Friday Fertography

When they're too wired to sit still for pics, put 'em in an open-topped box!

Counting Coup

This is an old pic (note the steel pot helmets).

LOLPLUTO

Buried Treasure!

I didn't play the Buy Ammo game this week because I've got truck tires and another 2400 miles of gas to pay for, plus refrigerator repair bills (still haven't called; activated the mini-fridge), and I'll probably dish out some smackers to a landscaper soon. Besides that, I bought 200 rounds of 9mm WWB in the Lehighton WalMart. That'll keep the 9AR and Glock19 happy for a while. (The case of Wolf is reserved for the Uzi now.)

Checking up on my long gun ammo supply, I noticed I had plenty of surplus 7.62 and Wolf 5.56...but after three stuck Wolf cases in my new rifle, I'd promised to put BoG2 on a brass-only diet. Rooting around, I came up with only 100 rounds of .223 (some Remmy Green Box dating back before I even owned an AR). After checking my online sources and finding only expensive Wolf brass and underpowered Bosnian M855/ss109 available in bulk, I rummaged deeper into the hermit cave. Score! Okay, the battlepack of British Aerospace 5.56 goes back into the ammo cabinet (along with a box or two of soft-tips), but I turned up 360 rounds of Guatemalan 5.56!! It's like Christmas!

This discovery ought to get me through the Superstition 3-Gun next year, at which time I'll probably join Jon in a switch toward the .30 Thumpers again.

If I'm ever going to try that Four-Day Front Sight course (bringing 600 rounds), I'll have to find a new cheap source or take the Wolf-lovin' Bushie along.

Media EBR Petting Zoo

Click the Pic.

(Nuked the embedded video 'cuz I couldn't figure out how to turn off the Auto-Start.)

h/t to The ACTS Forum

Chatterbox

Smile, Please

10 Years of Sluggy!

Slackers....

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released on Tuesday said.

Serious

Weekend Caption/Photoshop Contest

Sticky until Monday

Without Lil Bro slaving away in the photo mines for me, I had to unearth this nugget myself. Got a caption or photoshop for this picture? You could win a coveted Blog Ad on my side bar!

Leave a caption or photo link in comments, or Email a pic to me at the address in my profile. If you're sending a large animation, please provide a hot-linkable URL.

You need not own a blog to win! I'll advertise your favorite charity, web site, or even your prize market pig!

Judging begins Monday PM.

Winner!

Tam at View from the Porch wins with:
"NBA scout George Jablonski thanked his lucky stars for the day he joined the National Guard on a dare."

Other Contests:
Gone Rick Motel
Rodney Dill
WILLisms
Bagel Blogger
Public Pondering
Right Pundits
Wyatt Earp

Photoshops:

Tagged

By a Jewelry Blogger, even! Oh, the humanity! Well, I'm in enough trouble with her already, so I better play along....

The rules:

1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.

2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name.

3. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.

4. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog-post containing your own middle name game facts. At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag.

5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Well, my middle name is Edward, but nobody calls anybody Edward, right?

E -- Easy
D -- Dull

Short and sweet, just like me! Heh. Now I only need to annoy two bloggers. Methinx I'll visit my Lil Sister's MySpace page and give her the news. And give Desert Cat something to do....

Wish Him Well

The Trainer (Because I Say So) had a stroke this weekend. Follow the link and send encouragement and best wishes!

I might finally watch the show....

Too Early For Hump Day

Now this crap is hogging all the news channels plus the NFL Network!

Yay 200K!!

Thanks, Tam!

And thank y'all readers, especially the ones who visit more than once.

Aw, Sh*t!

How many times have we said/heard that in a match?

By the time I realized that Jon was "air gunning" mighty low prior to shooting "Another One, Terry," the RO was starting the stage... do I yell something??? Great friend that I am, I gritted my teeth and hoped that Jon had a better angle than I did. Oops.

Jon and Karma got me back on the same stage when I took a brain vacation after shooting the pistol part of the two-gun scenario. My uttered epithet was a tad shorter but no less colorful vulgar. Jon would have no other miscues, but the other "Terry" stage would hand me some penalties. Big Bob rounded out our trio... he's still too careful to make stupid mistakes, but careful takes a lot of time. His match film is almost a minute longer than mine; it remains to be seen whether my penalties will wipe away that minute.

Video:
Jon's awesomeness

Bob's match

My match

Might try this next year

I MapQuested my road trip points for the first time last night and got a route more than 100 miles shorter than the I-10/20/30/40/81 route I've been taking for years. Might be worth trying next year.

August 3-Gun

I'd intended to take August off from stage designing (since I was going on vacation) but League Poobah Terry guilt-tripped me into submitting some (hence, some of the snarky stage names). Here are the stages as submitted:

Pistol - Start Position: Standing behind table, wrists above shoulders facing uprange. On start signal, draw and engage P1 through P12. All steel must fall.

Pistol/Shotgun - Start Position: Standing behind table, wrists above shoulders facing uprange. Loaded shotgun grounded on table.

On start signal, in any order engage left array with shotgun, right array with pistol. Ground weapons safely as appropriate. All steel must fall.







Pistol: Start Position: Standing in Box A, normal ready.

On start signal, draw and engage P1 and P2 and T1 through T7. From behind Table B, engage T8 and P3 through P8. Paper targets require two hits to neutralize, all steel must fall.
Pistol/Shotgun - Standing in Box A, normal ready.

On start signal, draw pistol and engage P1 and P2 and T1 through T7. From behind Table B, engage T8, safely ground pistol and with shotgun engage P3 through P8. Paper targets require two hits to neutralize, all steel must fall.



Pistol - Start position: Standing behind Table, palms on table.

On start signal, draw and engage T1 through T4 with left hand and T5 through T8 with right hand. Paper targets require two hits to neutralize.

Pistol/Rifle - Standing behind Table, palms on table. Unloaded rifle grounded on table.

On start signal, draw and engage T1 through T4 with left hand and T5 through T8 with right hand. With rifle and unsupported by table, engage T1 through T8 with two headshots each. Once the rifle is loaded, one procedural penalty will be assessed for each shot taken while shooter is in contact with table. Paper targets require two hits to neutralize.


Pistol - Start position: In Box A, normal ready.

On start signal, engage T1 through T3 from Box A. Engage T4 and T5 from behind charge line B. Engage T6 from behind charge line C. Each paper target requires two hits to neutralize.

Rifle - Start position: In Box A, rifle at low ready.

On start signal, engage T1 through T6 from Box A. Each paper target requires two hits to neutralize.

Colt Enlisted Man's Model

Okay, so Colt never called it that...we think they should have. My friend Chief and I used to wonder why Colt named their shortened .45 the "Officers Model." Did the full-sized gat make their dainty hands look too small?







Chief dressed up his manly Colt 1991A1 with a set of US Air Force imitation-ivory grips. I don't know if the USAF ever issued a 1911 .45 to anybody, but it sure makes a nice commemorative piece for a colorful military career. He suggested getting a set for mine... since both of my single-stacks are unblued (one stainless, another to get NP3'd whenever I get around to it), I'd probably be better off getting something darker for contrast.

Can Anybody See This?

Lisa the Biker Chick sent me a QT flick of Lenny and Squiggy, but despite downloading the QT7, it doesn't show the video (usually just junk including images in my memory buffer). I wanna see if it displays in the brand new Blogger video thingee. The "drugs" comment refers to Lisa's talent for having calm critters... Jasmine and Victoria were spooky like that.

Update: Yay! It works here!

Apropos of nothing

Here's the other.

The Winner!

After blasting my credit card through west Texas (greedy bastards!) a half-tank at a time, I finally found the lowest gas prices of my trip at the Lordsburg NM Flying J Truck Stop.


Until then, $2.659 at the Tamaqua PA Hess station was the lowest I'd encountered.

I'm Baaack!

Got home about 3 am. No problems on the road...just some awesome T-storms in west Texas and NM.

Yup, the fridge is dying (again) but the a/c is holding up okay. Gotta run around today to liquidate some cash, clean up some monsoon weeds and the ferret room. I pick up the weasels tomorrow night.


Photo from somewhere on the ACTS forum.

MGEN Doyle Larson, RIP

http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6146

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aved/museum/halloffame/larson_doyle.htm

Freakin MAC computer! (I'm down in MD this weekend...I might fix this when I get back).

General Larson was MY first general...the first General of my first major duty command (Electronic Security Command back in '81) and the first General officer I'd ever met personally. He had created the SENSOR OLYMPICS technical competition and even hung a Silver Medal around my neck at one of their Awards Banquets (yeah, I was awesome, just ask me).

MGEN Doyle Larson started out as an enlisted Russian linguist and reached for the stars. _._

Weekend Caption/Photoshop Contest

Sticky until Monday

Got a caption or photoshop for this picture? Once again, Lil Bro found one for me because my laptop's modem is trashed.

You could win a coveted Blog Ad on my side bar!

Leave a caption or photo link in comments, or Email a pic to me at the address in my profile. If you're sending a large animation, please provide a hot-linkable URL.

You need not own a blog to win! I'll advertise your favorite charity, web site, or even your old Britney Spears albums!

Judging begins Monday PM.

As if y'all couldn't guess by the BlogAd, Skywriter won with this one:

You're looking for someone whose bank account you can deposit $10 million the Nigerian government overpaid on some procurement contract? And I'll get part of the money for letting you use it?

Awesome. Now let me tell you about my folks Whitewater investment opportunity! It's the least I can do in return.

I got the Ad up on my last night at home but Blogger outaged before I could get the blog updated.

Michiganders

No pics from the ACTS Zonies this month, so I got these from the northerners.

Range Day1

We showed our Bro-in-law our little shooting spot (had to since the Beaver Run Rod & Gun Club unilaterally decided not to renew our memberships. We gave him the Safety Lessons (the Eddie Eagle one to be relayed to The Binker and The Four Rules for everybody) and after he warmed up to his Xmas revo, we let him try out my Glock 23 and Lil Bro's H&K .45 USP. The finale involved blasting a veggie can into shreds with BoG2. Good times.

Oh, yeah!

More Fun Quizzes at QuizPox.com

Weekend Caption/Photoshop Contest

Sticky until Monday

Got a caption or photoshop for this picture, found at Rodger's blog C&S ? Once again, Lil Bro found one for me because my laptop's modem is trashed.

You could win a coveted Blog Ad on my side bar!

Leave a caption or photo link in comments, or Email a pic to me at the address in my profile. If you're sending a large animation, please provide a hot-linkable URL.

You need not own a blog to win! I'll advertise your favorite charity, web site, or even your old Britney Spears albums!

Judging begins Monday PM.

Winner!

Deathlok wins the Lil Bro caption contest with:
Filming of the new movie "The Partridge Family: Urban Streets" began filming today. Picture here, Snoop Dogg as Reuben Kinkade.

AlanDP get Honorable Mention with his Photoshop.

Vrrooom

Big Sis' Squeeze (we'll call him Big Jim) washed his Hog for Bike Night, held at the town square in my home town tonight. Without a scooter myself, I had better things to do.

Mmmm, got a li'l Captain in me.

Taste Blast from the Past

After we mowed the lawn, Mom treated Lil Bro and me to a treat she hasn't made in a month of Sundays...Coney Island Burgers: corned beef, cheese, green pepper, onion, and ketchup (and stuff) baked in a bun (hence the aluminum foil). Served with fries. I ain't losing any weight in this vacation, folks!

Critters

Arrrrrrmy, Training, Siiiiiiirr!

I'm glad Lil Bro's phone doesn't take motion pics!

After I trimmed around the trees and stuff with the push mower, stopped for a slug of cold water and a moment in front of Mom's fan, I gave Lil Bro a break from the riding mower. La Hacienda Del Madre has lawn out the yin-yang and my younger sibling busts his hump every other weekend keeping Mom and the Township Yard Nazis happy. Last year, he replaced the Ford yard tractor with this little baby. Note the lack of a steering wheel....

"It's like driving a tank!" he says. Got lots more respect for Treadheads like Mostly Cajun now.... I got a large swath of yard and field done (zig-zaggy lines and all) when I got called in for a phone call. Hmmm. It's Lisa the Biker Chick...oh, no! Are the ferrets okay? Heh...she just checked my mailbox and found a letter from my own Neighborhood Yard Nazis...I've got weeds in my front yard! Yup...and they'll get worse in the monsoons before I get back.

Chips and Apples

...don't fall far from the block...or the tree.

Big Sis got hold of a copy of The History of Carbon County, Vol VI. Shown third from the left is our Grandfather, enjoying some suds with his chums at an unidentified tavern.

At Least...

He's got good trigger discipline....

Howdy!

Saturday, I dug up some of the sidewalk pavers to raise/level them so they wouldn't pool water at the bottom of the side porch steps. It rained later...and water still pooled there. At least the chipmunks are happy with the sidewalk. This one has a Republican Guard bunker outside Mom's front door.













Saturday night's rain slapped the humidity down nicely for a party at Mom's...did I mention Mom doesn't have central a/c? It's hard to imagine living without it, then I remember growing up without it, then living constantly in front of the fan in my off-base apartment during the Korean summer 'soons.

Weekend Caption/Photoshop Contest

Sticky until Monday

Got a caption or photoshop for this picture? The one Lil Bro found for me because I can't spend all day looking for pix on the the Internet for you while I'm on vacation? You could win a coveted Blog Ad on my side bar!

Leave a caption or photo link in comments, or Email a pic to me at the address in my profile. If you're sending a large animation, please provide a hot-linkable URL.

You need not own a blog to win! I'll advertise your favorite charity, web site, or even your Michael Vick rookie card!

Judging begins Monday PM.

WINNERS!

Guest Judge Lil Bro gave 1st Place to:

2spothipshot The pilot of this Saudi, firefighting, tanker-jet was later beheaded for the "suggestive nature" of this drop.

Honorable Mention (and my favorite) to Deathlok: The first flight of Incontinental Airlines took flight today.

Sorry for the lack of links and Photoshops...hey, I'm on vacation heah!

Heh

Found this on Lil Bro's laptop.

Oh, wait. Did I download that?