Handsome Rob

I don't think for a minute that anyone at all, anywhere, for any reason is tracking my movements, looking through my photos, checking my emails, using my camera or recording my calls. Frankly, even if they do, it's of no consequence to me. I'm not doing anything even remotely illegal at any time (well, maybe a bit of quicker-than-is-legal driving). I never go anywhere I'm not legally allowed to go. I don't photograph anything inflammatory or controversial or discuss any kind of criminal activity.   What have I got to worry about?  :shrug:

Arse. Beaten again!

Trolling level: 3 Goats & a bridge :D   http://youtu.be/KjQk244oW9c

Oh, and if you coat the bore with bore butter (or similar) for protection; before you load it to shoot, you'll need to swab & clean the barrel out with a couple of alcohol soaked patches. I use 91% rubbing alcohol myself, as it evaporates in a couple of seconds. If you don't you'll contaminate the powder & have a heck of a job getting it lit.

Don't mean to be argumentative, but DON'T USE BOILING WATER!!!   Yes, the heat will help to dry the bore, but it'll also cause flash rusting. Guaranteed. Cold or warm water, with a few drops of Dawn or Simple Green works perfectly. Also, don't use a bore brush. Get the correct sized jag & use lots of cotton patches (old T-Shirts are your friend!) Reason being, some bore brushes are simply slid & crimped into the rod threads. If one pulls loose in the barrel, being that it's only open at one end...., you'll have to get real creative in getting it back out!   To check to see if it's loaded, lay the ramrod alongside the barrel, so that the bottom end is roughly ½" towards the muzzle, of the nipple. Mark the rod in line with the muzzle. Now insert the rod into the bore & your mark & the muzzle should line up, pretty durn close. If it's about ½" proud, chances are there's a ball in there, but no powder (A Bad Thing) An inch or so, & yes, it's loaded.

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This doesn't work on fiber optics, by the way.

Se no habla foreign ;)

Jules & I are over $30k in paperwork & lawyers & just found out this February that we can't feasibly change our status :(

Immigration law, unfortunately :( I have to remain an E2 visa holder for as long as the government will allow me to renew. Then I have to leave. Unless the law changes I have no way of staying here permanently.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/25194227/tn-senate-votes-for-open-gun-carry-without-permit Does this mean that as a non-citizen that can't legally get a carry permit, but CAN legally own a firearm, I would be able to legally open carry??

Had to post something so I could see it. Forgot who I was for a second there! That's me taking a break from chasing hogs around Starvation Slough on the Kissimmee river in central Florida.

Hang on.....

Can't believe no-one's said it yet..... . . . . . . . . . . . Megashark. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I16_8l0yS-g

I would estimate that I'm at easily over 50,000 rounds through mine & I've never had a single misfire yet. I recall one shell hanging up & not feeding, but that's it in 5 years. Their customer service is world-freakin' class too!

Say what you will about Gee Dubya, but at least he'd have done SOMETHING. If he were still in charge, our troops would be halfway to New Zealand as we speak.

Beard oil?? Soft & lustrous???? Oi vey. Shave it off & use this on your vagina. Beards are supposed to be course, grizzly & manly.

All I could think after reading the title was that his coffee tastes like crap & his sunglasses are waaay overpriced.

I prefer "I wasn't born in the South, but I got here as quickly as I could"

Non-sexually, I CAN sympathize. Being an English born guy who has been convinced for as long as I can remember, that I should've been born in the US, I personally consider myself to be 100% male , but Trans-continental.

Snapped this on my way back from Florida, last year.

Grizzly Wintergreen for me. I started dipping Swedish Snuss while I was still in the UK, to help me quit smoking. Well, my first trip to the US in '04 & I forgot to pack any. I was really starting to crave badly & bought my first can of Skoal Bandits in Wintergreen. HOLY HELL! Talk about a revelation! Snuss is salt cured & quite unpalatable compared to sweet, sweet Skoal!  I progressed from Bandits to Pouches & finally to Long-Cut a few years ago & traded Skoal for Grizzly 3 years back. I try not to dip to big or too often (I hate to see guys smuggling a golf ball in their lip!) & a can usually lasts me 3 or 4 days. One day I'll get off it, but I know from quitting the ciggies, that my mind has to be in the right place & there's no point in trying to force myself.

"If the outside world is so good, why has mankind spent tens of thousands of years perfecting Inside?" Sheldon Cooper.

Can't we just move the fence 200 miles this way & give it to Arkansas?

It has been odd. I've seen more deer this year than I have in the previous 4 combined & only managed to kill one. I process & butcher deer for a select few friends & last year did 42. This year I've only done 11. Everyone I talk to has said that this has been the worst harvest year any of them can remember, although it's been a bumper year for deer seen. My problem was a combination of cacky weather & seeing deer either just before light or just after it was too dark to shoot. Either that or the little devils were 50yds on the wrong side of the fence :(