[Boy I’d like to have this in my den..]

1 hour ago, Dapper Dave said:

Yeah, functional ordnance...I've seen that once. There was a Hetzer for sale in Ohio about 15-20 years ago for $105,000, with fully functional 75mm main gun, that was registered Curio and Relic. The two MG32s were not C&R, so three NFA tax stamps for the guns, plus a tax stamp for any 75mm shell that's not a sand filled practice round...I'd love to, but I've no money or crew. OTOH, nobody would pull in front of you on the road...

Edit to add there are a bunch of Ferret and Fox British armored cars available, that have MG mounts on them, probably not too hard to get them rigged to work with either NFA MGs, or some of the high priced semi auto clones. 

I thought of a Scorpion light tank with a turret mount replacing the NFA 75mm cannon with two side by side mounted Barret L82 .50 caliber rifles. Randon thought, of course...

Ferret looks cooler than the Fox to me. I think Jay Leno has one. 

[Boy I’d like to have this in my den..]

22 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

 

A Douglas built B-17.  

What IDs it as Douglas mfr?

[I believe this woman is an idiot]

Not only that, she’s really annoying. 

[Revolvers...]

15 hours ago, Doc Eagle said:

Went shooting today with my daughter and son-in-law.  Here’s my girl touching off a Smith & Wesson .460.  My daughter is NOT afraid of the boomers.

Pretty and deadly! 😊

 

That’s a beast of a revolver. She’s tougher than I am these days!  

[Boy I’d like to have this in my den..]

I’ve never seen a gunsight like the one in Bob’s photo. Looks like a GoPro camera. I’ve only seen the one like in this pic - a toy-like thing. Must have been a later model thing. 
 

[would you consider this man to be evil?]

In real life I’d think it’s Tourette’s Syndrome.
 

There’s a receptionist at a docs office I go to who licks her lips every few seconds. It’s like she’s trying to clean cake icing off her face, where she sticks her tongue out and runs it over the circumference of her mouth. Nice person and efficient, but it’s really distracting. 
 

 

[Senior Moments]

I’ve always had a knack for being able to remember and recite useless stuff - old movies and the cast, for example. As I’ve gotten older (72), the ability to recall those things seems to be getting short circuited. 
 

For example, I was looking at family pics today and came across one of my son and wife. I’ve always thought she looks a bit like Isabella Rossellini. The thing is, I couldn’t remember Isabella Rossellini‘s name. There’s a clear picture in my head of the actress and roles she’s played, but that’s it. Not even the names of the movies like Monte Walsh. 
 

Ok, so she’s the daughter of that famous actress alongside Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. Except I can’t remember that actress name in one my favorite and iconic movies ever. So I have to look up the movie’s cast to see that it’s Ingrid Bergman, and then I have to look up her children to find Isabella Rossellini. 
 

I know this isn’t even remotely important stuff, but it torques me a bit that I sometimes can’t recall things that used to be there instantly. I used to be a whiz at Trivial Pursuit, but doubt I would be today. 
 

Maybe my brain has reached its capacity. If you try shove more stuff in one side, something falls out the other side. 🤪
 

Any of y’all going through the same thing?

 

 

[Gun Free Zone]

Adding on, extraordinary carnage was caused in Oklahoma City and at the Boston Marathon without firearms - just everyday items. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. 

[Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes]

1 hour ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said:

The original joke was that the airplane is a Piper Comanche. 

[Steve McQueen’s Mare’s Leg]

All things Steve McQueen are expensive. 

[Jugs In the Guard]

11 minutes ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

Thailand maybe?

I’m thinking if it was Thai, they wouldn’t have US markings. Perhaps it’s linked to a now-defunct air base?

[Jugs In the Guard]

I recognize states abbreviations except TH. What is TH?

[Minneapolis school shooting]

“I’m sick of people pretending the answer is ‘fewer guns.’ The real issue is a culture that affirms mental derangement at every turn.” —Riley Gaines

[Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes]

[After all of the speculation, rumors and innuendo....]

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/120380-taylor-swift-engagement-overturned-as-referee-determines-travis-kelces-knee-didnt-touch-the-ground-2025-08-27

[military question number 5,706]

Lost me at “Star Trek”. 

[would you buy ammo of a brand you had never heard?]

Short answer: no. 

[Getting Steamed]

At the time the USS Missouri was decommissioned, it was costing $1M a day to operate, not to mention aging machinery that required increasing maintenance. 

[does your town have a street named after Franklin Roosevelt?]

The only thoroughfare I’m aware of named for FDR is FDR Drive on the east side of Manhattan in NYC. 
 

Perhaps there are others. 

[Getting Steamed]

I’m a junkie for reading accounts of sea battles in the Pacific during WW2. What always amazes me is the ability of gravely wounded ships that were able to make steam and proceed under their own power when much of that complex machinery was damaged or destroyed. 

[Getting Steamed]

Yup. And other systems too. 
 

As I recall the Iowa was retired after the 1980s turret explosion because the facilities and expertise needed to repair it no longer existed. It had all been scrapped decades before. 

[does your town have a street named after Franklin Roosevelt?]

There’s one in Kansas City, KS. Given the age of the area (pre WW2), I doubt there’s any link to FDR. 

[on the subject of smoking]

or without a credit card. 

[on the subject of smoking]

2 hours ago, WD Farren said:

I’ve been carded 2x at Winco market to buy Robitissin DM.

 

I told her “take a real good look.  I am so far past 21 I can’t remember 21.”

 

Still had to show ID.

Did they just look at your license, or record the number?

The CVS drug stores in my state (KS) record your DL in order to buy many over the counter as well as prescription meds, as part of a state program (K-trax) that claims it reduces drug addiction and meth production. Sure it does….😠😠

[Bridgestone World Solar Challenge]

1 hour ago, Texas Lizard said:

1887....A good year....Was solar around then??

 

Texas Lizard

Huh?