Just Finished My Ammo Inventory

Well, I almost finished the inventory anyhow. I think I may have one or three boxes of shotgun slugs and a couple or few boxes of 35 REM in with my hunting gear. I will check on that tomorrow. I need to keep a better running record of how much ammo I acquire and how much I shoot. It would be easy enough since I am keeping the inventory as an Excel file but I'll be darned if I always fill it out each time I get more or shoot or sell some. Doing that would make it much easier to inventory as it would be a running record but I am known not to always do things the easy way.

I need to learn though to do it the easy way. Tonight's inventory took me through just over 7 hours. The real time to do the inventory would be minus about 90 minutes (30 minutes for dinner and 60 or so minutes that it took to watch this week's episode of The Walking Dead). So, the actual inventory time was about 5 1/2 hours. Wow, that was a drawn out process. Everything in my footlocker and ammo cans has been counted. So too was counted the full boxes of what does not fit into either the footlocker or ammo cans. The inventory was for full boxes and loose rounds in ammo cans. I did not count the number of rounds in partial boxes but there are not all that many of them and as I said the only other full boxes I think I may have are in with my hunting gear. I can tally them tomorrow.

You may be wondering how many rounds I have on hand but with all due respect please allow me to say that such is none of anyone's business but my own. Let me just say, it could last be a good while of shooty goodness.

All the best,
Glenn B

It's Ammo Inventory Time Again

It's been almost a year since I did my last inventory of all of my ammo back in April 2016. I figure it is time to do it over if only because I am pretty certain I never subtracted a bunch of rounds I fired over the course of the year and also never added some newly acquired stuff to the list. It will probably balance out over all, or come close the total on the last one. Soon though, my supply of 5.56X45MM NATO will likely dwindle when I send or bring some down to my son in AR. I suppose to that I should bring him some 7.62X39MM and some 12 gauge too. What is a father to do when his son moves to a freer state than is the tyrannical regime of New-Yorkistan.

I suppose I will be busy for at least the next couple of hours getting this done.

Later 4 U,
GB

It's Tough to Find But I Sold A Spam Can...

...of 440 rounds of 7.62X54R today. I sold it at a lower price than most are offered today but still made a fair profit on the sale. Truth be told, I wish I had more of them to sell but I only have a couple of others so would not even consider selling them. Anyway, I am slowly but surely building up funds for the next Hessney Gun Auction I plan to attend later this month. This one is slated as an Early Gun & Military Auction on one of their website's pages and as An Early Gun & Military Auction on another. I think the former is correct after looking over what lots they have listed already.

This time around, I may use a different strategy than what I have used during other auctions. Instead of bidding on a large number of firearms, I am thinking of concentrating on only three or four at most. In fact, there is one I am sighting in on in particular. I have seen only their online pics of it but should get a better look at the auction preview the night before the auction. I usually freely talk or blog about which one are those of interest to me but not this time - I want that one badly enough to keep mum about it.

All the best,
GB

Blizzard Warning - The Great Bliaed of 2017About To Hit NYC Area

The weather mavens are predicting that starting late Monday night, snow will start falling and winds will start blowing and it will all only end after 12-18 inches of the white stuff has covered: New York City, Long Island, Southern Westchester, Southern Fairfield, Southern New Haven, Middlesex, and New London counties (source). No wonder my boss asked me to be on standby for Tuesday to cover for a guy who drives about a 3 hour one way commute to the Bronx, NY everyday for work. Well, I should say every workday on which it does not snow any amount above an inch or two that sticks.

I may hate to have to tell my boss, but if we are in the middle of a blizzard come Tuesday morning, I probably will not be working either. That stands whether or not the Bronx office is open. I covered once before during a storm like that and it took me somewhere around three hours to get home.It's only about 18 miles but that usually takes me an hour to an hour and a quarter! NYC traffic sucks and you can bet your bottom dollar it sucks a whole lot more during a blizzard. What sucked even more was that they closed the office early because of the storm and thus I got less pay than usual. I really don't see why they open in the first place when it's snowing like that and see no reason for me to go in during blizzard conditions.

All the best,
GB

American Unity Day

How about we have a monthly American Unity Day held by U.S. Citizens & Legal Resident Aliens. On those days, every U.S. Citizen & Legal Resident Alien should refuse to go to work, refuse to purchase anything (and thus pay zero sales tax), rally in support of American Unity and write to their Senators and Representatives in Congress to say that they oppose illegal aliens being allowed to remain within our borders. How nice that would be and I would bet it would be more effective - than any: Anti-Trump Rally, anti Christian protest, LGBT parade, Women's Day or any day at all wherein illegal aliens decide not to work - at getting the attention of every politician within this country. Of course, one of the objectives would be to have every day as one without illegal aliens.

I'd like to see it done once, let alone monthly, but I know it likely will never happen because, unlike the leftist slugs in this country, most U.S. Citizens and Legal Resident Aliens who might like to do so would be too busy with their responsibilities. You know what I mean - like by working, or doing other things, to support themselves and their families while being productive members of society.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Patience Dear - She Said

 

All the best,

Glenn B

I Just Love...

...those pink targets. Thought some of you might enjoy them too.

All the best,
Glenn B

Resolved Reminisced

I have never been good at dates, chronologies, time frames and such. If you ask me about things that happened in my life, there are very few for which I can give a date of occurrence or even name the year in which they happened. I may remember something took place 'when I was a teenager, or before I turned 9, of when I was in my twenties or when I was a middle aged adult but that is often the best I can do. Of course, some dates were easy to remember such as my mother's birthday (it was on Christmas and thus hard to forget) but I will be damned if I can recall the date of her passing although I do recall it was in September a few years back. Heck, to this day I can recall what was my brother's birthday nor which is my sister's. I even have difficulty remembering the month each as born although I know each was born in the summertime.

So that all made it kind of odd that just a moment or so ago, I wondered when it was that I had heard the best word in the world used to describe the follow-up PET scan results subsequent to my radiation and chemo treatments for stage 4 throat cancer. I knew I heard that word, read it too because I almost could not believe what I was hearing, that it was five years ago when I heard it. I knew it was in March to. I guess that since the word was so important to me, the best word in the world, at least the month and year I heard it was never forgotten. For the life of me though, I could not remember the exact date and that is why, just moments ago, it was kind of odd that I thought about when was the date. I just checked, the date is today. It has been 5 years since I heard the word in regard to my cancer.

There is something else I remember, it was what the doctor had said to me, the chemo doc - the straightest shooter of all the docs and medical personnel who treated me. He had told me, early on, that my battle and me sticking with the treatments, for all of them, would be the hardest thing I would have ever done in my life. He was right about that. From September 2011 through November 2011 and the few months following until March 7, 2012, I never thought that I would be here today but here I am today a survivor and I am thankful to them (and to everyone else who supported me)for saving me just as I was thankful on the day I heard the word Resolved.

There was one other thing the chemo doc told me when he gave me those excellent results. He told me, after I thanked him and told him I was going to go thank the other doctors, nurses, radiation techs, and the rest of the staff. He told me I had forgotten to mention that I would thank the most important person involved in it. I asked whom I had neglected to mention and he said it was me and then reminded me then that he had told me it would be the hardest thing I ever did in my life. I recall my wife's jaw dropping when he said it; she had never quite believed it was as bad as I had told her. I don't think she or my kids wanted to believe it but I must say, yes it was the hardest battle I have ever fought. In fact it was the hardest thing I have ever done. 

So what is the point? I suppose that if you are battling cancer or know someone who is in that same situation, you or they need to know there is hope if you fight it. My odds back then were said to be 50-50 at the very best but only if I went through all of the treatments. So, if you are there now - give it and yourself your best fight and maybe, instead of being mourned, you will be here 5 years from today celebrating life.

All the best,
GB

Cat Burgulars Face Vertical Ascents, Manipulation Of Entryways & Tight Squeezes...

...as part of their daily routine. Some fail but for this one it was all no problem at all.

All the best,
GB

Goats - They Are Pretty Smart

All the best,
Glenn B

"Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave...

...when first we practice to deceive." Of course, there is a cure for that.  

 

All the best,
Glenn B

The Sun Has Set For Robert Osborne

https://www.flickr.com/photos/peabodyawards/
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Now this man I will miss. In fact, I missed Robert Osborne for many months now if not well over a year since I last saw him on TCM. I wodered what had happened to him - retirement, illness, etc. One reason I liked him was that he was a truly knowledgeable film historian and a real entertainer, at least when I saw him on TCM. I never heard him even once use his platform on TCM to speak once about politics or social issues even though, I believe he was gay (source). While he may have done so elsewhere, like when hosting the Oscars (which I have not watched in well over a decade or two) he did not ruin classic films by using them as a platform for such.

 

Regardless of his social life or of his politics, he seemed like a nice classy guy and he presented only the subject matter of his work while appearing on TCM. I appreciated that because I have been sick and tired of celebrities who believe themselves to be social justice warriors who try to shove their views in your face as if they were some kind of authorities on just about every issue imaginable. This man was an authority on film history and that is what he presented and he did so with class.  He certainly gave excellent intros to, and reviews of, classic films.

 

He gone forever now but hopefully will be honored and remembered by way of TCM playing reruns of the movies he loved along with his movie reviews. My condolences to his family and loved ones.

 

More on Osborne and his life's accomplishments here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Osborne

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Woke Up This Monday Morning And Wondered...

...what in Hades happened to Saturday night and all day Sunday! I suppose that while I was wondering that this morning, I must have had a case of the Monday morning blues.



All the best,
Glenn B

If You Can Read This...

...you are one heck of a good friend to get that close or I must have missed and you got me.

All the best,
Glenn B

My Son Got To AR Yesterday...

...at about 3PM AR time (central standard time or about 12 minutes from now as I type). At 237 PM AR time today, he sent me this photo of himself and what he caught, from what looks like a mud hole. That was in just under 24 hours after his arrival.

Looks like he is having fun. He may have moved down there to find a job and get his own place but why not at least have fun until Monday! Anyway, catching his own dinner is a good way to be frugal until he gets a job.

All the best,
Glenn B

Brass & Plastic Shotgun Shells Or Not

I was moving some stuff around my basement today and found a bunch of shotgun shells loose in a box of other stuff. I reached in to grab them and, when I pulled them out, a magnet that had also been in the box came out attached to them. That had me befuddled because I always thought the metal part of shotgun shells either to be brass (the gold looking metal) or in the case of the silvery looking ones to be nickel or aluminum. I guess I was wrong on the brass or aluminum since the only metal among the three just mentioned, that is attracted to a magnet, is nickel. Of course, maybe some are made of brass or aluminum but there is some other thing inside the shell that is attracted to a magnet but I don't recall ever seeing anything like that in a spent shell.

Here is a short video showing that the metal in at least four major brands of shotgun ammo is magnetic and thus not brass or aluminum. Pardon the lousy quality of the video but it is more than good enough to illustrate what I am talking about.

 

All the best,
Glenn B

Beware Falling Rocks

A woman running for a seat in Congress allegedly made comments that in essence say that the moon is tactically valuable to earth because if rocks are dropped from there they will impact earth with the energy of hundreds of nuclear bombs. More here: http://www.dailywire.com/news/13949/democrat-running-congress-thinks-you-can-destroy-hank-berrien

My thoughts on this are simply that it is amazing how folks who are seemingly imbeciles or maybe even idiots can be run for positions of authority in our government. You probably safely can bet there are people of equal lesser intelligence already therein (like the Congressman who said Guam could possibly tip over and capsize if over populated). 

 

Just in case you were wondering, though I figure you have already guessed it, she is running as a Democrat.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Maybe She Needs Glasses - Maybe Not

All the best,
Glenn B

An Extremely Bittersweet Day For Me

Today I did something that made me feel just about the saddest I have ever felt. I saw Brendan off as he left home to relocate to Benton, Arkansas. Of course, it was also one of the proudest and happiest moments for me because he has set off on his own out into the world. He did that even though he has no real job prospects and no apartment or house lined up down in Benton. I suppose such is youth, willing to take risks that things will work out and I also suppose why not do it that way. As for why he picked Benton, it's because a good friend of his lives down there and he visited him before and liked it there.

As far as why he has moved; well, besides being sick of living at home and wanting to make it on his own - he was, as am I, sick of New York State, its high cost of living, its extreme liberalism and the over abundance of what amount to tyrannical regulations, restrictions and laws imposed on residents of this state. In essence, he has moved on to what he hopes will be a freer state and one with decent job and living opportunities. Since he has been a truck driver for the past couple or so years, I think he will do just fine in the employment department. As for living accommodations, he will live with a friend of his down that way until he gets his own place. As for transportation he has his car and I am formerly gifting it to him since it is currently registered and titled in my name.

I am hoping, and dare I say even praying (in my own manner), that he will - as Mr. Spock used to say on Star Trek - live long and prosper. To that I will add - in good health and happiness. I miss him dearly already; he was and remains my best buddy.

All the best,
Glenn B

Such A Deal - I'd Take Two (or more)

 

Here is the website address for that gun store, just in case anyone wants to try to get in on that free bazooka deal:

 

http://www.goodhuemarineandfirearms.com/

 

For some reason though, I am thinking they mean free Bazooka Bubble Gum.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

 

I'm Betting Unions & Politicians Will Balme It On Everyone But Themselves

The 'it' being the dismal failure of union pension funds that is affecting thousands of retired teamsters in NY state (and will soon probably affect thousands if not tens of thousands in other states). Regardless of written promises that their pensions were safe, thousands of retied teamsters in NY have received notices that their pensions have been being drastically cut.


Imagine trying to live on $3,479 a month in one of the most expensive states, if not the most expensive state, in the USA. Then imagine your pension being cut by more than 1/3 to $2,000 a month just one year ago. It just got worse. This month everything reportedly changed again when the pension was turned over to a government guaranty corporation. Those pensioners now reportedly can expect to receive about $1,170 a month. That is $14,040 per year - hell, illegal aliens working shadow jobs make more than that and those on welfare are probably much better off because they don't need to pay income taxes; yet, the retired teamsters do have to pay them. Those figures just quoted are the case of Ray Navarez, a former truck driver but thousands of other teamsters are in the same financial shape after the pension fund failed. Others are in worse shape:


"Ex-trucker Edward Hernandez, 67, went from $2,422 a month to $1,465 last year. As of this month, his gross check is $902. After federal taxes, it’s $721 — but he still has to pay state and city taxes." (That $902 is $10,824 gross per year and would work out to $5.20 an hour based ion a 40 hour work week.)


Some of the retired teamsters have had to sell their homes and at least one is collecting cans and bottles to get the 5 cent deposit money for each one! I would guess more will soon be doing likewise. That, by the way, is only the tip of the iceberg. It is feared that other union pension plans across the USA will soon suffer similar fates and that municipal and state funded pensions will be soon to follow.


More here: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/n-y-retirees-struggle-survive-pension-fund-bottoms-article-1.2982399


This is the shit that liberal and even conservative politicians have caused with their political shenanigans and their forcing unions upon the workers of America. It is my bet that while union pension plans are suffering, those who control the unions are still sucking in big pay checks and pensions but as I said that is my guess. It will be likewise if government pensions fail. Those in power will still be raking in the big bucks while more pensioners have to sell their homes to survive if they are unable to return to the workforce. I have always considered unions much the same as government - both being breeding grounds for incompetence.


All the best,
Glenn B

Maybe She Really Is Black..

...and maybe she is not but now she may be on her way to being a homeless bum. 

"Rachel Dolezal, the infamous white woman who for years passed herself off as African American and rose to become head of an NAACP branch, is now jobless, on food stamps and expects to soon be homeless." (Source.)


If she is not black, she seemingly is trying her damnedest to fit the racial stereotype that the NAACP has tried for decades to end. Oh the irony.


All the best,
Glenn B

What's Your Super Power

I like it.

All the best,

GB

Marriage

Leftists Are Insidious...

...and I believe they are here stirring the melting pot and trying to get it not just to boil over but to explode. Take for example the call for a March 8th strike by the woman of the USA. A massive and possibly militant strike is being planned against not only Republicans like President Donald Trump but against liberals as well (source). In other words - it is in essence a strike against all of us or in my opinion a call for anarchy and disruption with the ultimate intent of toppling the government.


According to this NY Post article, among the reported co-authors of the call are Angela Davis (reportedly a former member of the Communist Party USA - source), Tithi Bhattacharya (who reportedly has praised Maosim - source the same NY Post article) and Rasmea Yousef Odeh (a convicted terrorist who allegedly fraudulently gained U.S. citizenship - source).


A revolution in this country may be coming sooner than expected my friends - and I believe it may soon come to pass that these and others may attempt to overthrow our Constitutional Republic by any means possible, including violent ones. At the very least - I think we should expect them to make further attempts to destroy what unity there is among us and that they will, in my belief, almost undoubtedly resort to violent means in their continued attempts to do so. I think we need to be prepared to defend ourselves and our country by any legal means. Stay vigilant, stay safe and remain at the ready.


All the best,
Glenn B