09/15/2024 5:59:20 PM PDT
· 147 of 180 GreyFriar
to Tijeras_Slim; Angelino97
Either Mini-14, but it looks more like a WW2 era M-1 carbine. looking at the stock and the thinner magazine. Magazine appears to be to narrow/think to hold a 5.56mm but a .30 cal.
I had a Panasonic AM/FM Cassette stereo transistor radio that lasted for many years. I think it got thrown away when I moved several years ago. But it might still be in a box somewhere. The FM swivel antenna broke off and the cassette may have died. It was about 2x4x10 inches, thus nice and compact to put into my footlocker when we went to various Army training sites.
09/14/2024 7:52:35 AM PDT
· 9 of 53 GreyFriar
to ChicagoConservative27
Sounds good, especially since the government tax takes 22% of my monthly social security check in withholding and I never end up getting any end of year “refund.”
09/13/2024 7:48:21 AM PDT
· 30 of 32 GreyFriar
to joshua c; Responsibility2nd; Steely Tom
The close friend being the head of ABC news is more significant to me than being “sorority sister” and not been in the same college house together. i.e. If they were sorority housemates at Howard, definitely a problem with the two’s relationship. Keep focus on Kamala’s friendship with ABC president
09/12/2024 3:17:09 PM PDT
· 14 of 22 GreyFriar
to Its All Over Except ...
Reminds me of a big “peace” demonstration in Germany around 1984. A couple dozen buses from Berlin delivered the “local” “peace/anti-war protestors” to demonstrate near our Kaserne that was northeast of Frankfurt.
I wonder why he didn’t do that in his first term? Or establish the dictatorship that the progressive/radical leftists say he will do if he is re-elected?
I decided to read “the Battle of Waterloo: The French Perspective” by Andrew W. Field last night instead of watching the debate. I figured I’d listen to Rush today and get his take if anything was worth knowing. unfortunately Rush’s show had Megyn Kelly as his guest host and she did a very worthy job of filling in for him.
09/08/2024 10:51:06 AM PDT
· 36 of 45 GreyFriar
to MinorityRepublican
If the Chicago thug that said “We got switches,” is referring to switchblade knives, then he is to paraphrase Sean Connery in the Untouchables, “he is bringing a knife to a gun fight.”
The classification of “Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)” use to be known as “For Official Use Only.” Which meant it was just for “authorized military personnel to know” and was NOT a security classification.
Of course some of us more cynical types said that FOUO meant “F**k Off U all.”