No snowflakes shown here:
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
CNN's Trump Immigration "Ban" Hotline
CNN has reportedly published a phone number for people to call and at which they can leave their recorded messages about how the so called "immigration ban", ordered by President Donald Trump, has "...impacted..." them. In other words, it essentially is a snowflake complaint hotline to bitch about President Trump and his immigration policies. I imagine that many leftist whiners have called in and left behind messages including their weeping and the noises made by the gnashing of their teeth.
One caller though had other ideas and gave them a call and left the message as can be heard in the embedded video; if you are sensitive when it comes to foul language this is not for you:
All the best,
Glenn B
One caller though had other ideas and gave them a call and left the message as can be heard in the embedded video; if you are sensitive when it comes to foul language this is not for you:
I kind of enjoyed that, not that I wish CNN burns down but that I would not mind them stopping all the leftist snowflake inciting bullshit. So, it was nice to see someone to basically send them the message that their anti-American BS stinks.
A hat tip to 4excal for that one.
A hat tip to 4excal for that one.
Glenn B
You Must Be Looking (For Coffee) In All The Wrong Places...
...at least if Starbucks is your only go to coffee shop, at least that is what I think.
This evening, on a firearms forum, I read a few posts in a thread about the recent announcement by Starbuck's that they would be hiring 10,000 refugees over the next five years (source). This has apparently disgruntled many Americans who believe that Starbucks should hire Americans, especially homeless veterans before even considering hiring refugees from foreign lands. I will not discuss that further but what I will do is write about an alternative to places like huge corporate businesses like Starbucks and will limit myself to writing about one particular such business located in NY City. It is a true mom and pop - family run - coffee shop (no counter space to sit down for a cup-a-joe or espresso-frappe-latte combo or whatever). They sell coffee beans, ground coffee, teas, coffee and tea brewing equipment and accessories, cups and mugs, coffee to go (I think) and a small selection of candy among some other things but coffee is their main business. The place I am talking about is Porto Rico Importing Co. The reason I am writing about them again, yes I have written about them before in passing, is that someone on that firearms forum wrote this:
"starbucks roasted coffee is $12LB
i have tried many brands, but there are no local bastards who can roast coffee for shit!
If i was wealthy i would get it mail-order from one of many great roasters. but $18LB plus Shipping FU!"
The following was my reply:
"You must be looking in the wrong places. I, my family and some friends, thoroughly enjoy coffees available at Porto Rico Importing Co. located in Greenwich village in NYC. If you are not local, you can order online. Do not expect to buy a single pound of coffee and get a great deal once shipping is added to the price. Instead, order at least 5 pounds at once and save a lot on shipping. For instance, I just checked on a single pound of French Sumatra Mandheling (my favorite for a strong and marvelous flavor) coffee from them @ $9.99 per pound. Shipping it from them to Buffalo, NY 14226 would cost an additional $12.76. I chose Buffalo because if you are in NY it is far from NYC and probably the highest shipping or close to it within state. That would be a combined total of $22.75 for sale price and shipping for that single pound of coffee (you would have to add any applicable sales tax too). That is quite the expensive total cost for a single pound of coffee but there is a solution to that.
I have to say, their coffee truly is far superior to anything at Starbuck's in my opinion. So is the service. Being it is a true mom & pop family run shop, I would rather spend my money there than at a place like Starbucks any day. Not saying I will never have another coffee at Starbucks, they are all over the place and Porto Rico Importing Co only has the five local locations as at as I know but when it comes to buying beans or ground coffee Porto Rico Importing Co. is my go to place of choice if I have the time to go there. I just hope they never get political like Starbucks's.
All the best,
Glenn B
This evening, on a firearms forum, I read a few posts in a thread about the recent announcement by Starbuck's that they would be hiring 10,000 refugees over the next five years (source). This has apparently disgruntled many Americans who believe that Starbucks should hire Americans, especially homeless veterans before even considering hiring refugees from foreign lands. I will not discuss that further but what I will do is write about an alternative to places like huge corporate businesses like Starbucks and will limit myself to writing about one particular such business located in NY City. It is a true mom and pop - family run - coffee shop (no counter space to sit down for a cup-a-joe or espresso-frappe-latte combo or whatever). They sell coffee beans, ground coffee, teas, coffee and tea brewing equipment and accessories, cups and mugs, coffee to go (I think) and a small selection of candy among some other things but coffee is their main business. The place I am talking about is Porto Rico Importing Co. The reason I am writing about them again, yes I have written about them before in passing, is that someone on that firearms forum wrote this:
"starbucks roasted coffee is $12LB
i have tried many brands, but there are no local bastards who can roast coffee for shit!
If i was wealthy i would get it mail-order from one of many great roasters. but $18LB plus Shipping FU!"
The following was my reply:
"You must be looking in the wrong places. I, my family and some friends, thoroughly enjoy coffees available at Porto Rico Importing Co. located in Greenwich village in NYC. If you are not local, you can order online. Do not expect to buy a single pound of coffee and get a great deal once shipping is added to the price. Instead, order at least 5 pounds at once and save a lot on shipping. For instance, I just checked on a single pound of French Sumatra Mandheling (my favorite for a strong and marvelous flavor) coffee from them @ $9.99 per pound. Shipping it from them to Buffalo, NY 14226 would cost an additional $12.76. I chose Buffalo because if you are in NY it is far from NYC and probably the highest shipping or close to it within state. That would be a combined total of $22.75 for sale price and shipping for that single pound of coffee (you would have to add any applicable sales tax too). That is quite the expensive total cost for a single pound of coffee but there is a solution to that.
The solution to make it less expensive per pound is easy - just buy a few more pounds at the same time. Ground coffee, which is the way I buy it, keeps fairly well at room temp and even better frozen and yes it freezes well. Of course, the sell whole beans too and you can grind it yourself to make it stay fresh even longer than room temp stored ground coffee. If you bought 5 pounds of this coffee the total would be the cost for the coffee @ $9.99 per pound or a total of $49.95 sale price, plus only $13.68 total shipping (and any applicable tax) for a total of $63.63 (plus applicable sales tax). So instead of paying that whopping $22.75 for a single pound with shipping (excluding tax), each pound of a 5 pound order would come out to only $12.73 per pound shipped (excluding any applicable taxes).
They sell a wide variety of coffees in light (regular), Vienna, French and Espresso roasts, and also sell: organic coffees, flavored coffees and decaf coffees. Their least expensive coffee is probably around $7.99 per pound and the most expensive right now on their website is about $99 per pound (or at least the highest I saw) and that was Jamaican Blue Mountain. Their coffees come from around the globe. Another excellent coffee they offer is light roasted Tanzanian Peaberry. I think if you try them, and order 5 different types of coffee in a five pound order, you will find at least one or two that you like very much and maybe even one you consider to be exceptional. I make trips there every couple to few months and if going to NYC for some other reason try to stop there as well. Excellent coffee, lots of tea too, odd coffee mugs and treats, weird customers (yours truly included), nice employees, great customer service. It is all much better in the store on Bleecker Street than the one in Brooklyn and I cannot speak to the other two in Manhattan as I have never been to those. I imagine that the owners are likely looney leftists but then again I do not know and they could be staunch conservatives. I do not know because I have never inquired about the politics of the owners or their employees and they have never pushed it in my face nor inquired about mine. The owners, the Longo family, have been in business since 1905 - first to sell bread then to sell coffee. After tiring of the bakery business, they bought the Porto Rico Importing Co. in 1958 which had been around - just across the street from 201 Bleecker - since 1907. Even though they now have other coffee store locations, their main store (both the bakery and then the coffee business) has always been at the same location - 201 Bleecker Street. That is where the current owner lives - upstairs from the shop - and where his mother lived before him and his grandparents before that. They are not in business to make political statements through their business as far as I am aware; I like that. I highly recommend this place and their coffees; I consider their coffees and service far superior to Starbucks.
More on the Longo Family story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/nyregion/porto-rico-a-venerable-old-timer-in-greenwich-village.html. That story by the way was amazing and left me wanting to know more. I would love to meet the owner some day while at his shop even if just to pay him a compliment for keeping an old tradition in America alive - the mom & pop shop passed from one generation to the next. I hope at least one of his children takes over when he is ready to retire."
I have to say, their coffee truly is far superior to anything at Starbuck's in my opinion. So is the service. Being it is a true mom & pop family run shop, I would rather spend my money there than at a place like Starbucks any day. Not saying I will never have another coffee at Starbucks, they are all over the place and Porto Rico Importing Co only has the five local locations as at as I know but when it comes to buying beans or ground coffee Porto Rico Importing Co. is my go to place of choice if I have the time to go there. I just hope they never get political like Starbucks's.
All the best,
Glenn B
Mannix Gone - Did This Get Lost In The News Or...
...was I just asleep and missed it? Mike Connors (the actor who played Joe Mannix) passed away, at the age of 91, last Thursday, January 26th. I did not see this on anyone's blogs, did not hear or read about it in the news and did not see anything about it on Facebook - I must have missed it or been asleep because I cannot imagine this was not publicized a lot. Connors played Joe Mannix, the private detective, in the series Mannix; the show running for 8 years from 1967 through 1975. That show and its main character Joe Mannix were icons of American youths. It was the show to watch at the time. More about him here.
If you are wondering why you never heard much from him politically, as you do from many of the Hollyweird tribe of leftist whackos, it probably was due to him having been a Republican (source). That was just another reason to like him as far as I am concerned.
God bless him. My sincere condolences to his family and loved ones and to his fans.
All the best,
Glenn B
If you are wondering why you never heard much from him politically, as you do from many of the Hollyweird tribe of leftist whackos, it probably was due to him having been a Republican (source). That was just another reason to like him as far as I am concerned.
God bless him. My sincere condolences to his family and loved ones and to his fans.
All the best,
Glenn B
There Was Just Something About That Smile...
...that made me wonder about the 'mannequin' in that exhibit!
As it turns out, a mannequin head used in a natural history exhibit, showing a man fighting off lions attacking his camel (a one humper, aka: dromedary), is apparently a real human head or at least contains the skull of a human. For many years it was known that the head's teeth were real human teeth but only recently did an x-ray of the head show it to contain a human skull! Reserachers at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of natural History made the discovery during a restoration of the exhibit. More here.
While they are saying they cannot return the skull to is gravesite, because the exhibit has been around since the mid-1800s and they do not know the location of the gravesite. I think they are assuming an awful lot regarding the source of the skull and I have to wonder if it ever was actually removed from a gravesite. Imagine, for a moment, if you will - that the skull and possibly other body parts incorporated into the mannequin are those of a murder victim and that the killer devised a devilishly unique plan to hide the remains. I wonder how many unsolved murders took place in and around Paris when the exhibit was created.
All the best,
Glenn B
As it turns out, a mannequin head used in a natural history exhibit, showing a man fighting off lions attacking his camel (a one humper, aka: dromedary), is apparently a real human head or at least contains the skull of a human. For many years it was known that the head's teeth were real human teeth but only recently did an x-ray of the head show it to contain a human skull! Reserachers at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of natural History made the discovery during a restoration of the exhibit. More here.
While they are saying they cannot return the skull to is gravesite, because the exhibit has been around since the mid-1800s and they do not know the location of the gravesite. I think they are assuming an awful lot regarding the source of the skull and I have to wonder if it ever was actually removed from a gravesite. Imagine, for a moment, if you will - that the skull and possibly other body parts incorporated into the mannequin are those of a murder victim and that the killer devised a devilishly unique plan to hide the remains. I wonder how many unsolved murders took place in and around Paris when the exhibit was created.
All the best,
Glenn B
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Super Bowl Sunday - Planning & Supply Stages
Let me start this by saying, I am not a football fan. Yeah, I kind of was one when I was young, maybe between the ages of 10 and 23 but forgot all about it when I got involved in the real world working for q living. My interest turned more toward guns & shooting, hunting, Mexican hellholes in which to get drunk and have some other fun (I was single then - get it) hiking and travel. Football never really did it for me before that and once I was out on my own it did even less. Still though, I can enjoy a good game now and then (the cheerleaders even more than the game - am married but am not dead) and just about the only ones I ever watch are the last three games of the playoffs. So, I will be watching the Super Bowl this coming Sunday along with my son Brendan. The last couple of few years, we went to Zum Stamtisch and watched at the bar along with my brothers-in-law. This year we are staying home because we are both working the next day.
With that in mind, I went to Costco today. I picked up a few things to enjoy during the big game. First of all, I grabbed a pork roast - a 16.66 pound pork shoulder. No doubt, I will cut in in two and freeze half of it but the half that does not get frozen is going to be devoured this weekend. Weather permitting and Brendan willing, it will be cooked on his smoker (he is excellent at it). If either the weather or Brendan does not want to cooperate I may give it a go on the BBQ grill; I don't mind it being crappy out while BBQing as long as it is not during a heavy downpour. Otherwise the wife will toss it into the oven and roast it with potatoes and onions. Mmmm mmmmm good Sweine Felisch! I have to say that Costco's pork shoulder is absolutely fabulous and that is because of the fat content - it is substantial and gives an excellent texture and flavor to any roast made with it. Screw lean pork, it is dry and virtually tasteless.
Of course, I also got some other delectables for us deplorables. I picked up a bag of small red & white taters. Costco used to sell bags containing a variety of white, red, purple and black potatoes but has not had them for a year or more near me, so the ones I got will have to do. I debated on getting a few pounds of shrimp for an appetizer and figured I would hold off on them until Saturday or Sunday and get them as fresh as possible. I did pick up a nice sized chunk of white cheddar cheese aged three years, one of my favorites; plenty of crackers in the cupboard. Grabbed a jar of medium salsa and a bag of Fritos corn chip scoops for that. Already have some cheese dip for the chips as well. I grabbed a jar of Kirkland Pesto too. I never even knew what was pesto (funny living most of my life in and near NYC and not knowing about pesto) until my brother-in-law Hans made some fish a few moths back. It was very tasty indeed and when I saw some at Costco awhile later, I bought it with some trepidation thinking it would taste like crap being I never expected anything in a jar to be as good as the fresh product. The fact is, it was the equal of, if not better than, what Hans had made. I have bought several since then and it goes excellently with a wide variety of other foods.
The last thing I picked up was a jar of garlic stuffed green olives. I am not a fan of olives. Until a few years ago, I would never eat them; then I started eating some spicy shriveled up black olives at a local Portuguese restaurant - they were quite different and delicious. Winds up that now, every now nd then, I can eat a couple or few olives in a salad or by themselves but still they are not a favorite of mine. Brendan, on the other hand, loves em and so does every one else in the family. I also already have a few jars of garlic horseradish pickles on hand - and man is this particular batch the spiciest ever. Then there are the Macadamia and Brazil nuts also already in the larder.
On Friday, or maybe Saturday if I get stuck working on Friday, I am going to get some last minute things like those shrimp I passed by today (well fresher ones than those in particular), maybe some scallops and baby octopus too. Not much, a few pounds in all, just enough to throw into a pot to cook up in a sort of hot & spicy ale based seafood stew I do or in a sherry and cream chowder (decisions - decisions). I'll also get some fresh cilantro, tomatoes, garlic and onions to make my own fresh salsa which I am sure will be better than what I got at Costco today. We already have some dried peppers from our garden around here somewhere to add the heat to the salsa.
Last but least will be the liquid refreshments. So far, I have a few good sized bottles of hard cider, a few bottles of Hop Stoopid Ale, a couple to few more other bottles of other ales, more than enough wine, and enough hard liquor (Tequila, Tanqueray Gin, Laird's Applejack, Spiced Rum, Vodka and Kirschwasser) to float my and Brendan's boat even enough if a few of his friends come over for the game. Brendan and I won't be drink an awful lot since he has to work the next day and so do I. If I recall right I am covering for someone the day after the Super Bowl - so it probably will be a hungover someone for whom I am working. Whatever - I sure do like to have a selection of what I like on hand; so, when the urge hits me for this or that, this or that is here. About the only things I am missing is a jar of moonshine cherries (or my own vodka cherries) and a bottle of Irish whiskey.
I think we will have a nice party. I may have to invite the brother's-in-law and son-in-law. Well Phil - what say you - are you coming for the game son-in-law of mine?
Shit, did I forget green vegetables - oh well - next year for them.
Let's go Islanders (oh wait, that is the other sport isn't it)...
All the best,
Glenn B
With that in mind, I went to Costco today. I picked up a few things to enjoy during the big game. First of all, I grabbed a pork roast - a 16.66 pound pork shoulder. No doubt, I will cut in in two and freeze half of it but the half that does not get frozen is going to be devoured this weekend. Weather permitting and Brendan willing, it will be cooked on his smoker (he is excellent at it). If either the weather or Brendan does not want to cooperate I may give it a go on the BBQ grill; I don't mind it being crappy out while BBQing as long as it is not during a heavy downpour. Otherwise the wife will toss it into the oven and roast it with potatoes and onions. Mmmm mmmmm good Sweine Felisch! I have to say that Costco's pork shoulder is absolutely fabulous and that is because of the fat content - it is substantial and gives an excellent texture and flavor to any roast made with it. Screw lean pork, it is dry and virtually tasteless.
Of course, I also got some other delectables for us deplorables. I picked up a bag of small red & white taters. Costco used to sell bags containing a variety of white, red, purple and black potatoes but has not had them for a year or more near me, so the ones I got will have to do. I debated on getting a few pounds of shrimp for an appetizer and figured I would hold off on them until Saturday or Sunday and get them as fresh as possible. I did pick up a nice sized chunk of white cheddar cheese aged three years, one of my favorites; plenty of crackers in the cupboard. Grabbed a jar of medium salsa and a bag of Fritos corn chip scoops for that. Already have some cheese dip for the chips as well. I grabbed a jar of Kirkland Pesto too. I never even knew what was pesto (funny living most of my life in and near NYC and not knowing about pesto) until my brother-in-law Hans made some fish a few moths back. It was very tasty indeed and when I saw some at Costco awhile later, I bought it with some trepidation thinking it would taste like crap being I never expected anything in a jar to be as good as the fresh product. The fact is, it was the equal of, if not better than, what Hans had made. I have bought several since then and it goes excellently with a wide variety of other foods.
The last thing I picked up was a jar of garlic stuffed green olives. I am not a fan of olives. Until a few years ago, I would never eat them; then I started eating some spicy shriveled up black olives at a local Portuguese restaurant - they were quite different and delicious. Winds up that now, every now nd then, I can eat a couple or few olives in a salad or by themselves but still they are not a favorite of mine. Brendan, on the other hand, loves em and so does every one else in the family. I also already have a few jars of garlic horseradish pickles on hand - and man is this particular batch the spiciest ever. Then there are the Macadamia and Brazil nuts also already in the larder.
On Friday, or maybe Saturday if I get stuck working on Friday, I am going to get some last minute things like those shrimp I passed by today (well fresher ones than those in particular), maybe some scallops and baby octopus too. Not much, a few pounds in all, just enough to throw into a pot to cook up in a sort of hot & spicy ale based seafood stew I do or in a sherry and cream chowder (decisions - decisions). I'll also get some fresh cilantro, tomatoes, garlic and onions to make my own fresh salsa which I am sure will be better than what I got at Costco today. We already have some dried peppers from our garden around here somewhere to add the heat to the salsa.
Last but least will be the liquid refreshments. So far, I have a few good sized bottles of hard cider, a few bottles of Hop Stoopid Ale, a couple to few more other bottles of other ales, more than enough wine, and enough hard liquor (Tequila, Tanqueray Gin, Laird's Applejack, Spiced Rum, Vodka and Kirschwasser) to float my and Brendan's boat even enough if a few of his friends come over for the game. Brendan and I won't be drink an awful lot since he has to work the next day and so do I. If I recall right I am covering for someone the day after the Super Bowl - so it probably will be a hungover someone for whom I am working. Whatever - I sure do like to have a selection of what I like on hand; so, when the urge hits me for this or that, this or that is here. About the only things I am missing is a jar of moonshine cherries (or my own vodka cherries) and a bottle of Irish whiskey.
I think we will have a nice party. I may have to invite the brother's-in-law and son-in-law. Well Phil - what say you - are you coming for the game son-in-law of mine?
Shit, did I forget green vegetables - oh well - next year for them.
Let's go Islanders (oh wait, that is the other sport isn't it)...
All the best,
Glenn B
Monday, January 30, 2017
Two Suspects Arrested & Identified In Canadian Mosque Shooting
At least one of the shooters in the Canadian mosque shooting has a Muslim sounding name, the other a Canadian sounding name. My guess is that they are both Muslims but that is just a guess right now even though they, or at least one of them, were/was reported to be shouting "Allahu Akbar" while shooting and at least one of them was of Moroccan origin. At first, it seemed to me that the media reports tried to steer folks to the belief that the attack was perpetrated by Canadians who were anti-Muslim extremists in as much as they reported that witnesses said the shooters had Quebecois (A French speaking native of Quebec) accents. They
then went on to talk about how witnesses were concerned about a pig's head having been left at a Mosque not all that long ago, seemingly as if one had led to the other. The reports even quoted the mosque's president as having said this about the pig's head: ""We were told that it was an isolated act, but today we have deaths," Yangui told reporters." I also am guessing that the idea that the culprits were anti-Muslim extremists did not hold pig's blood but again that is just my guess, I am sure more info will be divulged as to their identities. More here.
Soon though, no matter who were the killers, I am pretty sure someone down here in the USA will be blaming this on President Trump and his immigration policies. Just imagine how relieved George W. Bush must be since it appears that President Trump has finally taken the heat off of him.
My condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased and my wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured.
All the best,
Glenn B
then went on to talk about how witnesses were concerned about a pig's head having been left at a Mosque not all that long ago, seemingly as if one had led to the other. The reports even quoted the mosque's president as having said this about the pig's head: ""We were told that it was an isolated act, but today we have deaths," Yangui told reporters." I also am guessing that the idea that the culprits were anti-Muslim extremists did not hold pig's blood but again that is just my guess, I am sure more info will be divulged as to their identities. More here.
Soon though, no matter who were the killers, I am pretty sure someone down here in the USA will be blaming this on President Trump and his immigration policies. Just imagine how relieved George W. Bush must be since it appears that President Trump has finally taken the heat off of him.
My condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased and my wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured.
All the best,
Glenn B
A Nice Day At The Zoo - Nope!
There is a new Darwin Award nominee who, I think, is sure to be a winner. If climbing over two fences, to get into a zoo for free, and winding up being mauled to death in the tiger enclosure does not qualify one to win a Darwin Award - then what could qualify! More here.
There is a pretty gruesome video, on YouTube, of the man being mauled. I won't embed it here but will supply the link in the event some of you want to watch it. I watched pars of it, not nice at all. It is at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR1uU3t2-_Q
I am sure it will be removed soon but as I type, it is still available. I think regardless of the violent content, or maybe because of it, YouTube should not remove it in as much as it is a great reminder to assholes that they need to think before doing things like climbing over fences to avoid paying admission fees. The really sad thing is the guy had a job and paid for his wife and kids to enter the zoo, then climbed over the barriers with a friend (a friend who did not climb into the tiger enclosure). So his wife and kids were there, at least nearby, when it happened. A nice day at the zoo it was not.
All the best,
Glenn B
There is a pretty gruesome video, on YouTube, of the man being mauled. I won't embed it here but will supply the link in the event some of you want to watch it. I watched pars of it, not nice at all. It is at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR1uU3t2-_Q
I am sure it will be removed soon but as I type, it is still available. I think regardless of the violent content, or maybe because of it, YouTube should not remove it in as much as it is a great reminder to assholes that they need to think before doing things like climbing over fences to avoid paying admission fees. The really sad thing is the guy had a job and paid for his wife and kids to enter the zoo, then climbed over the barriers with a friend (a friend who did not climb into the tiger enclosure). So his wife and kids were there, at least nearby, when it happened. A nice day at the zoo it was not.
All the best,
Glenn B
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Wasted Travel Time
On the day after tomorrow, I showed up last Thursday but no one else was there. I don't get why they put up that sign if no one else was going to have showed up and they most certainly should have known either by today or the day after tomorrow! What a waste of my future travel time while time traveling but at least it is past me.
All the best,
Glenn B
So Today I Got A Can Of This...
...to start to refinish this:
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| Ugly - isn't it! |
Since then, it has just sat locked away, never had the urge since painting it to bring it to my local range like that. I have not started stripping off the paint yet because - while I am kind of, sort of, almost positively certain I want to refinish it - there is the consideration of pissing off she who must be obeyed once the fumes reach the living room, where she is currently watching television. The fumes almost certainly will start her
My only other concern is I am a bit worried that the paint remover will destroy whatever finish is on the metal under the paint. If it does, oh well I can repaint it and go zombie hunting with it. Maybe I should first test that on the bayonet that is hiding around here somewhere.
All the best,
Glenn B
Saturday, January 28, 2017
This Fed-Ex Employee Deserves A Medal And A Raise
A Fed-Ex delivery driver intervened during a bunch of leftist scum burning an American Flag, evidently put it out with a fire extinguisher. Then was confronted by members of the flag burning crowd whom he pushed away and whom he sprayed with the fire extinguisher he used to douse the flames. Amazingly enough, one other person in the video actually stands up for both the flag and the courageous driver. More here:
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/27/fedex-driver-saves-flag-burning-protest-iowa.
Maybe America is becoming great again. Fed-Ex has moved up several notches in my esteem because they have said they do not plan to fire him.
All the best,
GB
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/27/fedex-driver-saves-flag-burning-protest-iowa.
Maybe America is becoming great again. Fed-Ex has moved up several notches in my esteem because they have said they do not plan to fire him.
All the best,
GB
Friday, January 27, 2017
No Twigs, No Seeds, Nothing You Don't Need...
...Panera Bread is some bad assed eats, and that is a very good thing. Yes folks, I don't expect Panera Bread ever had twigs or seeds (at least no marijuana seeds) in their food (but had some healthy edible seeds) but the big news is that they recently banned all the stuff you don't need. They have banned over 100 additives that are often found in the food we buy at sandwich shops, other restaurants and supermarkets. They did that without and I repeat - WITHOUT - any government intervention from bureaucracies like the FDA. Why they did it was to give their customers what they want (source) and I would guess to continue to make a profit.
Can you imagine that, a big business (and yes Panera Bread is BIG business, reportedly with over 8 million customers per week and revenues over 2 billion dollars) with absolutely no government intervention all because it is what their customers want and because the owners of Panera Bread like to make a profit while and by satisfying their customers! It's called the free market folks (as opposed to Bernie Sanders wanting to give stuff away for free at taxpayers' expense). Long live capitalism.
A hat tip to peter Q for the info on this.
All the best,
Glenn B
Can you imagine that, a big business (and yes Panera Bread is BIG business, reportedly with over 8 million customers per week and revenues over 2 billion dollars) with absolutely no government intervention all because it is what their customers want and because the owners of Panera Bread like to make a profit while and by satisfying their customers! It's called the free market folks (as opposed to Bernie Sanders wanting to give stuff away for free at taxpayers' expense). Long live capitalism.
A hat tip to peter Q for the info on this.
All the best,
Glenn B
Off To Do Some Chores Soon And Get In A Little Shopping
First to the town offices to renew a dog license. Then maybe to Home Depot to get some paint with which to paint the basement floor. It's about time that I at least have everything I need to get the job done, then who knows, maybe I will start the job soon (maybe even this weekend).
After that, I think I will be headed to some local gun stores to check on the availability and prices of the new Ruger Mark IV pistol in both the blued steel and stainless versions of the target model with the 5.5" barrel. I have had some cash burning a hole in my pocket since last weekend when I sold two pistols.
All the best,
Glenn B
After that, I think I will be headed to some local gun stores to check on the availability and prices of the new Ruger Mark IV pistol in both the blued steel and stainless versions of the target model with the 5.5" barrel. I have had some cash burning a hole in my pocket since last weekend when I sold two pistols.
All the best,
Glenn B
One Down - Many More To Go
The first "sanctuary city" to drop its sanctuary status for illegal aliens is Miami as the mayor there has ordered city officials to comply with President Trumps executive order to prevent the city from losing federal funding. Of course, many other mayors, such as the douchebag in NYC, will fight Trump at all costs. As Mayor Bill de Blasio of NYC reportedly put it: "'We will not deport law-abiding New Yorkers', " (source).
The de Blasio quote has me wondering - since when did the states or the cities deport anyone and since when are ILLEGAL aliens law abiding? I guess though that comes as no surprises since leftists truly seem to live out their lives in Bizarro World apart from the rest of us here in the real world.
All the best,
Glenn B
The de Blasio quote has me wondering - since when did the states or the cities deport anyone and since when are ILLEGAL aliens law abiding? I guess though that comes as no surprises since leftists truly seem to live out their lives in Bizarro World apart from the rest of us here in the real world.
All the best,
Glenn B
Thursday, January 26, 2017
I Could See Him Getting Bitch Slapped...
...good and hard for screaming repeatedly into someone's ear like that, or maybe even being beaten to a bloody pulp.
Not that I necessarily advocate violence in return for screaming but I would think the guy being yelled at could think his hearing in jeopardy and that he may believe it to be a threat of serious injury and act accordingly. Of course, the fact that the asshole is not only screaming in the guy's ear but is also shoving into him with his body possibly could be considered assault in some places, and a threat of serious bodily injury since the guy being shoved seems to almost loose his balance a couple of times, which could result in a a fall and a serious injury and thus possibly could justifiably deserve force in return (again - in some places). I assure you, I would not idly have stood for what the jerk-off in the maroon cap was doing if it was being done to me and I felt so threatened I would have taken legal actions to defend myself until the threat had ceased.
All the best,
Glenn B
Good Riddance To An Alien of Sorts,....
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| Mark Morgan Border Patrol Chief, hopefully nevermore. Photo source. |
President Trump has ordered him out! That ouster will probably bode very well with the Border Patrol's union and rank & file considering that they opposed Morgan because he reportedly was supportive of President Obama's leniency toward illegal aliens (source). The Border Patrol union and its rank & file considered this outsider a disgrace (source). I say good riddance and don't let the border crossing hit you in the arse.
One has to wonder, what part of the term illegal alien was it that neither Obama nor Morgan understood to mean that they are here illegally and thus deserve nothing from us while those who wait, for years, to enter legally (and I mean those without refugee status) were pretty much ignored and forgotten by Obama. Hopefully President Trump will set this all right and legal immigration to our land by law abiding immigrants will become the desired norm as opposed to the entry of illegal aliens being accepted as normal or desired in any way shape of form.
Trump draining the swamp - I love it.
All the best,
Glenn B
The Upcoming Attempted Assassination Of President Donald Trump
I will be amazingly and happily surprised if there is not at least one serious assassination attempt made against President Donald Trump within the next 6 months at most but I believe one is imminent within that time frame. The American left evidently has become that completely anti-everything that is not in complete agreement with their absolutely foggy leftist agenda. They are totally intolerant of anything not falling within their extremely bizarre parameters and Trump is their main antagonist in their eyes.
As evidence of that, not only can you look to the civil unrest that was unleashed by the left upon Donald Trump becoming the lawfully elected president, to the numerous threats against him that have been made via social media and via public events such as when Madonna said she had considered blowing up the White House (source), to the head of a Secret Service office saying in essence that she would not defend the president (source - a leftist or at least liberal source at that) but now we also have this - a teacher allegedly shooting an image of Donald Trump while screaming "die" (source).
Yes, I had thought that maybe some good old racist white boy from the south would try to off Obama and that did not come to pass but then again he was a democrat just like most of those so called good old boys from the south. Trump, on the other hand is a Republican or at least ran as one, though he is as far removed from the RINOs as I can imagine (and that is a good thing). Anyway, it is definitely the left that is making threats against him and that seemingly poses the biggest credible threat to him. Yes indeed, I would be amazingly and happily surprised if such does not come to pass but with the current rabidity of the whackos on the left, I see it coming sooner than later and that is a bad thing.
Stay safe Mr. President Trump and keep doing what you are doing because we who voted for you, and by now I am sure many who did not vote for you, see you as the only person who has a chance of saving the United States of America from economic collapse and from the utter destruction of our Constitutional Republic by anarchists and leftists.
All the best,
Glenn B
As evidence of that, not only can you look to the civil unrest that was unleashed by the left upon Donald Trump becoming the lawfully elected president, to the numerous threats against him that have been made via social media and via public events such as when Madonna said she had considered blowing up the White House (source), to the head of a Secret Service office saying in essence that she would not defend the president (source - a leftist or at least liberal source at that) but now we also have this - a teacher allegedly shooting an image of Donald Trump while screaming "die" (source).
Yes, I had thought that maybe some good old racist white boy from the south would try to off Obama and that did not come to pass but then again he was a democrat just like most of those so called good old boys from the south. Trump, on the other hand is a Republican or at least ran as one, though he is as far removed from the RINOs as I can imagine (and that is a good thing). Anyway, it is definitely the left that is making threats against him and that seemingly poses the biggest credible threat to him. Yes indeed, I would be amazingly and happily surprised if such does not come to pass but with the current rabidity of the whackos on the left, I see it coming sooner than later and that is a bad thing.
Stay safe Mr. President Trump and keep doing what you are doing because we who voted for you, and by now I am sure many who did not vote for you, see you as the only person who has a chance of saving the United States of America from economic collapse and from the utter destruction of our Constitutional Republic by anarchists and leftists.
All the best,
Glenn B
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
You Never Know...
...when you're going to fall down a flight of stairs from the very top all the way to the floor below. I just did but I guess luckily for me I went down on me arse. The tip of my tailbone and left hip are killing me and a few other things are pretty darned painful but nothing appears disjointed or broken. I imagine the pain will only worsen a bit then get better over the course of the day. Oh joy, and I mean that most seriously in as much as I was not seriously injured.
One good thing, I found out my wife loves me enough to come running out of a dead sleep to help me. It even woke up my mother-in-law who came to see what happened.
Later 4U,
GB
One good thing, I found out my wife loves me enough to come running out of a dead sleep to help me. It even woke up my mother-in-law who came to see what happened.
Later 4U,
GB
Lefties Arming For Trumpocalypse
Yes folks, the leftists are arming themselves for fear that Trump will become a tyrant and impose Nazi-like tyranny upon us (source). This after Obama made it so that the government can seize anything you have in the name of the government, readied internment camps under FEMA's control, and threw the Constitution to the rocks at the base of the cliff and all Trump has donme so far is win an election, start to repeal or at least change Obama Care and keep jobs in the USA for citizens and legal resident aliens.
I will repost this for emphasis:
I will repost this for emphasis:
Monday, January 23, 2017
Home Again & Two Pistols Lighter
Brendan and I spent the weekend at my
brother-in-law Hans' place in upstate NY. Got there Friday night for what would
in essence be a party weekend but with a bit of a diversion on Saturday
for me. Enjoyed some Spaten
Lagers on Friday night. Come Saturday
morning at about 9 or 930 I headed over, by myself, to the Empire Plaza
Convention Center in Albany, NY. It is right next to the governor's
offices. The reason for heading that way was the Albany Gun Show; how
could I resist a gun show next to Governor Cuomo's offices - him being such a
rabidly anti-gun guy. I brought along three pistols with me in a green cloth
shopping bag, the kind you get at supermarkets. Once there, I hung a for sale
sign, that I had made on the back of a small target, to the bag and hung the
bag around my neck. It wasn't too heavy at first but at first wore out
quickly at it got heavy fast. I was lugging around a new in the box Taurus
Millennium G2 P140, an excellent condition Smith & Wesson Model 22A-1 and a
very good to maybe excellent condition High Standard M101 Duramatic.
I had a dealer as to look at them and he offered me only $350 for the Taurus and the High Standard. I was asking $225 for the Taurus (including box and papers) and $350 for the High Standard with two barrels. He wasn't interested in the S&W at my asking price of only $125 (which was an excellent buy for anyone with half a brain) as it was in excellent condition with box and papers. Of course, I was not interested in his offer, at least not that early in the show and figured I would complete the rounds of the three tiered room and look at everything while showing off my sign. I had a few folks stop me and ask me about what I had for sale but none were interested enough - as with cash in hand.
After about 45 minutes, I took a short break at the snack bar and had an iced tea. It was crowded and thus hot in the fairly small exhibition hall. My neck was aching so that break was welcomed. Anyway, after the drink, I started my rounds again on the lower level of the hall. Just as I had walked by the first dealers table, I hear the someone calling out to me - hey what have you got for sale. I turned around and saw it was the dealer. I showed him what I had and he was obviously quite interested. He looked them over and asked the price on each. His associate sitting at their table started running checks, I am guessing through something like The Blue Book of Gun Values, on his laptop. After a few minutes he said he would give me $400 for the S&W and the HS. I had been asking $125 for the SW and $350 for the HS. I told him that I'd take $425 for both. He jumped at it, pulled a wad of twenties out of his pocket, counted out $420, found a five and added that to it and handed the cash to me. Then we did the paperwork and I was smiling the whole time. Had I been there longer and it was near the end of the show for the day I would have settled for what the first guy had offered me.
I picked up the Duramatic a few years ago for $220. The S&W cost me $200 brand new. I fired a decent amount of rounds through the High Standard in that time and put a decent number but not as many through the S&W as I did the HS. I liked the High Standard M1-1 Duramatic but did not like the S&W at all. In my estimation the S&W was a piece of unmitigated junk. I could have asked more for it, maybe as much as $50 or even $75 more but just wanted rid of it quick. The High Standard, on the other hand, truly lived up to the high standards that the name implies and I asked for just under what it was worth at retail with two barrels. I did my research on the Duramatic too. I checked both the Blue Book of Gun Values and purchased a sales report from GunBroker that gave the pricing said model sold in GunBroker auctions over the past year. I did alright on that one. In fact, I did better than I had expected especially considering I was selling to a dealer. I am a happy camper and now have some cash maybe for another gun.
The only bummer about this deal was that when I got home today, I went to the local constabulary to have them taken off of my pistol license. When I told the clerk at the PD that I sold them at a gun show she grimaced, went to the back of the office to consult with a police officer and then came back and got the job done. I asked why she had made the face and she told me that their sergeants had told them it was absolutely illegal for any pistol license holder to sell a pistol at a gun show. She also added that whomever she just spoke to about it told her that was balderdash and it had been okay for me to have done so. Then the bummer - Paid $10 for each gun to come off of the license.
Anyway, I now have $405 leftover to add to the fund to buy another gun. I am thinking of getting a Glock 19 or a Ruger MK IV. That Ruger MK IV is singing a Siren's song but the allure of the Glock 19 for an everyday carry is just about the Ruger's equal. If I get lucky and sell one or two more guns, or some other things, before I spend what cash I have then maybe I can get both of them. For instance, here is a link to what I have up for sale right now.
I digress - so back to the weekend. After the gun show I headed back to Hans's place with cash in my pocket. All I had bought at the show was a t-shirt for Brendan and an iced tea (plus parking and admittance fees). Once back at Hans' place - Hans, his brother Alex, a friend Nancy, Brendan and I watched Angel On My Shoulder. Once that was over, Brendan and me headed out to pick up a couple of pizzas from a local restaurant. Surprisingly it was not bad at all. Then I had a few long awaited drinks - maybe three or four Spaten Lagers and a couple or few small glasses of Carolan's Irish Cream Liqueur (both brought along by me). Delicious and well worth the wait.
On Sunday, everything centered around fun and the upcoming football games that evening. We started the day with a hearty breakfast of sausages, ham steaks, eggs, English Muffins coffee and juice for those who wanted it. Soon after that I went with Alex to a local store for some stuff we needed then back to Hans' place. Once back, Hans and I also drove over to the Great Sacandaga Lake to meet Brendan who went there to check out the ice fishing folks. When we got there, I was pretty dismayed to see Brendan about 100 yards or more from shore on the ice that had pools of water here and there. The temps were in the high thirties and I was not happy at the possibilities but he wound up okay, came in to BS with us, then walked back out wanting me to take some pictures despite my objections (a father will worry a bit about stuff like that I suppose). Once back at Hans' place, Brendan and I did some shooting. He checked out his new 870 and I a used but new to me 870 with synthetic stock. Bothe were fine shooters as to be expected of any Remington 870 in good condition and these were in new condition (his) and like new condition (mine). Then, I gave Nancy a quick lesson in firearms safety and she took a shot, only one, with one of the guns I had along. Then I took some shots with my Beretta pistol. After that we all, except Alex, enjoyed a Bloody Mary each. Alex had something else because he is not into hot stuff and the Bloody Mary mix was a five pepper variety. I had picked the mix and all I can say was I have had better but it was still yummy.
After that it was time to start pigging out
pre-game time. Game time came on fast and the drinking and moshing continued
throughout the evening until and even a bit after the second game was over. I
did not drink much - maybe one Weihenstephaner Hefe Weiss Bier (I had brought Hans a case of it) and a
quasi-Margarita made with margarita mix and Everclear 190 proof grain alcohol
(another thing I had brought along). It was delicious - but I was the only one to
drink any of it - maybe two shots in the mixed drink and a half a capful
straight but that was enough considering it is 2.375 times as strong as 80
proof booze. Everyone else drank biers or mixed drinks of
whatever Hans had on hand and I think those four also enjoyed some of
Hans' fine Scotch collection - and I do mean a large collection of finer Scotch
whisky. Of course we also watched the games. As it turned out, Brendan and
Nancy did well in a football pool, they had split a box in each
game, winning one of the quarters in the second game thanks to that missed
extra point.
This morning we ate a hearty breakfast of bacon, sausages, eggs, English Muffins or toast and coffee and again orange juice for those who wanted it. I already had packed the car before breakfast and just about as soon as we were finished eating, Brendan and I said our goodbyes and hit the road. I am guessing that was about 945. We got hone at about 1110 or 115. Excellent time and we essentially beat the forecast storm. We were close to home when the winds started whipping then even closer to home when it started raining just a bit. It will stay rain down our way but Hans will probably be hit by a nasty winter storm of rain, frozen rain and snow.
In all the weekend was not only fun but also profitable for me as well as for Brendan and Nancy. Not a bad weekend at all, nope - not at all.
All the best,
Glenn B
I had a dealer as to look at them and he offered me only $350 for the Taurus and the High Standard. I was asking $225 for the Taurus (including box and papers) and $350 for the High Standard with two barrels. He wasn't interested in the S&W at my asking price of only $125 (which was an excellent buy for anyone with half a brain) as it was in excellent condition with box and papers. Of course, I was not interested in his offer, at least not that early in the show and figured I would complete the rounds of the three tiered room and look at everything while showing off my sign. I had a few folks stop me and ask me about what I had for sale but none were interested enough - as with cash in hand.
After about 45 minutes, I took a short break at the snack bar and had an iced tea. It was crowded and thus hot in the fairly small exhibition hall. My neck was aching so that break was welcomed. Anyway, after the drink, I started my rounds again on the lower level of the hall. Just as I had walked by the first dealers table, I hear the someone calling out to me - hey what have you got for sale. I turned around and saw it was the dealer. I showed him what I had and he was obviously quite interested. He looked them over and asked the price on each. His associate sitting at their table started running checks, I am guessing through something like The Blue Book of Gun Values, on his laptop. After a few minutes he said he would give me $400 for the S&W and the HS. I had been asking $125 for the SW and $350 for the HS. I told him that I'd take $425 for both. He jumped at it, pulled a wad of twenties out of his pocket, counted out $420, found a five and added that to it and handed the cash to me. Then we did the paperwork and I was smiling the whole time. Had I been there longer and it was near the end of the show for the day I would have settled for what the first guy had offered me.
I picked up the Duramatic a few years ago for $220. The S&W cost me $200 brand new. I fired a decent amount of rounds through the High Standard in that time and put a decent number but not as many through the S&W as I did the HS. I liked the High Standard M1-1 Duramatic but did not like the S&W at all. In my estimation the S&W was a piece of unmitigated junk. I could have asked more for it, maybe as much as $50 or even $75 more but just wanted rid of it quick. The High Standard, on the other hand, truly lived up to the high standards that the name implies and I asked for just under what it was worth at retail with two barrels. I did my research on the Duramatic too. I checked both the Blue Book of Gun Values and purchased a sales report from GunBroker that gave the pricing said model sold in GunBroker auctions over the past year. I did alright on that one. In fact, I did better than I had expected especially considering I was selling to a dealer. I am a happy camper and now have some cash maybe for another gun.
The only bummer about this deal was that when I got home today, I went to the local constabulary to have them taken off of my pistol license. When I told the clerk at the PD that I sold them at a gun show she grimaced, went to the back of the office to consult with a police officer and then came back and got the job done. I asked why she had made the face and she told me that their sergeants had told them it was absolutely illegal for any pistol license holder to sell a pistol at a gun show. She also added that whomever she just spoke to about it told her that was balderdash and it had been okay for me to have done so. Then the bummer - Paid $10 for each gun to come off of the license.
Anyway, I now have $405 leftover to add to the fund to buy another gun. I am thinking of getting a Glock 19 or a Ruger MK IV. That Ruger MK IV is singing a Siren's song but the allure of the Glock 19 for an everyday carry is just about the Ruger's equal. If I get lucky and sell one or two more guns, or some other things, before I spend what cash I have then maybe I can get both of them. For instance, here is a link to what I have up for sale right now.
I digress - so back to the weekend. After the gun show I headed back to Hans's place with cash in my pocket. All I had bought at the show was a t-shirt for Brendan and an iced tea (plus parking and admittance fees). Once back at Hans' place - Hans, his brother Alex, a friend Nancy, Brendan and I watched Angel On My Shoulder. Once that was over, Brendan and me headed out to pick up a couple of pizzas from a local restaurant. Surprisingly it was not bad at all. Then I had a few long awaited drinks - maybe three or four Spaten Lagers and a couple or few small glasses of Carolan's Irish Cream Liqueur (both brought along by me). Delicious and well worth the wait.
On Sunday, everything centered around fun and the upcoming football games that evening. We started the day with a hearty breakfast of sausages, ham steaks, eggs, English Muffins coffee and juice for those who wanted it. Soon after that I went with Alex to a local store for some stuff we needed then back to Hans' place. Once back, Hans and I also drove over to the Great Sacandaga Lake to meet Brendan who went there to check out the ice fishing folks. When we got there, I was pretty dismayed to see Brendan about 100 yards or more from shore on the ice that had pools of water here and there. The temps were in the high thirties and I was not happy at the possibilities but he wound up okay, came in to BS with us, then walked back out wanting me to take some pictures despite my objections (a father will worry a bit about stuff like that I suppose). Once back at Hans' place, Brendan and I did some shooting. He checked out his new 870 and I a used but new to me 870 with synthetic stock. Bothe were fine shooters as to be expected of any Remington 870 in good condition and these were in new condition (his) and like new condition (mine). Then, I gave Nancy a quick lesson in firearms safety and she took a shot, only one, with one of the guns I had along. Then I took some shots with my Beretta pistol. After that we all, except Alex, enjoyed a Bloody Mary each. Alex had something else because he is not into hot stuff and the Bloody Mary mix was a five pepper variety. I had picked the mix and all I can say was I have had better but it was still yummy.
This morning we ate a hearty breakfast of bacon, sausages, eggs, English Muffins or toast and coffee and again orange juice for those who wanted it. I already had packed the car before breakfast and just about as soon as we were finished eating, Brendan and I said our goodbyes and hit the road. I am guessing that was about 945. We got hone at about 1110 or 115. Excellent time and we essentially beat the forecast storm. We were close to home when the winds started whipping then even closer to home when it started raining just a bit. It will stay rain down our way but Hans will probably be hit by a nasty winter storm of rain, frozen rain and snow.
In all the weekend was not only fun but also profitable for me as well as for Brendan and Nancy. Not a bad weekend at all, nope - not at all.
All the best,
Glenn B
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