All the best,
Glenn B
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Silence Is Not Only Deafening - It Makes You Ignorant
I was just watching the morning news. There is truly great news, absolutely excellent news, relative to the world of terrorism. I think we should all be aware of it if we have watched the news today but then again after watching a few different news shows this morning I have changed that thought to maybe we are not all aware.
I heard the news while watching the Fox News channel. Then, I decided to take a look to see what they were saying on other channels about this truly historic and excellent news. There was nothing, nada, zero, nil, zip on: CNN, CNN HLN, and MSNBC as I went back and forth through the channels over the course of 15 to 20 minutes to see if they would mention it on any of these ultra-leftist news stations.
I was kind of amazed because it really is big news; so, what were these other news stations talking about: the impeachment of President Trump, the impeachment of President Trump, and (you got it) the impeachment of President Trump. After a half hour, on the half hour (or close to it) MSNBC mentioned it right before a commercial break, then mentioned more about the impeachment of President Trump (as if that as the really big news of the day) and then went to commerical. CNN just kept talking about anything but the news to which I refer. CNN HLN wound up dedicating a brief mention of it by a newscaster who had a face on looking to me as if she was suffering from constipation then went to a news of a shooting in Dallas, TX at what I think was some gangsta type event and then onto news about a carjacking. Really - a carjacking took precedence over them dedicating more time to this truly special news of an event that will affect the world. Why are they not headlining the truly big and excellent news?
Now, I will give it to CNN online, they mentioned it prominently on their website; however, the article they present us with starts off by saying that the Russians do not have evidence of it happening and try to make it seem doubtful that it did happen. Imagine that, CNN depending on the word of the Russians - are they not the same enemy with whom CNN believed President Trump colluded - how ironic and almost unbelievable but but then they are ulra-liberals with what I believe is a commie slant.
MSNBC also has it on their front web page. They present a much less skewed article than did CNN (which amazes me). In fact, much of what they presented was the same as news I got at Fox News. They also had an article describing how President Trump thanked our allies for their assistance with this momentous event. This article also included one of our allies (that some - including myself - thought President Trump had abandoned) saying what a great amount of cooperation went into this operation. Nice to read on MSNBC, who would have thunk they'd report like that.
Have I given you enough clues, if not as to what happened then as to where it happened? So tell me, if you are a hard line lib, and abhor Fox News, and only watched television news today - do you even know what news I am talking about? Of course, maybe you do know, maybe I just missed the reporting on those stations I mentioned other than the tidbits I saw them give, I was going back and forth. Let me just say, it most certainly is not the impeachment of President Trump that is on my mind. Really - if you are an ultra-lib, who as I said if you only watched TV news today, do you know? Or is it that you are you blissfully ignorant to the fact that President Trump arranged for and had our troops carry out a strategically important military operation yesterday? Seriously, on the honor system, answer that without checking the news to see what I mean.
All the best,
Glenn B
I See Them One Way - My Dog Sees Them Another Way
I'm maybe going to have to lodge a complaint with the companies that make my eyeglasses. They are not very sturdy as they do not last very long when subjected to harsh conditions. I mean, how is it they think it acceptable that after only a minute or two of rough use, they have literally been torn to pieces! I think they owe me for every pair that has been chewed to pieces by my dog in less than a minute or two at most. She almost totally destroyed the last pair she got and that was just this morning.
My pooch has been pretty much conditioned not to chew things in my house that I do not want her chewing. In addition to that, I try to keep things out of my mongrel's reach but the truth is she sometimes surprises me at how far back on a table or kitchen counter she can reach when up on only her hind paws. Most times now, when I've been at home, I've caught her at whatever and I've told her a growling "NO" and said bad girl in a growl as well. For the most part, that's worked. She no longer chews on books (you should see my poor checkbook) and magazines, no longer goes for the toilet paper rolls if the bathroom doors are left open, does not chew on her leash or harness, does not even think of chewing my shoes, does not chew on her beds (yes she did a couple of few times but now she just rests or sleeps on them) and has never once tried chewing on my tortoises (as did another dog of mine and my female Hermann's Tortoise's shell has the scars to prove it many years later). When it came to her first meeting the tortoises, I think I let her know they are a no go as far as playthings go. She was and remains curious about them but has never once tried to pick them up and carry them away for a good chaw.
My eyeglasses are another story. If I leave them where she can reach them, she chews up the plastic ear pieces with avid delight. She has destroyed about 7 - 8 pairs of them. I see them as a necessity to see clearly - she sees them (or smells them) as an irresistible and delectable morsel. Luckily for me, they are all over the counter readers and are not expensive; I wear +2 for distance vision (my eye doc said to go with them or a prescription which is essentially the same strength) and +3.25 for reading. It's curious that she usually only likes to chew the plastic part of the ear pieces, I guess maybe because they have some scent from behind my ears (yes I shower regularly and keep my ears clean) or because they are just the right consistency for a good jaw boning - whatever it is she loves to chew that part.
So, why has she not stopped going after them like the other things she has been cured of chewing? I am guessing because I rarely catch her in the act with the glasses. I may leave a pair on the living room table and hit the hay forgetting them there. Or I may leave a pair next to my bed when I get up to answer nature's call and she scoops them up in her maw and sneaks away with her tasty delight. sometimes when at my laptop, I take off the ones I use for reading and put on the ones I use for distance when I get up to do something else and leave the glasses on the table on which the laptop sits. Wherever they are that she can reach, she gets them and chews them to pieces. Her habit has me wondering if I should start leaving partially chewed on ones around, purposely easy for her to get them, with me watching so that I can reprimand her in the act. It's either that, or that bitter spray liquid they sell to avoid such problems (and I have found it did not work all that well with other dogs), or me contacting the eyeglass manufacturer's like a wussy millennial cry baby and demanding they stick a tit in my mouth give me reparations to shut me up over them not making their eyeglasses dog proof.
I think I'll try it the way I see fit as a responsible dog owner and eyeglass wearer. I will figure out some way to train her to see it my way, in other words, off of her seeing fit to steal and chew my eyeglasses!
All the best,
Glenn B
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Words Of Wisdom - Hitler Talked Like An American Politician
Extremists on the left are so far beyond the first steps, that evil bastard took, that we should be very afraid it may hapen here.
All the best,
Glenn B
Decent Local Range - Not So Decent Shooters
There's a decent range, the Smith Park Gun Range, in Arkansas about 20 miles away from my apartment. It has a $10 registration fee annually for AR residents and a $20 fee for nonresidents like me. I have been there four times now and each time I have been there, only one or two other shooters using the range except for the last time I went when every bench was occupied. I am not sure how many benches there are, I think it's 5, but it is not more than 7 if that many. It is in pretty good shape, the benches and area behind the line are covered and there are picnic tables behind the line that the shooters use to sort their gear and such. The range is 100 yards at most by my estimation. I'd prefer it to be a further distance but it is still more than good enough for most of my shooting.
The last time I went, I was there to test fire an Argentine Sistema Colt 1927 pistol. In essence it is a Colt 1911 for which Argentina paid Colt for the rights to make them down there. Initially Colt made something like 10,000 of them for Argentina but some years later, the country started producing them in their own factory under license from Colt. Nice gun, fired well, my only bone of contention with it is that you have to use a good amount of force to remove the barrel from the slide; no clue why but my guess is it was manufacturing tolerance glitch.
Anyway, while I sat at one of the picnic tables set up right behind the firing line, waiting for a bench to open, I watched the other shooters with some amusement and with even more grave concern. I got there just as a cease fire of sorts was going on for the shooters to check and refresh their targets. One of the first things that struck me was an old geezer standing bent over his bench fiddling with his AR and the optics on it while announcing to anyone who cared to listen jsut what he was doing. What he said he was going to do was oil the optics to make them work to his liking. Never heard of anyone oiling a scope but what do I know, maybe it works (but not in his case because later he said he was going to throw out the scope).
As for him handling his AR - yes, that was while other folks were down range. Then as I scanned the other shooters who were still at their benches, I saw one guy just closing up the cylinder on a revolver he had just loaded and yes - other folks were still downrange! There was one guy with a young boy of maybe 9 or 10 years of age and that guy sat there loading a muzzle-loader while, you guessed it, other folks were still downrange! The only thing he had going for himself was that he did not put a cap on the nipple until everyone got back to the line and seemingly were ready to shoot. I was literally aghast at what I was seeing and hearing or should I say not hearing. Not one person on the line said anything to anyone - they just started shooting when the folks came back from downrange. No one asked if the line was ready, if everyone had their ears on or whatever.
Once the shooting commenced, I noticed the guy all the way on the left side of the line was stepping forward of what should have been the firing line by at least a couple of feet to shoot. He was shooting pistol and the guy immediately to his right (the guy who had been tinkering with his AR while others were downrange earlier) was shooting the AR. I don't know about him but I would have been very uncomfortable to be forward of the firing line with that guy next to me - very uncomfortable; heck I would have been uncomfortable being that much out forward of anyone. The guy to the left shot for maybe five minutes and holstered his pistol and walked behind the line. As he did so, another old geezer who was evidently with him, grabbed a pistol from the picnic table behind that point and loaded it as he walked to the firing line, a distance of several feet. He did that twice with different pistols.
Then, the guy who had loaded his revolver when folks were down range, and who was apparently teaching another guy to shoot, caught his pal pointing a Ruger Mark II he was trying to clear a jam from, at the shooter directly to his left - the AR tinkerer. I had a hard time believing what I was seeing but it was happening right there in front of me. A while later, maybe 10 minutes or so, there was a lull in the firing and the woman at the far right end of the line said in a very low voice, 'I'm going down to my target' or something to that effect and she immediately strolled down to it without getting a reply or any indication from anyone that the line was safe.
I probably should have left then but when the lady and her husband (?) came back to their point she told me they were leaving to let me know I could use that bench. I stayed. As I set my stuff up on the bench, the guy next to me, the one with the muzzleloader asked me if I wanted to go down to set up a target. Even if I had wanted to set up a target, I do not think I would have walked forward of the firing line with that group of bozos there (my apologies to fans of Bozo The Clown). Anyway, I was there to test fire that Argentine Sistema Colt 1927 and only wanted to assure it worked properly - so no target needed for me. I fired a box of ammo out of it, was quite happy with the result. Then I got mine arse out of Dodge not wanting to tempt fate more than I ahd already done.
Before leaving though, I took a look at the range rules. I had seen them before but I wanted to check to see what they said about handling guns behind the line and about handling guns when people were downrange. What the rules said about those two things was not a single thing! The range is run by the local Sheriff's Office and you can bet I am going to give them a call, or better yet write them a letter, maybe an anonymous letter, suggesting they add a couple or few rules about those things I just mentioned. I'd kind of like to keep shooting there but also want to assure I live long enough to do it more than one or even a mere few more times.
All the best,
Glenn B
The last time I went, I was there to test fire an Argentine Sistema Colt 1927 pistol. In essence it is a Colt 1911 for which Argentina paid Colt for the rights to make them down there. Initially Colt made something like 10,000 of them for Argentina but some years later, the country started producing them in their own factory under license from Colt. Nice gun, fired well, my only bone of contention with it is that you have to use a good amount of force to remove the barrel from the slide; no clue why but my guess is it was manufacturing tolerance glitch.
Anyway, while I sat at one of the picnic tables set up right behind the firing line, waiting for a bench to open, I watched the other shooters with some amusement and with even more grave concern. I got there just as a cease fire of sorts was going on for the shooters to check and refresh their targets. One of the first things that struck me was an old geezer standing bent over his bench fiddling with his AR and the optics on it while announcing to anyone who cared to listen jsut what he was doing. What he said he was going to do was oil the optics to make them work to his liking. Never heard of anyone oiling a scope but what do I know, maybe it works (but not in his case because later he said he was going to throw out the scope).
As for him handling his AR - yes, that was while other folks were down range. Then as I scanned the other shooters who were still at their benches, I saw one guy just closing up the cylinder on a revolver he had just loaded and yes - other folks were still downrange! There was one guy with a young boy of maybe 9 or 10 years of age and that guy sat there loading a muzzle-loader while, you guessed it, other folks were still downrange! The only thing he had going for himself was that he did not put a cap on the nipple until everyone got back to the line and seemingly were ready to shoot. I was literally aghast at what I was seeing and hearing or should I say not hearing. Not one person on the line said anything to anyone - they just started shooting when the folks came back from downrange. No one asked if the line was ready, if everyone had their ears on or whatever.
Once the shooting commenced, I noticed the guy all the way on the left side of the line was stepping forward of what should have been the firing line by at least a couple of feet to shoot. He was shooting pistol and the guy immediately to his right (the guy who had been tinkering with his AR while others were downrange earlier) was shooting the AR. I don't know about him but I would have been very uncomfortable to be forward of the firing line with that guy next to me - very uncomfortable; heck I would have been uncomfortable being that much out forward of anyone. The guy to the left shot for maybe five minutes and holstered his pistol and walked behind the line. As he did so, another old geezer who was evidently with him, grabbed a pistol from the picnic table behind that point and loaded it as he walked to the firing line, a distance of several feet. He did that twice with different pistols.
Then, the guy who had loaded his revolver when folks were down range, and who was apparently teaching another guy to shoot, caught his pal pointing a Ruger Mark II he was trying to clear a jam from, at the shooter directly to his left - the AR tinkerer. I had a hard time believing what I was seeing but it was happening right there in front of me. A while later, maybe 10 minutes or so, there was a lull in the firing and the woman at the far right end of the line said in a very low voice, 'I'm going down to my target' or something to that effect and she immediately strolled down to it without getting a reply or any indication from anyone that the line was safe.
I probably should have left then but when the lady and her husband (?) came back to their point she told me they were leaving to let me know I could use that bench. I stayed. As I set my stuff up on the bench, the guy next to me, the one with the muzzleloader asked me if I wanted to go down to set up a target. Even if I had wanted to set up a target, I do not think I would have walked forward of the firing line with that group of bozos there (my apologies to fans of Bozo The Clown). Anyway, I was there to test fire that Argentine Sistema Colt 1927 and only wanted to assure it worked properly - so no target needed for me. I fired a box of ammo out of it, was quite happy with the result. Then I got mine arse out of Dodge not wanting to tempt fate more than I ahd already done.
Before leaving though, I took a look at the range rules. I had seen them before but I wanted to check to see what they said about handling guns behind the line and about handling guns when people were downrange. What the rules said about those two things was not a single thing! The range is run by the local Sheriff's Office and you can bet I am going to give them a call, or better yet write them a letter, maybe an anonymous letter, suggesting they add a couple or few rules about those things I just mentioned. I'd kind of like to keep shooting there but also want to assure I live long enough to do it more than one or even a mere few more times.
All the best,
Glenn B
Friday, October 25, 2019
A Horse - A Horse - My Kingdom For A...
...Chunky Bar. I am in Texas and have a car, I don't need no stinkun' horses. What I needed this evening, what I craved this evening, what I wanted more than anything was a Chunky Bar. They seem none to popular here in Texas and all I can say is these Texans have no clue as to what they are missing. Even in NY - where they were created in the 1930s - by a NY Jew name of Silverstein - who named them after his chunky (as in flabby) granddaughter - they seemed scarce for the last couple or few years. Damn, if there ever is a Zombie Apocalypse they may become akin to Twinkies in the movie Zmbieland - they seem that ahrd to find.
While not the original recipe, they are delicious nonetheless being made of milk chocolate, peanuts and rasins. I am no big fan of milk chocolate either - the darker and stronger the chocolate, the better for me. Yet, when it comes to my favorites made of milk chocolate, Chunkies rate right up there with Mallow Cups. Mallow Cups are my favorite by far unless I am craving a Chunky Bar - then they equal one another.
No real dark chocolate to be found near my apartment even if I had craved it this evening, but as I said - tonight I craved a Chunky Bar. Well, I had to settle for a Milky Way bar. Not bad but no comparison to the other two. Funny I should be suffering from such urges considering that this morning my doctor told me I lost 8 pounds since my last visit a couple or few weeks ago (due no doubt to a lower carb diet and dog walking from 4 to 6 miles daily for the past two weeks). I mean imagine craving a Chunky Bar, named after a chunky sized kid, and I am on a diet actually getting less chunky! Oh well, it's the weekend and I allow myself to indulge for one or two days, then back on the diet. Those two bottles of Spaten lager I had just before the Milky Way were pretty good too.
All the best,
Glenn B
While not the original recipe, they are delicious nonetheless being made of milk chocolate, peanuts and rasins. I am no big fan of milk chocolate either - the darker and stronger the chocolate, the better for me. Yet, when it comes to my favorites made of milk chocolate, Chunkies rate right up there with Mallow Cups. Mallow Cups are my favorite by far unless I am craving a Chunky Bar - then they equal one another.
No real dark chocolate to be found near my apartment even if I had craved it this evening, but as I said - tonight I craved a Chunky Bar. Well, I had to settle for a Milky Way bar. Not bad but no comparison to the other two. Funny I should be suffering from such urges considering that this morning my doctor told me I lost 8 pounds since my last visit a couple or few weeks ago (due no doubt to a lower carb diet and dog walking from 4 to 6 miles daily for the past two weeks). I mean imagine craving a Chunky Bar, named after a chunky sized kid, and I am on a diet actually getting less chunky! Oh well, it's the weekend and I allow myself to indulge for one or two days, then back on the diet. Those two bottles of Spaten lager I had just before the Milky Way were pretty good too.
All the best,
Glenn B
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019
Never Got Any Shooting Done...
...over this past weekend as I had hoped to do with Brendan but we had a good time anyway. Finally got around to dropping ATT as my cell phone service provider and we switched to T-Mobil. They mahy not have as much coverage as ATT but my ATT service sucked, their customer service was worse edging on the down side of abhorrent and they were expensive, very expensive. For what will be a better plan as far as I can see, we will now be paying about $72.00 less per month between the both of us.
A guy at the ATT store helping me to get my ATT phone pin code reinstated told me we'd be back to ATT soon. I think not mostly because of their price and what I think was their abhorrent customer service. I had to get a new pin because another ATT rep whom I had spoken to on the phone locked my account when I said I wanted to unlock my phone because he said it appeared my phone had been stolen - chalk up another failure by ATT customer service. After two days of trying, I finally was able to unlock it so I could switch it to T-Mobil. If T-Mobil is as bad as the ATT store guy implied, then we may switch to Verizon but I am not going back to ATT unless they make drastic changes. Right now, ATT can go belly up for all I care - as far as I am concerned they suck.
Other than getting our phones changed and it taking longer than expected we had a great time. We went to Fassler Hall in Little Rock on Saturday; a dog friendly German style bar/restaurant and too the pooch with us. We enjoyed ourselves and had a nice lunch and some biers (only two for me as I was driving). All in all we had a pretty uneventful but nice weekend spent together.
All the best,
GB
A guy at the ATT store helping me to get my ATT phone pin code reinstated told me we'd be back to ATT soon. I think not mostly because of their price and what I think was their abhorrent customer service. I had to get a new pin because another ATT rep whom I had spoken to on the phone locked my account when I said I wanted to unlock my phone because he said it appeared my phone had been stolen - chalk up another failure by ATT customer service. After two days of trying, I finally was able to unlock it so I could switch it to T-Mobil. If T-Mobil is as bad as the ATT store guy implied, then we may switch to Verizon but I am not going back to ATT unless they make drastic changes. Right now, ATT can go belly up for all I care - as far as I am concerned they suck.
Other than getting our phones changed and it taking longer than expected we had a great time. We went to Fassler Hall in Little Rock on Saturday; a dog friendly German style bar/restaurant and too the pooch with us. We enjoyed ourselves and had a nice lunch and some biers (only two for me as I was driving). All in all we had a pretty uneventful but nice weekend spent together.
All the best,
GB
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Waiting On Some New Boomers
I don't know, I thought I wasn't an addict but maybe I am one - I mean some people think I'm a gun junky. Here I am living in the freer state of TX after relocating from that liberal scum-bucket of NY, and trying to do it on half of my pension - and I still keep buying more guns! Of course, it's not that being buying guns and being involved in shooting and collecting as a hobby is a bad thing - it is that I need to balance my finances by maybe selling off some other ones to assure I don't go broke.
I had the high bids on three guns at last week's Hessney Rod & Gun Auction. Not sure if I got any good deals yet and won't be until I see the actual guns in my hands and get a chance to give them a good inspection. I am hopeful though that I did well.
They are:
I am an addict, I am hooked.
The force runs deep within me.
I like guns. Yeah, that's the ticket!
All the best,
Glenn B
I had the high bids on three guns at last week's Hessney Rod & Gun Auction. Not sure if I got any good deals yet and won't be until I see the actual guns in my hands and get a chance to give them a good inspection. I am hopeful though that I did well.
They are:
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| Ruger Old Model Single Six, as new in the original box. |
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| Marlin 55G 12 gauge. |
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| Romanian M69 22 Training Rifle |
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| An Argentine Sistema Colt 1911A1, aka: Model 1927, from a private sale. |
I like guns. Yeah, that's the ticket!
All the best,
Glenn B
So When The Wicked Witch of Little Rock Accused...
...President Donald Trump of having colluded with the Russians - in order to defeat her in the last presidential election - it seemed every libturd on the planet evidently believed it or at least went along with the program.They cried foul and called for Trump's head on a platter. That persisted even after the findings of the Mueller witch-hunt. Well at least for a while - now they have new bizarre claims against our president.
It appeared to me thought as if just about every time someone came up with more evidence pointing to Hillary Clinton as being a criminal - either in Uranium-1, or for trying to oust Sanders from the primaries, or for her email scandal, or for helping to conspire against President Trump relative to fake claims of Russian collusion (the term should actually have been called conspiracy but the dems don't care to ever get anything right) or for whatever else - Hillary Clinton, and the rest of the Dems, came up with more excuses as to why she lost the election and as to how President Trump was in cahoots with the Russians.
The thing is, she reportedly just in essence called one of the current democrats running for that party's nomination - presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard - a traitor who is in bed with the Russians! More at the source. Who in Hades is Hillary kidding! Even others in her own party are calling her out on this latest Russian conspiracy claim. Is she out of her mind? (That's a totally rhetorical question because in my mind I believe she most definitely is mentally ill.)
What amazes me though, is some if not most of the libturds who thought that President Trump colluded with the Russians probably still would believe Hillary if and when she was to make further claims against President Trump in that regard. Worse than that, some few actually may believe her preposterous claims about Gabbard. Worst of all - if Clinton were to run for the presidency she somehow might yet win her party's nomination although I find it almost impossible (note I said almost).
Now mind you, I am a very cynical type. I have to wonder if the dems have decided that Gabbard might be their candidate and that - by having Hillary slam her - she will get not only what votes she could garner on her own but a good amount of sympathy votes from dems, independents, RINOs and Never-Trumpers to push her over the top. Think that is far fetched - well then you have not been paying attention to how things in the world of politics have been going with the demoncrats for the last several years.
We truly lice in a bizarre country politically.
All the best,
Glenn B
It appeared to me thought as if just about every time someone came up with more evidence pointing to Hillary Clinton as being a criminal - either in Uranium-1, or for trying to oust Sanders from the primaries, or for her email scandal, or for helping to conspire against President Trump relative to fake claims of Russian collusion (the term should actually have been called conspiracy but the dems don't care to ever get anything right) or for whatever else - Hillary Clinton, and the rest of the Dems, came up with more excuses as to why she lost the election and as to how President Trump was in cahoots with the Russians.
The thing is, she reportedly just in essence called one of the current democrats running for that party's nomination - presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard - a traitor who is in bed with the Russians! More at the source. Who in Hades is Hillary kidding! Even others in her own party are calling her out on this latest Russian conspiracy claim. Is she out of her mind? (That's a totally rhetorical question because in my mind I believe she most definitely is mentally ill.)
What amazes me though, is some if not most of the libturds who thought that President Trump colluded with the Russians probably still would believe Hillary if and when she was to make further claims against President Trump in that regard. Worse than that, some few actually may believe her preposterous claims about Gabbard. Worst of all - if Clinton were to run for the presidency she somehow might yet win her party's nomination although I find it almost impossible (note I said almost).
Now mind you, I am a very cynical type. I have to wonder if the dems have decided that Gabbard might be their candidate and that - by having Hillary slam her - she will get not only what votes she could garner on her own but a good amount of sympathy votes from dems, independents, RINOs and Never-Trumpers to push her over the top. Think that is far fetched - well then you have not been paying attention to how things in the world of politics have been going with the demoncrats for the last several years.
We truly lice in a bizarre country politically.
All the best,
Glenn B
Thursday, October 17, 2019
The Pooch Has Been Keeping Me Busy
Since I've gotten her, she's peed on my carpet four times, that I am aware of, and crapped on it twice. Not bad for a new mutt in the house and she has been very good at going outside since then. Being that they took her out of her crate, at the rescue, every morning at about 1:30am to let her answer the call of nature and then fed her breakfast that early and dinner well before 3PM, I think she has adapted to my schedule, if you can call my day scheduled, pretty well.
In the morning, we have gone out for a walk of about 2 to 2.5 miles every day so far (but next time it pours here in the morning, like it did two nights ago, I may just let her pee on the carpet again). Anyway, so far, in the mornings she has just wet the grass. Later in the day I take her for a shorter afternoon walk just to see if she needs to go. I have also taken her to local dog parks at least three days this week. We take other short walks in the afternoons and evenings as they seem needed and a late night walk of at least 1.5 miles each night - usually right before I feel I have to pass out (I was staying up as late as I could t get her out late enough to make it to the next morning without an accident - now she has adapted and we go out at 10 - 11 or so at the latest and she is keeping my carpet dry. I am getting some much needed exercise and since I have been dieting by eating a lower carb diet, this fat man may just lose some weight over the next few to several months with all these walks helping nicely in that regard. That would be nice.
Skye, does not go to the door (yet) or whine (yet) when she needs to go out but has come over to me a few times acting all antsy and starts licking my hands like crazy. Seems to be my cue to get the leash and get my arse out of the chair I am sitting in and go for a walk. We went out tonight last at about 845 when she started in like that and the mission was a success. I am training her to "make" on that command. Worked with our dogs in NY so I see no reason it will not work with her. I also leave the patio door open for much of the day when we are home, that way she can go out to use the facilities so to speak and she has done so twice avoiding a stinky mess inside!Speaking of commands, she is not the greatest at responding to them nor to her name. I wonder if they called her by her name often or hardly ever at the rescue. She does come when called or when I make kissing noises - most of the time. She sits on command sometimes. She has not been taught to heel but I will start on that and on the stay command in earnest within a week or three; I want her more accustomed to me before I really start in with training her like that and as we all know - I am The great procrastinator - so it may take years! All kidding aside, I really am holding off until she is more settled in and she is good enough on the leash for me not to feel the need to start sooner.
She understands go downstairs, go upstairs, go inside and go outside, get in the car (more or less - where by the way she is cool as a cucumber). Another thing, on the few occasions she has barked, she quiets down after one or two commands of "quiet". She was chewing on some things in the house she should not have chewed and still does a bit now and again, but I have given her Nylabones, balls, rope, rawhide, beef rib bones and Dentstix and she seems to have almost stopped mouthing things she should not. She is learning more each day and as far as I am concerned learning that she is not supposed to pee or crap in the house was the most important.
I'll get around to posting some better pics of her and also to posting some about gun stuff sooner or later, probably on Sunday. Have a few new acquisitions (well they should be in transit directly to me soon because I have a new C&R). Tomorrow I am going to get together with Brendan and maybe we can get in some shooting.
Living the dream.
All the best,
Glenn B
Monday, October 14, 2019
When It Comes To Fake News - ABC May have Just Won 1st Place
An ABC news report on the fighting in Syria between the Turkish military and Kurdish forces reportedly featured a spectacular video of the fighting. It also evidently depicted scores if not hundreds of spectators making videos of the shooting and explosions with their cell phones. Really? Just watch the video. The thing was though, according to published reports, the video actually showed a full auto shoot at the Knob Creek Gun Range in Kentucky and had nothing to do with the fighting in Syria. More at the source.
Folks, the news does not get much more fake than that! Anyway ABC supposedly has apologized for it. My guess is had they not been caught with their pants on fire, they never would have mentioned it. I have no doubt someone on the left will now use it, in their continued anti-gun crusade, to show just how terrible are gun owners in the US of A that their shooting at a range could be confused for warfare. Really though, I think all it shows is how low they can go to make fake news.
All the best,
Glenn B
Folks, the news does not get much more fake than that! Anyway ABC supposedly has apologized for it. My guess is had they not been caught with their pants on fire, they never would have mentioned it. I have no doubt someone on the left will now use it, in their continued anti-gun crusade, to show just how terrible are gun owners in the US of A that their shooting at a range could be confused for warfare. Really though, I think all it shows is how low they can go to make fake news.
All the best,
Glenn B
Saturday, October 12, 2019
This One Always Makes Me Feel Better - It's Just So Upbeat...
...on one of my favorite interests.
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Flash - Who Cares If It's Not Official - It Is A Stunning Achievement
Not being much of a sports fan doesn't mean I can't or don't appreciate milestones in athletic achievement. For an almost 35 year old man to run a marathon in less than two hours not only is impressive it is stunning.
Damn, my legs and lower back sometimes hurt after after walking a mile, I cannot imagine what this ma's body feels like after running 26.22 miles and doing it in that record shattering time (although not an official record, he also holds the official marathon record at 2 hours 31 minutes and 39 seconds). Whatever his body may have felt like after that feat of stamina/endurance and speed, I am sure his head was in the clouds. As he said:
All the best,
Glenn B
"Superstar runner Eliud Kipchoge broke the elusive 2-hour marathon barrier Saturday—an achievement once considered beyond a human’s reach.The Olympic champion and world record holder from Kenya clocked 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40.2 seconds at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna." More at the source.
Damn, my legs and lower back sometimes hurt after after walking a mile, I cannot imagine what this ma's body feels like after running 26.22 miles and doing it in that record shattering time (although not an official record, he also holds the official marathon record at 2 hours 31 minutes and 39 seconds). Whatever his body may have felt like after that feat of stamina/endurance and speed, I am sure his head was in the clouds. As he said:
"That was the best moment of my life..."I am figuring there is going to be another best moment in his athletic life, the moment he breaks the two hour barrier in an unaided marathon. My guess is he will be the one to do it, the Flash had nothing on this man.
All the best,
Glenn B
Thursday, October 10, 2019
A New C&R FFL In Exactly 3 Weeks!
There I was, sitting in front of my laptop with a wide grin on my face. I'd just checked my email and got one from the post office notifying me what mail I could expect today; they even include photos of it (not too happy they do that though - that is make a photo record of all the mail I receive - hope they do not suspect me of being in collusion with Russia).
Went out to my mailbox awhile later to retrieve it and there it was in the nice official FFL envelope with the little glassine window through which I could read my name and address printed on the face of the license and... Hey, wait a minute - they spelled my name wrong! That smile which had been on my face since I read the email now turned upside-down. They left one of the Ns off of my first name.
I called their customer service and someone picked up with about a minute. I was again happy figuring this would be a quick fix. Wrong again - that rep put me through to someone she said handles my state. Of course, the second rep never picked up and I had to leave her a voicemail. Still waiting on a callback.
Normally this would not be a problem,how long could a correction take (hope I do not regret asking). The thing is though, I was so happy to receive it because I am negotiating on an Argentine Colt 1911 and also because there is a Hessney gun auction coming up this weekend and I intend to bid remotely on some C&R guns. It would save me a good amount of money for FFL fees if I could have any of those potential purchases sent directly to me but my guess is that ATF will tell me I cannot use it until my name is corrected but am keeping my fingers crossed hoping they say it is okay to use.
By the way, I checked my application copies - I spelled my name correctly everywhere that I wrote it on the form. I hate it if I am the one who screwed up on something like that, after all - it is my name and I should at least spell it right and I did so.
Damn, when it comes to being that guy with regard to having little to no luck except bad luck - it is , all too often, me!
All the best,
Glenn B
Went out to my mailbox awhile later to retrieve it and there it was in the nice official FFL envelope with the little glassine window through which I could read my name and address printed on the face of the license and... Hey, wait a minute - they spelled my name wrong! That smile which had been on my face since I read the email now turned upside-down. They left one of the Ns off of my first name.
I called their customer service and someone picked up with about a minute. I was again happy figuring this would be a quick fix. Wrong again - that rep put me through to someone she said handles my state. Of course, the second rep never picked up and I had to leave her a voicemail. Still waiting on a callback.
Normally this would not be a problem,how long could a correction take (hope I do not regret asking). The thing is though, I was so happy to receive it because I am negotiating on an Argentine Colt 1911 and also because there is a Hessney gun auction coming up this weekend and I intend to bid remotely on some C&R guns. It would save me a good amount of money for FFL fees if I could have any of those potential purchases sent directly to me but my guess is that ATF will tell me I cannot use it until my name is corrected but am keeping my fingers crossed hoping they say it is okay to use.
By the way, I checked my application copies - I spelled my name correctly everywhere that I wrote it on the form. I hate it if I am the one who screwed up on something like that, after all - it is my name and I should at least spell it right and I did so.
Damn, when it comes to being that guy with regard to having little to no luck except bad luck - it is , all too often, me!
All the best,
Glenn B
Is It Really Paranoia To Arm Yourself For Self-Defense
Recently, someone I know, said something to the effect that people who
carry guns are afraid of their world in as much as they evidently need
to be armed to do ordinary things; this, in the context it was stated, hinted that folks who arm
themselves for protection are paranoid.
For a liquor store owner in Port Jefferson, NY - his normal thing was working at the store and probably having some pleasant chats with his customers. He was also one of those folks who was armed - thus I guess some would think him paranoid. Me, I think he was merely prepared for what might come and come it reportedly did. A man armed with a sword or machete entered his store, drew the weapon and started to swing it in close proximity to the store owner. What'sa paranoid schizoid an armed store owner to do - he pulled out a gun and shot the guy. Guy with the sword is dead. Plus one for the good guys. More at the source.
All the best,
Glenn B
For a liquor store owner in Port Jefferson, NY - his normal thing was working at the store and probably having some pleasant chats with his customers. He was also one of those folks who was armed - thus I guess some would think him paranoid. Me, I think he was merely prepared for what might come and come it reportedly did. A man armed with a sword or machete entered his store, drew the weapon and started to swing it in close proximity to the store owner. What's
All the best,
Glenn B
Hillary, When Did You Beat Him The First Time???
Hillary Clinton and her minion have reportedly hinted that she may throw her hat into the 2020 presidential race. How she can even think of doing so when a reported 71% of Americans think she should keep out of it is beyond me. When talking about it she said that President Trump "...is either lying or delusional or both..." (source).
As she seemingly continued babbling on she clued the listener into something that evidently tells a lot about her capacity to tell the truth and whether or not she is the one living in a world of delusion. She said she "...so, maybe there does need to be a rematch, I mean obviously I can beat him again..." referring to President Trump!
I have no clue as to what she was talking about because last I heard she lost the presidential election in 2016 to now President Donald Trump. I am left flabbergasted trying to figure out when it was she beat him the first time to be able to do it again. Funny, I just heard someone say, in essence, that any time the left accuses the right of wrongdoing - you can safely bet that they are accusing the right of exactly what it is those on the left are actually doing. That my friends, fits here like a glove.
All the best,
Glenn B
As she seemingly continued babbling on she clued the listener into something that evidently tells a lot about her capacity to tell the truth and whether or not she is the one living in a world of delusion. She said she "...so, maybe there does need to be a rematch, I mean obviously I can beat him again..." referring to President Trump!
I have no clue as to what she was talking about because last I heard she lost the presidential election in 2016 to now President Donald Trump. I am left flabbergasted trying to figure out when it was she beat him the first time to be able to do it again. Funny, I just heard someone say, in essence, that any time the left accuses the right of wrongdoing - you can safely bet that they are accusing the right of exactly what it is those on the left are actually doing. That my friends, fits here like a glove.
All the best,
Glenn B
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
President Trump May Have Just Lost My 2020 Vote
Turkey has begun attacking Kurdish forces in northern Syria - much as was expected once president Trump agreed to remove U.S. military units from the area and to drop support of the Kurds. They also allegedly have begun bombing civilian targets. More at the source.
While I agree with President Trump that our forces should not have been in Syria in the first place, we did ally ourselves with the Kurds and they have done a lot toward ending ISIS domination in the region. So, I think President Trump has been extremely ill advised and will suffer greatly in 2020 because of his withdrawal of any military support for our, up until the past couple or few days, allies - the Kurdish forces in Northern Syria. Then again, the only advice I have read about is that he was advised not to abandon them. So, if not bad advice what else?
He may just have made a huge blunder on his own by withdrawing support of the Kurds. Of course - looking at it from a different perspective - he actually could be trying to throw the 2020 election to one of his rivals. That is the only other explanation I can think of for leaving our allies flat and allowing Turkey (an ally one day and an enemy the next over the years) to essentially attack them unimpeded. Now, it is possible that our Commander In Chief has a surprise ace in his hand; he actually may have just cause for dropping the military support of the Kurds when an attack by Turkey was imminent but if he does he should let it be known ASAP.
I hope so because I find it hard to believe he wold simply abandon our allies like that when he knew they were faced with an imminent invasion. If it is that he has no logical reason for having abandoned them, I will lament having voted for him regardless of what good he has done while in office. I am not a war monger but I do believe if we ally ourselves with forces who are the enemy of our enemies, we should stand by them as long as they carry out the mission against our enemies. In this case the enemy was ISIS and there are thousands of ISIS forces being held prisoner by the Kurds.
If president Trump does not hold that ace in his hand - if this is just him deciding this is what he is going to do with no strategic and logical reason to it - then he maybe will have lost my vote come 2020. That does not mean I'll vote for any of the demoncrats (not on my life) but I certainly will look to another candidate worthy of my vote on the right.
All the best,
Glenn B
While I agree with President Trump that our forces should not have been in Syria in the first place, we did ally ourselves with the Kurds and they have done a lot toward ending ISIS domination in the region. So, I think President Trump has been extremely ill advised and will suffer greatly in 2020 because of his withdrawal of any military support for our, up until the past couple or few days, allies - the Kurdish forces in Northern Syria. Then again, the only advice I have read about is that he was advised not to abandon them. So, if not bad advice what else?
He may just have made a huge blunder on his own by withdrawing support of the Kurds. Of course - looking at it from a different perspective - he actually could be trying to throw the 2020 election to one of his rivals. That is the only other explanation I can think of for leaving our allies flat and allowing Turkey (an ally one day and an enemy the next over the years) to essentially attack them unimpeded. Now, it is possible that our Commander In Chief has a surprise ace in his hand; he actually may have just cause for dropping the military support of the Kurds when an attack by Turkey was imminent but if he does he should let it be known ASAP.
I hope so because I find it hard to believe he wold simply abandon our allies like that when he knew they were faced with an imminent invasion. If it is that he has no logical reason for having abandoned them, I will lament having voted for him regardless of what good he has done while in office. I am not a war monger but I do believe if we ally ourselves with forces who are the enemy of our enemies, we should stand by them as long as they carry out the mission against our enemies. In this case the enemy was ISIS and there are thousands of ISIS forces being held prisoner by the Kurds.
If president Trump does not hold that ace in his hand - if this is just him deciding this is what he is going to do with no strategic and logical reason to it - then he maybe will have lost my vote come 2020. That does not mean I'll vote for any of the demoncrats (not on my life) but I certainly will look to another candidate worthy of my vote on the right.
All the best,
Glenn B
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Texas LTC
I applied for my Texas License To Carry a handgun on September 19. Twenty one days later, I am in possession of it. In NY it took me about 2 or 3 months as I recall to get a pistol license as a retired LEO. Getting a pistol license in NY, without having been a LE officer or without needing one for employment (such as for an armed security guard), is almost impossible except for a target/hunting pistol license - that is unless of course you are rich and famous.
It is nice to be living in a freer state. Of course, I still think the Constitution of The United States of America, and specifically the 2nd Amendment, should be and are more than enough for all of us to be armed. As for NY and its horrendous petty tyrant of a governor, all I can say is FUAC.
All the best,
Glenn B
It is nice to be living in a freer state. Of course, I still think the Constitution of The United States of America, and specifically the 2nd Amendment, should be and are more than enough for all of us to be armed. As for NY and its horrendous petty tyrant of a governor, all I can say is FUAC.
All the best,
Glenn B
Remington Model 29 12 Gauge Shotgun Test Fire
I picked up this Remington Model 29, 12 gauge, slide action shotgun at a Hessney auction in September 2018. Until this test fire, in October 2019, I had not fired it. Yes, as I have said before - I am The Great Procrastinator.
It shot like a charm, has a smooth action and one heck of a kick. I was shooting Remington Express XLR (Extra long Range) 2 3/4" high brass shells and it hold 5 rounds in the magazine. As you can see in the video it is a bottom feeding and bottom ejecting model. The slide release is on the right side of the receiver, I forgot to mention that in the video and you probably cannot see me operate it with my thumb. I shot up one box of 25 rounds without a problem. I have to say, it definitely has one heck of a kick but that may have been in part due to my choice of ammo.
I am thinking its performance was not too shabby for a 90 year old shotgun; this one was manufactured in October 1929. I meant to shoot it on my birthday to celebrate both of our October beginnings but wound up spending that day with my son - which was the more important thing to do and which did not bruise my right shoulder. Anyway, I finally got around to it today and it was a fine way to dispel the Monday afternoon blues regardless of it kicking like a mule at least on the first 5 rounds.
All the best,
Glenn B
It shot like a charm, has a smooth action and one heck of a kick. I was shooting Remington Express XLR (Extra long Range) 2 3/4" high brass shells and it hold 5 rounds in the magazine. As you can see in the video it is a bottom feeding and bottom ejecting model. The slide release is on the right side of the receiver, I forgot to mention that in the video and you probably cannot see me operate it with my thumb. I shot up one box of 25 rounds without a problem. I have to say, it definitely has one heck of a kick but that may have been in part due to my choice of ammo. 
I am thinking its performance was not too shabby for a 90 year old shotgun; this one was manufactured in October 1929. I meant to shoot it on my birthday to celebrate both of our October beginnings but wound up spending that day with my son - which was the more important thing to do and which did not bruise my right shoulder. Anyway, I finally got around to it today and it was a fine way to dispel the Monday afternoon blues regardless of it kicking like a mule at least on the first 5 rounds.All the best,
Glenn B
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Birthday Bier
I was officially a year older yesterday. Brendan took me out for lunch, at the Bavarian Grill in Plano, TX, after we left the Premiere Gun Show at the Big Town Events Center over near Dallas yesterday.
Look at these photos and all I can say is what a difference a bier makes. I only had one (seriously because I was driving - I waited until I got home later to do more imbibing). I was happy regardless; heck I was getting free bier and eats and had excellent company.
For some reason or another though, someone did not seem all that ready to smile for the camera. Maybe that was because he was paying or because his company was not as good as mine!
About 1/2 hour later, on the second bier, it seems it was much easier to smile. Maybe because I asked him to smile for his mom.
We had some gutt bier und essen. Then a quick stop back at the show and then we headed to my place near Texarkana. Spent a couple of hours talking and drinking and watching TV before he was snoring on his airbed in my living room. I watched the rest of a movie and then headed up to my bed to catch some Zs. Not a bad way at all to have spent my birthday, in fact it was excellent. Brendan headed home to Benton, AR today. Cannot wait to see him again soon.
In the mean time, I have my tortoises for company and hopefully soon will have a dog.
All the best,
Glenn B
Look at these photos and all I can say is what a difference a bier makes. I only had one (seriously because I was driving - I waited until I got home later to do more imbibing). I was happy regardless; heck I was getting free bier and eats and had excellent company.
For some reason or another though, someone did not seem all that ready to smile for the camera. Maybe that was because he was paying or because his company was not as good as mine!
About 1/2 hour later, on the second bier, it seems it was much easier to smile. Maybe because I asked him to smile for his mom.
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| Deutche bier does it every time, brings out a smile that is! |
In the mean time, I have my tortoises for company and hopefully soon will have a dog.
All the best,
Glenn B
My Kind Of Business - T & G Sales
Let me tell you a bit about T&G Sales. I bought a magazine from
them, for my Beretta 950BS Minx, at the Mesquite Rodeo gun show a couple
or few weeks back. Wound up the magazine was defective and I had no
receipt and figured it was a lost cause. It was a Triple-K mag but I
thought it was doubtful they'd replace something for which I had already
tossed the package into the trash and for which there was no receipt.
Then, I found a business card in the bag the mag had been in from the
show. It was for T & G Sales. I sent an email to the proprietor Rich
Scott, told him what was the issue with the magazine and asked if he could do anything about it. He said to send
it to him because he would replace it. I sent the mag to him, he
received it, he also said he'd send me a new one, likely next week.
Brendan (my son) and I went to the gun show at the Big Town Events center on October 5. I saw that T & G Sales had a table at the Big Town show and went over an introduced myself to Rich but only right after taking another Triple-K mag off of his display. I told him who I was and asked if I could just take that mag as a replacement. He most cordially agreed and asked if I had taken it out of the package to examine it which I had not done. So, he took it out, looked it over and asked his associate to find him a box of 22 short. In just a little bit, he loaded the mag full of 22 short rounds to see if this one worked then pushed each out with his thumb and one after another they were pushed to the top by the follower. The first one I got would have failed this test miserably, heck I could not load more than one round into it and then it would not feed.
So, I was happy to take this replacement. I told him I was glad he checked it because it meant I would not have to return this one and joked that it could wind up getting expensive for both of us due to postage to ship the mags. We talked a bit more and I was saying thanks again and goodbye when he pushed a ten spot toward me and insisted I take it for the postage. I tried to say no but he insisted. I took it then told him we could split the difference and a 5 would be more than enough but he again insisted. That certainly was not my intent when I had mentioned the postage and I am sure he knew that; he just said he stands behind what he sells. I have not met many small business men as good as Rich Scott of T & G Sales! He was a truly professional, courteous and nice dealer who actually did stand by what he sold and who went the extra mile to make sure his customer was happy. So, I told him next time I am there to buy mags, he could be assured it will be from him.
I told Brendan about that maybe an hour or so later when we ran into one another in our ramblings around the hall. I told him if he was going to buy any mags to go to T & G Sales. That's what he did and he bought an AK mag there. I am pretty sure he only did that because Rich had done such a nice thing for me; Brendan certainly did not need anymore AK mags and was short on cash so it seem he went out of his way to payback Rich's great service to me. Anyway, I went back over to the T & G Sales table later on, Rich was not there right then but his associate helped me, and I bought a two-pack of Ruger BX-25 10/22 mags. When I need mags when at future shows where T & G Sales is present, I'll be buying from them if they have what I need. Great guys, large selection, very good to excellent prices, excellent customer service - it does not get better than them.
Believe me, if they had a web address on their business card, I would have posted it but they do not. I guess they only do local or regional guns shows in Texas.
All the best,
Glenn B
Brendan (my son) and I went to the gun show at the Big Town Events center on October 5. I saw that T & G Sales had a table at the Big Town show and went over an introduced myself to Rich but only right after taking another Triple-K mag off of his display. I told him who I was and asked if I could just take that mag as a replacement. He most cordially agreed and asked if I had taken it out of the package to examine it which I had not done. So, he took it out, looked it over and asked his associate to find him a box of 22 short. In just a little bit, he loaded the mag full of 22 short rounds to see if this one worked then pushed each out with his thumb and one after another they were pushed to the top by the follower. The first one I got would have failed this test miserably, heck I could not load more than one round into it and then it would not feed.
So, I was happy to take this replacement. I told him I was glad he checked it because it meant I would not have to return this one and joked that it could wind up getting expensive for both of us due to postage to ship the mags. We talked a bit more and I was saying thanks again and goodbye when he pushed a ten spot toward me and insisted I take it for the postage. I tried to say no but he insisted. I took it then told him we could split the difference and a 5 would be more than enough but he again insisted. That certainly was not my intent when I had mentioned the postage and I am sure he knew that; he just said he stands behind what he sells. I have not met many small business men as good as Rich Scott of T & G Sales! He was a truly professional, courteous and nice dealer who actually did stand by what he sold and who went the extra mile to make sure his customer was happy. So, I told him next time I am there to buy mags, he could be assured it will be from him.
I told Brendan about that maybe an hour or so later when we ran into one another in our ramblings around the hall. I told him if he was going to buy any mags to go to T & G Sales. That's what he did and he bought an AK mag there. I am pretty sure he only did that because Rich had done such a nice thing for me; Brendan certainly did not need anymore AK mags and was short on cash so it seem he went out of his way to payback Rich's great service to me. Anyway, I went back over to the T & G Sales table later on, Rich was not there right then but his associate helped me, and I bought a two-pack of Ruger BX-25 10/22 mags. When I need mags when at future shows where T & G Sales is present, I'll be buying from them if they have what I need. Great guys, large selection, very good to excellent prices, excellent customer service - it does not get better than them.
Believe me, if they had a web address on their business card, I would have posted it but they do not. I guess they only do local or regional guns shows in Texas.
All the best,
Glenn B
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Facebook Fundraiser For The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
I started a Fundraiser on Facebook yesterday for the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund. You can see it at the following link and donate if you so
choose: https://www.facebook.com/donate/761370430966887/10216620496078951/.
The goal is one million dollars and there is a long way to go. While
the goal is exceptionally lofty, if this gets passed around enough and
each gun owner who sees it donates a buck or three, the goal may be
surpassed. It's going to be open for donations through December 31,
2019. So, please feel pass along that link to other gun owners you
know.
As for those of you who are thinking that Facebook will take that down in a heartbeat, think again. Facebook notified me about the possibility of doing a fundraiser because my birthday is right around now. As a goof, I decided to check it out. It let me type in my own choice of a charity and I input just three letters - NRA. Surprisingly, a list of NRA charities showed up and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund was one of them. I used to donate, through the Combined Federal Campaign, to a group called The Civil Rights Defense Fund (and I confirmed back then they were part of the NRA). I figured why not set up a fundraiser for them and there it is all thanks to Facebook.
I should add, I have no clue if they pass along 100% of the funds raised or if they keep a portion to run the thing. Shame on me for not checking.
Edited To Add:
Okay - someone on a gun forum where I started a thread about this wanted to know what was my compensation for this. As far as I knew it would be zero and I have since confirmed that I am not getting a penny, not even as much as diddly squat for starting this fundraiser. Here is the info I found out and how I posted in on that forum:
https://www.facebook.com/help/1872359709660621#nfg
Here is a link from that same page to more info about the charity:
https://www.guidestar.org/profile/52-1136665
Here is a link to the charity's site:
http://nradefensefund.org/
I looked some more and found this which shows my belief was correct - I ain't getting diddly squat:
"Facebook covers payment processing fees so that 100% of donations made on Facebook are distributed to the organization."
The source for that can be found at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/help/189443...elpref=related
So, if you were wondering if I get compensated - I do not. If you were wondering is this some sort of a scam, it does not appear to be one to me. Had it even hinted of such, I would never have posted about it here. Is it some kind of a miracle that Facebook would allow for donations to any organization having anything to do with the NRA and standing up for gun rights - maybe but if is a miracle then thank the heavens.
All the best,
Glenn B
As for those of you who are thinking that Facebook will take that down in a heartbeat, think again. Facebook notified me about the possibility of doing a fundraiser because my birthday is right around now. As a goof, I decided to check it out. It let me type in my own choice of a charity and I input just three letters - NRA. Surprisingly, a list of NRA charities showed up and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund was one of them. I used to donate, through the Combined Federal Campaign, to a group called The Civil Rights Defense Fund (and I confirmed back then they were part of the NRA). I figured why not set up a fundraiser for them and there it is all thanks to Facebook.
I should add, I have no clue if they pass along 100% of the funds raised or if they keep a portion to run the thing. Shame on me for not checking.
Edited To Add:
Okay - someone on a gun forum where I started a thread about this wanted to know what was my compensation for this. As far as I knew it would be zero and I have since confirmed that I am not getting a penny, not even as much as diddly squat for starting this fundraiser. Here is the info I found out and how I posted in on that forum:
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This is a link that was on the post about my fundraiser, it tells how the payments are made to the charity although I did not see any breakdown as to whether or not funds are given 100% or some are retained. I did see one thing that said Facebook pays the processing fees but don't know if that is for every fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/help/1872359709660621#nfg
Here is a link from that same page to more info about the charity:
https://www.guidestar.org/profile/52-1136665
Here is a link to the charity's site:
http://nradefensefund.org/
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I looked some more and found this which shows my belief was correct - I ain't getting diddly squat:
"Facebook covers payment processing fees so that 100% of donations made on Facebook are distributed to the organization."
The source for that can be found at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/help/189443...elpref=related
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So, if you were wondering if I get compensated - I do not. If you were wondering is this some sort of a scam, it does not appear to be one to me. Had it even hinted of such, I would never have posted about it here. Is it some kind of a miracle that Facebook would allow for donations to any organization having anything to do with the NRA and standing up for gun rights - maybe but if is a miracle then thank the heavens.
All the best,
Glenn B
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Find It
And no, your WTF moment should not be the blurred out face of the person in the photo, that was done to make it impossible to ID the person in the photo.
All the best,
Glenn B
POLICE TO CHECK PARTY AFFILIATION BEFORE AIDING CITIZENRY
While the above title
is meant to be a satirical one liner, I have to wonder is it as far
fetched as it sounds. The police chief in Thousand Oaks, CA reportedly
effectively closed down a charity event for a fallen police officer's
family, by withdrawing his department from the event. Why did he do
that? He did it, the report says, because he did not like the fact that
Republicans or other Trump supporters had been invited to it. What next
Chief Hagel - will it be that if you hear of a crime in progress, in
which the victim is a known conservative, you will tell your officers
not to respond! My little bit of satire is not so far fetched after all
if the source article got it right. More at the source.
It's really getting crazy in that it seems everything that some folks do is based on politics and if one of those folks is either an elected or appointed official - and is basing how they carry out their official duties on party affiliation - well then, that person needs to be removed from office without delay, in my opinion.
All the best,
Glenn B
It's really getting crazy in that it seems everything that some folks do is based on politics and if one of those folks is either an elected or appointed official - and is basing how they carry out their official duties on party affiliation - well then, that person needs to be removed from office without delay, in my opinion.
All the best,
Glenn B
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
I Am Going To Miss The Fall In NY
It's 0100 hours here in Texas where I am now. It's also 77 degrees outside and here that feels cool. I will certainly miss those cool to chilly and crisp fall mornings in NY, especially those when I got the chance to go upstate for a pre-hunt scouting hike or a small game hunt. Oh well, life goes on and I am pretty sure I will not miss winter in NY very much.
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
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