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    Politics

    Actually, what my dad was best at was bumming coffee, getting filled up coming in, during, and exiting office visits, etc.
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    Politics

    My dad drank a CONSISTENT 18 cups a day minimum.
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    on a lighter note...

    I know a 4 yr old whose daddy was a Bosun's Mate. He told her to clean her room or else. When he came back she was sitting in a little chair looking at a book. She said, "I didn't want to, so I put myself in time out."
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    New and pristine or used with patina?

    Depends...once upon a time, rifles as they came from the factory were OK with + - 2moa accuracy. I can put up with a little less than stellar accuracy if it's a caliber I don't plan on stretching the range with. But for distance, especially on an expensive hunt, I want a new quality barrel...
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    Love of Shooting in the Age of the 'Rona and The Big Guy

    Already too late for that this year....the crappie are already in shallow water!
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    on a lighter note...

    Was it Robin Williams who said "God gave us a penis and a brain, but only enough blood to operate one at a time"
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    Love of Shooting in the Age of the 'Rona and The Big Guy

    Less shooting for me due to....drum roll....STUPIDITY!! What was I thinking during covid lockdown/slowdown? I should have been out there having the time of my life when NOBODY WOULD MISS ME! It could have been like a free vacation, if I had only let it. Kind of like getting cold feet for travel...
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    Politics

    Could be worse, all those commercials were MEN'S voices...
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    on a lighter note...

    People may get led down an alley, mugged. drugged, and missing more than a kidney!
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    on a lighter note...

    So will Google directions!! My wife was following the guiding voice as we were going from Tx to Miss. when I awoke to find we were PARALLELING I 10, but to the north, through the boonies and LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORN FESTIVAL. Well, it was 6 miles shorter but one hour longer..
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    marco polo x cloned sheep

    "prior clearance" being granted by the same people who gave us grass carp, and kudzu!!
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    Hello from the communist state of Illinois!

    Welcome! Enjoy yourself!
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    Politics

    I must have been misinformed. I thought it was built off of a Mannlicher action. Does it have the bolt handle forward of the trigger like a MS? If so, it will still be too slow. If it is like unto a Mauser with the bolt handle in line with the trigger, then sure, the shots could have been pulled...
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    Age of first African hunting trip

    48 for a buffalo in Dande South, Zimbabwe
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    Politics

    The Carcano HAS a Mannlicher action.
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    Politics

    The vaccines would probably be fine IF THEY WERE SPACED WELL APART. But packed together, they seem to trigger something in children. Oswald, or anyone else cannot fire two of the shots as closely together as they were WITH A MANNLICHER RIFLE. the bold handle is forward of the trigger, and...
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    Favourite quotes - Here's mine, Quite a long list. What's yours?

    And probably the only president who left the country without any debt.
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    Politics

    Anyone keeping tabs on Transinistria and Russia's plans for Moldova?
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    Opinions please: Pros/Cons of .375 Ruger vs .375 H&H

    pros/cons? Gives us all something to talk about.
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    on a lighter note...

    If on the other hand, the tiny waitress twists it off, it is kind of emasculating.
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    What’s your spookiest hunting experience?

    I'll relate this one for a friend: He woke up, out on patrol in Viet Nam, to the sensation of a snake moving inside his sleeping bag. He alerted his friend to cover him as he did a 20 minute slow sit up and slow crouch that allowed him to rapidly jump to safety. His friend sprayed the bag, full...
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    Hunting multiple buffalo

    OTOH, the outfitter will probably not be enthusiastic about your taking two extremely high scoring trophies. You may even find yourself saying, "that one is good enough for now, I've still got another tag....not that a non trophy can't be great fun to hunt, and just as dangerous. OTOH, a second...
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    Politics

    Or when you discover how much her department store credit cards, et al really add up to in the family budget/debt burden, lol
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    Politics

    Politics section: the only place where repeating what you have already said before at least ten times is not a sign of dementia, lol.
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    on a lighter note...

    The face you get when StarTrek's Data is crossed with a prick?
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    How do you sharpen your knife?

    It doesn't use belts, I think rather spinning discs inside--hard to see. Three choices of grit/ceramic. Have not used it on ANY good hunting knives.
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    How do you sharpen your knife?

    OK, time to come clean....although I use the Lansky system to carefully sharpen my better knives, I regularly use a Chef's Choice Sportsman hand held diamond hone sharpener to touch up filet knives and sometimes my hunting knives in the field. It is easy, but I vow to start honing more as a test...
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    How do you sharpen your knife?

    That's what I wonder about the electric sharpener I use for the kitchen knives. Is a quick pass thru cool enough or not on the blade?
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    What’s your spookiest hunting experience?

    I had a premonition that my brother had fallen out of his tree stand. It was strong enough to act on, and was about 11:00 am, so I went to the truck to go check on him. He drove up right then, saying he had just fallen out of his tree stand. He had moved it and was stomping on it to make sure it...
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    on a lighter note...

    Oh yes, and the large breasts, the hands, etc. She wasn't that bad looking either. Just bigger than I have seen...
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    on a lighter note...

    Strange that I just returned from CVS pharmacy where I saw a girl taller than either of those. I have been to S. Sudan, so I know what 7 ft. looks like. She was a bit more and as big as a Zulu! I was non plussed.
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    What’s your spookiest hunting experience?

    I have mentioned at some point having a swamp buggy break down 15 miles from camp in Kilombero TZ. It was too late in the afternoon, and we finally got two guys in a makoro to take us downriver for the price of $20 and a toothbrush apiece. No one else would risk that long stretch since the hippo...
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    How do you sharpen your knife?

    How do you control the utility blades while using the Work Sharp? BTW, I don't think I've seen any "fine" kitchen knives if they are stainless steel, it is invariably cheap stuff no matter the brand or price...sad
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    Politics

    (tongue firmly in cheek...) Yes, but who would turn down $! from people who secretly would like to make it a haven where assassins "cannot conduct business on the premises" on pain of being sanctioned....lol. (could call it Wick Center)
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    Favourite quotes - Here's mine, Quite a long list. What's yours?

    "I'm planting trees that others will sit under" "Little feet will follow in your footsteps" "Hold my hand, Daddy, so I won't get lost"
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    on a lighter note...

    possibly the prettiest red head ever photographed....
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    Politics

    The human body produces many eggs each month that are not utilized. It would be moronic to say that the woman sinned as her body disposed of unused eggs. So why sweat it when an unused egg is discarded. A human life is more than an egg alone.
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    Politics

    Red Leg, that is actually $787 minimum 6 months behind in coming. A Russian I talked to told me, "of course, we HAVE to take bribes, etc. if we can--it may be six months or more before we get what we are owed."
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    Best practice vs good enough for hunting

    Once you have carefully weighed several (at least) charges through a powder measure, you can feel confident of the other charges thrown, given your parameters. That is a time saving. Investing in a case prep multiple station machine speeds case prep up considerably. Once you have a load for a...
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    on a lighter note...

    Well, those two probably won't make it that long, BUT KEITH RICHARDS WILL!
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    on a lighter note...

    Well, pause long enough between phones to let us breath!
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    Trusting A Wild Animal - And Nearly Killed By Him

    Nobody been butted by their goats/wild sheep?
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    Trusting A Wild Animal - And Nearly Killed By Him

    And the Jerseys the most bad tempered, I hear?
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    Swarovski Z5 3.5-18

    Darn it, should have gotten online earlier!
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    Politics

    Agree, and it's not just defense industry companies that want to hire them. My retired AF nephew has companies fawning all over to hire him.
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    on a lighter note...

    Let's help you with that list! Start with "say push feed vs controlled feed again, say it ONE MORE TIME! " follow with, "say flat shooting rifle again!" Tag, you're it...
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    on a lighter note...

    And they don't want to find their vehicle up on blocks with the wheels gone?
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    Redneck 40 caliber?

    Just drew it out of the hat as perhaps the closest upgrade from 375 H&H The pictures I saw in Kevin Robertson's book of the Stewart projectiles, they looked as wide as an alley cat trying to stretch out and snag the sides of the hole, lol.
 
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