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In England, if the gun for sale fails the re-proof test, who absorbs the loss? Buyer or seller?* *I’m assuming failing the test means the barrel is destroyed or damaged?

So did we, it’s one that the two that crapped out. Down to one now. Pretty happy with it too, but alas, consumer electronics are disposable these days. The sad news is that DVDs are going the way of VHS tapes and the selection of players is meager. Welcome to the world of streaming…

And on American, even though you paid for it, they don’t give you the full contents of that little liquor bottle either.

I remember right after 9/11 being at the St. Louis airport and ordering a burger. I wanted to cut it half and saw we weren’t given knives, so I asked for one. Nope, “security” was the reason. I said, “how about a plastic one?” “Nope, security.” After some stern words from me, he took it back to the kitchen where someone cut it - and probably spit on it too.

They don’t give full cans on American Airlines flights. Our experience has been the same as Alpo.

Our blu-ray dvd player died, so I went shopping online. Average price seems to be in the $87 range, but there are several in the $200-$600 range. I even saw one over $1,000. What do those do that an $87 unit doesn’t?

Author and character name together will get you there quickest. Occasionally the character name is similar to other people so you might get multiple leads, or the dreaded Google question, “Did you mean…” and Otto fills in a suggestion.

Please define warp speed. Does it have a meaning outside of Hollywood?

Kinda like “customer service” and corporate mission statements… 🙃

Shipping and handling? Honestly, I don’t remember there ever being a time in my life where there wasn’t a fee attached to producing/providing a government-related document.

That’s one of things that bugged me about “The Hunt for Red October”. Skipper of the American sub, Scott Glen boards the Russian sub with his most experienced sonar operator. First of all, why the skipper? And secondly, what expertise does a sonar operator bring to a boarding party? Seems you’d want keep those two aboard the US sub in case the SHTF. Similar thing in the Carey Grant movie, “Destination Tokyo”. He’s the skipper who disarms an unexploded bomb instead of someone else, who likely would have more expertise. Hollyweird.

I’m betting the funeral industry lobbied the legislature to require an urn for burial, just to add to their bottom line.

I’ve often wondered why people spend so much money on very expensive, decorated things for the sole purpose of being put in the ground, never to be seen again. If it’s important to put the departed on display in one’s home, a nice urn makes sense. If not, an old ammo can will do.

With a jaundiced eye I look back on the whole affair and would not be surprised if the coffin requirement wasn’t a fact. The coffin was far too nice to have been required for kindling and was probably reused for another corpse. We never saw it again, so how would we know? Since we didn’t buy an urn (another extra charge), the ashes we received were in cylinder wrapped in brown paper and was the size of a 2 pound coffee can. Coulda been an old Folgers can for all we knew. But I’m pretty sure its volume was too small for human remains and a casket.

My then father in law died in NYC in 1979. He was cremated, but the funeral home embalmed him anyway because they said “many families wanted to view the body at the last minute, and this was precautionary”. 🤨 We were also required to buy a nice wooden casket because state law said a casket must be purchased. I asked the purpose of it, and the funeral guy said, “the coffin is additional fuel for better combustion”. We were 25 years old and didn’t know any better. There’s more to the tale, but I’ll stop here. It’s a predatory industry. Shame on all of them.

I remember back in 1974 when Nixon tried mandating DST in February to “save energy.” Turned out people were turning the lights on earlier, negating any benefit. As I recall, the real killer for the policy was school children were either walking to school or being transported in the dark. Duh.

.38-40 is niche caliber with little demand. I could be wrong, but I’m not aware of anyone making .38-40 revolvers, and .44-40 revolvers don’t have same demand as .45. Many CAS shooters don’t want to load 2 different calibers which is why .45 is more popular than .44-40. It’s expensive to tool up for cartridges and guns that have little demand in the marketplace. Adding on, CAS is a very small drop in the bucket of shooting sports. Manufacturers have to go where the money is.

If you’re really bored, look up the history of this nonsense on Wikipedia, where you’ll be regaled with multiple contradictory studies on the benefits and detriments of it. IMO, it’s a wash at best, and mostly disruptive to people’s lives twice a year. Don’t know why we do it.

That’s funny right there, I don’t care who you are.

Thank you. The joke had flown past me.

Terror at 20,000 Feet

Until I realized that’s a face shield, I thought you were talking about fishing on a sunny day. 😁

Most drivers don’t know what flashing your headlights means. I believe they’re thinking, “I wonder what that’s all about?” That is, if they look outside their little bubble and even notice there’s a vehicle behind them.

A ball cap worn backwards looks cool when: Aiming a rifle Driving a boat Flying an open cockpit airplane or open canopy A ball cap worn backwards looks stupid when: At the ballpark At the beach Taking the dog for a walk You get my drift. Please add your own. 😉