Useless fun fact-ish type stuff

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

In Sick Bay, one of the readout on the Bio Bed was for "Medical Insurance Remaining".

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

then there was the "piping" labeled GNDN ..... goes nowhere, does nothing .....  🙃

[Pat Riot]

 Challenge accepted! 

 

Now I am going to have to watch that series again. I will probably do that when winter comes about. 

On another sci-fi series note: equipment labels on the series “The Expanse” (Amazon Prime series) appear amazingly detailed and look “technical” in nature. They even have fictitious company logos on them. 
Perhaps the film, set and computer graphics crews learned from Star Trek - The Next Generation videos that some people actually do pay attention to those little things like signage. 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

With ever more pixels in tvs thing like that will be noticed more.

 

more pauses on Jessica Rabbit and Sharon Stone, for example.

[Pat Riot]

I was watching some show from the 70’s a few months back and I could see the mesh and glue of the fake mustache on one guy. It was poorly done, but on an old tv I’ll bet you couldn’t tell. 
 

I will have to try and remember what show that was so I can get a photo. 

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

On 10/23/2024 at 3:19 PM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

then there was the "piping" labeled GNDN ..... goes nowhere, does nothing .....  🙃

 

 

 

Edited October 25, 2024 by Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

[Pat Riot]

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

7 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

 

 

   ............. yep .......

 

🙃

[Blackwater 53393]

There a 108 double stitches in a Major League baseball.

[watab kid]

GNDN = god knows dont know 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Holstein leather is preferred for baseballs. One cowhide can make around 100 baseballs. MLB baseballs are made in Costa Rica, minor league baseballs are made in China.

 

Japanese baseballs are made of leather from younger animals and is thought to be superior.

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

[Pat Riot]

16 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 

   ............. yep .......

 

🙃

Says the guy that dresses up like a “cowboy” and plays with his guns with a whole bunch of others…many like you (and me in the past) attend huge matches (conventions) to enjoy each other’s company and compete for little prizes. 
Cowboy Cosplay 

[Cypress Sun]

Some species of the Dragonfly can fly up to 60 mph, making them one of the fastest insects on the planet.

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

20 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

Says the guy that dresses up like a “cowboy” and plays with his guns with a whole bunch of others…many like you (and me in the past) attend huge matches (conventions) to enjoy each other’s company and compete for little prizes. 
Cowboy Cosplay 

 

 I ain't denying it  🙃

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

[Pat Riot]

1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said:

Some species of the Dragonfly can fly up to 60 mph, making them one of the fastest insects on the planet.

I think one of those hit me in the forehead once while riding my bike without a helmet. 
 

1 hour ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

Sending this to my grandson. 

[Pat Riot]

[Blackwater 53393]

23 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

#1
I think one of those hit me in the forehead once while riding my bike without a helmet. 
 

#2

Sending this to my grandson. 

#1 Better than getting hit in the mouth by a Rhino Beetle! 

 

 

#2 My youngest grandson sent that one to me!!  

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:

Ok. When you were a kid, did you pull the wings off flys it the legs off ants?  Both?

[Alpo]

I don't know about washing your eyes with soap, although I would not want to.

 

But late in life my grandmother got some kind of eye infection, and my mother washed her eyes every night. With Johnson's baby shampoo. I guess they're right when they say it don't sting.

[Eyesa Horg]

15 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Ok. When you were a kid, did you pull the wings off flys it the legs off ants?  Both?

No ants, but flys jump with no wings!

[J-BAR #18287]

Horses don't have a gallbladder.

 

Rats and horses can't vomit (at least it is so rare that that for all practical purposes one can make that statement.)

[Cypress Sun]

5 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said:

Horses don't have a gallbladder.

 

Rats and horses can't vomit (at least it is so rare that that for all practical purposes one can make that statement.)

 

That's as rare as horse puke!

 

I'll remember that one.

[Pat Riot]

4 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Ok. When you were a kid, did you pull the wings off flys it the legs off ants?  Both?

No, I did not and I was prone to punching kids that did. 

[Pat Riot]

2 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

That's as rare as horse puke!

You probably shouldn’t use that at the Steak House. 

[Pat Riot]

[Pat Riot]

What’s wrong @Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062?

Don’t you like useless factish type humor?

I can always post real fun factish type stuff, if you like. 
 

[sassnetguy50]

8 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

Says the guy that dresses up like a “cowboy” and plays with his guns with a whole bunch of others…many like you (and me in the past) attend huge matches (conventions) to enjoy each other’s company and compete for little prizes. 
Cowboy Cosplay 

You're confusing a historical reenactment with imaginary playtime.

[Alpo]

24 minutes ago, sassnetguy50 said:

You're confusing a historical reenactment with imaginary playtime.

What part of cowboy action shooting is a historical reenactment?

 

Or are you referring to Star Trek as a historical reenactment, because we all know cowboy action shooting is an imaginary play time.

[John Kloehr]

2 hours ago, Alpo said:

What part of cowboy action shooting is a historical reenactment?

 

Or are you referring to Star Trek as a historical reenactment, because we all know cowboy action shooting is an imaginary play time.

I see it as a celebration of Cowboy/western movies as presented by Hollywood, so historical accuracy is allowed but not required.

 

The original text is no longer on the SASS site, but this bit (with the original link, my bold) is on several club sites:

 

https://tiogasportsmen.com/cowboy-action

 

"

One of the unique aspects of SASS approved Cowboy Action Shooting™ is the requirement placed on costuming. Each participant is required to adopt a shooting alias appropriate to a character or profession of the late 19th century, a Hollywood western star, or an appropriate character from fiction. Their costume is then developed accordingly. More comprehensive information is available at http://www.sassnet.com/About-What-is-SASS-001A.php.

"

 

This was a key driver of me choosing John Kloehr. Hollywood could certainly have made him a character in a movie, a Kansas City newspaper article credited him with taking out the entire Dalton Gang single-handedly. He himself afterwards wrote that the newspaper article was fiction, did not relay what he actually did do (he took out one member, may have injured another). The article as published was a shock to him as he did not relay the content in his interview. In my research, I have found the rifle in the Kansas City newspaper article is not the rifle he used in the actual shooting (article says it was that rifle).

 

But Hollywood could have gone with the newspaper article! And cast any actor, and costumed any desired way without regard to how the actual John Kloehr dressed or the true historical facts.

 

So I feel I am within what is a character from the late 19th century and a character from fiction as Hollywood could have portrayed him with an actor (me, since I am doing the casting).

 

What I am not is some cosplay participant. That is a completely different topic.

 

The biggest problem I have faced with my alias is folks saying "Hey, John, you seem to like shooting these guns, you should pick an alias."

Edited October 26, 2024 by John Kloehr

[Alpo]

8 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:

I see it as a celebration of Cowboy/western movies as presented by Hollywood, so historical accuracy is allowed but not required

Exactly. Reel West, not Real West.

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

Technically, Cowboy Action can be a form of cosplay.  Merriam-Webster defines cosplay as "the activity or practice of dressing up as a character from a work of fiction". So any of us dressing as a fictional character, and I'm including those of us that made up a character, my own Sgt. C.J. Sabre being such, are cosplaying. 

Most anybody dressing for a Renaissance Festival is cosplaying. Kids in costume on Halloween are cosplaying. 

When you were a little kid sitting in front of the TV shooting your cap gun with Gene, Hoppy, or Roy, you were cosplaying. I was too.  

Is it different that other forms? Maybe. But by definition, we are cosplaying. I'm good with that.