Sep 19, 2012
In lieu of 911
If I were a guy bent on a little housebreaking or other mayhem, I think I'd stay away from Cindy's lair. You know, Jinglebob's Cindy, out in cow country. :)
Sep 18, 2012
Domestica -- ammo and other incendiaries
-- The wood faerie returneth. My cup of renewable, sustainable biomass fuel runneth -- rilly rilly runneth -- over. My city man has just delivered a small load of bucked elm locust and plans to bring another. The stuff is unsplittable, but I can cut it short and burn it like chunks of coal. I am this morning grateful to the administration of my village, Smugleye-on-Lake.
-- September song: With the windows still open to a light breeze, a small fire furnishes a corner of warm comfort amidst all the fresh air.
--Maybe the good mood is a hangover from the long evening in Reloading Central. The Redding B3 powder measure -- a sturdy cast-iron '40s or '50s relic -- is back online and throws IMR 3031 in dependable charges. Besides...
--The Pacific case trimmer, of similar vintage and brutishness, has been tidied up and is ready to work as soon as I find pilots in .223, 257, 6mm*, .357, and .45. I've never used it, and there was bonus delight in finding that standard RCBS shell holders work fine. Besides...
-- Several hundred rounds of brass have been resorted into several containers which match one another in size, style, and color. Enough of this kind of neat-freak compulsion and I'll be ready for a Better Homes and Gardens spread. Disclaimer: it happens seldom. To wit:
-- The living quarters are a disaster. When BH&G is finished in the loading shack, a visit from the Hoarders film crew is more than possible. Example:It is not gracious to use the Stihl chain saw manual as a trivet. Gotta find my apron.
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*That's .244 in real money, by jingo.
-- September song: With the windows still open to a light breeze, a small fire furnishes a corner of warm comfort amidst all the fresh air.
--Maybe the good mood is a hangover from the long evening in Reloading Central. The Redding B3 powder measure -- a sturdy cast-iron '40s or '50s relic -- is back online and throws IMR 3031 in dependable charges. Besides...
--The Pacific case trimmer, of similar vintage and brutishness, has been tidied up and is ready to work as soon as I find pilots in .223, 257, 6mm*, .357, and .45. I've never used it, and there was bonus delight in finding that standard RCBS shell holders work fine. Besides...
-- Several hundred rounds of brass have been resorted into several containers which match one another in size, style, and color. Enough of this kind of neat-freak compulsion and I'll be ready for a Better Homes and Gardens spread. Disclaimer: it happens seldom. To wit:
-- The living quarters are a disaster. When BH&G is finished in the loading shack, a visit from the Hoarders film crew is more than possible. Example:It is not gracious to use the Stihl chain saw manual as a trivet. Gotta find my apron.
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*That's .244 in real money, by jingo.
New faces
A couple of additions to the blogroll.
Stainles of Sportsfiirngs caught my attention by reporting his pleasure in finding a Skeeter Skelton book. Anyone who likes Skeeter is to be admired even though memories of his gun-journalist home, the old Shooting Times, arouse my disgust with with the current crop of news-stand firearms rags. (My carbon-fiber reinforced polymer is way cooler than your wimpy ol' plastic!)
Welcome, too, to Stephen, an entertaining fellow who seems to be a genial an/cap for all seasons. Guns, food, bikes, camping. All the good stuff.
Edit to add one more good guy: Mojave Desertrat who this morning suggests that the Kate exposure really isn't all that big a deal.
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I had read a lot of Skelton before hooking up with an AP colleague in Denver who became a mulie hunting buddy. (How ya doing, Bob K.?) A Texan, he knew Skeeter at least slightly, and may (damn a fading memory) may have gone shooting with him a time or two.
Stainles of Sportsfiirngs caught my attention by reporting his pleasure in finding a Skeeter Skelton book. Anyone who likes Skeeter is to be admired even though memories of his gun-journalist home, the old Shooting Times, arouse my disgust with with the current crop of news-stand firearms rags. (My carbon-fiber reinforced polymer is way cooler than your wimpy ol' plastic!)
Welcome, too, to Stephen, an entertaining fellow who seems to be a genial an/cap for all seasons. Guns, food, bikes, camping. All the good stuff.
Edit to add one more good guy: Mojave Desertrat who this morning suggests that the Kate exposure really isn't all that big a deal.
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I had read a lot of Skelton before hooking up with an AP colleague in Denver who became a mulie hunting buddy. (How ya doing, Bob K.?) A Texan, he knew Skeeter at least slightly, and may (damn a fading memory) may have gone shooting with him a time or two.
Sep 17, 2012
How much does a Kwee cost?
"Quantitative Easing" -- or "QE" -- my butt. The Fed loves the locution because it rings of careful policy crafted by the wisest of the wise.
Wrong, Bunkie. It is a pure and simple dilution of every dollar you have accumulated. It is money-printing.
So "QE" deserves a twee name. I nominate Kwee. As in, "Last week the Fed imposed Kwee 3 on the liquid wealth and productive forces of America."
Kwees are cute, also expensive as Hell. Permit me to take you back about four years, to a TMR report Dec. 4, 2008, when the the federal government was only thinking about bailing out every thuggish and incompetent business in sight.
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As of the time the Mr. Coffee wheezed itself full today, wholesale gasoline needed to decline just 29/100ths of one cent (about the value of a Pelosi promise) to be below $1 per gallon. And a pound of lead now trades at 45.5 cents.
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The corresponding prices today are about $3 for wholesale gasoline and around $1 for lead. The difference is what it cost you to permit the politically connected money barons to enjoy all the rewards of capitalism but none of the penalties. 'course if your personal income has doubled or tripled in the past three years and 10 months, you probably aren't all that upset. Show of hands, please?
Pronunciation aid: "kwee" rhymes with "Weimar."
Wrong, Bunkie. It is a pure and simple dilution of every dollar you have accumulated. It is money-printing.
So "QE" deserves a twee name. I nominate Kwee. As in, "Last week the Fed imposed Kwee 3 on the liquid wealth and productive forces of America."
Kwees are cute, also expensive as Hell. Permit me to take you back about four years, to a TMR report Dec. 4, 2008, when the the federal government was only thinking about bailing out every thuggish and incompetent business in sight.
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As of the time the Mr. Coffee wheezed itself full today, wholesale gasoline needed to decline just 29/100ths of one cent (about the value of a Pelosi promise) to be below $1 per gallon. And a pound of lead now trades at 45.5 cents.
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The corresponding prices today are about $3 for wholesale gasoline and around $1 for lead. The difference is what it cost you to permit the politically connected money barons to enjoy all the rewards of capitalism but none of the penalties. 'course if your personal income has doubled or tripled in the past three years and 10 months, you probably aren't all that upset. Show of hands, please?
Pronunciation aid: "kwee" rhymes with "Weimar."
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