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Posted on 12/20/2004 9:01:36 AM PST by ecurbh
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
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Still round the corner there may wait |
Home is behind, the world ahead, |
~sigh~
You know there was a time when it would've been considered fun and even feasible to spam for the precious from here...
*snif*
No way... not from here. ;~D
See you next year... we'll hold the thread right here for ya.
There was?
See ya later, we'll keep the light on for ya.
I'm gonna do a turkey and some cornbread dressing for New Year's Day. I'll also cook up a batch of Black Eyed Peas to represent the 'coins jingling in your pocket'. I'll have a green salad with some dark greens in it to equal the 'folding money' part of the charm.
I'm going to try a lower carb Key Lime Cheesecake using the Splenda baking blend. It's half sugar/half Splenda, so it's not totally low carb, but I won't feel so guilty eating it! ;o)
I'm a member of their discount club (added 10% off, except for closeouts like this). I was flagged for buying 10, and got the email when I tried to buy 20 more.
They will sell me more, but then I get kicked out of their club. I buy a lot of stuff from them, so staying in the club has its advantages. Especially since these knives don't carry the 10% discount.
Any of you can sign on there, buy a couple, and "get away with it". While supplies last.
I'm emailing the guy at BladeMatrix (who came up with our CRKT stash), and inform him of the closeout status of these knives. He may be able to locate a supply, or even buy us a bunch at Sportsman's Guide.
I etimate we will send one Camillus "Black Ops" for every five CRKT 57xx.
On a more-pleasant Sportsman's Guide note, I got that long-gun computer safe today. VEY impressive, it's basically a 10-pound cast-aluminum "purse", made by the same people who make those computerized handgun safes that you bolt to the wall, bed, etc. I have one of those safes, which is where that nickel S&W snubbie is kept. It's the only "hot" weapon I have in the house.
For this long-gun safe, the mounting bracket detaches from the inside. So you can bolt it to a wall stud, then remove the gun, and take the safe off. This lets you travel with the safe around the action of the weapon. I could see using the cable mounts to secure the safe to one of the cargo tiedowns in the back of my Jimmy. The safe has the California seal of approval, which means it satisfies even the gun-grabbers.
The only downside I see is that the interior is molded hard plastic, and seems intended only for a "smooth-sided" pump or semiauto shotgun or rifle. No bolt actions, no separate pistol grips. I may have to reconfigure my Mossberg to fit. The shotgun has a sling with 25 rounds of assorted shotshells in the loops. It should be able to hang outside of the safe.
Pictures some day of the setup, if I ever get up enough ambition to install it.
MMmmmm......collards.....
Off to work I go today....but I do have Monday off.
Twilight Zone Marathon is kicking off.
What the...?
Not sure what to think of that one.
*yawn* I'm up, I'm up! Haven't had coffee yet, though. Need to get right on that. And then...wanna write. Might go out to Dad's again so I can watch the fire some more. ;-)
*chortle*
It's certainly different.
Good morning!
winmag... too bad the little suicase safe dealy won't fit a pump. That's the only long gun I own :~D
Question to the writing types - I'm guessing Bear and Rose may know this one best. I'm also guessing this is going to sound stupidly obvious even to me after I've had a little coffee...
Normally, would one send out a manuscript, wait for the rejection, and THEN send it to another publisher? Or send it out to a bunch in hopes of getting accepted by one, and then on the VEY off chance it's accepted by another, let them know it's already taken?
Just curious.
Also, how the heck do you get multiple copies of a manuscript, anyway? I'm thinking I need to invest in a laser printer someday...my poor printer can't handle that kinda stuff.
That guy looks kind of like Orlando Bloom.
Morning everyone.
Osage, we rented and watched the Disney movie, "King Arthur" a couple days ago. I have to say that we thought it was very lousy, on several levels, the primary one being that it is truly boring, not to mention poorly acted.
I was interested in the various bows used, though...seems like a few flat bows made an appearance, that seems wrong to me.
Fun watching it anyway.
I think I saw a Monk Marathon advertised for Sunday.
He's a skinny feller, ain't he?
What one *actually* does, as far as I can tell, is send out a query letter. Slush pile (sending in a whole manuscript unsolicited) is not the way to go.
And if it were, you still would only send it to one place at a time. Slow, but honorable.
Twilight Zone Marathon is kicking off.
Thanks for the reminder!
Boy, that's a young Robert Duval...
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