Black Angus McPherson

In the middle ages castles might have an "oubliette"(sp?) I think that means "forgotten" or "forget". It was basically a hole they would throw someone down. Someone might occasionally throw some food down to them, or they might not. Angus

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We had 3 bison get loose out around here yesterday. "One of the owners" got herself gored trying to herd them back to where they belonged. The police shot them, on the owner's instruction, because they couldn't get them wrangled and were in a populated area. I got a kick out of it when the news folk said the locals started "harvesting" the bison almost immediately. The owners were ok with it because they didn't want to see all that meat go to waste. mmmmm, bison burger sounds pretty good right about now. Newsman on the scene said he heard 8 to 10 shots. I wonder what caliber rifle they were using. I'd have thought a .223 would take more than that to put down 3 bison. I say rifle because it didn't look like a shotgun the PD was carrying on the news feed. Angus

If a 39A is going for $600, what's the going price for a Model 39? I don't know the year, but the original owner was born in the 1890's and died in 1958. If somebody could point me to a website that shows years of manufacture by serial number I could probably figure it out. Angus

Just thrown in a tumbler for a few minutes then thrown in a plastic bag.

9mm Brass 1000 for $56 shipped. 2000 for $96 shipped 9mm Nickle 1000 for $56 shipped. 2000 for $96 shipped .40 S&W Brass 1000 for $56 shipped. 2000 for $96 shipped .40 S&W Nickle 1000 for $56 shipped. 2000 for $96 shipped (If I have 2000 nickle .40s) Shipping only included in CONUS Angus

No button I can find. There is no progress bar visible. I had my wife check. She says I'm not. If I click on the "Learn more" I get a Red circle/slash sign that says "support.google.com refused to connect" When I figure out how to clear my cache I'll try that. Oddly enough, if I click on one of the "More videos on YouTube" shown when I'm asked to sign in it will open a new window and take me to YouTube.com and run that selected video. But not the original video I wanted to see. Weird. Angus

Lots of you folks embed Youtube videos in your posts. Recently I've had a problem accessing those videos. I never used to, but I do now. When I click on a video to play I get a message saying I have to prove I'm not a bot and to log in. Oddly enough, there doesn't seem to be an option available to prove I'm not a bot or to log in. Therefore, I don't get to watch the videos. FWIW, I have never logged in to YouTube in my life. Does anyone else here have that problem? If you did, how did you fix it? For the most part I don't really care a whole lot, but some of the videos look really interesting and the comments by others often increase my interest in seeing them. Not enough to actually go to YouTube to search for and watch them, tho. Thanks, Angus

Way back in the day a couple detectives wired up a suspect to a xerox machine to question him. There was a page on the scanner that said "YOU'RE LYING". They'd ask the guy a question then hit the copy button and out popped a page that said "YOU"RE LYING". Freaked the guy out. It helps if they're drunk or high. I don't recall how effective the interrogation turned out to be, but it was funny as hell. Night shift guys could get by with a lot of "stuff" with no brass around. Angus

That's funny. I got two identical messages yesterday from two different numbers in the space of one hour. I deleted both. Of course mine were from the Missouri Highway Patrol. If I disappear for a while I may be in jail for a traffic ticket I never got. Angus

I think context is very important. If the two guys are breaking into the house, "shouldering" would mean putting the butt of the rifle up to his shoulder. If he's about to go for a stroll with the two guys thru the woods, then "shouldering" would mean leaning the rifle against his shoulder to carry it. In your example I would guess the third guy was coming out of the back room preparing to defend himself. When he recognized the other two subjects as friends and realized he did not need the rifle for defense, he raised it to carry it back to the back room. Context can change everything. Angus

I had occasion to rescue an iguana that had been hit by a car. I had to call for another car because I couldn't hold onto the Iguana and drive at the same time. My "assist" screamed and squealed like a schoolgirl when I started walking to his car with it. I thought he was going to run away down the street. I had to back off so he could run up to the back door, open it, then run away so I could get in the back seat. Luckily it was a short drive to the station where we had a cage to hold animals until an animal control officer could pick it up. I thought he was going to p!$$ himself when I got out and walked up to the driver's window with it on the way to the cage. I seemed to catch a lot of calls like that. Snakes, rats, racoons, bats, ... Not many alligators in Missouri, tho. Angus

When I was in Jr. High School, I used to walk to a friend's house and I bet it was 5 miles. It took me about an hour to get there. I guess I was 12-14 at the time and never thought a thing about it. My parents knew where I was going. It was a lot quicker and easier when I got a bike. Then a 10-mile ride to the "local" shopping mall became a fairly regular thing. I never rode in a pay-to-ride bus until I was in college and without wheels. Angus

Ouch, now I've been double-tapped! Dang computer. Angus

@#$%%&*@@ SUNNY BEACHES!! I just spent 10 minutes on a polite, wonderfully worded reply and then it just disappeared. I ain't doing it again. I'll just refer to a sign I've seen around several sporting arenas that says, basically: "Be the best you can be. Remember, kids are watching and learning from you." You do you and be happy. Your fun may be wrong, but I won't be the one to call you on it. Angus Consarned ding-dang computer. I was being right eloquent. @#$%%&*@@ SUNNY BEACHES!! I just spent 10 minutes on a polite, wonderfully worded reply and then it just disappeared. I ain't doing it again. I'll just refer to a sign I've seen around several sporting arenas that says, basically: "Be the best you can be. Remember, kids are watching and learning from you." You do you and be happy. Your fun may be wrong, but I won't be the one to call you on it. Angus Consarned ding-dang computer. I was being right eloquent.