tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55682903721706465632012-02-01T08:33:10.308-05:00Nae Queen! Nae Laird! Nae Master! I willna' be fooled again!Carteach0noreply@blogger.comBlogger10191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-38797717855888314182012-02-01T06:02:00.003-05:002012-02-01T06:13:10.936-05:00

4:30 was wakey time this morning... long before any alarm went off. More sleep would be good.So what drags this old pup from bed so early? Life's pressures run deep, and sometimes they force themselves to the fore. Like.... now.The future is firming a bit, and it's becoming clear this is almost surely my last year teaching at the High school level. What happens after that is far less clear.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-71157287341432084212012-01-30T05:07:00.000-05:002012-01-30T06:20:22.875-05:00

.Where to?Where from?Why?How?'Bugging out' is the concept of running away from a bad situation. Getting out of Dodge, vacating the area, strategic withdrawal, Vamoosing, Fading out.... call it what you will; The idea is the same. It simply means the place you are is not a good place to be anymore, and going someplace else would be a good idea. Thus the term..... 'Bugging out'.Quite a lot of

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-78601004550423310732012-01-29T16:57:00.002-05:002012-01-29T16:59:53.362-05:00

25 yards, offhand, five rounds in ten seconds.Hell YES the rifle can shoot straight.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-50134759412753868842012-01-28T19:25:00.003-05:002012-01-28T20:06:30.939-05:00

* I just got done loading fifty rounds of match grade for Liberty (Yes, my Garand has a name now). All things being copacetic, I hope to touch the first one off right around 12:01 in the pm tomorrow.* Digging into a CMP can of 'Greek' today, I found a mix of Greek... Lake City... and some Godsforsaken Frenchy stuff with steel bullets. Color me perplexed. The second can was all Greek, and all

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-45361366379708755642012-01-28T00:41:00.003-05:002012-01-28T00:41:00.229-05:00

I spent a little time today looking through some old photos that 'reappeared' in my life. These are from years and years ago, perhaps best said to come from a different lifetime.Among them, This image.There was a time when I collected and repaired vintage cameras. If film was available I would put them into service a while as well. That day, the camera of choice was an ancient 120 box camera.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-8962979328070997292012-01-27T05:38:00.001-05:002012-01-27T05:38:00.235-05:00

.As an instructor, one of the biggest hurdles is class discipline. Getting students to behave well enough that education can go on, that can be a difficult task.Working with young adults, the old statement "Because I told you so!" just does not cut it. That's a sure fire way to encourage rebellion.Why? Because the students don't trust us, that's why. They don't trust us as adults or

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-26883270329269702382012-01-26T06:00:00.000-05:002012-01-26T06:01:21.913-05:00

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-43367492825082422682012-01-26T05:53:00.003-05:002012-01-26T06:08:31.566-05:00

(Arizona Guv Jan Brewer takes no condescending crap from president Happy Daze)The image needs a perfect caption. What say you?

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-86480633154718982462012-01-25T05:58:00.001-05:002012-01-25T06:00:27.189-05:00

No, I did not watch the State Of The Election speech last night. I went to bed early, so I could get up early, and try to deal with real life problems. The last thing I need is yet another multimillionaire politician telling me *I* need to sacrifice.I might listen if he explained how he managed to increase his personal wealth ten times over in the last three years, or why his biggest

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-70298588737228259042012-01-24T18:28:00.002-05:002012-01-24T18:35:20.075-05:00

Presently, sipping a glass of chilled bourbon and considering the past, the present, and mostly the future.Just... nothing I can say.It was a fun ride, mostly.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-82014572278954579902012-01-22T12:36:00.002-05:002012-01-22T12:59:59.913-05:00

On my chore list today, cleaning out a few closets and organizing a few piles. One particular pile... this one.... needed doing something fierce. This would be the ammunition back stock that I don't use too often. It's made up of both large cans of ammunition purchased when mil-surp is cheap, and assorted dribs and drabs collected over decades. The majority of the D/D's are handloads tailored

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-27604733485620243302012-01-22T11:22:00.002-05:002012-01-22T11:28:26.121-05:00

Nothing... and I mean NOTHING... motivates the urge to carry in firewood like the sound of the oil furnace blasting into life, as it burns pure shredded cash with incredible abandon. The reason our oil tank is located deep in a stone basement is so it can be defended from thieves, robbers, sneak thieves, as the value of the fuel oil inside it exceeds my entire bank account at this moment.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-29890352340476023142012-01-22T10:12:00.002-05:002012-01-22T10:15:15.318-05:00

This one is do-it-yourself.....Step one: Look up Barack Husein Obama's net worth in 2007.Step two: Look up Barack Husein Obama's net worth now.Step three: Look up how it managed to change 1000%

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-7616863624174820832012-01-22T08:17:00.002-05:002012-01-22T08:25:26.733-05:00

.Browsing a Reuters article on the prepper movement this morning, I was moved to read around a few interwebs spots this morning (Yes.. I said a Reuters article. That would be big media taking survivalism very seriously indeed).So much of the prepper writings deal with 'bugging out'; hitting the (non-functional) roads, and surviving in the (Suddenly incredibly crowded) back woods (Behind the old

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-6467495080081068922012-01-21T08:24:00.000-05:002012-01-21T08:25:14.746-05:00

A few words regarding the M1 Garand.......

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-68704042418774826442012-01-21T06:20:00.002-05:002012-01-21T06:23:26.820-05:00

It was not even 6am this morning, and I was making a dozen phone calls to students advising them to skip traveling to today's competition. 5" of snow, now being topped with sleet and freezing rain. BLECH.On the other hand, I have a good fry pan and the makings for a killer country skillet on hand. Time to eat I guess.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-87841063531349487982012-01-20T05:38:00.002-05:002012-01-20T05:42:55.932-05:00

.I'm looking at the rail farm on this here M+P 15-22, and thinking about all the crap I can hang on this rifle. Lights, lasers, handles and cup holders, Oh MY!I have reached a conclusion on how I wish to outfit this rifle for the time being. You want to know what this shootin iron needs more than anything else? The one accessory it just cries out for?A case of CCI ammunition..... THAT'S what

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-85857981832668984312012-01-20T05:14:00.001-05:002012-01-20T05:16:17.803-05:00

I am not a Newtie, but bloody hell! It's GOOD to see someone smack a major media a$$wipe right in the face with his own smug hypocrisy. Via Borepatch....

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-45923957051410181842012-01-19T18:43:00.003-05:002012-01-19T19:06:47.764-05:00

.A nice thing happened today.I was offered a S&W M+P 15-22 for a can't-refuse-it price. It was substantially ...um... less than retail. Not the newest and fanciest model, but a good standard model with a case, two magazines, and a cheap lighted reticule 3-9 rifle scope. A used rifle, but not a mark on it.Of course the neighbor, his boy, and I had to put some rounds down-yard right away. The

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-68741924453446898002012-01-19T06:17:00.002-05:002012-01-19T06:23:35.924-05:00

.So... ABC got Newties ex-wife to sit down for a bitch session about him, on camera, on the record. No shocker there. I suspect something like that is lined up for every major Republican candidate, except perhaps Paul. There they can't seem to get anything that matters, or sticks.Hell, I am convinced the MM would make something up if they couldn't dig something up, at least where Republicans

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-37980387687058776502012-01-18T17:53:00.002-05:002012-01-18T17:56:04.817-05:00

"Sometimes, you must comprimise on principles.....""NO SIR... that is not possible. Once a person 'compromises' on their principles, it turns out they were never principles at all, but just merely convenient attitudes for the moment".Any questions?

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-13974932132617304282012-01-18T16:28:00.002-05:002012-01-18T16:39:49.212-05:00

.It ought to be Friday. I earned it to be Friday. Really....Today:Had a van catch fire in the shop while a broken stud was being torched off. At the exact same moment as.......A student got his hand captured between a leaf spring and a vehicle structure.... hard. As in... "You ain't getting that hand back Sparky!"We got Sparky free without damage, got the vehicle fire down without even

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-24130860371190372352012-01-18T05:44:00.002-05:002012-01-18T05:56:30.497-05:00

.So... my partner and I have some of our students in training for competition. One youngen actually just completed a Skills contest, taking a third. Another competes in a week or so. A pair of them compete in a 'big time' contest a few weeks after that. Five teams of two are heading to UTI for their challenge this Saturday, and we hope to wipe the field.Yup... we have been doing a little

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-69354642217439887802012-01-17T05:12:00.002-05:002012-01-17T05:12:00.420-05:00

Interesting stack. One of them is mine. Yes, I am bragging. That is all.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-86276403298562462692012-01-17T05:10:00.000-05:002012-01-17T05:10:00.570-05:00

I take Previcid for heart burn. It works on me, better than any medicine I have ever taken for any purpose I can recall. Instant, dramatic, and long lasting results.I am almost out.I logged into my Amazon account, did a 'one click' on a 42 count box of Previcid, and went back to cooking my breakfast. Today is Monday, and it will here Wednesday, at cheaper cost than going to a local drug store.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-23763163431233547982012-01-15T16:48:00.004-05:002012-01-16T15:13:13.898-05:00

First time shooting a GarandFirst time shooting a Garand in a matchFirst time shooting this rifle at allMid 20's temp with a 10 mph windOnly four sighter shots before scoring shots beganI shot a 364/500 2xIf I wasn't so cold right now, I would be doing a happy dance. As it is, I'll just sip hot coffee near the wood stove.... and smile.Update: Next day....I just finished detail stripping and

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-7182264917841478532012-01-15T07:14:00.004-05:002012-01-15T07:23:02.978-05:00

Okay... as tough choices go, this one ain't so tough. It's not 'life or death', but more 'Chicken or Steak'.I have a M1 Garand I have not fired yet, and I very much wish to do so. By an act of very little coincidence there is a military rifle match at the club today, themed on 'The Battle Of The Bulge'. I can go and join up on a squad, putting 58 rounds through the Garand in timed stages on a

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-45491534546039789982012-01-15T05:52:00.002-05:002012-01-15T05:52:00.505-05:00

Capturing the mindBending the soul at a whimUnending possibilities

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-2677597928249672512012-01-15T05:47:00.001-05:002012-01-15T05:47:00.264-05:00

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-84470678249755544242012-01-15T05:43:00.003-05:002012-01-15T05:43:00.601-05:00

No, this is not following the instructions. But its funner than all get out. Just ask the neighbor's boys.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-78297998648552571632012-01-15T05:24:00.001-05:002012-01-15T05:24:00.511-05:00

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-48225160593133969422012-01-14T09:09:00.003-05:002012-01-14T09:17:07.671-05:00

70% of the earths surface is water. Most of it gathers into big things called 'Oceans' and 'Seas'. There are maps and signs if you get lost. Even big flashing lights to warn you when you get close to the edge.The bridge crew of this Italian cruise liner managed to miss all that 'water' stuff and plow right into a big chunk of what we like to call... NOT water. Shortly after that, their

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-37715595972049034262012-01-14T05:56:00.002-05:002012-01-14T05:56:00.408-05:00

.I know compared to some... say, my eldest son... I am a Luddite. That said, I get along with technology just fine, except I tend to be just a little behind the curve. That's okay... it's called 'The Bleeding Edge' for a reason.So.... I'm sitting on the hopper and multitasking. That means I was using my Droid X to browse Amazon while I was otherwise encumbered. I see under search functions a

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-46281842634269573072012-01-13T20:36:00.000-05:002012-01-13T20:36:00.561-05:00

From Irons in the Fire:"When he made his little Presidential trip to Iraq, remember the basketball game? Son knew a guy there; said Obama played maybe five minutes to get pictures and left, never saying a word to any of the troops."

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-50144767975715424212012-01-13T09:05:00.003-05:002012-01-13T09:14:50.645-05:00

.Someone asked about the Doctors appointment, and what's up.It's nothing critical... nothing bad... I'm just doing some planning. I'm actually meeting with a nutritionist the doctor set me up with, and here's why.There is a very real chance, if not probability, that my job as a public school instructor will implode in the next year or two. That's not my preference, but a result of school

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-18836879428880547262012-01-13T08:30:00.001-05:002012-01-13T08:30:56.315-05:00

Gotta say.... If Colbert shows up on my ballot, I will RUN to vote for him over those other clowns. Hell, I'd vote for a syphilitic squirrel over any current candidate Republican or Democrat, but Colbert would win over the squirrel.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-18797357076468347562012-01-13T07:55:00.002-05:002012-01-13T08:03:11.809-05:00

.Taking a day off today, although I'd really rather be on the job at school. I can't help but feel guilty as hell for taking a day away from my kids... but I have a doctors appointment I need to keep.I hear you..... why don't I just take off long enough to do the appointment, and then get my butt back on the job? You mean... like all us instructors have done for the last ten years? You mean...

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-83131354875176020522012-01-12T19:27:00.003-05:002012-01-12T19:37:29.229-05:00

.Naw.... no one would ever believe it.Anyway, we have some boys heading to competition. One on Monday, another a few days after, the same two a few weeks from now, five teams of two at another competition in another week...How hard are we working? Oh, how can I describe this...... we have been prepping for weeks now. In the last few days I have given two of these boys a pair of state

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-9508480535573132892012-01-12T06:37:00.002-05:002012-01-12T06:39:24.627-05:00

I am not feeling it today. I didn't feel it yesterday. Tomorrow is not looking so good.Perhaps it's time for some life changes.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-65761850204435111862012-01-12T06:12:00.002-05:002012-01-12T06:15:22.056-05:00

Watching the crop of presidential wishful being presented us, my thoughts run this way....Are these the BEST people they can put in front of us?Really?REALLY??The whole pack is insulting.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-60293611307867049912012-01-08T19:02:00.002-05:002012-01-08T19:18:51.814-05:00

There is a meme running around the net. It involves making a counterpoint to the (IMO) stupidity of the 'Brady Bunch'. They (all six of them) are inviting people to 'light a candle' against violence.Here in my home? Not a chance in hell. The lights are on here. If we light a candle, it will be because we like candles. For those who would do us violence, the lights are on full bore. They can

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-17893122874916701992012-01-08T18:36:00.002-05:002012-01-08T18:56:44.321-05:00

.This morning I peddled Scooter the wonder car an hour+ to a gun show. It was a fair to middlin crowded, but not swamped. Prices were high on all the usual suspects, although there was a decent representation of less expensive basic firearms. Ex-soviet imports were plentiful. Ammunition was reasonably plentiful, although case lots were rare indeed.Meself saw a Colt AR type in rimfire that I

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-37053626386162522772012-01-08T15:56:00.001-05:002012-01-08T15:57:56.207-05:00

Binary explosives......Will make fine targets even in pill bottle sized containers.....Can be set off with a .17 HMR rifle.....It has been an interesting afternoon.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-13519517801433908002012-01-08T08:25:00.000-05:002012-01-08T08:26:33.821-05:00

Ohhh Look! A gun show!And... it's only an hour and a half from home!

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-23066923707555117502012-01-08T01:49:00.000-05:002012-01-08T01:49:00.527-05:00

by Joe the PlumberTax his land,Tax his bed,Tax the table,At which he's fed.Tax his tractor,Tax his mule,Teach him taxesAre the rule.Tax his work,Tax his pay,He works forpeanuts anyway!Tax his cow,Tax his goat,Tax his pants,Tax his coat.Tax his ties,Tax his shirt,Tax his work,Tax his dirt.Tax his tobacco,Tax his drink,Tax him if heTries to think.Tax his cigars,Tax his beers,If he criesTax his

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-41387635086584504372012-01-07T16:10:00.001-05:002012-01-07T16:13:43.468-05:00

Ran some errands today, picking up a few needful things....

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-77199456188843376812012-01-07T11:32:00.002-05:002012-01-07T11:37:39.969-05:00

A few weeks ago I mentioned to my neighbor that I wanted to move some firewood under my front porch before the weather turns nasty. This morning he appeared out of the blue with two boys and a wheelbarrow. I pitched in, with my own wheelbarrow.Now our front porch is stacked on three sides and two ranks deep with enough firewood to last a month and a half of hard cold Winter.Did I mention I

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-38585053323436209102012-01-07T09:28:00.001-05:002012-01-07T09:33:08.379-05:00

Mid 50's H&R, all matching, in a new walnut stock.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-49586155808436799052012-01-07T07:32:00.003-05:002012-01-07T07:54:19.991-05:00

What that smell is you can't smell right now. You are, aren't you?That is Anduille sausage and potatoes sizzling brown in butter, before the eggs and cream get dumped on top of them. Asiago cheese and salsa will follow upon depanning and deplating.Country scramble.... it's whats for breakfast!

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-68212499388232175442012-01-07T06:21:00.003-05:002012-01-07T06:26:07.079-05:00

If the only vehicle one owns is an old beat up refugee from the salvage yard, then one should own TWO such vehicles to be assured of transportation. With that in mind, I placed an ad on Craigslist:I am looking for a second vehicle. As a lifelong car mechanic and tech instructor... I'm a bit picky. I won't sweat the small things... dings and small dents, accessories that may not work, brakes or

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-80110657433227719642012-01-07T04:52:00.000-05:002012-01-07T04:52:00.195-05:00

APPENDIX ASocial Media Web Sites Monitored by the NOCThis is a representative list of sites that the NOC will start to monitor in order to provide situational awareness and establish a common operating picture under this Initiative. Initial sites listed may link to other sites not listed. The NOC may also monitor those sites if they are within the scope of this Initiative. Tool Link

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-61321450633085331812012-01-06T16:02:00.002-05:002012-01-06T16:45:10.589-05:00

.Last day of the marking period, and I am tired in ways that defy explanation.The kids busted their asses all week, with a pace today beyond belief for anyone who hasn't seen us in operation. It took me over an hour to enter grades... and that's from only today's work.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-25208220710856011852012-01-05T18:07:00.002-05:002012-01-05T18:13:43.577-05:00

This year, my students are arguably the best I have ever had. I don't know how to say that in a better way. To be blunt.... they give a crap more than any bunch I have ever had.Graduation is in five months. I'd like to give them each something when they walk that stage. I'd like every young person to go back to their seat with not only their certificates and awards, but something concrete

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-4812354012077157482012-01-05T06:38:00.000-05:002012-01-05T06:38:40.646-05:00

Dave Barry’s 2011 Year in Review - Dave Barry - MiamiHerald.comA YEARS worth of snark in one piece. Just put down your coffee.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-67489361982171448452012-01-05T06:14:00.000-05:002012-01-05T06:14:00.894-05:00

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-22340050324009021952012-01-04T06:44:00.002-05:002012-01-04T06:47:16.905-05:00

Wednesday it becomesWith promise of freedom soonWhispering untrue

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-70161862766333408372012-01-02T21:59:00.001-05:002012-01-02T22:04:34.457-05:00

Just a simple question....Has their ever been a single modern war movie ever that didn't have the unit radio shot up in a surprise attack?

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-53484554327680060382012-01-01T19:58:00.002-05:002012-01-01T20:03:22.365-05:00

.Doing some research on this topic. The M1 Garand is a fussy critter, compared to most 30.06 rifles. The wrong load can actually damage the rifle.Going through my handloading library, which is fairly... extensive.... I find almost nothing on the topic. Even Ken Waters skipped right past it.I'm sensing a post opportunity here.....

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-77852781208579637702012-01-01T13:04:00.003-05:002012-01-01T17:26:51.151-05:00

I'll admit, I slacked off on hand loading quite a bit last year. Between a stockpile, lack of shooting time, some lucky purchases.... I simply didn't need to reload much.This morning I mounted the press back where it belongs, moving it off the temporary loading bench I put together when we moved here. Later today, should my ^%#%^%^ back not put up too much of a fuss, I'll put the rest of the

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-78919703222806199892012-01-01T10:09:00.001-05:002012-01-01T10:11:00.608-05:00

Via Old NFO....

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-91253751849411568612012-01-01T09:17:00.004-05:002012-01-01T10:50:46.218-05:00

.Spending some time with Canfield's book and my new-to-me Garand, I find it's a very late production H&R from 1955 or 1956. Besides the new walnut stock, it appears to be all original H&R.For some reason I can't articulate, this pleases me to no end.In other news... rooting around in my reloading supplies, I have located 150 sized and primed 30-06 cases, roughly 200 once fired cases (in the

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-29227664643945042522011-12-31T12:30:00.001-05:002011-12-31T12:31:52.212-05:00

10 Bragging points to the first person who names it for what it is.I expect to use it a few weeks from now, one or another.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-73884206333664968492011-12-31T10:37:00.002-05:002011-12-31T10:52:05.004-05:00

.One of the features (not a bug) of being mildly OCD is over-thinking things. Once an OCD-er gets his teeth into a thought process, it continues to conclusion. So this morning I am running a few errands, and the local gun store is on the list. See, I've had a hankering for an AR variant for some time, and I know they have a few on their rack. Someone sent me a link this morning to an AR .22

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-3635930204340621032011-12-29T08:03:00.002-05:002011-12-29T08:23:53.692-05:00

.I awoke as usual this morning, at O'Dark Thirty. Given this is the 'Christmas Break' for school, and knowing my biggest hurdle of the day was an afternoon appointment, I allowed the warm covers to lure me back into their comfort, and I own a Garand.This half sleep, half waking luxury lasted till the windows began their gentle glow as the sun rose. Normally I see the glow from behind my

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-11843692955105738742011-12-29T05:20:00.002-05:002011-12-29T05:20:00.062-05:00

.I have this pair of shorts......Nice, comfortable things they are. They have cargo pockets, should I require to carry cargo while wearing them, which I never have. They also come to my knees, covering a large measure of the hairy tree stumps I have for legs, and that's something I appreciate.They also do a trick. At times, It's a really useful trick. Very useful indeed.You see.... they are

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-10151333969047206852011-12-28T09:29:00.002-05:002011-12-28T09:35:52.883-05:00

Over on Carteach0, the story........

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-19521737885242079862011-12-27T15:17:00.001-05:002011-12-27T15:17:58.648-05:00

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-54686080210952790572011-12-27T05:57:00.003-05:002011-12-27T11:30:58.344-05:00

.I spent much of the day cooking some of my favorite comfort foods, and was rewarded with excellent results. French Onion soup and baked macaroni casserole.I met a friend for the first time, and discovered he is every bit the intelligent gentleman I always thought he was.I was given a gift... an M1 Garand. Owning a Garand has been a life long ambition, and this one coming as a gift from a

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-19547709679975370472011-12-26T07:14:00.001-05:002011-12-26T07:18:48.765-05:00

A taste forgottenLike bittersweet memoryand seasons long past

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-73639050317297230682011-12-26T04:41:00.000-05:002011-12-26T04:41:00.873-05:00

In lieu of saying something I probably should not, here is a picture of a brownie.Enjoy.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-66518208551237363742011-12-25T21:35:00.004-05:002011-12-25T21:48:38.002-05:00

My boy treated us to dinner for Christmas, and the time was worth more than the meal, which wasn't cheap. I'm kinda happy the envelope I gave him as present more than covered the meal. He works hard for his money, and has little to spare.Princess gave me a couple new voices on my GPS. That was sneaky and cute. What else is she to give me? We have what we need, and wants are transitory.Me?

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-20816560750623815812011-12-25T06:01:00.003-05:002011-12-25T06:29:09.242-05:00

This morning, I challenge myself to put down only words positive. I awoke to opportunities in forgiveness, or least forgetness, as past ghosts chose Christmas day to come calling. So often I liken myself to Scrooge, and now I have the creepy spirits crawling back as proof.Thoughts turn to words... not helpful. I'll not dwell on them; My challenge. Instead, look for the lesson towards the

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-39480805981740706962011-12-24T18:39:00.002-05:002011-12-24T18:49:52.763-05:00

Christmas time is.... different.Maybe, probably, it's the way we all saw a change at Christmas when we were kids. People behaved different... usually. On TV, movie after movie tells us about how its the time to be open, and sharing; To care more for others and be.... nice. On the other hand.... Christmas can be a time for other feelings too. As much as some folks feel the positive

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-70767770891204835132011-12-21T06:48:00.000-05:002011-12-21T06:49:25.308-05:00

Senator Coburn released his nearly 100 page report on incredibly wasteful spending by Congress and their lackeys. In it he details $7,000,000,000 of obvious fraud and waste. Read this.... read it right before you vote... and remember.... the incumbent probably voted to spend YOUR MONEY on this crap.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-56318056955940426452011-12-19T16:35:00.002-05:002011-12-19T16:42:17.697-05:00

.Just got a big envelope in the mail today. Two of my students made it into competition... and this could take them to nationals, with a lot of money on the line.Let the training begin!In other school news.... we just held an open house. Something very, very nice happened.... a couple folks looking to get their son in our program, and asking advice on his schooling over the next year to get

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-8181806212696258632011-12-19T06:44:00.000-05:002011-12-19T06:45:41.914-05:00

James Allen gksewiwgwzja@gmail.com to me show details 2:50 AM (3 hours ago) Hello, Thanks for getting back to me. Am Ok with the price and the condition..Thanks for the prompt response to my mail. I will be buying it fromyou so please kindly withdraw the advert. Please to be informed that iwill pay you with a certified bank check and once you have the checkcashed at your bank, then i will arrange

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-44395572169455538362011-12-17T06:11:00.000-05:002011-12-17T06:11:00.707-05:00

.Feel free to drool.... just step back from the keyboard while you do.This fine and freezing Saturday morning, breakfast had not been planned. Relaxing near the wood stove, and enjoying the waves of heat coming from the old beast, I contemplated breaking the nights fast. What to have.... what to have.... quickly turned into "What have we got?"Basmati long grain rice left over from dinner

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-49166655579805768342011-12-16T06:06:00.001-05:002011-12-16T06:06:59.506-05:00

.On divergent rails Turned the bend and gone awaySilence fades to.... cold

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-60291830895041006032011-12-14T06:43:00.002-05:002011-12-14T06:49:45.398-05:00

"Bipartisan lawmakers have reached agreement on a $1 trillion measure financing scores of government agencies through next September, a bill that would avert a federal shutdown this weekend when temporary funding expires. Democrats, though, are refusing to let the legislation move through Congress until the two parties broker a deal on the payroll tax measure. Democrats hope that will build

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-7473955669733351092011-12-13T17:44:00.000-05:002011-12-13T17:45:41.391-05:00

Colt is going to begin making firearms in the United States!

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-28900922937283309102011-12-13T11:14:00.002-05:002011-12-13T11:23:12.331-05:00

With sadness of mindWatching friends struggle with lifeEach candle flickersWords of a teacherWhisper in my ear far past"Not your life to live"Their choice you can't make'Nor their pathway can you chooseIf they do not ask

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-42344828767484857032011-12-11T17:12:00.002-05:002011-12-11T18:08:34.794-05:00

.So.... I look out my front window this morning, and notice our new neighbor putting up a fence in his front yard. He's working that big bleeping roll of wire fence all by himself, and I don't see another person around. I'm looking at him.... and I know damn well he's going to do that fence all by himself... the whole yard.No %$#@!$@ way.... that's just wrong. I get my lazy butt dressed

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-49482126647366429972011-12-11T10:34:00.003-05:002011-12-11T10:50:14.470-05:00

This morning, as I listened to the second pot of coffee gurgling away in the percolator, I cleaned up and did some small chores. Dishes, a pan or two, wipe down the counters, put some things away..... and notice a bag of potatoes wanting used.Washing the potatoes in warm water, half went directly to the rack in a hot oven. So many wonderfully flavorful recipes begin with 'Slice up three baked

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-78350767538319939452011-12-10T11:22:00.002-05:002011-12-10T11:41:24.185-05:00

A while back, the President and his buddies granted us peons a tax reduction. They agreed to steal away less of the money we earn, and allow we peasants to use our own earnings as we see fit. For many families, it amounted to about a grand a year... enough to pad the food budget, or make up for the rising cost of the fuel we need to get to work each day..... IF we have a job.Now, the President

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-51929777055146757202011-12-09T05:42:00.000-05:002011-12-09T05:43:03.087-05:00

More regarding the condition of Europe's economy....

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-75696581441304487932011-12-09T05:39:00.000-05:002011-12-09T05:40:42.419-05:00

Europe economy imploding?

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-10468960474814952232011-12-09T05:22:00.003-05:002011-12-09T05:34:46.299-05:00

This morning, as happens many times, my mind kicked into gear long before there was any need for it. So early, in fact, there is time to drink an entire pot of excellent coffee before I haul my butt out to the local eatery for a comfortable Friday breakfast. They don't open til 6am....I don't eat there every Friday, but sometimes when my day begins long before I wished to.... breakfast at the

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-27942101831488625382011-12-07T19:39:00.001-05:002011-12-07T19:39:51.576-05:00

My sole wisdom lies in knowing that I know nothing.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-17401447570102857812011-12-07T06:17:00.001-05:002011-12-07T06:19:19.656-05:00

No blog for you today. Got nothing to say that anyone would care to read.Maybe some other day.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-90558582840115460182011-12-07T05:30:00.000-05:002011-12-07T05:30:03.213-05:00

Read THIS from Peter.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-36053885735610967922011-12-06T00:23:00.000-05:002011-12-06T00:23:00.856-05:00

I am an instructor at a Career and Technical school. We are 'run' by 16 public schools and a handful of private schools. Our funding comes from them, from the State, from adult ed programs, and a few donations I gather.At this time...... those schools are fighting for funding for themselves, and are lining up to cut our throat to do it. It's far easier to slash our programs than it is to cut

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-90229347767946745642011-12-05T05:30:00.000-05:002011-12-05T05:30:02.720-05:00

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-74905396678128998652011-12-04T07:21:00.004-05:002011-12-04T08:11:21.845-05:00

.The sawzall blade went in through the meat of my hand, carved a pretty little cavern, and then continued on to punch out in the palm. I got one good look at the full depth and breadth of the laceration before I clamped it shut with my other hand. Just one good look. Not even the ER doc opened it up again, but I could picture it well enough. Still can. Lots of ragged read meat.Five days

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-74035155659078729772011-11-29T18:28:00.002-05:002011-11-29T18:31:54.962-05:00

The sawzall blade went in between my thumb and first finger, and came out in my palm. Right through the meat. No a lot of bleeding, no heavy damage that can be found so far. Just a deep, painful, flesh wound.Gives me a pretty good idea of how a battery powered sawzall with the right blade could be worked into a really gory Monster Hunter Inc. story though........

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-56423491021816115122011-11-28T14:12:00.002-05:002011-11-28T14:13:30.229-05:00

.A large explosion in an Iranian city noted for it's nuclear weapon production facilities?

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-54238055139117104812011-11-28T07:44:00.000-05:002011-11-28T07:45:24.317-05:00

Via Peter, what could be an important read.....

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-62255415301655032292011-11-27T12:13:00.001-05:002011-11-27T12:17:10.703-05:00

Does anybody really know what time it is?Does anybody really care?

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-70657560464233708432011-11-27T09:46:00.000-05:002011-11-27T09:47:03.580-05:00

British foreign office: Prepare for riots as Euro collapses.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-3667816064662635002011-11-26T17:07:00.002-05:002011-11-26T17:12:31.219-05:00

Those who know, know. I need say nothing more.

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568290372170646563.post-25261515148007608162011-11-26T13:29:00.004-05:002011-11-26T13:45:55.402-05:00

The thing... this is LANCASTER..... in Pennsylvania. Our hippies are just better than your hippies. That's the way it is. Get used to it.Notice OUR hippies have a very neat Occupy camp. See the straw? That's to keep the area clean. It gets raked up and disposed of, and protects the lawn from undue wear. Also notice the tents are well assembled, and properly arranged for easy upkeep.Did I

Carteach0noreply@blogger.com10