Pat Riot

Seriously?! There is no law regarding having to surf.

Never been a Smarties or Pixie Stix fan. My candy of choice, outside of chocolate, was bubblegum. I loved bubble gum. Real bubblegum, not that crap in baseball cards. My very favorite was Bazooka that came in the little flat square wrapped in a comic. Best bubble making bubblegum in the USA. I loved Bub’s Daddy too. The Red Hot cinnamon bubblegum then they had their Watermelon flavored bubblegum, which I loved. I remember when Bubble Yum came out in the mid 70’s. I didn’t like how soft their gum was but when they came out with different flavors I liked those. They had strawberry, watermelon and sour apple, my favorite. In keeping with the theme of this thread here is a link to The History of Bubblegum. It has holes in it, but it’s still interesting. http://www.chewinggumfacts.com/chewing-gum-history/bubble-gum-history/

Ah, then it is a real Detective Special. Actually, I just went to the Colt sight and they do not make a modern Detective Special. I thought a new DS had come out. Are you going to carry that one or is it more for range fun?

It looks brand new. Is it a new Colt made recently? It sure is a good lookin’ snubby. Yes, range report, please. Congratulations Rye!

You’ve got lockjaw too? Oh, butt cheeks…okay…never mind. I’ll show myself out…

Happy Birthday, Army! Be All You Can Be! from: https://fity.club/lists/u/us-army-holding-our-flag/

Are these people from out of state? Quite often the rudest idiots are from elsewhere.

Glad you brought this up. In many of the construction companies I dealt with doing light rail start ups they had rules against unauthorized hard hats and any decals on hard hats not provided by the company. Companies would put certain safety decals on hard hats indicating the wearer’s training and access to dangerous areas, like tunnels and boxes. Their excuse for no other decals was that glues from some decals might hurt the integrity of the helmet. (Utter BS) When pressed, the safety folks will say that the decal rule is mostly to keep people from putting sports, religious or political decals on their helmets to mitigate arguments, wasted time on discussions or even fights.

I have not spent much time in AZ or OH. Mostly just passing through. We did visit my uncle in Cleveland when I was a kid. Sorry we’re hijacking your thread Rye When I went to work in Charlotte the very first question I was asked by nearly everyone was “Who is your favorite college team?” I always said “I don’t have one.” and that was always met with confusion or anger or surprise. At an all hands staff meeting out CEO asked if there were any ways we could save tax dollars and get more done with less. My response was met with derision, hate and disdain. I raised my hand and the CEO picked me to speak. I stood up and a lady handed me a microphone (big event). I took the microphone and said: “If people would do their jobs and quit spending half the work day talking about sports the taxpayers might just get some bang for their buck.” A collective gasp and a total look of surprise on the CEO’s face. He said and the asked “That’s right. You’re the only one that works here that I know of that doesn’t have a favorite college team. How would you go about telling folks not to spend time on sports?” “That’s easy. Show of hands; how many people here are in supervisory or managerial roles?” Nearly 3/4 of the attendees raised their hands. I then said “If everyone that raised their hands did their jobs and followed the City’s HR rules on job performance and quality use of time I wouldn’t be standing here offending people that think it’s their right to waste time and tax dollars talking about sports.” With that I sat down. I was dead quiet in that huge conference room for at least 20 seconds. Then the CEO said “Managers, you heard the man. Let’s see if we can’t do something to get people focused on their work. Are there any other recommendations?” I truly thought I would be a pariah at work after that, but so many people told me they liked what I said at the meeting. I think most people fell into the “favorite college team” BS because they wanted to feel included. I do know that sports talk in my area of work did diminish.

That’s true. Ammo, except shotgun ammo, is locked up. I forgot about that. It’s that way at all Walmarts. They also do not sell handgun ammo. I like to pop in once in a while and buy Federal AutoMatch .22 and then tell the clerk how great it fires from my handguns. Now that I think about it I haven’t bought ammo at Walmart in 2 years.

Around here they lock up the thieves, not the products. A refreshing change from the west coast. Actually, at Walmart they have been randomly checking receipts on your exit to verify purchases. I guess the theft rate at self checkout has gone up. I made a comment that they shouldn’t need to check now that the university is on summer break. The “Asset Protection” lady said “We think it’s regular folks.” I said “You’re probably right. All the chi’dren that go to WVU are little angels. We wouldn’t want to huht dare whittle feewings now, would we?” Dirty looks from the Asset Protection lady and her coworker. I have never seen a place that reveres their University soooooo much. It’s almost uncanny.

That truly sucks! I hope they get ‘em.

That’s what I was going to recommend. Order for in-store pick up. They can deal with the hazmat. Glad you got some coming.

Why would they be. Keeping them that way is “the black powder community normal” as one guy I met said. I find it damned annoying and that’s the kind of thing that makes it hard to attract new blood into the hobby / sport / fun of blackpowder guns. I know it was a turn off for me.

Looks like a Navy “Phalanx” without the shroud on it. I never got to see one in action. They were installed on my ship after I left. I have only seen films and videos of them in action.

What you need to do is go online to all the sellers of caps and get set up with “Back in stock” notifications. When you get a notification, don’t hesitate, just buy. Waiting for a better deal means “no deal”. Well would you look at that! Found some using AmmoSeek. @Whitey James you can trust these sites. AmmoSeek vets their sellers. https://ammoseek.com/reloading/primers?ikw=Percussion caps Edited misspellings

He goes back to his Mob and tells them all about “the weird animal that swings and only squeaks as it swings back and forth and how it can take kicking and punching over and over and we should all go over there tomorrow!”

Harumph! I agree

I buy these for my pellet smoker grill. https://a.co/d/8iNZDWO For my Weber charcoal grill I use a Weber wire brush. It’s lasted 4 years and still works. https://a.co/d/4VEtOZr

Rest in peace, Mr. Wilson. Thank you for great music and great memories.

I is.

It was great! Beautiful day at the range. Sunny, 80, light breeze, I had the range to myself except for when the owner showed up to shoot his new Browning lever gun in .218 Bee. What a cool little round. I had never seen one before. He let me shoot it. I shot 3 rounds and had 2 hits at 100 yards on a 10” plate with iron sights. Now, of course, I want one. I dialed in the little 1-4 power scope I put on my PC Carbine. 17 rounds in 2-3” groups at 50 yards doing quick fire. (1 round under a second until mag empty) Not shabby. I did some ammo testing with my new Sig Sauers and I think now I have 3 different loads these guns like. Only problem I had was a darn near dropped my bike leaving the range. There’s a steep gravel road hill and going down on a street bike can be a bit hair raising. I was rolling down in 1st gear using the rear brake when I hit a stone about 3” in diameter and my front end jiggled then slid to the right. I countered but made the mistake of tapping the front brake and Whoa Nelly it was on. 3 seconds of gymnastics keeping me and the bike upright but I did it. Whew! That was close!