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    Show us your Guns!

    My wife carries a model 60. She can run it like a scalded cat, too. Once upon a time one of my best buddies was pretty famous instructor and ran a three day tactical class. She fired over 1,000 rounds through that little pistol in three days and out performed many of the guys with their fancy...
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    Lost art of proper relaxation

    A lot of schools are no longer teaching cursive. Sadly. Some people say it does not have a purpose any more. I disagree. I think it shows a level of class and education to be able to wright nicely. The government giveth and the government taketh away...all the wonderful training I had in...
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    Show us your home decor!

    No kidding. This forum is full of some very interesting people. I'd say...the most polite on the internet. :)
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    Lost art of proper relaxation

    Just two years ago the wife and I received a lovely gift from an elderly friend of the family. The woman is in her late 80s or 90s and is still a world traveler. An amazing person. She sends out 12 page typed letters about her adventures that we keep because she's like no one else we've ever...
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    Garden plans this year?

    Those poor rabbits are just going to sit there and look... :)
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    Garden plans this year?

    Our garden in is and not as nice as the one above. That is...quite a joy. But it's so blasted hot where we are it's hard to grow some things. That being said we've got about peppers, swash, tomatoes, the usual stuff all doing quite well. Especially, the okra. Not being from the south I've...
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    9mm or 45cal

    He could be harsh and did not tolerate fools easily. He was direct, to the point and enjoyed excellence.
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    9mm or 45cal

    You made an interesting point about medium calibers. Most of us don't get a choice as to the time and place where conflict will happen. If we did we'd make better choices. There is a considerable reduction in bullet mass and caliber directly proportional to the intensity of the event. I call...
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    9mm or 45cal

    It was Col. Cooper who said that. I heard him say it a few times.
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    Basic Radio Question

    There is an entire area of ham radio types who live to rebuild old radios. But you're right. Today's radios are nearly throw away items compared to the radios of the past. In a world without a lot of television the radio was king. Still is among the right people. :)
  13. newsman

    Beware the old man...in a world where young men die early.

    Beware the old man...in a world where young men die early.
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    Doing duck and cover drills.

    Doing duck and cover drills.
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    What are you listening to?

    Respighi, Church Windows... It's like acoustic silk...
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    Recommendations for inexpensive wines

    A wonderful bottle of French wine is Lirac. Retails about $25 a bottle and drinks like a wine from just down the road that sells for...about $80 a bottle. Justin, a California cabernet, that retails for about $34 a bottle is a fine glass. Brecca, a Spanish red of very old vines, a wine that...
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    Crystal Radio

    Have you seen the book WRTH? It's a directory of global broadcasting and a very interesting book. It covers station formats and frequencies world-wide. Some of them you can get on the internet. Some of them you can hear with the right gear.
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    Crystal Radio

    There is an expert on the lounge for everything. :) Radio is a really amazing topic. I run a j3 key on 50mhz. Putting the ham in am radio!
  20. newsman

    What art is in your home?

    This group is always full of wonderful surprises. :) http://www.valorstudios.com/Images/WeWereABandOfBrothers/Dick-Winters.jpg The wife purchased this print for me many years ago. It's signed by a bunch of guys who have sadly, "crossed the river." Over my roll top desk resides D-Day by...
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    Who else grinds coffee?

    That...is quite...a potential improvement. My old beater truck has the faint smell of last Sunday's cigar. :) It's much improved over the normal smell of old beater blue truck.
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    Death of a Newspaper

    Sadly that is all too common, as well. The industry pay scale is reflecting this as well. Average starting salary of a journalist is 32K a year and that is up quite a bit from when I graduated school. Back then it was about $12,000 less. Not many are going to get rich being word smiths but...
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    Who else grinds coffee?

    It sounds like an air raid siren first thing in the AM. I can't blame your daughters for not enjoying that! Coffee roasting at home is easy. :) Just do it in the garage unless you want your house to smell like a coffee maker's factory.

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