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- Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let's See Your.......... Boats!!!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3823
Re: Let's See Your.......... Boats!!!
My 11' Eagle Canoe. (don't laugh, it's paid for :wink:) It weigh 45 pounds - less than 1/4 my weight. Last time I was out fishing I hooked into a Ulua (Giant Trevally - Caranx ignoblis) that towed me around for almost an hour before the hook finally pulled lose. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: France again!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1457
Re: France again!
I hate to say anything nice about the lady, but I think Hillary has more stomach for military response than our feckless current leader. ...except that she doesn't like her sleep disturbed when our ambassador is being murdered, then lies to the world to cover up her gross negligence. BAD ENOGH THAT...
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Found something cool
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3288
Re: Found something cool
hIRE A NON-CLAUSROPHOBIC MIDGET
- Sun Jul 17, 2016 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Orlando, Flvisit. Any levergun stuff ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1107
Orlando, Flvisit. Any levergun stuff ?
B een to Disney. Any good gun stores? I'll be there Labor Day weekend. Anyplace I can by a case of MRE's? Any black powder places of interest?
- Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Don't forget, Father's Day is coming... be careful out there
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1788
Re: Don't forget, Father's Day is coming... be careful out t
Sixgun wrote:Nice helpful little tykes!
On another note, Fathers Day is the most confusing day in the inner cities. ----6
Nasty; small
- Fri May 13, 2016 9:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gummint employees
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1638
Re: Gummint employees
Here in the Great Lakes, USCG has finally decided it need not completely paint every new vessel put into service. Finally dawned on them that this is fresh water, not corrosive salt sea-water.
- Sat Apr 09, 2016 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bush's beans factory and bean doctorin'
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1464
Re: Bush's beans factory and bean doctorin'
"some I know have been with them for over 40 years, good folks!!"
Must be if they have not moved all their job to china.
Honest to gosh, I saw a can of mushrooms in the grocer store that said, "Made in china" on the label.
Must be if they have not moved all their job to china.
Honest to gosh, I saw a can of mushrooms in the grocer store that said, "Made in china" on the label.
- Sat Apr 09, 2016 5:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Knife talk: Marbles' 'military' picket knife
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2500
Re: Knife talk: Marbles' 'military' picket knife
Live in MI. Word here is that Marbles failed to keep up with modern marketing. For instance, they kept putting bottle openers on pocket knives 10 years after twist-off caps became universal.
- Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Three Men in a Restaurant
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1447
Re: Three Men in a Restaurant
My police dept. made everybody on a disability return annually to see the department doctor. PIA for a lot of them who had moved across the country to warmed climates. Assigned in the same building as the medical section, I used to see my buddy return. He'd had an high speed accident chasing a murde...
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Biting my lip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1972
Re: Biting my lip
Wife paid $1700 to the Colt custom shop for a gift for me. Took it apart to clean & base pin would not fit. Called Colt & they said send it back under warranty, and that they had a 180 day turn around policy. Too embarrassed to explain to my wife why I could not shoot it, I drove to Magnapor...
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Uncle Sam blunders again
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3940
Re: Uncle Sam blunders again
I'll tell you what to expect - give back Guantanamo to that old fanny burp Raul Castro.Hawkeye2 wrote:Feds failed to legally protect Yosemite Park's name; corporation now owns the name and suing US for $M's."
What can you expect from a country that gave away the Panama Canal?
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Uncle Sam blunders again
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3940
Re: Uncle Sam blunders again
"What kind of lawyer would even take the case?"
How can they lose? Government itself granted / issued the trademark. What else would the corporation have to prove?
How can they lose? Government itself granted / issued the trademark. What else would the corporation have to prove?
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Uncle Sam blunders again
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3940
Re: Uncle Sam blunders again
Feds failed to legally protect Yosemite Park's name; corporation now owns the name and suing US for $M's. Park service remiss; another gov't agency gave it away to a business. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/21/a-private-company-trademarked-the-phrase-yosemite-national-pa...
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Uncle Sam blunders again
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3940
Uncle Sam blunders again
Feds failed to legally protect Yosemite Park's name; corporation now owns the name and suing US for $M's. Park service remiss; another gov't agency gave it away to a business. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/21/a-private-company-trademarked-the-phrase-yosemite-national-par...
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: strange story from WWII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3310
Re: strange story from WWII
:wink: When Buds are talking around the campfire, it's really not cool to blow wind in their face....Seriously, you'd never be asked to another campfire. :( You might know it, and everyone might know it, but STFU :mrgreen:[/quote] I appreciate your advice but my mom told me a stories about a kid who...
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: strange story from WWII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3310
Re: strange story from WWII
I said I hoped it was true. I'm not the one who published a different internet account for the world to consider. It's really not the kind of story that tolerates inconsistent versions well & one would think a kinsman would take particular care to accurately retell such a remarkable story in an ...
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Am I a curmudgeon, or what??
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3899
Re: Am I a curmudgeon, or what??
"I hate the whole tipping thing. Why don't they pay employees what they're worth, charge for the product accordingly and just let us pay and leave? I don't have to tip the guy at the parts counter or feed store or anywhere else. Why the surcharge on anything that goes into the mouth? AND, why m...
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: strange story from WWII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3310
Re: strange story from WWII
Took 45-50 seconds on internet to find inconsistencies in the ways gut told this story throughout his life.
Hope story is true, and more and better besides.
Hope story is true, and more and better besides.
- Sat Mar 19, 2016 5:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Seen on another board
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1468
Re: Seen on another board
cf. inconsistency on trueorfalse.com
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Way, way OT from gun interests; bought a soroban
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2888
Way, way OT from gun interests; bought a soroban
Can anybody give me some advice about using a soroban? Trying to teach myself to use a Japanese abacus & can't find anybody who even knows what it is.
tia
tia
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rocket Stove/Mass Heater
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2714
Re: Rocket Stove/Mass Heater
Y'all should make some wine. You look like Italian peasants crushing grapes.
Neat pic of white dog. It has already staked out a warm spot for sleeping!
Neat pic of white dog. It has already staked out a warm spot for sleeping!
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1491
Re: Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
Everyone's Irish on 3/17. My black law partner was swearing a green boutonniere yesterday.
May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend!
May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend!
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Am I a curmudgeon, or what??
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3899
Re: Am I a curmudgeon, or what??
Amazing you trust paper currency. Why are you so afraid to accept day-to-day, commonplace, commercial progress?
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snake load
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3481
Re: Snake load
Green snakes are harmless. No need to kill them. They make nice pets.
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making my own cap & ball wads
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2955
Re: Making my own cap & ball wads
How much lube is soaked up? Just one piece of .125 durofelt per one pound of wax/tallow?
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this true
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2744
Re: Is this true
Ollie North was a liar & a criminal.
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Watching B&W cowboy channel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1726
Re: Watching B&W cowboy channel
"Indians mount a horse on the right side" Yes. Hence the equestrian jargon, "Indian broke" for a horse which has been taught to be mounted from the right. Or, today, about a horse trained to accept a rider from either side. Napoleon Bonaparte was left handed and rode an 'Indian b...
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Watching B&W cowboy channel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1726
Re: Watching B&W cowboy channel
I'm more native than you. I believe the buffalo will return.
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Watching B&W cowboy channel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1726
Watching B&W cowboy channel
Cheyenne on right now. Sun sets, Native Americans have cowboys surrounded. 2 Indians start making coyote calls but guys in white hats recognize sounds as phony. I've seen this 124 times in different, old cowboy movies. Why do the indians always make those sounds at nigh? What are they saying or what...
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 8:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3250 .22s At A Decent Price
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1392
Re: 3250 .22s At A Decent Price
good price Seems like I have been seeing posts for 3-4 years claiming a new .22lr factory was opening in Arkansas, or Al or ID or NYC next month or next year and that ammo would be 2¢ each. Saw a post here not long ago about reloading .38Sp for a dime. I'd rather shoot .38 than .22. Saw a physician...
- Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Robert Duvall...ever in any BAD movies...???
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4543
Re: Robert Duvall...ever in any BAD movies...???
Girl's pistol misfires.
Ned says, "They will dooo it"
Ned says, "They will dooo it"
- Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Vintage 1940's Boo Fly Rod Restoration.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1829
Re: Vintage 1940's Boo Fly Rod Restoration.
"I don't think the fish know the difference between an $80.00 rod and a $3,000.00 rod anyway "
Told my business partner I'd help him make a fly rod. Instead he dropped $5C. Busted it first time he took it out.
Told my business partner I'd help him make a fly rod. Instead he dropped $5C. Busted it first time he took it out.
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why would we want to keep our guns
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3343
Re: Why would we want to keep our guns
When someone pulled that, " I killed them all'" trick on me, I used to lock them up for violating our state law against false police report. Never convicted anyone but saw to it they spent 12-15 hours in the precinct lockup. It's all becoming clear. So you abused your police powers to arr...
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thought experiment: if you were a Name In Hollyweird...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1660
Re: Thought experiment: if you were a Name In Hollyweird...
A lot of good bible stories have made it to the movies yet.
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got a call from United Cancer Support Foundation
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2877
Re: Got a call from United Cancer Support Foundation
Ever since I applied for SS retirement benefits, I get emails & calls trying to sell me a funerary casket.
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Oscars
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3512
Re: The Oscars
"These people won't be happy until they eliminate the white race which is racism aint it?" I'm not white. I guess I must be one of "those people". However, like many of 'us' my Christian principles do not allow me to wish the elimination of the white race. May I assume you are on...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Nice article about seal being honored today with MOH
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2699
Re: Nice article about seal being honored today with MOH
Certainly a cheap assessment of a genuine hero's actions. Why do you think he volunteered for Seal training?sore shoulder wrote:All I can think is I hope that Dr was worth a navy SEAL's life.
Shame on you.
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why would we want to keep our guns
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3343
Re: Why would we want to keep our guns
"Rural' people rarely display the arrogance of wanting to force 'urban' people to adopt their way of life, but too many spoiled insulated urbanites think nothing of forcing their narrow world-view on those in rural areas." So why do rural folk insist on police response like they'd have if ...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Ice Castles"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 986
Re: "Ice Castles"
Neat! We have those in the summers too, here in Detroit.
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How do you store your gunleather?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1761
Re: How do you store your gunleather?
Did you buy the milk crate or just 'borrow' it? Do you know what those things cost a dairy?marlinman93 wrote:In a milk crate under my loading bench. High tech!
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 8:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Nice article about seal being honored today with MOH
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2699
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got busted carrying concealed
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4197
Re: Got busted carrying concealed
Maybe that Hawaiian shirt thing works west of the Mississippi.
Dead giveaway where I live. I locked up at least 2-3 different guys just on hunches they were concealing something. I figured it'd be dope, but it was gun each time.
But, Hawaiian shirts are not common here.
Dead giveaway where I live. I locked up at least 2-3 different guys just on hunches they were concealing something. I figured it'd be dope, but it was gun each time.
But, Hawaiian shirts are not common here.
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got busted carrying concealed
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4197
Re: Got busted carrying concealed
Maybe it's because I spend most of day in downtown Detroit, but I'd be reluctant to ask a stranger about what kind of firearm they're carrying. Hereabouts, everyone carries but few have the required license.
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 5:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most beautiful actress of the 1960s?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9877
Re: Most beautiful actress of the 1960s?
Wrong response by about 30 years.Tycer wrote:Jodi Foster
If you can count her, I'd add Joey Heatherton.
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The score: .357 Mag levergun-1, golf ball-0
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1955
Re: The score: .357 Mag levergun-1, golf ball-0
Golf is a dumb game. Hit a ball, walk a mile, hit again, walk again.
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thinking of brass blackening on Henry
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5126
Re: Thinking of brass blackening on Henry
I bought a used .44 last month with supposedly only 14 rounds through it and a .357 a week later, which I ordered as brand new. Neither has 'clearcoat' on them. Both began tarnishing as soon as I began handling them. Disappointing. Shooting buddy is a metallurgist. He says the 'brass' is an alloy Th...
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For you older guys....
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4906
Re: For you older guys....
Always coveted a Ruger .22 pistol. Bought one on impulse.
Traded it away the next week. What a dud.
Similarly, wanted a Colt SAA. $1700, bought it on a humble & everybody asked if I was gonna shoot it or just put it in a drawer or safe. I shoot it every day.
Traded it away the next week. What a dud.
Similarly, wanted a Colt SAA. $1700, bought it on a humble & everybody asked if I was gonna shoot it or just put it in a drawer or safe. I shoot it every day.
- Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Value of once fired brass
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1511
Re: Value of once fired brass
jdad wrote:The going price has dropped to around $1-$1.50 per pound.
January prices.
Below $1 last week.
- Sun Feb 21, 2016 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thinking of brass blackening on Henry
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5126
Re: Thinking of brass blackening on Henry
Sacrilege.
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Western Movie Feb. 2016...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4082
Re: New Western Movie Feb. 2016...
Is Donald Sutherland as warped in real life as he appears in movies? Is there something like a-wrong with that man?