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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!
Well, for the record, thirteen of us had 11 bottles of wine (one guy had beer).
I think liatris are beautiful flowers.
These pictures are too cute to not share, of Gidget and these kittens... Last ones of the night I promise! I'm just marveling at it!
Below... having our 'nether regions' washed
... Kitten has that far-away look that reminds me of visits to the gynecologist.
Having a little play... I loved this moment
And this is where I had to draw the line... she was trying to pick up and take the kittens out of the crate. No Gidget... you cannot take them with you!
Love that one with Ginger grabbing Gidget’s nose!
Very sweet huh! :~)
very very cute!!!
Mrsnad
Years ago my family got a little kitten, my dog of the time was very affectionate, but we neglected your precaution and the dog picked her up, was too rough and the kitten didn't survive. We all (the dog included) were terribly upset.
First are a couple of parts used in building up National Match M14s. At the top is the standard and match gas cylinder and handguard band, while below that is the standard and match operating spring guide.
The unitized gas cylinder/band lets the barrel float free, and prevents changes in sling tension from shifting the point of impact of the rounds. The match spring guide is machined from solid round stock, rather than just stamped out of sheet metal. It's purpose is to allow smoother coiling of the action spring, making for more consistent operation. Four flutes machined into the guide, and a polished surface, cut down on friction.
These two items are not really major, but I feel better knowing I put these two simple mods in.
Something more visible is the Urban-ERT sling for the rifle. They make a wide range of slings for carrying and quick deployment of just about any weapon you can think of. For weapons of more "conventional" design, they make sling adapters that provide the equivalent of side-mounted sling swivels.
The front adapter has to be removed to take the weapon down for cleaning. I really like the way the sling works, but I'm investigating a couple of ways of mounting a short section of Picatinny rail on the side of the forend, where I could then clamp on a regular sling swivel. That's part of my next shipment from Brownell's.
Meanwhile, I've done research on good, cheap (or at least less expensive) M14 magazines.
The last GI M14 magazines were made in 1999 for the Navy by Checkmate Industries. They're still out there, but a lot of places are asking $50 for one. But careful shopping, such as .44Mag.com gets genuine CMI mags at $25-$30.
All GI magazines are marked on the back. Here are two CMIs flanking a generic M14 magazine:
While the parkerizing is rougher on the CMIs than earlier GI mags, they still meet military specs, which is something that a lot of the generic ones don't. The Taiwanese blued M14 magazines are good, being made on original American tooling, but those are hard to find, too. Supposedly, CMI makes unmarked OEM magazines for Springfield Armory, too. The construction methods, and rough parkerizing on my unmarked 10-round magazine matches the marked CMI. Generally, there are more, and more visible, spot welds on GI-spec magazines compared to generics.
Not all generic M14 mags are junk, except for the chicom ripoffs. Here's a $40 generic on the left, compared to a $30 CMI on the right.
M14 magazines, at least the good ones, aren't exactly easy to find, especially at reasonable prices. But the military is rediscovering the M14, and GI magazines are out there if you shop wisely.
Too cute!
I still say Ginger’s not a good name for that one, though. It’s just its color. And I think it may be a boy...
How did they end up liking the ball?
Off to church here, and then I get to goof off and drink coffee for a brief while until it warms up / dries out enough to deal with the *lawn*. I actually dreamed about that last night. Ungh.
Here he is having his face washed...
This morning I helped feed the three that aren't really eating on their own yet...
And Gidget washed their faces afterwards. :~)
Oh dear... ;-)
Gidget's really getting into this kitty-mom thing, huh? Too funny!
Refugee Kittens (Cute ones!)- It's that time of year (vanity)
Cool...I’ll go check it out! I wonder if there are any FReepers who can help...
The little tiger kitty sure is photogenic! Well...he and the orangey kitten both, but especially him. Really stands out.
Please keep me posted on the SOCOM. I’m particularly interested in any accuracy testing that you might do. :-)
That is too cute. :-) We have a year old blue Doberman whos best friend is one of our male barn cats. She will spot him across the yard and run like she’s going kill him, but when she gets to him she comes to a full stop and starts wagging her entire butt (because she’s happy to see him) and he purrs and rubs up against her and then they roll around and play. :-) It’s a sight! We’ve caught them napping on the back porch together in her box before! She even shares food with him...something she does NOT do with our Rat Terriers!
[snicker]. Uh huh. :-)
Good stuff, mister mag.
The little tiger kitty is my favorite, as well.
Well, there was Ginger Baker, the drummer for the group, Cream. It was Eric Clapton's old group.
Well then...that’s not tooo bad... I like Cream. Some of their stuff, anyhow.
Just about 75% done with the lawn. The mower ran out of gas, so I’m pausing to get a drink and refreeze my Tilly hat (canvas boonie hat, basically). It’s dorky as anything (I was imagining Hair and ecurbh taking photos with a zoom lens for blackmail purposes...), but it keeps the sun off, and does a decent job of cooling. If it means the difference between ending up with a blinding headache every time I mow and *not* ending up with a blinding headache...I’ll wear the dumb hat. ;-)
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