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    3 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

    My mom had an Electrolux vacuum cleaner it lasted for years. When she had to buy a new vacuum it was another Electrolux .:P

    I still have my mother's.  Needs a new latch for the bag compartment.  Also have two newer ones, both at least 10-15 years old.

  2. Unless there is specific information, how does one plan to prevent a terrorist attack?  In a city the size of Moscow, or NY or London, there are any number of targets that can attract terrorists.  The French, in anticipation of the Olympics later this year, are upping their counter terror and surveillance activities, but a terrorist attack could occur in one of a hundred different locations.  Unfortunately, unlike TV, there isn't always an obvious target.

  3. The Canada Border Services Agency web site has all the official information needed.   By all means contact the folks listed above and they will confirm the info on that website.

     

    BTW, we used to shoot at some of the same matches in NJ and PA back in the "old days".  I seem to remember a shoot off with (I can't remember for sure- Badlands Bud?) another top shooter where a number of shotgun rounds were required; he ran out of shells and you had plenty on your belt.  You moved down south as I recall.  Nice to see you're still shooting.

     

    Tex

  4. Action open, muzzles pointing down range.  OK. 

    Muzzles don't break the 170 vertically, OK.

    Holding it by the wrist, unless both hands on the shotgun is required, OK.

  5. But yet, the EOT website shows a Hampton Inn in Happy Valley as a "preferred" hotel.  It appears to me that there is no corporate policy for or against firearms, but rather each site makes up its own rule.  I have stayed in a number of hotels in AZ, NM and other states and there was no problem with bringing cased firearms into  the room, whether I asked about it first or not.

  6. Saw the Nick Cage film on MAX.  Better than I expected.  The young actress who played his daughter was a surprise, she's only 14.  She held her own in scenes with Cage. 

  7. 1 hour ago, Captain Clark said:

    +1 to Tex Jones. Another name to throw out for a replacement bolt ( large caliber) is Sarco. Don’t ask me why, but they have complete new style kits in stock. Yes, they will replace old style bolts. The newer style retainer is definitely more robust, which can’t be all bad.  My 66 runs just fine with the new style. Now I’ve got to send off the broken / bent tab bolts for repair!:)

    I visited SARCO a number of times back in the old days.  Tons of stuff.

  8. At the time, I lived in Atlantic Highlands, NJ on the south end of NY Bay.  A commuter ferry traveled from that town and the one next to it, Highlands, NJ to and from lower and mid town Manhattan.  Very shortly after the attack the ferries were used to bring people back to NJ from Manhattan.  How that was organized is still a mystery to me.  A buddy was a cop in Highlands, NJ and I was with him later in the day as the ferries would arrive and disembark passengers.  Interestingly, there were NYPD officers on the ground there at the dock who were interviewing passengers as they came off the ferry. 

     

    There is an overlook in town, Mount Mitchill, which at 266 ft above sea level is the highest point on the Eastern seaboard south of Maine, where one can see Manhattan across the bay.  The smoke rising from the destroyed towers kept rising for days.  The coastal area there is one of the glide paths for JFK and on that day and there was no traffic and that continued for at least two days.  One of those days that changed the world.

  9. Yul,

     

    With reference to your post about all the photos you took that have no names attached, why not post them all, if you have time, and let the Wire fill in the names?  It could take some time, but could be fun.

     

    Tex

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  10. Yul,

    It's become a tradition to have you, and now Seamus, take the time and make the effort to keep us "stay at home"s in the picture, so to speak.   Thanks again for your efforts. 

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  11. 13 minutes ago, Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life said:

    Only an Easterner who inherited a ranch would pay for a stetson that will probably get blown off, trampled, fallen into manure, soaked with sweat, etc. I buy very serviceable Stetsons for less than $100.00.

     

    I get fancy buckles from shooting matches.

     

    I spend my money on boots.

     

    That works for me.

     

     

    Those folks aren't doing "cowboy" work.  Can't get them very dirty walking around the streets of Aspen.

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  12. 4 hours ago, Dantankerous said:

    And more importantly, hear it.

     

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrup! Problem neutralized.

    I heard one once at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.  Sounded like tearing a piece of paper.

  13. Many years ago when I was a kid, a neighbor a few doors down had a baby.  They used to leave the kid in the carriage at the foot of their front steps to get some air, and lying down next to the carriage was the biggest Great Dane I ever saw.   No one went near the carriage.

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