Every 5 years I bought my mom the latest little square thing I could find in ebay. A new monitor here or there... No more fixing the computer every freaking holiday.
I hate Apple but I love my mac. I live in a Linux world using a Windows box is painful so I don't.
Pains are like drama. . Nope
Search found 542 matches
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:27 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Apple is entering the censorship game....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 180
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:32 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Apple is entering the censorship game....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 180
Re: Apple is entering the censorship game....
So much for the new I-Mac I was going to order pretty soon. My current I-Mac is pushing 10yo, and has been nearly perfect. I'll see what LG or SamSung has to offer in a large laptop. :evil: The problem isn't the hardware unfortunately it's the OS, Mac is linux based and there software is written sp...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:22 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Apple is entering the censorship game....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 180
Re: Apple is entering the censorship game....
Apple is the most anti everything from their labor practices to making insane profit levels the left is always criticizing. However every last of one of them have an apple phone in their hand. Yes I know Apple installs nets to catch people committing suicide working for them as I type on a Mac, hope...
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So I cooked my lever
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1473
Re: So I cooked my lever
Yes but it won't go the other way.... Stuck.
I'll hopefully take a look at it this weekend, something is jammed somewhere.
I understand black powder is rough inside but letting it sit for 2 days then failing wouldn't make it suitable for the west
I'll hopefully take a look at it this weekend, something is jammed somewhere.
I understand black powder is rough inside but letting it sit for 2 days then failing wouldn't make it suitable for the west

- Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So I cooked my lever
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1473
Re: So I cooked my lever
20201006_164625 (2).jpg Is that the sear? Yeah .... :o If you are referring to the piece there behind the trigger, it is not the sear. That is the trigger block/safety bar. It prevents the trigger from being pulled until the lever is fully up. Notice the piece protruding from the reciever just behi...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So I cooked my lever
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1473
Re: So I cooked my lever
Mmmm..it's a Winchester....which means it's a Miroku.....wow....that leaves me puzzled.......never heard of that issue......I do have plenty of books on assembly/disassembly and I can post these if need be.....let me know..... I truly hope this coming election sets back the left for generations to ...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 10:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So I cooked my lever
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1473
Re: So I cooked my lever
Hey David! How's the Low Wall shoot? I don't get it with the lever...the bolt is back and the picture appears to be out of focus/stretched......is it an optical illusion caused by a poor picture?......what kind of a '73 is that? I see new wood but it looks like a reblued receiver....-----6 It's a W...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So I cooked my lever
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1473
- Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So I cooked my lever
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1473
So I cooked my lever
And it did this. Just thought I'd ask here first before I try to figure out.
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wipe Your Guns Down Before Putting Them Away
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1328
Re: Wipe Your Guns Down Before Putting Them Away
I've used plain old Minn Wax paste on all my old guns for many decades. I bought a small can and still haven't used half of it. I wax both metal and wood by rubbing it in with my fingers. Then buff it off to a very nice sheen. I also use it a bit heavier on my hunting rifles before heading out in t...
- Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question / POLL
- Replies: 115
- Views: 8951
Re: Question / POLL
I was fond of the 36 Plymouth business coup myself, bought one, showed up with trailer and the police were still there, stolen the night before. How IDK it rolled but it certainly did not run. If the police weren't there it would have been hard to believe. That was a cooooool car. If I was rich, I'd...
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question / POLL
- Replies: 115
- Views: 8951
Re: Question / POLL
So who recognizes the car?Booger Bill wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:17 pm79. So far looks like I am in third place? Probably started shooting at 7 years old. My dad was a great teacher. He worked me at it.
https://i.postimg.cc/6QDtdftr/Dad-in-1946.jpg
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wipe Your Guns Down Before Putting Them Away
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1328
Re: Wipe Your Guns Down Before Putting Them Away
It probably came from starting with antique's but I use renaissance wax, it's not abrasive it's pretty much what all the museums use anymore.
It make the blue just a bit prettier and it's actually made for wood.
It's well worth the $30 and a old sock
It make the blue just a bit prettier and it's actually made for wood.
It's well worth the $30 and a old sock

- Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question / POLL
- Replies: 115
- Views: 8951
Re: Question / POLL
53 and still undecided what to be when I grow-up..... Me too (on being undecided)! I'm thinking I just want to be retired when I grow up! :wink: I'm 56 (as of May 16th). Been shooting since I was five or so, like so many others, going out with my Dad (I started Y2K when he was 2! :D ). I've been re...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Im in love.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1430
Re: Im in love.
One of our guards drives a big old Indian to work...Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:10 pmWhat a beautiful sound from that engine. Almost seems fitting to power an aircraft.
Old not the newer one.
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question / POLL
- Replies: 115
- Views: 8951
Re: Question / POLL
About 10% of readers responded .. giving an average age of 64. Thanks everyone. I think we should be introducing young people to the game. I know some of you are. Keep it up! We ain't getting any younger! I can lower that a little, I'm 57. My parents were not so excited about guns, I kept a lot of ...
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
I thought this was cool until I saw the starting bid of $1,750.
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question / POLL
- Replies: 115
- Views: 8951
Re: Question / POLL
I believe anyone can create a poll, up to 15 answers.
Must be first post.
Must be first post.
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My first wooden bucket, plus canteen
- Replies: 78
- Views: 3378
Re: My first wooden bucket
Barrels and buckets are made by being insane
You keep putting water In them and they keep leaking...
Until they don't.

You keep putting water In them and they keep leaking...
Until they don't.
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:04 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: FEAR PURCHASING....
- Replies: 82
- Views: 44615
Re: FEAR PURCHASING....
I know I'm preaching to the choir here but it's interesting that guns in the homes have skyrocketed and I just haven't seen all accidental discharge accidents or whatever it is that make it more dangerous to have a gun in the home.
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:43 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: FEAR PURCHASING....
- Replies: 82
- Views: 44615
Re: FEAR PURCHASING....
#1 argument for a shotgun has nothing to do with capacity or maneuverability and it's a big one. There's just nothing like hearing the rack of a shotgun to get people to leave or give up. I believe this to be a falsehood. All you do by trying to scare an intruder by working the action on your pump ...
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 1:47 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: FEAR PURCHASING....
- Replies: 82
- Views: 44615
Re: FEAR PURCHASING....
"long gun" for home defense as in a shotgun, not an AR-15. I dunno . . . my AR-50 pistol with appropriate load is more maneuverable inside walls, holds more ammo, is concealable inside a pancho or long shirt with single point sling, bullet goes where the laser dot is, second shot is quicker than a ...
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: FEAR PURCHASING....
- Replies: 82
- Views: 44615
Re: FEAR PURCHASING....
"long gun" for home defense as in a shotgun, not an AR-15.
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:21 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: FEAR PURCHASING....
- Replies: 82
- Views: 44615
Re: FEAR PURCHASING....
I'm going through some old posts and with the upcoming election this kinda seems like a new post. I live in Central Illinois and I am seeing less ammo on the shelves. The prices on what is there is going up and reloading supplies are creeping up too. .223 is up about 30% at the local Farm and Fleet...
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Well Gunny.....does your mask have blm on it? I see Whole Foods got rid of some employees for doing that.....and rightfully so....I'm sick of all this stupid stuff.....we are all supposed to be one people with no one getting more attention than the other....like MLK said, "judge people on the conte...
- Sun Jun 21, 2020 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
I was a bit serious on the safer...
Corncob fights you either peel and use to help fling or toss stock end in hand or you can really slice your hand very badly. That slice between the finger and thumb is a squirter!
Corncob fights you either peel and use to help fling or toss stock end in hand or you can really slice your hand very badly. That slice between the finger and thumb is a squirter!
- Sun Jun 21, 2020 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Man I missed something, what's the lead corncobs for?
Throwing at protesters?
Safer that husk that can really cut...
Throwing at protesters?
Safer that husk that can really cut...
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
I'm with you David- hydraulics is the wave of the future! Of course the type of wood means a lot too! Green hickory easy, green oak not so much ! Hey how does our low wall shoot ? It made it to the FFL, just the safest way yesterday. My daughter is getting married this weekend, it's just going to h...
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Now is the time of year for salt licks, helps doe's with milk production and bucks to grow antlers. Are you trying to keep meat on hand for possible future needs? Did that email get through? Money evening I'm standing at the kitchen sink watching the bird feeder and CLUNK my low back goes out. Yest...
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
No worries Tom, but you did miss home cured pastrami sammiches! The Ammo can wait until Saturday and if ya can get that stock all the better! Yup I'm going to be in Bernville. Jay I do believe there are buffalo in Alaska, maybe you can pick up another coat for me?? :lol: Well the crown moulding is ...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Yup the 32s are nice guns, nice enough the Germans borrowed enough to copy for the Kreighoff. Then some dim bulb at Remington had to go and over engineer and thus the 3200. My 3rd year of gummsmiff skool the final exam was to draw 2 guns out of a hat, we each got a complete gun of one sort or anoth...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
There has only been 2 guns that I lament giving up. First was my beloved Rem 3200 Competition, heavy, clunky, and 140+ internal parts that wore out easily but that shotgun had stellar wood! Prettiest factory wood ever. The second was a Mauser I put together, 6mm Remington , Douglas air gauged barre...
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
David...yes...the 1875's had a box.....when I was about 20 .......1974......I was at a local gun auction with about $200 in my pocket hoping to get this 1892 in 25-20........didn't get it.......the highlight of the auction was a NIB 1875 Remington.......nickel........real shiny.......I was only abl...
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
No I did not refill the tank. Believe it or not there is a phone app, the app shows a percentage of fuel remaining. I know the tank holds 26 gallons, 26 X 81% = 4.96. 133.5 miles divided by 4.96 = 27 . I refer to possums as 'Pennsylvania Road Otters' , long story to explain. As for skunks, I see th...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
WHOA there big fella! I won page 90 and I want that rifle. Call my bluff huh. Be careful or you may see Moby in your NEAR future. Knew I had a picture of a 1890 somewhere, this one originally belonged to Slim in the Cody Museum. I sold it long ago... 21992804_10214033734946825_2830851500263266189_o...
- Sat Jun 06, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Keep the Sig by the bed the shotgun in the closet. I sold a collection for a guy and he gave to me a 500 (JiC style, pistol grip with marine finish). I'll rack that at the top of the stars rack it they come around the corner to come up it would be difficult stairs climb. They can steal anything down...
- Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
I have more than one, personally I dont really care for the AR- it has no soul as far as I'm concerned! That being said they are a very efficient and easy means to send ammo down range. If the threat is out thar a bit then yes thats the choice but in close give me my Benelli M1 Super 90 with 00 buc...
- Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Look !!!
- Replies: 69
- Views: 3658
Re: New Look !!!
I tried to read thru this for the answer to this question: WHAT ARE THE "BALOONS" IN THE LEFT MARGIN FOR. AND THE LITTLE RED RECTANGLE? I'VE CONCLUDED THAT I AM OF A CERTAIN AGE THAT DOESN'T GET NEW AGE SYMBOLISM. IS THERE AN INFOGRAPHIC THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THE SECRET RINGS ARE FOR? THANKS A QUADRIL...
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Ha! David has a greeeeaaaatttt sense of humor......yea, "they" don't fool with work boots. Hey! I'm up at 8:00 AM!!!!! Dang phone rang....Kubota dealer calls me up to tell me they are picking up the very Mighty Kubota 3350 for an issue and some PM........I'm near crying.....feel like I'm losing my ...
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
What a day! Got a bunch of cabinets hung, quite a challenge with 300 year old walls! Still lots to do. On my way home th accountant called, I need more info! So I was scrambling last evening to find more stuff. Saw a doe yesterday that must have an abscess tooth, looked like she has an orange stuck...
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Well folks...it's Moooonnnndddaaayyyyyy for all you working stiffs!........that is, if you have a place to go to. Got a good laugh this morning....mom says she said the looters (no, not protestors) were coming out to the suburbs......on my street, we have one police chief, TWO street cops, and six ...
- Sat May 30, 2020 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Me Me Me, I'm not sure it's proper to tell where it's going but I think admitting it is ok.
It COULDN'T find a better next place to be.
I might have to wear diapers when it arrives.

- Thu May 28, 2020 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Target on fire, shots fired, smoke from UPS store- use of gas is authorized. Third world country? Nope right here in Minnesota. I dont get why these people riot and loot their OWN town. (Yes I KNOW why ) Sometimes the scanner app is entertaining sometimes it's just sad... The Looting Gypsy's are pr...
- Thu May 28, 2020 8:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
This is pretty cool if you like that sort of thing, you won't see this often.
- Wed May 27, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Actually you are just the guy I want to see. This is a different focused approach to interference in motor nerve tracts and in most cases it is the Occiput/C1 articulation. One former patient fell 75 ft off an aircraft control tower. Another was given a gold hard hat for living through a fall as an...
- Wed May 27, 2020 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Like Dopers Need a Reason To Do More Pot . . . . .
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1353
Re: Like Dopers Need a Reason To Do More Pot . . . . .
Ditto.
- Wed May 27, 2020 2:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
Well David, I am a Blair upper cervical/cervical chiropractor with some trigger point muscle release also involving biotransmitter release so on bioelectrical impulses we work top down, bottom up on function. I'm the guy you never want to see. I fell from 4 stories, I'm fused with 6 rods and a plat...
- Wed May 27, 2020 11:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
I'm a computer guy but I hang out at a physic's lab a lot just gluons you. (darn you beat me)
Currently trying to saturate small pile of 400GE links between switches best I've gotten is 374GB. (per second).
Not NEARLY as cool as Sixgun's low wall.
Currently trying to saturate small pile of 400GE links between switches best I've gotten is 374GB. (per second).
Not NEARLY as cool as Sixgun's low wall.
- Wed May 27, 2020 11:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
There is something unseen, behind the scenes that arranges occurrences and events that are the same or seemingly connected ... by what means, to what purpose? An operative intelligence works through means unseen and not understood. This can work out quickly or over years. If you pay attention to it...
- Wed May 27, 2020 10:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Gun Room
- Replies: 7447
- Views: 175606
Re: The Gun Room
There is something unseen, behind the scenes that arranges occurrences and events that are the same or seemingly connected ... by what means, to what purpose? An operative intelligence works through means unseen and not understood. This can work out quickly or over years. If you pay attention to it...