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Posted on 05/03/2008 8:48:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Heh...Craigslist sure does attract some interesting folks. How’s this for a strange deal?
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volvo 91 sedan hippie mobile - $600
Date: 2008-07-26, 1:04PM PDT
hey i want to sell my car. right now. it seems to run fine, probably wouldn’t get you to kansas, but would be great for just gettin around. its got 170,000 and i think the brake pads are gonna need a replacement soon.
also there is a very beautiful stencil of Ganesha on the hood. sorry i don’t have a camera for a picture.
will trade for taxidermied white peacock.
gimme a call.
whitney
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Ganesha? White peacock? Mmmkay.
Yep. Strange.
Then there’s this one. Free horse poop. I like that they bothered to attach a picture.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/grd/770717123.html
Lovely.
Dang... and I just threw one away last week.
I don’t think I’d ever seen the word “taxidermied” before, either...
Most puzzling is why they’d want such a thing, even provided one exists. I mean...real stuffed animals just don’t jibe with the Greener mindset, I wouldn’t think.
Don’t ever ask hippies anything. It’s bad policy.
Ganesha is the Hindu elephant god. By the way. If anyone were curious.
I never go by them, don’t want to catch anything.
Looks like some bad policy here:
see more pwn and owned pictures
But it couldn't be hippies, because this involves work.
Actually, the workmanship looks pretty good. But once again, it must be a goobermint job, because it was carried through to the completely absurd conclusion.
*snort* FAIL indeed!
Are you getting this rainstorm? Even though it was said to stay on the Kansas side of the line, it has snuck over and is doing a good job of watering our grass. Jackson is in the basement, safe and dry :-)
So I go to give blood today, told the technician the “selected” vein ~rolled~, she said she’d be extra careful. Oops, the supervisor had to come and dig around to get the vein stuck and flowing. I did get my 5 gallon pin today; I know for my age (old) I’m behind a lot of people, but, to me, it was an accomplishment!
Ouch. I probably would’ve fainted from that.
So Jackson doesn't like storms? Miss Cat is curled up in the linen closet so I had to do some fancy maneuvering to give her meds this evening.
The funniest time was about 2 months about, 3:00 in the morning, thunder, lightning, rain just beginning. I ran downstairs and looked out, and there was Jackson, charging up the steps, “Mom, Mom, let me in”. So I did; fed him too.
I don’t know whether or not Jackson likes storms, but I like him to be in, and he thinks Purrfect Tuna is a good trade.
I have had tech’s that hurt when they dig around, but this supervisor has corrected the young’uns mis-stabs on me so many times, she’s very good at catching the vein.
Kudos on the 5 Gal. pin. There was a man in my hometown who had given so much blood he was well over 15 gals. given, when I was in high school. I know he wasn't over 60 years old at that point, so he was a prolific giver!
There is a medical condition called hemo-chromatosis, for which the best treatment is frequent blood-letting, and the Red Cross accommodates folks with that condition.
I hope I live long enough, and stay healthy enough, to donate 15 gallons! That is tremendous!!
OB hasn’t been able to donate blood this past year because he had a couple of bone grafts during his tooth-implant procedure, but he can donate at his company’s next blood drive. Hurray! Out with the old, in with the new!
As far as "handy" goes, I've been a little uneasy about the pistol grip on the DPMS. It's a plastic version of the luxurious walnut target grip for the G3 series, but plastic can only go so far.
The palm shelf wasn't helping my palm, and the lumps and bumps didn't match anything on my hand. So I switched to the much plainer, but more customizable Magpul MIAD grip system.
I realized the old grip was also more vertical, and needed a bit more angle than it was willing to give me. Now at least I'm not distracted in figuring how to manipulate my hand into doing what the grip wants.
The next two gadgets should be in the inventory of every series shooter. This is the JP Enterprises receiver bore guide, and the TMA dry fire adapter.
The TMA dry fire adapter is made of Delrin, and slips inside the bolt carrier. The ends (either end works) are relieved so nothing can touch the firing pin. The underside has a ramp that gently wedges the hammer to a stop before it hits anything square on.
This dry fire device works in regular M16 types, too. It's also available in orange, to remind you to remove it. But the black one has the potential of being a quick-and-dirty was to immobilize a weapon. Everything seems to work, but you pull the trigger, you hear the hammer hit, and nothing happens. The device fills the entire cavity of the bolt carrier, but unless you pop open the rile and look closely at the bolt carrier, you might not see it at first. But the main purpose of this gadget is to let you dry fire all day without fear.
The other item that every series shooter should have is a bore cleaning guide, like this one from JP Enterprises. It replaces the bolt carrier, and is designed to provide precise alignment of the cleaning rod (I prefer Dewey coated rods) so it can clean the barrel without risk to the chamber or rifling. Everything is aligned properly by the O-rings, and there's a little port for adding the solvent as the patch is on the way to the bore.
Even before I get the scope mounted and take the rifle to the range, there's lots of gadgets needed for the care and feeding of a series target rifle.
Regarding that dry fire device......I just use a snap cap for dry fire. This better than or just as ? Cleaning rod guides YES ! And as too the PSG1 style grip I agree cheap knockoffs are IMHO too fragile for heavy use on a working gun or one that is used in competition .
Great READ as usual Sir !
Zen and the fine art of bullet launching !......Good stuff !
Stay safe !
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