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On 4/9/2024 at 9:23 PM, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:
Don’t know where TX Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was “educated”, but she just told a high school class that the moon is a gaseous planet that emits “unique light and energy”.
I think the only gaseous body was standing at the microphone. And she sits on the House Science Committee…
this is the clip i saw as well , i never thought she was smart but now she ranks well below the guy that thinks moving our base on an island might tip it over ,
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thats a very interesting post , my father spoke of the trench often - he was stationed on saipan , thats on the trench , mostly spoke of the sharks off the garbage cliff and getting washed off a ledge when they were drinking beer on leave
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i saw a few of these as well as a few lunars , im not sure i missed anything with our rain as it was suposed to be optimal a long way from here
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we couldnt see it here even if we might have been able as it rained here all day solid ,
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i envy you , i couldnt get mine interested and i had all the guns and leathers bought by that age ,
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yes , recycle it at the local scrap place , we have two close together here , one you can drive right up to the other you gatta carry it into a building , watch prices sell when its up .
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ive got one of those i havent work , now you got me wondering about mine , gonna have to dig it out and check it out if i get to it soon all add to this post ,
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15 hours ago, Ozark Huckleberry said:
Clausewitz would say that in war shooting is not necessary -- it's just what happens when other strategies don't get the job done.
ETA: By way of explanation -- Clausewitz referred to combat (the actual shooting) as the 'cash transaction of war'. In business, you could scheme, maneuver, pressure, make deals, etc. all you wanted to, but if push came to shove, you had to be able to back your play with cash on the table (or in the case of war, back your politics with combat in the field).
Clausewitz looked at war as multi-dimensional, and felt that a lot of war happened without actual shooting. So just as the Cold War involved a lot of non-violent strategies (e.g., 'containment') between the major powers, some would argue that the current Cold Civil War makes use of non-violent strategies between the two major alignments.
see and i would rather have called it an extension of the cold war , in my mind its the commies that took over the democrat party we other thinkers are at war with , more of the political posturing to try to change us from a free country to a communist one ,
they have incrementally implemented the government pay outs starting with "the war on poverty" moving into the handouts from social security o those that did not contribute , more recently the obama insurance schemes , now the illegal handouts and payments , - getting the public to go along and a large portion on the dole will make the transition easy ,
they have incrementally implemented the restrictions to free speech by making up new words and making other traditionally used words "racist , or something else" , trying to erase history or rewrite it to say what they want it to say ,
they have incrementally implemented policies that have limited assimilation of our culture and language , bending over backwards to accomadte and push competition between cultures as well as tensions ,
they have incrementally changed the foamily structure by indoctrinating the youth in the school systems , taken parents out of their kids decisions - now medically and are changing the definition of not just marriage but now of male and female , they are controlling the population with abortions ,
this is more a continuation of the cold war in out politics , courtrooms , schools and daily lives on the streets of our communities , if it ever becomes a confrontation between old line democrats and republicans it could be a civil thing but i dont see them taking opposite sides in this situation , i believe it would be a lot diffferent layout of oposing sides than that , when 911 happpened it was , i think it would again - will be again when the next incident occurs and i think the situation on our boarders is making that more likely every day if its not inevitable at this point ,
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17 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
You’re probably right, they were too busy making a living. I don’t think they got paid much like they do today. Something like 170k and a lifetime pension !!!
along with the golden parachute insurance 0 pretty great deal ,
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ive got the big ones and smaller ones and just tie a knot , long as it dont fall off , square knot most of the time , ive always recommended to new folks that asked to get the big ones , the littler ones are way more difficult to secure , make good handkerchiefs tho ,
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i disagree , im thinking as we age we need the challenge to stay on top of the game , besides when i was younger i thought farther till i noticed the age brackets we generally see , the targets are fine ,
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they look real nice ,
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9 hours ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said:
Here is my 'take' on reloading
cases = free after you find/scrounge/buy them
powder = ($50 per pound ÷ 7000 grains per pound < 1¢) X 5 grains per round = 5¢
primer = let's call it 10¢ close enough for government work
bullets: I cast my own and can buy lead ingots at 50 lbs for $80 = call it 2½¢ per grain. For 200-grain bullet = 5¢
so 1 cartridge of .45 Colt costs me right at 20¢
my 120 round count 6-stage match's cost for metallic cartridges = $24 . . . that's for 120 rounds!
looking at the link provided above the cheapest .45 Colt ammo with all lead bullets is just under $1 per round (no tax or shipping figured in) = $120 for that same match
and I get to tailor the recoil by adjusting my powder loads which is not an option going with store-bought ammo
I reload shotgun shells, too but that's a story for another time
yes, my reloading presses and assorted "toys" weren't free but, I do see reloading as fun and a sorta-separate hobby/obsession
Casting is another sorta-separate enjoyable enterprise and then there is powder coating the bullets which is near-on to magic
So, my humble suggestion is to find a fellow shooter that reloads and check out this part.
i appreciate your cost analysis , i never look at that really , i always looked at it as shooting something you cant read=ily buy over the counter , but both make a difference in the end and i think the happiness is worth something too ,
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13 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
If they intended that then why didn't they write it in the Constitution? They had to know that some people would make careers out of being a politician otherwise they would have written in term limits, but they didn't! Hmmm......
good point on the term limits but back then i think theuy might have had a hard time getting anyone to serve at all ,
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13 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
If they intended that then why didn't they write it in the Constitution? They had to know that some people would make careers out of being a politician otherwise they would have written in term limits, but they didn't! Hmmm......
good point on the term limits but back then i bet they had a gard time getting anyone interested in serving
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14 hours ago, Snakebite said:
Howdy Kid... Tnx for you comment. It appears that you have totally missed my point. This has little, or nothing to do with Shotguns.... it's all about Dodge trucks!!
as rossanna , rossanna , danna would say - never mind ,
if i missed it i missed it , sometimes i do , trucks huh ? ok ,
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gonna cost the state a fortune and here's a thought ......when did mixing electricity and water become a good idea ....unless of course you harnessed the water to produce it , someone's gonna get a shock then someone's gonna sue , then someone's gotta pay , but hey its california - they never saw a dumb idea they didnt like
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no , i get green for envey and red for anger but mostly i never think color with emotions or moods , but then im not a real touchy feely type person
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sad , i liked him in most everything i saw him in
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congrats , im not expecting that call in my lifetime but hey one never knows , i was young once too ,
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im going to replace mine this year i fear - its been a while and its not lasting long anymore - lot of sediment in the bottom from our hard water im sure ,
the on demand at point of use would require electric i suspect and you probably pay more for electric than gas as i do here , then there is running that electric to them as well as the plumbing at multiple locations , mostly not practical i think , and running gas then venting is more yet ,
the single point makes some sense but there is that time lag same as with what you have , if your already electric or gas you already have those issues taken care of at the central location , ill stay with my gas unit and call it good at this point in life
i installed a lot of these in commercial locations over the state and surrounding states for a clients business , it paid for itself for him as he washed over a 100trucks every day in each location , i dont think it will in a private home ,
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looks like the weather will play havoc - too bad , lot of money got spent and it is a rare occurrence
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10 minutes ago, Quiet Burp said:
I watch a lot of SASS on Youtube, our (down here) pistol targets are always 7-10 yards and rifle targets 13+ yards. It seems like a lot of U.S clubs shoot a lot closer than that? (Or its the camera angle that makes the targets look closer????).
i think the camera - those distances are about what we all see and i shot in three states every year a little , but they are still closer and bigger than anything i used to shoot in three gun , im too old to keep up in that these days
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until we start shooting at each other ill refrain from calling it a civil war , i will call it a severe deadlock in philosophy , ill also point out that our professional politicians were never intended by the forefathers , they wanted them to be common men willing to volunteer to lead ,
we are no longer living under the intent of the constitution - our government has become a spending ,machine of our money - the money we offered willingly was to be used to protect us , our boarders and our people , not to pay for everything its being spent on today , there is a reason it took 16 amendments to get to a national tax = and that was a mistake ,
i hope we dont start shooting but i fear its starting in the crime areas and will spill out , we need to support the law enforcement to contain it , we need to control our boarder to prevent it and we need to round up and deport a lot of illegal's to get that done , there is a path - it can be improved but it must be followed ,
criminals must be retained and prosecuted then if guilty detained , the laws that allow squatters rights over owners need to be repealed and trespassers need to go to jail ,
the more likely fist step will be vigilante activity , then all out civil war , i dont get why we are being led to these by those that we elected , or appointed , or those that think they are scholarly ..............i see how it came about , i dont get the gain they expect by the outcome ,
anyway im locked and loaded , ive got my ammo stash , im old and hope never to see such a thing , VN / Kent State / Alabama / 911 , ive seen enough BS in my life , why not look to having everyone do better without government interference or meddling as was intended ?
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Did something change here? NEVER MIND….Duh!
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im good so far but if this happens to me ill be off a while as id not know how to fix it - nor how i did it ,