Pat Riot
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Thanks Joe.
I was thinking about jobs that are no longer valid that have gone away or are no longer common in my lifetime.
Shoe Shine men / boysShoe repairers
Watch repairers
Telephone Operators
Milkmen
Telegram office and delivery staff
Newpaper boys
Western Union staff
Gas station attendants (in most states)
Street Barkers
Crossing guards
Traffic control officers
Door to door product salesmen - Kirby and Stanley products.
I know I am forgetting some but this was all I could think of in a short bit.-
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I wish I had thought of this.
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Wow! That video is quite something. A metaphor for society today.
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This is funny!
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On 9/24/2024 at 1:34 PM, Sedalia Dave said:
@Pat Riot Don't you wish you would have thought of this at your last job???
Yes!!!That would have been hilarious.
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I hope and pray all goes well for all in the path of this Hurricane.
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1 hour ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said:
After extensive research, and reviewing all of the suggestions you gave me, I settled on the following optic for my Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite:
Ironically, I had previously looked at it earlier in the day when it was at a higher price and because I waited, without knowing, it got reduced.
Will let everyone know how it works after testing it out.
Reviews were good.
Please do let us know what you think.
I read the Amazon reviews on this sight. Looks like 75% 5 star reviews and an even mix of 1,2,3&4 star reviews. Kind of a crap shoot. One thing going for these numbers is the 5 star reviews are not made by Vine Customers.
These are customers that get free stuff to rate it for a seller. All the Vine reviews were 4 star. I have deduced that nearly all Vine customers are gifted with Bull Sh** and enough knowledge to be a level above ignorant.
Any product that has a majority of Vine reviews I drop and move on.
I hope your new sight holds zero. Test it soon after you get it and if it has issues send it back. I hope you get a good one.
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3 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
Still didn't convince me. Take down feature looks awkward, still don't like the lever shape, and I don't really want the "visual" upgrades.
When I first bought my Henry X model .45 Colt I thought I wouldn’t like the lever shape, but it turns out that it works just fine for me.
It’s bigger for use with gloved hands. I guess I should try it out with gloves on to see how that goes.
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2 hours ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said:
If Rossi had smart marketing people they'd say "made in America" ( south america)
Maybe they figure they can’t push it that far.
I have no problem with the rifle being Canadian made. I highly doubt Savage has outfitted 2 factories, 1 in Canada and 1 in USA to make these leverguns.
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As “Murphy” would have it the store that had the H-110 is out of 1# bottles. They have 8# for $330, but I am not interested in buying that much.
I snoozed, I losed!
It ain’t the end of the world.
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Thank you @Widder, SASS #59054
I haven’t got the powder in hand yet. I saw it but didn’t consider buying it until last night. Of course I mentally kicked myself in the rear.
Sometimes I am the densest person I know.
Yes, I have heard H-110 is not a powder to load down. I am a stickler for following manufacturer load recommendations. I have witnessed too many “Hold my beer and watch this” moments in my life.
EDIT: Speaking of Manuf recommendations, Hodgdon doesn’t list H110 loads in .45 Colt.
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9 hours ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said:
At the beginning of that video it says American made .
See the video below.
I guess “Made in America” now means North America.
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@Trigger Mike Do you have photos that you would post in your “for sale” ad or post? Would you post them here?
It’s hard for others to give an estimate without photos.
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8 hours ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said:
At the beginning of that video it says American made .
I must admit, I didn’t watch the video.
I saw your post and went internet hopping.
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On 9/14/2024 at 3:08 PM, Widder, SASS #59054 said:
Other useful info:
My brass was .454 Casull brass, cut to .45 Colt length.
Howdy Widder. I have a few questions.
1. Is .454 Casull brass noticeably thicker than .45 Colt brass?
2. With these pressures / velocities does the brass expand and seal the chamber?3. Would Small Pistol Magnum primers work in lieu of Small Rifle Magnum primers?
4. Last question…maybe
Which powder do you like better, Lil’ Gun or H-110?
The other day I went to several gun stores and I saw a few 1# containers of H-110 at one of them - can’t remember for sure which store now.
Anyway, I happened to notice it and didn’t think much about it, but this morning I decided to go get me a pound and try working up some loads for my Henry X model.
I’ll bet a nice warm .45 Colt load would be just the ticket for Bambi and friends out to or maybe a little beyond 100 yards.
I have 2 rifles, 3 if I count my SFAR, that I may use for deer hunting this year. I actually have more options than that but I do not trust my vision to shoot at animals with iron sights.
I have a new Mossberg Patriot .308 Win. and my Henry X .45 Colt. Both are scoped.
I have a couple of loads for the Henry that are dead on and accurate at 50 yards. At 100 they tend to drop 6-8” and spread. I’m pretty sure I can’t get a deer to accommodate my 50 yards preference so If they won’t come to me I will go to them.
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This evening was the first time I looked at the Wire in nearly a year. Still the same as it was last year. I get severe Deja vu when I go over there.
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Here is a better version with a little more detail than Alessandro13 wrote. Perhaps he or she was drunk when they pulled the trigger on submitting that blog?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainey_Bethea
While the crime was infamous locally, it came to nationwide attention because the sheriff of Daviess County was a woman. Florence Shoemaker Thompson had become sheriff on April 13, 1936, after her husband, sheriff Everett Thompson, unexpectedly died of pneumonia on April 10. Shoemaker became sheriff through widow's succession, and as sheriff of the county, she was tasked with hanging Bethea.
Arthur L. Hash, a former Louisville police officer, offered his services free of charge to perform the execution. Thompson accepted this offer. He asked that she not make his name public.[9] Hash arrived at the site intoxicated wearing a white suit and a white Panama hat. At this time, no one but he and Thompson knew that he would pull the trigger.[10]
On August 6, the Governor of Kentucky, Albert Chandler, signed Bethea's execution warrantand set the execution for sunrise on August 14. Thompson requested the governor to issue a revised death warrant because the original warrant specified that the hanging would take place in the courthouse yard where the county had recently planted, at significant cost, new shrubs and flowers. Chandler was out-of-state, so Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky Keen Johnson, as acting governor, signed a second death warrant moving the location of the hanging from the courthouse yard to an empty lot near the county garage.
Rainey Bethea's last meal consisted of fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers, cornbread, lemon pie, and ice cream, which he ate at 4:00 p.m. on August 13 in Louisville.[11][12] At about 1:00 a.m., Daviess County deputy sheriffs transported Bethea from Louisville to Owensboro. At the Daviess County Jail, professional hangman Phil Hanna of Epworth, Illinois, visited Bethea and instructed him to stand on the X that would be marked on the trapdoor.[citation needed]
Bethea left the Daviess County Jail at 5:21 a.m. and walked with two deputies to the scaffold. Within two minutes, he was at the base of the scaffold. Removing his shoes, he put on a new pair of socks. He ascended the steps and stood on the large X as instructed. After Bethea made his final confession to Father Lammers of the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, who had also supervised Bethea's conversion to Roman Catholicism during Bethea's incarceration at the Jefferson County Jail two weeks prior to the execution,[13] officers placed a black hood over his head and fastened three large straps around his ankles, thighs, arms, and chest.
Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door.[citation needed] Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken. Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead. His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley Funeral Home.[citation needed] He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolinaso that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at the Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery in Owensboro.[2][14]
It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.[9]Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised.[citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood (approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center.
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I’m not familiar with Watkins or American National Insurance.
Another one I just thought of were the Photographers that used to go door to door. They would take family photos then sell you a package on the photographs.