Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770

You are correct, Sir. I've never stayed at any of those .... places. When I made my Az. to Oh. road trips, I made it a point to stay in smaller towns. Much cheaper and friendly.

I used Booking.com for my last few trips to Ohio. They saved me some money. The best thing I liked about was that I could look over the place and read comments from other customers about the places. It let me find places where at least I could be fairly confident that my truck would still be there in the morning, and I wouldn't have to fight my way to it. And I agree with Cypress Sun, $216 a night is NUTS!!! The only time I paid over $50 a night was when I stayed for 3 nights in Ohio, and got a discount for the third night which brought the price back down to less that $50. OTOH, I was just looking for a place to sleep with indoor plumbing and WIFI, so I wasn't picky. Two stars was fine with me.

I can't see a shorter barrel being any real advantage. However, if somebody wanted one in a pistol configuration, maybe. Mississippi's gun in "El Dorado".

Those boots would be great for any category.

Somebody get ahold of Rye Miles and tell him that Alpo has hacked his account!

I was reading all the magazines back then. I don't remember that particular mod, but I"m guessing that it was either one guy's thing, or it was just done for an article. Nowadays, guys that air down either have onboard compressors, (they probably wouldn't have had them back then, but there a number of compressors made these days just for that), or they'll carry a small tank of gas, nitrogen or CO2 is most popular. As Abilene Slim said, bumpers like that wouldn't hold much air anyway. They would be far too flimsy to hold much pressure. Besides, a bumper on an off road vehicle is subject to hitting things. Under any pressure, they'd break and leak out.

You are required to have car insurance in the U.S. If you don't, they will suspend your vehicle's Registration. Each State sets the minimum required amount that you must carry. Most States, it's a certain amount for Liability, meaning that it at least covers the guy you hit, if you're responsible for the accident.

Dapper Dave, who did you work for back then? I was working for Praxair at the time. I wonder if we might have crossed paths at one point. Unfortunately, when they rebuilt it, the had some theme park designer get involved. It's now best described as the New Old Tucson Theme Park. My wife worked there in the late '80s, and she wanted to see what changes they made when they rebuilt it. She said that she'll not go back.

Never said she isn't good at what she does, I just don't particularly CARE for what she does. She has her "Swifty" fans, and that's great, but I'm not one of them. There are many talented people out there that make a lot of money doing what they do, and that's fine. I'll never be wealthy, (unless I win the Powerball or something), but I'll never have a problem with other people making money with their talents. Even if I don't care for what they do, or whether what they do matters to me or not.

Okay, I guess that any existing pistol except for a BFR or an old Century would be out. Would it be worth it, (to you), to have an SAA, or anything else for that matter, barrel bored out to handle the .458 bullet, and the chamber reamed out for the case? Maybe a .454 Casull like a Taurus Raging Bull. Or might a Super Blackhawk have the beef to handle it.

Would it work in a Taurus Judge? Or a S&W Governor? How about a pic comparing it to a .45 Colt? Maybe somebody knows of another .45 Colt with a slightly longer cylinder.

He couldn't spell Stradivarius?

The 1911 was an "improved" 1905.

I've always treated my wife as an equal. For starters, she can outshoot me any time she cares to try. My Mother was a Stay at Home Mom, so for my parents, it was normal hor her to take care of the domestic chores while my Dad worked. But even then, when he retired, he'd cook Breakfast for them. I truly wish that My wife didn't have to work, but in today's economy it can't be helped. Since I retired though, I've taken over the laundry, the dishes, the vacuuming, and most of the shopping. (I'm nine years older than she is, so she still has to work). And I also take her out to Breakfast on Saturday. She works weekends, her schedule is 7:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, so this gives her a break from having to cook at all, but still makes sure that she eats decently, (I don't cook, except for my spaghetti). I posted The Good Wife's Guide more as a gag, but it does seem that it fits the story. And I know that it's common these days to call one's wife their best friend, but mine is more than that to me. I've had several best friends in my life, but have always put my wife above them.

Don't forget, at that time self contained were a relatively new idea. Even though they'd been around a while, there were far fewer cartridges than there are now, and many of them were still black powder. The .45ACP was a very early pistol cartridge to be able to take advantage of smokeless powder.

I'm hiding under my Command Center desk too.

You might be right. But it makes the point about making a new gun vs. an older design. Tried and true over new and unknown. It's one of my EDCs.

Originals were either a .42 or .36 calibre, so a modern version would probable do well with .38 Spl. pistol chambers and a 20 Ga. shotgun barrel. I think that a .45 chambered cylinder might be so large as to be unwieldy.

"What do you want" is the primary question. Mostly, gun makers, like everybody else, want to make money. What will best do that?! Everything else is Marketing.

Don't worry about it. If you don't know, you're not missing anything. Kinda like Taylor Swift.

Blaine had a Good Wife. (Putting on my flame proof underwear).

I think that if I were designing a gun, I'd go with an existing calibre. I would think that a new gun in a easily available calibre is more likely to sell than one that takes a new calibre, unless it's made for a very small niche market. Take, for instance, at the .45 GAP. Trying to fit a big bore in a smaller frame. It didn't sell well except for some of the Glockaholics. I know that Glock stopped making the gun, and I don't think anybody makes ammo for it anymore either, except maybe small batches occasionally. To a lesser extent, the .357 SIG. Great idea, and it sold well for a while, but I think that 9mm bullet technology advanced to the point that it made the .357 SIG obsolete. Except for mostly hunters, the same could probably be said about the 10mm. Look at the .45 Wildey. Look FOR a .45 Wildey. Another idea whose time never came. How about the Desert Eagle. Great guns, but hardly practical. But how popular would they be if THEY were in a nonstandard calibre? Then think about the 1911. 114 years old and still going strong. S&W revolvers. How many model 10s are out there, and how many do they still sell? Must be enough so that they keep them making them. Same with .38 snubbies. They're still selling them even WITH the popularity of the micro 9s. Speaking of micro 9s, how well do you think they would have sold if the first few were in some obscure calibre? But make a small, lightweight gun in a common calibre and you have a winner. I think that we can thank Kel Tec for the idea. I believe they started the craze with their P-11, and followed up with the PF9. Then the P-32 and the P3AT. Now everybody sells them and it seems that there is a new one every week or two. OTOH, I'm not smart enough to design a gun, so what do I know?

If you think that stuff is bad, you have never used C-Ration TP. You need to eat the C-Rat peanut butter while you're at it, that stuff keeps you from having to go as often as you might otherwise. You need to do THAT because the C-Rat TP comes in such small bundles that you need the supply from at least 3 meals to finish the job.

I would too, though I'd wait until I got paid to do so. About the only thing I liked that he's been in was "Bewitched", and it was a case of I liked it even though he was in it rather than because he was in it. I liked "Pixels", though again I liked it even though he was in it. I think that Ryan Reynolds would have been better.