such a thing existed. Water cooled no less! Thanks for the post and the history lesson...
by don Tomás
Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - You Can Take The Boy Out Of The South...
Replies: 7
Views: 914

Re: Humor - You Can Take The Boy Out Of The South...

BlaineG wrote:Can you imagine Daisy in a Burka? :twisted:
by don Tomás
Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - You Can Take The Boy Out Of The South...
Replies: 7
Views: 914

Humor - You Can Take The Boy Out Of The South...

...but you can't take the South out of the boy!
by don Tomás
Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Marine Dissatisfied With HP Customer Support
Replies: 8
Views: 1115

OT - Marine Dissatisfied With HP Customer Support

Marine dissatisfied with HP customer support fixes the printer himself with an M240B (I thought it was an M60, thanks awp101)....
(Beware - one "expletive deleted" at the very end of the video clip)


Dissatisfied with HP Printer support/Customer Service (video link)
by don Tomás
Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30, 1....Skunk 0
Replies: 18
Views: 2250

Re: 30-30, 1....Skunk 0

Journey well to Valhalla, Pepe.... :D
by don Tomás
Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thoughts on Ruger's "Mini" series
Replies: 105
Views: 11043

Re: Thoughts on Ruger's "Mini" series

I've had the stainless Mini-30 for years. Only problem I ever had were hard primers with a case of Wolf ammo. A stronger hammer spring from Midway took care of the problem. Its taken its share of yotes off the hood of the wood truck. Guess I'm old school: went with the Mini-30 (vs Mini-14 or AR) bec...
by don Tomás
Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Sneek peek at Miss Febuary
Replies: 35
Views: 2460

Re: OT Sneek peek at Miss Febuary

What great pics! Thanks...
by don Tomás
Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just a mention of appreciation for Hobie.
Replies: 37
Views: 2781

Re: Just a mention of appreciation for Hobie.

Well, Hobie, all I can say (again) is:

我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚 [我的气垫船充满了鳝鱼]
(Wǒ de qìdiànchuán zhuāngmǎn le shànyú)
(My hovercraft is full of eels!)

BTW, drove by DLI 2 weeks ago - still locked down tighter than a drum.

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by don Tomás
Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor -- Universal laws
Replies: 11
Views: 724

Re: Humor -- Universal laws

:D :D
by don Tomás
Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Prayer request
Replies: 32
Views: 2496

Re: OT - Prayer request

You bet, Kid. Prays up for her and the family. The prayer chain has been alerted...
Tom & Family
by don Tomás
Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Saturday Feb. 6th Snow Storm Pictures.
Replies: 12
Views: 2116

Re: Saturday Feb. 6th Snow Storm Pictures.

You just have to know how to handle those snowy day..... :D :D

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by don Tomás
Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer request
Replies: 35
Views: 1431

Re: Prayer request

Done, prayers up for you all...
by don Tomás
Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer Request For Me and Mine
Replies: 45
Views: 4355

Re: Prayer Request For Me and Mine

You bet, prays up...
by don Tomás
Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Way, way OT - cat problem
Replies: 22
Views: 2369

Re: Way, way OT - cat problem

New furniture? I suspect the cat & Mrs. YK are in cahoots... :D

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by don Tomás
Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - 1800 Yr Old Swiss (Roman) Army Knife
Replies: 11
Views: 889

Re: OT - 1800 Yr Old Swiss (Roman) Army Knife

Well, the Romans were not THAT smart.....The Copper Prophylactics never caught on at all........ :D :D What was that bit from History of The World Part 1 (Mel Brooks): (Marcus Vindictus searching for Greeks running through the streets of Rome...) Chemist (Henny Youngman): What are you looking for? ...