Fort Elisabeth at Waimea, Kauai… See the link above for more details. But the twist is, this was a RUSSIAN fort! Built around 1815, occupied until 1817 then finally ‘destroyed’ in 1864… Looking out over the approach to Waimea From … Continue reading
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I’m Old NFO and I’m an ammoholic… I have this craving for ammo… And I like to have it readily available… But I can quit anytime… I ‘like’ to have ready ammo, just in case… But I can quit any … Continue reading
This one is for Ev… Know anybody in that video??? Back in the early 70s we had a ‘close encounter’ with one of these… Flying a Market Time patrol off Vietnam, and one of these came chugging directly at us … Continue reading
These go out to Ex-Bootneck and my other Brit readers… A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest, ‘I almost had an affair wi th another woman.’ The priest said, ‘What do you mean, almost?’ The … Continue reading
This is from NRA/ILA… Recent revelations about a proposed federal law enforcement program might have some friends and families drawing lots to decide who drives to the next gun show. Criminals rarely obtain guns from gun shows. A Department of … Continue reading
There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you’re pretty much doomed. There are no stupid questions; but here are a lot of inquisitive idiots If the enemy is in range, so … Continue reading
Is playing my song again… Sigh… In lieu of real content, I give you Jace and his ‘horsie’… Vito’s got that long suffering look, “Mommy, there’s this BIG tick on my back, can you get it off PLEASE!” 🙂 Gonna … Continue reading
In coversheets… Yeah, it was THAT kind of week… … Continue reading
For the win- 11 years worth of work related data… And it stopped being read by the laptop that it was connected with… A couple of hours on the phone with ‘tech support’ including escalation to Tier 2, and still … Continue reading
First guns… My first gun was a Stevens .22 (which I still have), the 94 was given to me in 1963, the 4 inch Python in 1966, and I bought the 6 inch Python in 1972 when I turned 21. … Continue reading