Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Simpsons
Here's a bit of humor from my favorite TV show:
Marge: Homer, No! You'll kill us all!
Homer: Or die trying!
ha ha
Marge: Homer, No! You'll kill us all!
Homer: Or die trying!
ha ha
Fame and Updates
Woohoo!!! The Garbage Dump has been linked by Mistakes Were Made. It's a great site, go check it out!! Also, added Jack Army to the blogroll, don't know why I didn't put it up there earlier.
OT - Last day of regular classes this semester. Probably means no more high speed internet for awhile, so don''t expect many updates from me.
OT - Last day of regular classes this semester. Probably means no more high speed internet for awhile, so don''t expect many updates from me.
Thursday, April 21, 2005
New Prisoner Scandal in Iraq
Found (through some odd links) on the .....odd..... site ehowa.com- the latest Iraqi prisoner scandal in the making:
Only a matter of time before this latest outrage takes over the front pages of the MSM.
Hi Ernie!
My oldest son is doing his turn in Iraq. (I have 3 sons...all are active duty. 1 in the Army; 2 in the Marines) Anyhow...my son is an MP with Detainee Ops in Baghdad. He sent me this pic yesterday. I about shit my pants laughing. Thought you'd like to see it. Thanks for all you've done for our men and women in uniform, Ernie. You're good people, sir.
Respectfully,
Richard H.
Former U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer
Proud father of a U.S. Army officer
Proud father of TWO U.S. Marines
Only a matter of time before this latest outrage takes over the front pages of the MSM.
Monday, April 18, 2005
Things I Learned While Driving a Police Interceptor
As noted in BBlatt's post, My Car and Firearms , I went to pick up the car he bought through eBay. It was a tedious trip, visiting with my PA kids being the high point. The Amtrak trip out would have been more enjoyable if not for the 4-hour layover in Pittsburgh, and the railway-disaster tabletop exercise I'd attended a couple of weeks back.
Things I learned while driving an ex-VHP car:
1) People expect you to solve life's little problems for them.
2) Only the bold and sneering will pass you on the turnpike.
3) Yes, 140mph is on the speedometer for a reason.
4) PA State Troopers have no sense of humor (we'll not speak of this again).
Things I learned while driving an ex-VHP car:
1) People expect you to solve life's little problems for them.
2) Only the bold and sneering will pass you on the turnpike.
3) Yes, 140mph is on the speedometer for a reason.
4) PA State Troopers have no sense of humor (we'll not speak of this again).
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
My Car and Firearms
So,
I bought a car on eBay. I know, now you've got a bridge to sell me. But it's a '95 Crown Vic Interceptor (the police package) with less than 73K miles on it. How the hell could I pass on that?
All I need now is a fedora, some smokes, and cooler shades, and I'll be livin' the Blues Brothers dream.
I sent FASTAC 6 chasing after it while I'm working on my term papers and studying for finals. BTW, if anyone can explain in simple terms why Hubble's Constant isn't constant, I'd love to hear it.
Also, SF ALPHA GEEK www.sfalphageek.blogspot.com, has a running discussion in his comments about firearms.
Here's my summary of terms:
Clip: Hold bullets, can slip into a weapon like the Garand, or used to rapidly load magazines as stripper clips.
Magazine: Boxy container of bullets. Has a clip inside it. Can lock onto a weapon like an AKM, or is fixed into place on the weapon like the SKS. In other words, you feed bullets into the magazine-based clip of an SKS individually or by using a stripper clip.
Lock an' Load: Lock refers to fixing the magazine into place on the weapon. You are NOT loading a clip into the weapon, you are locking a magazine into place. Load refers to actually chambering a round in the weapon, usually by drawing the bolt back and releasing it forward and shoving the top round of the internal clip or magazine-based clip into the chamber. This can vary on the weapon.
Safe: Refers to a weapons safety being selected, preventing the trigger from operating the firing pin mechanism (usually).
Silencer: Does not exist. Suppressors minimize or reduce the sound of a gunshot, but the noise is still audible and distinctive.
Automatic vs. Semi- automatic: Automatic means you pull the trigger once and hold it back and the bolt cycles repeatedly until you release the trigger. Neat shit, but goes through ammunition quickly. Use wisely. Semi-Automatic means that the bolt cycles only once for each trigger pull, meaning every time you fire a round, you must pull the trigger.
Round vs. Bullet: A round refers to the entire projectile system; bullet, propellant, casing, etc. A bullet is the actual projectile going down-range.
Miscellaneous: Many rifles and a few shotguns are bolt-action, meaning that you have to manually cycle the bolt to chamber and eject rounds.
Revolvers: Revolvers store rounds in the revolving cylinder that acts as a multi chamber/clip/ magazine and is the central part of the weapon. Most, if not all, revolvers do not have safeties. Revolver suppressors are pointless due to the way their rotating chamber design functions. Do not believe everything you read in bad detective and spy novels. The spy did not disengage the safety on his revolver and screw on a silencer.
Hope this helps.
I bought a car on eBay. I know, now you've got a bridge to sell me. But it's a '95 Crown Vic Interceptor (the police package) with less than 73K miles on it. How the hell could I pass on that?
All I need now is a fedora, some smokes, and cooler shades, and I'll be livin' the Blues Brothers dream.
I sent FASTAC 6 chasing after it while I'm working on my term papers and studying for finals. BTW, if anyone can explain in simple terms why Hubble's Constant isn't constant, I'd love to hear it.
Also, SF ALPHA GEEK www.sfalphageek.blogspot.com, has a running discussion in his comments about firearms.
Here's my summary of terms:
Clip: Hold bullets, can slip into a weapon like the Garand, or used to rapidly load magazines as stripper clips.
Magazine: Boxy container of bullets. Has a clip inside it. Can lock onto a weapon like an AKM, or is fixed into place on the weapon like the SKS. In other words, you feed bullets into the magazine-based clip of an SKS individually or by using a stripper clip.
Lock an' Load: Lock refers to fixing the magazine into place on the weapon. You are NOT loading a clip into the weapon, you are locking a magazine into place. Load refers to actually chambering a round in the weapon, usually by drawing the bolt back and releasing it forward and shoving the top round of the internal clip or magazine-based clip into the chamber. This can vary on the weapon.
Safe: Refers to a weapons safety being selected, preventing the trigger from operating the firing pin mechanism (usually).
Silencer: Does not exist. Suppressors minimize or reduce the sound of a gunshot, but the noise is still audible and distinctive.
Automatic vs. Semi- automatic: Automatic means you pull the trigger once and hold it back and the bolt cycles repeatedly until you release the trigger. Neat shit, but goes through ammunition quickly. Use wisely. Semi-Automatic means that the bolt cycles only once for each trigger pull, meaning every time you fire a round, you must pull the trigger.
Round vs. Bullet: A round refers to the entire projectile system; bullet, propellant, casing, etc. A bullet is the actual projectile going down-range.
Miscellaneous: Many rifles and a few shotguns are bolt-action, meaning that you have to manually cycle the bolt to chamber and eject rounds.
Revolvers: Revolvers store rounds in the revolving cylinder that acts as a multi chamber/clip/ magazine and is the central part of the weapon. Most, if not all, revolvers do not have safeties. Revolver suppressors are pointless due to the way their rotating chamber design functions. Do not believe everything you read in bad detective and spy novels. The spy did not disengage the safety on his revolver and screw on a silencer.
Hope this helps.
