peejman

Seems like a novelty unless you live in a tropical climate.  When will you most desperately need fire?  When it's cold and wet.  That doodad isn't likely to work in those conditions. 

It was 57 deg when I went to bed at 11pm last night.  There was about 1/2 inch of snow when I got up to pee at 4am, didn't look at the temp.  Still only 1/2 inch of snow this morning at 7am and the temp was 19 deg, it's 14 now.    So much for the snowpacalypse.  I'm bummed.  If it's gonna be this dang cold, the least it could do is snow a couple inches.    My employer has a big facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada.  My director sent us an email that the high temp there a couple days ago was -24 deg.  The article pointed out that the surface of Mars is warmer than that.  The low in Winnipeg was -63 deg.  That's pretty darn cold.  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deep-freeze-as-cold-as-uninhabited-planet-1.2479967

I think you'd have no difficulty finding a few willing test firers. :)

Cool movie, even if it's got a left wing agenda.

My yugo Mauser was like that. I knew I was finally making progress when the patches changed from black to green. I scrubbed it with hoppes and a brass bore brush for a while and it finally cleaned up. Mine shot ok before I cleaned it, hope I didn't mess it up.

That's my thought. If the circuit works properly and popping is in the switch, it's a bad switch.

I think dolomite just found his next project. Oughta be done about spring time, doncha think? ;)

I'm good. :) And just for clarification, I do have 2 gallons of milk in the fridge (5-7 day supply), and at least 2 loaves of bread in the freezer.

Other than making big fireballs and scaring your friends, is there any practical value to such a thing? 

When you go back, you should tell the guy to tell all the other sporting goods department managers to do the same thing. 

It's ruined. Totally not repairable. If you send it to me, I'll be sure it's final days are honorable. :)

After experimenting with a number of higher end bourbons, I picked up another bottle of Bushmills on sale the other day (1.75L for $35!) I guess I just have cheap taste, 'cause it's darn good.

Heat. It could be that the barrel steel is somewhat porous and has soaked up crud over the years. The easiest thing is to remove the barrel. Then you can get it hot, up to 400 deg won't hurt the steel, though it might ruin the finish.

Check the date on any beer you find there. I've found stuff that was over a year old. The "pick 6" at the local Kroger and Food City have similar selection at times.

That's a good one to remember for when my boys get older. :)

Cosby's political inclinations are well left of center. His comedy is hilarious.

Can't say I've ever heard anything bad about stuff from PA. If I ever get my AR built, I plan to use one of their red dots.

I agree to pay it forward. Why not add $10-$20 of your own to sweeten the deal. Leave the waitress a note explaining why. Maybe she'll pass the $20 along to someone else.

If that's the case, you're looking at a 2 hr radius from Nashville.

Sounds like lots of fun, but i have no applicable toys... :(

You need a standard small game hunting license. The hunt/fish combo is $26. That said, wish I was closer.

Hurricane Andrew hit FL in the early '90s when I worked there. At the time, Sears also owned Allstate insurance who happened to insure the majority of central Florida. They told us that was the first year ever that the company posted a loss for the year.

I worked at Sears for a number of years through high school and part of college, starting about 25 years ago. I've got a toolbox set and a lot of hand tools from those days and they've held up well through a bit of car wrenching and DIY home improvement stiff. I hate to think ill live in a world without the craftsman brand, but if they don't consolidate their feces, they'll go the way of the dodo soon.

Any sort of reactive target... water/flour balloons, cans, bottles, etc.

Interesting. I would have thought the arrow had so little mass as to be inconsequential. Thanks.