Cypress Sun

The Ghost and the Darkness was a real good movie. Been looking for the DVD at garage sales, have never found it....kind of tells you something....no one gets rid of their "good" movies regardless of format.

I've heard about it and know a shooter, or two, that use Sport Pistol to circumvent the alleged problem.

I thought that movie was hilarious.

He was a good actor but he was absolutely a great actor as Doc Holliday and Jim Morrison. Thanks for the many, many hours of entertainment and all of the Doc quotes that are forever committed to my memory. Rest in Peace Mr. Kilmer.

Watched the Pike's Peak Hill Climb on site during a practice day in 1974. Don't know how the road up to the top of the mountain is now but back then, there were no guard rails and it was a long way down. The spectators (us) stood off to the side of the road in the rocks and brush...or that's what we did. A long nosed Camero (that's what I called the 70's Cameros) came into the turn hot and went off the side. They stopped the practice , brought in a wrecker, sent guys down the hill with ropes and the cable from the wrecker. We left before seeing the results. Never liked steep dropoffs or the like anyway.

Although I downshifted to slow down on occasion, or just for the cool factor, I had it drummed into my head (while learning the stick) that brakes were cheaper than transmissions. Edit - Oh yeah, there isn't a whole lot of hills in Florida!

A major 3 day match in Florida used to be The Ides of March held at the Eustis Gun Club by the Lake County Pistoleros. Although it was only 2 hours away from my house, I would stay in a hotel near the match locale. The area was home to many water related sports (mainly fishing tourneys) because of the large lakes in the area. For many years, there was some kind of Amphicar get together at the same time of year. They'd have 8 or 9 of the cars in the hotel parking lot and others in other parking lots. I talked to several of the owners of the cars and one of them offered to take me for a 'ride' on the lake. The ride never materialized as the match took preference and the times didn't work out.

I learned on a '73 VW Beetle, I hated that car as it had ZERO chick magnetism. My step-father probably has delayed whiplash from teaching me to drive a stick. Later drove the 3 on the trees in work vans easily, except for the Chevy van....you couldn't put it in reverse without grinding it. Owned various manual transmission vehicles over the years. The one that was the most fun was a '90 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe with a 5 speed (+reverse) manual, limited slip rear differential, independent rear suspension, ride control and a super charger. If you were on it, you didn't even shift out of 3rd until you were at 90 mph (at least that's what I heard).

That is just plain out and out dumb, kind of like fake suppressors on guns. I learned on a standard transmission and owned various vehicles with them. Although I do like them, I don't miss them in city driving.

We have one. She loves it. Me, it's alright, I guess. Happy wife, blah, blah. Just more crap on the countertop IMO.

NASA - Wanna get paid? Then shut up and follow the company line.

Thanks....not for me.

Believe me when I state.....I am NOT defending the (Damn) Yankees. However.... MLB Rule 3.02 covers the bat itself. Here is the rule: Rule 3.02(c) is the rule that led to the famous Pine Tar Game between the Yankees and Hall of Famer George Brett's Kansas City Royals in 1983. Rule 3.02(a) provides the maximum bat diameter (2.61 inches) without stipulating where the maximum diameter must occur on the bat. In theory, it could be toward the end of the bat, near the handle, or anywhere in between. There is a cutout in Rule 3.02 explaining that "experimental" bats can not be used unless MLB gives the stamp of approval. It's unclear whether the "torpedo" model the Yankees are using falls under "experimental." The Yankees aren't hiding these bats. They're plainly obvious, right there for everyone to see, and the team's regional network even explained their design and purpose. If the "torpedo" bats are against the rules in some way and/or the Yankees did not get the necessarily approval from the league, then they should be subject to discipline. Otherwise it is only a matter of time until other teams begin using similarly shaped bats, especially if the result is a game like Saturday's.

Question #21f on form 4473 pretty much settles the question of marijuana legality as far as a firearm purchase from a licensed dealer regardless of so called "pot cards". Evidently, not everyone gets a pardon for lying on that question.

That was my entire reason to buy a Broomhandle in a Red Nine. I really thought I'd like it. The cool factor wore off pretty quick for me. The ergonomics of the gun just didn't fit my grip nor did it feel 'good' in my hands. A lot of Ooooh, a Broomhandle from the people around me, heck....those people probably shot more rounds out of it than I did. Sold it for what I had in it. Looking back....wish I still had it, miss it, being a history and firearm buff, but that's the way it goes.

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As opposed to just blasting a shot off from the balcony.

Makes sense. I never knew there was 88 keys on a piano!

I'll bite, what is the 88th day significance in the piano world?

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Looks like the "Old West" to me.

Go Rockies!

I may have posted this one previously, if so...enjoy it again...

I rarely, very rarely, play the "I told you so" card as it often has unintended consequences.

Six hours? The stuff is so powerful now that it lasts much longer than six hours from what I've read. Personally, I didn't, and still don't, care what people do in their off time....as long as it didn't affect their work in any way. I didn't like working with stoned people or especially drunk people. If I caught an employee smoking pot on the job, I would kick them off the job with a warning-If it happens again, you're gone. It stayed between the employee and myself, it didn't go any higher which would have been the owner of the company. I worked for that company for 40 years until he closed. The last company where I worked for the last three years before retirement, had a ton of stoners working there. I didn't have the authority to do anything about it...so I didn't even try. I was very wary when working around them. This company also had drug testing when it involved Workmans Comp....the owner of the company knew who smoked and who didn't, he would send them to a walk-in clinic to get sewed up and pay for it out of his pocket so WC didn't get involved. There were no incidents that required anything other than stitches while I worked there.