Pat Riot

I got to Great Lakes at the end of May in ‘79. Boot Camp in summer in the Chicago area SUCKS! Hot and humid. The days I hated most were the days we had to wear those (censored) rain coats and march around on a (censored) grinder for 2 hours. Hot and humid and sweaty, hot and wet. Then winter came like a sun setting in the west. It was hot, then it was cold! Really cold…Really (censored) cold. I spent 10 months there. In 2008 I was offered the position of Asst Director of Rail Operations in Chicago. It was a cold call job offer. All I had to do was say “Yes”. The job was mine and the salary was quite high. I declined the offer. Money isn’t everything. In 1980 I got to experience heat like @PowderRiverCowboy spoke of in the IO and Persian Gulf. Afternoon temps often hit above 120℉. The Indian Ocean was such a weird place. The ocean could be as flat and still as a farm pond in the early morning. Zero breeze and 125 degrees. The soles of your boots stick to the deck if you don’t keep moving your feet. It was so weird there it fascinated me…until we’d been there for 4 1/2 months. By then it was pretty (censored) old. We didn’t carry 75 pounds worth of gear though. I cannot imagine what that would be like with the dust and wind combined with heat. The hottest place I have ever been is still Puerto Rico. 98℉ and 98% humidity had me wishing for days in the IO. No wonder Puerto Ricans can be a testy bunch. They grew up in that (censored).

In PA the DFG would do the same things. I was driving home from work and a I saw 3 game wardens setting up an elk on a hillside. I thought “This is hilarious! Do they think people will actually shoot that thing?” So I hooked a left and went up the hill and parked so I could see the road below and the stuffed elk on the hillside on the other side of the road. About 10 minutes later I see my idiot brother-in-law in his idiotic looking black truck on the road and it slows down. He sees the elk. He pulls off and gets out of his truck then reaches behind the seat and pulls out his rifle. Moral Dilemma: Do I let him shoot and get busted or do I yell at him and tell him the DFG is watching? I would like to say I took the high road. I did not. He fired once. He lowered his rifle and looked at the elk. He fired again then stood there in shock that the deer didn’t move. That’s when the DFG rolled up along with a State Trooper car. Idiot brother-in-law arrested. That show was well worth the price of admission. I watched them bust two more idiots before going home. There were no elk in PA in 1989. These guys just could not help themselves. I did tell my wife about her brother. She laughed and told me I was a bad man. I think he paid a $1000 fine for his transgression.

Definitely a Sweetheart and a Great Lady.

California and Canada have a lot in common. Beautiful country and scenery. Friendly people. Lots of culture The stupidest, most ignorant and most self absorbed morons in public office.

Lots of “new” shooters after Covid. I have met and talked with quite a few and helped them with advice and sometimes I would loan them something they might need at the range, like a tool or oil or CLP. I have helped a few figure out ammo issues and I have given lots of reloading advice. &nbsp I pretty much do what people did for me 40+ years ago. Speaking of “new shooters” has anyone found a cure for the Knowitalls at SASS matches that critiques new shooters guns and essentially nearly scares people off telling them the nearly $4000 they spent to get to shoot isn’t enough and now they need to send everything off to be slicked up? You know, those guys that can’t wait to make themselves feel good about all the money they spent so now they browbeat newcomers into following their lead… I will never forget my first SASS match. As soon as I finished my first stage I got pulled in 3 directions by the RO, the unloading officer and some other fella with bad breath, all telling me everything wring with the guns I brought. I damn near quit that day. Luckily I talked with some other folks that convinced me that everything was fine and that those guys were just exuberant in helping others. Does this still happen?

Huh? I have purchased several Anderson lowers and uppers. I have never had a problem with them.

I keep guns through out the house. Some have extra ammo, some don’t. I have been considering getting a couple more Ruger RXMs and stashing them in various places with extra mags. 2 of my current HD guns are nice revolvers I wouldn’t want the cops holding as evidence. Maybe I should a couple or 4 Hi Point 9mm pistols. Inexpensive and reliable. Sportsman’s Warehouse has the 8 shot model on sale for $105. I kid you not! https://www.sportsmans.com/c/cat139633-hpf-handguns-under-200

Yes, last summer. Yeah, I forgot about that. I-40 sucked as well. The town that really shocked me was Tucumcari. The streets literally looked like something from a sci-fi flick about life after a nuclear holocaust. What a pi** hole they have let that town become. The citizens should march on Santa Fe, but then the granola people would all come join and turn it into a gay-love crystal worshipping marijuana-enhanced metaphysical gathering and water down the issues.

@Misty Moonshine Hello, I hope you are well. Have you come up with a policy on posting photos and images that would satisfy the legal complaints you received in January? Thank you PR

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At first I thought “Just great! Every night has been cloudy for weeks and I am missing this…” then I realized I saw the words “Southern Hemisphere”. More info https://earthsky.org/tonight/nova-or-new-star-visible-in-vela/

I have been called “bigot” and “racist” for calling out idiots or irking an imbecilic driver in traffic. I always respond the same way. I yell “Thank you for showing me what you are” while flipping them off. Each time that has caused confusion then anger. Goal met!