Cypress Sun

Very high voltage line would, provided even mediocre ground. Remember bumper cars? Linemen put themselves "in line" on occasion. Feels like you're on air...til ya hit the ground.

Yeah...you look it....

And 40 years ago today (4/26/86), reactor #4 at the nuke plant in Chernobyl (Ukraine) blew up causing the worst peacetime nuclear disaster in history.

Where do I live during WWII? Since my friend and I have made it safely to my house, it's obviously not in the US as no enemy was able to invade the US in any numbers other than a small number of saboteurs. So....Do I live in Europe (east or west of Germany), The Pacific, Alaska, Africa or somewhere else? The theater of war will determine my picks.

I was just at firearm and firearm related auction business today and encountered a couple of the "new generation" employees, both less than 30 years of age. They did not want to "take the time" (their words) to do as I requested them to do with the various items (MY property) that I wanted to put in the auction so that maximum profit levels could be attained for both parties. The monetary sum total of the items that I wanted to put in the auction would have probably totaled around $2K. The auction house gets 18% of bid price on sale of YOUR firearms and 25% on sale of YOUR firearm related items. They also charge a buyer premium of 15% - 18% on items purchased. The younger one said "It's too much work" to put it in lots the way I wanted to. An example: Description -.45 ACP clean brass, 500++ pieces along with a picture of a bag of brass. Obviously, pretty hard stuff, wouldn't want them to break a sweat or delay their breaktime game. Over the years, I have bought and sold thousands of dollars' worth of items from them, won't happen any longer. They can kiss any money from me goodbye, I won't be back. Theres a big difference in maintaining, or improving, good employee moral vs letting the employees run the show. Besides, when's the last time you saw any employee doing anything, sometime even on their own time, other than stare at their damn cell phone. Breakroom games/puzzles and/or human interaction....yeah, right.

Dang!!! Might be time to go back to the office....or not. I'd go back if they offered a back massage and a raise. Actually, I'm glad that I retired. No way that I would want to work in the field these days with all of the cell phone zombies.

We still have two in our house. I always felt sorry for the unsuspecting remodeler removing drywall, or plaster, to find a bunch of old double edged razor blades in the wall.

Hmm, you don't sthhay.

I just saw and talked to Colonel Dan, and his lovely wife Mary, in January. They both still look good and seem in good spirits. I still have a SBSS Clean Match Award from the 2011 Florida State Championship (The Last Stand) that is signed by none other than Colonel Dan. I'm also a member of the SBSS, but I have no idea where the paperwork is however.

It's a good thing it isn't an island. Can you imagine the tidal wave it would make when it flipped over!

Drinking fountain = Hose.

No, I don't pronounce Don and Dawn the same way. Nor do I pronounce cot and caught the same way. Drinking fountain and Coke. Bubbler? Never heard that.

I acquired a quantity of bullet molds that I'm going to put in the Classifieds. This was a great source of info on the Lyman/Ideal molds complete with catalog numbers and descriptions. Thought I'd pass it along. http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohland/Cast_Bullet/Ideal-Lyman_Molds/Ideal-Lyman_Mold_Descriptions.html

Just a guess, but maybe...just maybe....from the jist of the originating post.

The indent ball from my 73 dust cover is up there somewhere also!

Wingman.

When I went, there was just a plaster footprint, Bigfoot costume and an old, grey Yeti selling autographs for $25 a pop. Cool T-shirt though!

Must have an upcoming court date....what'd he do?

"Wait, cell phones can call someone too"? What a 16 year old says upon finding out that cell phones can be used to actually talk to another person.

Although I liked 2, 3 and 4...I'd go with FMJ also.

She couldn't afford the i.

Ed Gein creepy.

One of my cousins is in a Florida State prison. Only individuals that are on an approved list can visit him and only ten people can be approved. Anyone who's not on the list cannot visit him under any circumstances. As far as the right button to push, remember when there were radios in work trucks to communicate with the office and other workers in other trucks? Cell phones were non-existent. I learned pretty quick that once you're done talking on the radio to hang the mic back onto the holder on the dashboard. Don't put it between your legs while driving or anywhere else that the mic button can be engaged accidentally. While amusing to your coworkers in other vans, the bosses in the office where the base station is DO NOT think it's amusing to hear the occupants of the work van talk to each other about what they really think of management.

Agree on the cotton shirts. I've had several of the supposed "cool shirts". All of them made me feel hotter in the Florida heat and humidity. Oddly enough, they felt warm in the winter with an undershirt on. Got rid of them anyway, it isn't cold in Florida very often (except this winter) and I detest polyester clothing.

GFI protected receptacles are your friend...unless you have Christmas lights or refrigerators/freezers plugged into them.