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Usually, the competition is honest and not self-serving, and happens because Agencies have different missions and tasks and experiences. "Honest and not self serving" is NOT a description anyone I know that has experience with government alphabet agencies would use. I used to work closely...

I am very familiar with government rules and the rule making process. Before I retired I was responsible for my company's compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Titles 18, 29, 40 and 49. Just those 4 Titles of Federal Regulations comprised hundreds of thousands of pages of rules and r...

I've bitched as much as anyone about technology, but some aspects of it are so handy, I'd hate to do without. If I had running water and a cot... :twisted: :lol: I've railed about F.R.E.D.'s ( eFfing Ridiculous Electronic Devices) myself many times over the years. Some seem to think they can never ...

Some years back I bought a Winchester 1200 12 gauge that has been modified for card, or block shooting. It came with an extra slug barrel that somebody had stripped of all coatings. It was bare metal and already starting to rust. I went to a local gun shop looking for a cheap, easy home bluing kit o...

Hey Gene, it has been awhile. Hope everything is OK in your part of the world.

Inflation is hard on everybody, but it hits those on a fixed income especially hard.

Take care and don't be a stranger.

But can you still remember how it goes back together?

Oh wow Dude, that is like Far Out man.


Sorry, just having a few flashbacks to the 60's.

Am I the only fruitcake lover here? No, you are not the only one. My Mother made a fruitcake when we were kids that we loved. She wrapped it in a rum soaked towel. One of my sisters still makes them and sends each of us one every Christmas, minus the rum soaked towel. It is similar, but different t...

Pay no attention. Just experimenting with attaching pictures directly from my PC. I've never done it before. Wanted to see if I could do it. The trick is to get them small enough. 256k isn't a lot when it comes to pictures. Jim, I'm Sorry that I screwed up your thread. 1C4EA32C-DA93-4E61-9AF0-8370CF...

It'll make a cute little V Dub Van.

Are you going to give it a psychedelic paint job like all the Hippies did back in the 60's?