Anyone remember Jimmie Carter?

$450 would rent a nice house at the beach for a weekend too. I have family friends who have done that.

Many ages ago in the 70's when I was a kid, I was part of a HUGE extended family. We would all gather together for Christmas at my Grandmother’s and we’d all give presents to pretty much everyone. This rapidly became problematic as my generation started to fill up (I’m the oldest of my generation.) In 1986 my…

It was.  Sadly she doesn’t cook anymore.  She’s gone more than a little off her rocker, and can barely walk.  I have a running argument with my Cousin on who’s worse: His mom or my mom.  (Sisters.)  My Mom has an excuse.  She’s had a stroke.

My Aunt back in the 80's took a Chinese cooking class, so for several years in the early 90's we did a big family Thanksgiving tadoo that was all Chinese food. That’s when I learned to make epic fried rice, and chicken lo mein. She’d make a bunch of other stuff, and we’d buy potstickers. (It wasn’t worth it to put in…

Since learning how to properly cook a turkey I have stopped reading any “advice” by other people on how to cook a turkey. Everyone’s got their favorite “trick” and blah blah blah. There’s no trick to it, and people have been cooking large birds the way I do it for centuries. No, I’m not going to share my method. It’s…

He’s claiming he is a “trained first responder” with emergency medical training...

Oh gods yes. Hackers is objectively terrible on most every level, but is still stupidly enjoyable. It even gets a number of things correct about “hacker” culture, although many of them are way out of date. For instance Phreak “phreaking” in 1995 is a touch anachronistic. While still done, it was nothing like as…

Around here a law was passed (and not an unreasonable one) that all underground fuel tanks must have sensors installed around them to detect any leaks. I know a family who owned four 7-Eleven stores that all sold fuel. Once that law was passed the two older ones without the sensors simply closed their doors. One…

I’m not liking the goofy US-style quipping at each other. Spike doesn’t say “I just want to kill her a little bit.” That’s something that came out of the Joss Whedon era of US television. Spike (Bebop Spike) is more lackadaisical and his jokes are lame.

I’m shocked. Shocked that parental involvement in schools is a positive influence.

I was going to bring up the Isetta.  Just back it in, open up the front, get out.  Close the garage door at your leisure.

Yeah, I read an hour or so ago about the safety problems on set and the walk-off. It seems there were multiple failures going on here and lots of blame to go around.

Ah. I misunderstood then. You would be fully aware of the process.

Me too. Also, I don’t leave the sale without either destination paperwork or a signed title in hand. I’ve had a couple try to pull that shit on me. Then I drive over to the DMV and transfer it on the way home. (This is relatively painless in Washington State.)

It doesn’t strike me as strange at all, although I would like to know exactly what kind of reproduction he was shooting. (They don’t film with actual antiques since reproductions are readily available and better made with stronger steel.) Cocking some single-actions can be pretty difficult, and old cowboy pistols were…

The US military still uses them, but I don’t know what the form factor is.  I have a few around here somewhere but nothing which shoots them.  My Dad bought them for a rifle he didn’t have anymore when he died.

I more or less agree with you, except that I have to point out that many “blank” cartridges today don’t use a plug of wax or cardboard, but are instead crimped to produce a brass seal. The crimp is simply expanded when fired instead of a proxy projectile being ejected from the barrel. Other examples (such as seen in…

Possibly true, and likely true for ammunition manufactured in the last 30 years or so. However depending on the propellant used some ammunition can degrade over time no matter how perfectly stored. Some powders lose potency over time, but others increase potency over time as the chemicals degrade. Hence we get the…

That’s actually a myth. There are plenty of crash-tests involving Transporters that show they survive remarkably well in crashes. Better than most cars of the era due to an excellent and very strong design. Your friend is full of shit, and probably speaking from the typical “first one to the accident!” mindset of the…