December 25, 2012
— Maetenloch
Merry Christmas all! Hope all your Christmas wishes came true.
Hans Christian Andersen - The Fir Tree
Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir Tree. The place he had was a very good one: the sun shone on him: as to fresh air, there was enough of that, and round him grew many large-sized comrades, pines as well as firs. But the little Fir wanted so very much to be a grown-up tree.He did not think of the warm sun and of the fresh air; he did not care for the little cottage children that ran about and prattled when they were in the woods looking for wild-strawberries. The children often came with a whole pitcher full of berries, or a long row of them threaded on a straw, and sat down near the young tree and said, "Oh, how pretty he is! What a nice little fir!" But this was what the Tree could not bear to hear.
At the end of a year he had shot up a good deal, and after another year he was another long bit taller; for with fir trees one can always tell by the shoots how many years old they are.
"Oh! Were I but such a high tree as the others are," sighed he. "Then I should be able to spread out my branches, and with the tops to look into the wide world! Then would the birds build nests among my branches: and when there was a breeze, I could bend with as much stateliness as the others!"
Neither the sunbeams, nor the birds, nor the red clouds which morning and evening sailed above him, gave the little Tree any pleasure.
Read the rest here.
David Gregory: Either a Liar or a Deliberate Felon
It's illegal to possess a high capacity magazine in DC - yes even for the MFM elite.
It may be even worse for Gregory and NBC News. According to an e-mail received by The Patriots Perspective website, which originally broke the Gregory story, NBC News had inquired whether it was permitted to use the magazine and was told that it was not permitted. The authenticity of the email has not been verified.
Merry Christmas Gunnery Sergeant Hartman Style
Every year for 60 years the US Air Force has dropped gifts to the people of Micronesia.
This large-scale humanitarian mission had relatively humble beginnings. According to the 36th Wing historian, the exact origin of the operation is unknown, but legend has it that the first supplies were dropped around Christmas in 1952. An aircrew, assigned to the 54th Weather Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flew a WB-29 aircraft over a tiny island and saw the villagers below. The crew then packed a box and sent it down on a parachute used for weather buoys. This became tradition and continued each year until Operation Christmas Drop was officially named and organized in 1958.
Christopher Lee Wishes You a Heavy Metal Christmas
Not a joke - he really is into heavy metal.
For the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment in India.
Teh Tweet!
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Posted by: .87c at December 25, 2012 05:25 PM (VeDGH)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 25, 2012 05:25 PM (vc40y)
Looks like Elvis is proudly showing off a German Drilling, that is, a side-by-side shotgun, with a single rifle barrel nestled b'neath and b'tween the smoothbores.
Sure would like to know the history of the photo, and the provenance of the drilling!
Merry Christmas, y'all!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2012 05:26 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: .87c at December 25, 2012 05:26 PM (VeDGH)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 25, 2012 05:28 PM (vc40y)
Posted by: tcn at December 25, 2012 05:30 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: tcn at December 25, 2012 05:31 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: .87c at December 25, 2012 05:32 PM (VeDGH)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 25, 2012 05:34 PM (T0lrq)
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 05:35 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 25, 2012 05:36 PM (vc40y)
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2012 05:37 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 25, 2012 05:38 PM (vc40y)
Posted by: NCKate at December 25, 2012 05:39 PM (4zFn7)
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 05:39 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 25, 2012 05:40 PM (kD+fa)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at December 25, 2012 05:40 PM (yrFRz)
Posted by: wierdflunkyonatablet at December 25, 2012 05:41 PM (m/9JW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 05:43 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Palerider at December 25, 2012 05:43 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 05:44 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 05:44 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: NCKate at December 25, 2012 05:45 PM (4zFn7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 05:45 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Long Island at December 25, 2012 05:46 PM (hl8SI)
Posted by: Palerider at December 25, 2012 05:46 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: NCKate at December 25, 2012 05:48 PM (4zFn7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 05:48 PM (3Y7RV)
I'm frightened to think what that Ewok is going to do to one of those stockings.
Posted by: Dick Nixon at December 25, 2012 05:48 PM (VrVBw)
@ #20, Invictus,
Good call on the correct nomenclature. I do think though, that Merkel still turns out the occasional example thereof?
I do know this, a Merkel double in .45-70 Govt., is one of my Holy Grail of bucket list rifles!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2012 05:48 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 05:49 PM (hcG0U)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 05:49 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Spottswoode at December 25, 2012 05:49 PM (8/bPb)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 05:50 PM (hcG0U)
I think it refers to mineral water, sparkling water, something like that
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 05:50 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 25, 2012 05:50 PM (vc40y)
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2012 05:53 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 05:53 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: wierdflunkyonatablet at December 25, 2012 05:54 PM (m/9JW)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 25, 2012 05:54 PM (VBu2v)
Conclusion: the anime Ghost Hunt did it first and did it better, especially in keeping all the necessary plot points necessary to understand the plot (and the final denouement). *throws up hands* Also, Harry Daniel looked like he didn't eat for the entire filming of the movie - I guess that's sort of the hollow look they were looking for, but I just wanted to stuff some food in him.
And Merry Christmas evening to the horde!
Posted by: Where's my prezzy at December 25, 2012 05:54 PM (i7uP7)
But in terms of over the top, unctuous and overbearing smart-alecs, Monkey Mug Gregory is peerless.
Posted by: ontherocks at December 25, 2012 05:54 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: antisocialist at December 25, 2012 05:55 PM (Ahxbg)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 05:56 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Moron #3 at December 25, 2012 05:56 PM (jfSqj)
Why was I not informed about Captain America? Wow. The face, not so much, but the shoulders..
Posted by: Elizabethe at December 25, 2012 09:25 PM (vc40y)
I wasn't looking that high. 
Posted by: Where's my prezzy at December 25, 2012 05:57 PM (i7uP7)
Posted by: Palerider at December 25, 2012 05:58 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 05:58 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: teej at December 25, 2012 05:59 PM (LKr5H)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:56 PM (3Y7RV)
Agreed, but I had him in the comedy category with Sherpa Swift.
Problem is no one told FNC.
Posted by: ontherocks at December 25, 2012 06:00 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:02 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:49 PM (3Y7RV)
Judging from the book description on Amazon's page, it sure doesn't sound like it sucks. I'm eager to read it. If it passes muster, I'll get one for my oldest daughter, too.
Posted by: antisocialist at December 25, 2012 06:03 PM (Ahxbg)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:03 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2012 06:05 PM (sdi6R)
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2012 09:48 PM (vvk2F)
I'd never dump on a rifle that is so awesome an example of craftmanship. If no humans existed, I'd choose the combo rifle too. Darwin will choose which one of us chose well. All the best.
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 06:05 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:05 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: antisocialist at December 25, 2012 06:06 PM (Ahxbg)
Currently watching White Christmas and will follow it up with A Christmas Carol with George C Scott. I was over at my Sister and Brother In Laws place for a fine meal and booze. I'm now back home with even more booze Feelin' alright! Merry Christmas morons. I work mids so when work is slow, I log onto the ONT and its usually pretty entertaining!
Later!
Posted by: puddleglum at December 25, 2012 06:07 PM (+0N13)
Posted by: antisocialist at December 25, 2012 06:08 PM (Ahxbg)
I certainly hope the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment in India had a nice Christmas in 1934.
Got into politics just a bit today when my lib older brother began with the class warfare and tax the rich talk. He brought up the Great Depression and I said it's been proven that FDR's policies prolonged the Depression. He said our dad (a long decreased Reagan dem) would disagree. Then he brought up "A Christmas Carol" and the workhouses - I said,"I'm quoting actual data (Amity Shole's book about the Depression) and your answer is a 19th century novel?" He got upset and left the room.
I am invited to celebrate New Year's Eve at my BIL's cottage in Northern Wisconsin. He is conservative but has many lib relatives. I ended up screaming "F you" at one of them during the run-up to the Walker recall election. I am debating if I really want to drive two hours on New Years Eve to argue with libs. Dealing with one today was enough.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 25, 2012 06:08 PM (BStAJ)
Some underling will probably get canned, unless he was the person to acquire it. It would be something if he borrowed it from someone in the MPD. Since it's DC, that's actually possible.
I'm done. Good night, everyone!
Either that, or NBC will suddenly become very interested in any complaints against the DCPD.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 25, 2012 06:10 PM (YphDF)
Posted by: sTevo at December 25, 2012 06:10 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:11 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: someone out there at December 25, 2012 06:12 PM (iW2D2)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 25, 2012 06:14 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 06:14 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: helofixer at December 25, 2012 06:15 PM (BjX+W)
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 06:15 PM (8sCoq)
This was the best Christmas I've had in years. My kid wasn't a total asshole, my husband actually gave me a gift I loved that he actually thought about first and my kid, his girlfriend, her mother and I went to see Jack Reacher which didn't suck. Didn't even have to argue with any liberal relatives this year, which is a big plus for me.
I hope everyone's Christmas was special. Now back to work tomorrow.
Posted by: Jaimo at December 25, 2012 06:15 PM (yxBcx)
Posted by: Mr Chips at December 25, 2012 06:16 PM (G5FQb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 10:11 PM (3Y7RV)
Oldest is 28, youngest is 25 - I think they'd both like it. Oldest just spent 6 years in the Army Reserve, and she's married to a Marine sergeant.
Posted by: antisocialist at December 25, 2012 06:17 PM (Ahxbg)
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 25, 2012 06:19 PM (98AOY)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:20 PM (3Y7RV)
Possible that the server does not permit response to ping.
Merry Christmas, Morons.
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2012 06:20 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 10:20 PM (3Y7RV)
You live near Camp Lejeune?
Posted by: antisocialist at December 25, 2012 06:21 PM (Ahxbg)
Posted by: Jaimo at December 25, 2012 06:21 PM (yxBcx)
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 25, 2012 10:19 PM (98AOY)
yeah, but he's David Gregory of NBC, his name is on the Protected rolls, and he will come to no harm
what- you thought MPD was gonna bust him, and he'd stand trial? It is to laugh.
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 06:22 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:22 PM (3Y7RV)
81 Saw David Gregory in a restaurant in LA over about a month ago. .....
Hope you didn't puke....or break his ankle and knee....and jaw, femur, tibia, fibula, etc.
Posted by: and irresolute at December 25, 2012 06:24 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 10:22 PM (3Y7RV)
Well, how 'bout that? I live in Newport, just about thirty miles from Jacksonville. I work at Cherry Point.
Posted by: antisocialist at December 25, 2012 06:24 PM (Ahxbg)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:27 PM (3Y7RV)
Okay, they fire is merry again. I will control this fire. Oh, yes I will.
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 06:28 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:28 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:31 PM (3Y7RV)
69 Currently watching White Christmas and will follow it up with ....
Excellent choices!. I don't get even a little Christmassy until the lonely day is over and I have absorbed a few of those great old flicks. Glad I have a year to recover and get mad-dog mean again.
Posted by: and irresolute at December 25, 2012 06:31 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 06:32 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:32 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 25, 2012 10:31 PM (DBH1h)
I start tomorrow
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 06:32 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2012 06:32 PM (j7iSn)
Currently watching White Christmas and will follow it up with ....
Isn't that the one where Bing Crosby dances with Danny-fucking-Kay?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 25, 2012 06:33 PM (YphDF)
Posted by: Mr Chips at December 25, 2012 06:33 PM (G5FQb)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 25, 2012 06:35 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 25, 2012 06:36 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: BignJames at December 25, 2012 06:36 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:36 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:37 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 25, 2012 06:38 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 25, 2012 10:36 PM (XvrTA)
Neither am I. I am, however, good with them thinking I am asleep.
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 06:39 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 25, 2012 06:40 PM (aYJgz)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:41 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 25, 2012 06:41 PM (aYJgz)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 06:42 PM (3Y7RV)
Isn't that the one where Bing Crosby dances with Danny-fucking-Kay?
A very young Brian Dennehy plays the Green Mountains of Vermont.
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2012 06:43 PM (z9HTb)
107 ... Posted by: Mr Chips at December 25, 2012 10:33 PM (G5FQb)
... as we forgive those who trespass against us .... thank you for the reminder of civil behavior. My cup runneth over. God bless all here. A safe and prosperous New Year to each and every one. .... talk to the hand!
Posted by: and irresolute at December 25, 2012 06:43 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 25, 2012 10:41 PM (aYJgz)
So, you are saying there is a chance the plane will go down in the Pacific?
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 06:44 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 25, 2012 06:45 PM (aYJgz)
Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 25, 2012 06:46 PM (aYJgz)
Turns out the addr Legal Insurrection originally posted was incorrect. It was supposed to be blahblahblah@dc.gov
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 06:51 PM (hcG0U)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 25, 2012 06:53 PM (c2oll)
Posted by: Mr. Alu Fods at December 25, 2012 06:54 PM (xOWfm)
So bootleg it off TPB rather than buying the DVD's eh?
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 06:55 PM (hcG0U)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcYJYIScR1k
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2012 06:55 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at December 25, 2012 06:56 PM (8hBZi)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 07:00 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: NCKate at December 25, 2012 10:28 PM (4zFn7)
Yeah, how about that...you'd think some of them could show up to a moron meet-up...
FWIW, I'll be at the unfortunately named air force base for Wings Over Wayne coming up this spring, the Mustang club always has a display there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 07:00 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 07:01 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Bayonets on my Christmas Tree at December 25, 2012 07:03 PM (qR+xF)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 07:05 PM (bxiXv)
Stay tuned.....
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 25, 2012 07:05 PM (BVkEs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcYJYIScR1k
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2012 10:55 PM (z9HTb)
Wow.
I didn't even know that Santa Claus came out.
Now, that Easter Bunny, that was no surprise..
Posted by: TexasJew at December 25, 2012 07:05 PM (V0jvX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 07:05 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 25, 2012 07:06 PM (98AOY)
Posted by: .87c at December 25, 2012 07:06 PM (roqgV)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2012 07:08 PM (xfWXD)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 07:12 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: The Dude at December 25, 2012 07:12 PM (tw6Ar)
Santa can bite me. All I wanted was a Carl Gustav with thermobaric rounds and what did I get? I got a watch.
Total letdown. Santa sucks.
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 07:13 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: In Exile at December 25, 2012 07:13 PM (wPV9w)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 25, 2012 07:14 PM (BgIBZ)
My mother just forced me to watch some ridiculous dreck on Lifetime about a shrink (all of 25 years of age) in miniskirts who violates all the ethics codes and several state laws then falls in love with a patient who may or may not really be Santa Claus. Followed by the local nightly news, which didn't tell me anything useful except today's high temperature (which I could have located online in 15 seconds instead of sitting through four teasers and nine minutes of advertising).
I can't believe people do that shit on purpose. What a waste of life (compared to, say, hanging out on the internets talking about booze, amirite?!)
And I may be stuck here, there's a fucking blizzard back home.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 25, 2012 07:15 PM (6Uliu)
Because they're not going to arrest him. He's not a pleb. He's elite.
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Citizens Arrest! Citizens Arrest!
Posted by: Gomer Pyle at December 25, 2012 07:16 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: billypaintbrush at December 25, 2012 07:16 PM (wx8cF)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2012 11:08 PM (xfWXD)
Nope, that Ewok leaves fap juice covered Marco Rubio garbage in the other Ewoks' stockings.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 25, 2012 07:17 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Robert at December 25, 2012 07:20 PM (LUnTP)
"Gregory held up what appeared to be a 30-round magazine to ask if it should be banned. The cartridge is illegal in Washington, D.C., "
The cartridge? WTF. Don't they know the difference between the two?
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 25, 2012 07:20 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 07:24 PM (bxiXv)
This was not parody?
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2012 07:24 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 25, 2012 07:25 PM (+0N13)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 25, 2012 07:26 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Robert at December 25, 2012 07:26 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: NBC at December 25, 2012 07:27 PM (+paCV)
Its cover is similar to the one at the link including the regimental ribbon although in dark green, black and red for a "Rifle" regiment rather than in the red of the infantry. The inside is plain however with a list of battle honours on the one side and the Christmas greetings on the other signed in pencil by the Lt. Colonel.
It was sent to my grandmother as his closest next of kin as my great uncle had been KIA on Sept. 30, 1918 during the final 100 Days offensive.
R.I.P.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 25, 2012 07:27 PM (jPVBi)
You came here, with pants on? What's wrong with you?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 25, 2012 07:28 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2012 07:29 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: MadameMayhem at December 25, 2012 07:30 PM (iRgZG)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 25, 2012 07:30 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2012 11:29 PM (m0h0I)
if you are in the hills, go driving
Posted by: The Dude at December 25, 2012 07:30 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 07:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: NBC at December 25, 2012 11:27 PM (+paCV)
What is an AR47?
I'm going to be really pissed if there is a 30.05 AR and no one told me.
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 07:30 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2012 11:29 PM (m0h0I)
Stay home. Invite in any Jehova's witnesses and make them your sex slaves. Geez, get with the plan.
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 07:33 PM (OQpzc)
Robert at December 25, 2012 11:26 PM
Please read the membership rule book. Now into the barrel for the next ten comments.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 25, 2012 07:33 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Robert at December 25, 2012 07:33 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 25, 2012 07:34 PM (BgIBZ)
My mother just forced me to watch some ridiculous dreck on Lifetime about a shrink (all of 25 years of age) in miniskirts who violates all the ethics codes and several state laws then falls in love with a patient who may or may not really be Santa Claus. Followed by the local nightly news, which didn't tell me anything useful except today's high temperature (which I could have located online in 15 seconds instead of sitting through four teasers and nine minutes of advertising).
I can't believe people do that shit on purpose. What a waste of life (compared to, say, hanging out on the internets talking about booze, amirite?!)
And I may be stuck here, there's a fucking blizzard back home.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 25, 2012 11:15 PM (6Uliu)
Lifetime is the gold standard of television movie making.
BTW, have you seen "The 12 Disasters of Christmas"?
http://tinyurl.com/cz7s84m
Posted by: Paul Sheoldon, President, SyFy Network at December 25, 2012 07:34 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Robert at December 25, 2012 07:35 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Cowboy at December 25, 2012 07:36 PM (WcgMM)
Sort of makes one wish you could have a blizzard every day!
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2012 07:36 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2012 11:24 PM (z9HTb)
Everything on Lifetime is parody.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 07:36 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 25, 2012 07:36 PM (6Uliu)
Posted by: Cowboy at December 25, 2012 07:38 PM (WcgMM)
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 25, 2012 07:38 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 25, 2012 07:38 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 25, 2012 07:39 PM (jPVBi)
Anybody have an explanation?
we think it has something to do with not wearing pants
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 07:40 PM (8sCoq)
My mother just forced me to watch some ridiculous dreck on Lifetime about a shrink (all of 25 years of age) in miniskirts who violates all the ethics codes and several state laws then falls in love with a patient who may or may not really be Santa Claus.
Oh no, not another documentary?
Speaking of improbable characters, on the operative day we watched 2012, which is pure unalloyed crystalline dreckitude of the first order, and features several brilliant black scientists. You know, the kind you run into all the time. The evil characters? If you guessed white conservative guys, you get no points. That was a gimme.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 07:40 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2012 11:36 PM (m0h0I)
It is a white christmas thing. Snow makes it infinitely easier to hide the bodies. They won't even begin to rot till spring, and you will be long gone by then.
Posted by: Invictus at December 25, 2012 07:41 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: AoSHQ Intercom at December 25, 2012 07:41 PM (Zd/NW)
MadameMayhem at December 25, 2012 11:30 PM
You can check the weather at the previous post if you're worried about it.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 25, 2012 07:42 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2012 07:43 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2012 07:43 PM (m0h0I)
Lifetime seems so deadly earnest, and it's all so much bullshit.
I can't figure out why they call it "Lifetime." They should call it the "Helpless but plucky woman being stalked" channel. They would have heroines tied to train tracks (High. Speed. Rail?) but that would traditionally require a male hero to rescue them, so that's obviously out.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 07:43 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 07:44 PM (bxiXv)
giving them a chance to feel all angsty for five seconds or whatever it is they do.
Change batteries?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 07:46 PM (4u2LN)
And then along came Jones...
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 07:46 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 07:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 25, 2012 07:47 PM (tOkJB)
Another problem that could be solved with a handgun.
"Did you say something to me?" *exposes butt of revolver in purse*
"Sorry, Ma'am. Have a good night." *scurries away*
Or you could just shoot your TV.
Posted by: fluffy at December 25, 2012 07:47 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 25, 2012 07:47 PM (jPVBi)
You can check the weather at the previous post if you're worried about it Posted by: harleycowboy at December 25, 2012 11:42 PM (+9AX9)
Not worried at all. I'm in the 8 to 12 inches of snow range on the map and am looking forward to it. Our locals didn't even bother covering this thing until today when no one was paying attention. I however have been checking it on an alternate source and have been prepping for SNOWMAGGEDON for a couple of days. If it gets as bad as they are saying, the local weather creatures are gonna catch hell for saying "One to three inches of snow are possible".
Posted by: MadameMayhem at December 25, 2012 07:48 PM (iRgZG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 07:50 PM (bxiXv)
Since it's India maybe it's a nice way to refer to Gin and Bitters anti malaria drink. Oh and I love Yorkshire pudding and gravy.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 07:51 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 25, 2012 07:51 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 25, 2012 07:51 PM (BStAJ)
the people who worry me are the ones who have to see every variant of 'saw' and 'hostel' and suchlike
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 07:53 PM (8sCoq)
I rewrote that movie you described in my head so Santa was a Community Organizer who lured the psychiatrist into the Occupy movement and progressively harangued her into a Black Bloc operation, which she belatedly realizes is a terror plot. Paralyzed by fear, she seems to go along until she is opportunely left alone with a timed explosive. She sets the timer and runs, and the explosion destroys the house, killing Santa and the Black Bloc cell.
She turns herself in at a police station nearby and confesses, there, a Jaded detective convinces her to "just shut up and go home," and closes the case.
As a minor sop to the Lifetime audience, before she enters her office and closes the door behind her, she stares wistfully at the camera, giving them a chance to feel all angsty for five seconds or whatever it is they do.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 11:44 PM (bxiXv)
Could you send us a treatment of this script?
We would prefer one that has some kind of DNA experiment between a shark and an eagle gone amok.
Also, we need for it to be two plucky women, Debbie Gibson and Tiffany.
Thanks, love ya, mean it,
Shel
Posted by: Paul Sheoldon, President, SyFy Network at December 25, 2012 07:54 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Emdoc at December 25, 2012 07:56 PM (0RJ16)
Posted by: MSNBC at December 25, 2012 07:58 PM (+paCV)
Donna V. at December 25, 2012 11:51 PM
If you'll notice they always ask how you "feel". Not what you think. The next time ask them what they "think". It will confuse them because they don't know how.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 25, 2012 08:00 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2012 08:00 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 25, 2012 08:02 PM (+paCV)
MSNBC at December 25, 2012 11:58 PM
You left out that the radioactivity would make an area 20 miles in dia. a wasteland.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 25, 2012 08:02 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 08:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2012 08:04 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 11:50 PM (bxiXv)
But she's trying to destroy me!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 08:05 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 08:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2012 08:06 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 08:07 PM (lJJMb)
(something tells me i should have read the comments though)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 12:00 AM (sqp6o)
well, I used to work with a woman that LOVED horror and gore exclusively- torture pr0n, slasher flicks, all of it
she was fired for bringing a handgun to work
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 08:07 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 08:07 PM (bxiXv)
If you'll notice they always ask how you "feel". Not what you think. The next time ask them what they "think". It will confuse them because they don't know how.
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I ask them what it would take to make them reconsider and possibly change their minds.
I've never received a coherent answer yet.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 08:07 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: T. at December 25, 2012 08:07 PM (8+IYC)
Posted by: ABC at December 25, 2012 08:07 PM (+paCV)
Worse yet a Barrel Shroud!!11!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGpykAX1fo
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 08:08 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 25, 2012 08:08 PM (BStAJ)
good times
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 08:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2012 08:09 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: JimboHoffa at December 25, 2012 08:10 PM (qEZxt)
Tiffany: http://is.gd/tU3Fpc
Debbie: http://is.gd/Fsc0Os
Click "Show me the good stuff" for the reveal.
(Tiffany wins, BTW.)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2012 08:11 PM (m0h0I)
"The radioactivity left over from these so called uranium cartridges, in addition to making an area 20 miles in diameter a wasteland where no one could ever live again or grow organic aruga, would cause an estimated 200,000 new cases of childhood leukemia; killing an estimated 200,000 large children or 400,000 small ones."
The half-life of 238U, IIRC, is on the order of 5 x 10^9 years. So if you want significant radioactive emissions, you're gonna have to wait a while.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 08:11 PM (4u2LN)
she was fired for bringing a handgun to work.
Hey you never know when a crazed zombie brain eating lunatic will storm the office with a plague infested axe.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 25, 2012 08:12 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 26, 2012 12:07 AM (bxiXv)
I just free-floated my barrel last week and didn't add any of the rail sections to the handguard...of course that's because I didn't have any bayonets on hand.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 08:13 PM (lJJMb)
Hey you never know when a crazed zombie brain eating lunatic will storm the office with a plague infested axe.
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I hate it when that happens.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 08:13 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 26, 2012 12:06 AM
Ain't that the truth. There ain't that many sci fi movies that are actually good. I mean the good/suck ratio.
Posted by: otho at December 25, 2012 08:14 PM (yBF/9)
I think being a General instead of a Private in the free shit army still makes you a member.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 08:15 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 25, 2012 08:17 PM (+paCV)
So it's kinda like sleeping on a granite counter top bed?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 08:17 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 08:18 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 12:15 AM (wYGx/)
And like being at the top of any organization, membership has its privileges.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 08:18 PM (lJJMb)
So it's kinda like sleeping on a granite counter top bed?
____________________
Yup. And less than sitting near a color TV, back when we still had CRTs.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 25, 2012 08:19 PM (4u2LN)
Waitress sandwiches being a big one (and getting away with murder too)
Posted by: Zombie Ted K. at December 25, 2012 08:21 PM (wYGx/)
During WWII, Durning landed at Omaha beach, later was wounded and hospitalized, returned to combat and was in the Battle of the Bulge. He was one of the few survivors of a massacre of POW's by the Germans at Malmedy. He was awarded the Silver Star and 3 Purple Hearts. One of the Purple Hearts was for bayonet wounds suffered in hand to hand combat. Durning survived that attack by killing the German soldier with a rock. He spent several years in and out of Army hospitals for both his physical and psychological wounds. Apparently he had recurring nightmares about the war for the rest of his life.
Durning rarely talked about his combat experiences but was a supporter of activities to support veterans. He participated in the National Memorial Day Concert from 2004 on. This link is to his 2007 appearance (please excuse the beginning with Tom Hanks). While Durning was an accomplished actor, he isn't acting in this video:
http://tinyurl.com/cud8evn
I live in LA and know many folks in the entertainment industry, including family members, and I have worked as an extra many times. For the most part actors have always impressed me as frivolus folks. Charles During, more than most, earned the right to be frivolus. RIP PFC Charles Durning.
Posted by: Mr Chips at December 25, 2012 08:22 PM (G5FQb)
I think being a General instead of a Private in the free shit army still makes you a member. Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 12:15 AM (wYGx/)
Oh, I agree. But they think they'll be calling the shots, not following.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 25, 2012 08:23 PM (BStAJ)
I think being a General instead of a Private in the free shit army still makes you a member.
Her free shit comes curtesy of the influence that she can peddle in a left-wing fascist state.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 25, 2012 08:23 PM (YphDF)
Posted by: NCKate at December 25, 2012 08:24 PM (4zFn7)
I think I should be moved up one rung on the geek scale. I have watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy so many times I am beginning to see camera change flaws. When Gandolf goes in to meet Theoden he is holding his staff upright. Camera angle change : He holds it horizontal. Camera angle change again: it's vertical. Final camera angle change: back to horizontal.
Still love it though. Even though The Hobbit has crappy reviews I will see it in the theater, though not in 3D.
Posted by: Ohio Dan Random Rant at December 25, 2012 08:24 PM (JKNDp)
Are you paying cash now instead of grocery coupons?
Send Debbie and Tiffany to my house to negotiate in person.
Ciao bene.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 26, 2012 12:04 AM (bxiXv)
Well what the hell, I just got a promotion because of "Pegasus vs Chimera".
I can offer you 3 months of free Comcast basic cable for that treatment.
Have your people call my people,
ciao,
S.
Posted by: Paul Sheoldon, President, Universal Networks at December 25, 2012 08:25 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:28 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2012 08:28 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 08:28 PM (bxiXv)
With the occasional lower-budget "action movie in a sci-fi setting" thing thrown in in both cases.
I guess Avengers/Iron Man have been *kind of* an exception.
We need some good epic sci-fi with what sci-fi is good at; massive stakes, surprising novel concepts, and unique perspectives.
I wish us luck with that.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 26, 2012 12:18 AM
It's been quite a while since there was a decent one. "Pitch Black" comes to mind, but that's over a decade ago and is SF/horror, really. It concerns me that H/wood has either not seen fit to do some classic works, has dropped them into preproduction limbo or totally fucked up the story. "I, Robot" and "Bicentennial Man" and forever fucked now. "Rendezvous with Rama" will never get made and there's a bunch of great novels and short stories that don't seem to tickle hollywood's fancy. I don't count comicbook hero adaptations as SF movies.
Posted by: otho at December 25, 2012 08:29 PM (yBF/9)
You don't drink (well not enough anyways) do you?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 08:29 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2012 08:30 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 08:30 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Hillary fainted from tight Spanx at December 25, 2012 08:30 PM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: Ohio Dan Still feeling the Christmas mood. at December 25, 2012 08:31 PM (JKNDp)
your outrage is about 14 hours late- we covered it this morning
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 25, 2012 08:32 PM (8sCoq)
There is no such thing as a "free" floating barrel. Since to get one costs you an extra$500 bucks.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 08:33 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 08:33 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 12:28 AM (sqp6o)
There are very few stupid questions when talking guns - the shit gets arcane very fast. When a barrel is "free-floated", what that means is that the barrel is only secured to its receiver (the part or parts that feed round in), with no contact to other fixed parts, e.g. the stock, or in the case of an AR patterned rifle, the handguard. This tends to aid in accuracy. Your assumption was 100% on the money.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 08:34 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 08:35 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 12:33 AM (wYGx/)br]
You either need a new smith, or are pushing some kind of envelope.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 08:36 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 25, 2012 08:36 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:38 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 11:01 PM (3Y7RV)
Sorry OSP, had to go act like I work here or something. Anyway, Ford not P51 (although Jack Roush has a version of the Ford Mustang that is called a P51).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:38 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:39 PM (3Y7RV)
If I'm not pushing an envelope, what's the point? I have cheap non free floaters that are nail drivers. (and no not a smith)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 08:40 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:40 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: NBC at December 25, 2012 08:41 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 26, 2012 12:40 AM
That's Curly, you knucklehead. *slap* *eye poke*
Posted by: moe at December 25, 2012 08:41 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:43 PM (xa1/W)
Oh, and Sheldon, *Buddy*, just send the girls. Trust me, they will get a better deal than you will.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 26, 2012 12:35 AM (bxiXv)
You my friend drive a hard bargain. We will throw in 3 free months of HBO and Cinemax to sweeten the deal.
Posted by: Paul Sheoldon, President, Universal Networks at December 25, 2012 08:44 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 25, 2012 08:45 PM (GPIWm)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:46 PM (xa1/W)
Just think how fun a Ford Mustang would be with a Merlin V 12 in it. (If you could keep the tires from smoking that is)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 08:47 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Stating the Obvious at December 25, 2012 08:47 PM (SOGo4)
Posted by: buzzion at December 25, 2012 08:48 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 08:48 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:48 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 08:48 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 26, 2012 12:47 AM (Q/zAt)
I know, right? I even pointed out that I was off the clock, but they say as long as I am on the property I must wear pants. Completely unreasonable.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:49 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 25, 2012 08:49 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2012 08:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 12:40 AM (wYGx/)
My original comment re: free-float was in relation to the EBR AR-15, the curse of the American Gun Culture [ominous music]. You can easily float a barrel on those for way less than $500. If you're into the long range game (full disclosure - I'm not), my understanding is that costs go up exponentially to squeeze out every last drop of performance. If I missed your point, feel free to correct me.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 08:49 PM (lJJMb)
You mean I should read the blog before I post?
Posted by: Mr Chips at December 25, 2012 08:50 PM (G5FQb)
Just think how fun a Ford Mustang would be with a Merlin V 12 in it. (If you could keep the tires from smoking that is)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 12:47 AM (wYGx/)
I would probably bet Roush has already tried to put that engine in a Ford Mustang already.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 25, 2012 08:50 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 08:51 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:51 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:52 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 08:52 PM (Q/zAt)
http://tinyurl.com/cxtsn5x
Posted by: Daybrother at December 26, 2012 12:49 AM (+paCV)
I've actually got this one --
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2012 08:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Mr Chips at December 26, 2012 12:50 AM (G5FQb)
Why? No one else does.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:53 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 25, 2012 08:54 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:54 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 08:55 PM (Q/zAt)
No correction needed since it appears we are both right. Anybody can free float a barrel but it will cost you if you want it to make a difference.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 08:55 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 12:51 AM (3Y7RV)
Well, maybe not everybody...
GGE, as a christmas gift to yourself, I say you should go pantsless during your lunch break
Posted by: chemjeff at December 26, 2012 12:52 AM (Q/zAt)
I would, but then they start using these long confusing words like "termination" and I don't think they mean teh Ahnold movies...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:56 PM (xa1/W)
299 Goddammit chemjeff we spent all morning trying to figure out how to detect tungsten in gold bars without drilling into them (x-rays and ultrasound) and you were nowhere to be found.
Posted by: DAve at December 25, 2012 08:56 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 12:54 AM (3Y7RV)
Wait...you work here too??? That's exactly what they told me!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:57 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:57 PM (3Y7RV)
So from one enthusiast to another - what envelopes are you pushing? I love to hear what everybody is up to with respect to...well pretty much anything.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 08:58 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 08:58 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 08:59 PM (3Y7RV)
hmm how to detect tungsten in gold in a nondestructive manner... if you suspect the tungsten is dispersed uniformly throughout the gold bar, you could use some surface x-ray technique like x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 08:59 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 25, 2012 09:00 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 26, 2012 12:51 AM (Q/zAt)
Ah, so it was Transylvania Velma, in the Conservatory, with the baked ziti.....
That's good -- so who's doing dinner next?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2012 09:00 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 26, 2012 12:58 AM (lJJMb)
1) my luck
2) taste
3) good sense
4) etc
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 09:00 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2012 09:00 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:00 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 09:00 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:01 PM (3Y7RV)
probably on Thursday or Friday
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 09:01 PM (Q/zAt)
Warner Bros. developing ‘Mass Effect’ movie
http://tinyurl.com/c935equ
Posted by: Stating the Obvious at December 26, 2012 12:47 AM (SOGo4)
That goes without saying. Its a video game movie. About the only positive thing you can likely say about it is that with Warner Bros. behind it its not likely to get directed by Uwe Boll.
Posted by: buzzion at December 25, 2012 09:02 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: DAve at December 25, 2012 09:02 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 26, 2012 01:00 AM (9Qc6B)
Oddly enough I asked about that as part of the Kilted to Kick Cancer fund drive that was going on in September. I was told that would be fine as long as I wore shorts underneath. Shorts! Philistines!
apparently, since sometimes I have to roll around on the floor while I'm fixing machines they were afraid I might...eh...expose myself...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 09:02 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 25, 2012 09:02 PM (9Qc6B)
You tried XRF and were not sure? Was it you were worried they only put the tungsten in the inner core and not the whole bar?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 09:02 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 09:03 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 09:04 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:04 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 25, 2012 09:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 09:05 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 01:00 AM (3Y7RV)
Far from it, OSP. I just find it very cool to hear what little things the long-range and benchrest shooters are discovering. Many of the cartridge offerings we have today came from dedicated amateur ballisticians, after all. Even though I have no intention to get into those particular games, I find the subjects very interesting in a "how things work" sort of way. And yes, I realize you were joking.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:05 PM (lJJMb)
probably on Thursday or Friday
Posted by: chemjeff at December 26, 2012 01:01 AM (Q/zAt)
Well done! I wish you continued success in the New Year.
Unfortunately lunch break is now over, so once more I must go pretend like I work here or something. Not that I'm putting much effort into it, since I worked last night as well. Oh well.
Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2012 09:05 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 25, 2012 09:06 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:06 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 26, 2012 01:00 AM (Q/zAt)
This was my first thought as well. Hidden W would reveal itself if one knew the exact volume of a pure gold bar of standard size, assuming the ability to measure the mass and volume of other bars to a very accurate and precise level.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:07 PM (lJJMb)
B dates as late as 1898: "Every distinct chemical compound occurring in inorganic nature, having a definite molecular structure or system of crystallization and well-defined physical properties, constitutes a mineral species"
The Victorian Ere scientists did not believe that anything was created by long-term processes. At that early date, Geologic science hadn't settled on continental drift, or an Earth that was older than 6000 years.
Lord Kelvin had calculated that the maximum burn time for the Sun, using the most efficient chemical processes known, was only 17,000 years, and thus spent most of his career trying to refute any evolutionary or geologic theories that concluded that the Earth was older than that.
To his credit, when he saw the numbers for energy production by Uranium fission, which would allow a body the size of the Sun to burn for at least tens of millions of years, he immediately recanted his earlier views.
Posted by: Kristophr at December 25, 2012 09:09 PM (wYVte)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:10 PM (3Y7RV)
came to work one evening fair ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 26, 2012 01:06 AM (9Qc6B)
Well played.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:10 PM (lJJMb)
probably on Thursday or Friday
Posted by: chemjeff at December 26, 2012 01:01 AM (Q/zAt)
Happy cooking!
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2012 09:10 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:11 PM (3Y7RV)
good night all
good luck DAve with the tungsten analysis
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2012 09:11 PM (Q/zAt)
Posted by: Stating the Obvious at December 26, 2012 12:47 AM (SOGo4)
Fuckity fuckity fuck fuck fuck.
PAUL! Forget about the script, I just want the girls!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 26, 2012 01:03 AM (bxiXv
Oh God read the article. I bet the writer thinks its Grand Theft Auto in Space.
Posted by: buzzion at December 25, 2012 09:11 PM (GULKT)
Love shooting and the mechanics of guns (pisses me off the people that say you don't need this or that since I see them like art). But I'm old, have bad eyes and not as steady as I used to be so there will be no more envelope shooting. But I still like to keep up and see if I can tweak things cause it's a challenge.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 09:12 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: DAve at December 25, 2012 09:12 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:12 PM (3Y7RV)
The original question was for Buzz, but congrats on getting the starter set!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:13 PM (lJJMb)
The gold scrap gets sold to an assayer.
( or they just do absolutely nothing, and pretend the bar is still good, and hope some sucker buys it from them )
If there is a tungsten block in the center, drilling the bar will reveal it.
Posted by: Kristophr at December 25, 2012 09:14 PM (wYVte)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:14 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: DAve at December 25, 2012 09:15 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Kristophr at December 25, 2012 09:16 PM (wYVte)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:17 PM (3Y7RV)
A heated gold bar will expand more than one with a big slug of tungsten inside it.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 09:18 PM (hcG0U)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:20 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 25, 2012 09:20 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: Moron #3 at December 25, 2012 09:21 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Kristophr at December 26, 2012 01:18 AM (wYVte)
I heard from a friend that you can never get them to stand still.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:21 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:24 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 09:24 PM (wYGx/)
booh yeah ! !
Posted by: Moron #3 at December 26, 2012 01:21 AM (jfSqj)
Not in the midwest or Florida, but where I'm at you'd have to shoot from hilltop to hilltop to get to 600 anywhere houses aren't around.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:24 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 09:26 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 01:26 AM (jfSqj)
Those aren't allowed at my home range - too much pony for the paddock.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:30 PM (lJJMb)
A normal XRF is likely like the one I use and has a 50Kv x-ray source. It will not accurately read anything covered by 1000 micro inches or of gold. (Time Distance Shielding).
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 09:30 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 09:34 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:36 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 01:34 AM (jfSqj)
Any thoughts on .416 Barrett? When they first announced the cartridge, it sounded very promising in terms of BC. They said it would stay supersonic comparable to the big .50, but I haven't read anything regarding the round being fielded.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:38 PM (lJJMb)
Dam shame too since it was the military stuff that used to be cheap.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 09:38 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 09:40 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:43 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 09:45 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 25, 2012 09:46 PM (VBu2v)
Posted by: more confused than usual at December 25, 2012 09:46 PM (8/bPb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:47 PM (3Y7RV)
If you're a cheap bastard like me it's an Enfield or a Mauser 95 I'm guessing
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 09:49 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 01:45 AM (jfSqj)
Which flavor of .375?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:49 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 09:50 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: more confused than usual at December 26, 2012 01:46 AM (8/bPb)
They can't figure out which PC rules to follow and what trumps what right now. Perhaps somebody can make a decision tree to explain what racism is acceptable and under what conditions. Perhaps then the permanently aggrieved could have a tool to find common ground, or at least a common target, as soon as the creator of the tool was discovered. Perhaps.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:53 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 09:53 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: lil Adriane tryin' to keep up with the big boys... at December 25, 2012 09:54 PM (9Qc6B)
Aside from Ussher's famous guess, which seems to have been crafted with an eye to matching Johannes Kepler's contemporary estimate, earth's Biblically deduced age has pretty much always hovered around 8-10,000 years. Prior to the discovery of radioactivity, scientific/philosophic estimates of the earth's age ranged from 75,000 to infinite years. "6000 years" was a fleeting outlier, confined to Kepler fans and some Irish Catholics.
I hear a lot of people believe it now (and I doubt it), but back then, almost nobody did. The "Until [insert science-y thing here], people believed..." part of the "6000 years" story is just flattery of the storyteller and his audience. It never really happened (much).
Posted by: oblig.'s peeve corner at December 25, 2012 09:56 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 09:57 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: lil Adriane tryin' to keep up with the big boys... at December 26, 2012 01:54 AM (9Qc6B)
Ma'am, compared to these others, I am best suited to have some pie as well.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 09:59 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 09:59 PM (jfSqj)
I bought most of my guns in the 70s thru 80s most are military and a friend was selling or I got a line on something cheap. So I have a really odd mixture of guns. Only when Clinton put the ban in did I get an AK. Learned on single shot stuff and they will always be the best distance shooters.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 10:00 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 10:01 PM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 25, 2012 10:03 PM (3Y7RV)
BC in the 8's, MV north of 3100, maybe up to 3300
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 01:57 AM (jfSqj)
So the USMC round in 360 grains will come next?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 10:04 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 25, 2012 10:05 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:05 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 25, 2012 10:06 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: lil Adriane tryin' to keep up with the big boys...>>
Big boys don't need plates to eat pie. AoSHQ lifestyle.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 10:07 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 25, 2012 10:08 PM (9Qc6B)
I've hit 600 yards with a M44 Moisen Nagant in 7.62x54R...
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 02:05 AM (jfSqj)
If they were decent they'd have given you a Finn M39.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 10:09 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:10 PM (jfSqj)
Starting size doesn't matter for a before/after measurement. Measure it, heat it, and see if it expanded per spec.
Metal expansions are very predictable.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 10:11 PM (hcG0U)
I hate to explain a joke, but that was in ref. to the Army running 168 SMKs in their M14 DMRs while the USMC went with 175 SMKs with their M14 DMR.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 10:15 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:15 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:17 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 02:15 AM (jfSqj)
I am no expert when it comes to shooting, but I can say for certain, from personal experience, that the difference in speed between a pump-action shotgun and a semi is minimal. Get the pump. You won't be any slower and will have fewer moving parts.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 10:20 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:20 PM (jfSqj)
No an economical way is a Mossberg and a Makorov.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 10:22 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:23 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 10:23 PM (hcG0U)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 25, 2012 10:24 PM (lJJMb)
The soviets got a couple of guns right if you're outfitting a bunker. Or just like collecting tools on the cheap. Back in the day there were lots more that went bargain basement but since I'm no longer in the market (full tool chest for anything but collectable) I don't know the prices of cheap stuff anymore.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 10:29 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 25, 2012 10:35 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Robert at December 25, 2012 10:36 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:36 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:38 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 10:39 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Some Retard Independent Voter at December 25, 2012 10:40 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 02:38 AM (jfSqj)
---
Yeah, heard someone say: Well, he was a convicted felon, he wasn't "allowed" to have a weapon. Allowed? WTF! No guns for you?
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 25, 2012 10:43 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:45 PM (jfSqj)
Don't know (and this is not personal) but have you ever known a felon that didn't have a gun?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 10:47 PM (wYGx/)
Back in the 90's I was paying close attention to the FBI's LEO's killed/assaulted yearly reports. They gave fairly detailed descriptions of the murders and particulars on the perps.
Looking through about 10 years worth, a consistent pattern emerged. ~30% of the cops that were murdered were killed by perps with prior arrests for murder.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 10:48 PM (hcG0U)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 10:51 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:55 PM (jfSqj)
I think its impossible to get prosecutors to ever change, they want a high conviction rate, and they prefer it never goes to trial ending in a plea deal.
If we had a category of plea where someone cops to the felony for the purposes of a NICS check, but it isn't recorded elsewhere as a felony conviction and entails no additional jail time, we'd have a more effective NICS, and prosecutors can continue playing their bullshit stats games.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 25, 2012 10:59 PM (hcG0U)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 10:59 PM (jfSqj)
You may think you don't but I'd be surprised if you actually don't. Anything above grand is a felony (I think) so lots of people make that bar and it doesn't have to be violent,
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 10:59 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Robert at December 25, 2012 11:01 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: THE Man in Black at December 25, 2012 11:04 PM (SSWdi)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 25, 2012 11:04 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 11:06 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 25, 2012 11:08 PM (wYGx/)
Posted by: DAve at December 25, 2012 11:42 PM (XDC0v)
In case you're wondering about "RUN!" -- I live in California, real estate (half interest in my home) is my second largest asset group, and progressives have won an overwhelming majority in both houses of the state legislature -- there are no filibusters, supermajorities, or state constitutional issues to restrict them.....and they've had a serious bug up their behinds about Prop 13 since 1978.
I fully expect that the reverse of the Prop 13 effect will happen once the Progs start tampering with it -- real estate gained in value once purchasers could be certain of future cash-outflows for taxes. Just think about that in slo-mo.....an investor who is looking to invest would like to see a projection with inflows for rent and outflows for depreciation, taxes, insurance, repairs, etc.. The more solid (with positive return), the more valuable. If taxes could be $10K this year and $20K the next, how would an investor value a deal? At the higher tax rate.....which means a lower price.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 12:31 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 01:26 AM (XDC0v)
My freshly widowed mother would have been forced to sell the family home and leave the state if Prop. 13 hadn't passed back then. She would have made a considerable profit over what we'd paid for the house in 1974 but where would we have gone that wasn't a severe step down in the now inflated market? We would simply have been forced to go to another state, which meant one of three choice where my mother had family and history: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or Florida. None of them hold a lot of appeal to me as a permanent state of residence.
Posted by: epobirs at December 26, 2012 02:19 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Ed Snyder at December 26, 2012 05:39 AM (U0r2s)
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