Matthew Duncan

You could put the original lever in a vice and using the ordered lever as a guide bend the original lever back into spec.

I would trust that the fleas from a thousand camels would infest their armpits.

Tape recorder in their apron pocket.

What would you expect for no cost, perfect haircut?

Hanging on a horse shoe in my den.

Sources for free lead, I had an idea… Season is winding down; I’ve got about only 400 rounds left. I’m a bit on the conservative side so I’m looking for sources of free lead before Spring. At work I’ve been tripping over an old car battery. Been laying in the warehouse for about a year…hmmmm. Now some Cowpokes caution against recycling car batteries because of hazardous materials like sulfuric acid. Well Cowpokes shoot guns, handle lead bullets, smoke, drink alcoholic beverages and drive Fords which ain’t the safest ether, so why not recycle the lead from car batteries ask I? So I hoisted that car battery up on Gray and took it back to the ranch. Took the fill caps off the top and drained the sulfuric acid. For proper disposal of sulfuric you will need to fill out Federal Environmental Protection Agency, State Board of Health, County Health forms and notify the local Fire and Police departments. DO NOT DISPOSE SULFURIC ACID BY DUMPING ON THE GROUND! The wife has been treating all the neighborhood stray cats for worms. I’ve noticed that the worm medicine is so strong, that the grass dies where the cats recycle their food intake (poop). And if you ignore my “DO NOT DISPOSE SULFURIC ACID BY DUMPING ON THE GROUND!” you will not be able to convince nobody (especially my wife) that it was the cat’s worm medicine poop that has killed off her flower garden and ate thru the steel water line to the house. Trust me on this one. Then using cold water (after water line is repaired) to flush any remaining sulfuric acid from the battery. Contain all rinse water and dispose of per Federal Environmental Protection Agency, State Board of Health, County Health Fire and Police departments’ guidelines. Dumping the rinse water into a ditch will kill most of the neighbor pets, all vegetation down stream for 2 miles and will also lead to a very difficult explanation to the arresting Officers. After bonding out of the calaboose I used a hacksaw and tried to cut the plastic case off. Don’t use you favorite hacksaw, better yet borrow one from an anti-gun neighbor because no matter how well your rinsed the sulfuric acid out of the battery, the hacksaw ain’t going to be worth much when done. Using a butane torch to burn off the plastic case works but make sure you stand up wind. Boiling sulfuric acid residual mixed with plastic case fumes all blowing down wind has the tendency to kill shrubbery and the rest of the neighborhood pets, including gold fish in indoor aquariums. When the Federal Carpet Baggers arrived, suggesting that it was a terrorist act will keep your bond from being revoked. Trust me on this one. Fire up your outdoor melting pot and start throwing sections of the battery in. After burning up a half tank of LP you will noticed that in between every 6 wafers is a substance that will not burn or melt and sucks up the heat. Manually remove this substance. After 6 hours (not counting jail time) I have ¼” of lead covered by a 1” of dross in the melting pot. My cost breaks down to: Butane torch fuel $2. Refill LP tank $22. Flower garden replacement: $247.13 Repair of water line: $785.54 Bond Agent: $500. Total is $1,556.67 for about a pound of lead. Cost does not include pending lawsuits or gold fish replacement. My conclusion is using car batteries for a source of lead is viable. I’ve got most of the remains of one battery left and if pressed I can leave it go for $2 or $3 thousand dollars. I figure at that price I’d have enough to recoup my costs with some left over to skip the territory. April Fools!

Are you saying your computer is protected by a password or are you saying there is a program on your computer that is password protected or are you saying there is a Internet site that requires are password for you to access?

I sold a rifle out of state a few years back. USPS it to the buyer’s FFL. I enclosed a copy of the buyer’s driver’s license. A web search confirmed the buyer and FFL was legit.

Better to have a few extra rounds and not need them then to need them and not have them. Saying that I rarely carry a second magazine when carrying concealed and never carry loose rounds in a pocket..

Water weighs 8.3 pounds per gallon.. How many pounds can you carry for a half of a mile?

Did they have a court order to run the ballistics?

I have a iPhone SE Third generation on iOS 18.3.2 and search function on my photos works.

I wasn’t aware that the SS had the legal authority to make laws! Just because it’s a SS policy doesn’t mean the POTUS could drive if he wanted to.

Methinks most folks make decisions based on their emotions (in this case fear) and/or have no confidence in their own judgement.

Indiana! A free State with a balanced budget. Any rural town away from liberal bastions of Gary, South Bend, Indianapolis or Evansville will do. Rural population is greater than the liberal cities’s.

As I recall UPS left a sticky note on my front door notifying me a sindture was required and they will attempt delivery again the next day. Also on the sticky note was a place for me to sign stating I accept delivery. I signed and placed the sticky note back on my front door. Worked like a charm, UPS dropped of my package the next day without me being home.

Point naturally, don’t over think it and muzzle down a little from were I think it should be.

That sounds like the car Salesman that TOLD me I didn’t want a Volkswagen Rabbit. I needed a different VW he had on the lot. So I went next door to the Honda Dealer who I learned also owned the VW storefront. I asked the Honda Salesman if he could sale me a VW Rabbit. Yes, they will have a new shipment at the end of the week. Can you guess which Salesman I listen to?

I say it would depend on their usage rate. If it was common to use a vial or two during several shifts, then rotate stock when resupplying. I understand European’s drink their beer warm so only in American ambulances a refrigerator would be a necessity.

Years ago I took a Kenmore microwave to Sears for repair. Sears called, microwave was unrepairable. Did I want them to dispose of it or pick it up. Sears was a hour drive away, on a whim I said I’d pick it. That was stupid I thought, well it would allow me to be tempted by their Craftsman tools. 😀 Sears Clerk directed to the back of the store. No employee at the counter, no “ring bell for service” or surveillance camera I could see. Was a large screen TV hanging on the wall the said “NEXT CUSTOMER TO BE SERVED” with what appeared to be two last names, which I found strange because I was the only one there. Perhaps some self check in procedure? Well if there was I couldn’t find any signs telling the customer what to do. But back in a corner, no where close to the TV, I found a computer “Check in here”. Name, invoice number, description of item, typed it all in and pressed ENTER. I waited 10 minutes for my name to appear on the TV (which it didn’t) or for an employee to pop out with my unrepairable microwave ( none did). Hmmm. You see my dad was stubborn and so was my mother. Plus I dealt with bureaucrats for almost 19 years. I was born for this. Using my fist I knocked on a door that signed for “employees only”. Door swung open, employee acted as he had seen a ghost. Guess I woke him from a nap? Told why I was there, he told me I needed to check in first, been there done that 10 minutes ago, he said he’ll call back to the warehouse. Thank you with a smile. 5 minutes later later I’m knocking on the door, well? They will call the warehouse again. Thank you with no smile. Two burly guys burst though the swinging doors together and head straight to me. The A team I thought. They wanted my name, invoice number and what I was picking up. When I told them that I had already typed that into their system which appears on the warehouse monitor too (a shot in the dark) I was told that is out of order. They will bring my microwave out to me. 15 minutes wait until one of them returns empty handed. They can’t find it I’ll have to come back later. No. 2 hour round trip for me, I’ll wait. I get a look of discuss. He declines my offer to find the store manager to assist them. 5 minutes later BINGO they found my microwave! Wonderful. I notice there was a repair order taped to it. It listed parts replace and cost. What do I owe Sears as I pointed to the repair order. Nothing, unrepairable. Guessing he had a Full House and I as a customer was holding up the game. Thank you with a smile. When I got home I plugged the microwave in. Other than the clock display flickering it worked fine. Used it for another 10 years. Sometimes pushing gently back at the bureaucracy/store policy pays off. Then there was the time my wife bought me a Sears fiberglass step ladder for Father’s Day. A week later she received a bill from Sears. They forgot to charge her for shipping!? The charge for shipping was more than what the ladder cost. I loaded up the ladder and made the hour drive to Sears. Told the I clerk I have invoice marked “paid in full” what is freight owed nonsense? Store policy. I want to speak to your manager. Manager parroted the same Store Policy excuse. Ok fine. I want to return the ladder. They gave me a refund and waived the shipping. Wonder why Sears went out of business?

Mom would tell us kids this. The only time I heard dad criticize mom was when he said, “And I wish they had it too”. That’s when mom dragged dad to the grocery store to show him how much quality food her weekly $20 allowance could buy. She got an allowance increase.

If you don’t have time to do it right when will you have time to do it over.

Folks from Chicago will never notice it.

I was trapped in a woman’s body for nine months before I came out.

Why doesn’t the count down start when you ordered it online? I live in a free state and this wait stuff is foreign to me.