Have you noticed all the new guns trying to draw the attention of the female of the species? Most of then are pink. Did any of the marketing people actually ask women if they like guns of a different color? Every time I point out a pink gun or one with pink furniture the Boss makes an ugly noise. She's not fond of pink, especially on a gun.
She likes real guns, ones that appear to mean business and not ones that look like toys.
When I brought home my first Arisaka 7.7 Jap rifle she liked the way it looked. For me that's one of the ugliest rifles I've ever seen, let alone owned.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Too Late??
Looks as if The People are not quite as stupid as I thought, they're just slow learners. They've finally caught on to the evangulistic - used car salesman approach to dealing with us lesser beings of the republic. All the poles, and even the liberal rags are now trashing Obama. They even use the term socialist. Hope it's not too late.
FOX News Babes
Have you ever noticed that the women on FOX News, even the guests, except maybe Ann Coulter, a fine eye candy? Not only are they very fine representatives of the female of the species, they're intelligent too. Seems that FOX News is an appropriate name.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Hip Pain
Yesterday I trimmed the bushes and pressure washed the vinyl fence. When the Boss wanted a fence she insisted on white, and I insisted on not painting it, so we ended up with vinyl. Unfortunately the shade has the result of green mold growing on the vinyl, so every other year I have to pressure was it. That's still better than painting, which I despise.
It's not all that hard of work to be doing, but the arthritis didn't like it one little bit. It kept me awake most of the night.
Today I dug a hole and filled it with a sleeve and concrete needed to mount a flag pole. The Boss didn't like mu "don't tread on me" flag hanging on the house, so now we have a flag pole. Our national flag will be at the top, with the yellow snake flag under it.
I'm done for the day. My arthritic hip hurts like hell, so I'm on my butt for most of the rest of the day. I'll view some TV and work on ammo supplies I guess.
It's not all that hard of work to be doing, but the arthritis didn't like it one little bit. It kept me awake most of the night.
Today I dug a hole and filled it with a sleeve and concrete needed to mount a flag pole. The Boss didn't like mu "don't tread on me" flag hanging on the house, so now we have a flag pole. Our national flag will be at the top, with the yellow snake flag under it.
I'm done for the day. My arthritic hip hurts like hell, so I'm on my butt for most of the rest of the day. I'll view some TV and work on ammo supplies I guess.
No Respect
Friday evening I went from work to a funeral visitation. Our adopted grandchildren latest father, mothers fourth marriage, lost a brother due to suicide. I knew 7 of the 40+ people there.
Growing up in suburbia, I thought the Boss's relatives from the hills of eastern Kentucky were hicks, but boy was I wrong. The Brier Hoppers of Kentucky are extremely classy people by comparison to what I saw Friday evening. Most all were inner city hicks. I've never seen so many fat, ugly women with ugly skin art, wearing short skirts or jeans in one place in my life. Most of the guys were in t-shirts and frayed jeans, and some appeared to need bathing as well.
In my humble opinion, they were less than respectful, in the extreme.
I quit wearing a tie, except for job interviews, years ago. I went to the visitation dressed in business casual, and expected to be under dressed by comparison. As it was, I stood out as being almost over dressed.
By the way, my little Kahr PM9 is easier to conceal then the Kimber UltraCArry using a shirt tuckable IWB holster.
Growing up in suburbia, I thought the Boss's relatives from the hills of eastern Kentucky were hicks, but boy was I wrong. The Brier Hoppers of Kentucky are extremely classy people by comparison to what I saw Friday evening. Most all were inner city hicks. I've never seen so many fat, ugly women with ugly skin art, wearing short skirts or jeans in one place in my life. Most of the guys were in t-shirts and frayed jeans, and some appeared to need bathing as well.
In my humble opinion, they were less than respectful, in the extreme.
I quit wearing a tie, except for job interviews, years ago. I went to the visitation dressed in business casual, and expected to be under dressed by comparison. As it was, I stood out as being almost over dressed.
By the way, my little Kahr PM9 is easier to conceal then the Kimber UltraCArry using a shirt tuckable IWB holster.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
A Good Thing or a Bad Thing
My father, naturally of a different time, didn't much like computers. He constantly complained about new engineering graduates (civil engineering) not being able to do their job without a computer. His complaint was really about engineers that didn't know their trade, but relied on some unknown programming to know it for them. He believed that if you couldn't do it with a slide rule, then you really couldn't do it. That was maybe 20 years ago.
He was surprised when I told him that I used a computer all the time, to save time. He thought I was a poor engineer until I told him that most of the time I was using logic that I wrote, so I understand the theory and practice. I also am behind times in that I went through the engineering program using a slide rule. I started school with a slide rule like all the others, but unlike them I also finished with a slide rule. I must have been the only senior engineering student that didn't have one of those new pocket calculators. I couldn't afford the $400 price tag at that time when I only made $125 a week to support the Boss and our first son.
I don't know if my father had a problem with the new graduates or with the teaching. Today I sometimes wonder the same thing. Several years ago I had the opportunity to work with a fresh graduate that had something like a 3.8 grade point average. He did very well when confronted with issues like he saw in a text book, but seemed to lack basic math and concept knowledge. Maybe his problem was an inability to reason and think for himself. In any case I was extremely disappointed.
Today our whole society is so extremely reliant on computers that it's a little scary. If some rogue nation set off a few electromagnetic pulses over the US our whole country would come to a stand still. Our electricity, water supply, everything that we rely on daily would disappear in an instant. Everything is reliant on computers. If this should happen I worry that we no longer have the people that understand the basics of applied science that can pull us back. Would we be stuck bach in the 18th century for another 100 years?
I also worry that most of the population would simply not be able to survive. There seems to be a larger percentage of young people that have no idea that their food comes from some place other than the grocery store. How many of us could grow our own crops or harvest our own meat? How many of us have the tools and willpower to protect ourselves from the mobs?
These mental gymnastics started as a result of a conversation between 2 engineering c0-0p students where I now work. Their conversation centered around the possibility that personal interaction may become a thing of the past. Their premise is that e-mail, internet conferencing, and especially texting is becoming so ingrained that talking is becoming obsolete.
I sometimes wonder if technology is a good thing or a bad thing.
He was surprised when I told him that I used a computer all the time, to save time. He thought I was a poor engineer until I told him that most of the time I was using logic that I wrote, so I understand the theory and practice. I also am behind times in that I went through the engineering program using a slide rule. I started school with a slide rule like all the others, but unlike them I also finished with a slide rule. I must have been the only senior engineering student that didn't have one of those new pocket calculators. I couldn't afford the $400 price tag at that time when I only made $125 a week to support the Boss and our first son.
I don't know if my father had a problem with the new graduates or with the teaching. Today I sometimes wonder the same thing. Several years ago I had the opportunity to work with a fresh graduate that had something like a 3.8 grade point average. He did very well when confronted with issues like he saw in a text book, but seemed to lack basic math and concept knowledge. Maybe his problem was an inability to reason and think for himself. In any case I was extremely disappointed.
Today our whole society is so extremely reliant on computers that it's a little scary. If some rogue nation set off a few electromagnetic pulses over the US our whole country would come to a stand still. Our electricity, water supply, everything that we rely on daily would disappear in an instant. Everything is reliant on computers. If this should happen I worry that we no longer have the people that understand the basics of applied science that can pull us back. Would we be stuck bach in the 18th century for another 100 years?
I also worry that most of the population would simply not be able to survive. There seems to be a larger percentage of young people that have no idea that their food comes from some place other than the grocery store. How many of us could grow our own crops or harvest our own meat? How many of us have the tools and willpower to protect ourselves from the mobs?
These mental gymnastics started as a result of a conversation between 2 engineering c0-0p students where I now work. Their conversation centered around the possibility that personal interaction may become a thing of the past. Their premise is that e-mail, internet conferencing, and especially texting is becoming so ingrained that talking is becoming obsolete.
I sometimes wonder if technology is a good thing or a bad thing.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Spending Some Money
Most Saturdays I find myself being the driver for Mrs. Boss while running all sort of errands. This last Saturday was only slightly different in that we spent some money on new televisions. Yep, plural. More than 1. Both are 32" LCDs.
One for the basement, replacing an ancient CRT model. One room of the basement is set up like a semi-family room, consisting of computer desk, exercise machines, recliners and a TV. That's where the new LCD is now located. My Man Cave (work room / armory) still has an old CRT.
The other went in our bedroom. I moved the old 31"(?) CRT from there to a spare bedroom for the grand kids. I had forgotten how heavy the old monster TVs are.
We, especially me, had a weak moment. We have 6 televisions scattered around the house, and now 4 of them are LCD. We had 6 before, but most were quite old except for the 54" in the family room and the 13" in the kitchen.
My frugal will power has been a little lacking lately. That's why I've purposely avoided the recent gun show and the local gun shops. I really, really want one of these or these. It's been talking to me in my dreams, and I haven't even touched one yet. I'm afraid that if I touch it, I'll buy it.
One for the basement, replacing an ancient CRT model. One room of the basement is set up like a semi-family room, consisting of computer desk, exercise machines, recliners and a TV. That's where the new LCD is now located. My Man Cave (work room / armory) still has an old CRT.
The other went in our bedroom. I moved the old 31"(?) CRT from there to a spare bedroom for the grand kids. I had forgotten how heavy the old monster TVs are.
We, especially me, had a weak moment. We have 6 televisions scattered around the house, and now 4 of them are LCD. We had 6 before, but most were quite old except for the 54" in the family room and the 13" in the kitchen.
My frugal will power has been a little lacking lately. That's why I've purposely avoided the recent gun show and the local gun shops. I really, really want one of these or these. It's been talking to me in my dreams, and I haven't even touched one yet. I'm afraid that if I touch it, I'll buy it.
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