EMT 8/28/22

A semi-auto 12 guage bullpup is far more fun than I would have imagined. Had a good time yesterday. Took a friend out to lunch for his birthday, then went back to his farm and shot a bunch of guns.

Bear Creek Arsenal BC 15 for 350 is a hell of a nice shooter for the money. No mags or sights with it, but a good red dot can be had for under 70 bucks, and mags are cheap. Ammo will set you back, but deals can occasionally be found.

Found the Tokarev shotty at Rural King on sale a while back. Cycled birdshot out of the box with no stovepipes.

What's your favorite shooter?

Best deal?

Posted by: krakatoa at 07:09 AM

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1 Morning again, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 28, 2022 06:10 AM (rh/Wj)

2 cofeve hasn't kicked in yet.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 28, 2022 06:11 AM (r72iY)

3 Good morning Krak and horde

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2022 06:12 AM (k8B25)

4
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2022 06:12 AM (ENBF0)

5 need coffee

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 28, 2022 06:12 AM (BRHaw)

6 My Short Land Pattern or as known Brown Bess

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2022 06:13 AM (k8B25)

7 Yeah Buddy

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 28, 2022 06:13 AM (R5lpX)

8 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 28, 2022 06:15 AM (T4tVD)

9 Posted this comment at another blog.

Sold my late brother's freightliner last weekend. I had to help the guys who came to pick it up by sitting in the cab and horsing the steering wheel around as they pulled it out and got the back end swung around for towing.

A couple of years ago, some idiot managed to get the driver's side window down a couple of inches, (power window), and critters got into the cab. Hanging from the divider between the passenger side cab and the sleeper section was a Bald Faced Hornet's nest, thankfully empty. But as I was managing the steering wheel, the Velcro holding the side window curtain came loose and I could see out of the corner of my left eye, a large Paper Wasp's nest...and it wasn't empty; infact, it was full of those large brown and yellow striped critters with daggers for stingers. Thankfully I was able to sit still enough to not startle them into flying into my face and stinging the hell out of me. My 64 yr old body wouldn't have been able to move fast enough to avoid them and I most likely would have killed myself exiting the cab of the truck.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 28, 2022 06:16 AM (R5lpX)

10 The truck had been sitting since around 2008 or so. The batteries were dead. Thankfully all the tires held air. The guy who bought it, got it because it was an '01 Freightliner with the 60 series 575 HP Detroit motor and it was pre DEF.

He towed back to his shop in eastern NC, put good batteries in it and the truck cranked right up. It will still take some serious interior work before it's roadworthy again. When my brother had it on the road, there wasn't many other trucks who could keep up with him when he had it in the wind.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 28, 2022 06:23 AM (R5lpX)

11 Morning, folken,

That Guy, your story about the wasps gives me the creeps. I've never been stung by one of those things, or bees either, and I want to keep it that way.

In totally unrelated news, Eastwood's Unforgiven is on Grit TV tonight!

I got up early to work out, but I just do not feel up to it. My major grocery shopping is done, so I can just relax this morning. The car needs a bath and Stirling's litter box needs a complete clean; aside from that I have no real chores on the calendar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 28, 2022 06:24 AM (c6xtn)

12 I've got to leave for golf on a few. I might have enough time to hit the driving range before our group tees off.

Good morning Mr Wolfus.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 28, 2022 06:26 AM (R5lpX)

13 Just got out some ground chuck to make a meatloaf when I get back from golf.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at August 28, 2022 06:27 AM (R5lpX)

14 I don't know anything about the post up top, but I'm glad that some people do, 😊so I'll just contribute something I do know about-psalm 92- which is Sabbath song of praise:

https://tinyurl.com/3kf4e5ck

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 06:28 AM (wvo9L)

15 Hot Coffee!!!...Clinton Witness Removal Dept...same day service...

Posted by: Qmark at August 28, 2022 06:32 AM (emnp2)

16 My favorite shooter is a 12 cup Mr. Coffee

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 28, 2022 06:35 AM (b+v9B)

17 Formula 1 is back, Spa Francorchamps at 9am

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2022 06:37 AM (k8B25)

18 My favorite shooter is a 12 cup Mr. Coffee
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That's illegal in California. 10 cup limit.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 28, 2022 06:37 AM (Dc2NZ)

19 Getting ready for Golf also , i am way ahead of the power curve for this morning so i will now clean my smoker.
I smoked two Spatchcocked Hens last night. Marinated in a mix of Mojo Criollo and Mojo Pina'.
May be the best chicken i have ever made.

Posted by: Shaftoe at August 28, 2022 06:38 AM (gS/r9)

20 I'm having waffles.

I figured it was safe, with "you-know-who" on vaca !

Posted by: JT at August 28, 2022 06:41 AM (T4tVD)

21 Hiya Eris !

Posted by: JT at August 28, 2022 06:41 AM (T4tVD)

22 The Mossberg 930 looks interesting, I stick with my Winchester 97 as much as possible just good clean mechanical fun.

Posted by: sven at August 28, 2022 06:45 AM (Lzpvj)

23 Yeah, well,.Cali can suck my ass. In the hood, we use 3qt sauce pans and a fine mesh strainer. We up all night long

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 28, 2022 06:46 AM (b+v9B)

24 *My favorite shooter is a 12 cup Mr. Coffee.*

Is that the one with the thing that goes up?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2022 06:53 AM (Pa9mo)

25 Fenelon, Thanks for the link. A nice way to start the day.

Favorite shooter? If just for fun, a muzzleloader, preferably flintlock, or a good cap and ball revolver. Or any Ruger single-action revolver.

Best deal? Maybe a CMP Select Grade Garand. Except for the receiver you get essentially a new, tuned rife capable of great accuracy over hundreds of yards.

Gotta run some errands. Be back for the book thread.

Posted by: JTB at August 28, 2022 06:54 AM (7EjX1)

26 so i will now clean my smoker.
Shaftoe

I can tell it's English, but I don't know what it means...

Posted by: MkY at August 28, 2022 06:55 AM (cPGH3)

27 late:

Good Morning Morons. Today is Sunday, August 28, 2022 On this day in1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:01 AM (mZwKe)

28 US Coast Guard cutter denied entry into Solomon Islands port sparking concerns of China's growing influence

https://tinyurl.com/4jubb3eu

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:02 AM (mZwKe)

29 i]Judge announces 'preliminary intent to appoint a special master' to review Trump records seized by FBI
The ruling follows Trump's motion seeking an independent review of records seized by the FBI

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:03 AM (mZwKe)

30 https://tinyurl.com/bduh692a

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:03 AM (mZwKe)

31 Actually, it's a Cuisinart. It has a thing that goes up and uses paper filters. Unbleached, of course.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 28, 2022 07:03 AM (b+v9B)

32 so i will now clean my smoker.
Shaftoe

They say that shaftoe is a baaaaad m******

Posted by: JT at August 28, 2022 07:03 AM (T4tVD)

33 Marco Rubio: Biden's student loan handout is 'illegal' and doesn't fix anything

He is exactly right but this is going nowhere,

https://tinyurl.com/msvr2wws

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:04 AM (mZwKe)

34 VA about to follow CA in stupidity.

https://tinyurl.com/7eatmby7

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:05 AM (mZwKe)

35 More Biden stupid. Lets do more useless crap for non-existening AGW.

Biden admin creates Arctic region ambassador position to counter climate change, geopolitical threats

Where are the Republicans????

https://tinyurl.com/4v8kfu9u

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:05 AM (mZwKe)

36 Gee, NY does not like illegals being bused to NYC. Quit iviting them idiots.

96 more migrants pour into NYC from Texas, 14 hotels now used for housing.

More than 1,500 migrants have arrived in NYC from Texas this month

https://tinyurl.com/5y9p9mpe

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:06 AM (mZwKe)

37 More on the illegal entry to Trumps house.

Mar-a-Lago affidavit acknowledges Trump admin. official’s claim that President Trump previously declassified seized docs

I hope some idiots at the DOJ get sued personally.

https://tinyurl.com/45nj53e5

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:07 AM (mZwKe)

38 Gee imagine that. Democrats in the House want even more useless gun control laws.

https://tinyurl.com/5vfznaas

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:08 AM (mZwKe)

39 28 Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:02 AM (mZwKe)

If one elects Bozo the Clown as your leader one gets clown outcomes.

Posted by: sven at August 28, 2022 07:08 AM (Lzpvj)

40 Political cartoon of the day:

https://tinyurl.com/mrx5ubxp

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:08 AM (mZwKe)

41 Gun thread!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 28, 2022 07:08 AM (gbzeC)

42 RAMIREZ

https://tinyurl.com/2p8cr9ns

and that's it for today. Nothing out there today.

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:09 AM (mZwKe)

Posted by: sven at August 28, 2022 07:09 AM (Lzpvj)

44 Italicans

Posted by: sven at August 28, 2022 07:09 AM (Lzpvj)

45 What's your favorite shooter?

Remington model 870

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:11 AM (mZwKe)

46 Vic, please report to the barrel.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 28, 2022 07:12 AM (C1rbv)

47 Early gub thread!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 07:13 AM (Wrs74)

48 Sorry I'm late, Sitting here waiting on the thread and went to sleep.

Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:13 AM (mZwKe)

49 Buongiorno, Hordlianos. A twofer gub thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2022 07:14 AM (3aC7a)

50 US Coast Guard cutter denied entry into Solomon Islands port sparking concerns of China's growing influence

"Nice Three Stooges Dam ya got there, Chinkster. Be a shame if something happened to it".

Posted by: JT at August 28, 2022 07:14 AM (T4tVD)

51 The FBI has already been through the boxes and pulled out what they were looking for.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 07:15 AM (Wrs74)

52 Henry .22 LR lever action. Fun. And wanted to be a cowboy when I was a kid.

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 28, 2022 07:15 AM (DB16e)

53
g'mornin', 'Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2022 07:16 AM (ENBF0)

54 Imagine, if you will, a dimension, not only of sight, sound, and mind, but one where the Gub Thread is 12 hours early. You have just entered The Early Weasel Zone...

Posted by: Rod Serling at August 28, 2022 07:21 AM (PiwSw)

55 Do ya think they'll use up all the soap ?
Posted by: JT at August 27, 2022 06:43 AM (T4tVD)
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Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo....

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 28, 2022 07:22 AM (aaGzp)

56 Favorite shooter? Is this a trick question?

Posted by: Harry Baggot at August 28, 2022 07:22 AM (sn5EN)

57 Paste fail.

*sigh*

My excuse is it's 0422 here.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 28, 2022 07:22 AM (aaGzp)

58 Foolish clergyman of the day story

The town of Ocean Grove, NJ-which is a seaside community which was founded as a Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist Church is erecting a pier in the shape of a cross
into the ocean. Apparently some Presbyterian pastor, Douglas Grote, had this to say about it:

"I fear that my faith's lovely cross may soon become as toxic as Trojan horse, for Ocean Grove, Asbury Park and all of NJ."

Why is that Rev Grote? The CMA is not going to check and see if you are a Christian before you use the pier. Seagulls flying overhead will be offended? Y Shall we remove all the crosses on the top of churches of churches in Ocean Grove because someone may be offended? Is there a cross anywhere inside your church?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 07:27 AM (wvo9L)

59 Altonjackson, Good Morning. Is your daughter going to be joining us?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2022 07:27 AM (3aC7a)

60 CA is dancing on the graves of the Uvalde kids in billboards around LA and SF urging residents not to move to TX.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 07:27 AM (Wrs74)

61 I am a special master.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 07:29 AM (Wrs74)

62 And the guy representing the CMA sounds a heck of a lot nicer:

https://tinyurl.com/mtfv4e9z

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 07:30 AM (wvo9L)

63 Breakfast casserole this morning. Featuring Conecuh sausage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2022 07:32 AM (Pa9mo)

64 I'm my favorite shooter!

Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2022 07:34 AM (TbOyg)

65
TBD, Ben Had; but probably not. She's not sure if she can swing the time off work.

My son and I will be driving to the TXMoMe this year; we'll be there early in the week

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2022 07:34 AM (ENBF0)

66
They say that shaftoe is a baaaaad m******
Posted by: JT at August 28, 2022 07:03 AM (T4tVD)
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Hush your mouth.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2022 07:35 AM (dr4Q1)

67 Ben Had - sorry I missed your call the other nite. I'll be in the car most of the day so give me a ring.

Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2022 07:36 AM (TbOyg)

68 So Sunday has become Gub Thread Day?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 28, 2022 07:36 AM (hOUT3)

69
Feel Good Story of the Day:

Suspected pedophile slits throat on Facebook Live after confronted by 'hunters'. (NY Post)

Apparently Facebook 'community standards' permit such behavior.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 28, 2022 07:36 AM (jE276)

70 NY Post says the Presbyterian minister is praying for divine intervention. I don't know if he really is or that's a joke, but somehow:

"Lord, do not let a pier in the shape of the cross which your son died on be erected into the ocean by a town founded by Christians" sounds like a really dumb prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 07:36 AM (wvo9L)

71 AltonJackson, what fun.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2022 07:37 AM (3aC7a)

72 51 The FBI has already been through the boxes and pulled out what they were looking for.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

And added what they felt would be helpful downstream in future prosecutions...

So nice to see the LSG (Legal/Socialist/Government) teams working together for our own good, right comrades?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 28, 2022 07:39 AM (hOUT3)

73 A local school district is using the "Student Risk Screening Scale" in all their primary and elementary schools.

"Teachers are asked to rate each student on whether they're aggressive, have a negative attitude, emotionally flat, shy or withdrawn, sad, depressed, or anxious."

GET YOUR KIDS OUT OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS BEFORE THEY ARE TURNED AGAINST YOU.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 07:39 AM (sn5EN)

74 I bought an ATI Bulldog, essentially the same shotgun. Went so far as to have some magazine pouches made up for it. Not a bad shooter - pass on the 10 round mags as they are not reliable, too large to readily carry, and (for me) alter the balance unpleasantly.

Best recent deal was swapping a Coleman gasoline lantern for a Browning A-Bolt in 30-06.

Posted by: radar at August 28, 2022 07:40 AM (m5aA/)

75 Weasel,
Have you ever done steel challenge matches?

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2022 07:40 AM (UUBmN)

76 "I'm my favorite shooter!
Posted by: Weasel"

High five!

*offers hand*

Posted by: Harry Baggot at August 28, 2022 07:41 AM (sn5EN)

77 Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2022 07:40 AM (UUBmN)
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Hey! I have not.

Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2022 07:41 AM (TbOyg)

78 Good morning morons

That gyro had for lunch yesterday isn't sitting too well today

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2022 07:41 AM (EZebt)

79 Posted by: Harry Baggot at August 28, 2022 07:41 AM (sn5EN)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2022 07:42 AM (TbOyg)

80 VA about to follow CA in stupidity.

https://tinyurl.com/7eatmby7
Posted by: vic /S at August 28, 2022 07:05 AM (mZwKe)
+++++
So a small group of unelected bureaucrats in California will decide the future of ICE vehicles in 4 states.
Va, WA, and MA are all just going to blindly follow CA into oblivion.
This is truly a clown world that we are living in.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2022 07:42 AM (dr4Q1)

81
actually, Ben Had, I was thinking about dropping my son off at your place so he can spend a few days mucking stalls and picking mesquite beans...show him the harsh realities of the Red Dead Redemption lifestyle

j/k

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2022 07:43 AM (ENBF0)

82 Because it's the Presbyterian pastor who is making the cross into a toxic symbol, I guess because he knows that the CMA is a rather conservative bunch.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 07:43 AM (wvo9L)

83 Weasel,
I got my daughter on a team that will be doing them. She'll be on the pistol/rifle team. They start twice a week practice tomorrow. Looks like fun!

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2022 07:44 AM (UUBmN)

84 The gun I shoot the most is a Heritage Rough Rider. I have two (bought the second because it was dirt cheap). Keep one in the car with ammo and ear plugs for times when I drive by my shootin' hole by the creek and the spirit hits me. The gun I get the most enjoyment shooting is a Beretta 950 .25. It's the gun I've had the longest, through thick and thin, maybe 40 years. Little bastard is surprisingly accurate and a mag dump (8+1) is a riot.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2022 07:44 AM (lz5hY)

85 lin-duh!!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2022 07:44 AM (3aC7a)

86 Hey Ben had!

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2022 07:45 AM (UUBmN)

87 Posted by: Harry Baggot at August 28, 2022 07:41 AM (sn5EN)
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Excellent!! Competitive shooting will improve her already good skills very quickly. In fact that's the topic for the GT tonight!

Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2022 07:46 AM (TbOyg)

88 They say that shaftoe is a baaaaad m******
Posted by: JT at August 28, 2022 07:03 AM (T4tVD)
++++
Hush your mouth.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaftoe !

Posted by: JT at August 28, 2022 07:48 AM (T4tVD)

89 It is stiff competition, but I'm am prepared to do the hard work needed.

Posted by: Harry Baggot at August 28, 2022 07:48 AM (sn5EN)

90 Weasel, I'll give you a call later this after. Cow working this am before it gets too hot.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2022 07:50 AM (3aC7a)

91 Local TV news interviews SFPD chief who defends cops who caught a man stealing a catalytic converter and didn't bother to arrest.

I mean, it was like three days ago already!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2022 07:50 AM (EZebt)

92 Unfortunately I'll have to buy my gubs and accessories.... darn!

Posted by: lin-duh at August 28, 2022 07:51 AM (UUBmN)

93 I can hardly wait to fly to Europe on a supersonic plane powered by old french fry grease.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 07:52 AM (sn5EN)

94 91 The guy stealing the converter was downtrodden, and things are tough. If the owner can afford a car, the owner can afford a new converter. Equity, baby.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2022 07:54 AM (lz5hY)

95 Rev Douglas Grote is a registered Democrat( I wasn't trying to look that up It just popped up when I looked up his name to see he was serving a church, but he's 76 and is probably retired

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 07:55 AM (wvo9L)

96 93 I can hardly wait to fly to Europe on a supersonic plane powered by old french fry grease.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 07:52 AM (sn5EN)

High-Fry-ve!

Posted by: The guy in that Wendy's commercial at August 28, 2022 07:55 AM (PiwSw)

97
The guy stealing the converter was downtrodden, and things are tough. If the owner can afford a car, the owner can afford a new converter. Equity, baby.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2022 07:54 AM

The guy who drives away with a loud exhaust system should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!

Posted by: Karen CheChe at August 28, 2022 07:58 AM (jE276)

98 I paid less than $20 for a BS laser that I put on my rifle. Yesterday I was adjusting the up-down and noticed that I could wiggle the allen wrench and the laser would jump about 20 MOA. Threw it out immediately and bought a green one on amazon.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 28, 2022 07:58 AM (ybIRR)

99 *but he's 76 and is probably retired*

And doesn't have enough to do...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 28, 2022 07:58 AM (Pa9mo)

100 "If the owner can afford a car, the owner can afford a new converter"

Same goes for the wheels and tires.

Posted by: Guy driving around on a set of slightly used wheels and tires at August 28, 2022 07:59 AM (sn5EN)

101 Anyone caught under a car stealing a catalytic converter should be subjected to either (a) a load of birdshot into whatever is sticking out, or (b) a Rottweiler which has been trained to attack the crotch. I'm grateful I no longer live in Portland, but the second-hand information I have (from a reliable source) says that you can actually hear the angle grinders whirring away at night in certain neighborhoods.

Posted by: PabloD at August 28, 2022 08:01 AM (JCymI)

102 97 Now you're talking. He should be forced to donate that noisy polluter to Kars4Kids after listening to the commercial for 12 hours.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2022 08:01 AM (lz5hY)

103 100 "If the owner can afford a car, the owner can afford a new converter"

Same goes for the wheels and tires.
Posted by: Guy driving around on a set of slightly used wheels and tires at August 28, 2022 07:59 AM (sn5EN)

The neighborhood used to mock that poor man until he scored the new set of custom rims...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 28, 2022 08:01 AM (hOUT3)

104 "If the owner can afford a car, the owner can afford a new EV."

FIFY

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at August 28, 2022 08:02 AM (sn5EN)

105 Wasps and Hornets are proof of evil- as if you needed any.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 28, 2022 08:02 AM (dNqv+)

106 Well I just went to the funeral of a pastor who served a church into their early 80's so he could be serving a church and I didn't see it, I guess I should read the entire op-Ed he wrote to no.com but the excerpt gave me a queasiness and I don't want to feel that way before church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:02 AM (iI8XC)

107 Posted by: Ben Had at August 28, 2022 07:50 AM (3aC7a)
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OK!

Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2022 08:02 AM (TbOyg)

108 "Anyone caught under a car stealing a catalytic converter should be subjected to ..."

You left out "jack failure".

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:03 AM (sn5EN)

109 One of my favorite shooters, a Ruger Mark II with the heavy barrel (looks like an integrated suppressor, but it's not) is out of service right now. After 30 years, the extractor broke and I need to order a replacement. Fortunately, the a-holes at AFT haven't classified an extractor as a firearm - yet.

Posted by: PabloD at August 28, 2022 08:04 AM (JCymI)

110 "If the owner can afford a car, the owner can afford a new converter"

Same goes for the wheels and tires.
Posted by: Guy driving around on a set of slightly used wheels and tires at August 28, 2022

++++
A neighbor of mine was travelling from FL to MA to visit his kids. Stayed overnight at a hotel in the DC area.
When he came out to the parking lot to leave the next morning, the car parked next to his was missing all 4 wheels.
Life in the big city.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2022 08:04 AM (dr4Q1)

111 Dilbert H/T

"The more diverse society becomes, diverse it is for the civilized!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 28, 2022 08:05 AM (hOUT3)

112 The cops made him take the jack, because if the jack wasn't his, then he would be violating his parole being in possession of stolen equipment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2022 08:06 AM (EZebt)

113 "A neighbor of mine was travelling from FL to MA to visit his kids. Stayed overnight at a hotel in the DC area.
When he came out to the parking lot to leave the next morning, the car parked next to his was missing all 4 wheels"

There have been a couple of instances here in the past year where families that were moving had their U-Haul truck stolen overnight from a hotel parking lot.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:06 AM (sn5EN)

114 There are 3 shooters in my arsenal.

M1911A1--no further explanation necessary.

M1 Garand--did Basic and part of my USAEUR tour with it.

M14--proud descendant of the Garand.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 28, 2022 08:07 AM (KATBx)

115 Life in the big city.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2022 08:04 AM (dr4Q1)

In DC, especially, always buy the 24/7 armed security car park option!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 28, 2022 08:08 AM (hOUT3)

116 I guess I will have to take my underemployed self and keyboard "in hand" and write a response to the "NY Post".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:09 AM (wvo9L)

117
Hahaha. Someone tried to Photoshop out a detail in a picture and I caught 'em and is now acting all butthurt because now they look ungrateful. Tough shit.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 28, 2022 08:10 AM (jE276)

118 116 I guess I will have to take my underemployed self and keyboard "in hand" and write a response to the "NY Post".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:09 AM (wvo9L)

I hope you do, but realize that to the #Woke "Christian", #Feelz are more important in theology than the is Cross!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 28, 2022 08:12 AM (hOUT3)

119 OK, time for me to hit the road. Later, y'all.

Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2022 08:13 AM (TbOyg)

120 119 OK, time for me to hit the road. Later, y'all.
Posted by: Weasel

Safe travels!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 28, 2022 08:14 AM (hOUT3)

121 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 28, 2022 08:12 AM (hOUT3

Yes, I know that

but I won't even begin to address the odd theology about the cross being a "lovely" symbol.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:15 AM (wvo9L)

122 So I finally got into it with my neighbor who is an opinion columnist with the Boston Globe - Scott Lehigh. I was in a foul mood from dropping a 37" Mickey Thompson tire on my foot when my table I was using to mount it on my 2-piece wheel collapsed. Earlier in the day I just sunk $116 into my diesel tank.
He loves my dog and he's nice guy. We kept it civil but man I just can't get over the sense of entitlement he has about the willingness to impose his value set on the rest of us. We got into the whole climate change debate while standing behind my Hummer.
Of course, I'm not a professional debater like he is. But he kept saying "what about..." For example - "what would you do when the coastal cities start flooding?" to which I replied "Scott, when it happens, it's not like you're going to wake up one day and your living room will be under 6 feet of water that won't be gone in 24 hours. It's going to happen incrementally over time, inch by inch. And you know what I'd do? Move. Just like humans have done for 8000 years."
He's bringing me a book on converting climate skeptics. Like a gaggle of nice ladies passing out bibles.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 28, 2022 08:16 AM (wtxHh)

123 To learn what the fascisti think I sometimes look at Democrat-leaning sites. Man oh man, the walls are closing in this time! They really think they got him. For what, no one is quite sure but they are all pretty sure the DOJ is completely honest, and if he isn't guilty why would they go after him?

Trump just lives in their heads 24/7. It is truly amazing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:17 AM (UBvJq)

124 If you were to point out that the lower case "t" is a cross, you could probably get 10,000 people to go all out for banning the lower case "t" .

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:18 AM (sn5EN)

125 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 28, 2022 08:19 AM (u82oZ)

126 Trump just lives in their heads 24/7. It is truly amazing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:17 AM (UBvJq)
===

So was Goldstein. They heed a hate-object.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2022 08:20 AM (EZebt)

127 VA about to follow CA in stupidity.

https://tinyurl.com/7eatmby7
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Had to click on link because wanted to see if Youngkin had signed onto this. Nope. It was bill passed by Gov. Blackface in 2021 that tied Virginia to Commiefornia's emissions regulations.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 28, 2022 08:20 AM (rh/Wj)

128 "what would you do when the coastal cities start flooding?"

If it's not more than a couple feet deep, probably drive around and sightsee.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:21 AM (sn5EN)

129 Lauren Boebert @laurenboebert · 22h US House candidate, CO-03
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
Proverbs 29:2

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 28, 2022 08:21 AM (yikp0)

130 If PDT had documents implicating the junta in crimes (he probably did) and the Feds were looking for those to make sure they never saw the light of day (they probably were) wouldn't it make sense for PDT to have copies?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2022 08:21 AM (lz5hY)

131 I guess stealing catalytic converters is akin to raiding trash bins for aluminum cans to take to the recycle center for some cash. I realize a new cat can be more than a grand, but what exactly is the recycle value of the rare earths in one?

I'd think one would want to look into the whole catalytic converter recycling program and those who are into it.

Seems... suspicious.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2022 08:22 AM (BFigT)

132 I wonder how well EV chargers work after they have been flooded.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:22 AM (sn5EN)

133 >Trump just lives in their heads 24/7. It is truly amazing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood

Leftists need an enemy. Someone or something they can 'fight' against so they can tell themselves they are crusaders for the common good. Makes them feel special.

Posted by: DB at August 28, 2022 08:23 AM (geLO8)

134 "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:23 AM (45fpk)

135 130 If PDT had documents implicating the junta in crimes (he probably did) and the Feds were looking for those to make sure they never saw the light of day (they probably were) wouldn't it make sense for PDT to have copies?
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2022 08:21 AM (lz5hY)

I'd be willing to bet a brand new dollar bill that Kash Patel has some interesting reading tucked away.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 28, 2022 08:24 AM (cknjq)

136 Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:18 AM (sn5EN)

LOL.

I can't imagine going to Ocean Grove to protest after the cross pier goes up (I hope it will) and walking on the pier on a beautiful day surrounded by the sight and sound of God's creation in wave and sun and beach and thinking "Damnit, This cross pier was put up by people who don't feel exactly like I do about gay marriage and homosexuality" and stewing about that for an entire day.
Nobody is going to be forced to embrace Christianity in walking on the pier.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:24 AM (wvo9L)

137 129 Lauren Boebert @laurenboebert · 22h US House candidate, CO-03
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
Proverbs 29:2
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 28, 2022 08:21 AM (yikp0)

Christian Nationalist!!! Reeeeeeeee!

Posted by: The Left at August 28, 2022 08:25 AM (PiwSw)

138 Morning Mouth Breathers

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 28, 2022 08:25 AM (cknjq)

139 >"what would you do when the coastal cities start flooding?"

not much- maybe watch Youtubes about it
my living room is 5582' above sea level

Posted by: DB at August 28, 2022 08:26 AM (geLO8)

140 Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:23 AM (45fpk)

Yes, you would think a Presbyterian minister would embrace that, but no, it's going to become a "Trojan horse symbol of hate."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:26 AM (wvo9L)

141 128 "what would you do when the coastal cities start flooding?"

"Yo, dawg, da posse and I would be in there lootin so fast the mofos wouldn't know what hit dem"

Local urban yute and climate activist

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2022 08:26 AM (lz5hY)

142 Martini Farmer - I don't know the total value of a cat converter's individual components, but I do know that if you pay a meth head $20 for something he'll find a way to steal it.

Posted by: PabloD at August 28, 2022 08:27 AM (JCymI)

143 2nd cup and waiting for book thread and race

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2022 08:27 AM (k8B25)

144 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:26 AM (wvo9L)

I fondly remember when Trump got noise for saying One Corinthians. Or was it Two?

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:28 AM (45fpk)

145 This is what the Camp Meeting Association guy said:

The Christian interpretation of the cross is that it is a symbol of God’s love and forgiveness. It is disappointing that anyone would seek to block a sacred symbol on private property from public view regardless of whether you interpret the shape as a pier, a plus sign, or cross,” he said.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:29 AM (wvo9L)

146 If the SF cops had thought about it, the catalytic converter thief was on the verge of committing a crime against the environment. Clearly should have executed him on the spot.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 28, 2022 08:29 AM (AaLDK)

147 Trump just lives in their heads 24/7. It is truly amazing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:17 AM (UBvJq)
++++
Funny how they claim that MAGA people are dangerous extremists when mostly all we want is smaller government with less spending.
And especially just leave us the hell alone.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2022 08:29 AM (dr4Q1)

148 ""what would you do when the coastal cities start flooding?"

Stand in front of Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach home, point and laugh.

Although, I suspect that ain't never gonna happen.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:29 AM (1n+EO)

149 The huge oceanfront mansions are gonna be sold at fire sale prices.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:29 AM (45fpk)

150 > I don't know the total value of a cat converter's individual components,

what's this about converting cats?
as in, into dogs or something?

Posted by: DB at August 28, 2022 08:29 AM (geLO8)

151 Pancakes with real butter and maple syrup.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 28, 2022 08:30 AM (R/m4+)

152 148 ""what would you do when the coastal cities start flooding?"

I'd say Barry the Lightworker didn't do his dang job!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 28, 2022 08:30 AM (PiwSw)

153 ""what would you do when the coastal cities start flooding?"

Stand in front of Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach home, point and laugh.

Although, I suspect that ain't never gonna happen.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:29 AM (1n+EO)

Jack the house up an inch 150 years from now. Give or take a millennia or not.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 28, 2022 08:31 AM (cknjq)

154 My Sunday mornings, before the booksters, are catching up with video commenters I've been following for years. Timmy da Pool is going great guns; Styxhexenhammer is so happy being a husband and father he shines; and Razorfist (the one without the beard) keeps laughing.

Nice to see the kids growing up and thriving.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 28, 2022 08:31 AM (MIKMs)

155 Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:28 AM (45fpk)

I think that's actually how some British folks refer to it, so I don't know what the big deal about that was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:32 AM (wvo9L)

156 If Sarah makes $85 an hour, why do they call it Profit 97?

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:32 AM (45fpk)

157 Christian Nationalist!!! Reeeeeeeee!
Posted by: The Left
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That's why I didn't bother reading any of the reply twatts to it! Especially on an empty stomach.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 28, 2022 08:32 AM (yikp0)

158 Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:06 AM (sn5EN)

About a year ago a yarn shop had their trailer, packed with yarn for a show, stolen. Low benefit to the thief and a huge hardship to the store.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2022 08:32 AM (nC+QA)

159 I think that's actually how some British folks refer to it, so I don't know what the big deal about that was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:32 AM (wvo9L)

They do, and me neither.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:33 AM (45fpk)

160 The first AR type gun I was allowed to shoot was an H&K Model 91. Very nice. My friend would not part with it.

Also like the SIG-Saur 551 22 cal. shooter. Just fun.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 28, 2022 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

161 Sarah must be British. "neighbour"? She ain't from Brooklyn.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 28, 2022 08:33 AM (Zvtjl)

162
I know some people who snapped up some lagoon front condemned homes after HC Sandy went through. I wish I had bought one at those prices. The odds of that happening again in the next 100 years are about 0.001

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 28, 2022 08:34 AM (jE276)

163 Salty!

Package received. Thank you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:34 AM (1n+EO)

164 Flooding coastal cities. Hmm. Get some of the homeless guys Super Mario Brothers fake mustaches and striped shirts. Invest in a couple gondolas.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 28, 2022 08:34 AM (lz5hY)

165 I'm my favorite shooter!
Posted by: Weasel at August 28, 2022 07:34 AM

Ours, too!

Posted by: Range Babes everywhere at August 28, 2022 08:34 AM (a3Q+t)

166 I'd say Barry the Lightworker didn't do his dang job!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 28, 2022 08:30 AM (PiwSw)

The thought did cross my mind to bring up the fact that not only do the people he admires live close to the ocean, but also we live 300 feet from the Atlantic, about 35 feet above sea level.

The amount of times he claimed that no other politician in history was "in it more for himself" than the "previous president" was astounding. The comment that DJT lives in their heads 24/7 is remarkably true.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 28, 2022 08:34 AM (CEL+p)

167 Here's an amusing tail about EV's, but rumors say this case is outside the box:

A guy brought a new 2014 Chevy Volt (MSRP $40). Last month it started to have issues so he brought it to his local dealership. The vehicle had 70K miles on it. Dealership says the Volt needs a new battery pack.

How much would you imagine that'd cost?

-

About $30K (according to this dealership). However the "actual" prices for a battery pack for a 2014 Chevy Volt are all over the board and the cheapest is about $4K. YMMV

BTW... the cost Chevy quoted this idiot for the pack was $26K with the rest installation and the other shit dealers typically add on. And a hefty environmental fee.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2022 08:35 AM (BFigT)

168 "About a year ago a yarn shop had their trailer, packed with yarn for a show, stolen."

That's terrible because it really hurt their business. Criminals don't care. It's been like that forever. Only the fear of retaliation keeps them in check.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:35 AM (sn5EN)

169 MSRP $40K

not $40

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 28, 2022 08:36 AM (BFigT)

170 Sarah must be British. "neighbour"? She ain't from Brooklyn.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 28, 2022 08:33 AM (Zvtjl)
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They spell it that way in Nigeria so I'm pretty sure Sarah is also a princess blessed in all modalities.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 28, 2022 08:36 AM (EZebt)

171 grammie -inflation

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2022 08:36 AM (k8B25)

172 A couple of bands I have known have had all their gear stolen when traveling. Thieves regularly check out motels parking lots with UHaul's parked in them.

Posted by: pawn at August 28, 2022 08:37 AM (wsHtO)

173 I'm not giving up my V8 or my guns

come n' get me, coppers

Posted by: DB at August 28, 2022 08:37 AM (geLO8)

174 FenelonSpoke

Hope you are sailing smoothly.

Please tell Jessie that there are prayers ascending for her.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 28, 2022 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

175 Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:28 AM (45fpk)

The counting of the Corinthians was Two.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2022 08:37 AM (nC+QA)

176 Only a complete idiot would "buy" an electric car new.

Lease the damned thing or nothing.

Why in the world would you want to own a potential toxic nightmare that you can't get rid of?

Rent the damned thing.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 28, 2022 08:38 AM (cknjq)

177 "What's your favorite shooter? Best deal?"

Handgun:
Surplus B92 at Classic Firearms.
Second choice:
Surplus G17 at Classic Firearms.

Rifle:
Any ordinary AR with plain old irons. Find em anywhere.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at August 28, 2022 08:38 AM (qpX6U)

178 The counting of the Corinthians was Two.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2022 08:37 AM (nC+QA)

Ahhh. I enjoyed that little kerfuffle.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:38 AM (45fpk)

179 Crime...in the city?

What crime?
Can't help but chuckle.

https://tinyurl.com/ycx6mz4z

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:38 AM (1n+EO)

180 I picked up some equipment outside DC a few years back. I backed my trailer into a spot at the hotel where it would be impossible to steal without stealing the truck, but I worried about the whole rig all night.

Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022 08:39 AM (sn5EN)

181 Taki this morning: https://tinyurl.com/tpf9zre9

"Once known as the “capitol of the world,” NYC is now the crapitol of the world. Violent crime’s gotten so bad, thugs have moved beyond throwing innocent bystanders onto subway tracks.

They’re now throwing subway tracks onto innocent bystanders.

Last week Intazar Dar, who’s either a 64-year-old Brooklyn man or an extraterrestrial here to conquer us for our resources, was taking the Q train from Lower Manhattan when a shirtless wild-eyed street brutha leaped from the platform onto the tracks, tore out a large piece of bedrock, leaped back onto the platform, and bashed Zardoz Drak in the head with it.

You know the old saying: “If the mountain won’t come to Brohammad, then Brohammad must go to the mountain.”
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LOL 😆

Have a great day, horde! Off to work.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 28, 2022 08:40 AM (M9XmQ)

182 Climate change is just another panic-inducing fraud designed to gather votes. Climate changes all the time, as it always has and always will. Nothing stays static. Get over it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:40 AM (UBvJq)

183
About a year ago a yarn shop had their trailer, packed with yarn for a show, stolen.

That is infuriating.

Some time back I read some advice to put the name of a trailer's owner on its roof (paint or decal) in conjunction with our scout troop having a great deal of its gear stored there. In theory, that would help track it down in the event that it was stolen. We've not done that thus far.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 28, 2022 08:41 AM (pNxlR)

184 Climate changes all the time, as it always has and always will.

Yeah, but it's your fault.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:42 AM (45fpk)

185 Martini Farmer

Catalytic converters use palladium, a precious metal. You would not believe the amount of research to find cheeper metal that work as well. Getting closer, but palladium and platinum are hard to beat.

The upside is a much cleaner air environment. You, being 29, may not remember those days of yore with bad air. I do.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 28, 2022 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

186 Thanks for the spur to knowledge...

The city of Toronto, Ontario has an average elevation of 251 feet above sea level, which in metric is 76.5 meters above sea level. ... Toronto is a city found in Ontario, Canada. It is located 43.70 latitude and -79.42 longitude and it is situated at elevation 175 meters above sea level. [Apparently the height difference is average versus highest point.]

I guess I'm safe to buy lakefront property here just like Obama, Clinton, Gore et alia in their estates!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 28, 2022 08:43 AM (yikp0)

187 Do they really believe the sea level is rising and we're all doomed? The price of ocean front properties near me is skyrocketing and there's new housing going up everywhere.
I think maybe they're just pretending to believe it's real.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2022 08:43 AM (dr4Q1)

188 I fondly remember when Trump got noise for saying One Corinthians. Or was it Two?
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And saying it the Scottish/British way instead of the usual American way proved he was faking his belief.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 28, 2022 08:44 AM (yikp0)

189 Climate change is just another panic-inducing fraud designed to gather votes. Climate changes all the time, as it always has and always will. Nothing stays static. Get over it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:40 AM (UBvJq)

Well, it gives me something to pontificate about even though I know nothing about weather or actually working a real job.

Time to go release my chakra!

Posted by: Al Gore, Rapist at August 28, 2022 08:44 AM (R/m4+)

190 Do they really believe the sea level is rising and we're all doomed? The price of ocean front properties near me is skyrocketing and there's new housing going up everywhere.
I think maybe they're just pretending to believe it's real.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2022 08:43 AM (dr4Q1)
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"rising sealevels" is just a marketing tactic to scare off the gullible normies from attempting to purchase the desirable beachfront properties.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2022 08:44 AM (K5n5d)

191 Yeah, but it's your fault.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:42 AM (45fpk)
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true, grammie. I take full responsibility. So, now that is settled, everyone should enjoy their morning coffee!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:45 AM (UBvJq)

192 We are mad at Trump because he is an authoritarian dictator who won't do what our authoritarian dictator is doing!!!!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 08:45 AM (Wrs74)

193 He's bringing me a book on converting climate skeptics. Like a gaggle of nice ladies passing out bibles.
Posted by: Defenestratus

flip through it quickly, then make a big deal of looking for something you know isn't in there. hand it back, tell, him its bs because there isn't a chapter from gore about obama's beach house.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (MrZQl) - at August 28, 2022 08:45 AM (MrZQl)

194 Please tell Jessie that there are prayers ascending for her.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 28, 2022 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks so much. I appreciate that. She's isolating and won't be in church because her daughter-whom-she lives with got a positive Covid test.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 28, 2022 08:45 AM (wvo9L)

195 I'm on my 2nd pot
But it's one of those little 2-cup Mr Coffee things

Posted by: DB at August 28, 2022 08:46 AM (geLO8)

196 grammie winger

Talked with one of Jordie's kids last week. He is the JV football player with a cast on the arm, so easy to spot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 28, 2022 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

197 Continuing the "fun things to shoot" discussion: a friend recently purchased a replica of the Sturmgewehr-44 that shoots .22lr. It's a neat looking rifle, and of course it looks like a beast when you remove it from the case, but then when you start firing it's just "pop, pop, pop." It's 2-3 times the cost of a 10/22 for the same effect, but still a fun little rifle.

Posted by: PabloD at August 28, 2022 08:46 AM (JCymI)

198 We are traveling to Baltimore in three days to finally trailer Mrs VIA's 65 Mustang down to Charleston, and bring it home.

And it looks like we will be spending the night somewhere south of DC for the night, with the trailer behind a very expensive truck.
Trying now to figure out a safe place to sleep the night through, and finish up the return trip the next day.

May even try to get south of Richmond before we bed down, for safety of property.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:46 AM (1n+EO)

199 I picked up some equipment outside DC a few years back. I backed my trailer into a spot at the hotel where it would be impossible to steal without stealing the truck, but I worried about the whole rig all night.
Posted by: fd at August 28, 2022

***
A member of my writing group has invited me to a writers' event at a bar or music place next Sunday. It's in a shabby and dangerous-looking area of town I unfortunately know well. You know when you see a food store with a hand-lettered "FOOD" sign that this ain't gonna be good. I said, "Will you have somebody trustworthy to watch my car?"

Why do artists' groups so often hold their events in areas where no sensible person would venture in daylight, let alone after dark? How about an event in a nice clean low-crime suburb for a change?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 28, 2022 08:46 AM (c6xtn)

200 Show me the warming. Show me the data That doesn't rely on numbers from pre 1950 adjusted down to correct "errors", and current temperatures taken from the middle of an asphalt parking lot.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 08:47 AM (Wrs74)

201 Have a wonderful day, everyone. Chores.

Live like you want to, and rebuke the controlling Leftist dweebs with your shining example of brio.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 28, 2022 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

202 Talked with one of Jordie's kids last week. He is the JV football player with a cast on the arm, so easy to spot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 28, 2022 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

I saw pictures of Jordy visiting up in Green Bay. He seemed delighted. And delightful. People here remember him most fondly.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:48 AM (45fpk)

203 weirdflunky that is the soundest advice I have heard on the subject and as much so doubt they do it.

Posted by: Skip at August 28, 2022 08:49 AM (k8B25)

204 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:49 AM (1n+EO)

205
"rising sealevels" is just a marketing tactic to scare off the gullible normies from attempting to purchase the desirable beachfront properties.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

We've had our place on the water in Sussex County for twenty years. Over that interval there has been no discernible change in its relation to the sea level despite gallons of printers ink having been wasted to sound the alarums about "climate change". It's all bullshit.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 28, 2022 08:49 AM (pNxlR)

206 I think maybe they're just pretending to believe it's real.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

*

I suspect it's all driven by communist China to neuter our economy and elevate their own, and I also suspect their presence in American academics and research in related areas - you know, Global Warming - for the last 30 years hasn't been an accident.

They are playing a long game, and they're winning.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 28, 2022 08:49 AM (5Eubv)

207 flip through it quickly, then make a big deal of looking for something you know isn't in there. hand it back, tell, him its bs because there isn't a chapter from gore about obama's beach house.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (MrZQl) - at August 28, 2022 08:45 AM (MrZQl)

He had no idea about NOAA imputing data from decommissioned measurement stations... nor their constant revisions to past data.

As a Data Scientist myself, I told him that anyone putting a model in front of him, trying to convince him of something should be immediately discounted. Models can be developed to reach any endpoint you want with the choice cherrypicking of variables and the carefully curated set of training data.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 28, 2022 08:50 AM (CEL+p)

208 Sunday Morning Book Thread

T-10 minutes

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2022 08:50 AM (K5n5d)

209 Sea level has risen 2mm in the past 50 years but some models predict it could go up 100 meters in the next decade!!!! Reeeeeee!!!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 08:51 AM (Wrs74)

210 Why do artists' groups so often hold their events in areas where no sensible person would venture in daylight, let alone after dark? How about an event in a nice clean low-crime suburb for a change?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 28, 2022 08:46 AM (c6xtn)
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Well, i thought Chautauqua would be safe and look where that got me!

Posted by: Salman Rushdie at August 28, 2022 08:51 AM (UBvJq)

211 I have not read it yet, but has California's new ICE ban include Diesel semi's as well?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:51 AM (1n+EO)

212 Sunday Morning Book Thread

T-10 minutes

My favorite-ist thread of the week.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:51 AM (45fpk)

213 Models can be developed to reach any endpoint you want with the choice cherrypicking of variables and the carefully curated set of training data.
Posted by: Defenestratus

But the allegations! The allegations are serious! We can't ignore the allegations and implications!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 08:52 AM (Wrs74)

214 My favorite-ist thread of the week.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:51 AM (45fpk)
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Thank you!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2022 08:53 AM (K5n5d)

215 So I can have an external combustion engine?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 08:53 AM (Wrs74)

216
Why do artists' groups so often hold their events in areas where no sensible person would venture in daylight, let alone after dark?

'Cause we're edgy, transgressive, and other cool stuff so we can relate to the underclasses!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 28, 2022 08:54 AM (pNxlR)

217 "Models can be developed to reach any endpoint you want with the choice cherrypicking of variables and the carefully curated set of training data."

This is such a huge blind spot for these idiots. They worship "Science", whereas any actual real scientist is an irredeemable skeptic.

Posted by: pawn at August 28, 2022 08:55 AM (wsHtO)

218 External combustion engines...

They're a thing.

https://tinyurl.com/yzduaav9

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:55 AM (1n+EO)

219 This is such a huge blind spot for these idiots. They worship "Science", whereas any actual real scientist is an irredeemable skeptic.
Posted by: pawn at August 28, 2022 08:55 AM (wsHtO)
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The JWST is already starting to poke some serious holes in the Big Bang theory, one of the most successful theories in science (until now).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 28, 2022 08:56 AM (K5n5d)

220 But the allegations! The allegations are serious! We can't ignore the allegations and implications!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 08:52 AM (Wrs74)
++++
It's hard to think rationally when "we're all gonna die!!"
And we only have 5 years or 7 or 9 or something.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 28, 2022 08:56 AM (dr4Q1)

221 the crazy panic over greenhouse gasses bewilders me. A woman I know is convinced the sky is falling. I keep talking to her at parties only because she has a great rack, but the goofiness is trying.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:56 AM (UBvJq)

222 But the allegations! The allegations are serious! We can't ignore the allegations and implications!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 08:52 AM (Wrs74)

Thats what his argument circled back to... "But what if you're wrong?"

Something that I don't think he's ever considered himself.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 28, 2022 08:56 AM (CEL+p)

223 178 The counting of the Corinthians was Two.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 28, 2022 08:37 AM (nC+QA)

Ahhh. I enjoyed that little kerfuffle.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:38 AM (45fpk)

Wait, is that in the Old Testament or the New Testament?

Posted by: Howard Dean at August 28, 2022 08:58 AM (PiwSw)

224
Models can be developed to reach any endpoint you want with the choice cherrypicking of variables and the carefully curated set of training data.
Posted by: Defenestratus

The more strongly a model's owner protests about letting you examine it, the more "special fixes" there are buried within it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 28, 2022 08:58 AM (pNxlR)

225 "The JWST is already starting to poke some serious holes in the Big Bang theory, one of the most successful theories in science (until now)."

This is BS media. The new observations are new data that has never been incorporated into any theories.

Posted by: pawn at August 28, 2022 08:58 AM (wsHtO)

226 has anyone else noticed masks are making a comeback, or is that just my town? the grocery store yesterday was chock-full of mask-wearers.

Fine with me, do what you want, but I think that's just one more totemic fear thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:59 AM (UBvJq)

227 Wait, is that in the Old Testament or the New Testament?

Posted by: Howard Dean at August 28, 2022 08:58 AM (PiwSw)

Apocrypha

Posted by: grammie winger at August 28, 2022 08:59 AM (45fpk)

228 "Thats what his argument circled back to... "But what if you're wrong?"

Suggest to him that his significant other is actually an alien replicant from another planet. Perfectly replicated in every way, and absolutely undetectable.

Of course he will deny it.

And then end with 'But what if you're wrong?"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 08:59 AM (1n+EO)

229 Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:56 AM (UBvJq)

Logic checks out.

Carry on.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 28, 2022 09:00 AM (cknjq)

230 In just before the Books. For the haulers/movers, my ADnkids are placing Apple Tiles or whatever the Android version is called inside their trailers.. I think you can set for any movement =alarms and helps with tracking.

Posted by: RedDish at August 28, 2022 09:00 AM (AjwWO)

231 Obama Memory Lane...
· "That’s fairly typical of the way that Danes have punched above their weight in international affairs."
· "I’ve said this before, but I want to repeat: Norway punches above its weight."
· "We have no stronger ally than the Netherlands. They consistently punch above their weight."
· "Ireland punches above their weight. It’s a small country."
· "The Philippines is not the largest of countries. It — in using a phrase from boxing — punches above its weight."
· "[The Dutch] consistently punch above their weight on a whole range of issues relating to global security."

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 28, 2022 09:00 AM (yikp0)

232 *AD as in active duty,

Posted by: RedDish at August 28, 2022 09:00 AM (AjwWO)

233 If a change of 25ppm CO2 can increase the temperature of the planet 1 degree, than a pure CO2 atmosphere should be able to melt steel easily.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 09:01 AM (Wrs74)

234 176 Only a complete idiot would "buy" an electric car new. Lease the damned thing or nothing.
Why in the world would you want to own a potential toxic nightmare that you can't get rid of?

Rent the damned thing.
Posted by: weirdflunky
*****
“You’ll own nothing and be happy.”

Posted by: Durak Kazyol at August 28, 2022 09:01 AM (4zxRq)

235
Fine with me, do what you want, but I think that's just one more totemic fear thing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

It is more important to signal that one is "of the body" now more than ever!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 28, 2022 09:02 AM (pNxlR)

236 And Obama constantly punched down.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 28, 2022 09:02 AM (Wrs74)

237 Say...does anyone know if the FBI demanded FB and Twitter suppress the Russia collusion story?

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 28, 2022 09:03 AM (CCf67)

238 "And Obama constantly punched down."

It's Obama.

He confuses punching down with reverse cowboying the power bottom.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 09:04 AM (1n+EO)

239 Thats what his argument circled back to... "But what if you're wrong?"

*

Is he an atheist?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 28, 2022 09:04 AM (pQmZr)

240 "Say...does anyone know if the FBI demanded FB and Twitter suppress the Russia collusion story?"

Wut!!

-Average news watcher

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 09:05 AM (1n+EO)

241
has anyone else noticed masks are making a comeback, or is that just my town? the grocery store yesterday was chock-full of mask-wearers.

Fine with me, do what you want, but I think that's just one more totemic fear thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 08:59 AM (UBvJq)

I tell my wife, if she sees people wearing a mask, she should, too. Maybe there's a reason they're wearing one. Like they're sick.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 28, 2022 09:06 AM (jE276)

242 Favorite shooter? Limited to shotguns? My father’s old L.C. Smith 12 gauge side-by-side, inherited by my brother, appropriately as he’s a shotgun aficionado and I’m not.

Handguns? Varies monthly; Ruger Blackhawk .454 is current favorite.

Rifle? Also rotates … Something .30 cal.

Posted by: Durak Kazyol at August 28, 2022 09:06 AM (4zxRq)

243 Is he an atheist?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 28, 2022 09:04 AM (pQmZr)
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Wait, don't answer, lets bet! I have a buck on "of course he is!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 28, 2022 09:07 AM (Ws4S/)

244 Best deal. Taking loads to the dumpster from a storage unit for a guy about to go into a long term care facility. Big pile of old rusty rifles in the back. He says take them they're yours. Then tried to pay me for my work. I refused and said I got more than I ever wanted today.

After much restoration and work I wound up with my second favorite firearm. A Marlin model 39 lever action .22. Octagon barrel.

Current favorite is a Keltech PMR 30. I absolutely love that pistol.

Posted by: Reforger at August 28, 2022 09:07 AM (dSRQD)

245 Fwiw, there's quite a bit of thought that the fetish to lower co2 is an attempt to harm humans by ushering in a catastrophic global condition. Around 20k or so years ago we apparently barely dodged the thing they're now trying to intentionally make happen.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 28, 2022 09:07 AM (pQmZr)

246 "Wait, don't answer, lets bet! I have a buck on "of course he is!"

Could be one of those Unitarian Universalists as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 28, 2022 09:08 AM (1n+EO)

247 Dammit, I wrong posted this on the Book Thread

>>Finally

A federal judge on Aug. 27 announced a preliminary intent to appoint a neutral third party to review documents the FBI seized in a raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, citing “exceptional circumstances.”

Aileen M. Cannon, U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Florida, said that she decided to give Trump a chance to make his case after reviewing Trump’s submissions and the “exceptional circumstances presented.”
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Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 28, 2022 09:45 AM (yQpMk)

248 Been wanting a 350 upper for a while now.
That round was specifically developed for states that allow a straight wall cartridge for hunting.

Posted by: PMRich at August 28, 2022 09:49 AM (eh5ud)

249 /sock

Posted by: Muldoon at August 28, 2022 10:17 AM (kXYt5)

250 Favorite shooter is my Weatherby Hunter in .270 Win Mag. It's a tack driver.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 28, 2022 11:44 AM (nSdVr)

251 ..Been wanting a 350 upper for a while now.
That round was specifically developed for states that allow a straight wall cartridge for hunting. Posted by: PMRich at August 28, 2022 09:49 AM (eh5ud)

BONUS! S&W is now making a revolver chambered in .350 Legend. Not sure if that's the same cartridge, but that would be tres cool.. AR and revolver with ammo compatibility. BONUS II (for me, anyway). I've got a stripped AR lower that I've not decided how I'll build it yet, but if the .350 Legend is common to both, then THAT decision is now made!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

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