“Well hell, I should try something different in that gun that doesn’t work quite right. Wonder if this works better?”

There. Impulse buy.

Who cares? You can buy ammo in plenty of places and most of us buy it online for the deep discount.

The AI is for age verification or this idea would never fly.

Same reason as any other vending machine, impulse buys.

NW Florida, very conservative. Saw one in Taco Bell a month ago. Before that it had been a couple of years.

Started Grimm’s tales today. First story: A lady in waiting screws the princess out of her husband and takes her place. Once the king figures it out he asks the fraud how she would punish a person who did such a thing.

“Throw her in a box with a buncha nails pointing inwards and drag her happy ass behind two white horses until she’s fucking dead.”

(I’m paraphrasing.)

King: 10-4. I know you’re the fraud. Have fun with your recommended sentence.

Solid explanation. I’d only add that I see the word in fiction used to describe Europeans and Americans as expats if they’ve been overseas for years and not even working. Seems to be people who eventually mean to return home.

Can we get The Black Sun while we’re at it?

It’s called “growing up”.

Colin was a zombie movie told from the point of view of the guy turning into a zombie. Made headlines at the time because the guys that created it only spent 220£. I believe it was only shown at a film festive, but crappy copies are to be found online.

I remember liking it at the time, and it has a great ending! Not sure how it would hold up, but I finally found a watchable copy.

They still have the dinner, Trump just doesn’t go.

Got this one. Only one on the market I know of.

https://cmmg.com/22lr-ar-conversion-kit-bravo-w-3-magazines-blk

Same bolt came in my Han Solo pistol.

It’s worked surprisingly well in the past, but I just put a heavy (H3) weight in to reduce recoil, probably won’t cycle .22LR any longer. And BTW, that heavy weight is a dream! My wife’s friend brought his stock AR to our camp and I was shocked how much harder it kicked.

I have an easily swapable bolt that let’s my AR-15 shoot .22LR. Pretty nifty, though not quite as accurate since the bullet is .003 thinner.

The other books are far more plot and character focused, less exacting military stuff. If you like RSR, you might like the following books even more. It’s an outlier, but not too far, from his other books.

Fahrenheit 451 was fascinating for the sub-story about the TV walls and, “Oh look! The White Clown is on!”

Best friend held an acid party back in 1991 or so. From where we stood we could see all 3 TVs, 3 different sizes. He said, “Check it out. The attention people pay to the screen is directly proportional to it’s size.” Didn’t matter was was on screen, the larger it was, the more people stared, the less they talked. That’s really stuck with me.

And the parasocial relationships with the people are the screen foretold much.

Can’t imagine many would care about book burning today. I only know one other person that reads books, and few even “read” the internet.

Flew half-way across the country on a private plane for a business meeting.

The mayor used to know my name. Hollered at me at Mardi Gras!

Went to a party at the woman’s house who owns a vast chunk of downtown. Got to see the Mardi Gras parade from above.

My dentist made me a silicone mold for $70. All I have to buy is cheap whitener off Amazon.

Friend came limping over one day. Our other friend watched him rolling around in agony for almost 20 minutes.

“Dude! You can stretch it and it goes away instantly!”

Played around with Chile on Google Maps. Fascinating geography! I’d love to get in there and camp for a month, but it’s damned lonely looking in most places. From the driest place on Earth to jungles, wild place.

No voltage drop, but it’s an easy 80’, maybe 100, maybe even a little more. Hard to say as it cuts through the woods.

Picked up an old Fluke at the store, I’ll try an figure out how to read amps.

Is DC why my 12V water pump doesn’t run but the LED bulbs on the same circuit are fine? The pump is by the creek and I’m thinking it can’t pull enough amps over the length of the run. Working on that today.