After about 3.5 months of submitting over 90 applications, résumés and cover letters, I have found myself a job. It sure isn't what I had in mind, as far as pay or hours go nor as the position itself goes, but it is a job even if only part time. I am starting at $14 an hour with yearly raises. It is a civil service job with no benefits other than salary, that because it is part time. The job itself is a security guard slot at a public library. The hours are, as I said, part time - probably only 8 to 12 hours a week to start. I can probably earn just enough for two weeks worth of groceries a month at that rate. More hours may be forthcoming.
As I said, not what I ever had envisioned myself doing with my investigative skills. Yet, other places, such as a large, well known department store, the owner of which never told Mr. Gimble anything nor did Mr. Gimble tell Mr. ---- any of his secrets (you need to be fairly old to understand that), have turned me down time and time again for similar positions because they say they cannot match my skill set or I am flat out unqualified. Imagine being unqualified for employment as a front door guard at a department store! That was pretty depressing to hear especially since they paid better and had more available hours but getting this job is a blessing since I have been out of work since November.
As it now stands, I am taking what I can get and will be happy with it to supplement my partial pension payments. I will probably keep looking for another job and if luck has it that I find another part time job, well then, I may wind up with two of them.
As for this job offer, it should be at least somewhat interesting working in a library across the street from a high school. Of course, the hours I work will be right around when the school kids are there. I imagine the job will be not so much to protect them as to protect the library from them but maybe a bit of both.
Who knows? I may like the job; I used to love hanging out at the library as a kid. It got me out of the misery of my childhood family life and into the fantasy of living a life of adventure by way of reading about others' lives and such. I guess that kind of led me to my career and the work I did over the past 32 years, that sure was an adventure at times - more than my fair shares worth.
Anyway, libraries are pretty neat and I am hopeful I will have book borrowing privileges (it is in another county than where I live, so maybe and maybe not). Too bad all my years of seeking out, collecting, preserving and cataloging evidence, intelligence gathering, intelligence analysis, report writing, and the like does not qualify me for a even an assistant librarian position. It would be okay by me if it did so - working as a librarian, even an assistant librarian, would be kind of fun, if for nothing else, then for a change of pace.
All the best,
Glenn B
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Still Kicking...
...just have not been blogging. I have not been wanting to write about politics, have not done anything gun-wise (well, a little but that is for a blog post later tonight or tomorrow) and have been just plain out lazy this week. I promise to get something out by tomorrow night. I have a bone to pick with Glock reference the sight repairs on my Glock 26 and a good thing or two to say about Browning so far relative to my having sent in the Citori Lightning for repair but as I said, later for that stuff.
All the best,
GB
All the best,
GB
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Imagine Foreign Troops Landing On Our Beaches - Would Obama Be As Indecisive
This is one powerful video about a man who is obviously not presidential material even though he is our president. I shudder to think how he would react should another country sink some of our fleet, then foreign troops begin landing on our beaches instead of oil.
Oil Spill Timeline from RightChange on Vimeo.
It is a powerful reminder of just how inept is President Obama. I think, he should have stayed in community organizing.
Thanks to Pete Q. for the link to the video.
All the best,
Glenn B
Oil Spill Timeline from RightChange on Vimeo.
It is a powerful reminder of just how inept is President Obama. I think, he should have stayed in community organizing.
Thanks to Pete Q. for the link to the video.
All the best,
Glenn B
Another Firearms Safety Rule That Colonel Cooper Did Not Mention In The 4 Rules
You should strive to always carry your pistol in a holster or other device designed to carry the type of pistol you are carrying. Carrying one in a pocket or in the waistband of your pants is not a smart idea. Shame on me for sometimes carrying one in my pocket, but it is unlikely I would ever shoot myself like the guy in the linked article shot himself if only because rarely is there a round in the chamber when I do it that way. That is the second person I know of who shot himself where this guy got it. Ouch.
http://www.freep.com/article/20120615/NEWS03/120615029/Man-shoots-himself-in-the-penis-in-Birmingham?odyssey=tab%7ctopnews%7ctext%7cFRONTPAGE
A hat tip to Larry H. for the link.
All the best,
Glenn B
http://www.freep.com/article/20120615/NEWS03/120615029/Man-shoots-himself-in-the-penis-in-Birmingham?odyssey=tab%7ctopnews%7ctext%7cFRONTPAGE
A hat tip to Larry H. for the link.
All the best,
Glenn B
Home Depot Hits A Home Run With My BBQ Grill On Fathers' Day
I bought a new BBQ grill on Friday. I got it to replace a 5 year old Charm-Glow grill that was pretty good but that had a burner explode on me. That was maybe due to a spider finding it comfy and building a web inside the burner. I heard that is the number one reason they go pop. Not a big explosion, I did not even hear it as I was probably inside the house when it happened but enough to break the burner apart and flare out the exploded ends where it came apart.
As for the new grill, I tried to get it earlier last week but all they had were display models and I wanted to get one assembled right out of the box because all the display models were outside getting soaked in the rain and building up rust. Home Depot would oblige but I had to wait because the assembler was not going to be until Friday. So, I was patient. The new one was ready on Friday and I picked it up, rented a Home Depot truck to cart it home and had my son and a couple of his friends help me offload it. I even got $35 plus tax off of the price because it had a few minor dents in it. Not bad.
Then yesterday, I found out one of the burner/igniter control knobs, for the sear burner, did not work properly. Damn, what luck, that little black cloud, with my name on it, found me again but I suppose you get what you pay for and this while not the least expensive certainly is not a Weber. In fact, it is a Brinkman Elite, 6 burner grill (they call it a 4 burner grill but it has 4 regular burners, a sear burner and a side burner and no matter how I add it up that comes out to 6 burners). I decided to exchange it and called Homers to see what had to be done. They told me I had to return it before they could do an exchange. I explained that would cause me to have to make 3 round trips back and forth to Home Depot. I would have to drive there in my own car and park in in their lot, then drive home with an empty truck to pick up the grill, drive back to Homer's with the old grill, pick up the new grill and drive it home from HD (not Harley Davidson), then return the empty truck to Home Depot, where I would pick up my car to drive home. I asked if it would be okay for me to drive there and leave my car, pay for the new grill and have it loaded onto a truck (at no charge to me for the rental fee), drive the new one home, offload it with my son, load the old one onto the truck and drive it back to HD (thus only one round trip with the truck), where I would drop off the old grill and get a refund for it, then pick up my car and drive home. The guy told me that required management approval and he was talking about me buying a new one and getting a refund for the old one - not the truck use at no charge to me. Three and a half hours and about 3 of my phone calls later, they told me they would bring the new one to me and exchange it for the old one. GREAT thought I. As I should have expected, what with that black cloud of mine, they never came yesterday, it was a few more hours before they called me to tell me they would have to do it today.
This morning at 0900, I called HD and was told they would leave HD with the new grill at 1000. I called them again at about 1115 but before the call went through on my cell phone, the house phone rang. It was the delivery guys, they were outside my house. They brought in the new one, looked at the old one, affirmed the problem, then set up the new one, hooked up the gas and made sure all the burners worked as they should. They were really very nice about it, professional and very courteous and apologetic about the one that did not work. As they left, I gave them a $20 tip that I hope was more than enough for a good lunch for them. I just figure it came out of the $38 and change I had saved when I got that off the price of the first one because of the dents. While they arrived here later than expected, but before noon as promised, they sure saved the day because we are going to have a BBQ this afternoon and out future in-laws are coming over for a joint Fathers' Day celebration. I have to hand it to Home Depot for going the extra mile on this one and actually doing the exchange for me at my home. That was really very nice of them. I always sort of thought of them as a we do not give a shit company, much the way I see Walmart and other such stores but I was certainly wrong about this particular Home Depot. They went out of their way to satisfy the customer and did it in the nick of time too. After the delivery guys left, and after I made sure the grill was working, I called up customer service at the store where I bought the grill. I thanked the customer service gal (who helped me today) profusely. I also asked her to convey my thanks to the customer service gal who helped me yesterday, the manager (who okay'd the exchange at my house, maybe even thought of it first), the assembler (who made sure one was ready for me and who apparently pushed for the exchange at my house) and I told her what a great job the delivery guys did today and how professional and courteous they acted. They really did a nice thing. I have to say, I think the customer service gal was rather surprised I called to thank her, she sure seemed surprised and quite happy about it too. When you (or I)get service like that it is your (or my) responsibility to let them know about it just as you would complain if it was bad service (anyway - I would complain).
Now, I just hope it is a good cooker. After the delivery guys left, I turned it on to check it to make sure all the burners work (a second but why take chances). I left it on for about 10 to 15 minutes towaste gas to break it in. Seems to work just fine. As far as cooking goes, I bet I will get stuck doing all the grilling today even though it is Fathers' Day. Oh well, it is a man thing or so my wife would say - maybe (I sure would say so). I must admit though she does her share of the BBQ'ing and would do it today if I asked her to do it. I may as well do something around here now and then and grilling is not a bad something to do so long as I have a cold one in hand Funny, I just stocked up the mini-fridge in the man cave with a 12 pack of Spaten Oktoberfest and still have a couple of Franziskaner Hefe Weisse Biers in there.
Happy Fathers' Day
All the best,
Glenn B
As for the new grill, I tried to get it earlier last week but all they had were display models and I wanted to get one assembled right out of the box because all the display models were outside getting soaked in the rain and building up rust. Home Depot would oblige but I had to wait because the assembler was not going to be until Friday. So, I was patient. The new one was ready on Friday and I picked it up, rented a Home Depot truck to cart it home and had my son and a couple of his friends help me offload it. I even got $35 plus tax off of the price because it had a few minor dents in it. Not bad.
Then yesterday, I found out one of the burner/igniter control knobs, for the sear burner, did not work properly. Damn, what luck, that little black cloud, with my name on it, found me again but I suppose you get what you pay for and this while not the least expensive certainly is not a Weber. In fact, it is a Brinkman Elite, 6 burner grill (they call it a 4 burner grill but it has 4 regular burners, a sear burner and a side burner and no matter how I add it up that comes out to 6 burners). I decided to exchange it and called Homers to see what had to be done. They told me I had to return it before they could do an exchange. I explained that would cause me to have to make 3 round trips back and forth to Home Depot. I would have to drive there in my own car and park in in their lot, then drive home with an empty truck to pick up the grill, drive back to Homer's with the old grill, pick up the new grill and drive it home from HD (not Harley Davidson), then return the empty truck to Home Depot, where I would pick up my car to drive home. I asked if it would be okay for me to drive there and leave my car, pay for the new grill and have it loaded onto a truck (at no charge to me for the rental fee), drive the new one home, offload it with my son, load the old one onto the truck and drive it back to HD (thus only one round trip with the truck), where I would drop off the old grill and get a refund for it, then pick up my car and drive home. The guy told me that required management approval and he was talking about me buying a new one and getting a refund for the old one - not the truck use at no charge to me. Three and a half hours and about 3 of my phone calls later, they told me they would bring the new one to me and exchange it for the old one. GREAT thought I. As I should have expected, what with that black cloud of mine, they never came yesterday, it was a few more hours before they called me to tell me they would have to do it today.
This morning at 0900, I called HD and was told they would leave HD with the new grill at 1000. I called them again at about 1115 but before the call went through on my cell phone, the house phone rang. It was the delivery guys, they were outside my house. They brought in the new one, looked at the old one, affirmed the problem, then set up the new one, hooked up the gas and made sure all the burners worked as they should. They were really very nice about it, professional and very courteous and apologetic about the one that did not work. As they left, I gave them a $20 tip that I hope was more than enough for a good lunch for them. I just figure it came out of the $38 and change I had saved when I got that off the price of the first one because of the dents. While they arrived here later than expected, but before noon as promised, they sure saved the day because we are going to have a BBQ this afternoon and out future in-laws are coming over for a joint Fathers' Day celebration. I have to hand it to Home Depot for going the extra mile on this one and actually doing the exchange for me at my home. That was really very nice of them. I always sort of thought of them as a we do not give a shit company, much the way I see Walmart and other such stores but I was certainly wrong about this particular Home Depot. They went out of their way to satisfy the customer and did it in the nick of time too. After the delivery guys left, and after I made sure the grill was working, I called up customer service at the store where I bought the grill. I thanked the customer service gal (who helped me today) profusely. I also asked her to convey my thanks to the customer service gal who helped me yesterday, the manager (who okay'd the exchange at my house, maybe even thought of it first), the assembler (who made sure one was ready for me and who apparently pushed for the exchange at my house) and I told her what a great job the delivery guys did today and how professional and courteous they acted. They really did a nice thing. I have to say, I think the customer service gal was rather surprised I called to thank her, she sure seemed surprised and quite happy about it too. When you (or I)get service like that it is your (or my) responsibility to let them know about it just as you would complain if it was bad service (anyway - I would complain).
Now, I just hope it is a good cooker. After the delivery guys left, I turned it on to check it to make sure all the burners work (a second but why take chances). I left it on for about 10 to 15 minutes to
Happy Fathers' Day
All the best,
Glenn B
A Complaint About My Blog Photos - I Do Get Complaints
I recently posted about my new Obama T-shirt. The complaints usually are post-specific and are usually left in the comments section of my blog posts. I usually answer those complaints right in the comments section but today I will answer the most recent complaint I received right here in this blog post.
Here is the complaint from the comments to the Obama T-shirt post:
"Anonymous17 June, 2012 08:52
Hey Anonymous, what is amazing is you would make that comment, saying it is funny, that I do not post a larger or better picture of myself on my blog yet you commented anonymously and gave a truly lame excuse as to why in justification of your own action to disguise you identity. While you tried to justify your own action, you did not ask me if there was justification for the crappy photo of me in the t-shirt or for the small profile pic.
I will explain, not that you deserve an answer, being that you are not respectful enough to post your name with your comment but because I feel like it and because it will satisfy the curiosity of others who made read your comment. As for you, you could have easily signed your comment with your name by typing it in at the bottom of your comment. You could have very easily registered so that your name would show without you remaining anonymous, well if mom or dad let you register with your name. Yet, you apparently chose to register in a fashion that would keep you labelled as anonymous and hide your identity. There are other ways to register so your identity will show - that is if you are honest about the identity with which you register. So, you easily could have registered in a way that your name would come up each time you comment and as I already pointed out, you could just have signed your real name or at least first name on the comment you left. Please, don't make up ludicrous excuses as to why your name does not appear and expect me to believe them and please do not give me a line of seeming bullshit about why you say it is posted anonymously when you could have easily made it otherwise.
As for the shitty pic of me in the Obama shirt, it is due to my camera being on its last legs. I have complained about it (the camera not working properly) in posts sometime during the past several months. Right now, I have to prioritize my spending because I am on a limited income due to my recent retirement and due to the fact that I am receiving less than 65% of my retirement payments until my pension is finalized (that has been no secret on my blog either). Thus I have made do with a camera on which the flash usually does not work, on which the button to take the pic only works about 40% of the time and which often does not focus correctly. I take what I can get with it. Lately it has not worked at all, that T-shirt shot may be the last pic the camera will have taken. Anyway, the pic shows the shirt clearly enough (at least enough for you to say it makes a bold statement) which was the item of interest in the relative blog post.
As far as me making a bold statement, by wearing that shirt, is that bold - posting a pic of it on my blog? I think not. I do not even think it bold, to actually wear the shirt during the course of a normal day. When I wear the shirt out, when I go to the range, or to do some shopping, or when I go elsewhere, it is even more visible to more people than in the lousy photo on my blog and I am right there in person wearing it. I have gotten some great comments on it. In fact, all the comments I have gotten have been positive, very much so. When I wear it out, everyone I encounter or pass by can see it plainly and can see me plainly too. So what is your point again about the bold statement and my picture being barely visible to the average viewer? (I guess your eyesight is pretty good though for you to have commented on the boldness of the statement.) I can tell you what is not bold: Leaving an anonymous comment to complain about someone's blog is not bold, it is disrespectful too.
As for the small pic in my profile, so what. That is how it came out. It is a profile pic for a blog not a portfolio pic for my new career as a male model. Anyway - on my profile it is a good 2x3 inches (on my screen) - larger than many on other profiles. Many, if not most profile pics, do not enlarge when you click on them. Mine does. If you would like to see larger pics of me, even videos of me, search through the blog, there are quite a few. Here look at this one, it is one of my favorite self taken photos. Or you can look at this one, not the most flattering but another clear photo of me.
By the way, if you still think my profile pic is too small, and if you use MS Windows 7, why not enlarge the screen view by clicking on the magnify icon on the status bar. You can enlarge the view up to at least 150%. If you have other than Windows, I would bet you could do that with any OS.
Many people, who blog, would not even accept and post an anonymous comment like yours on their blogs. I not only accepted and posted it, I have done one better, I have blogged about it. Ooh what a bold statement I have made, it makes me tingle all over (sarcasm).
FUCK OBAMA (straightforward statement, the word fuck used in the non-sexual context).
All the best,
Glenn B
Here is the complaint from the comments to the Obama T-shirt post:
"Anonymous17 June, 2012 08:52
Hey Anonymous, what is amazing is you would make that comment, saying it is funny, that I do not post a larger or better picture of myself on my blog yet you commented anonymously and gave a truly lame excuse as to why in justification of your own action to disguise you identity. While you tried to justify your own action, you did not ask me if there was justification for the crappy photo of me in the t-shirt or for the small profile pic.
I will explain, not that you deserve an answer, being that you are not respectful enough to post your name with your comment but because I feel like it and because it will satisfy the curiosity of others who made read your comment. As for you, you could have easily signed your comment with your name by typing it in at the bottom of your comment. You could have very easily registered so that your name would show without you remaining anonymous, well if mom or dad let you register with your name. Yet, you apparently chose to register in a fashion that would keep you labelled as anonymous and hide your identity. There are other ways to register so your identity will show - that is if you are honest about the identity with which you register. So, you easily could have registered in a way that your name would come up each time you comment and as I already pointed out, you could just have signed your real name or at least first name on the comment you left. Please, don't make up ludicrous excuses as to why your name does not appear and expect me to believe them and please do not give me a line of seeming bullshit about why you say it is posted anonymously when you could have easily made it otherwise.
As for the shitty pic of me in the Obama shirt, it is due to my camera being on its last legs. I have complained about it (the camera not working properly) in posts sometime during the past several months. Right now, I have to prioritize my spending because I am on a limited income due to my recent retirement and due to the fact that I am receiving less than 65% of my retirement payments until my pension is finalized (that has been no secret on my blog either). Thus I have made do with a camera on which the flash usually does not work, on which the button to take the pic only works about 40% of the time and which often does not focus correctly. I take what I can get with it. Lately it has not worked at all, that T-shirt shot may be the last pic the camera will have taken. Anyway, the pic shows the shirt clearly enough (at least enough for you to say it makes a bold statement) which was the item of interest in the relative blog post.
As far as me making a bold statement, by wearing that shirt, is that bold - posting a pic of it on my blog? I think not. I do not even think it bold, to actually wear the shirt during the course of a normal day. When I wear the shirt out, when I go to the range, or to do some shopping, or when I go elsewhere, it is even more visible to more people than in the lousy photo on my blog and I am right there in person wearing it. I have gotten some great comments on it. In fact, all the comments I have gotten have been positive, very much so. When I wear it out, everyone I encounter or pass by can see it plainly and can see me plainly too. So what is your point again about the bold statement and my picture being barely visible to the average viewer? (I guess your eyesight is pretty good though for you to have commented on the boldness of the statement.) I can tell you what is not bold: Leaving an anonymous comment to complain about someone's blog is not bold, it is disrespectful too.
As for the small pic in my profile, so what. That is how it came out. It is a profile pic for a blog not a portfolio pic for my new career as a male model. Anyway - on my profile it is a good 2x3 inches (on my screen) - larger than many on other profiles. Many, if not most profile pics, do not enlarge when you click on them. Mine does. If you would like to see larger pics of me, even videos of me, search through the blog, there are quite a few. Here look at this one, it is one of my favorite self taken photos. Or you can look at this one, not the most flattering but another clear photo of me.
By the way, if you still think my profile pic is too small, and if you use MS Windows 7, why not enlarge the screen view by clicking on the magnify icon on the status bar. You can enlarge the view up to at least 150%. If you have other than Windows, I would bet you could do that with any OS.
Many people, who blog, would not even accept and post an anonymous comment like yours on their blogs. I not only accepted and posted it, I have done one better, I have blogged about it. Ooh what a bold statement I have made, it makes me tingle all over (sarcasm).
FUCK OBAMA (straightforward statement, the word fuck used in the non-sexual context).
All the best,
Glenn B
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Nuns (and guns)
I was schooled by nuns of the Dominican Order in grammar school. They were some tough old coots (and some young but they all seemed old to me at the time). I went to summer camp because of those nuns (and other things), where I learned, from Marist brothers, how to shoot rifles (BB and 22 rimfire). Lately I have been thinking about those nuns, for some reason, and wondering what nuns would look like today if they advocated things like summer camp where kids could learn how to use guns. I found a picture, online, that pretty much sums up how I think a modern nun, who advocated gun rights, might look like.
Scary, isn't it. Cool too. Not very realistic though and not because she is holding an AK but because there are just so few nuns left today who wear the habit.
All the best,
Glenn B
Scary, isn't it. Cool too. Not very realistic though and not because she is holding an AK but because there are just so few nuns left today who wear the habit.All the best,
Glenn B
Secret Service Prostitute Scandal: I Knew It Just Had To Be GWB's Fault
See the article: Documents detail serious accusations against Secret Service agents since 2004 at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/15/us-reveals-accusations-against-secret-service/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews#ixzz1xygEpDau
Since 2004, eh! Back when GWB was in office! He must be at fault or so I would bet some lib-tard is thinking.
All the best,
GB
Since 2004, eh! Back when GWB was in office! He must be at fault or so I would bet some lib-tard is thinking.
All the best,
GB
BBQ Grill Woes
Bought a Brinkman Elite 5 burner grill (4 regular burners, one sear burner and a side burner - sounds like 6 burners to me but they said 5) yesterday, at Home Depot. Of course, I got it assembled by them since I can be sort of all thumbs with a temper.
Brought it home in one of their rental trucks. Now it has to go back for an exchange or refund because the sear burner knob does not turn correctly nor does it operate the igniter as it should. You get what you pay for I suppose and $324.00 was not that much. Wish I could but I cannot afford the $1,400.00 for a similar sized Weber. I am waiting for them to call me back about making an exchange, I know they have others of the same model in stock.
I want to pick up the new one, bring it home and offload it, load the old one onto truck, bring it back, then go home and have a BBQ. It seems the guy in the BBQ Department has to check with his boss to see if it is okay for me to buy the new one, then bring back the old one for a refund. They wanted me to bring in the old first to make an exchange, which would have meant going there first in my car to rent a truck, driving home with empty truck to pick up old one, bring the old one back on the truck for exchange, bring new one home on truck, bring back truck, then drive back home in my car. I don't understand how my step, time and gas saving way could be a hassle, it seems like a no brainer to me, but they must check with management first. What a pain in the neck, it is about to ruin my seventh Saturday of the week.
All the best,
Glenn B
Brought it home in one of their rental trucks. Now it has to go back for an exchange or refund because the sear burner knob does not turn correctly nor does it operate the igniter as it should. You get what you pay for I suppose and $324.00 was not that much. Wish I could but I cannot afford the $1,400.00 for a similar sized Weber. I am waiting for them to call me back about making an exchange, I know they have others of the same model in stock.
I want to pick up the new one, bring it home and offload it, load the old one onto truck, bring it back, then go home and have a BBQ. It seems the guy in the BBQ Department has to check with his boss to see if it is okay for me to buy the new one, then bring back the old one for a refund. They wanted me to bring in the old first to make an exchange, which would have meant going there first in my car to rent a truck, driving home with empty truck to pick up old one, bring the old one back on the truck for exchange, bring new one home on truck, bring back truck, then drive back home in my car. I don't understand how my step, time and gas saving way could be a hassle, it seems like a no brainer to me, but they must check with management first. What a pain in the neck, it is about to ruin my seventh Saturday of the week.
All the best,
Glenn B
Friday, June 15, 2012
Browning Citori Lightning - Another Gun Off For Repair
Back in April of this year, I bought Browning Citori Lightning, Grade 1, SxS, 12 gauge shotgun at an auction. I examined it thoroughly before the auction. Not only was everything in excellent functional condition (as in everything worked) the gun was as new, in the box, never fired. well, somehow, somewhere, between the auction house and my hone something happened that I cannot understand. When I got hone, the barrels would not go onto the rest of the gun. No way, no how, many tries - it is just not going together. I tried, my son tried and guys at a local gun shop tried.
I called Browning. The firstmoron customer service person, at Browning, to whom I spoke, told me to bring it to a gunsmith and he told me with apparent nasty attitude. Maybe he was having a bad day. I called again and explained what the first customer service guy had told me. I was told that would be looked into to. This time, I also was told I could bring it to a Browning Authorized Service center in my state but when the lady in customer service looked up the closest one, she found there were none at all in NY. She then told me I could send it directly to Browning. That was back in early May or so. I am finally getting round to sending it in to them. I have the form filled out to alert them to the problem and give them my info, it is in the box with the gun, and the box is taped and ready to be shipped. I plan to bring it to UPS in a little bit, once my son gets here (we are going to pick up a new BBQ grill too, so I need him along).
I am very hopeful this will be a minor problem, something that falls under a warranty repair or that is inexpensive, as in under a c-note. Even if a bit more than inexpensive, say a couple hundred to a few hundred dollars, it will not be too bad considering the price I paid for this gun. I still would have to pay even more in a gun store. More on that after I get it back from Browning and I can figure the full cost of it to me.
I know I have been complaining about how difficult it is to live off of the partial payments from my pension right now but rest assured the money to buy this came from my savings with the intent of me getting something of lasting value - an investment. If I did not somehow screw it up badly enough, then it will have been well worth the price to purchase it.
All the best,
Glenn B
I called Browning. The first
I am very hopeful this will be a minor problem, something that falls under a warranty repair or that is inexpensive, as in under a c-note. Even if a bit more than inexpensive, say a couple hundred to a few hundred dollars, it will not be too bad considering the price I paid for this gun. I still would have to pay even more in a gun store. More on that after I get it back from Browning and I can figure the full cost of it to me.
I know I have been complaining about how difficult it is to live off of the partial payments from my pension right now but rest assured the money to buy this came from my savings with the intent of me getting something of lasting value - an investment. If I did not somehow screw it up badly enough, then it will have been well worth the price to purchase it.
All the best,
Glenn B
The Anti-American President
It all depends on for whom you vote. I don't think there is anything that ever could sway me to vote for this guy, whom I believe to be the most anti-American of all
All the best,
Glenn B
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Glock 26 Sight Repair Update - Still Waiting
Glock got back to me saying this:
"I apologize for the delay. We are currently back ordered on your sights. I expect to have some in next week."
What I do not quite understand is how Glock could have had my slide since April 20th and still have the parts on back order since then. After all, they are standard Glock sights they are supposed to be putting on the slide, not some after market night sights or anything special order. Glock not having standard sights, manufactured by them, in stock for over an eight week period (today marks 8 weeks) seems to me as if that would be pretty indicative of some type of problem with the company.
They say they will have the sights in stock, perhaps, by next week. Then they have to still put them on the slide. My guess would be another few days to a week before they get to that. Then ship it back to me, another few days. My guess is I am looking at at least another ten days to two weeks before I have my Glock 26 slide back on the frame. The long wait certainly is not something that makes me happy.
All the best,
Glenn B
"I apologize for the delay. We are currently back ordered on your sights. I expect to have some in next week."
What I do not quite understand is how Glock could have had my slide since April 20th and still have the parts on back order since then. After all, they are standard Glock sights they are supposed to be putting on the slide, not some after market night sights or anything special order. Glock not having standard sights, manufactured by them, in stock for over an eight week period (today marks 8 weeks) seems to me as if that would be pretty indicative of some type of problem with the company.
They say they will have the sights in stock, perhaps, by next week. Then they have to still put them on the slide. My guess would be another few days to a week before they get to that. Then ship it back to me, another few days. My guess is I am looking at at least another ten days to two weeks before I have my Glock 26 slide back on the frame. The long wait certainly is not something that makes me happy.
All the best,
Glenn B
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
17 Year Old Kills Self With Head Shot - Lots of Potential For a Darwin Award
Wow, talk about assholes and guns not going well together gunpowder and alcohol not mixing, this story says it all. See the story here.
My view on all of this: First of all illegal aliens should not be in our country. The three guys in this alleged drunken binge, that apparently played a great part in the death of the 17 year old, were all reportedlywetbacks; illegal aliens in Texas (where the shooting took place). One supposedly was the father, the other two, including the guy who reportedly wound up allegedly shooting the bullet that killed himself, were the father's sons. Someone pulled out a gun, a .380 pistol. The 17 year old allegedly got hold of it and reportedly tried to give it to his girlfriend to shoot it. She had enough sense to refuse. So the 17 year old allegedly takes out the magazine, turned toward a butane tank (of all things) and pulls the trigger (this is corrected below but this was the story told in the Fox News piece). I am guessing, the gun goes bang, the bullet probably went something like bing-ziiiinnnnnggggg. It must have come right back at the shooter striking him in his head - killing him - or so the story goes so far. Local police investigate and call it an accident due to alcohol and are reportedly investigating to see if the father is guilty of anything leading to the death of his own son.
Now I would think that the father and his sons, being here illegally, would have been illegally in possession of any handgun they had. Hmm, there is a crime, or so I would think. It would be a felony at that, at least in my opinion. That because an illegal alien not only had the gun but discharged it. That is, I believe, felony possession of a handgun and whatever would be the charge for shooting it when illegally possessed. The father was present, thus, I think, making it felony murder since the son died while in, what seems to me to have been, a felony. Add to that, that the police reportedly said all three had been drinking heavily (did I forget to mention there was alcohol involved) and they were allegedly all very drunk! So, the father seemingly was sharing alcohol with an under aged drinker, his 17 year old son, or was at least there while the kid was drinking and did not stop him or so it seems to me. That might be a crime in some places, just maybe not in Texas, not when the suspect is an illegalimmigrunt alien. Did I mention alcohol was involved - it was allegedly consumed in large amounts by the father and his two sons. Did I also mention how the police, or at least one officer, reacted as reported on in the story:
"It was just an accident under the influence of alcohol," Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said Tuesday.
(Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/13/drunken-teen-killed-by-own-ricocheted-gunshot-in-southern-texas/?intcmp=trending#ixzz1xfVPAdMc)
Did I also mention, or forget to mention, that the police are now reportedly investigating to see if the dad is in any way criminally responsible! Holy shit, it's Texas, not the friggin' Moon or Uranus although the police, on this one, sure seem to be acting like if they came from Uranus. (Note I said from yours, they certainly are not from mine.)
No mention of any arrests, not for the three being in the USA illegally, not for the supplier of the booze endangering the welfare of a minor, not for the father allowing the kid to get drunk thus endangering the welfare of a minor, not for illegal possession of a handgun, not for allowing the kid to handle a pistol illegally, not for felony murder (yes he apparently was killed during the commission of what seems to have been felony, during which the others were present seemingly making them accomplices) not even for disturbing the peace - not for anything. Maybe the cops should be investigated! Although, I guess to be fair, I'll have to admit this was something reported on by the media and they rarely give the whole story out to us, let alone get their stories right, at least in my opinion. I also have to say, I think that if it is just as reported, then that was some truly bizarre bit of police work.
UPDATE/ADDITIONAL AND DIFFERENT INFO:
What did I say about the media screwing up stories. I just checked the source from where the author of the above linked article got his info. That would be from The Monitor - here. It is a very different version of the story, reporting very differently in these ways among others:
The father gave an evidently false story to the police at first.
The father then reportedly admitted they were all drinking heavily and his son did almost all of the above with the gun, but only pointed it at the butane tank and "...thought twice about shooting it"; then he allegedly turned the gun towards his own head and pulled the trigger - killing himself. I guess he did not think twice about using his own head as a target. Did I mention a lot of alcohol was allegedly involved.
The police have not made any arrests and are not planning on arresting anyone at anytime soon (I told you maybe they were from Uranus, certainly not from mine) but are looking into criminal responsibility of the father and researching any applicable laws. No arrests, not for anything I mentioned above, nor for impeding an investigation by way of the alleged false story first given to the police.
Man oh man, I think they are quite possibly about the most inept police force I have heard about if all that is true. They did not even turn them over to Homeland Security Investigations or to ICE for being here illegally from the sound of it. Yep, I think they must be from Uranus, not from mine!
All the best,
Glenn B
My view on all of this: First of all illegal aliens should not be in our country. The three guys in this alleged drunken binge, that apparently played a great part in the death of the 17 year old, were all reportedly
Now I would think that the father and his sons, being here illegally, would have been illegally in possession of any handgun they had. Hmm, there is a crime, or so I would think. It would be a felony at that, at least in my opinion. That because an illegal alien not only had the gun but discharged it. That is, I believe, felony possession of a handgun and whatever would be the charge for shooting it when illegally possessed. The father was present, thus, I think, making it felony murder since the son died while in, what seems to me to have been, a felony. Add to that, that the police reportedly said all three had been drinking heavily (did I forget to mention there was alcohol involved) and they were allegedly all very drunk! So, the father seemingly was sharing alcohol with an under aged drinker, his 17 year old son, or was at least there while the kid was drinking and did not stop him or so it seems to me. That might be a crime in some places, just maybe not in Texas, not when the suspect is an illegal
"It was just an accident under the influence of alcohol," Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said Tuesday.
(Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/13/drunken-teen-killed-by-own-ricocheted-gunshot-in-southern-texas/?intcmp=trending#ixzz1xfVPAdMc)
Did I also mention, or forget to mention, that the police are now reportedly investigating to see if the dad is in any way criminally responsible! Holy shit, it's Texas, not the friggin' Moon or Uranus although the police, on this one, sure seem to be acting like if they came from Uranus. (Note I said from yours, they certainly are not from mine.)
No mention of any arrests, not for the three being in the USA illegally, not for the supplier of the booze endangering the welfare of a minor, not for the father allowing the kid to get drunk thus endangering the welfare of a minor, not for illegal possession of a handgun, not for allowing the kid to handle a pistol illegally, not for felony murder (yes he apparently was killed during the commission of what seems to have been felony, during which the others were present seemingly making them accomplices) not even for disturbing the peace - not for anything. Maybe the cops should be investigated! Although, I guess to be fair, I'll have to admit this was something reported on by the media and they rarely give the whole story out to us, let alone get their stories right, at least in my opinion. I also have to say, I think that if it is just as reported, then that was some truly bizarre bit of police work.
UPDATE/ADDITIONAL AND DIFFERENT INFO:
What did I say about the media screwing up stories. I just checked the source from where the author of the above linked article got his info. That would be from The Monitor - here. It is a very different version of the story, reporting very differently in these ways among others:
The father gave an evidently false story to the police at first.
The father then reportedly admitted they were all drinking heavily and his son did almost all of the above with the gun, but only pointed it at the butane tank and "...thought twice about shooting it"; then he allegedly turned the gun towards his own head and pulled the trigger - killing himself. I guess he did not think twice about using his own head as a target. Did I mention a lot of alcohol was allegedly involved.
The police have not made any arrests and are not planning on arresting anyone at anytime soon (I told you maybe they were from Uranus, certainly not from mine) but are looking into criminal responsibility of the father and researching any applicable laws. No arrests, not for anything I mentioned above, nor for impeding an investigation by way of the alleged false story first given to the police.
Man oh man, I think they are quite possibly about the most inept police force I have heard about if all that is true. They did not even turn them over to Homeland Security Investigations or to ICE for being here illegally from the sound of it. Yep, I think they must be from Uranus, not from mine!
All the best,
Glenn B
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
When Adults Say: Hey Kids, Don't Mess With Guns...
...without adult supervision - maybe there is a reason for it. I tend to think that at least one young man learned his lesson. Watch the video and see if you agree with me on that.
In a way, I have to hand it to these kids. They were quite enterprising, that was a neat looking project. I have to slam them too since it seems (it sure looks real to me) they were pretty careless and rather ignorant, and totally irresponsible, in how they went about manufacturing their version of a black powder rifle and in how they demonstrated it. Not wearing eye protection or hearing protection could have cost the shooter dearly. For all we know, maybe it did at that. I would hate to have had my eyes subjected to that back-flash. If he was lucky, he blinked in the nick of time but it sure happened quickly.
Those kids sure looked old enough to have known better. Then again, I sort of, kind of, somewhat vaguely recall having been young and dumb myself - once upon a few decades ago. So, I can understand why they did it. If his eyes did not get burned, nor his face too badly, then they probably had fun or will have fun recalling their mischief at a later date (if they are ever allowed to hang out together again). Truth is, they probably could have had, and should have had, fun in a much safer manner. In fact, they still could have had it with a gun if they had some responsible adult supervision. My closing thought: I would bet, if the shooter had parents who taught him how to be responsible with guns and still have safe fun with them, that whole misadventure probably never would have happened nor even crossed their minds as a passing whim.
All the best,
Glenn B
In a way, I have to hand it to these kids. They were quite enterprising, that was a neat looking project. I have to slam them too since it seems (it sure looks real to me) they were pretty careless and rather ignorant, and totally irresponsible, in how they went about manufacturing their version of a black powder rifle and in how they demonstrated it. Not wearing eye protection or hearing protection could have cost the shooter dearly. For all we know, maybe it did at that. I would hate to have had my eyes subjected to that back-flash. If he was lucky, he blinked in the nick of time but it sure happened quickly.
Those kids sure looked old enough to have known better. Then again, I sort of, kind of, somewhat vaguely recall having been young and dumb myself - once upon a few decades ago. So, I can understand why they did it. If his eyes did not get burned, nor his face too badly, then they probably had fun or will have fun recalling their mischief at a later date (if they are ever allowed to hang out together again). Truth is, they probably could have had, and should have had, fun in a much safer manner. In fact, they still could have had it with a gun if they had some responsible adult supervision. My closing thought: I would bet, if the shooter had parents who taught him how to be responsible with guns and still have safe fun with them, that whole misadventure probably never would have happened nor even crossed their minds as a passing whim.
All the best,
Glenn B
Which Would You Prefer: Ski Poles or a .44 Magnum
It seems a hiker who was mauled by a brown bear, apparently protecting her cubs, climbed a tree to escape the wrath of the sow. At some point he depended on ski poles to defend himself from the raging sow that seemingly continued to try to get at him while he was up in the tree. Imagine that, going for a hike in Alaska and depending on ski poles for defense against a bear. Me, I would have preferably used a .44 magnum that I would have had strapped to my side (if the right to keep and bear arms was truly honored in this country) or had I not been able to carry a pistol I would have carried a 12 gauge loaded with slugs or a rifle in a good sized caliber. Heck - why not carry both a long gun and a handgun if at liberty to do so.
In this case, somehow, ski poles may have been just enough, if not to keep him from being badly mauled, then to keep him alive. Well, the poles along with him being able to climb a tree and hang on for dear life until help arrived. Luckily he was able to place a 911 call (imagine that - his phone worked) and State Troopers saved the day but that day must have seemed to have taken forever for the hiker. I am truly surprised the bear did not use the ski poles for after dinner toothpicks for her and her cub.
Imagine the terror, being stuck up in a tree, swaying in the wind, bleeding badly from wounds that had been inflicted by a brown bear, trying not to pass out from blood loss while hanging on for dear life and that mad as hell mama bear is still trying to get you to feed to her cub. Now imagine it taking about 2 hours for the police to arrive while all that was going on. Yep, I think I would have chosen a .44 magnum over ski poles any day.
See the story here:
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/12/12185917-alaska-man-mauled-by-bear-climbs-tree-to-escape?lite/
All the best,
Glenn B
In this case, somehow, ski poles may have been just enough, if not to keep him from being badly mauled, then to keep him alive. Well, the poles along with him being able to climb a tree and hang on for dear life until help arrived. Luckily he was able to place a 911 call (imagine that - his phone worked) and State Troopers saved the day but that day must have seemed to have taken forever for the hiker. I am truly surprised the bear did not use the ski poles for after dinner toothpicks for her and her cub.
Imagine the terror, being stuck up in a tree, swaying in the wind, bleeding badly from wounds that had been inflicted by a brown bear, trying not to pass out from blood loss while hanging on for dear life and that mad as hell mama bear is still trying to get you to feed to her cub. Now imagine it taking about 2 hours for the police to arrive while all that was going on. Yep, I think I would have chosen a .44 magnum over ski poles any day.
See the story here:
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/12/12185917-alaska-man-mauled-by-bear-climbs-tree-to-escape?lite/
All the best,
Glenn B
Monday, June 11, 2012
Idaho A Firearms Owner's Paradise...
...and if only is wasn't so cold, I might move there. Why? Because there is something about it that warms my heart. Last time, though, that I was there was during the Winter Olympics that were held in Salt Lake City, UT in late 2001 or early 2002. I was working a voluntary assignment as a Federal Air Marshal and my partner and I spent 3 or 4 weeks in Pocatello, ID. The night we got there it was -25 degrees Fahrenheit (give or take two degrees). That was without the wind chill factor and it was cold.
Now though, it seems to be thawing out a bit out that way. The thing about Idaho that has warmed my heart recently is that it is striving to become one of the, if not the most, gun friendly of states. It has been making an effort to lure gun and ammo manufacturers to within its borders and since there are currently about 58 companies there that manufacture firearms and ammunition, I would say they are doing a bang up job of it.
See: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/11/firearm-friendly-town-in-idaho-lure-gun-makers/?test=latestnews (make sure to watch the video that accompanies the article, sorry there was not an embed code to put it here on my blog).
All the best,
Glenn B
Now though, it seems to be thawing out a bit out that way. The thing about Idaho that has warmed my heart recently is that it is striving to become one of the, if not the most, gun friendly of states. It has been making an effort to lure gun and ammo manufacturers to within its borders and since there are currently about 58 companies there that manufacture firearms and ammunition, I would say they are doing a bang up job of it.
See: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/11/firearm-friendly-town-in-idaho-lure-gun-makers/?test=latestnews (make sure to watch the video that accompanies the article, sorry there was not an embed code to put it here on my blog).
All the best,
Glenn B
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Would You Take Your Kid To The Range For A Birthday Party - I Would Take Mine - Even Now
A firearms range, under construction, is planning to host birthday parties for children as young as 8 years old. The parties will apparently include hands on firearms for the youngsters, with some range time. Not a bad idea, I think, from the sound of it. That is, at least, if they have good supervision over the kids while on the range. I could see parents not wanting to let the kids have birthday cake after they shoot, so maybe it would be a good idea to have the cake first, then get the lead out. I like it, really do. Figures it is not in New York or anywhere close and that it is in Texas. Gotta love it.
See: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/texas-gun-range-host-children-birthday-parties-170222318.html
All the best,
Glenn B
See: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/texas-gun-range-host-children-birthday-parties-170222318.html
All the best,
Glenn B
A Zombie He Was Not
Rudy Eugene may have seemed like a zombie, when he allegedly attacked Ronald Poppo and allegedly tore off Poppo's face with his teeth, but partial autopsy results have been reported and they apparently indicate that Mr. Eugene did not have any flesh in his stomach. It did not say whether or not there was any in his esophagus that may have made it part way to his stomach.
There were some undigested pills, reported to have been in his stomach. I do not think the undigested one are the ones they need to be all that concerned about, except as toward identifying earlier drugs he may or may not have taken. If he was under the influence of pills, it would be the ones he may have ingested earlier and then already digested that would have driven him crazy. I imagine time and the continuing autopsy will tell.
So it appears that, a zombie he was not. Maybe he was just a drugged out or otherwise crazed individual who snapped and went violently berserk on an unsuspecting victim or maybe evil entities made him do it but it certainly was not normal behavior that was alleged. See: http://www.christianpost.com/news/miami-cannibal-autopsy-reveals-no-flesh-in-stomach-pill-capsules-now-under-investigation-video-76392/ He sure seemed pretty zombie like to me, I stand by my earlier opinion on that aspect of it all.
Hopefully Mr. Poppo will hit the lottery and be able to pay for his medical bills which I think I heard could be well up over one million dollars, not including years of therapy - both physical and mental. Then again, where would he get the dollar to pay for the ticket. It appears that the tax payer will foot his bills but nonetheless, I must wish him a speedy and as full a recovery as possible. Almost no one deserves what he got.
All the best,
Glenn B
There were some undigested pills, reported to have been in his stomach. I do not think the undigested one are the ones they need to be all that concerned about, except as toward identifying earlier drugs he may or may not have taken. If he was under the influence of pills, it would be the ones he may have ingested earlier and then already digested that would have driven him crazy. I imagine time and the continuing autopsy will tell.
So it appears that, a zombie he was not. Maybe he was just a drugged out or otherwise crazed individual who snapped and went violently berserk on an unsuspecting victim or maybe evil entities made him do it but it certainly was not normal behavior that was alleged. See: http://www.christianpost.com/news/miami-cannibal-autopsy-reveals-no-flesh-in-stomach-pill-capsules-now-under-investigation-video-76392/ He sure seemed pretty zombie like to me, I stand by my earlier opinion on that aspect of it all.
Hopefully Mr. Poppo will hit the lottery and be able to pay for his medical bills which I think I heard could be well up over one million dollars, not including years of therapy - both physical and mental. Then again, where would he get the dollar to pay for the ticket. It appears that the tax payer will foot his bills but nonetheless, I must wish him a speedy and as full a recovery as possible. Almost no one deserves what he got.
All the best,
Glenn B
Glock 26 - I Need An Update
I sent the slide assembly for my Glock 26 into Glock USA for repair due to the front night sight having failed. I asked them to change the night sights to standard iron sights. It did not seem like it would be a problem. As a matter of fact, they said to make it easier and less expensive for me, to send just the slide assembly, so I did not have to go through an FFL for the return. That was okay by me. I sent it out, via UPS, on April 18th. According to the paperwork I had to fill out for Glock, there was a 4 to 6 week turnaround. It is now a bit past 7 full weeks so I sent Glock an email, this evening, inquiring about the status of the repair.
The big surprise in this whole thing is that Glock never sent a confirmation email or any other type of acknowledgement that they received the Glock 26 slide. I find that a bit unusual and a bit less than professional; then again - it was not a complete firearm so I guess it is not considered as critical an issue by Glock. It sure would be nice had they done that. other than that, Glock Customer Service has been a sterling example of what customer service should be like. A Glock rep answered my email inquiry and followup questions promptly and completely and sent me everything I needed to know about how to send in the slide to them. He also told me there would likely be no charge to put on the standard sights. Now, if they would just get it back to me, I would feel a whole lot better. Well, at least going to the range with the 26 and firing a couple to few hundred rounds through it and it being right on target would make me feel better.
Not carrying the bigger pistol I am now carrying might also make me feel better. I have been carrying one of my Beretta 9mm pistols, a 92FS. I don't really mind the bigger pistol but must say sometimes my lower back seems to mind. Amazing what just a little weight difference can do but my lower back has been getting used to the heavier pistol back in its proper place again. Once I have the Glock back, I think I may have to alternate which I carry - perhaps that would be good strength therapy for my back.
All the best,
Glenn B
The big surprise in this whole thing is that Glock never sent a confirmation email or any other type of acknowledgement that they received the Glock 26 slide. I find that a bit unusual and a bit less than professional; then again - it was not a complete firearm so I guess it is not considered as critical an issue by Glock. It sure would be nice had they done that. other than that, Glock Customer Service has been a sterling example of what customer service should be like. A Glock rep answered my email inquiry and followup questions promptly and completely and sent me everything I needed to know about how to send in the slide to them. He also told me there would likely be no charge to put on the standard sights. Now, if they would just get it back to me, I would feel a whole lot better. Well, at least going to the range with the 26 and firing a couple to few hundred rounds through it and it being right on target would make me feel better.
Not carrying the bigger pistol I am now carrying might also make me feel better. I have been carrying one of my Beretta 9mm pistols, a 92FS. I don't really mind the bigger pistol but must say sometimes my lower back seems to mind. Amazing what just a little weight difference can do but my lower back has been getting used to the heavier pistol back in its proper place again. Once I have the Glock back, I think I may have to alternate which I carry - perhaps that would be good strength therapy for my back.
All the best,
Glenn B
I Am Thinking of Selling or Trading Some of My Guns
Am I crazy? Probably but that is what I have been thinking about. The ones I have in mind as possible ones to put up for sale or trade are:
NEF Pardner single shot shotgun in 12 gauge
Browning Citori Lightning Shotgun in 12 gauge
Remington 513T Matchmaster bolt action rifle in .22LR
Remington 241 Speedmaster semi-auto tube-fed in .22LR
High Standard Duramatic semi-automatic pistol in .22LR
I am none to sure I am going to sell or trade away any of these but as I said, I have been thinking about it. Chances are, if I do decide to sell, it would only be some of those mentioned and not all of them. I really need to give it some serious thought because the U.S. office of Personnel Management, relative to getting me my full pension instead of partial payments, is dawdling as my savings is dwindling. without a job to supplement my pension, it is proving tough to keep up with my property taxes. Selling some guns would be one way to help make one or two tax payments. Then again, I may just let the savings get down to almost nothing before I do something as drastic as selling off any of my guns. I am thinking about it though, may even sell some of them if OPM gets it right sooner than later. Then I can buy new ones but I am not about to do anymore gun selling/trading with an eye toward more gun buying until my pension payments have been finalized.
Unless I sell some to buy new ones, let's hope this is all just a bunch of idle thought. I sold guns once before when I needed money (right after getting married) and virtually vowed to myself not to ever do it again because of how much I had sellers remorse after getting rid of them.
All the best,
Glenn B
NEF Pardner single shot shotgun in 12 gauge
Browning Citori Lightning Shotgun in 12 gauge
Remington 513T Matchmaster bolt action rifle in .22LR
Remington 241 Speedmaster semi-auto tube-fed in .22LR
High Standard Duramatic semi-automatic pistol in .22LR
I am none to sure I am going to sell or trade away any of these but as I said, I have been thinking about it. Chances are, if I do decide to sell, it would only be some of those mentioned and not all of them. I really need to give it some serious thought because the U.S. office of Personnel Management, relative to getting me my full pension instead of partial payments, is dawdling as my savings is dwindling. without a job to supplement my pension, it is proving tough to keep up with my property taxes. Selling some guns would be one way to help make one or two tax payments. Then again, I may just let the savings get down to almost nothing before I do something as drastic as selling off any of my guns. I am thinking about it though, may even sell some of them if OPM gets it right sooner than later. Then I can buy new ones but I am not about to do anymore gun selling/trading with an eye toward more gun buying until my pension payments have been finalized.
Unless I sell some to buy new ones, let's hope this is all just a bunch of idle thought. I sold guns once before when I needed money (right after getting married) and virtually vowed to myself not to ever do it again because of how much I had sellers remorse after getting rid of them.
All the best,
Glenn B
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Why I Encourage Firearms Owners To Get Firearms Training
I listened to The Squirrel Report online broadcast last night; well to be honest - not to all of it but quite a bit more than half of it. It was my first time as a listener of that online audio discussion panel. I was all ears when the topic of firearms training came up. I was pretty dismayed by the fact that at least one of the panelists seemed to believe that some firearms trainers or bloggers, who strongly advocate for training, are really trying to tell those in the gun world that if you train you are better than those who do not train in a social status type of way. I can understand why that was brought up and why the panelist thought that way, I can even understand why others on the panel seemed to agree to a certain extent. Most assuredly, there are some real arsehats among those who receive training, and yes they probably think themselves as socially superior in the world of gun folks. Thankfully, they are the exceptions. Yet, championing of training, as a method toward betterment, is sometimes, even oft times, misconstrued as snobbery by those who have not been trained or who have not been trained as much as someone else. In such cases, I think many miss the point about how the whole training thing actually makes one better. For now, I will merely point out that, in my opinion, training certainly does make you a better and more responsible gun owner. That is especially so for those who obtain a firearm for self defense purposes - but more on this later.
Before I delve into why I recommend that anyone who gets a firearm for self defense should also be trained in how to proficiently use that firearm, allow me to tell you what are, and are not, the essentials of firearms training. Firearms training is basically the way by which you become educated about firearms. That is it, in a shell casing. What it is not is a method by which people, who have been trained in various aspects of firearms use, should try to stratify themselves as being better than other people in a caste like system sort of way.
Now, why to train, especially for those who have a firearm for self defense:
I strongly recommend firearms training, as much as you can reasonably accomplish, if you have a firearm for self defense. I make that recommendation with the absolute conviction that if you are well trained you will be a better gun owner. The great majority of people who are trained in firearms are simply people who want to do it better than they did before their training. While firearms training may not make you socially superior to a gun owner who has not trained with firearms, it certainly does make you better, or at least has the potential to better you, than the other guy. No, no, no, not better socially. Didn't I just say it does not elevate you on the social status ladder! How it makes you better is that if you train in various aspects of firearms use and tactics, you likely will become better than you would have been had you not been trained and you may also be better at handling, shooting and firearms tactics than an untrained person. Mostly, it is self improvement that gives you an edge and I think that an awful lot of people, who do not see the need to train, miss that by a long shot. You see, it does not matter that the other law abiding citizen, who owns guns, is not trained in their use. It does not make them less of a law abiding citizen (unless they are required by law to get the training), does not make them less moral, does not make them less nice - you get the picture. Likewise, being well trained does not make a person more law abiding (unless the training is mandated by law), more ethical, or a friendlier person. It does, as I said above, improve or better them in a personal, self fulfilling, self improvement, sort of way and it gives you a potential advantage over someone such as an assailant who may not be as well trained.
What good practical training does is gives you that edge, a possible advantage, a one up that can make you the winner in an armed encounter. How does it do that? It does so because it prepares you for various situations, for things you may never have expected or thought about on your own and it gives you options. In addition, after you have trained long enough, and covered enough of the numerous aspects of firearms use and tactics, you come to the point where you can reliably improvise. Thus you may be able to make wise tactical decisions during the heat of the moment even though the encounter in which you find yourself was never directly addressed in training. In other words, training helps to educate you to make educated choices should you ever be involved in a self defense encounter that was not exactly like those scenarios that were used as examples during your training. Someone who does not have that same education, or a similar one, may not do things to their best advantage or may not expect you to do the things that are to your own advantage, thus that winning edge I was talking about.
Uncle Joe teaching you how to squirrel hunt (no reference to The Squirrel Report intended) with a 22 rimfire is fine but unless Uncle Joe is trained in firearms tactics and instruction, I would avoid him teaching me how to act during an armed encounter with a bad guy. The same thing goes for most of the other sources of training, I prefer a professional trainer to them all.
Here is an example that will point out some of the other types of training. Danielle is worried about crime in her neighborhood. She decides that because of the recent rash of home invasions, many resulting in the residents winding up badly beaten or even shot, she is going to buy a gun for self defense. Being a woman in and of modern times, she goes on the Internet to search out information about guns and obtaining them legally. Along the way she pays attention to the things she sees about shooting and so on. She joins a firearms forum and asks lots of questions. Finally, she feels ready to purchase a gun and goes to the gun store. Luckily, for her, someone on the forum recommended she try to find a gun store with a range, where she can try out several pistols before deciding on which to buy. She does just that. After trying several, she decides on a Beretta in .380. She purchases the pistol and some accessories like a cleaning kit, a holster, and some ammo.
Her training was not formal but she certainly was trained to some extent. Some from the Internet gun forums, some from the guys who run the gun store, some from other shooters at the range. Yet, her training is not over. When she gets home, she opens the case of her new pistol and before taking it out to admire it, she takes out the manual and reads it from cover to cover. She discovers that there are certain idiosyncrasies about her pistol that make it quite different than others, such as the fact that it has an additional operating mechanism that allows the barrel to pivot up and away from the frame and slide. She also has read up on how to field strip it for cleaning and decides to give it a try. She takes the pistol out of the box, checks that it is empty and takes it down. She cleans it and then reassembles it.
Would she have been able to do any of what I mentioned if she had not been trained? No she would not. None of it was instinctual, it all required some amount of learning. Even the most novice among us is usually trained to some extent when it comes to firearms use. You would truly have to be a fool, to handle and shoot firearms, let alone carry one for self defense, without some sort and some amount of training beforehand. In fact, carrying one for self defense increases the need for training more so than say collecting wall hangers. Sure, you can do it just like Danielle did it and never go beyond that as far as training goes or you can proactively seek some education for yourself on how to do it to the best of your capability. Why bother? Because you do not want to learn the hard way that you could have been better prepared to face an adversary who is intent on injuring or killing you when he is actually trying.
Let's continue with Danielle for a bit here. She starts to carry her pistol (yes legally). She wears it in the holster that she bought when she purchased the pistol. It is a design she saw a couple of others at the range using. An open topped leather holster that rides inside the waistband. There is no retention device other than the friction of the holster body. She can draw lightening fast and get right on target. she is not all that concerned about pistol retention, heck she has never even heard the term before, but even common sense told her that her pistol should not fall out of her holster if she runs, or jumps and the holster seems to hold her pistol snugly. She goes out to the market wearing her new rig. when she gets home, she finds goes into her house and hear an unfamiliar noise. She realizes someone is in her home and it sounds like he is rifling though drawers. This is her house, she is armed, she goes to investigate. She has made her first tactical mistake. had she received proper training, she would have realized that it might have been best for her to have walked right back outside and called the police once she was safely away from her house.
She walks down the center hall toward her bedroom, her gun is in hand, her eyes on, and only on, the doorway to her bedroom, the room from which the noises are coming She sees an intruder going through her belongings. He hears her and starts to turn on her and appears to be drawing a weapon, she fires, he goes down and he drops a pistol. She goes closer to see if he is still alive. She has watched television and movies, she actually remembers having seen a police officer on a show pick up the bad guy's gun to make sure he cannot access it again in the vent he is only wounded. She then clears it. Wow, she is on the ball so far. The guy seems to be gasping for air, he is pale, he looks as if he is dying. She backs out of the bedroom and holsters her pistol as she heads to the phone in the kitchen. As she reaches for the phone, someone grabs her from behind. They struggle. He grasps her pistol and pulls it out of the holster, he fires three times. Danielle is wounded, and falls to the floor; the bad guy takes off and makes off with her gun too. The dirt bag who shot Danielle was one of three who had been in her home. He hid when he at first saw her with a gun. Was afraid to come out while she had the gun out. Was passed by her in the hallway twice, once as she went to her bedroom, then when she headed to the kitchen, he was in another room off the hall. Then, as you saw, he got the jump on her because she never realized he was there and he came u behind her after she had holstered her pistol. What had she done wrong that a professionally taught firearms training course or three may have made her do differently.
We already know that maybe it would have been best for her to leave immediately once she her the noises, then call police. She was not in immediate danger of harm at that point. Once she had decided to check out her house to investigate the noises it was a different story and had she had some tactical training as well as retention training or even holster selection training things may have turned out differently. If you did what she did, came home and found someone in your home, would you investigate further or get out? If you would investigate, would you, after finding one intruder, expect that he was the only one or would you realize that home invaders often, if not usually, work in teams? Would you have tried to secure the bad guy's gun? Would you have any idea of how many times you fired at the intruder? Would you have any idea of how many rounds were in your weapon? Would you have reloaded once there was a lull in the action (would you even be carrying an extra magazine)? Would you have even stayed in the house after shooting the first intruder you encountered? Would you give loud and clear verbal commands to the other guys in the house, to drop there weapons and put there hands up high over their heads, even if you were unsure that anyone else was there? What else would you command them to do? Would you tell them, there accomplice was shot and dead and that could be their fate too? Would you command them to leave or to stay regardless of whether or not you actually knew anyone else was there? Would you have holstered your weapon before clearing the house or getting yourself to relative safety? Would you know what to have done had you been grabbed from behind and the bad guy tried to take your weapon away? Would you know how to defend yourself once someone else had your weapon? Would you, and I mean this most literally and seriously, be affected (as in distracted) by the fact that you feel the warm flow of urine running down your legs or the heaviness of a bowel movement in your pants? Would you be so shocked by this last unexpected development that you loose control of yourself completely and thus drop your guard?
Training can prepare you for all the things I have mentioned and more, much more. It can bring to light things you may never have imagined not only about how to shoot well, but how to consider a holster for purchase, how to fight back against someone going for your gun, how to retain your guns while under a hands on attack, what to do in a situation like the one presented as to stay and investigate or get out to safety and call the police, and even to expect the possibility that the pucker factor (sphincter and bladder muscles) may fail and you may soil yourself and that you need to ignore it until you are safe.
Yes, training can make you better than the other guy. As I said though, not in a social way and you should not be concerned about it bettering you inn that manner anyway. The thing with which you need to be concerned, the person you want to be better than, is the dirtbag bad guy who may try to injure you or kill you. winning the fight for your life, against a guy or guys like that, makes all the professional training you can get well worth it. Want to know where to get it - try the NRA website. I recommend them before almost any other organization as an excellent source for all sorts of firearms training from basic gun handling to home defense. Why them? Because they have a national program and have instructors who have all been trained to train you in essentially the same manner as one another. Sure, you can go elsewhere and I recommend that too but I strongly recommend you start with training from NRA certified instructors in an NRA training course. After you have been trained, practice, practice, practice, then get some additional training. You don't have to go overboard but some basic gun handling training and a bit of basic and even some advanced self defense training can be a really good thing.
Sometimes staying safe depends totally upon your own abilities. Think about when you are more able, when well trained or not. The choice is yours. Unless you we team up during a SHTF situation or TEOTWAKI, or maybe even during the Zombie Apocalypse, it does not matter to me one iota how well your are trained. It will matter to you whether it is you or the bad guy who is the better trained person when the bad guy is trying to kill you or your loved ones. Leaving it to dumb luck is simply not for me; I want to be the better man in such an encounter. Remember, it is not a social status thing. It is being better personally, being more responsible toward yourself or your loved ones, with the intent to come out of an armed confrontation alive and as the winner. If that doesn't float your boat, then don't train and maybe win by dumb luck, or maybe sink like the Titanic when the unexpected happens and you are ill prepared to deal with it. It is your choice.
All the best,
Glenn B
Before I delve into why I recommend that anyone who gets a firearm for self defense should also be trained in how to proficiently use that firearm, allow me to tell you what are, and are not, the essentials of firearms training. Firearms training is basically the way by which you become educated about firearms. That is it, in a shell casing. What it is not is a method by which people, who have been trained in various aspects of firearms use, should try to stratify themselves as being better than other people in a caste like system sort of way.
Now, why to train, especially for those who have a firearm for self defense:
I strongly recommend firearms training, as much as you can reasonably accomplish, if you have a firearm for self defense. I make that recommendation with the absolute conviction that if you are well trained you will be a better gun owner. The great majority of people who are trained in firearms are simply people who want to do it better than they did before their training. While firearms training may not make you socially superior to a gun owner who has not trained with firearms, it certainly does make you better, or at least has the potential to better you, than the other guy. No, no, no, not better socially. Didn't I just say it does not elevate you on the social status ladder! How it makes you better is that if you train in various aspects of firearms use and tactics, you likely will become better than you would have been had you not been trained and you may also be better at handling, shooting and firearms tactics than an untrained person. Mostly, it is self improvement that gives you an edge and I think that an awful lot of people, who do not see the need to train, miss that by a long shot. You see, it does not matter that the other law abiding citizen, who owns guns, is not trained in their use. It does not make them less of a law abiding citizen (unless they are required by law to get the training), does not make them less moral, does not make them less nice - you get the picture. Likewise, being well trained does not make a person more law abiding (unless the training is mandated by law), more ethical, or a friendlier person. It does, as I said above, improve or better them in a personal, self fulfilling, self improvement, sort of way and it gives you a potential advantage over someone such as an assailant who may not be as well trained.
What good practical training does is gives you that edge, a possible advantage, a one up that can make you the winner in an armed encounter. How does it do that? It does so because it prepares you for various situations, for things you may never have expected or thought about on your own and it gives you options. In addition, after you have trained long enough, and covered enough of the numerous aspects of firearms use and tactics, you come to the point where you can reliably improvise. Thus you may be able to make wise tactical decisions during the heat of the moment even though the encounter in which you find yourself was never directly addressed in training. In other words, training helps to educate you to make educated choices should you ever be involved in a self defense encounter that was not exactly like those scenarios that were used as examples during your training. Someone who does not have that same education, or a similar one, may not do things to their best advantage or may not expect you to do the things that are to your own advantage, thus that winning edge I was talking about.
Uncle Joe teaching you how to squirrel hunt (no reference to The Squirrel Report intended) with a 22 rimfire is fine but unless Uncle Joe is trained in firearms tactics and instruction, I would avoid him teaching me how to act during an armed encounter with a bad guy. The same thing goes for most of the other sources of training, I prefer a professional trainer to them all.
Here is an example that will point out some of the other types of training. Danielle is worried about crime in her neighborhood. She decides that because of the recent rash of home invasions, many resulting in the residents winding up badly beaten or even shot, she is going to buy a gun for self defense. Being a woman in and of modern times, she goes on the Internet to search out information about guns and obtaining them legally. Along the way she pays attention to the things she sees about shooting and so on. She joins a firearms forum and asks lots of questions. Finally, she feels ready to purchase a gun and goes to the gun store. Luckily, for her, someone on the forum recommended she try to find a gun store with a range, where she can try out several pistols before deciding on which to buy. She does just that. After trying several, she decides on a Beretta in .380. She purchases the pistol and some accessories like a cleaning kit, a holster, and some ammo.
Her training was not formal but she certainly was trained to some extent. Some from the Internet gun forums, some from the guys who run the gun store, some from other shooters at the range. Yet, her training is not over. When she gets home, she opens the case of her new pistol and before taking it out to admire it, she takes out the manual and reads it from cover to cover. She discovers that there are certain idiosyncrasies about her pistol that make it quite different than others, such as the fact that it has an additional operating mechanism that allows the barrel to pivot up and away from the frame and slide. She also has read up on how to field strip it for cleaning and decides to give it a try. She takes the pistol out of the box, checks that it is empty and takes it down. She cleans it and then reassembles it.
Would she have been able to do any of what I mentioned if she had not been trained? No she would not. None of it was instinctual, it all required some amount of learning. Even the most novice among us is usually trained to some extent when it comes to firearms use. You would truly have to be a fool, to handle and shoot firearms, let alone carry one for self defense, without some sort and some amount of training beforehand. In fact, carrying one for self defense increases the need for training more so than say collecting wall hangers. Sure, you can do it just like Danielle did it and never go beyond that as far as training goes or you can proactively seek some education for yourself on how to do it to the best of your capability. Why bother? Because you do not want to learn the hard way that you could have been better prepared to face an adversary who is intent on injuring or killing you when he is actually trying.
Let's continue with Danielle for a bit here. She starts to carry her pistol (yes legally). She wears it in the holster that she bought when she purchased the pistol. It is a design she saw a couple of others at the range using. An open topped leather holster that rides inside the waistband. There is no retention device other than the friction of the holster body. She can draw lightening fast and get right on target. she is not all that concerned about pistol retention, heck she has never even heard the term before, but even common sense told her that her pistol should not fall out of her holster if she runs, or jumps and the holster seems to hold her pistol snugly. She goes out to the market wearing her new rig. when she gets home, she finds goes into her house and hear an unfamiliar noise. She realizes someone is in her home and it sounds like he is rifling though drawers. This is her house, she is armed, she goes to investigate. She has made her first tactical mistake. had she received proper training, she would have realized that it might have been best for her to have walked right back outside and called the police once she was safely away from her house.
She walks down the center hall toward her bedroom, her gun is in hand, her eyes on, and only on, the doorway to her bedroom, the room from which the noises are coming She sees an intruder going through her belongings. He hears her and starts to turn on her and appears to be drawing a weapon, she fires, he goes down and he drops a pistol. She goes closer to see if he is still alive. She has watched television and movies, she actually remembers having seen a police officer on a show pick up the bad guy's gun to make sure he cannot access it again in the vent he is only wounded. She then clears it. Wow, she is on the ball so far. The guy seems to be gasping for air, he is pale, he looks as if he is dying. She backs out of the bedroom and holsters her pistol as she heads to the phone in the kitchen. As she reaches for the phone, someone grabs her from behind. They struggle. He grasps her pistol and pulls it out of the holster, he fires three times. Danielle is wounded, and falls to the floor; the bad guy takes off and makes off with her gun too. The dirt bag who shot Danielle was one of three who had been in her home. He hid when he at first saw her with a gun. Was afraid to come out while she had the gun out. Was passed by her in the hallway twice, once as she went to her bedroom, then when she headed to the kitchen, he was in another room off the hall. Then, as you saw, he got the jump on her because she never realized he was there and he came u behind her after she had holstered her pistol. What had she done wrong that a professionally taught firearms training course or three may have made her do differently.
We already know that maybe it would have been best for her to leave immediately once she her the noises, then call police. She was not in immediate danger of harm at that point. Once she had decided to check out her house to investigate the noises it was a different story and had she had some tactical training as well as retention training or even holster selection training things may have turned out differently. If you did what she did, came home and found someone in your home, would you investigate further or get out? If you would investigate, would you, after finding one intruder, expect that he was the only one or would you realize that home invaders often, if not usually, work in teams? Would you have tried to secure the bad guy's gun? Would you have any idea of how many times you fired at the intruder? Would you have any idea of how many rounds were in your weapon? Would you have reloaded once there was a lull in the action (would you even be carrying an extra magazine)? Would you have even stayed in the house after shooting the first intruder you encountered? Would you give loud and clear verbal commands to the other guys in the house, to drop there weapons and put there hands up high over their heads, even if you were unsure that anyone else was there? What else would you command them to do? Would you tell them, there accomplice was shot and dead and that could be their fate too? Would you command them to leave or to stay regardless of whether or not you actually knew anyone else was there? Would you have holstered your weapon before clearing the house or getting yourself to relative safety? Would you know what to have done had you been grabbed from behind and the bad guy tried to take your weapon away? Would you know how to defend yourself once someone else had your weapon? Would you, and I mean this most literally and seriously, be affected (as in distracted) by the fact that you feel the warm flow of urine running down your legs or the heaviness of a bowel movement in your pants? Would you be so shocked by this last unexpected development that you loose control of yourself completely and thus drop your guard?
Training can prepare you for all the things I have mentioned and more, much more. It can bring to light things you may never have imagined not only about how to shoot well, but how to consider a holster for purchase, how to fight back against someone going for your gun, how to retain your guns while under a hands on attack, what to do in a situation like the one presented as to stay and investigate or get out to safety and call the police, and even to expect the possibility that the pucker factor (sphincter and bladder muscles) may fail and you may soil yourself and that you need to ignore it until you are safe.
Yes, training can make you better than the other guy. As I said though, not in a social way and you should not be concerned about it bettering you inn that manner anyway. The thing with which you need to be concerned, the person you want to be better than, is the dirtbag bad guy who may try to injure you or kill you. winning the fight for your life, against a guy or guys like that, makes all the professional training you can get well worth it. Want to know where to get it - try the NRA website. I recommend them before almost any other organization as an excellent source for all sorts of firearms training from basic gun handling to home defense. Why them? Because they have a national program and have instructors who have all been trained to train you in essentially the same manner as one another. Sure, you can go elsewhere and I recommend that too but I strongly recommend you start with training from NRA certified instructors in an NRA training course. After you have been trained, practice, practice, practice, then get some additional training. You don't have to go overboard but some basic gun handling training and a bit of basic and even some advanced self defense training can be a really good thing.
Sometimes staying safe depends totally upon your own abilities. Think about when you are more able, when well trained or not. The choice is yours. Unless you we team up during a SHTF situation or TEOTWAKI, or maybe even during the Zombie Apocalypse, it does not matter to me one iota how well your are trained. It will matter to you whether it is you or the bad guy who is the better trained person when the bad guy is trying to kill you or your loved ones. Leaving it to dumb luck is simply not for me; I want to be the better man in such an encounter. Remember, it is not a social status thing. It is being better personally, being more responsible toward yourself or your loved ones, with the intent to come out of an armed confrontation alive and as the winner. If that doesn't float your boat, then don't train and maybe win by dumb luck, or maybe sink like the Titanic when the unexpected happens and you are ill prepared to deal with it. It is your choice.
All the best,
Glenn B
Friday, June 8, 2012
My New Obama Tee Shirt
Yep, I have an Obama T-shirt. It just arrived in the mail, day before yesterday. I decided to give it a try-out so I wore it while out at a few stores today. I visited Lowe's, Home Depot, P.C. Richard & Sons and Target. I got a few stares (not sure if in admiration or disgust) from the salesmen at P.C. Richard & Sons. A couple of people at Lowes' obviously averting their eyes but one guy in the parking lot said: "I like your shirt". In the Home Depot parking lot, another person commented similarly to the guy at Lowe's, Then in Target, a group of three young guys walked by me in the store, one said "nice shirt" and another of them something to the effect of "All Fucking Right". A guy in the Target parking lot, driving a van, almost ran me over. I cannot determine if that was because his head was up his ass or because he saw my shirt but I think it was the former.
I first saw the shirt on Kenny's blog Knuckledraggin My Life Away. I liked it immediately, so I left a comment asking where I could get one. He posted about where to buy them. I ordered one for me and one for my son. It was delivered to me within a few days of the order. My son saw his, laughed and said thanks.
Seems to be a high quality shirt, not sure if the words are painted on or are a rubberized press on. I prefer silk-screened painted shirts as the graphics seem to last longer when done that way. Hopefully its message will be heeded by the election and how long the graphics last will not matter much after November! If you like it too, you can get one at the same place I got mine.
Oh, did I forget to post a pic of it, here it is:
I truly like my new Obama T-shirt. What do you think of it?
All the best,
Glenn B
I first saw the shirt on Kenny's blog Knuckledraggin My Life Away. I liked it immediately, so I left a comment asking where I could get one. He posted about where to buy them. I ordered one for me and one for my son. It was delivered to me within a few days of the order. My son saw his, laughed and said thanks.
Seems to be a high quality shirt, not sure if the words are painted on or are a rubberized press on. I prefer silk-screened painted shirts as the graphics seem to last longer when done that way. Hopefully its message will be heeded by the election and how long the graphics last will not matter much after November! If you like it too, you can get one at the same place I got mine.
Oh, did I forget to post a pic of it, here it is:
I truly like my new Obama T-shirt. What do you think of it?
All the best,
Glenn B
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
New Blog Added To Blog Roll
I added yet another blog to my blog roll, it is: The Art Of Manliness and falls in the Blue Zone under the header: TAKE A SHOT WITH THESE SHOOTIST BLOGGERS Not At Them. This new blog covers a wide gamut of manly things (things that any modern woman might like too) including blog posts about guns and shooting. If you saw my post immediately prior to this one, you will know it also covers super seekrit survival equipment, such as Tampons!
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Tampons For Survival - Uneblievable? You Be The Judge!
I never knew just how versatile a few Tampons might be when it comes to survival situations. I know now! I am willing to bet that once this gets around a bit more, other people will be thinking up plenty of new survival uses for them. To see what I am writing about, go here:
This was too good, and both funny and serious, not too share. Who knew that tampons could be such a versatile survival tool. See:
http://artofmanliness.com/2012/06/05/survival-tampon/
(A hat tip to Deb H. for this one.)
All the best,
Glenn B
This was too good, and both funny and serious, not too share. Who knew that tampons could be such a versatile survival tool. See:
http://artofmanliness.com/2012/06/05/survival-tampon/
(A hat tip to Deb H. for this one.)
All the best,
Glenn B
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