Black Angus McPherson

First, the guy that built this house did a lot of weird stuff. Electrical wiring included. We started having a problem with the GFI's in our two bathrooms. The GFI in bathroom A works fine, but the GFI in bathroom B doesn't work. If the GFI's don't work then the outside outlets, front and back, along with the garage outlets don't work. I thought GFI B was broken so I replaced it. Same problem. Reset GFI B and GFI A cuts out. Reset GFI A and GFI B cuts out. And if GFI A is out there is no power to GFI B. No effect on the breaker in the basement. Nothing plugged in in any of the associated outlets. My guess is there is some type of short between GFI B and one of the other outlets. IF that is the case how does one check the circuit between GFI B and the various outlets without power? We should have a licensed Electrician out to check on this sometime next week, but I thought it would be nice (and save some time) if I could give him some idea where to start checking. Plus, I'd really like to know for myself. So, can you tell what the problem is from my description? If so, what's the solution? Thanks, Angus

I've only been knocked out once. I was hit square in the chest by a golf ball. I was somewhere around 13 years old. I remember turning around when my friend yelled at me and saw a golf ball approaching..... Next thing I remember was a bunch of my friends and one of the neighbors standing over me as I lay on the ground. They said I dropped like a rock. The neighbor had been looking out his window when it happened and he thought I was dead. The poor guy was white as a sheet. I don't even remember being sore. I went right back to whacking golf balls with my friends. The neighbor bought us a big bag of plastic golf balls. Angus

I would guess that as part of your sentencing the judge will order you to repay the money. Angus

From the commercials I've seen it's just misc. celebrities sitting on a couch, or in bed, or where ever making comments on some tv show. I don't know if they ever actually show the program they are watching or if it's just people making comments about the show. I think the show watchers are different every week. I also don't know what show is being shown to the show watchers or if it's the same show or different one every week. I've never watched the "Watch Party" or whatever it's called, and I don't think I'm likely to do so. Angus

Absolutely desperate! At least the "entertainment" industry thinks so. There is actually a tv show that is celebrities(?) watching other tv shows. Do people actually need other people to tell them what they think while watching tv? Wow! Just, wow. Angus

It took 12 1/2 minutes to answer my big question. Knowing it was primer fired, and seeing the location of the primer, I was wanting to know how they could be sure the primer was properly aligned with the firing pin. Turns out it is a simple, obvious, answer I was just missing. Angus

Yep, good stuff. If I have the ingredients for the old coffee cake recipe I'm going to try that one today. Angus

I'm not real experienced as a baker. I'm not too good at improvising baked goods. If I don't have proper directions I'm lost.

OK, I can do that. Not sure where the recipe came from, but it was written in my grandmother's hand writing. Amish Cinnamon Bread - Makes 2 Loaves No kneading. Just mix it up and bake Batter: 1 Cup butter - softened 2 Cups sugar 2 Eggs 2 Cups Buttermilk (2 Cups milk + 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice) 4 Cups Flour 2 teaspoons Baking Soda Cinnamon/Sugar Mix: 2/3 Cup Sugar 2 teaspoons Cinnamon Mix in separate bowl Directions: Cream together Butter, 2 Cups Sugar and Eggs Add Buttermilk, Flour and Baking Soda Put half of the batter, or less, into greased loaf pans (1/4 in each) Sprinkle 3/4 of the Cinnamon mix on top of the batter in the two pans. Add remaining batter to pans. Sprinkle remaining Cinnamon mix on top and swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes (Mine took a lot longer for some reason) Test with toothpick. Cool 20 minutes before removing from pan. FWIW, on one loaf I swirled/mixed the Cinnamon mix in the bottom half of the batter before adding the second half. On the other loaf I just spread the mix on top of the bottom half of the batter. When done you couldn't really see the Cinnamon mix in the first loaf, but on the second (where I actually followed the directions) you could see where the mix had kind of mixed itself up in the bread while it baked. Both tasted great, but I think I'll stick with the original instructions in the future. It's not bread dough like I expected. This pours out of the mixing bowl. Maybe I should have added more flour? Enjoy, Angus

That one is pretty similar to the one I have. The main difference is mine calls for "White Sugar" instead of Brown Sugar. Plus a couple of other minor differences. Angus

I've been trying to work my way thru some old boxes of recipes I inherited, to see which ones I like and which to get rid of/give away. Last night was "Amish Cinnamon Bread". Pretty good. Several of the recipes only list ingredients without any baking directions. One is "War Cake". I'm really curious about which war. I haven't tried that one, yet. Obviously from back in the day when people actually knew how to cook and didn't need directions. Next week is "Cherry Delight" and "Coffee Cake". The plan is to take the ones I've tried and like and put them all in one box. Shouldn't take me more than six or seven years. Angus

Peoples is stupid. I've had more than one person tell me that the police should not be allowed to shoot at anyone until after they had been shot at. I'm not giving anyone a free shot at me. Another person was bitching that I had no reason to pull my pistol just because her son had pointed a gun at me. "It's just a gun! Are you afraid of a little gun? What kind of cop are you?" And then there's all the "Why don't you just shoot it out of his hand?" folks. The stupid is incredibly strong in some people. Angus

OK. I can work with that. By that definition my Grandparents and Parents were all "Politically Correct" although only one of them lived long enough to possibly ever hear the term in its current usage. I'd have never thought to apply that term to any of them. I guess that makes me "Politically Correct", too. Come to think of it, most of my friends are "Politically Correct". But if I ever tell THEM that they'll likely bust my lip. Thanks. Now that I've said that I feel the need to go wash my mouth out with soap. Angus p.s. I think I'll still just call myself polite, or considerate. I don't think I could stand calling myself politically correct. I don't give a rat's behind about offending "members of particular groups" beyond avoiding the use of foul words. p.p.s. I don't mind banter or splitting hairs, but I'm done here. Some of these hairs would take more time and bandwidth than I care to take to keep splitting them.

Wow! For that price I'd buy 'em even tho I don't need them if they fit me. Angus

That pretty much sums up my opinion. I wouldn't use it in front of my mom. I don't consider it polite conversation. I think it shows a lack of respect to use such language in front of people you don't know well. It is definitely rude if you already know the other party does not like such language. Although, I must admit, I have my bad moments with strangers and a pretty foul mouth around close friends. (I am not proud of that) It costs nothing to be polite and avoid language known to be offensive to people. I am not talking about being PC. I have been known to suffer from lalokezia (Emotional discharge by uttering indecent or filthy words) but I try to avoid it around women, children or other polite company. Angus

Actually, we used to fill out two evaluations. The first was for the presenting organization. Usually the Police Academy. The second was for our PD. Neither, from me, was positive. I think most of the people in the class blasted it. At least the guys I knew that were there. I believe the evaluation I turned in to my PD included the phrase "worst training I have ever been forced to attend". My chief showed my Lt. the evaluation and asked him "What's up with Angus?" My Lt. told him if he didn't want to know my opinion he shouldn't have asked for it. Angus

If he didn't I sure did.

Many years ago, during some required "diversity" training, the activist instructor started out with "If you are a Police Officer you are a racist. If you are a white Police Officer you are a dangerous racist." I don't recall what else he said, I'd stopped listening. I was used to being insulted regularly on the job. I saw no need to listen while being insulted under the guise of "training". What an incredible waste of time. Angus

I did, but I have no idea what "YINZ" means. Angus

Drive them thru the doors and windows of any stores they want to loot. Quicker and easier than a baseball bat or brick. Angus

Thanks. For some ridiculous reason that show periodically pops into my mind. I can remember some of the theme song, Imogene Coca and the "oooh! oooh!" guy playing a caveman (but not his name). However, I have not been able to recall the name of the show. Again, thanks for killing that tiny bug in my brain that would occasionally get hung up on trying to think of the name of this silly show. Angus

No win situation for the cops, and she likely knew it. If they had, instead, tried to restrain her I suspect she would have made it necessary to use 4-6-10 cops to do it. We all know how that plays for the camera. Meanwhile it's hard to watch your back or your partner's back. Soooo many domestic disturbances to back this up. Anyone who has tried to restrain or handcuff an unwilling person while trying not to hurt them knows it is highly unlikely it can be done alone. The person will have to first be subdued to acquiesce to the officer's request to be handcuffed. Additional help, a nightstick, TASER, mace and/or fists will likely be needed. Simple and obvious solution that so terribly few seem to recognize is: If you don't fight with the cops you won't get hit/TASED/maced. Angus

Now you've got me wondering where I first heard that the Glock slide stop was not a slide release. I honestly don't recall ever reading the Glock owner's manual. Shame on me, I guess. I DID once go thru a Glock Armorer's course for Police Dept.'s and I seem to recall hearing the "not a slide release" in the class. I'm not sure if I even still have the handouts from the class to check them. I'm pretty sure that any Glock based training I've had mentioned the slide stop was not a slide release. Maybe it was one of those "Everybody knows that" facts that is wrong. Usually the training to use the slingshot on Glocks was accompanied by a "look how flimsy the slide stop is made" comment. Angus

I think the "pull and release" or "slingshot" started with the Glock pistols. I'd never heard of it before the Glocks came out and they said the slide stop was NOT to be used as a slide release. Nor had I ever noticed anyone using the "slingshot" method on a pistol before the Glock. I've never known anyone, before, that had any problem with wear by using the slide stop as a slide release. I was actually taught to use the slide lock as a slide release before the Glocks arrived on the scene. FWIW I use the lever as a slide release on all my pistols that have one, except for the Glock. On a tangent, I was watching footage of the Bianchi Cup last night and I noticed that none of the shooters I saw ever had their pistol go into slide lock. They'd shoot their six (or whatever) rounds, drop the empty mag into the bag at their feet, load another mag and holster the pistol. I assume they must overload the first mag by one round so there is always a round in the chamber. Is that correct, or am I missing something? It seems odd doing that in a competition. Especially since their muzzle control did not seem to be the best while conducting those reloads with a loaded gun. It's possible that those space guns have the slide lock removed or disabled for some reason and I just didn't notice them rack the slide before holstering. Angus

Interesting how many of those I used to watch from the '50's thru the '80's and how few I give a darn about after ~2000. I only noticed three after 2000 that I ever thought were worth my time. Angus