Still hand Bill

As someone who played soccer all through school, I really don’t enjoy watching the WC. They really should go with the hockey rule and add a penalty for embellishing. The players look more like fish than players.

The problem is there simply isn’t enough hours of daylight in winter. We get about 9 hrs on the shortest day. Sunrise is 7:40 ish and sunset is 4:40 ish on standard time. If they go dst as standard it will be 8:40 for a sunrise and 5:40 for sunset. go further west and it will be after 9am for a sunrise. For me it’s much harder to deal with an 8:40 sunrise than a 4:30 sunset. I would prefer they leave it alone or stay on standard time. also it’s a single hour time change. That’s nothing. Used to travel a lot and routinely dealt with 14 hr time changes.

I bet that means they use a lot more energy. Not sure on the efficiency of chips, but I expect it’s not all that high.

My understanding is that the big push to use AI for everything needs more computing power, lots more. The solution seems to be data centers, ie big building with lots of computers. The problem is they require lots of power and potentially water for cooling. They don’t generate many jobs after completion as the computers do all the work. They do require lots of trade people to build and this distorts the local building market as around us they are paying double the union rate and a perdiem Even for locals. They also are consuming a lot of memory chips which has pushed memory prices up due to scarcity. Other than consuming water many places don’t have, I believe the big concern is that they will force electric companies to invest in new generation capacity, thus raising rates. If this whole industry goes bust, then it will be worse as residential customers alone will be stuck with the bill.

It is one of the best powders for subsonic ammo. I gave up trying to find some and had to use other powders for my subsonic hunting loads. Glad to see it available again.

When I used to fly a lot on a private plane, we did not always fill up after a trip. By FAA rules you do have to have an hour extra of fuel when you land, so a plane would probably have some fuel in it while sitting.

An age old problem. With off road vehicles they become whoops and are far bigger. Places where acceleration and braking happen make it worse.

Unfortunately I think people who own MG’s are incentivized to fight this. Doesn’t help get it passed. While I have little use for one, I wouldn’t mind having a few. Although the proliferation of FRT’s may make it somewhat irrelevant. Just saw a new design that is simply a new disconnecter. Simple and cheap to make.

From talking with my post master, the higher ups are continually trying to increase efficiency. They used to get 2 mail trucks per day, one in the AM with the new mail, and one in the pm to pick up what they collected. What was collected went to a hub and was distributed from there. Now they get one truck per day in AM. This truck drops off and picks up the previous days mail. This means everything takes one day longer by default. Not good for speed of service in a time when Amazon has changed the time to ship to be you can have it tomorrow. as others have mentioned the mail is now sorted at hubs that may be 100’s of miles from the source. I have watched a package that was going 1.5 hrs east of me, go 3 hrs south and west, then 4 hrs north, then go back east. The journey took almost a week. While hub and distribution does seem to be the way to handle mail/package delivery, usps doesn’t seem to have a good handle on it. I think part of the issue is the usps is not adapting well to the change in what’s shipped. People simply send less letters, envelopes and now it’s more packages. I know I send and receive few bills now. Maybe send 1 per month. Most are handled with electronic payments. I used to use usps for shipping as it was the only local option. Now ups has added a drop off location in town. I too use pirate ship and purchase/print labels at home, then just drop off shipments. Easy and cheaper.

I worked on my Remlin and it is pretty good after the work. Read Widder’s instructions and was able to slick it up and it runs well now. It would hardly cycle when I got it. If can get a good deal and do the work, it’s probably worth it.

The reasons I have heard for 38 super being popular was it allowed making major pf with less recoil than a 45, had more pressure so comps worked better, and it’s the same length as a 45 acp so feeds well in a 1911. Essentially it was a cartridge that fit the rules better. I expect that a rule change that let you do the same with 9mm would end the need for 38 super.

I like that they split the record of firearm transferred and personal data. Makes it harder to link the data than the current form.

It takes a little while. More common to do this in motorcycles and there used to be a bar in Daytona that had burn out stalls. I would guess there are videos of them doing burn outs until failure. I have seen it done and the tire takes a lot of abuse before letting go.

I have had filters rip when doing this method. Then you are really up a creek. I try to save it as a last resort when nothing else works.

We have several that will eat from the suet feeders and the seed feeders. They can be quite ravenous, a suet blocks lasts less than 24 hrs.

While possible, why not just get a threaded marlin or s&w to start and then find another as a SASS rifle. Might be cheaper than rebarreling and threading.

Correct atmospheric pressure changes the boiling point. You can “boil” water in a vacuum jar at room temp. Alcohol boils at 171 ish and at 6200 ft it’s 163 ish depending on the day. Don’t ask how I know, almost cost me a days run of vodka when a front came through.

My nephew at 5 or 6 when living in Germany and when asked where he was from, ie the other kid was German, he answered, that he was a Texan.

I have used a Henry golden boy, regular, and a durya tm22 mag fed. I didn’t like the golden boy as the stock angle is wrong for me. Too much drop. The regular Henry with a Widder soft stroke is great and better stock angle. The durya is decent and only 300. Also threaded so you can run a silencer.

The daily coffee is a full bar with scale, kettle, grinder, etc. still have instant on hand for camping or sailing. It’s handy when you don’t have access to the good stuff and easy to pack along.

My Walmart recently added powder, primers, bullets, and reloading supplies. Of course nothing pistol related.

This is why. Lots of states now have rules about how many and or what age people can be with a new driver. Seems that new 16 year old drivers are not that good and add in a group of friends and they have accidents. Honestly looking back at what we did as kids, it’s not a bad idea. We did dumb stuff, but no one was hurt and no one can prove anything. As they say, pictures or it didn’t happen.

I believe hydrogen is the lightest gas and can actually be hard to contain as the molecules are so small. But with that said, it can be transported, dispensed, and consumed on a consumer level. It’s done now on a small level. It can also be used in fuel cells instead of a combustion engine fuel with allows direct transfer to electricity and water. I believe the biggest problem is the amount of energy required to make it. the Hindenburg was due to the US being the sole source of helium pre ww2, so the Germans used hydrogen instead. Once ignited the hydrogen burns as would any other fuel. I believe some speculated that the covering was also flammable and may have been where the fire started before spreading to the gas/lifting bags.

At this point with a $0 form 1, why would they even try and enforce it. They are trying to say not paying a $0 tax is a felony. Pretty sure that won’t hold up in the courts long term.

I bet they will say it doesn’t apply to Leo ammo. Basically making it so hard and expensive to comply that ammo is no longer sold in IL. Won’t pass bruen except in ill.