Subdeacon Joe
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Next full Moon is April 1st
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22 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:
Underground Mutton
Do you, yourself, eat mutton? I know that it used to be popular here, before WWII. I've had it and like it, but it's hard to find. People think it's "too gamy" for some reason.
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It's probably not legal to buy new from a dealer.
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If a dealer has a used one on consignment, that's a private party sale and it's legal for her to buy it.
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In the comments someone mentioned the Battle of Brisbane
https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww2/homefront/battle-of-brisbane-riot
Related a story of an American serviceman buying breakfast the day after, Australian soldier comes in, American braces for trouble, Australian slaps him on the back, "That was a right good scrap! Let me buy you breakfast!"
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Certus erat.
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19 hours ago, Alpo said:19 hours ago, Alpo said:
That happens. There was a sitcom back in the '60s about an android that was developed by the Air Force. She was referred to as Rhoda, but her official classification was AF 709.
Julie Newmar!
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I never like time changes. I'd rather stay on standard time all year.
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A true BEAST! And very adaptable.
Thank you.
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Found it!
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People love to ask that question about Vincent Price — usually with a raised eyebrow, as if he personally betrayed cinema. Why would a man with that voice, that face, that elegant, almost Shakespearean presence, “stoop” to horror? Why the haunted houses, the dripping candelabras, the campy villains with arched eyebrows?
But that question always feels a little unfair.
Because if you really look at his life, you start to see something else entirely — not a fall from grace, but a deliberate turn toward something he understood deeply: performance as pleasure.
Price didn’t stumble into horror like a desperate actor scrambling for rent money. By the time he became synonymous with shadowy corridors and sinister laughter, he had already proven himself. Broadway. Period dramas. Serious roles. He had the pedigree, the training, the respect. But Hollywood is fickle, and the “serious” roles weren’t lining up forever. They rarely do.
And horror — especially in the 1950s and ’60s — wasn’t the polished, prestige genre it sometimes is today. It was garish. Cheap. A little ridiculous. But it was also wildly popular. Audiences loved it. They packed theaters for adaptations of Poe, for lurid Technicolor nightmares, for that unmistakable voice curling through the dark like cigarette smoke.
Price saw something in that.
He didn’t just act in horror. He *inhabited* it. There’s a difference. He understood the wink behind the scream. The theatricality. The absurdity. He knew when to lean in and when to let the audience in on the joke. He treated even the most outrageous material with total commitment — which, paradoxically, made it better.
And then there was television.
When he popped up as Egghead in the 1960s series Batman, it wasn’t some tragic surrender to camp. It was a masterclass in it. Bald head gleaming. Egg puns delivered with Shakespearean gravity. He chewed scenery like it was a gourmet meal — and he did it knowingly. That show was pure pop-art chaos, and Price slid into it like he’d been waiting his whole life to say, “Egg-cellent.”
Was it serious drama? Of course not. But it was unforgettable.
The truth is, Price didn’t abandon “good roles.” He redefined what a good role could be for *him*. He found freedom in horror. There was room to exaggerate, to play, to flirt with melodrama. He wasn’t trapped trying to be the conventional leading man. He became something rarer — an icon.
And let’s be honest: horror gave him immortality.
How many respectable period dramas from the 1940s can the average person name? Now ask them about haunted mansions, mad scientists, that laugh. The answer comes instantly.
He understood something many actors never do: prestige fades. Personality lingers.
There’s also a practical side we shouldn’t ignore. Actors are working professionals. They take jobs. They navigate an industry that doesn’t always reward subtlety or intelligence. Horror studios valued him. They built projects around him. They gave him top billing. That kind of loyalty is hard to walk away from.
But beyond practicality, there was joy.
Watch him closely in those so-called “schlock” films. There’s a twinkle there. A sense that he’s having the time of his life. The cape swirls a little too dramatically. The line readings stretch deliciously long. He’s not embarrassed. He’s reveling.
And maybe that’s the point.
Vincent Price didn’t retreat from greatness. He chose a different stage — one filled with fog machines and creaking doors — and turned it into his kingdom. He became the high priest of gothic camp. The velvet-voiced ringmaster of nightmares.
In the end, what looks like a compromise might actually have been clarity. He understood his own brand before branding was a thing. He leaned into it. He owned it.
And decades later, we’re still talking about him.
Not because he chased respectability.
Because he chased delight.
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To answer Alpo's question
In letterpress printing, an "f combination" refers to a ligature, which is a single, custom-cast piece of metal type that combines the letter "f" with an adjacent letter.Graphic Design Stack ExchangeKey Aspects of "f" Combinations (Ligatures):- Purpose: The primary purpose is to prevent the "hood" (top curve) of the lowercase 'f' from colliding with the tittle (dot) of an 'i', 'j', or the stem of letters like 'l', 'b', or 'h' when they are placed next to each other.
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Common Examples:
- fi (f + i)
- fl (f + l)
- ffi (f + f + i)
- ffl (f + f + l)
- ff (f + f)
- Usage: These are used to ensure smooth, professional typography, particularly in well-set book work or high-quality stationary, preventing the damaged or crowded look that results from trying to kern individual letters.
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Letterpress printing type was sold by the ‘font’ which consists of a package of upper case or lower case letters, or figures (numerals and punctuation marks), and looks like these:
As hard as it may be for someone in 2021 to understand, each pack of type consisted of one subset of one typeface in one size and one style and one weight. Each foundry had a standard distribution of characters (because, for example, “x” was used much less frequently than “e”). Since each package of type was more or less the same size, the number of actual pieces of type in a package would vary with the point size of the type. Thus each package would have stamped on it the number of “A” (or “a”) characters it contained…allowing the purchaser to extrapolate the other character counts using a standard table (the most common being that of American Typefounders):
Because typesetting anything serious would require more characters than came in a single package, customers would order multiples of packages, which would then be combined and carefully placed into a typecase:
…which would in turn be stored in a type cabinet:
To put this in stark perspective, for a typesetter to have the flexibility to use the same assortment of faces, weights and styles as are visible in this MS Word dialog box…
…would require about 14,000 pounds of metal type!
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26 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:
If you do not follow it already, I post the 2A-related results from each conference in this thread (now on page 3) in the Team SASS section:
Just kicking the can down the road.
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/duncan-v-bonta-2/
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03/02/2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026."
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Go to en banc, en banc will uphold law, appeal to to SCOTUS, SCOTUS will sit on it for a while before getting around to denying cert.
Yes, I'm rather cynical.
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YAWN!!!!!
Go to en banc, en banc will uphold law, appeal to to SCOTUS, SCOTUS will sit on it for a while before getting around to denying cert.
Yes, I'm rather cynical.
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So you aren't reading the article, just the Billy Mays headline. Or maybe the carnival midway talker patter.
3 hours ago, Alpo said:But apparently it is a big deal and it is Nationwide news. And Yahoo news emailed me this morning and this is what it said.
>Authorities reportedly said they pulled the singer over after a report of a BMW driving erratically. A rep for Spears called the incident “inexcusable.” She has a court date of May 4.<
I bolded the sentence that caught my attention.
Her representative called the incident inexcusable.
Which part was inexcusable? Her driving drunk? Or her getting arrested?
What you wrote suggests that it was the entire comment in the article, not just the bait in a headline.
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A side note, if not for your post about it I wouldn't have looked at 5 or 6 Yahoo links, plus CNN, NBC, CBS, BBC, and several others to see if any of them gave the short version you had high lighted. You do a better job than the headlines do.
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Well, when you pull it out of the context of the statement it is confusing. But looking at 5 or 6 Yahoo links, they all said, ""This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable," a representative for Spears tells PEOPLE in a statement. "Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life. Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time.""
Other sources were the same. Now, I don't get the Yahoo emails, so i have no idea what was in the email, but I assume that it was similar to what I saw.
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can you buy a cobra derringer in California?
in SASS Wire Saloon
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Yes, in California, a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL/gun store) can sell a used handgun that is not on the California Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale (off-roster), but only through specific, legally permitted channels.
While a gun dealer cannot sell a new off-roster handgun from their inventory to a member of the general public, the following exceptions apply:
1. Private Party Transfer (PPT)
The Scenario: A California resident (the seller) brings their own used, off-roster handgun to a licensed dealer to sell it to another California resident (the buyer).
The Law: The FFL acts as the broker to transfer the firearm. PPTs are exempt from the roster requirements.
Requirements: Both parties must be present, have a valid California ID, and the buyer must have a Firearm Safety Certificate (FSC) and pass the 10-day background check.
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2. Consignment
The Scenario: A customer leaves an off-roster handgun with an FFL to sell on their behalf.
The Law: The FFL can sell this gun, but it must still be completed as a Private Party Transfer (PPT) to the new buyer, or sold to a roster-exempt person (like a law enforcement officer).
3. Roster-Exempt Purchases
Law Enforcement (LEO): Sworn peace officers in California are exempt from the roster and may purchase off-roster handguns for personal use, which they can later sell via PPT.
Intrafamilial Transfers: A parent, grandparent, or child living in another state can legally gift an off-roster handgun to a California resident through an FFL.
Curio & Relic (C&R): Firearms over 50 years old (and some other specific older models) are exempt from the roster.
Key Takeaways
Off-roster does not mean illegal to own: It only means the FFL cannot sell it from their inventory as a new gun.
The "Used" Misconception: Even if a gun is "used," if an FFL brings it into their inventory from out-of-state, it is considered "new" by the state and cannot be sold if it's off-roster. It must be a private party transfer or an exemption.
High Demand: Off-roster handguns (like Gen 4/5 Glocks) are often sold in these PPT scenarios for high prices.
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