Over the holidays visiting with Theresa’s 83 year old grandfather he mentioned that we should think about making living wills, just in case. It’s not something we’ve ever really talked about, honestly.
I looked right at my wife and said: “Honey, keep me alive no matter what. Someday they’ll be able to put my brain into a robot body.”
I’d totally get GigaBuist etched into my chest if I had a robot body.
Caleb seems pleased with the frangible 125 grain .40S&W loads he found. Price isn’t bad either at $18 for a box of 50 from FrangibleBullets.com.
In related news Cheaper Than Dirt has frangible 141 grain .40S&W loads by Remington for $17.39.
Why can’t I find this stuff in 9mm for something like $10/50? I wanna do some steel plate shoots this spring. Hell, might as well just use a .40S&W pistol, the 9mm stuff isn’t hardly any cheaper.
Michael Bane reports this his safe’s electronic lock is broken and has a disagreement with customer service on just what “lifetime warranty” means.
He doesn’t appear too happy about it.
A member over at THR was at the range when the man next to him accidentally placed a .308 cartridge in his Tikka T3 chambered for .25-06. The barrel was launched down range with the .308″ projectile lodged in it and the receiver put the boom in kaBOOM!
The shooter suffered minor injuries.
Report and pictures of the damage can be found here.
Folks, be careful when handling multiple calibers at the same time. Even better: Only bring ‘em out one at a time.
Months ago I got a bug up my arse about gun cleaners and lubricants. There’s nothing all that much special about them and they’re usually a combination of stuff that’s a whole lot cheaper than the combined product you buy off the shelf.
I still stand behind that.
However, I went to the extreme end of the spectrum and decided that I’d just use ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid) for all my cleaning and lubrication needs. Remember that post about my Vaquero that got some surface rust? Yeah, that was one of the guns I treated with ATF after its last shooting. The portions that were color case hardened got a little rust on them.
It’s been fine with my stainless S&W 1911, my Glock 23C, my Kel-Tec P3AT, my Taurus 94, and whatever else I might have shot in the last 6 months, but it wasn’t enough to protect the Vaquero. The Vaquero might have rusted because I kept in its plastic box inside the safe, and not because of how I lubed it, but I doubt it. I should have used something meant for guns on that one.
I’ll still use ATF on my frequently shot pieces, and I’ll use it for cleaning, but everything that goes into the safe for long term storage is going to get hit with some Breakfree CLP or something meant for guns from here on out.
I think that went well.
Theresa and I hosted dinner this year for my family. I think we’ll be sticking with that in future years. We enjoy cooking together and the kitchen is plenty big enough for us to both be working on different thing at the same time.
I absolutely loved the ham this year. We caught one of Alton Brown’s shows on the Food Network about a week ago on ham which was pretty educational. We picked up a good ham, bone still in it, not that strange processed stuff, and prepared it the Alton Brown way: Slice a diamond pattern into the meat with a utility knife. Next, about 3 hours in the oven, in a pan with a dish towel at the bottom, covered in an aluminum foil tent at 250 degrees. The internal temp should be 130 degrees when you pull it out. After that strip the outer layer off the ham and save that for soups and such. Then glaze it with: brown mustard, brown sugar, bourbon, and crushed ginger snaps. Re-tent and toss back into a 350 degree oven for about an hour, until the internal temp reaches 140 degrees.
The crust/glaze was freaking awesome! I loved it.
Had my first contact with a police officer in a long while today.
We were coming home from visiting with the wife’s family when the vehicle in front of us, piloted by one Mr. Albert Einstein, took a header into the guardrail of the bridge and started bouncing about the place. Turn, brake, activate advanced Mario Kart training, etc. and I come to a stop without hitting anything. A quick check to make sure the driver was at least still conscious (driving away from the scene, check) and I hit the gas…
Whereupon a little college girl managed to execute a perfect 8-10 split using her vehicle, my vehicle, and somebody else’s. Four or five vehicles involved, all but the two of us drove off.
When the trooper arrived and knocked on the wife’s window I interjected as soon as I could, “Uh, I think I’m legally required to inform you that I’m armed.”
“Oh. That’s fine.”
Nothing else. He didn’t even take a glance at my CPL or my driver’s license. He got us off the highway (dispatch told us to stay there, he said never ever listen to dispatch) and surveyed the damage. No need for a police report as far as he’s concerned, and we’d already exchange insurance info, so off we went.
I love America.
Pulled out my Vaquero from the safe tonight and found surface rust on the frame. DAMNIT! I got it out to take pictures of it for a prospective buyer which made me feel even worse.
I told him he can have it for $250, so if he declines, consider it up for grabs: One Ruger Vaquero with 7.5″ barrel, blued, chambered in .44MAG. FTF preferred. I really do not want to deal with shipping.
Sitting on the couch around 11:00 this morning and I get a call from a buddy of mine. He and his father are headed out to shoot trap, wanted to know if I’d come too. Sure thing!
Get home a little after noon and called up a person to asked me to take them shopping for their first gun. He wanted something that’d work for trap, so we snagged an 870 Express w/ 28″ Rem Choke barrel from the local Gander Mountain for him.
And then the icing on the cake: I get a call from somebody that asked me for advice on what to get as a first handgun a while back. They put one on layaway yesterday. A Taurus Judge, the revolver that shoots .45 Colt and .410 shotgun shells. Not my first pick, but he said it felt good in his hands, and that’s certainly important.
Here’s something I’ve been told and seen in my own employment deals: General rule of thumb is that you cost your employer 25% more than what you actually take home in pay to keep on the payroll.
Aside from what you take home there’s various taxes, your health care plan, retirement plan, the coffee you drink at work, toilet paper, payroll overhead, etc. It’s usually about 25% of your gross income, but not if you’re in the UAW.
They put their average cost of an hour of labor at around $71 last I saw. Some say as high as $81, but it doesn’t really matter. I’ve seen more than one person rush to their defense and say something like, “Oh but they only MAKE like $32 an hour! That number’s bogus!”
Well, guess what? It doesn’t matter if those dollars don’t show up on your paycheck directly, it still costs your employer money, and your compensation packages as a UAW employee are out of whack with what the rest of the world works with.
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