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Posted on 05/03/2008 8:48:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!
O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.
O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.
O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!
Curse of the LOLcat!
I think those pics are hosted on a different server than the regular LOLcats, and it may be that that different server is down. But, if it persists tomorrow, I'd send 'em an email and ask WTF, over?
Oh, BTW... michaelf?
D-mn! Bill Buckley, Jesse Helms, Tony Snow gone and this rotten election campaign! 2008 is looking to be as bad for the country as 2005 was for me personally!
Well, I’m younger than you are, and I know I don’t have the endurance I used to... particularly in the heat.
Good evening... did chores today... went to the dump, mowed, that kind of thing. Tomorrow we’re going up to the beach house. :~)
This time, the thoughtful people at Enerdine have come up with a recoil reducer for those applications that let you attach an M4 collapsible stock to other types of weapons. I know of two shotgun, one M14, and an SKS stock system that use a standard M4 stock.
Here's the Mossberg with the stock removed, showing the empty action tube, and the Enidine replacement.
So instead of a solid assembly that transmits all the recoil straight back to your shoulder (no muzzle rise means it's all heading to your shoulder), we now have a shock absorber that takes some of the beating.
Removal of the retaining ring was simple with the proper spanner, and a little beating on the end of the spanner with my plastic mallet. I used blue Loctite, rather than stake the threads, since I knew I might want to take things apart some day. And I needed a little assistance from a strap wrench to get the action tube started, again because of the Loctite. At least I knew it was a solid assembly.
Here it is with the shock absorber in place, and everything kept immobile with Loctite.
You lose the detent hole that lets you collapse the stock all the way against the receiver so that there is always room for the compression stroke, but this should be outweighed by all the promised benefits. My next shooting session should tell.
And now that I have that nice Leupold scope, and nice Leupold binoculars, I figured I should have a nice Leupold spotting scope. So here, minus any gold trim, is the Leupold Mark 4 tactical spotter 12-40x60mm.
From the front, you can see the hugh piece of glass, and the subdued logo. One thing I couldn't find was "country of origin", which I take as a good sign.
The spotting scope comes with the choice of mil-dot and TMR reticles, but I chose the new (for Leupold) P4 reticle instead. I had a several links to an image of the reticle, but I can't find a single one now, even on the Leupold site. Basically, the upper half of the reticle looks much like the TMR, but the bottom half has just a few horizontal lines, and no vertical stadia. More reticle studies ahead for me.
The spotter also has a vey nice "raincoat" that said "made in you-know-where" until I ripped the tag out. All flaps are kept in place by Velcro, and this is how the scope looks bundled up:
Closed up, everything seems nice and comfy.
Other than taking 20 minutes to squeeze the scope into the cover (think about John Murtha in a wetsuit), I'm vey happy with the great image, and very handy zoom. That 40x setting will be coming in handy some day.
I love the location of the beach house! When we go down to MS in August, I’ll have to take pictures of my family’s Fish Camp. It’s a lovely place, and one of my favorite spots is at the top of the hill next to the boat ramp, under three HUGH oak trees. Even on the hottest day, you can sit there comfortably, because there’s almost always a breeze off the water. And if there isn’t a natural breeze, you can make one for yourself with a fan! It’s a great place to be when a storm is coming, because you can literally watch the rain coming toward you, across the water, then run like heck to beat the rain to the cabin, which is only about 100’ away!
Don’t make me turn this thread around.
I got an email response back from LOLcats. They’re having server issues.
Happy Birthday Ramius!Ooops... forgot to ping you! ;~)
~sip~
Heh... Thanks!
:-)
You’re up early... I was just going to call up there and work out when we should come up!
Thanks! :-)
Three is a magic number. ;-)
Hey... lucky me. I had a really wierd experience with the number 3 once. Maybe someday I’ll tell that story.
Thanks!
*Sigh*
I’m a freakin’ geezer!
I’m watching UNC vs Georgetown in the 1982 tournament....I can remember the 1982 roster better than I do last season’s.
Afternoon Winmag - we hopes a range report on the ‘shock absorber’ equipted Mossy will be in the not to distant future. I remember a ‘hydro-coil’ recoil reducing stock some years back. I’ve seen on Browning trap guns and Remingtons (I think).
A happy birthday to you, threes?!?!, hmmm. 33? 43? no matter, it’s not the years, it’s the miles..OB & LSA
Happy Birthday!
Yes but can you recite the 1967 Steelers defensive line?
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