Subdeacon Joe
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6 hours ago, Alpo said:
That says that the truck is being unloaded from a C-17.
When I first read it I thought it said it was being unloaded from AC17 - an ATTACK C-17.
Probably because just been reading that thread about Puff. But I was thinking I knew of an AC 47 and an AC-130, but an AC-17??
And that's why you should not use all caps.
There's clearly a space between the A and the C.
Besides:
https://homefrontfanfiction.fandom.com/wiki/AC-17_Spectre
It's on the internet, so it must be real.
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3. Abandoning carts in random locations.
I usually put it in the designated spot, or I stop when I get out of the store, take my bags, and leave it near the door so it's easy for someone to grab. If there is a large walkway between sections of the parking lot, and someone is gathering carts, I'll leave it there. Idjits who leave them in handicap spots should be horsewhipped.
9. Taking forever at the deli counter.
I've watched people get belligerent over 0.01 pounds. "I SAID THAT I WANTED A POUND YOU (string of explitives)!!"
Me? "I'd like a pound and a half of the bulk pork breakfast sausage, plus or minus 25%, please." Although, I'll also, if it's early and there's no like ask for "two-thirds of a dozen 8/12 shrimp, and half a score strips of your thick cut applewood smoked bacon, please." Then watch the mental gears grind. Best response i ever got was, "It's early. I haven't had enough coffee yet. What the hell do you want?" His boss was standing there, translated it for the guy helping me. We all laughed.
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6 minutes ago, Alpo said:
They probably still sell them in Canada. They sell the ammunition there.
But I have a friend in England that has a 9 mm rimfire shotgun. He shoots "those damn American squirrels" out of his garden.
Apparently the American gray squirrel is an invasive species in England.
I've gotten pretty good at translating "I don't speak gun, but this is my problem".
I still read Black Powder Cannon forums, and there are always people asking how to fire the "antique cannon" in their garden. Those "Antique Cannon" being cheap, poorly cast pot metal or almost slag Grey Iron castings from China. We usually call them pipe bombs.
So that's the "garden gun" that came to mind.
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42 minutes ago, Stump Water said:
It actually happened. As you said, for morale.
Oh! My "tongue in cheek" comment was about the text in the meme.
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
Y'all didn't understand that?
The man has an old 9mm rimfire shotgun that has been disassembled and he's trying to put it back together and he needs help with the barrel latch.
It would probably help more if we knew who made the gun, but questions like that pop up on gunboards all the time.
Thank you. I had forgotten about that version of Garden Gun.
https://www.jgraysefs.com/post/garden-gun-of-a-by-gone-era
I had in mind this version
I was wondering if he meant a vent cover, tompion, or both.
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27 minutes ago, Stump Water said:
Yeah, you want 'em in the shade.
For the bath you want it shallow with shallow sides. They will not use those "deep dish" baths like this.
Also, get a solar powered fountain for it. The circulation and aeration helps keep the alge down. I haven't found one that lasts more than a few months, but they're worth it. Something like https://a.co/d/j5ItD77
Throw out the sprinkler fittings. They look cool, but with any breeze over about 2mph the water blows onto the ground. Just bubbling out the top is fine.
Here's our rig
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3 hours ago, Chantry said:
It's tongue in cheek, but there's a huge lump of truth to it.
Logistics, Logistics, Logistics.
Plus, the importance of morale as a force multiplier.
"Ain't it great to have a pal,
Who works so hard to keep up morale."
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Well, that's nicely vague.
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Hummingbird feeders should be at least partially shaded in the afternoon. That juice, even here in Sonoma County, can get VERY hot in direct sunlight. As in, "I need to let it cool before I drink it " hot.
Clean, at least rinse, with very hot water hummingbird feeders every time you refill them. You have sugar water fermenting in them, after all. And get an ant trap for them.
Here's a good overview:
https://www.wbu.com/bird-feeder-care-cleaning/
I admit, we aren't that diligent. We also decided that we like watching the squirrels.
Although we now use the pepper seed cylinders to discourage it. And added an extra chain to keep the squirrels from carrying the cage away.
This is one of the setups we bought
The water tray is thin plastic garbage that got brittle in a couple of months, but overall, it's great.
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13 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
If you knew how to drive one?YES!! We had a little dually flatbed pickup with a big block Chevy, a 4.10:1 rear end, and a granny four speed and I could out drag a lot of the local “hotrods” with it!
You didn’t want to downshift into first unless you knew how to double clutch, but that pickup would damn near pull the front wheels on the launch. Four back tires gave it pretty good traction and with the steel flatbed it had enough weight on the back wheels to keep it from just spinning.
That big block wasn’t stock either!😜😜
This one had a straight 6.
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47 minutes ago, Alpo said:
Then I thought about that a while. When I was a kid and just starting to drive, if you had a column shift transmission, that was fine. But if you had a floor shift - especially if you had a four speed floor shift - that was considered a hot rod and insurance was more.
A 3/4" with a 3 1/2 speed (4 speed but with a granny low) is a hot rod?
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50 minutes ago, Alpo said:
Actually, I learned with a three on the tree.
Still, you needed that right hand free to shift. You just didn't let it rest on the lever.
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10 minutes ago, Alpo said:
Means that you learned how to drive in a 4 on the floor.
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There was no attribution on FB with this group of photos.
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You can tell by the way that he'll use his walk, he's a SEAL man, no need to talk.
Real deal doesn't need to advertise.
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1 hour ago, Stump Water said:
They cancel school in the summer when it's hot. And schools have AC now. WTH?
Which they spend all winter testing. In hot weather they test the heating system.
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Twenty two years old, he died in his commander’s arms.
World War II, Pacific Theater: During the savage fighting on Guadalcanal, Edward Ahrens, in a security detachment assigned the task of protecting the Raiders' right flank, singlehandedly engaged a group of Japanese in rifle and hand-to-hand combat as they attempted to infiltrate the Raiders' rear. He was found the next morning, dying from his wounds, with 13 dead Japanese soldiers around his position. In his navy Cross citation, he was credited with killing at least three enemy soldiers, including the attacking unit's commanding officer, and aiding materially in stopping their infiltration — “He gallantly gave his life in the defense of his country.”
His last words, to his commanding officer, were reported to be "The bastards tried to come over me last night— I guess they didn't know I was a Marine." Private First Class Edward H Ahrens, twenty two, unmarried, from Dayton, Kentucky, died in his commander’s arms.
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30 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
The laws need to be changed.
But how? More importantly, how do you both make it effective, but not allow for endless, every expanding restrictions?
Just like with "gun laws." You know, "We just want to keep guns out of The Wrong Hands!" OK, How?
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20 minutes ago, Alpo said:
Did you know there used to be a saloonatic named Hannah Kagelt?
Did you know there used to be a saloonatic named Hannah Kagelt?
No, I did not.
No, I did not.
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WW II fighter or gun cameras
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Gun cameras on American WWII fighters were most often in one of the wings.
Cpl. Michael Senia, who was part of the 353rd Fighter Group's photographic section, loads a gun camera into the wing of a P-47 Thunderbolt. This was probably taken at Metfield air base where the group was stationed between 3 August 1943 and 12 April 1944. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication29 Oct 1943.' [stamp] and '290575.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '"Thunderbolts from Britain". These pictures, taken by Sam Goldstein, war correspondent for the pool, at an 8th Fighter Command air base located "somewhere in England", show the pilots of an American P-47 "Thunderbolts" fighter group as they prepare for a mission to escort their "big friends", the Flying Fortresses to a target someplace in enemy occupied Continental Europe. - Every day, squadron after squadron of these powerful little fighter ships take off from airdromes all over England to escort the big bombers waiting to be taken into Europe. Photo shows: Cpl. Michael Senia, Brooklyn, N.Y., loading combat gun camera into the wing of a P-47. Camera exposes film simultaneously with gun-fire. 63 & 64.'
The camera didn't replace any of the guns. They were electronically started by pulling the trigger. They kept running for a bit, I think 5 seconds, after the trigger was released.