Forty Rod SASS 3935
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13 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:
I won't use 'em. An absolute exercise in frustration ~ wanted two breakfast burritos; no way to order two... the 'helpful kid' said "ya gotta just put in a breakfast burrito then put it in again." Helen Brimstone ordered a sausage mcmuffin... it came sans sausage.
I'll only do the drive-through, and then won't drive off until I check that the order is correct. There was a period when I was putting in a lot off road miles, and the drive-through was expeditious - but more than half the time the order was screwed up. 'Specially when they'd direct me to park and they'd bring it out to me.
I pulled through once and placed my order, then drove to the pick-up window. "We'll have your order shortly; it'll take a few minutes, so just pull over and park and we'll bring it out to you when it's ready!"
No thanks... I'll wait.
The gal looked out the window at the cars behind me and said "Uh... you have to pull over, 'cuz there are other cars behind you!"
Well... that's okay; they can wait too. I'm not pulling over, 'cuz every time I do my order gets screwed up!
She poked her head out and looked again ~ "But that's my BOSS behind you!"
Well, that's cool! He can just wait too!
Less than forty-fice seconds later she handed me my bag. I checked before leaving - wonder of wonders, it was correct!
And leave us not forget ~ we have the gub'nor newsom to thank for the kiosks... his $20 an hour minimum wage for fast food workers necessitated cost-cutting AND price increases. The Employment Policies Institute found that California lost as many as 16,000 fast food jobs since the law was signed. (The gub'nor claims there were actually more jobs created; who ya gonna believe?
your first four words summarized my feelings about these computerized idiots.
I also won't go through the serve yourself lines in stores. "
I worked in all kinds of store when I was a "Sir, you can check yourself out over here."
NOOOO! I worked in many kinds od store when I was still in school. If I wanted to that now I'sdask for a job application.....but I'd also demand a four hour minimum shift and a the same amount I was earning when I retired (On a good day I could make $450.00 and hour, never less the $180.00. It's nice to run your own business.) and get the same union demanded benefits.
I have also "invited" employees who were standing around picking their noses and scratching their butts ro help me. I have "invited" store employees and venders to get the hell out of my way because they were blocking the aisles with their carts, boxes..... not to mention the aisle-blocking displays all over the place.....and bodies while BSing with other drones.
Does that offend you? Do you think I'm being unreasonable or that I don't understand?
I have been involved in stores, restaurants, services, financial, and educational jobs most of my life. I trained my people well, always put the customers / clients first
And I have ruthlessly fired people for not doing their jobs, but I never tolerated issues with unions interfering with what had to be done. I've been fired a few times and I have walked away from some very high-paying jobs.
I retired in 2008 and am satisfied with my life...except I miss my wife a lot.
REMEMBER THIS: you go into these places to buy something and spend your money. All the rest of these drones and managers are there to take your money at almost any cost except service and pair prices. If you don't spend your money, and if enough people don't spend theirs, then these places will close their doors.
If you don't believe that ask Woolworth, May Company, Ben Franklin, Arther Treacher, Boston Back Bay Cafes, Roy Rogers Hamburgers, Arden's Womens' Wear, Wards, Sears, Dog and Suds, Western Auto, ZCMI, Builders Emporium, Fed Mart, Fedco, Fazio's, and a thousand other brands that I, and many of you, grew up with.
Ah, crap. I need some coffee and an egg or three.
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Had a friend and neighbor who was a Marine in Korea. He worked in ground control writing things backward on a transparent "window" so the crews could read it from the front.
He had almost a religious love for Corsairs. After his daughter moved out he had models of Corsairs all over his house.
He died about three years ago and I have no idea where those models went. Semper fi Jose and RIP, Marine.
I can believe that there are Corsairs in Heaven and Joe helps keep them on target.
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2 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
And Subarus!!🙄Yeah, all other kinds of SUVs as well.
Hi1 How are you doing?
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'S cool. I usually only see that many different "patches" on veterans' jackets, or sports cars and mobile travel housing.
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8 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
That's a Step Pony, a shorter version of the Stepp Pony. Sort of like a Step Stool is the Short version of a Stool.
😀 Thanks for the clarifcation.
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Big, clumsy, and not suitable for military use. The BAR was better designed for that. The FBI had cars to carry theirs. The Army and Marines had to "muscle-buck" (my dad's phrase) them around.
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13 hours ago, Whitey James said:
I have been doing some reading about Civil War firearms recently and am fascinated by the gun companies that sprouted up to support the CSA. I had never heard of this pistol. I see that Pietta has a clone of it and am wondering if anyone has one?
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1016348429?pid=494035
I had a replica years ago (1980-1981?) but it was stolen. Very similar to the Whitney Navy .36 but with a brass frame. I don't recall the maker but it was a little rough when I got it. I cleaned it up, replaced the nipples and bolt spring. It shot very well and was a real attention-getter at some of our events.
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That could explain a lot. Thanks.
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7 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
Because of medications that I take and ny past history, I have certain tests run quarterly! Others at doctor recommended intervals, and I try to keep a close eye out for any abnormal symptoms.
It has already extended my lifespan and that of Schoolmarm as well!!
I have, by doing this, attained two of the three major goals in my life!
1: I have lived long enough to amaze my friends!
2: I have lived long enough to REALLY piss off my enemies!
And the third goal, which I’m fast approaching is, I have almost lived long enough to spend my kid’s inheritance!!I hope MOST of ya’s take care of yerowndangselves!! I’d miss most of ya’s and there’s a few I’d still like to meet!!
7 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:Because of medications that I take and ny past history, I have certain tests run quarterly! Others at doctor recommended intervals, and I try to keep a close eye out for any abnormal symptoms.
It has already extended my lifespan and that of Schoolmarm as well!!
I have, by doing this, attained two of the three major goals in my life!
1: I have lived long enough to amaze my friends!
2: I have lived long enough to REALLY piss off my enemies!
And the third goal, which I’m fast approaching is, I have almost lived long enough to spend my kid’s inheritance!!I hope MOST of ya’s take care of yerowndangselves!! I’d miss most of ya’s and there’s a few I’d still like to meet!!
1 and 2 done. Working on number 3 "as we speak".
Adding a #4: see my last post above.
I had one more already accomplished: I was part of a five man "tontine". (Look it up.) I had forgotten about it until the man who started it in Vietnam in 1978 died and his daughter got in touch with me. She found it in his safety deposit box. We didn't have a "fund" but I ended up with a $450.00 bottle of French wine. Not being a drinker anymore I sold it at a local auction and donated the money to the folks at an Alzheimer's center back in our home town in my Mom's name.
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There is a coyote who frequents the VA Medical Center campus in Prescott. I didn't think he was a yodel dog at all the first time I saw him. Almost chubby rather than the lean and scrawny ones I'm used to seeing. He's so smooth-coated that it looks like he's been groomed. He eats well, probably behind one of the kitchens or cafeterias, and just strolls around here and there. I've seen him a few times atop a small "cliff" overlooking the front entrance to the facility, watchhing the cars coming and going. Regal is NOT the first word that comes to mind when talking about coyotes, but it fits this guy.
Lots of coyotes a few miles north of here along AZ highway 89 and I've seen a couple over in the Dewey-Humbolt area and we can her then singing some nights.
They add a sound to the nights that just cries out "Old West". I like it.
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LA had / has bobcats, cougars, bears, coyotes, and other critters in the vicinity of LAX ( within a half mile of thr runway and 40 feet off the highway where the Goodyear blimps are parked) and several other places all the way east to San Bernardino, south as far as San Diego, and in some remote mountain areas northeast.
Two women were killed, and one partially eaten, in the foothills just north of Pomona right after we moved up here.
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Mighty short horse.
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I'm 83 and the VA has me listed as wanting any tests they feel I need or that I can convince them I really want them, regardless of my age. I plan to live 19 more years to age 102. I want to be my own high school class reunion. (Over half of my class 0f 143 have already died and about half that number have simply vanished.)
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2 hours ago, Doc Shapiro said:
This is a valid rant. I'm not a fan of the blasted thing either.
I've been working with computers since 1966.
I still down understand them, like the, nottrust them, and I HATE having then forced on me in some form and one way or another every where I go and every thing I have to use.
I really hate the people who assume that I have spent over $1,000.00 to get a "smart phone" so I can receive texts from people who are too lazy to leave a voice mail message, and then blame me for missing their messages. I can't receive texts on my old flip phone. I do get a message that a text has been sent from a number I don't recognize and can't open.
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It never would have occurred with my GPA. I was good but not that good.
Even if I had been in such a situation, and I have spoken in public os hundreds of stages over my years, they could read my speech with the understanding that they could omit profanity or other offensive language but that I would still say what I wanted to without censor. Otherwise they could find someone else.
I have been booed several times but never left the stage before I was ready, I have challenged people who tried to disrupt me to one stage debates (never accepted), and have had some standing applause where it went on for a couple of minutes.
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17 hours ago, Alpo said:
I'm watching this cop show. And as they're walking by the kitchen one cop asks if it's all right if she grabs a bottle of water.
This allows her to enter the kitchen and get a close-up view of the four or five medicine bottles that are on the counter. And she opens the refrigerator door and takes out a bottle of water and goes and joins the other cop and the person of interest.
And it was just the way she said that - you mind if I grab a water - like everybody in their little brother has got a bunch of bottles of water in the refrigerator.
I don't.
Do you?
I keep a half gallon pitcher of water and one of sweet tea plus a few cans ofV-7 and a jug each of orange juice and apple juice (for my 50-50 juice cocktail for breakfast. My spare fridge in the garage is home to coke, Dr. Pepper root beer, and 7 Up.....and sarsaparilla. Lots of sarsaparilla,
I also have two cans of coffee (one with caffeine and one without) and a half dozen varieties of tea.
Bottled water is a staple, too.
NO ONE LEAVES MY HOUSE DEHYDRATED!
NO ONE!!
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My wife and daughter went to Ireland some years ago and loved the place. Their only negative comment were about narrow roads and big trucks. My wife wanted to buy a small castle (Bunratty?) there, but it wasn't for sale.
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On 5/16/2025 at 7:37 PM, Utah Bob #35998 said:
I’ve only done that with one pice a few years ago. It was about a Lycanthrope. Silver Bullet Love😝
Now you're just showing off. Once upon a time I was an English teacher, but this sent me scrambling for my dictionary and thesaurus (a very large extinct reptilian animal that was noted for its extremely large vocabulary.)
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That's one of the reasons I left Mars for Arizona. I just don't like cold weather.
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21 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
And in the dark the sound of a slide racking is unmistakable.
It can also tell your opponent EXACTLY where you are. Of course, the guy might have already figured that out by where he saw your flashlight.
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3 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:
The Song
You’re wondering when this song will end
Well it never will. Know this my friend
It’s a song of disappointment, fear and sorrow
It’s a song of love and a song of loss
A song of seas that are too storm tossed
And a song of hope for a gentle, kind tomorrow
It’s a song of land and a song of sky
Of beauty that brings a tear to the eye
A song of failure but of triumph too
It’s a song you hear when you’re all alone
For sins that you know you must atone
And you wonder why you live the way you do
It’s a song you hear when the meadowlark sings
And the joy you feel when remembering things
Like the times you watched the rising of the sun
Its the way you feel when you watch the flames
Dancing in a campfire and remember names
And have thoughts that can’t be shared with anyone
A song of travel and of hearth and home
But a feeling you are bound to roam
And seek out things you may not ever know
A song of longing for days gone by
When you were young and touched the sky
Amazed at what this big world had to show
It’s the song that often fills your ear
A song that not all people hear
As they live there lives with silence in their heart
A song a large as the universe
And I revel in each and every verse
As I welcome the small chance to play my part
It’s a song that I know cannot ignore
And I’ve learned over time to listen more
Even if the key is wrong and filled with strife
It’s the tenuous steps of a newborn foal
The rhythm I feel deep within my soul
It’s the happy/sad and lovely song of life
Welcome back...and you'll get tomatoes when you deserve them. This poem didn't qualify as a salad starter by a long shot.
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7 hours ago, Pat Riot said:
I have yet to meet a woman that carries a gun carrying a revolver. Yet husbands and men in their lives have foisted revolvers upon them only for the ladies to dump the revolver for a semiauto.
My wife carried a Charter Arms Undercover for years.
My daughter favors a five shot Taurus lightweight .38. I don't recall the model, but she's has it it since before the Rodney King mess.
My daughter-in-law likes, but doesn't carry on her person, a Ruger that I gave my son a few years ago.
When I worked at gun stores in California we sold about 50% / 50% revolvers and semi-autos to our lady customers.
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Simple answer: It is purpose-built to be the meanest, nastiest, and most indestructable killing machine we have. flown by people who have been taught how t get the most out of it. They are supported by experts at making it work to perfection.
Used to be that the SPAD could make a similar claim, but it has finally been moved back down the ladder somewhat.
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Garth, old son, I grew up with and have been immersed in, guns all my life. I pride myself on knowing as much as I do about them, but seldom a day passes when I don't learn something new and useful right here on this site.
I've dropped almost of the magazines I used to subscribe to and the places I used to go to on the internet and some of the clubs I have belonger to, but SASS and the NRA are always there when I need them.
Cherish the good you can find here almost instantly and avoid the crap you have shoved at you almost everywhere else. I dropped almost every publication I used to go to regularly and (aside from the link to TV I get from Amazon and seldom use) I don't have a TV contact.My life is calmer than it was before I started flushing these things.
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How many knives?
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I generally carry four knives with a total of seven blades.
I have an old Kershaw with a aluminum scales, a tiny Kershaw that I gave my mother that is good for much but opening letters and cutting off Irish Pendants,
and a Hubertus side-lever automatic (Spelled SWITCH BLADE and a real POS) knife...all single blades.
I also have a Diamond Edge 383 three blade folder that I found on a baseball diamond on Okinawa in 1966. Actually, I used the original for about 50 years when I broke the blade. I replaced it with a near perfect replacement that I got from Amazon. Same make, model, quality.,even the same pattern on the fake stag scales.
It still gets more use than most of my collection of knives put together.