Forty Rod SASS 3935
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8 hours ago, Alpo said:
There 'tis, my life in a nut shell.
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I am surprised that California has something like that. They NEVER tolerate anything stupid in their state. (In a pig's patoot they don't.).
The entire state has become a terribly expensive joke.
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No dairy in my coffee. Had I wanted a milk shake I'd have ordered a milk shake.
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On 12/6/2025 at 6:43 AM, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said:
What's "lays"?
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Just one more plastic gun I'll never own.
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Saw a drunk black bear in Wyoming one time. She had been eating some berries that had fermented on the vine. A Forest Ranger had been called and was there when we arrived. He was there just to keep the people away. Before we left, a Highway Patrol car came to help keep the idiots from hassling the bear and getting their stupid butts killed.
We found out later that we had missed a truck that came to take the bear away and move her someplace safer. I would have liked to watch that.
I have been told that this sort of thing happens a lot...bears, deer, even elk...but I never knew anyone who actually saw it.
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My dad was an Arkansas and Kansas kid and always referred to them as Chevs or Chevies.
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Seeing as I can neither receive nor respond to TEXTS on my little flip phone, I'm happy to say I don't know.
Aint technology wunnerful?
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I never heard of the Altai and the place looks uncomfortably harsh and cold, but.........if all of their women are attractive as the ones in this clip I would certainly be inclined to pay the place a visit.
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22 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:
IF you had a choice, and not limited to the Springfield TRP or Prodigy, what would be your Christmas wish choice.
I've narrowed mine to the TRP .45 or Prodigy 9mm. And price is irrelevant.
Thanks
..........Widder
I'll stay with my almost stock (except for Novak 3 dot sights and double diamond walnut grips) Rock Island Arsenal 1911A1 because I know her and she knows me. No need to change out in mid-stream.
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33 minutes ago, Chantry said:
Because we know it annoys you.
Well, it works and in a world where so little works it's almost refreshing. ;D
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11 hours ago, Chantry said:
Why is that b---h still showing up on my computer?
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Every time I look at a gun and declare it be the ugliest gun ever, someone comes along with something to prove me wrong.
Good going, Joe.
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OKay, I'll pull that one. It sounded better in my head.
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14 hours ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said:
Torrone in Italy, Turron and Turron de Alicante in Spain. I ate tons of the stuff while growing up. Basically it is Nougat candy in several forms and flavors. There are hard ones and soft taffy-like ones. Go to any Latin market and you'll find it.
Momma was half Dago, half English. We had them a lot.
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1 hour ago, Nickle said:
Imagine thousands of drones. Some below water,some above.
These thousands of drones are controlled by artificial intelligence and can't be jammed. Can skim the water and not detected because to small and low . Can be high elevation and look on radar like flocks of sea birds .
If carrier group out of drone range then I'm guessing unmanned larger drone artificial intelligence technology could be used with larger aircraft and larger torpedo submarine types of weapons. High numbers coming at once would be hard to stop.
I'm not a military guy. So take everything I say with grain of salt. But it seems like if a target of any type can be seen. It can be destroyed. Bigger and more expensive just makes a bigger target or that's how it seems in Ukraine.
And it takes a few days to get them into action and the fleet will likely be gone by then, having stirred the pot already.
I'm not suggesting an attack, just a showing to get someone's attention long enough to put other steps into action....like throwing the UN off our shores with a 60 day time limit to get out. Consider cutting off support of any kind to anyone who can be shown to be an enemy of the USA. Modifying the rules of diplomatic immunity which allow everyone coming into the country the "right" to spy, break our laws and spit in our faces when they choose.
In other words, we need to stop being everyone's nice uncle.
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12 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
We are still overlooking the intimidation factor. Battleships are scary, not to the military as much as the civilian population. Those ships just ooze danger, strength, and awe to people who may never see one.
They just cry out "WE WILL KILL YOU AND DESTOY EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!"
It's a public image matter because very few nations will ignore their population. Too many countries do, however, and we can still intimidate them in many other ways, but a humongous steel fortress bristling with weaponry and leading all the many other ships just outside you major cities can raise the pucker factor and force those countries to divert funds to places they wouldn't consider spending them otherwise.
Wouldn't need the heavy armor any more, nor huge guns, but something massive with modern weaponry and tech advantages, all visible and intimidating, can work as well....just so it's an apparent visible threat.
Imagine if you will a fleet of a battleship all modernized up, a couple of carriers with their planes flying around, again outside the territorial waters, and a herd of smaller craft showing up, all just outside the territorial waters of a nation, visible from the land, but just sitting there. Throw in a few submarines for garland.
Might be a good idea to mess with their communication systems such a TV, radio, and almost any other electronic communications, military, civilian and any others.
Imagine the clogged highways and byways, crowds trying to get out of the line of fire, runs on products from food to toilet paper, etc. pure unadulterated panic. People fighting in the streets to get away, looters taking advantage of the situation
Your military would be hindered by these panicked people and it would reduce the military's ability to respond.
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Now imagine this armanda off shore by Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Seattle, Oahu, or any of OUR population centers.
Now, just before it all goes south, recall all of our equipment except for some to watch and report, staying as invisible as as possible.
Don't mention it to any other country, especially the UN, and do our best to keep it from our own media.. Just sit quietly and smile.
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On 12/4/2025 at 3:11 PM, Stump Water said:
So that's what that thing was for. My dad had one the the first one and we never knew what it was for. Great grandpa of the P-38.
He gave it The Cache Valley Pioneer Museum when I was still in high school so now I know. Finally I can sleep nights not wondering (Not really.)
I hadn't thought of it in about 65 years.)
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Atta boy, Creeker.
I hit 189 today, the lightest I've been since 1965 when I graduated from college, got commissioned in the Army, and got married.....and way down from 293 back 37 months ago. I don't much recommend the way I lost a lot of it, though. The rest was almost easy.
Keep going until you get to where you want to be, Pard. I have only 4 pounds to go.
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We are still overlooking the intimidation factor. Battleships are scary, not to the military as much as the civilian population. Those ships just ooze danger, strength, and awe to people who may never see one.
They just cry out "WE WILL KILL YOU AND DESTOY EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!"
It's a public image matter because very few nations will ignore their population. Too many countries do, however, and we can still intimidate them in many other ways, but a humongous steel fortress bristling with weaponry and leading all the many other ships just outside your major cities can raise the pucker factor and force those countries to divert funds to places they wouldn't consider spending them otherwise.
Wouldn't need the heavy armor any more, nor huge guns, but something massive with modern weaponry and tech advantages, all visible and intimidating, can work as well....just so it's an apparent visible threat.
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Someone on this site made some of these a few years back. Very well done and nostalgic as all get out. I thought it was Hardpan, but he says it wasn't him. I'd buy two more if I could find who made the first one.
Any one know who did these?
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8 hours ago, DeaconKC said:
Pee-con or Pee-can?
Several regional variations. I grew up in Utah and the Pacific North West (North Wets in some places where the sun never shines), with pee con...then I went to the the Carolinas, then Texas, then New England.
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I'll bet that works better than Dad's did, too. He'd get his running a bit and then spend a lot of time re-focusing the magnifying glasses and mirrors...then the sun would go behind a cloud and it would stop.
I wonder what happened to that. I'd ask my sister, but we don't talk much these days.
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How many times can I use that? If it's good for every time I have been offended I'll buy Washington D. C., bulldoze it and we can start all over.