Cool to start, warming later, hot before the day is done. But the overall trend is clear, Fall is here. Yesterday was beautiful. Fluffy clouds in a blue sky and not crazy hot. Pretty hot in the sun, but not crazy.
I did two pickups, and hit the Lowes store for some supplies. I needed more mortar mix and sand for my “fix the flagstone path in the front yard” project. I also looked at the trees and clearance plants. They have a lot of nice plants 1/2 off right now, including a couple of weeping willow trees. IDK how well they do in Texas, but I would like to find a spot for them at the BOL. I’ve always liked them.
Dinner was a new recipe for pork chops, more sour than our normal sweet marinade and sauce. It was OK. I don’t think I’ll make it again but it’s good to try new things. The cornbread muffins were from old mix (see yesterday’s comments) and were bad. The baked beans were really good though. I added sauteed onion and chunks of bacon, and then cooked it for an hour instead of just warming up the can. Chops were from ’23 and were frozen and vac packed. Nothing wrong with them at all.
Today I’ll do two pickups on the northwest side of town. I’ll also be working on the list, and probably doing some mortar work on the front walk. I’d like to take a load to the shop and clear more stuff out of the house.
You never know what you’ll find when you dig through the stacks. I found the radios I kept for my own use in a bin in my office yesterday. I was pretty sure that bin had at least one radio in it, but it took a while to get to it. Add “install a dual band radio in the truck” to the list. I’ll probably do it at the same time that I upgrade the stereo in the truck.
I’ve finally given in, and decided that I’ll change out the stock radio. I’ve got aftermarket radios with touch screens, and the upgraded version of the stock radio. I’ll have to think about it because I’m torn. The new radios have nice features, mp3 players, card slots/ USB, and big screens, but the stock radio has buttons and can be operated by touch. I don’t need the backup cam and GPS nav that the aftermarket radios offer, and I like the solidity of stock. Choices. Hmmm.
Radios in the truck aren’t a priority, but the list of stuff I need to do to the truck keeps increasing. I might just have to have a day of doing all the things…
The list never gets shorter. My patience, motivation, and free time get shorter every day. Nothin’ to be done but to do it, I guess.
Stack what you can. Learn. Connect. Thrive.
n
“The list never gets shorter.”
Amen, brother, amen.
70F this morning. Dark too. Bought time to Fall back.
Lunch is made.
n
March to war…
Raytheon starts full-rate production of MRIC medium-range anti-air system with radar and infrared sensors
MRIC enables mobile attacking forces to defend attack beaches from enemy missiles, artillery shells, and uncrewed aircraft in contested environments.
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Ultra tapped to build additional counter-torpedo acoustic countermeasures devices for ships and submarines
The ADC MK 2 hovers at a pre-selected depth using a small shrouded propeller, and emits an acoustic signal to spoof incoming torpedoes.
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RTX Raytheon continues early production of missile-defense radar to attack several threats simultaneously
System known as GhostEye is the next-generation 360-degree missile-defense radar that will replace the Army’s current Patriot missile radars.
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Military orders new stealthy boats with advanced electronics for infiltrating and extracting special forces
Called the SEAL Insertion, Observation, and Neutralization craft (SEALION), the CCH V provides enhanced special forces crew and operator protection.
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— New weapons systems, and increasing stockpiles…
n
The “auto giant” in question is an OEM no one ever heard of, but there are some good facts and figures in the second half of the article
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15144953/Auto-giants-collapse-sparks-recession-fears-haunting-parallel-2008-crash-Canary-coal-mine.html
n
Democrats are walking into a trap
“This is where things get really interesting. Because the funding would no longer exist for programs that aren’t required by statute, those staff reductions would not be considered layoffs. Instead of being furloughed and brought back the moment the lights come back on, as in past shutdowns, those bureaucrats would have no right to return. Further, the administration would then be able to fill any vacancies it wants to keep with those in line with President Donald Trump’s agenda.”
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/09/30/democrats-are-walking-into-a-trap-n2194556
sprinting on their slimy bellies is more like it.
Please give America an early birthday present.
Steven Gould put it this way in Exo: “The list is a bitch. No matter how many things you take off of it, it grows and grows.”
The current stockpiles of existing weapons were ludicrously small, even before the naval engagements off Yemen and the stuff sent to Israel and Ukraine.
I have read the navy doesn’t have enough missiles to fill all the tubes on all its destroyers and cruisers right now. Instead they have just enough to fill most of the sea going tubes, by emptying those from destroyers currently in dry dock or not at sea.
In other words, none left in the armories for resupply, at all.
The ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ looks a lot like Ft. McKavett.
There is an organization in Knoxville called “Honor Air” https://www.honorairknoxville.com
They provide a no cost flight to and from Washington DC for veterans and transportation to visit the war memorials. It is a one-day trip. The trips used to be WWII and Korean veterans but are now accepting Vietnam veterans. I am a Vietnam era veteran but never actually served in the country of Vietnam. The closest I got to being in Vietnam was a three-week TDY in the Philippines.
Do y’all think it would be too selfish of me to apply for one of the flights?
There are people on those flights that really gave a lot by serving in the field of conflict. Some of these people are really messed up. Much worse condition than I. Would I be short changing some of these other vets by taking a spot on a flight?
I have an application filled out but if the herd thinks I am being an anal orifice I can destroy the application.
@ray, if there are open seats, going unused, then no issues at all to my way of thinking. If every seat is always taken, that would be up to you, but I’d be inclined against.
n
My understanding from seeing photographs is that the flights are always full.
Point taken.
What Nick said.
More rocket ‘explodey stuff’ (as we professionals say in Aerospace Engineering), this time up near Paul:
https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2025/09/firefly-aerospaces-next-alpha-rocket.html#comment-form
Just because SpaceX makes it look easy doesn’t mean it IS easy…
n
It seems that Munroe has been re-reading his Zelazny:
https://xkcd.com/3148/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorways_in_the_Sand
LOL! There are a lot of fat Flag Officers literally sweating bullets today:
We Are DONE With That S**t: SecWar Hegseth Goes Scorched Earth in Speech Ending War on Warriors (Watch)
It is about time. It would not surprise me if a large group of Flag Officers decide to retire this year. Plus, “No more dudes in dresses…”. A lot of PLTs hate Hegseth, but the SecWar is taking the military back to where it should be: war fighting. No more DEI, feelings based decisions, “green tanks”, and troons.
Mr. Ray, you are a Veteran, so if there is an open seat, don’t feel ashamed to take it.
To clarify, I’d pass on the flight not because of any lack of worthiness, but because some others want it more. IE, if I wasn’t particularly fired up for it, letting others who are go first makes sense.
n
Yes! Every FedGov shutdown, Congress voted to give backpay to employees. They should not get a dime. Maybe they’ll realize working for the goobermint is not a lifetime guarantee of employment. The more that walk, the better.
And, the meme video tRump posted of Schemer is hilarious!
LOL! Trump Shares Video Zinging Chuck Schumer and Dems’ Budget ‘Priorities’ In PRICELESS Fashion
The ProgLibTurds are outraged at SecWar
PattonHegseth:ARGLE BARGLE RAR! Lefties Are BIG MAD at Pete Hegseth for Calling Out Fatties, Wimps, and Whiners
The PLTs have put it right in your face: the military is their social experiment. They can’t stand merit based recruiting and promotion. During BJ Klinton’s reign as POTUS (I was there in the PinHeadAgon), the Army proposed a physical strength based standard for various MOSs. BJ said “no way, Jose” since most females would be eliminated from many MOSs. It is sad when the only “female” that would qualify is actually a “dude in a dress.”
Another point. I have been to D.C. three times. I have seen the memorials. Some of the other vets have never been, will never be able to go without assistance, could never afford the trip. I don’t meet any of those criteria.
Another point. To walk through an airport and be cheered rather than spit on like I was during the early ‘70’s would be a good feeling. And to be among others that understand what it was like during the Vietnam conflict, if only for a day, might be a good feeling. I was never in a position where I was at risk like others.
Sad Klinger noises…
Mr Ray, why not contact the organisers and tell them what you told us? They are best placed to advise you and/or to tell you when you could avail of a flight without depriving a combat veteran. It is not in their interest to fly empty seats. Honesty is the best policy.
How cool is this?
I ordered some books from Big River, as my pal the author told me his new work was available, and early sales on Big River, plus a good review, are very influential.
Now Big River popped up a notification via which I can watch the delivery vehicle on a map in quasi real time as it approaches my house. Completely unnecessary (unless to thwart porch pirates), but cool nonetheless!
This morning I ordered a couple of books on Stoicism in two separate orders. The subject lines on the confirmatory emails were “Ordered: “Nonfiction Book”” and “Ordered: “Classics Book”” instead of the actual titles of the books ordered as was the former practice. This reticence on Big River’s part started only recently and extends to pricier, non-book items; I assume it has to do with thwarting would-be porch pirates, as mentioned above.
Funny you should put it that way:
https://hmstypicallydefiant.blogspot.com/2025/09/spotted-today.html
Or maybe someone got an email notification that revealed something the purchaser wouldn’t have wanted revealed, like “What to Expect when You’re Expecting”.
n
Re: package/delivery tracking: (where you can see the delivery vehicle’s icon moving on a map as it heads to the delivery location)
This has been available on Amazon for at least a year (for me). With Amazon, you get notification of delivery with a time estimate range, then as the vehicle gets closer, you get a ‘your package is x stops away’ message, along with a tracking map that shows the vehicle location.
This tracking is also available via most delivery services. I’ve seen it with WalMart grocery delivery, most fast food apps, delivery apps like GrubHub, and ride apps like Uber. Might not be available in all areas, but the tracking app is quite accurate, showing an icon for the vehicle on a map as it moves towards the destination.
Quite useful, IMHO.
@Ray
Coupla points. My perspective is from one who did not serve, but worked side-by-side with active duty Air Force for 20 years, 1987 to 2007.
First, you are a deserving veteran. You signed up, you went where you were told, which COULD have ben Vietnam, and you are a service-disabled veteran. Failing to apply in order to give another veteran your slot would be thoughtful and courteous, but a further sacrifice.
It sounds like you’re not seeking the novel experience of the trip and memorials, but rather the fellowship of other veterans with some shared perspectives.
Second, I will share part of a conversation I had with my therapist during the worst psychological trauma in my life, my divorce. I shared with her how much I profited from various Christians and Christian organizations, including her, the church that offered my DivorceCare class, and the Catholic Church and parents that my kids attended. In spite of not being a believer myself. I felt like what I was doing was take, take, take, and not paying back.
She reminded me that in other contexts, I had done things for other people and would do so again, without expectation of payback. And that the Christians in question, as a tenet of their belief system and faith in God, were fulfilling an obligation to provide this support and services. I was giving them an opportunity to live their faith.
It made me feel better.
The organizers and funders of this charity want to serve veterans. Perhaps you should let them.
The Amazon tracking with “x stops away” is cool. Cute little truck bouncing up and down moving down the road. You know, that’s some pretty neat webpage coding.
When it’s almost Christmas the little truck goes away. You get Santa’s sleigh loaded with gifts being pulled by a couple of reindeer. Which is pretty neat.
One year the bouncing truck was a bouncing turkey just before Thanksgiving.
Some one at Amazon is having fun.
I don’t know about other companies. Walmart uses FedEx to my location. Other folks use UPS. Both just give a time range and dump my package, usually on MY side of the fence, and that’s all. No live tracking. Just get it to the property line and drop it.
I love having to carry whatever the last 1000 feet to the house. I need the exercise. /sarc
Delivery maps:
UPS does that too. With Amazon, once I’m 10 or less stops away, the driver’s name and a Gravatar sized likeness will show also. Sometimes Amazon drivers text their imminent arrival, too.
USPS has an “Informed Delivery” account on their site. I get an email of pix of some junk mail and a log of my package’s progress thru their system.
After I’ve examined the package, I will be sure to return to the Amazon tracking button and follow the prompts to compliment the driver. There’s bound to be an algorithm for employee performance.
Did have a small negative yesterday. The driver swapped packages with another apartment here, a relatively easy mistake. So, no rating was my decision for that one.
They own a lot of familiar brands.
I didn’t hear the rocket ‘explodey stuff’ yesterday. But Briggs is about 25 miles north. I’ve been to Harold’s. Pretty nice for a junkyard.
I’ve asked the drivers. They say it’s not a big deal but negative ratings are looked at. Kind of like working at HEB. I’ll get to that episode in a minute.
Me? You come to my house and hand me my package, tracking says “handed to Paul”, Positive review. Ain’t asking for much interaction beyond “have a nice day”.
If the tracking says “left in a secure space” no review. Because dude! I’m right here and ya gonna put my package on the ground to take a picture and walk away? wth?
Gotta say though, the drivers that do that almost always have that negro spider hair thing going on.
Some of the drivers are cool to talk to. I asked a few years ago “how’s the pay?”. $17 an hour. To drive all over the countryside. Sounds great to me! Someone here said that it was rude to ask. Meh. I asked a driver last month and they now get $22 an hour and there’s supposed to be a $1 an hour raise next month. He seemed real happy about that.
I don’t know what kind of benefits they have like 401k and medical. But still, $17 a year after I quit making $13 after 10 years? I’d drive a van all day.
The current military (ok, the military when I was in weapon acquisition 35 years ago) loves expensive weapons. A couple of months ago, I read that they were mass-producing a new drone. Maximum production 2500 per year, at some stupidly expensive price.
You want to be serious, you need 10x that production in peacetime and 100x in wartime, at 1% of the price. Drone are the new bullets: cheap and in overwhelming numbers.
But no: it has to be gold-plated, with subcontracts in all the right districts and the right number of women- and minority-ownef businesses.
Maybe Hegseth will get that memo too. And maybe not.
Update on the Air Robo P20 robot vacuum: I know this is of enormous interest to everyone, so … feel free to skip.
After reading some forums there was a suggestion that the main brush might be acting up. Weird, but OK. I had of course checked it for obstructions, but they are consumable items all. I ran it for a few minutes and indeed it was very very hot to the touch. Apparently there’s a bearing.
So I ordered a cheap clone brush off of Amazon and things were a bit better. However the cheap brush was apparently a little larger and on medium pile carpets the vacuum would eventually halt and claim that it was jammed.
So I ordered another brush from Amazon, this one supposedly from the manufacturer, and it seems to be doing well on the higher pile carpets, but quite not as well on the low pile carpets.
I will stick with the OEM, probably less drag & wear on the motor, and I vacuum 3x a week, so things will still be decently clean.
@edh, I used to be a big fan of Roomba, back when they were the only choice. I found them to be just exactly the wrong height and they got stuck under everything… now I just blow out the whole house with my dewalt leaf blower, and save the vacuuming for the cleaning crew.
n
— the horns of war are sounding.
n
I’ve read that from you before. I do that for the garage, but the house? Seems like a lot of the dust and dirt will just blow around and settle back down. Plus – light or fragile objects?
We have three Ecovacs robots that work pretty well…
That HEB thing.
I was the Cash Controller. Count de Monet. Of course that involves covering the business center when they go to break or lunch. All good. And actually, with a bit of sweat, I could do both jobs all by myself when they call in sick. Easy. The big “problem” was covering gas station breaks if it was just me… because if I’m in the gas station, who’s answering the phones? Or making change for cashiers? You bet, policy said when leaving the office to lock all the money up. So I did that. Policy? Right? Nevermind I can’t do shit for 10 minutes when I get back because that was the timer on the safe.
Whatever. I didn’t make the rules. 15 minute breaks for the gas station. 30 minutes for their lunch. Add at least 10 minutes on each end for walking time from store to gas station. Fat women do not walk briskly. “Break time” starts when you get to the break room. Yeah, that 15 minute break took half an hour out of the time I had to do my core job. Plus the safe timer.
Anyway. One day I got called into the office with my direct boss and the unit/store director. “Very grave!!” So they had a complaint via web to corporate in San Antonio. They handed me the printout. Two and a half pages of a web form submission form as rendered by IE5.
So I read it. Scowled at the entire time. I looked up and said this woman is past two bottles of wine and more than halfway through bottle number three.. “OH?”
Yeah. Hey. I’m on a lot of e-mail lists. I run a few myself. After a couple of years you can tell when someone is freaking drunk. This woman is drunk posting. Assuming she passed any English class ever with better than a C while in school, she’s still illiterate. But really? I was “rude” and she’s rambling a novella long story? And she never complained right here at the store?
“But! She named you.” No but, if I did what she is saying she would have been all over you like stink on a cow patty covered with flies right then . And you wonder why I don’t wear my name tag?
“But!” Go look at my time sheets. I was off the day before and the day and the day after.
“But!” Hey man. You know my work, you know I don’t put up with shit from customers trying to rip off and steal from my store. But you do what you have to do. I was looking for a job when I got this job.
And that was that.
Yeah, my first couple of models were like that, but later models seem to be just a bit taller or they’ve improved the sensors/logic. I still have some wood 2×2 blocks taped to the feet of certain tables with black tape to keep them from high-siding though (this also helps to keep people from getting confused between this place and Versailles).
Amusing alternate method, but I don’t think the cats would appreciate the leaf blower.
“Pete Hegseth Calls Out Fat Generals”
https://rumble.com/v6zo4i0-pete-hegseth-calls-out-fat-generals.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a
Yup, the job requires fitness and inspiration to those in the lower ranks.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
They don’t need any of that stuff. All they need is swords.
Let our Mighty And Wise Leaders, who act as our divine ruler kings, the folks stoking for war, including the Proud and Strong Lesbians, err, mostly barren Women, duel it out face to face.
Bet ya a lot of shit stops if it’s their blood dripping on the floor.
The Bloom County Boys: Work Release Weekends
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1084827671602309/?multi_permalinks=24806726752319068
Yup, Kamala is spending weekends with Opus.
Is barren the new politically correct military term for “butt ugly”.
Yeh, like what sound does the ugly stick make in the Air Force. WAF, WAF, WAF.
Is there some reason that when zooming in on a map to see what the freaking street is, that the font goes to micro? And then the micro font street names I couldn’t read just vanish? But zoom out and well, the streets have no name.
It’s not just my retarded phone doing this.
Ain’t my eyes. I can manage 3 point type if it’s there. Can’t read what is not there.
I mean barren as in childless. No child, who cares about the children. But strong and powerful…. pushing men around… that wouldn’t touch you ever just because of your attitude… meh. But some how get to run countries?
Swords. Blood dripping on the floor. Just saying.
Your sarcasm meter needs to be repaired.
Or Cracker Barrel.
Those restaurants were everywhere in Tennessee, but we avoided having to stop at one as we made our way up 24 from Chattanooga to Nashville.
None of the locations had the new logo on the sign.
Steven Gould put it this way in Exo: “The list is a bitch. No matter how many things you take off of it, it grows and grows.”
I call it the 110 item list. There are so many items that you have to SWAG the length of it.
The current stockpiles of existing weapons were ludicrously small, even before the naval engagements off Yemen and the stuff sent to Israel and Ukraine.
I have read the navy doesn’t have enough missiles to fill all the tubes on all its destroyers and cruisers right now. Instead they have just enough to fill most of the sea going tubes, by emptying those from destroyers currently in dry dock or not at sea.
In other words, none left in the armories for resupply, at all.
The ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ looks a lot like Ft. McKavett.
Much worse than that. There is nothing to train with. If you cannot train, you cannot know if the weapon system actually works. Just because it worked ten years ago does not mean that it works today.
“Democrats”
https://areaocho.com/democrats/
“Joy Reid on the fascist agenda: “They want to take us back to no income tax, no regulations, earn what you want, family inherits everything””
Yes, please make this the dumbrocrat platform.
Remember, treat all dumbrocrats as if they are dangerous. They are.
I am replacing the 21 year old south side a/c on my large office building as the condenser has too many pinholes in it now. I am putting a Ruud 4-ton 16-SEER R-454B A/C & Heat. The list price is $14,970.00.
However, if I pay him with a check, the price is $12,948.00. He hates credit cards and he hates financing systems for people.
I will be paying him with a check.
So on the Amazon Vine program I asked for a set of mirrors. 22×30 inches. Brushed nickle frames. The box looked ok. One mirror is shattered.
Let’s do a return. They don’t want anything back. Just going to give me credit. I was hoping for a replacement set of mirrors. But Vine, yeah, whatever. I can’t complain.
I’ll find a place for the unbroken mirror.
What if you pay cash? Like hundred dollar bills?
Your sarcasm meter needs to be repaired.
Possibly. But there are a LOT of idgits out there and one needs to use small words. For them “barren” would be Trump’s son.
Ain’t no idgits here though. Ok, maybe me..
Depositing more than $10K in cash will get a form sent from the financial institution to the feddies. Money laundering, ya know.
Today was running twice as fast to stay in the same place.
I replaced my alternator in July because of stupidity (mine). I broke the brushes due to dumb handling mistakes while I had it out to replace a steering line, so I had to replace it. Yesterday, the new alternator decided to let the stinky smoke out. I made the trip home on the battery, and today I took the other vehicle to town to get a replacement alternator. Fortunately the supplier had another, a rebuild, but the correct part. After installation, I was greeted with a bearing whine, which I’ve decided to live with, since the truck is now the secondary vehicle. We’ll see if that works out for me.
Last night’s movie was Sicario. It was ok. Pretty to watch, movie sorta sucked.
Tonight’s movie was the next disc in the set. Sicario Day of the Soldado. I made it through half an hour before hitting eject. Like, what is going on? No clue.
Onto the Library Thrift Shop stack!
Two deposits, ya know? And maybe not that. Pay the help with cash.
Ok. I have a question.
I have shot plenty of raccoons. Just set the trap next to the chicken coop and they are caught. No bait. I shot 46 one summer. The dang buzzards would be waiting in the trees as I rolled my squeaky wheelbarrow to the dumping site. That was sort of spooky. Me, feeding my pet buzzards and they hear the wheelbarrow and fly in.
Raccoons just bleed and twitch a moment. But no blood spray.
I’m using a .22 pistol. Are the movies fake? Or is larger calibers that big of a deal? I’ve never shot anything bigger than a raccoon using a .22.
In the movies some dude gets shot and boom, there’s blood spattered and sprayed on the wall six feet behind.
Is that for real? Or just Hollywood?
Just wondering.
Depositing more than $10K in cash will get a form sent from the financial institution to the feddies. Money laundering, ya know.
I got SAR’d (suspicious activity report) for giving my son $7,000 in $100 bills about a decade ago. He needed cash for his bank account to keep a check from bouncing.
The threshold is down to $1000 under certain conditions.
Seems like a lot of the dust and dirt will just blow around and settle back down. Plus – light or fragile objects?
– I use my battery powered one, and it has variable speed on the trigger. With a little practice it’s easy and kinda fun to guide the dust bunnies and hair ball tumbleweeds wherever you want them to go.
I turn the HVAC on so airborne dust gets sucked into the filters, and I blow a lot of stuff to get the dust into the air, like the top of every picture frame, venetian blinds, on top of bookcases… with care, I’ll even blow off the top of the books without disturbing the lego vignettes that are on the shelves in front of the books.
It sounds nuts, but it works really well.
n
.gov doesn’t want you using cash. If it appears that you are trying to avoid the reporting requirement, they’ll report you. Remember the guy who got busted paying blackmail? He got popped for “structuring payments” to avoid reporting.
They make more and more things illegal so they can prosecute you at will.
n
I’ve known contractors who discount for cash. The money never sees a bank. The bookkeeper can neglect to pay the owner’s salary/distribution to keep the cash flow in the bank on the up and up., if necessary. That transaction never happened.
After getting home from my pickups I decided to see what was going to be involved in changing the radio in my truck.
Turns out, none of the ford radios I have will fit the connector in my Ranger. And because of the weird non standard opening, every thing is harder.
The best of the auction buy radios doesn’t power up. IDK if it’s the adapter cable, my truck, or the radio. The second best doesn’t have the right multiconnector on the back. The chinese android radios need another kind of plug or an adapter, and two of them will cover my cigarette lighters if I installed them.
So I cleaned up the dashboard trim and put the stock radio back in for now. It was too hot to be troubleshooting and mama wanted dinner.
n
I asked about prices at the eye doctor. Not bad i suppose.
My dental plan covers eye care? It made noise about doing so a couple of years ago.
Anyway. When i go to have my eyes checked, I’m asking for the cash stuff it in your pocket price.
Can’t hurt.
I changed the radio in mom’s 2004 Freestar van with a factory 6 disc CD changer. Swapped right in. Sounds as good as the old am/FM radio.
And looking at the shop manual all models have the same speakers. I think the very top model has a subwoofer.
I have no experience with other pistol calibers used against humans and in particular no experience with firing through a “silencer” at anything except paper targets. I do know that you need to use a low-power round if you want your “silencer” to do any good at all and that means that you’re probably not going to get a huge blood spray unless you get a lucky shot. I hate to break it to you, but I think the movies are lying to you.
Not disappointed. I figured the movies were BS.
Trump is a genius.
NYT poll: “Should the Democrats force a government shutdown?”
27%yes
65% no
8% ????
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/09/30/schumer-shutdown-is-happening-senate-votes-55-45-on-clean-cr-n3807355
He almost got another 80/20.
He’s going to furlough some govt employees, and flat-out fire whoever he wants.
Keep an eye in the price of real estate in Georgetown.
@paul
”In the movies some dude gets shot and boom, there’s blood spattered and sprayed on the wall six feet behind.
Is that for real? Or just Hollywood?
Just wondering. ”
Hollywood is full of bloodthirsty libtards that make violent movies and vote straight-ticket Democrat because the only ones that should have guns are their private security
Through and through is a waste of energy, unless there’s another target on the other side.
Use a round that expands or tumbles. If it must come out the other side, it should be more that blood spatter*.
*see “gobbets”
What if you pay cash? Like hundred dollar bills?
Checks are like cash to him. I suspect that the 4 ton 16 SEER a/c system is about $9,000, his cost. Then he has a couple of grand in labor for his guys. He may clear $1,000 for his back pocket.
BTW, my a/c buddy was really griping about the cost of the new R454B refrigerant. He bought a pallet of the R454B containers (30 ???) the other day. Double the price of the R410A. And the bottle size dropped from 30 lbs each to 25 lbs each. He feels cheated by Dupont.
I have a class in, among other things, gunshot wound first aid next week. Stop The Bleed.
For those cases where it doesn’t cause instant death. More than 50% of shooting victims survive, even with multiple wounds.
That presupposes access to first-world medical care that’s not dealing with outages, transportation issues, or mass casualty events.
Texas Law Shield did a very good Stop the Bleed and gunshot management class a few years ago. It was well worth the time.
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I’m going to go read in bed. Maybe I’ll get some extra sleep tonight. I’ve got a lot of driving around to do tomorrow and I don’t want to be sleepy.
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Democrats are walking into a trap
“This is where things get really interesting. Because the funding would no longer exist for programs that aren’t required by statute, those staff reductions would not be considered layoffs. Instead of being furloughed and brought back the moment the lights come back on, as in past shutdowns, those bureaucrats would have no right to return. Further, the administration would then be able to fill any vacancies it wants to keep with those in line with President Donald Trump’s agenda.”
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/09/30/democrats-are-walking-into-a-trap-n2194556
sprinting on their slimy bellies is more like it.
Please give America an early birthday present.
Schumer is more afraid of AOC than he is of Trump. AOC wants his job. Trump just says bad things about him.
Trump probably gave money to Schumer once upon a time.
Construction. New York. Everybody gets to wet their beak.