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The Hobbit Hole XXXVIII - There and Back Again!

Posted on 09/23/2009 6:19:16 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!



TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: corinnumber1; firstkeyword; jrgotanewjob; secondprecious
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To: 300winmag
It's being shot in 3D to begin with, not processed in "post". One of the cameras, which shoots very-HD 3D video rather than film, can be seen about 20 seconds into this little video PJ released at the beginning of principal photography last month.
3,381 posted on 05/15/2011 4:27:11 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (Freedom is saying "No!" to the Feds, and getting away with it. "Speak 'NO' to Power!")
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To: ExGeeEye

If PJ is doing it, I have faith in him that he’ll do it right. Maybe even develop some revolutionary technology, which he’s done before. If he doesn’t do it personally, at least he will hire the best brains to bring his ideas to completion.


3,382 posted on 05/15/2011 4:48:03 AM PDT by 300winmag (Overkill never fails)
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To: LSAggie

I’m starting to hate the north wind.


3,383 posted on 05/15/2011 10:06:33 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed

“It always blows here, it’s just a question of from which direction.” OB 2011

I know, isn’t this just awlful? It has been so beautiful, and then, wham, we get this *rap again.


3,384 posted on 05/15/2011 11:30:47 AM PDT by LSAggie (Caring for a liver dog--It's not for sisses)
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To: LSAggie

Mid-May and I’m still running the furnace.

Some begonias went in this morning. With the temperature, I’m a bit leery about setting out the tomatoes and planting the corn.


3,385 posted on 05/15/2011 11:53:05 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed

Good call. It’s suppose to get down to friggin’ forty degrees tonight and 43 tomorrow night. And was it just last weekend I was running the airconditioners?

Gypsy is undergoing a bit of a health crisis and OB and I have been switching off sleeping downstairs with her. With the new windows and no drafts, the house feels a whole lot more comfortable, although I wouldn’t mind the furnace going on a little more frequently :)


3,386 posted on 05/15/2011 12:04:39 PM PDT by LSAggie (Caring for a liver dog--It's not for sisses)
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To: LSAggie

Aww...Poor Gypsy! :(

The upside of 40-degree nights is that the catz come in early. I think I’ll put the flannel sheets back on the bed.


3,387 posted on 05/15/2011 12:11:50 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: ExGeeEye

Gandalf is looking more like ‘The Dude’ than his old wizardly self. OB


3,388 posted on 05/15/2011 12:22:59 PM PDT by LSAggie (Caring for a liver dog--It's not for sisses)
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To: 300winmag

A wise move Win-Mag; as soon as you find something you like buy a second one since it’ll soon be unavailable or they will quit making it. Oh, yeah, that’s right, have have quit making them.

Those are nice examples, one for carry one an investment, best of both worlds. Any luck on the carry holster issue?

OB


3,389 posted on 05/15/2011 12:30:32 PM PDT by LSAggie (Caring for a liver dog--It's not for sisses)
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To: 300winmag
Just for the heck of it, I decided to click on the Hobbit Hole thread and lo and behold I come upon your Saturday Night Gun Pron posts!! Please add me to your ping list!

Now I'm off to find all of the previous posts...........

3,390 posted on 05/15/2011 12:42:58 PM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: SW6906; osagebowman
Just for the heck of it, I decided to click on the Hobbit Hole thread and lo and behold I come upon your Saturday Night Gun Pron posts!! Please add me to your ping list!

Your name has been added, and thanks for the interest. With any ambition on my part, I'll have some product reviews posted today. It's 40 degrees and raining out here, and we're halfway through May already.

OB, I have to call Don Hume about one of his custom holsters.

3,391 posted on 05/15/2011 2:22:00 PM PDT by 300winmag (Overkill never fails)
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To: Ramius; g'nad; osagebowman; Lost Dutchman; Squantos; Corin Stormhands; JenB; TalonDJ; ExGeeEye; ...
After learning (as best as humanly possible) about the arcana of Section 922r conversions, I decided to look over my pre-ban AKMS with the aim of keeping BATFE happy, and improving on the weapon. Even though it's a pre-ban weapon, the change from a fixed to folding stock meant I had to satisfy the domestic parts count to keep it 922r-compliant. Here's the final result:

Most of the changes center on the Midwest Industries quad rail forend, which replaced the plastic Tapco version, which I learned never fit properly in the first place. This aluminum version is solid and precise, and allowed me to hang more things on it, although I resisted the urge to hang everything including the kitchen sink on it.

This view shows the new "baby" Magpul angled fore grip, Noveske K9 barricade grabber, and covers for the unused (for now) lengths of rail.

The K9 frees up the supporting hand by allowing you to jam the front of the weapon into a barricade or hook over a window sill. The Magpul Angled Fore Grip 2 is a smaller, narrower version of the popular (especially with me) AFG. It can be used in more places without having to grind away parts of the grip to make things fit properly.

I originally replaced the AKM slant muzzle brake with a similar American-made one. I had never fired it indoors, but read that the original-style muzzle brake produced a tremendous blast and fireball that was rough on the shooter and anyone alongside him. The last thing I wanted was a "loudener" on my rifle.

I considered a Noveske "flaming pig" compensator, but went with a PWS multi-flute brake/flash hider. I have a shorter version on my AR57 which works vey well, so I expect no surprises with this one.

The red line is a high-temperature rubber O-ring, designed to stop the device from rattling on the threads. A nice touch. I also did some tuning on the American fire-control parts, which I swapped in for 922r compliance, and got a nice, crisp 5lb trigger pull out of it.

That's about all I did to this rifle to upgrade and add extra compliance parts. The cherry on top is the Aimpoint Comp M4, which is worth more than the rest of the weapon. It was surplus from another rifle upgrade project, and adds a bit of high tech to a rather proletarian rifle.

For the upcoming week, I'll probably do some minor handgun tinkering, and reviewing some new products. Then hope that my renewed enthusiasm to write continues.

3,392 posted on 05/15/2011 9:36:06 PM PDT by 300winmag (Overkill never fails)
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Watching the old Twilight Zone series on Netflix streaming...

Season 1, Episode 33, "Mr. Bevis"...

Thought there was something familiar about the main character...

It was the voice.

Orson Bean...voice of Bilbo in the R-B Hobbit.

Just thought I'd share that....

3,393 posted on 05/16/2011 4:11:56 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Freedom is saying "No!" to the Feds, and getting away with it. "Speak 'NO' to Power!")
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To: 300winmag

What rail are us you using on that forend?I mounted a quad rail on my AK not long after I got it and after a few years I decided it made things too dar heavy and I took it back off...

I think I took it off... I will have to check. I rarely dig that thing out.


3,394 posted on 05/17/2011 2:31:21 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ
What rail are us you using on that forend?

The quad rail is from Midwest Industries.

3,395 posted on 05/17/2011 5:34:17 PM PDT by 300winmag (Overkill never fails)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands; Rose in RoseBear; Bear_in_RoseBear; Overtaxed; RosieCotton; ...

I see that none of you have posted on this recent Hobbit Hole thread:
The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Trilogy Returns to Theaters in June “ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2720729/posts


3,396 posted on 05/20/2011 8:42:45 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Wow, I hadn’t seen that thread! I’ll check it out!


3,397 posted on 05/20/2011 11:03:51 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; All
Stephen Fry = Master of Laketown. I forget whether we have been told who's portraying Bard the Bowman.
3,398 posted on 05/21/2011 1:11:57 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (Freedom is saying "No!" to the Feds, and getting away with it. "Speak 'NO' to Power!")
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To: Overtaxed

Go, Cubbies!!


3,399 posted on 05/21/2011 8:14:23 PM PDT by LSAggie
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To: LSAggie

Heh.

All the weird things that happened to Boston was happening to the Cubbies last night.


3,400 posted on 05/21/2011 8:44:38 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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