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  1. 1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

    They’re good and good for ya’ at whatever rate of consumption you prefer!!

     

    Certain parts of your anatomy might disagree with that the next day, he says as he recalls watching an NFL playoff with a 16 oz jar of

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    a 16 oz. jar of

     

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    An8 oz block of cream cheese,  and a sleeve of Ritz crackers. 

     

    At the end of the game I  had two empty jars, half a block of cheese,  and half a sleeve of crackers. 

     

    The next day was.....interesting. 

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  2. 56 minutes ago, Alpo said:

    Another case of words have changed their meaning.

     

    Back in the sixties I came across the phrase "making love", and it was obvious from context that that meant "having sex". If you were making love with a woman you were making the beast with two backs.

     

    So I was fairly shocked while in the 8th grade I was reading a Zane Grey novel - I believe it was THE UP TRAIL - and we have this girl and we have this guy, and we have these two other guys. And the two other guys left the room. So the guy is kind of looking around confused - where the heck did they go - when the girl looks over at him and says, "They thought we wanted to make love".

     

    What? Sex in a Zane Grey novel???

     

    But back in the twenties when he was writing books, making love was smooching and cuddling. Pitching woo.

     

    I started to add that it was "petting", but that's another term that has changed over the years.

     

    That brings to mind a saying about interpretations:

    "The gulf of meaning between the terms "horse play" and "pony play" illustrates why expecting your culture's translation of another's ancient texts to be 100% true to their original intent is dangerous and probably not good idea."

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  3. 2 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:

    I finally got around to looking this up. While I did not find chapter and section, does like like 10 gauge is the maximum shell size.

     

    At a guess I'd say an ATF regulation?

  4. I watched an informal interview with the Archbishop of New York.   He had an anecdote that at some gathering just after Francis was elected,  he looked at the Cardinals and said,  "May God forgive you for what you have just done."

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  5. May his memory be eternal!  


    How blessed!  To see Great and Holy Pascha, then to die in his sleep on Bright Monday!

    As you say, I didn't agree with his political views, but he led the Roman Church as he saw the Spirit leading him.  

     

     

    (irreverent aside - the headlines about "Live updates" make me giggle.)

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  6. 4 hours ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said:

    I don't know, Joe.  In my army Majors don't talk to Colonels like that.  More likely the writers had to give Holden's part some heft.  Happy Easter!

     

    Happy Easter!

     

    True, in today's Army it isn't likely,  but in those days it was an odd mix of both looser and stricter.   Throw in that the Major was a Doctor, which can give them weird powers/privileges.  

  7. I was born Towards the end of September.   I'm the youngest of 4 and there's 7 years between me and my youngest brother.   So I'm most likely a bungle of joy resulting in my mom taking seriously something my dad poked in fun after the KoC New Years party. 

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  8. 11 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:

     

    Good morning, Mr. Game Warden... Yes, this is my duck gun... Yes, I am aware of the 3-shell limit. I only brought two with me today.

     

    Game Warden:  "What gauge is that?"

     

    Market Hunter: "It's right around a Half Gauge, Sir.  Maybe a Third Gauge."

     

    (Game Warden....flipping through regulations to see if there are gadge restrictions for hunting waterfowl)

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  9. 26 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said:

    After numerous viewings I came to the conclusion that Bill Holden's part was irritating.

     

     

    You say that he played it perfectly?  A doctor set on doctoring set against a hard-headed, only the mission matters and fornicate everything else commander. 

     

    The one I found most irritating was Willis Bouchy as Col. Second(?). Willing to do anything to further his political career. 

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  10. 1 hour ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

    Thanks for posting this, I was at that meeting of the American Society of Arm Collectors in Woburn MA when this presentation was given and filmed by Ian.  Was also on the same bus as the author when we visited Lexington Green, Minute Man Park and Concord were he took all the photos used in the posting.  Got to meet and talk a lot with Jonathan from England who is in the photo at the North Bridge.  If you want to see more check out what I posted on April 3rd in my travel thread Scout’s Cowboy Action Shooting Travels - Page 2 - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum and what I posted on October 23rd last year when I visited Minute Man Park and and the North Bridge on my own.

     

    Right after the presentation by Joel on the study done on the Lexington/Concord bullet Strikes there was a presentation by Doug on his work at the Little Bighorn Battlefield after the fire there.

     

     

     

     

    When I read that I realized that, in spite of watching "The Andy Griffith Show" and "1776" what I know about that time is just the public school gloss.  And nothing outside of New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.

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