This comes to mind after bantering with my daughter about Midwest church-basement cuisine.
"Were there any Lutherans before there were crock pots?"
Oct 5, 2011
Why we're broke
A couple of Des Moines cops drew a crucial crime-fighting assignment. Armed with tactical video equipment, they deployed to the Ingersoll Theatre to watch the old-timey burlesque show -- like the one your great grandpa snuck into after telling Great Gram he was heading for Oddfellows Hall.
The infiltrating Only Ones had orders to capture evidence of exposure of a nipple or "anything below." They got it.
As one of the dancers tells the tale, she was doing a classic balloon dance when a Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction victimized her. A bubble accidentally popped, giving the leering audience a flash of pastie.
The cops left. They "reviewed" the tape for a long time. (Stop smirking). They returned to write the citations. The dancers will talk to the ACLU. Our courts are bracing for the Trial of the Century.
I don't know about you, but this assault on public titillation certainly fills me with a renewed appreciation for my government's dedication to, at any cost, shielding me from impurity.
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Des Moines city fathers promised that their new robotic speed and stop-light cameras would compensate for their rape of the 14th Amendment by freeing police for more vital duties. Voila.
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The infiltrating Only Ones had orders to capture evidence of exposure of a nipple or "anything below." They got it.
As one of the dancers tells the tale, she was doing a classic balloon dance when a Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction victimized her. A bubble accidentally popped, giving the leering audience a flash of pastie.
The cops left. They "reviewed" the tape for a long time. (Stop smirking). They returned to write the citations. The dancers will talk to the ACLU. Our courts are bracing for the Trial of the Century.
I don't know about you, but this assault on public titillation certainly fills me with a renewed appreciation for my government's dedication to, at any cost, shielding me from impurity.
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Des Moines city fathers promised that their new robotic speed and stop-light cameras would compensate for their rape of the 14th Amendment by freeing police for more vital duties. Voila.
.
Oct 4, 2011
You know you're gun freak when:
You discover that you use more auto-polishing goop in your brass tumbler than on your vehicles.
You discover it when the knock-around mini-van looks like it ought to be sitting in front of a taqueria in a land where English is not the native tongue. This thing hasn't been washed since the summer of '10 and not even much rained on since June. So wash it. It looks so much better clean, why not slap on a coat of polish?
The shed, where last year I distinctly recall seeing three of four jugs or partial jugs of the stuff was bereft. Guess I didn't keep track of how many times I raided it in order to create an eye-burning sheen on my .45 ACP reloads.
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Related frugality check. Long ago I checked the price of specialized magic brass polish from Midway or Brownell's or someplace like that. For the same money you could get the polish or a brick of .22s. So I wondered how car polish would work, especially since I get if for about a dime a pint in dollar boxes at auctions.
The short answer is "identically." So gimme a brick of those Winchesters, Mr. Vendor.
That level of cheapskatedness sounds pretty compulsive, and perhaps it is, but practiced over a period of time it enhances the ammo stock and even the pistol racks.
You discover it when the knock-around mini-van looks like it ought to be sitting in front of a taqueria in a land where English is not the native tongue. This thing hasn't been washed since the summer of '10 and not even much rained on since June. So wash it. It looks so much better clean, why not slap on a coat of polish?
The shed, where last year I distinctly recall seeing three of four jugs or partial jugs of the stuff was bereft. Guess I didn't keep track of how many times I raided it in order to create an eye-burning sheen on my .45 ACP reloads.
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Related frugality check. Long ago I checked the price of specialized magic brass polish from Midway or Brownell's or someplace like that. For the same money you could get the polish or a brick of .22s. So I wondered how car polish would work, especially since I get if for about a dime a pint in dollar boxes at auctions.
The short answer is "identically." So gimme a brick of those Winchesters, Mr. Vendor.
That level of cheapskatedness sounds pretty compulsive, and perhaps it is, but practiced over a period of time it enhances the ammo stock and even the pistol racks.
Caution, terrorist content: IIDs
The TMR Legal Review Section requires the warning, never mind that we used to demand that every Campfire Girl be adept at creating and handling Improvised Incendiary Devices.
You could do evil things with them, as you could with your fingernail clippers, but the intent is to start small comfort fires when things are cold and wet. And, importantly, to do it for free.
These things always work and give you a fighting chance to ignite even damp wood. The paper serves as a sort of fuse, giving you time to get your hands out of the way before the match heads blow.
The raw materials:
Melt the old candles. Low heat is safer. Dump in your freebie matchbooks. Let them soak a while. Fish them out and lay them on paper.
You could do evil things with them, as you could with your fingernail clippers, but the intent is to start small comfort fires when things are cold and wet. And, importantly, to do it for free.
These things always work and give you a fighting chance to ignite even damp wood. The paper serves as a sort of fuse, giving you time to get your hands out of the way before the match heads blow.
The raw materials:
Melt the old candles. Low heat is safer. Dump in your freebie matchbooks. Let them soak a while. Fish them out and lay them on paper.
Like this, only sloppier. You want the paper wax-infused. I sloshed these through warm wax again after I tore them apart.
Store a few of them in old zip-locks too grimy for food. Include a couple of untreated matchbooks wrapped in plastic film. A bag in every vehicle, your bugout bag, and whatever back packs, range bags, etc. you ordinarily use.
You are welcome.
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