ReconRat

Mixed feelings on the newer Marlins. Marlin had problems, but not sure that it's still true. Possibly better then a Rossi? Cimmaron and Chiappa are still around also, but expensive.

Not over yet. The "protesters" want the cattle back that were taken. The I-15 freeway got shut down because of the crowd. Lawmakers from neighboring states are talking about joining them. This is happening right now. Probably nothing will happen. But would be nice if they got the cattle back. Local news, not national. http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/story/I-15-closed-as-Bundy-backers-seek-to-free-cattle/tc2H-cCb902_JSTV73J5mg.cspx http://www.kspr.com/news/nationworld/URGENT-Nevada-Interstate-Standoff/21051646_25449636 http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/25231704/nhp-part-of-i-15-closed-because-of-bundy-protesters http://www.suindependent.com/news/id_5752/BREAKING-NEWS:-Bundy-calls-for-supporters-to-shut-down-I-15,-forcibly-release-his-cattle.html edit: Local news is saying the BLM will release the hundred head of cattle they have there at that location. Nobody seems to know what happened to the rest. Not real clear, but all of the cattle might be returned.

Winchesters and Henrys never were easy to find. Still can get a Rossi 44M stainless lever carbine drop shipped to FFL for about 535. A Marlin in 45-70 should be in stock at about the same price range. And there's still some Ruger bolt guns in 44M. Most levers in 357 are long out of stock, and 44M will probably follow soon. There's been a run on 357 levers since last year. Can't find many of the 45 Colt now either. Could use that with Buffalo Bore hot loads, if the manufacturer allows high pressure rounds.. edit: I checked the Rossi M92 manual, and nothing said about ammo limits. the Rossi M92 lever can handle 45 long colt hot loads. These can be found in 16 and 20 barrel, and in stainless. The same Rossi receiver frame is used for the 454 Casull. Which is out of stock, of course.

I looked. The changes to the hunting laws are not posted yet. So who knows... So velocity of a 38 special from an 18 inch barrel is about the same as a 357 magnum from a 4 inch barrel. Good enough for small game under 50 pounds. Effective range about 80 yards. Actual range would be that where the shooter can consistently put a shot in an 8 inch circle. About 12+ inch drop at 80 yards shooting point blank sight. Doesn't sound like a deer cartridge to me. 357 magnum has awesome stopping power. Not much beats it. So if the deer will stand up and face the shot, go for it. Otherwise a heavier and larger diameter bullet might be useful for any other type shot. Actual type of bullet selection, for hunting performance, would be pretty critical with handgun or lightweight rifle cartridge.

Should have applied pistol power limits. 357mag and up.

Don't over look Epiphone (lesser Gibson brand) either. An Epiphone Les Paul is pretty cheap at the lower end of the price range, and is very highly rated. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone,Electric-Guitar-Guitar.gc?ipp=25&o=1

I'm getting on FaceBook less and less as time goes on. Just seems like there's better things to do.

I'm using two freebies on my droid.GPSTracking Lite (or Pro, it's free) and Real Time GPS Tracker. Slight differences. Real Time also works with a website people can log into to see where you are (or more exactly where the phone is). You email them the link for the map. Loss of signal can cause these apps to stop and fail to restart on their own. Have to notice the problem and give them a kick. Waze sometimes does the same thing.

New anti-theft mini box for bike, controlled from phone app. This one will even optionally watch tire pressures... Log your track and road distance/time etc anti-theft alerts by motion sensing Can switch tracking over to the PD if stolen. http://www.wired.com/2014/04/ride-scorpio/

Ok, actually did re-think. It's pretty common for non-citizens to make a social security card, and even to copy it a bunch of times, for a batch of friends to all use to get jobs here. I've actually seen it happen, kids using a color copy machine to do so. It was amusing. If some of them decided to vote, the result would look like a person living or dead, voting multiple times from multiple locations. Which apparently is entirely possible, since many places do not check a voter's identification that would identify them as a legitimate voting citizen...

Yeah, parallel twins aren't all that bad. I've had plenty of them. They used a parallel twin and leaned it forward, so they could lower the seat. It is a large displacement bike for vertically challenged riders. I object to the weirdo transmission. Would not want to have the added weight. And the lack of a TV to go with the couch. edit: seat height 25.59" Rough guess is about 4'10" could clear the seat standing flat footed without hardly touching it.

Also realize that if only half checked against half, the actual national total would possibly be around 4 times higher, not two. So these results for one average state times 50 times 4 = 200 times higher for national numbers. I suppose if and when votes cast exceeds the actual voting age population, some one will say we're all lying about the actual size of the population. Oh wait dang it, we already did that... we don't have to be citizens of this countries population in order to vote. Let me re-think this...

What I don't like is that only roughly half the states decided to do this cross border checkup of voters. The other half declined. Did this fall along party lines? How did that line up, I wonder. If it followed party decisions (which it most likely did), it would once again be cause to worry, for one reason or another. Either accusation or denial. Just another straw (or bale of straw) on top the camel's back. And if we want to blame someone, blame people in general. Everyone has learned to cheat the system in one way or another for personal gain. We aren't good people as much as we used to be. A steady decline. Just an opinion.

might want to hedge your bets on this one... if the info came from a Board of Elections, it might be valid I mean they didn't mention aliens or bigfoot in the same sentence, just sayin' edit: dangit, I had to bump into it in the news... here ya go, left, right and maybe middle: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/04/02/4813277/nc-election-officials-identify.html#.Uz9tO6Ivlzg http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/voter-fraud-north-carolina-not-so-fast-0 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/03/hundreds-cases-potential-voter-fraud-uncovered-in-north-carolina/ It all needs to be verified. What's at stake is the Justice dept challenge of the NC restrictive voter laws.

Initial impression, is that they put the word "start" on the tile screen, so they could say that the start menu is back.

I read somewhere that Britain's number one cause of motorcycle fatalities is being in the approaching lane. Apparently lean angle over the center was a big factor. I'm sure there are other places in Europe that it's worse, like along the Italian coast.

welcome to April - rain starting tonight and increasing until Thursday, tapering off and increasing again till Friday or so they say... wonder if the weekend is decent - although it's now time to start up serious yard work... argh this rain will probably make everything grow like gangbusters

When I grow up I want to be a YouTube star

The Last Ship starts Sunday June 22nd at 9pm on TNT http://www.tntdrama.com/series/the-last-ship/

USA Brass Reopens, Investigation Continues and just for fun, here's another over-whelming EPA raid that took place up in a mining town in Alaska... population 7 people http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/11/epa-facing-fire-armed-raid-alaska-mine/?page=all

Walking Dead II How did I miss this? In September 2013, AMC announced a Walking Dead spin off show to air in 2015. New characters and new locations. Writer-producer Dave Erickson (Sons of Anarchy, Low Winter Sun) as show runner, executive producer and co-writer. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/09/walking-dead-spinoff-show/ http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/walking-dead-companion-series-official-20140328

Whew, only rain. And a good solid rain at that. Just what we wanted. Now please no more salt. Monday is cold in the morning but nice in the afternoon. Tuesday and Wednesday are looking nice. I want to get the "newbie for a week after a long Winter" out of the way and get on with it.

I remember stories about college kids approached and/or recruited by alphabet soup (CIA/FBI/NSA/ETC). I doubt it has slowed down at all. Occasionally makes the news. I tried to find the info on current practices of news and media suppression that was passed by either congress or executive order last decade. It's a little hard to find now. I guess it's now... suppressed info. If you watch internet info on cutting edge science and military stuff, you would notice how often some of it vanishes. Removed from the internet, never to be seen again. This I understand. With some of that stuff, you really don't want the entire world knowing about it. And in the same manner, I won't talk about that stuff on the public internet. Not that anyone would believe it anyway.

Only for the morning show or news. Later in the day I can get quite stupid....

Not what I was expecting (or rather wishing for) this weekend. If they do drop salt I'll be disappointed. Monday appears to be clearly ride worthy, and I wanted it to happen. Now wishing for a hard rain. Take the salt away.