Recent content by 59billy

I tried that, to no avail. It is possible that I was too timid with the tapping, though.

Under the seat of my truck is a WWII bayonet that I took in trade for a sawed off shotgun that I took in trade for a bag of dope about the time that "La Grange" was in the Top 40. I think i made out pretty good. It seems like I probably wouldn't still have the bag of dope after all these years.

It's like Teddy Roosevelt said: "Walk softly and carry a small tactical nuke."

Years ago, when I was more involved with the survivalist community, I tried to boil it down to an equation: How much does it cost to have this? How likely are you to need this? How screwed are you if you need this and don't have it? I couldn't really reduce it to an equation, but it did...

I used to CC a Ruger P97, but it got to being (sometimes literally) a pain in the butt. I do a lot of business in nearby Slidell, Louisiana where my MS license wasn't valid (that may have changed), and at any rate, a sidearm is a big chunk of metal that you have to think about entering or...

I've always wanted a single shot, flintlock pistol to carry around in my belt, especially since open carry is legal where I live. I mean no harm to any man, but I'd like to encourage a certain politeness that we may have lost.

In other news, I finally got the flywheel off of the 353, after watching 57 videos about how easy it is to just pop it off. After trying penetrating oil, heat, and gentle taps that turned into a cross between John Henry and Thor, I thought about buying the official husqvarna puller 504 90 90-02...

The frustrating part is explaining what you want. "Okay, so brew some coffee, right? Then pour it into a cup. Now, listen carefully, because this is the important part: don't put any syrup, sprinkles, glitter, caramel, oat milk or any other non-tit milk in there. This recipe is known as "a cup...

You haven't missed anything. Especially if you actually like actual coffee.

And here im cooking outdoors to avoid heating up the house! Think of it as installing high performance aftermarket parts.

Good morning. 74f heading to 91 with a slight chance of rain. Looking forward to cooler weather.

It gets better from here on in, my friend.

Happy Friday, workers and jerkers.

Rumor has it that a few people here are pretty good at porting these things.

I do miss those times.