Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967

Two things I don't care for on this model, without having seen one "in the flesh:" First, the lever shape. I think the more oval loop is more appealing, and would actually prefer a classic style. Second... the corny-as-all-get-out name. Seriously... spelling "Lever" backwards?? That reminds me of a few times back in the 1980's when I was sentenced to spend weeks at a time in Omaha on business. Now... Omaha in itself wasn't too awful bad, but it was a mite boring. The food was quite good! But I cringed every time I saw "Aksarben" this or "Aksarben" that... Aksarben Village, Aksarben Foundation, and so on. C'mon... the couldn't get more creative than spelling Nebraska backwards? That said, I actually could see myself investing in one. I've thoroughly enjoyed the Savage rifles I've owned or shot; the 99 is a classic, nothing wrong with the 110 bolt action, and I just love the old Savage Model 1920 series.

Pondering a new shotgun. Passed on my 12 ga Franchi O/U to Sassparilla Kid last weekend. Think I shot it once in seven years; nice gun, just never got around to using it. We had a trap event on Saturday (Boy Scout fundraiser); it was somewhat nicer than the Kid's CZ Woodcock, so I made him an early birthday present. He was plumb tickled - and did well with it. Anyway, I'm thinking about replacing it next spring with another smaller gauge - gots plenty o' twelves. And leaning toward another Franchi O/U. So... Twenty? Sixteen? Or how 'bout a Twenty-Eight? Thoughts? Opinions?

Well, I'm intrigued. Looking foward to your report!

Hell, "Triple T," knowing me, it might've been something I thought...! 🙄 😏

Was it sumpin' I said...? So I got home this evening and there were "alerts" to a bunch o' likes and comments on the "Movie Question" thread. Well... I seem to recall that someone had noted that "Howard the Duck" was more enjoyable than the questioned movie... and I commented that I happened to like Howard the Duck. But when I went to look at the comments and likes, the thread has been pulled. So was my stating that I liked "Howard the Duck" considered offensive? So lessee... San Francisco, late winter or early spring of '86 I was on the first leg of my journey home from work one afternoon, sharing a bench with Chris Danko on the underground Muni rail car. At a stop somewhere under Market Street, a young lady boarded and sat directly across from us. Well, she was a cute lass, but when we looked up we were startled to see her arms full of HtD memorabilia - including a Howard the Duck poster. And both of us blurted in unison, "Howard the Duck?!?" She looked at the two of us, clad in suits with briefcases on our knees, and started to giggle. Well... it seems that she was a "background artist" (extra!) in the movie, and they had just finished filming the closing nightclub scene up topside in the Warfield Theater. Dangit... if we'd known, we coulda been in it too! But Honest... I didn't mean to offend anyone~!

Very cool. But honestly, I'm surprised it's even legal there.

Had it not been an internet forum only there would have likely been a bunch o' fistfights and at least a couple of duels - pistols, blades, or bricks....

Who...?

Good find - but I think you mean "Frankford." Here's the link - scroll down to find the screens: https://www.frankfordarsenal.com/case-cleaning/

Well... I'd simply hire someone else to shoot it. @Subdeacon Joe mentioned shooting an H&R Handi Rifle in .45-70. I have a Buffalo Classic; 10" longer barrel and 1 1/4 lb heaver and it's not a bit unpleasant to shoot. Stuffed with 3f behind a 405 gr pill.

Nope. Not hard at all. He'll just trip over her on his way to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

So Ms Helen Brimstone has something strange happening in her lawn. Walking across the grass the other day I stepped on something hard and lumpy - literally, a hard lump poking up out of the grass. I stopped and looked at it, and it appeared to be a tree root that had been skimmed by the mower blade - woody colored, stiff, and... well... looking like part of a tree root that had surfaced. About the size of an apricot. But when I kicked it, it popped loose! I looked about, and there were several others - and they also popped free with a few kicks. But wotinell are these things?? She posted the query on "NextDoor," and the responses were eyebrow raising - "Why, that's DVSM! 'Dog Vomit Slime Mold!'" What??? Well, I looked it up, and I'll be danged - that really IS a "thing!" But this ain't it... DVSM is evidently literally soft and slimy. AND mobile! These things ain't. But what the heck are they? Lawn Tumors?

Wonderin' if the gun is FUBAR....

'95 ~ '04....

Been taking the "baby aspirin" over 35 years; started on warfarin about ten years ago, thanks to AFib. LOTS of blood draws, adjustments to dosages, crazy bruising, and dietary restrictions - basically, give up on green stuff. I love green stuff. Broccoli... brussels sprouts... spinach... greens... love it! And missed it. Now, I was told often that "you can eat anything green you want, and we'll just adjust your dosages! Ya just gotta be consitent!" Hm. So, if I like brussels sprouts, I can consistently eat six sprouts every Tuesday. A cup o' spinach every Monday. Cabbage on Friday. That observation earned me sympathetic smiles, but not much else. So earlier this year I was talking with an old friend, and telling him about the brain scan I needed after an auto accident last December - mandatory when on blood thinners. Anyway, the conversation wandered about, and at one point he asked, "... by the way, did you ever get off Coumadin?" "Nope," I told him. That started a bit of "tsk tsk"-ing; he'd been strongly suggesting for years that I change. Oh... I should mention that Dan happens to be an MD - actually, a geriatrician. An honest-to-Gosh "Old Fart Doc." And I reckon I qualified! "Dude!" sez Dan. "I can guarantee you that if your doc needed a blood thinner, he wouldn't pick warfarin! Just ask 'im yourself!" I did. And my doc said, "I thought we talked about this years ago! Let's get you changed!" And since then I've been taking Pradaxa and eating all the green stuff I want!

Yup. No problem with Firefox. Sooo... re-installed Chrome and now all is cool. Somethin' with chrome was broke.

When I was a tyke I almost kilt myself to death a couple o' times in those things...!

Thanks ~ Firefox worked. Wotta newsom... er, nuisance.