Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967
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3 minutes ago, watab kid said:
im having trouble comprehending that with over a hundred dead we still have over 170 missing , this is a terrible disaster
That picture of the buried pickup truck is an indication that many, if not most, of those missing may never be found.
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On 7/10/2025 at 9:41 PM, Rooster Ron Wayne said:
That was the main reason I never went to it .
I have just stuck with Unique for 99% of my loading for all these years .
And that has even been hard to come by so I'm told .
I still have about 8pnds of it for now .
Rooster, if you have eight pounds of Unique on hand you are wealthy indeed!
Long a favorite of mine ~ I hope to live long enough to see its return.
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11 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:
There was an old argument that women outlived men 'cuz they didn't have wives....
7 minutes ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said:Be interesting to study that now!
Uh... could lead to a danger of one's head exploding.
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Why "ZEBCO...?"
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There was an old argument that women outlived men 'cuz they didn't have wives....
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Dang... and I thought it was ME~!
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Somebody's uncle work for Glock...? 🙄
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18 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
I'd like to see how those would fit into ANY military aircraft except big cargo haulers. They're about as useful as a barb wire jock strap.
The only way that outfit would ever get aboard an aircraft would be in luggage.
But the boots are kinda cool. And on a sunny or rainy day you could un-pin the hat and camp under it.
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Norfolk still won, 9 - 5.
Go TIDES~!
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Angel wings....?
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24 minutes ago, Whitey James said:
Had another episode while I was driving on the interstate Sunday. Just having a normal conversation with the wife and out of nowhere my heart started racing and I felt like I couldn't catch my breath. Had to get off at the next exit ramp and let her drive the rest of the way home. I swear there is no rhyme or reason to them. If you knew what triggered them you could avoid the triggers. My appointment is Wednesday the 16th. I'm sure I'll be put back on beta blockers. I swear I am convinced that this is jab related. Never had a problem with BP or any heart related issues until then.
There are indeed indications that the vaccine could have led to it with some folks. But with my high risk for respiratory issues I opted for the "jab;" I would likely have not survived Covid.
My AFIB "triggers" seem to be poor or missed sleep, and caffeine. And stress.
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20 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:
That hole is also a rest for a wooden spoon!
I've heard that... mine don't fit!
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Good topic!
Thinkin' back to my teen days - don't recall if the tip came from some old timer or if I read it in Field & Stream (anyone remember "Tap's Tips?"
)... but on the topic of cleanup: "See that hole in the skillet's handle? Tie a line to that handle and toss that skillet into the lake. But be sure to tie the other end to something first! Anyhoo, when ya reel it in to cook breakfast, it'll be clean!"
Danged if it wasn't! Dunno what "grazed" on the scrapings; don't know if I want to know ~ but it sure made skillet cleanup easy!
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Boring Saturday evening. Resorted to turning on the tube ('cept it ain't a tube no mo', now izzit?) and browsed about a bit. Finally found something on Prime called "Heads of State," and settled in with a glass o' peach tea and watched it.
Totally unrealistic (should've underlined unrealistic!) action film that was actually fun! I even got a few grins out of it - dunno if those parts were meant to elicit grins or not, but heck, they worked with me.
'Twas fun!
(BTW - I'm glad I did not check out the trailer 'til after seeing the movie... likely would have not watched it; 'way too many spoilers!)
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Two Hundred Forty-Nine Years and Two Days Ago...
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I'd never even hear of Aldi stores before seeing this thread. And outside of airports have never encountered "quarter deposit" shopping carts.
What's next... pay toilets?
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1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said:
Pure rubbish as far as I am concerned. There is zero proof one way or the other that the Cyber Truck was inspired by Citroen's design.
By his own admission the design was inspired by vehicles in sify movies he watched as a kid.
I'm more inclined to believe that Citroen's car was inspired by those same 70's sify movies.
Anyone that has ever worked with stainless steel sheet metal is well aware of how hard it is to form by stamping it into dies with complex curves. That is why the Delorean DMC-12 was mostly flat surfaces and not a lot of curves.
Arguably the best Citroen ever, the Deux Chevaux~! 😄
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9 hours ago, Pat Riot said:
https://citroenvie.com/was-teslas-brutalist-cybertruck-inspired-by-citroen/
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And, as since the beginning of time, the standard length of any rope remains... one foot too short.
(In the modern era this rule also applies to extension cords and garden hoses)
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Sweet, sweet li'l revolvers.
Here's mine, 1970 vintage. My late, dear friend "Doxna" bought it new, put less than a box of shells through it. She packed it on a few deer hunting trips, but never fired it again. When she passed about ten years ago, she left it to me. Although I've never shot it, I did have my son pull the bullet from a cartridge and pop the primer with it. So... why on Earth do such a thing? Well, the turn signal brush in his old Toyota pickup steering wheel was worn; the empty .22 case fit over it perfectly and function was restored. That was the only time the hammer was dropped in fifty-five years.
Somewhere I have the original receipt. She bought it from a sporting goods store on Clement St, in San Francisco, and as I recall the price with the Hunter holster was something like sixty bucks.
Edit: I just remembered... my old pard Half-Breed Pete had one. "Had." Back in the early 70's he was on a multi-day hunting trip on horseback in the Los Padres National Forest. At some point, he reached to adjust his Bearcat holster, and discovered it empty. Oh, NO! He retraced many miles of trail, searching for the missing revolver. No joy. So, unless some fortunate soul just happened along and spotted it, somewhere out in the woods a lump o' rust resides alongside an overgrown trail.
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15 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
I still don’t get it! Maybe because I’m not a Star Wars fan?. 🙄
In the Star Wars franchise, the stormtroopers are notoriously poor shots. In fact... they rarely, if ever, hit their target. So, if Ruger decides to call a new model "Stormtrooper," there's an implied expectation that the shooter will always miss.
I'm still trying to find out if this is for real or not!
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As a long-time Ruger pistol fan, this took me a moment...
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25 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:
.................... ainchoo s'pos'd ta be writin ' a book? 🤔
Ah is workin' on it. Most o' the stories are done; working on simple illustrations now.
By the way ~ thinkin' 'bout putting a picture of the Kappa Phi Delta house on the cover ~ here 'tis~!
Hank's room was to the left, on the first floor - I suspect it was originally the "library" in the old mansion; it sported a fireplace. Second floor was the living room, or "front parlor," which had a piano stage. Behind it was the second "parlor," which had another fireplace. Third floor was MY bedroom, originally the master bedroom. Three guys could comfortably share the room, with space for three beds, three dressers, and a sofa in front of the third fireplace. Several people could comfortably be seated at a round table in the bay window. Two more bedrooms were on that floor, along with a bathroom and separate shower room. Fourth floor was "Wynuts" bedroom, sometimes shared. I believe it may have originally been a servant's quarters. At the other end of a landing at the rear of the house was a walk-in attic. We called that the "Chalet Room;" quite rustic, right under the rafters and roof and quite popular.
The old place was built in 1904. We leased the house for a whopping $300/month. In 1973, the lease expired. The realtor who owned the place said he did not wish to renew the lease, but said we could continue to rent the place month-to-month, or we could buy it outright for $35,000. We were so insulted that we disbanded the fraternity and bailed.
Zillow now has the house valued at $2.4 million, down from a high of $3.5 million in 2022.
Hank's room, minus furniture and cat
Hank, aka Jim Borton, and Ray Gee
Hank impressing the bejabbers out of some sorority gal at one of our "Western Parties..."
A young Hardpan...
And... Hardpan and Hank years later; mebbe forty years ago.
And just for the heck of it, Half-Breed Pete hisself!
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Eat like a Crusader
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Danged thing won't let me see the recipe... er... "receipt," Joe! - unless I download and install some odd application I've never heard of.