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02 November 2018
Officially Autumn
Here at Casa McThag we mark the end of summer with the swapping of the tops on The Precious!
Clear top is now installed until about April.
Clear top is now installed until about April.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Marv's number has been drawn to spend money on a CMP M1911A1!
Congratulations to Marv!
Since he sent his in at the last possible second, that probably means they've gotten through the whole pile and nothing for Angus...
Or I made a mistake filling out the tax-form like application.
Prolly never know.
Congratulations to Marv!
Since he sent his in at the last possible second, that probably means they've gotten through the whole pile and nothing for Angus...
Or I made a mistake filling out the tax-form like application.
Prolly never know.
01 November 2018
Housekeeping
If you've found your comment deleted, it is far more likely that it was deleted because of how you said it than what you said.
A reminder that you're a guest here is right there under the comment block.
You can disagree, we can debate, but you don't get to call me names. You don't get to insult me.
You're perfectly welcome to try again to say what you meant without being a prick about it.
I've never had to delete a comment where someone disagreed with me while the person was being somewhat polite. Even people I know in meatspace whom I will never speak civilly to again, if at all.
A reminder that you're a guest here is right there under the comment block.
You can disagree, we can debate, but you don't get to call me names. You don't get to insult me.
You're perfectly welcome to try again to say what you meant without being a prick about it.
I've never had to delete a comment where someone disagreed with me while the person was being somewhat polite. Even people I know in meatspace whom I will never speak civilly to again, if at all.
I Spell It Out
I'm old enough that it's always Eff Ay Ell and never Fal.
Hearing Ian or Erin saying Fal just trips a circuit breaker.
Hearing Ian or Erin saying Fal just trips a circuit breaker.
Why Was That Cap In My Bin?
I finally remembered why there was a 336A forearm tip in my parts bin.
Because we couldn't find one of these for Willard's 336C.
In our naivete we didn't realize that Marlin had used two different means of securing the forearm depending on the trim level of the rifle.
Because we couldn't find one of these for Willard's 336C.
31 October 2018
Conservatives Hate Jews?
I consider myself pretty conservative and I don't hate Jews.
Even if it were true, did the left ever consider that it could be a rational response to all the Jews whom hate us?
Schumer, Feinstein, Metzenbaum...
I certainly hate some Jews, but it's not because they're Jewish, it's because they're statist anti-gunners.
And I'm just hating them back.
Libtard Lenny is technically Jewish, I don't hate him. I just can't stand to be around him when he wants to talk politics. Unfortunately, that's all the time since Obama's second term. Harvey reports that he's gotten worse since Trump was elected. Again, it's politics and not his religion that makes us avoid him.
There's a few Jewish types in the several car clubs I associate with. I'd have never known except how they ordered dinner. Even a couple who won't eat dinner where the car-show is because it's not kosher if the kitchen is making bacon cheeseburgers; even if you don't order one.
But I don't hate a single Jew I know personally and I don't hate any Jew who's done me no wrong.
Except for a few liberal politicians, that's EVERY Jew.
I've no cause to hate the entire group. It's done nothing ill to me.
I don't understand why the hate is attributed to me; maybe it's because I'm white, straight and male.
But none dare reply to this bigotry by calling it racism, heterophobic or sexist.
Even if it were true, did the left ever consider that it could be a rational response to all the Jews whom hate us?
Schumer, Feinstein, Metzenbaum...
I certainly hate some Jews, but it's not because they're Jewish, it's because they're statist anti-gunners.
And I'm just hating them back.
Libtard Lenny is technically Jewish, I don't hate him. I just can't stand to be around him when he wants to talk politics. Unfortunately, that's all the time since Obama's second term. Harvey reports that he's gotten worse since Trump was elected. Again, it's politics and not his religion that makes us avoid him.
There's a few Jewish types in the several car clubs I associate with. I'd have never known except how they ordered dinner. Even a couple who won't eat dinner where the car-show is because it's not kosher if the kitchen is making bacon cheeseburgers; even if you don't order one.
But I don't hate a single Jew I know personally and I don't hate any Jew who's done me no wrong.
Except for a few liberal politicians, that's EVERY Jew.
I've no cause to hate the entire group. It's done nothing ill to me.
I don't understand why the hate is attributed to me; maybe it's because I'm white, straight and male.
But none dare reply to this bigotry by calling it racism, heterophobic or sexist.
It's A Common Thing
I had a row with a prominent person.
It triggered something of an existential crisis for me as a blogger.
I emerged knowing better who I am.
In a sense, I finally became me on my blog.
In the process I've found that there were people who preferred the almost-me from before to the actually me of now. The differences are kinda subtle, but there is definitely an audience who left.
And have been replaced by new readers!
I'm happier being me, and treating my interactions with some as I would treat them rather than as someone who's worried if they're going to be invited to the next Blogmeet.
I'm not going to be and it no longer bothers me.
I spent too long hoping that if I tailored my writing just so that one of the cliques would invite me into the sanctum and show me the secret handshake.
High School 2.0.
I remembered that I was far happier once I'd given up on joining a clique in High School Actual and the friends made from that decision have been life-long.
It triggered something of an existential crisis for me as a blogger.
I emerged knowing better who I am.
In a sense, I finally became me on my blog.
In the process I've found that there were people who preferred the almost-me from before to the actually me of now. The differences are kinda subtle, but there is definitely an audience who left.
And have been replaced by new readers!
I'm happier being me, and treating my interactions with some as I would treat them rather than as someone who's worried if they're going to be invited to the next Blogmeet.
I'm not going to be and it no longer bothers me.
I spent too long hoping that if I tailored my writing just so that one of the cliques would invite me into the sanctum and show me the secret handshake.
High School 2.0.
I remembered that I was far happier once I'd given up on joining a clique in High School Actual and the friends made from that decision have been life-long.
FedEx Drops NRA Discount Program
They cite a lack of business generated from the program.
It's plausible.
How many of us are sitting here saying, "what discount program?"
Another reason I'm inclined to believe it is I've paid a higher rate to get "slower" shipping to avoid using them.
I have very few positive experiences with FedEx and timely delivery.
It's plausible.
How many of us are sitting here saying, "what discount program?"
Another reason I'm inclined to believe it is I've paid a higher rate to get "slower" shipping to avoid using them.
I have very few positive experiences with FedEx and timely delivery.
30 October 2018
While I'm Getting Over Myself
I notice that other commenters with blogs who defended the 20Oct18 fishing event don't have huge diatribes peppered with insults in their comments.
When you're singled out by name, quoted derisively, linked to and insulted... If it wasn't about me, whom else was that directed at?
It wasn't the other folks, just me.
Among the many words that you might need to look up is "personal".
When you're singled out by name, quoted derisively, linked to and insulted... If it wasn't about me, whom else was that directed at?
It wasn't the other folks, just me.
Among the many words that you might need to look up is "personal".
Slinging
Willard likes to have sling swivels on his rifles.
Drilled the stock for the rear, used a mag-tube clamp-on for the front.
The clamp-on was a take-off item from Connie, who now sports a forearm cap with QD stud.
I love it when a plan comes together. Especially since the cap was tossing around in my parts bin. I guess I can return the one I ordered from Brownell's thinking that this one wouldn't work.
Drilled the stock for the rear, used a mag-tube clamp-on for the front.
The clamp-on was a take-off item from Connie, who now sports a forearm cap with QD stud.
I love it when a plan comes together. Especially since the cap was tossing around in my parts bin. I guess I can return the one I ordered from Brownell's thinking that this one wouldn't work.
No More Birthright Citizenship?
I have long felt that if your parents weren't here legally then you've no claim to US citizenship.
Looks like we might be getting an executive order to that effect.
I have no idea if this is going to be upheld by the courts.
It makes me wonder, though: What if everyone born here had to take the same citizenship test that an immigrant takes before gaining citizenship.
Could it really be worse than what we have? Might it be better?
What is clear, from talking to a couple naturalized citizens around here, is the process of becoming an American Citizen via naturalization actually teaches the applicant the civics lessons that the public school system no longer does.
Without knowledge of civics, how does the voter know how the system is supposed to work and why it's supposed to work that way.
This ignorance is probably why people are so confused about the electoral college.
Looks like we might be getting an executive order to that effect.
I have no idea if this is going to be upheld by the courts.
It makes me wonder, though: What if everyone born here had to take the same citizenship test that an immigrant takes before gaining citizenship.
Could it really be worse than what we have? Might it be better?
What is clear, from talking to a couple naturalized citizens around here, is the process of becoming an American Citizen via naturalization actually teaches the applicant the civics lessons that the public school system no longer does.
Without knowledge of civics, how does the voter know how the system is supposed to work and why it's supposed to work that way.
This ignorance is probably why people are so confused about the electoral college.
Vision Related
The sudden change from point of aim to hitting low might be because of my eyes?
My vision is in the odd place where the reading portion of my bifocals makes the front sight of a pistol very clear and the target at 7-yards so indistinct that I can't really see the center of it.
Astigmatism is a joy.
The "long distance" portion of my glasses lets me see the target well, but the sights are too blurry to use.
Uncorrected, I can see both well enough to shoot OK.
What I was doing was peering over the top of my prescription glasses and under the brim of my hat.
The partial occlusion from the frames or the brim might have been distorting the image I was seeing.
I noticed this with the peep sight on a rifle. Using my natural vision this way puts a flat section on the top of the peep's circle. That makes me point just a little low...
More experimentation is needed.
My vision is in the odd place where the reading portion of my bifocals makes the front sight of a pistol very clear and the target at 7-yards so indistinct that I can't really see the center of it.
Astigmatism is a joy.
The "long distance" portion of my glasses lets me see the target well, but the sights are too blurry to use.
Uncorrected, I can see both well enough to shoot OK.
What I was doing was peering over the top of my prescription glasses and under the brim of my hat.
The partial occlusion from the frames or the brim might have been distorting the image I was seeing.
I noticed this with the peep sight on a rifle. Using my natural vision this way puts a flat section on the top of the peep's circle. That makes me point just a little low...
More experimentation is needed.
Eat Moar Hatin'
Judging from the lines at Chik-Fil-A, if the boycotts get any worse they are going to have to double the number of franchises to keep up.
Doing Some Research
I've yet to find someone outside of California complaining about open-carry who isn't in a state where open carry is allowed.
I've yet to find someone who lives in Florida who thinks that what happened in Miami was a tragic error that will get guns banned forever. In fact, everyone in Florida who's posted on it seems to support the event.
Why?
Because we noticed what happened in July.
The people who are insultingly and derisively condemning the open carry event in Miami don't seem to note it.
The cops showed up, guns drawn, tasers out, and assaulted a peaceable assembly of people exercising their rights in a legal manner.
People doing nothing wrong.
Lemme say that again for the people who're slow on the uptake.
PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING NOTHING WRONG.
The reply from the most recent event was, indeed, over the top!
Wanna know something else?
Still didn't do anything wrong. They've a right to do what they were doing and they were in full compliance with the law to do what they did.
Why is that so fucking hard to comprehend?
Lemme lay out a quote, since you clearly don't understand:
The lack of comprehension about how events led to the open carry event on October 20, 2018 cannot be accidental. It's a deliberate refusal to read the explanations of the people who were on the ground and participating. It cannot be otherwise because the people who are refusing to understand have shown, repeatedly, that they are smart enough to grasp the explanations.
When your position is farther away from unrestricted gun-rights than The Miami Times, it's time to rethink your position.
The press called it a stunt, and it was. It appears to have worked. The cops behaved. Nobody got injured, arrested or even detained. The press coverage was minimal.
The only white people scared by this appear to be people who're claiming to be for gun rights.
Not a single face of the anti-gun crowd has been out there talking about it. Not even attention-whore David Hogg. I bring him up, again, because he's local to the event and he hasn't been heard from lately.
If you are more frightened by the open display of firearms than the attention seeking anti-gun spokespeople; it's time to reconsider your position.
The over-the-top reply to the Miami PD's July 24 response has garnered no negative response from anyone BUT supposed pro-gun, pro-liberty bloggers and gun writers.
Another moment where comprehension is lacking is these events were conducted exactly as the people condemning October claim they wish things were done. Nothing provocative in the clothing, holstered pistols and quality retention holsters. There's video of the cops coming down on the July 24 event. People doing nothing wrong and obeying the law were assaulted under the color of law.
And a very vocal segment of the "pro-gun" blogosphere is blaming the victim.
Bravo.
Bravo.
I've yet to find someone who lives in Florida who thinks that what happened in Miami was a tragic error that will get guns banned forever. In fact, everyone in Florida who's posted on it seems to support the event.
Why?
Because we noticed what happened in July.
The people who are insultingly and derisively condemning the open carry event in Miami don't seem to note it.
The cops showed up, guns drawn, tasers out, and assaulted a peaceable assembly of people exercising their rights in a legal manner.
People doing nothing wrong.
Lemme say that again for the people who're slow on the uptake.
PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING NOTHING WRONG.
The reply from the most recent event was, indeed, over the top!
Wanna know something else?
Still didn't do anything wrong. They've a right to do what they were doing and they were in full compliance with the law to do what they did.
Why is that so fucking hard to comprehend?
Lemme lay out a quote, since you clearly don't understand:
"Just cause you don't understand what's going on don't mean it don't make no sense. And just cause you don't like it, don't mean it ain't no good." M. Muir.
The lack of comprehension about how events led to the open carry event on October 20, 2018 cannot be accidental. It's a deliberate refusal to read the explanations of the people who were on the ground and participating. It cannot be otherwise because the people who are refusing to understand have shown, repeatedly, that they are smart enough to grasp the explanations.
When your position is farther away from unrestricted gun-rights than The Miami Times, it's time to rethink your position.
The press called it a stunt, and it was. It appears to have worked. The cops behaved. Nobody got injured, arrested or even detained. The press coverage was minimal.
The only white people scared by this appear to be people who're claiming to be for gun rights.
Not a single face of the anti-gun crowd has been out there talking about it. Not even attention-whore David Hogg. I bring him up, again, because he's local to the event and he hasn't been heard from lately.
If you are more frightened by the open display of firearms than the attention seeking anti-gun spokespeople; it's time to reconsider your position.
The over-the-top reply to the Miami PD's July 24 response has garnered no negative response from anyone BUT supposed pro-gun, pro-liberty bloggers and gun writers.
Another moment where comprehension is lacking is these events were conducted exactly as the people condemning October claim they wish things were done. Nothing provocative in the clothing, holstered pistols and quality retention holsters. There's video of the cops coming down on the July 24 event. People doing nothing wrong and obeying the law were assaulted under the color of law.
And a very vocal segment of the "pro-gun" blogosphere is blaming the victim.
Bravo.
Bravo.
29 October 2018
Lifting The Veil
Why do my feet hurt so much?
"Could it be the extra hundred pounds you're lugging about, Lardass?"
Yeah, that could be it.
Something that won't hurt, I no longer have any soda in the house.
I'm going to see if I can't substantially reduce my sugar intake and see what that does.
Reading labels, I am still astonished at how much sugar and corn syrup are added to things which aren't sweet and don't need sweetening.
A packet of mayonnaise! For something that's so simple you'd not expect them to add corn syrup to it, but there it was, "Vegetable Oil, Corn Syrup, Eggs, Flavoring, Preservative".
Where's the vinegar and lemon juice?
My home-made recipe is oil, vinegar, egg-yolk and lemon juice. Dirt simple. Sometimes we use a lime. Sometimes we add some seasoning, like ground mustard or white pepper.
But corn syrup?
"Could it be the extra hundred pounds you're lugging about, Lardass?"
Yeah, that could be it.
Something that won't hurt, I no longer have any soda in the house.
I'm going to see if I can't substantially reduce my sugar intake and see what that does.
Reading labels, I am still astonished at how much sugar and corn syrup are added to things which aren't sweet and don't need sweetening.
A packet of mayonnaise! For something that's so simple you'd not expect them to add corn syrup to it, but there it was, "Vegetable Oil, Corn Syrup, Eggs, Flavoring, Preservative".
Where's the vinegar and lemon juice?
My home-made recipe is oil, vinegar, egg-yolk and lemon juice. Dirt simple. Sometimes we use a lime. Sometimes we add some seasoning, like ground mustard or white pepper.
But corn syrup?
What's Different
I'm sitting here dry firing all the 9mm's and trying to figure out why I shoot all of them better than my M&P.
I knew something was off when I shot the detested M9 better than the M&P.
I think I've figured it out.
The M&P has a lot more over-travel than any of the others.
The 9mm I shoot absolute best is my High-Power, it's got zero over-travel.
How do I correct for this?
I'm gonna try changing my grip a bit.
I knew something was off when I shot the detested M9 better than the M&P.
I think I've figured it out.
The M&P has a lot more over-travel than any of the others.
The 9mm I shoot absolute best is my High-Power, it's got zero over-travel.
How do I correct for this?
I'm gonna try changing my grip a bit.
Adventures In Fast Food
The Lovely Harvey loves her a McDondald's McRib.
Last night I attempted to sate her desire.
Because not every Mac Shack in the area participates in the annual McRib disbursement, we'd gone to the worst McDonald's in the area.
We got one that was fridge cold and without the signature BBQ sauce.
Knowing from past experience going back and complaining would do no good, we tried a different location.
We went inside and I asked, "Does your crew know how to make a McRib?"
She looked as if she couldn't believe her ears, "Uh... it's three things. Sauce, onions and pickles."
"Do you heat it up?"
"Yes, why?"
"Because you know two things the other location apparently doesn't about making them!"
We got two properly prepared from the second, better location and Harvey is sated.
Last night I attempted to sate her desire.
Because not every Mac Shack in the area participates in the annual McRib disbursement, we'd gone to the worst McDonald's in the area.
We got one that was fridge cold and without the signature BBQ sauce.
Knowing from past experience going back and complaining would do no good, we tried a different location.
We went inside and I asked, "Does your crew know how to make a McRib?"
She looked as if she couldn't believe her ears, "Uh... it's three things. Sauce, onions and pickles."
"Do you heat it up?"
"Yes, why?"
"Because you know two things the other location apparently doesn't about making them!"
We got two properly prepared from the second, better location and Harvey is sated.
Ninety-Nine Plus A Day
99-years and one day ago the US, properly and legally, banned booze.
First they passed the 18th Amendment, without which there was no power granted to the Federal Government to ban the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
Then, yesterday in 1919, they passed the Volstead Act.
This all lasted until December 5, 1933 when the 21st Amendment took the power to ban the manufacture and sale away from the Feds; and thus invalidating the Volstead Act.
Take a gander at all of the other things banned by the government and see if you can find the section of The Constitution that empowered the Feds to ban them, but didn't empower the banning of booze without an amendment.
Wickard v Filburn has a lot to answer for.
I wonder if FDR was surprised to find himself frozen up to his neck in the ninth circle of Hell with the entire Stone court.
First they passed the 18th Amendment, without which there was no power granted to the Federal Government to ban the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
Then, yesterday in 1919, they passed the Volstead Act.
This all lasted until December 5, 1933 when the 21st Amendment took the power to ban the manufacture and sale away from the Feds; and thus invalidating the Volstead Act.
Take a gander at all of the other things banned by the government and see if you can find the section of The Constitution that empowered the Feds to ban them, but didn't empower the banning of booze without an amendment.
Wickard v Filburn has a lot to answer for.
I wonder if FDR was surprised to find himself frozen up to his neck in the ninth circle of Hell with the entire Stone court.
Shooty
Marv dragged me to the range today!
I confirmed that the new stocks on the Colt Challenger have been relieved enough to allow the magazine to work correctly.
Accuracy was also unaffected.
I was pleasantly surprised at how well the Polish P-64 shoots. Teeny sights, but managed to get it all vaguely on the target.
The disappointment was my M&P 9. The new trigger has me breaking my wrist down and I'm shooting low where I used to shoot to point of aim.
I'm getting sick of trying to get comfortable with this pistol.
I confirmed that the new stocks on the Colt Challenger have been relieved enough to allow the magazine to work correctly.
Accuracy was also unaffected.
I was pleasantly surprised at how well the Polish P-64 shoots. Teeny sights, but managed to get it all vaguely on the target.
The disappointment was my M&P 9. The new trigger has me breaking my wrist down and I'm shooting low where I used to shoot to point of aim.
I'm getting sick of trying to get comfortable with this pistol.
27 October 2018
Vagaries Of Technology
The Mac can see the Drobo that's plugged into it while running OSX 10.6.8. Read and write.
Boot the same machine to Win7 Ultimate and if can no longer write to the Drobo.
The laptop, can write to the Drobo over the network while The Mac is in 10.6.8.
All of the permissions solutions require a security tab in the drive properties in Windows that doesn't exist because it's not an NTFS drive.
There's got to be a solution.
Boot the same machine to Win7 Ultimate and if can no longer write to the Drobo.
The laptop, can write to the Drobo over the network while The Mac is in 10.6.8.
All of the permissions solutions require a security tab in the drive properties in Windows that doesn't exist because it's not an NTFS drive.
There's got to be a solution.
Polar Bear Gun
Watching the InRange Q&A today and they mention that the gun for polar bears up Alaska way is a 3" 12ga slug.
What does GURPS say?
The round in question does 6d+1 pi++.
A polar bear has a ST of 20, thus 20 HP. It also has DR 2 from its thick fur and tough skin.
The dice will give raw numbers from 7 to 37.
On the body this will give 10 to 70 points of damage from 5 to 35 points of penetration.
On average you're going to get 23 points of damage rolled, 21 will penetrate and 42 damage will be done. That's a death roll on a body hit.
The average hit to the vitals is going to do a bit better with 63 points of damage dealt, two death rolls.
The 13 HT of the bear might mean you have to stay with it and keep pumping rounds until auto-death.
What does GURPS say?
The round in question does 6d+1 pi++.
A polar bear has a ST of 20, thus 20 HP. It also has DR 2 from its thick fur and tough skin.
The dice will give raw numbers from 7 to 37.
On the body this will give 10 to 70 points of damage from 5 to 35 points of penetration.
On average you're going to get 23 points of damage rolled, 21 will penetrate and 42 damage will be done. That's a death roll on a body hit.
The average hit to the vitals is going to do a bit better with 63 points of damage dealt, two death rolls.
The 13 HT of the bear might mean you have to stay with it and keep pumping rounds until auto-death.
Rumor Has It
According to the forums at CMP, they've started drawing numbers for the M1911A1s.
The first person who claimed to have been contacted also says that the only grade to chose from is the highest and most expensive Standard Grade at $1,050.
That's kind of encouraging and discouraging at the same time.
Good that the guns were, indeed, arsenal refinished before being put into storage.
Bad that I have to find that much more money if drawn.
CMP is warning that the entire process of assigning numbers, contacting winners and shipping the guns could take months. Lots of people, I am sure, put their name in the hat without a means to pay or wanting a lower grade; so many of the winning numbers will be recycled to a different person.
The first person who claimed to have been contacted also says that the only grade to chose from is the highest and most expensive Standard Grade at $1,050.
That's kind of encouraging and discouraging at the same time.
Good that the guns were, indeed, arsenal refinished before being put into storage.
Bad that I have to find that much more money if drawn.
CMP is warning that the entire process of assigning numbers, contacting winners and shipping the guns could take months. Lots of people, I am sure, put their name in the hat without a means to pay or wanting a lower grade; so many of the winning numbers will be recycled to a different person.
It Rhymes
It just hit me where I've heard the language the Zumbo 2.0 crowd is using.
NFACTA!
They too could not stand that there was a simple, legal and honest way to do what they were doing and set out to condemn and ban it.
They conflated using a trust to own an NFA item with criminality.
While the conflation with open carry is different, the language and tone resonate similarly.
People aren't carrying as they would like, and it MUST stop.
NFACTA!
They too could not stand that there was a simple, legal and honest way to do what they were doing and set out to condemn and ban it.
They conflated using a trust to own an NFA item with criminality.
While the conflation with open carry is different, the language and tone resonate similarly.
People aren't carrying as they would like, and it MUST stop.
Little Amusements
As things like movies accumulate on my hard drive, storage becomes an issue.
The risk of losing the data looms large.
So I bought an old Drobo DD04DR14 on ebay. Extra capacity and redundancy.
I named it Sheriff Drobo.
I couldn't help myself.
Now I wonder if anyone else gets the joke.
The risk of losing the data looms large.
So I bought an old Drobo DD04DR14 on ebay. Extra capacity and redundancy.
I named it Sheriff Drobo.
I couldn't help myself.
Now I wonder if anyone else gets the joke.
Are You Jim Zumbo 2.0?
If you look at the Florida Carry event with the flat-cap wearing dude armed beyond the teeth and you're having the hives...
You're Jim Zumbo 2.0.
You're support the right for people to carry but...
You're not really on our side.
I remember, not all that long ago, when we were exhorting hunters to realize that their guns were next if they didn't get on board and defend teh evol brack guns.
The socially unacceptable, "can't-take-them-deer-huntin'" AR-15's and AK's that scared the white people.
You used to express unity in the face of the enemy. Not divisiveness.
Just as there are people who want to own something other than a bolt-gun or a duck-gun; there are people who want some damn comfort when they're carrying. (An aside to anyone living north of the Mason-Dixon latitude: I fucking dare you to conceal carry in Miami in August the way you do back home. The good news is we know how to treat heatstroke down here thanks to European tourists).
Two of the people who've their panties most twisted over this are, in fact, gun writers; like the "where-did-he-go-what-happened-to-him" Jim Zumbo.
Is there something about becoming a professional gun writer that makes you unable to see you're wrong, or at least admit it? Or admit it while you still have the job.
Zumbo apologized.
I repeat, "What are you doing to advance the expansion of gun rights in Florida?" I am still waiting on an answer to this question from several corners.
The question is NOT, "How do you think McThag's support of open carry hurt the cause of gun-rights." I find it very odd that your focus is on how I feel about this rather than the actual effects of the event.
So far, by belittling me, you've only managed to beclown yourselves.
You're Jim Zumbo 2.0.
You're support the right for people to carry but...
You're not really on our side.
I remember, not all that long ago, when we were exhorting hunters to realize that their guns were next if they didn't get on board and defend teh evol brack guns.
The socially unacceptable, "can't-take-them-deer-huntin'" AR-15's and AK's that scared the white people.
You used to express unity in the face of the enemy. Not divisiveness.
Just as there are people who want to own something other than a bolt-gun or a duck-gun; there are people who want some damn comfort when they're carrying. (An aside to anyone living north of the Mason-Dixon latitude: I fucking dare you to conceal carry in Miami in August the way you do back home. The good news is we know how to treat heatstroke down here thanks to European tourists).
Two of the people who've their panties most twisted over this are, in fact, gun writers; like the "where-did-he-go-what-happened-to-him" Jim Zumbo.
Is there something about becoming a professional gun writer that makes you unable to see you're wrong, or at least admit it? Or admit it while you still have the job.
Zumbo apologized.
I repeat, "What are you doing to advance the expansion of gun rights in Florida?" I am still waiting on an answer to this question from several corners.
The question is NOT, "How do you think McThag's support of open carry hurt the cause of gun-rights." I find it very odd that your focus is on how I feel about this rather than the actual effects of the event.
So far, by belittling me, you've only managed to beclown yourselves.
Living Rent Free
It would appear that I am living rent free in Aesop's head.
I still want to know how I became the official spokesperson for Florida Carry in Aesop's head.
He's focused on my sole comment about it pretty thoroughly.
He acts like I organized the event and told people to bring more than a pistol.
He's not offering anything different than what's been tried and failed before.
He's demanding we expect different results from doing the same things as have already been tried. Isn't that a definition?
He's totally forgetting, even though it's been pointed out at least a couple of times, that Florida Carry's fishing events are very low-key affairs and this one was over the top because of the behavior of Miami-Dade's "finest" last month. Wanna bet that next month is back to holstered handguns AND that the cops stay polite? If so, WE FUCKING WON!
Wanna guess where I'm not hearing about this fishing event?
The local news. During an election.
Even the local news isn't bothering with more than the same-day coverage already posted.
Because nobody really cares!
People just shrugged and said, "well what did the cops expect to happen after they overreacted?"
We're not hearing calls to end the small allowances given to open carry while fishing and hunting.
The only gun-control being discussed is the normal everyday stuff we've been hearing since Columbine with the name changed to Parkland, and we're not really hearing a lot of that either.
David Hogg is MIA.
If this was as bad as Aesop claims it was, Hogg would be all over it. Update: If this was a dire a mistake as has been claimed, someone from the anti-gun crowd would be on TV explaining in lurid detail that this is the sort of whack-job the "average" gun owner is.
However...
The only people truly upset and staying upset are the people who've complained about open carry before and really don't want it to be allowed. They might concede that it shouldn't be illegal but they don't think people should do it anyways. Update: The only people calling them stupid and throwing insults are the supposed "rational" pro-gun people. It's just you.
They also really hate it when you see through their insults, bullying and bluster.
I still want to know how I became the official spokesperson for Florida Carry in Aesop's head.
He's focused on my sole comment about it pretty thoroughly.
He acts like I organized the event and told people to bring more than a pistol.
He's not offering anything different than what's been tried and failed before.
He's demanding we expect different results from doing the same things as have already been tried. Isn't that a definition?
He's totally forgetting, even though it's been pointed out at least a couple of times, that Florida Carry's fishing events are very low-key affairs and this one was over the top because of the behavior of Miami-Dade's "finest" last month. Wanna bet that next month is back to holstered handguns AND that the cops stay polite? If so, WE FUCKING WON!
Wanna guess where I'm not hearing about this fishing event?
The local news. During an election.
Even the local news isn't bothering with more than the same-day coverage already posted.
Because nobody really cares!
People just shrugged and said, "well what did the cops expect to happen after they overreacted?"
We're not hearing calls to end the small allowances given to open carry while fishing and hunting.
The only gun-control being discussed is the normal everyday stuff we've been hearing since Columbine with the name changed to Parkland, and we're not really hearing a lot of that either.
David Hogg is MIA.
If this was as bad as Aesop claims it was, Hogg would be all over it. Update: If this was a dire a mistake as has been claimed, someone from the anti-gun crowd would be on TV explaining in lurid detail that this is the sort of whack-job the "average" gun owner is.
However...
The only people truly upset and staying upset are the people who've complained about open carry before and really don't want it to be allowed. They might concede that it shouldn't be illegal but they don't think people should do it anyways. Update: The only people calling them stupid and throwing insults are the supposed "rational" pro-gun people. It's just you.
They also really hate it when you see through their insults, bullying and bluster.
Florida Is Strange
Florida is strange because so much of our population comes from someplace else.
Rare is the Floridian, seemingly, who was born within hour's drive of where they live now.
Before Florida became a destination state and God's Waiting Room it was already possessed of multiple personalities.
The Panhandle has often been referred as "South Georgia".
Tampa and Miami are distinct from The Panhandle and from each other.
The interior of the state has long been rural and agricultural, changing significantly only when some obscure guy you might have heard of started buying up land near Orlando.
As God's Waiting Room we get retirees from diverse places. People who are living on a fixed pension from places that tax their pension checks and cost more to live in and have shitty weather.
We've gotten their kids who want to live closer to their elderly parents.
Tampa got a ton of Cubans, but a different kind of Cuban than Miami and because of different circumstances.
Many people move to Florida because it simply suited them better. Lower taxes, lower costs of living, better weather (except for hurricanes and brutal humidity; but those aren't year-round problems).
We have the descendants of retired mafiosos.
We have old money and new.
We're diverse!
Things are strange here because of the mix and the fact that winter doesn't kill the crazies like it does up north. We're a meme generating zone.
You've heard of Florida-Man, ever hear of Minnesota-Man?
Because of all this, our politics get downright strange and because of it things you'd think were as insane as the typical Florida-Man story are just the lay of the land.
To us it's normal. To you it's insane.
Yet... for the most part... it's not really any worse than where you are. It's just different. Perhaps more open and in your face than what you're used to because we've got to hammer it out in more than one version of The American Culture to get the point across, and that means finding a common language to say it in.
A person who moved here from Detroit is not going to be reached by the same message as someone from New York. But a politician has to say the same thing to both people the same way, or be accused of being two-faced.
Unlike many high-population states we are not dominated by a single city, though Miami andThe Holy Mouse Orlando would like that to be otherwise.
What works, what doesn't and how to tell is difficult to explain to people who aren't living here.
That sounds wonderfully trite, but we don't get YOUR politics either. Even if we started where you are.
Where else could you go from homosexuality be banned by law to a tiny, upstart pro-gun LGBT organization merging with the oldest pro-gun LGBT organization in a few years?
Where else could a Republican super-majority pass a massive anti-gun bill and then try to claim it was not.
Where else could a blogger note that the sky was not, in fact, falling because people open-carried AT the notoriously bad police of Miami-Dade be treated as if they had organized the whole thing solely to promote more gun control?
Rare is the Floridian, seemingly, who was born within hour's drive of where they live now.
Before Florida became a destination state and God's Waiting Room it was already possessed of multiple personalities.
The Panhandle has often been referred as "South Georgia".
Tampa and Miami are distinct from The Panhandle and from each other.
The interior of the state has long been rural and agricultural, changing significantly only when some obscure guy you might have heard of started buying up land near Orlando.
As God's Waiting Room we get retirees from diverse places. People who are living on a fixed pension from places that tax their pension checks and cost more to live in and have shitty weather.
We've gotten their kids who want to live closer to their elderly parents.
Tampa got a ton of Cubans, but a different kind of Cuban than Miami and because of different circumstances.
Many people move to Florida because it simply suited them better. Lower taxes, lower costs of living, better weather (except for hurricanes and brutal humidity; but those aren't year-round problems).
We have the descendants of retired mafiosos.
We have old money and new.
We're diverse!
Things are strange here because of the mix and the fact that winter doesn't kill the crazies like it does up north. We're a meme generating zone.
You've heard of Florida-Man, ever hear of Minnesota-Man?
Because of all this, our politics get downright strange and because of it things you'd think were as insane as the typical Florida-Man story are just the lay of the land.
To us it's normal. To you it's insane.
Yet... for the most part... it's not really any worse than where you are. It's just different. Perhaps more open and in your face than what you're used to because we've got to hammer it out in more than one version of The American Culture to get the point across, and that means finding a common language to say it in.
A person who moved here from Detroit is not going to be reached by the same message as someone from New York. But a politician has to say the same thing to both people the same way, or be accused of being two-faced.
Unlike many high-population states we are not dominated by a single city, though Miami and
What works, what doesn't and how to tell is difficult to explain to people who aren't living here.
That sounds wonderfully trite, but we don't get YOUR politics either. Even if we started where you are.
Where else could you go from homosexuality be banned by law to a tiny, upstart pro-gun LGBT organization merging with the oldest pro-gun LGBT organization in a few years?
Where else could a Republican super-majority pass a massive anti-gun bill and then try to claim it was not.
Where else could a blogger note that the sky was not, in fact, falling because people open-carried AT the notoriously bad police of Miami-Dade be treated as if they had organized the whole thing solely to promote more gun control?
26 October 2018
Did You Know?
The rear sight from a Marlin 336 works on a Rossi M1892?
Willard and I now do!
Someone had removed the rear sight from a .44 Magnum Rossi Model R92 made by Taurus and imported by Braztech, Miami to mount a red-dot on the barrel.
When they pawned the gun, they kept the red-dot and neglected to replace the rear sight.
Happily, when I ditched the buckhorns for a peep on my Marlin, I kept the take-off parts.
Turns out they use the same dovetail.
Willard and I now do!
Someone had removed the rear sight from a .44 Magnum Rossi Model R92 made by Taurus and imported by Braztech, Miami to mount a red-dot on the barrel.
When they pawned the gun, they kept the red-dot and neglected to replace the rear sight.
Happily, when I ditched the buckhorns for a peep on my Marlin, I kept the take-off parts.
Turns out they use the same dovetail.
25 October 2018
Repossessed
If I say, "The '90's called and they want their meme back," what decade calls me to get the "the [decade] called" meme back?
1/1024
In honor of Fake Heritage Day yesterday I spent the day being 1/1024 Jewish and Harvey spent it 1/1024 Scottish.
When I mentioned it to her, she asked, "Didn't you have a bacon cheeseburger for lunch?"
I replied, "Yeah, it's like I'm not Jewish at all isn't it?"
When I mentioned it to her, she asked, "Didn't you have a bacon cheeseburger for lunch?"
I replied, "Yeah, it's like I'm not Jewish at all isn't it?"
I Might Be An Idiot
While I might be an idiot, it's better than being an asshole and a bully.
It feels good knowing I'm better than someone.
Several someones from the looks of things.
It feels good knowing I'm better than someone.
Several someones from the looks of things.
Dear Democrats
In case you're wondering why we're not rallying to your defense when someone allegedly mailed you alleged bombs.
You, yourselves, told us that this sort of thing was no biggie when you were dismissing our concerns about candidate Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers.
You, yourselves, told us that this sort of thing was no biggie when you were dismissing our concerns about candidate Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers.
Yeah We Tried That
To all the people outside Florida telling us Floridians that what Florida Carry is doing is completely wrong and offering helpful suggestions about how we should be going about it:
We tried that already.
Yes, even that.
That too.
No really, we did.
Florida isn't like where you're from, so the things that work where you are don't work here.
To be perfectly frank about it, if Florida had been listening to a lot of the naysayers about how it should be doing things today; back in '87 there'd have never have been a push at the state level to change from hardly ever issue to shall-issue.
We tried that already.
Yes, even that.
That too.
No really, we did.
Florida isn't like where you're from, so the things that work where you are don't work here.
To be perfectly frank about it, if Florida had been listening to a lot of the naysayers about how it should be doing things today; back in '87 there'd have never have been a push at the state level to change from hardly ever issue to shall-issue.
It's A Cap
It's called a flat-cap not flat-hat.
Maybe if you'd ever served in a combat arm of the military you'd know that.
Maybe if you'd ever served in a combat arm of the military you'd know that.
Amendment Selection
For The Record:
On the Amendments I am voting:
#1: Yes.
#2: Yes.
#3: No.
#4: No.
#5: Yes.
#6: No.
#7: No.
#9: No.
#10: Yes.
#11: No.
#12: Yes.
#13: No.
On the Amendments I am voting:
#1: Yes.
#2: Yes.
#3: No.
#4: No.
#5: Yes.
#6: No.
#7: No.
#9: No.
#10: Yes.
#11: No.
#12: Yes.
#13: No.
I'm Not EOD But I Am A Gamemaster
Looking at the photo of one of the pipe bombs.
First, the initiator wires go in from opposite ends. Traditionally the initiator is a blasting cap. Blasting caps have two wires coming out the same end, so bringing the wires out of the cap out opposite ends of the bomb is a lot of extra work.
The timer and wires are taped to the body of the device. Other pictures show the clock-face of the timer, meaning the battery compartment is against the body of the bomb. What this says is they taped up a ready to go and electrified assembly.
Other photos also show the buttons on the timer proud of the face of the clock. It'd be a miracle if those buttons didn't get pushed and set it off in shipping.
If this is a real bomb, we're going to find the maker after he blows himself up.
First, the initiator wires go in from opposite ends. Traditionally the initiator is a blasting cap. Blasting caps have two wires coming out the same end, so bringing the wires out of the cap out opposite ends of the bomb is a lot of extra work.
The timer and wires are taped to the body of the device. Other pictures show the clock-face of the timer, meaning the battery compartment is against the body of the bomb. What this says is they taped up a ready to go and electrified assembly.
Other photos also show the buttons on the timer proud of the face of the clock. It'd be a miracle if those buttons didn't get pushed and set it off in shipping.
If this is a real bomb, we're going to find the maker after he blows himself up.
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