Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619

Here in Washington it's a CPL-- concealed pistol license.

A drone flying over your property is not trespassing. Pretty much as simple as that. You might have a different argument if it came right down to your patio or windows......don't know.

A favorite scene:

I've always been a bit sceptical about statements about 'what we weren't taught in school', along with an implication that things were withheld, then followed by the 'example'-- which is always something that I in fact learned in school or in school days.

Their possums ain't ours, either.

And that would have been entirely correct, which is why he was called William the Conqueror. I don't think there was any confusion at all that the title came as a result of the battle. I was never confused anyway.

Never heard the idea that he thought he was in India. He thought he had reached the Indies.

Rome fell in the West in the 5th century, after about seven or so centuries from Republic to Empire. But it persisted in the East as a great power for many centuries thereafter, and came only to the end in 1453, with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. In all, Rome had a continuous political existence for almost 2,000 years, from the early Republic to the final end. Not bad. We should do so well.

The original poem by Tennyson: "Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die."

Same here. I've had trouble too when I have overdone an exercise regime to prepare for something.

The question of aesthetics of weapons is interesting, and familiar enough to those of us who like 'traditional' firearms. The Spitfire is truly iconic, but as much of that is due to its design appeal as to its effectiveness. The Hawker Hurricane played much the same role as a single-engine fighter, and there is endless debate as to its role in air combat vis a vis the Spitfire. All taken with all, the two planes seemed basically equal overall as the war progressed. The Hurricane probably actually had a bit of an edge over the Spitfire in the Battle of Britain. But the Hurricane doesn't get the same 'popular' glory. When you look at Spit documentaries, with original footage, you'll notice that quite a bit of the footage is in fact that of Hurricanes. Except to the practiced eye, they don't look much different in profile, where the Spitfire elliptical wing is not evident. It takes a second to see the difference-- the cockpit difference, the subtly more 'humped' Hurricane, etc. Reminds me of the Jug vs the Mustang, though those two can't be confused in appearance. The Spitfire and the P-51 always stand out in the imagination somehow.

Consider how much skill goes into doing surgery on peoples' eyes....

As opposed to the usual deep ones?

My dad often hunted with a Model 12 in 16 gauge when we were kids and it was a great gun. One of my brothers has it. Another brother a couple years back had one from a brother in law that he didn't use and he gave it to me. Turned out it was a Model 25, which I hadn't heard of before. The Model 25 were '12s' that lacked the takedown feature and were sold only in 12 gauge, making them a little cheaper to manufacture, and they were sold at a somewhat lower price, apparently to compete with the Remmie 870s. It was a short-lived experiment. I still think of it as a Mod 12.....

Folks who don't live online don't need to worry much about Chinese spam or anything else like it. Much less have the 'crap' scared out of them....

Interesting; maybe a regional thing...never seen 'bogo' though we have such sales of course all the time. Though it's 'buy one, get one free', which would yield bogof I suppose....

I have six or seven Italian guns and they are real good!

Vegas is one of those places you either like or don't. I have no trouble understanding why people like it, but I've only stayed there once, at a small covention at Caesar's Palace 21 years ago. Everything was good but the city in general put me off. Haven't been back. Reno I lked better and went there three times over the years, mostly in connection with skiing.

What is a BOGO?

I don't like the fact that it's become hard to 'look people up'; friends and colleagues one hasn't seen in a long time, for example. You'll get names, but addresses and phone #s are treated as state secrets. No problem the other way, for me. I'm easy to find by old pals; only one or two of me in the country..... Hereabouts, I remember in the '80s, folks coming here from California had 'unlisted phone numbers'. Seemed normal to them, but not to us. But then that changed as time went by.

The old telephone book (remember that?) had my name, my address, and my phone number in the white pages. Just below my residence, it had my business name, address, and telephone number. Never thought of that as secret information, myself.....'course, it ddn't list my purchases..... My dad's and grandad's info was just above mine. No secret there, either.

Many congratulations! At 57 years married we hope to get there too. God willing. A great milestone for you and your bride!

I don't know.

An yet those on the Gaza border a year ago were unarmed. I was very surprised by that; not what I had thought at all.

For a 'Western' thread, we'd need some rules. For example, 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Hell and High Water' are not Westerns.