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    Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

    This made me think of the night I went into town with a FNG when I was stationed at Treasure Island in '71 - he asked why a guy was following us jingling change in his pocket. After I explained it, he said "Are you telling me that guy wants to SMD and give me $10?" We went our separate ways.
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    Feds tap team of bridge experts for inspections and new construction in Baltimore...

    The bridge was used by most of the I-95 trucks that can't use the tunnels because they carry hazmats.
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    Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

    I still remember my mom reading that book to my brothers and me in the 50's.
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    Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

    I did several multi day trips to deep wrecks where we could only bring 2 sets of doubles and 2 deco tanks. We had a compressor and 2 k's of O2 on the boat, so we started on the deepest wreck and kept blowing our doubles back with air. I started those trips with 8/92 heliox. The deepest wreck was...
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    Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

    Sheck did it on air. With rebreathers, there are more people willing to try this dive, but still not a lot of people who actually belong there.
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    Calling All Nerds: HackRF

    It's a simple radio receiver/transmitter that is controlled by readily available free software. If you put it or buy it in a Portapack, you don't need an external computer to run it. A popular firmware for the Portapack is called Mayhem, and it can easily do all kinds of illegal things. It can...
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    Breaking: US Supreme Court says BP agents can cut the razor wire in Texas.

    My understanding is that the Supreme Court lifted an injunction to stop the feds from cutting down the wire, and that's all. There is nothing at all that says Texas can't put up more wire. The case in the 5th circuit has not been decided. Right now Biden's only move would be to federalize the...
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    Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

    I saw trails like this through the spotty when my partner was shooting in cold weather when the temperature was very close to the dewpoint. We were using normal 7.62x51 ammo and shooting 600-1000 yds. It was during a class with FARGO, whom I haven't seen here for a long time. He said he'd seen...
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    The other side of the broken windows theory

    This probably isn't the Bob Weir I'm thinking of, but I'd be happy if it is. I know his bandmate Mickey Hart is a good friend of the Obamas. Giuliani's blueprint for successfully reducing crime is simple; it is beyond comprehension that no one has the balls to implement it again there or...
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    Creative Conservatives

    This is easy - trying to prove anything to a liberal that is contrary to the approved liberal mantra is a waste of time and energy. I've been paid well for my creativity. I choose to create things and solutions that are useful. If you must fuck with a liberal, make him listen to the Amboy Dukes...
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    New family member

    Beautiful dog. A Malinois named Yoda recently became a hero in my locale. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/09/say-hello-to-yoda-the-k9-who-played-critical-role-in-capture-of-escaped-pa-killer-report.html
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    Do you guys prefer MIL or MOA?

    I've been using mils (with a mil dot scope with mil turrets). All of the things I was taught and literature from Vortex assume "real" mils (6283.2 in a circle) My "Arty" friend uses NATO mils (6400 in a circle). Russians mils are 6000 to a circle. The purist in me wonders if everything we use is...
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    Remember when….

    you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I'd go berserk?
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    Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

    If you meet a woman named Debbie Bernhardt, go immediately to the free clinic.
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    Teaching kids to shoot

    I teach kids from 8 to 18 weekly. Every kid is different, but we have a lot more success moving them to the dominant eye side. If they or the parents resist, we let the cross dominant shooter try shooting glasses that block the dominant eye to force them to use the eye on the shooting side. They...
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    Ron DeSantis to Lay Out Florida’s Law Enforcement ‘Blueprint’ to Crime-Ridden Philly, NYC

    The cities already know how to do it; they just don't want to. Rudolph Giuliani showed the world how to do it in the 90's.
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    Fun Match Ideas

    I've recently been appointed to chairman of a gun club rifle committee, and have been asked to put together some fun matches at first and maybe some sanctioned matches later. I have 25, 50, 75, and 100 yd ranges available. Only the 75 yd range has suitable positions to use for sitting, kneeling...
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    young gun training tips?

    Sounds like you're doing good Pocket. I teach kids from 8 YO to 18 every week, and my advice is to work on fundamentals such as building a stable position, breathing, trigger control, etc in between matches. You have to keep hammering on safety, and even the 8 YO kids get it, but sometimes kids'...
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    Anybody play paintball?

    Ahhh, a good ol' Nelspot 007. I worked in a machine shop and made a better and longer barrel. A welded feed tube was problematic, so I went to an interference fit using liquid nitrogen. Most of the other parts in the Nelspot were replaced with ones I made. I was part of a team that played in a...