Pat Riot

And giant evil clowns

My wife says “You just don’t like people covering up who they are.” This could be part of it. I did respond with “Maybe that’s why I don’t like people in business suits.” Do you remember the trend of people dressing up as evil clowns and showing up in odd places while others videoed them from the ground and from drones about 10 years ago? It was a common thing in Oregon for a while. I recall a Forest Ranger at the Molalla River Recreation Area telling me to be on the lookout for these idiots and “do not shoot them!” I was in a designated range area. I remember telling him “I won’t make any promises.” He laughed and bid me a good day. The only one of these idiots I encountered was in the city of Portland when I had gone downtown for a meeting. I had just parked my bike in a parking garage and I heard a sound. I looked and hiding behind the elevator enclosure was an evil clown with orange hair and a scary grin peaking out looking at me. I yelled over “Hey ***hole, **** around and I will shoot you. I am not kidding.” Clown boy took off. The parking attendant heard me and asked me not to shoot him on his property as I was walking out into the street. I laughed and said that I had just said that to scare the clown off, but in reality I may have seriously considered it if that clown would act menacing and get too close. Not sure how that would have played out. Glad it never happened. One guy I met said he was deer hunting and an evil clown approached him in the woods in a forest near Mount Hood. He said he figured the clown ruined any chance of him seeing a deer so he fired his rifle into a tree stump then yelled “The next one goes into you”. He said the clown ran like hell and that was that. I asked if he had big floppy shoes on. He said “No, the idiot had regular shoes.” I asked “Would you have shot him?” He said “No, but the clown didn’t know that.” I am glad that idiocy has gone by the wayside. A little humor:

This had me rolling!

I think I met this guy in Chicago. He had an overcoat then.

“Plongeur” means “Diver”. Any ship can dive. Only the specially designed ones can resurface.

If you ever get a chance to tour the USS Iowa BB-61 in Long Beach, CA I am sure you would be awestruck. https://pacificbattleship.com/ I toured it in 2019. We couldn’t go below the main deck because they were working on her, but it was still quite an experience.

For my Winchester 94 this Remington Ammo was accurate but all I ever killed with it was water jugs and cantaloupes. https://www.remington.com/handgun/high-terminal-performance/29-22231.html This ammo is very accurate and precise from all my .357s. Revolvers and rifles both. Out of a short barrel it’s a booming light show so know that if you buy some. https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/handgun/357-mag-125-gr-xtp-american-gunner#!/

Dads, they gave it a try. I am sure they gave it a good try. It’s how they learn. They just wanted you to be happy with them and proud of them.

You all can blame California for these old guy style faux pas’.

That would be exciting and scary as hell at the same time.

I remember those. You put a dime in and it unlocked the gate so you could get the soda of your choice out. My younger brother figured out a way to keep the gate open so you could get more sodas out, but if you bumped the rails or gate the wrong way it would latch again. We also discovered that if you swipe an extra soda and the gas station owner tells your Dad you not only have to pay for the stolen soda but you get your backside tanned.

West Virginia deer eat bird suet…Oh the humanity…

I have found the answer… A Monstrum Cattus!

That’s better than the last 3 years when it was $34 or $36. Still isn’t the $22/pound it was before The Silliness. Holy ****! It’s $40 per pound on Amazon.

I learned at an early age that I did not like clowns. When clowns approached I was gone. It wasn’t so much a fear of clowns but a deep distrust and loathing. When I was in the Navy I encountered my first Mime in John Hancock Square in Chicago. A Mime picked me out of all the people walking through that square to get in my way and start quietly messing with me. I punched that sucker right in the nose. Q: What’s black and white and red all over? A: A mime after I bust him one in the face. And by the way, mimes do make noise… Today at my nephews’ school they were having the kids sing on stage for a Christmas Show. Before and after each class of kids sang there was some dude dressed in a Grinch outfit going around the auditorium and having fun with the kids. He came towards me and my Clown-Mime-Spidey Senses kicked in. My wife knew it immediately and put her hand on my arm letting me know she could “feel my pain” (agitation) The Grinch veered off to tease and goof with some little kids and didn’t come anywhere near me. I was actually surprised at my reaction. Now I have another addition to my “Disdain List”.