Before you insult Melania Trump you might do a little thinking..

If YOUR wife doesn't speak several languages and YOU badmouth Melania Trump then YOU look pretty stupid

If YOUR wife isn't a supermodel that made $50 million bucks on her and YOU badmouth Melania Trump then YOU look pretty stupid

If YOUR wife can't show grace under fire and YOU badmouth Melania Trump then YOU look pretty stupid

If YOUR wife is morbidly obese and YOU badmouth Melania Trump then YOU look pretty stupid.

If YOUR wife works in a minimum wage job and YOU badmouth Melania Trump then YOU look pretty stupid.

If your wife doesn't speak English very well and YOU badmouth Melania Trump then YOU look pretty stupid.

Make sure you are married to a very rich supermodel that speaks several languages and made herself 50 million bucks before you insult her or you are going to look pretty damned stupid.



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I had kind of a rough sleep last night which is odd

I woke up in the middle of the night and didn't drop back off for a while.

Anyway, when I got up I shaved, a Voskhod blade was in the old Gillette Trak (pre WW2 razor) and got a pretty good shave considering it was the third shave off of that blade. 

I wonder if the Russians make their razor blades out of old navy ships like we do here in the States.

Maybe I got a blade made out of Red October's sister ship.

If any of you readers can get in touch with Vladmir Putin why don't you ask him what they make razor blades out of.

They are not the sharpest blades out there but they are pretty sharp and, like a lot of Russian goods, are quite durable.  



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4/7/2018

Another day, another project.

The pump room gets cleaned out or partially, anyway.

I swept it, pressure washed the walls and floors and when it dries it gets a re sweep as the pressure washing pulled up a lot of dug in stuff.



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The well casing caved in a few years back

Before the days of city water people had wells.

When we moved in we had city water but the well and the pump were still installed. It worked and supplied water if I wanted to use it. I occasionally used it for washing cars and such. My project for the day is to yank it and haul it off.

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Noon update.

What a dirty Herculean mess that was!

 It is a woeful tale of dirt, grease, and a couple of worn out and busted Sawzall blades.

The tank came out in a few minutes. The electric motor came off easily enough. The gearbox was a small slug fest but the actual pump itself was a horror show of laying on my side with a Sawzall cutting through a pipe.

Before I tackled that I removed the now unused wires leading to the breaker sub-panel  (which I yanked first)

I hate unused wires being left anywhere. If it isn't any good then get rid of it.

Cutting the pipe would have been easy enough but the pump piston was in it so I had to chew through the entire mess. It was no fun.

The pump itself was connected to maybe 100 feet of pipe and finally it let go and fell into the casing with a loud, very satisfying noise that was pleasing to the ear as it rattled down the casing taking the piston down with it.

Right now I am cooking lunch/dinner. I'll have the leftovers tonight.

After noon chow I will go down and cap the casing off and take care of the leftover wire that is hot. I'll use the hot wire to mount a light on the overhead of the pump nook. In addition to saving me having to trace the damned thing I'll get a useful light out of it.

A visitor dropped by and asked me where I learned to do all of this stuff and I told her that I helped cap blowouts for Red Adair.

Actually it is simple. I'll put a piece of plate steel over the casing head and be done with it.

After I cap it off I think I'll drop in on Ginger Rogers and have a drink with her seeing how Red Adair is dead and gone.

Come to think of it maybe I won't.

Ginger Rogers is dead and gone, too.

Oh, well.....











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Home from the sea.

to an immaculate home.

Someone busted  their ass and really did one hell of a job  cleaning the old place up.

I was shocked at first because a lot of things were moved around but I will either  rearrange or get used to things.

All in all  it is a wonderfully clean place to come home  to.


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I answered a poll

Should authorities be allowed to remove all guns and weapons of people deemed as potentially posing a threat to others?

Yes
No.

The way that one was written I gave it a loud and clear NO because it is far too vague.

First of all who are the authorities and how do they deem who is a threat to others?

The poll as written leaves far too many unanswered questions and either it is a clear poll with clear definitions it Piccolo gives it a NO.

There are too many problems with something like that. 

Who are the so-called authorities? If we are looking at some fourth grade educated inbred yay-hoot hillbilly tin horn sheriff with a dime store badge that got the job because the mayor owed his daddy a favor then no way in hell.

Same holds for a judge that was put on the bench by someone as a political favor that has alliances to someone with a political agenda.

Incidentally finding fair and reasonable judges these days is getting harder and harder because judges have seemed to have gotten themselves into politics which is wrong.

A lot of politicians have weaponized judges along with law enforcement to do their dirty work for them. Both sides are probably guilty of this.

Would I accept the word of a competent lawman with street experience? Yeah, probably.

Still, the accused deserves to have things checked out and gone over so he can get his rights reinstated if the initial assessment was wrong.

The question the poll asked was too vague, far too vague for me to support.







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I am at a major crossroads now and

I think that it would be nice to simply sell everything, retire and either live on the road in a pup tent or buy a small sailboat and live in a marina somewhere.

I suppose option three would be to buy a Royal Enfield with a sidecar and just travel the backroads of America.

This house business is seriously getting on my nerves.



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Well, well, well. What have we here?

One of these days I will probably retire and do old man things.

We will see how that one goes.

I just found a pretty interesting website of Medal of Honor winners and it's interesting how many of them are around.

http://www.cmohs.org/
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Mr. David Hogg

How does it feel knowing that in a short time that all of the excitement is going to die down and in a few months nobody is going to remember who you were.

On top of that even with your bullying you didn't get into the college you wanted.

What you need, Mr. Hogg is a good old fashioned spanking. Someone ought to jerk your skinny little ass off your feet, take you over their knee, pull your pants down and spank you until your ass cheeks turn red in front of God and everybody.

That would be one video that would go totally viral





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This is a really ballsy troll.

Hopefully this works


An EPIC troll

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Never get involved with crazy.

This was right about the time I got out of the service and was digging in with the tipi in the mountains.

I went out with this girl a couple of times and it didn't take me long to decide to eject. She was a mess. Everything was a major drama scene, she over reacted to everything under the sun and had a jealousy streak a mile wide.

I moved the tipi and avoided her but she had the nose of a bloodhound and the intelligence net that would have made the CIA proud. I couldn't go anywhere with her showing up and creating a scene.

If I even nodded at another woman in front of her there would be a horror show as she would attack the hapless female. It was really, really bad.

Somewhere along the line someone introduced me to a real rough and tumble woman that probably could have easily run a whorehouse in and oil/commercial fishing town. I made it a point to buy her a beer when I saw her and it paid off when the nutcase showed up looking for me and found me sitting there next to her.

Of course, the nutcase attacked the rough and tumble broad in an instant took second place in the brief bout.

After that she steered clear of me.

I learned a lot from that, the biggest lesson being steer clear of crazy women.





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The law of three retreats

should actually be enacted and be able to be used as an affirmative defense in any number of things, including domestic issues.

I have seen this happen several times before over the years. Once a guy retreated from a guy that wanted to fight him. When his tormentor chased him down he retreated to another place and again was followed. The third place he was followed to he decided to end the game then and there and knocked the living daylights out of his tormentor.

Of course, the loser decided to drag the law into it but the officers got the full story and told the loser that it was just too damned bad and that he had earned his beating. I suppose if it happened today it would have had a different ending.

I also once saw a woman follow a man from place to place screeching at him and really carrying on. It was downtown and the hapless guy had gone from place to place trying to lose the woman. He had actually gone to several places, a lot more than three and finally decided that enough is enough and when she walked into the next place he simply knocked her silly in front of God and everybody.

Many of us knew what had gone on and were actually quite amused when she hit the ground.

Truth is, I judge everyone evenly and hold everyone to the same level of conduct, man, women or older child. It's three strikes and you're out pretty much.

When someone has decided either not to fight or has broken off contact then leave them be. If you follow them repeatedly and get your head handed to you that's just too damned bad. You have taken the fight to someone.

I do believe that if The Law of Three Retreats was enacted then there would be a whole lot less violence in this world, domestic and other.

Women often do this to men and when they get whacked they get outraged and file charges for domestic violence. Other times the loser files after he brings the fight to the other person and loses.

With a three retreat law this would no longer be an option because it would be obvious that someone was bringing the fight to the other person.

It would also make it so the troublemaker has to accept responsibility for starting things.

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When I was a youngster my kid brother would irk me to the point where I would smack him. Then he would run to dad and I'd catch hell.

It didn't take long for Dad to figure out what the deal was and the next time I clobbered my brother he was told that it was his problem. You can bet he stopped pestering me after that.




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The Professionals

I remember my father making a comment when the son of a teacher got shot in Vietnam in about 1964. He was wounded and survived.

He was a West Pointer and I mentioned it to my father and dad commented that West Pointers were professionals and although it was unfortunate it wasn't the same as some kid that had gotten drafted.

I was young at the time and it wasn't until later when I recalled the incident. I do believe at the time the death of the kid up the street was still on his mind. The kid up the street had been killed in a Jeep accident in Korea. He had been drafted.

As an aside here, I wonder how many GIs have been killed in Jeep accidents. They have had a bad habit of flipping for years.

You have to remember that the West Pointer that got hit had spent four years in college at government expense. He had gotten the full ride at West Point and now it was his turn to pay the country back.

In the same category falls the enlisted guy that signs on for a second hitch, hence putting him/herself on career status. He/she has already had a hitch in to learn the ropes and understand the deal. 

You are putting your life on the line in return for certain benefits and you have a very realistic chance of getting injured or killed in action. For a careerist it is a calculated risk. They are eligible for a decent retirement after 20 years which isn't a bad deal for someone willing to take the chance.

Still, you have to remember that a careerist has opted to take the chance and really can't complain too much if they  
get hurt along the way. 

The old saw rings true here. "You knew the job was hazardous when you applied."





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I suppose I will catch hell for yesterday's post

because people will say I hate the LGBTQ community which is bull$hit. I don't hate them. Sorry 'bout that.

Yesterday's post was a simple case of looking at things economically. I know a young guy that beat cancer and tried to join the military and was refused. It's because a relapse of cancer would be expensive for the government to treat, plain and simple.

Transgenders require hormone therapy and a lot of other things and tend to be undeployable for periods of time. This is not some prejudicial crap, this is plain and simple fact.

It may surprise you to know that the military has a budget and pretty much has figured out how much it costs to field a single person. A transgender would likely be well over the average expense and in a case of what you get for what it costs it makes little sense to accept them into the military.

No real prejudice here, just a case of financial responsibility. 



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I just read where Donald Trump has banned transgenders from military service

and if you give it any thought it is probably a wise decision.

I am NOT going to slight transgenders here except to say that they are too high maintenance for the taxpayer to support. I am not going to get into it and start in on moral/religious/whatever judgements and I am not advocating anything bad happen to these people.

I am just saying that transgenders in the military is simply not cost efficient. 

I have said before that I am really no fan of women in the Rangers, SEALs or other physically demanding military units for pretty much the same reason, money.

Looking at a SEAL school where the male dropout/washout rate is well over 80% means that women going through the course will likely be well under a 1-2% passing rate and financially, looking at the cost/benefit ratio it's simply bad business.

In principle I have to say that I would support ANYONE going through these schools but practically speaking it's not good business.

We should be thinking like business people these days.





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From what I saw today I can see where the Constitution is headed.

It is about to be torn up and thrown away by the left.

I can see where the Second Amendment will likely be repealed inside of the next few years, either outright or de facto, probably the latter.

I have to think this one out a bit to figure out which way to head, although one thing is certain. I'm back to Sandy Hook mode.

Most of my scary stuff I sold off after Sandy Hook to young veteran men with families and made damned good and sure the wife was on board. I didn't do this for a profit. I did it because I saw the possibility of a ban.

In addition to that I made it a point to steer a lot of people in the direction of arming themselves and helped them as best I could.

After the Florida night club shooting I offered the LGBTQ  community defensive handgun lessons. I wound up teaching two lesbians and talked a transgender out of getting a gun. 

The latter was a real basket case emotionally and would have been a danger to everyone concerned. She was a mess and likely would have shot someone over an insult or something. I did talk her out of getting a shootin' iron.

Anyway, I wonder what to do with my personal stuff. Like I said, most of the truly scary stuff is long gone and put where I think it will wind up doing the most long term good.

I am thinking of selling some more of my stuff off to young veterans if they can use the stuff I have. Where this country is headed they are sure going to be able to use it.

One of the things I see is a real rash of stupidity running through the country now, especially among the young people.

They want to disarm everyone which is a joke because the forces of evil will not play by the same rules. Truth is they would help make all of us safer if they decided to take advantage of their Constitutional rights and arm themselves appropriately. A gun is only a tool.

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I see where a PA school system is putting a pail of river rock in each classroom as a way of dealing with and active shooter.

They figure the kids could send a barrage of rocks up and rattle the shooter and either get him to leave or possibly rattle him enough so he can be rushed.

Most people are incredulous over this and think it is a stupid idea. I suppose in a way they are right because anyone knows the only defense against an armed bad guy is an armed good guy.

The teachers union has cowered out of permitting individual teachers to be armed, preferring to herd the kids up and wring their hands as the kids get chopped up. 

Like it or not, I think I'll go along with the school putting a bucket of rocks in each classroom. It ain't much, it ain't and armed guard or an armed teacher but it is simply a step in the right direction and an admission that the union teachers that run the union run charter schools are not going to get anywhere wringing their hands.

I'd take my chances with a classroom of 40 kids throwing rocks at a shooter long before I'd allow myself to be herded up by a passive hand wringing unarmed school marm.

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I also saw where the Di Blasio, the mayor of NYC took all of the cops out of the schools.

It sure looks like he's setting the city school system up for a shooting or bombing. 

Then again, who gives a damn? Those NYC schoolkids for the most part are either immigrant's or working stiff's kids. Nobody really give a damn about them. The rich all have their kids in private schools so it's no problem if about 4 or 500 of them get killed.

After all, the deaths of these kids are all for 'the cause'. The big shots that want to see us disarmed could care less. They would love to see a pack of school kids killed so as to create a terrible outrage in the country and get the Second Amendment destroyed.

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I have told a number of anti RKBA types that if they really believed in what they were doing they would put up a sign on their front doors proudly proclaiming to be living in a gun free home.

Let's see how that works out.

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The problem with trying to primary someone out is the party.

Let's take a look at Senator/Representative/Dogcatcher Whatshis face. He's the jerk that's been in office a while and has screwed up every free lunch put in front of him by asking for change.

The opposition party looks like they are going to have a candidate that is totally unsuitable so voting for this clown is out of the question. 

The ideal situation is to replace Whatshisface with a suitable, electable candidate. The way to go is primary Whatshisface out.

Of course, Whatshisface is a darling of the party because like a lot of elected officials he has sold his constituency out and done just what the nice party bosses want him to do. This guarantees him party support come next election. The party will throw a lot of money his way to insure re-election.

In short, expect to see yet ANOTHER election where we are forced to choose between the lesser of two evils.  

Trying to primary these jerks out of office is next to impossible and even if the people of the state uprose and did primary the jerk out then you can certainly bet your boots that the party will do everything possible to make damned good and well that the candidate We, the People put up lost. We saw that when GOPe supported Hillary in the last election.

We saw a lot of that with President Trump when virtually the entire establishment Republican party tried to block the wishes of the rank and file. We see it with our representatives and senators and it's damned hard to get rid of a party hack.

I do think that a lot of us ought to re register periodically. Before the primary we register R to get out licks in there and immediately after the primary we re register L (Libertarian) to let the party know they can kiss our butts.











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Looks like the Omnibus bill went through and we got screwed.

There is no funding in it for a wall.

Trump will sign this the minute it hits his desk.

Sounds to me he wants to be a one term president.





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I am growing more and more disgusted with things as I get older

which seems to be the case with a lot of my generation.

I just saw today where Hillary is running around overseas flapping her gums about how Donald Trump is this and that. It is getting old and I am tired of it.

Get over it Hillary, YOU LOST.

She's pretty lucky Donald Trump is a nice guy because I'm not. I'd have half the entire Department of Justice sitting on her doorstep if I were in Trump's shoes. She'd be wearing an orange jumpsuit long before now if I were POTUS.

FWIW the other half of the DOJ would be on ex-president Obama's porch. He's no prize, either.







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Public schools have gotten progressively worse since my day

and they sucked back then. Just not quite as much.

I have heard them referred to as 'union run charter schools' and I do believe the moniker is pretty accurate.

I just read where some teachers are trying to organize little kids to march in support of gun control. 

If that's not out and out illegal, it should be. It's also unethical as hell and any teacher involved in this type of thing should be fired and have their teaching credentials revoked for life. It's just plain wrong to use little kids as tools to achieve a political goal.

I have seen education drop off over the years and schools have reduced themselves from public places of learning to union run charter schools for the left.

Back in my day we were considered a capitalist society but we did study how other governments worked or didn't work. I learned that the most efficient system was a dictatorship. What the Big Boss says goes. It is efficient if nothing else.

I also learned that a pure democracy leaves a lot of people at the mercy of the majority and the cure for this is a constitutional republic with a strong bill of rights.

I was in school when the beginnings of socialism were being preached and had to deal with liberal teachers even back then. I noted that even then the teachers unions had been infiltrated and were starting to become demanding. Of course, the way the hidden muckety mucks in the unions got support of the rank and file is by making them richer.

Back in the day teaching was one of the few jobs with a decent pension. People taught not so much for the weekly or monthly paycheck. It was considerably lower than they could have made in the private sector. People taught because they knew it was a pension for life. Generally the pension started when a teacher just plain got too old to teach anymore. In my day I had a couple of teachers in their 70s.

Times have changed and it looks like retirement in one's mid fifties is becoming common in places. The unions have negotiated that along with paychecks that in many cases are well over what the private sector offers.

Of course, teachers don't really want to lose these benefits.

The education we get from these so-called educators is getting worse and worse as time goes on and the students seem to be getting brainwashed with leftist bullshit more and more as time goes on.

When I asked a group of seniors what they learned in school about the Constitution and got confused looks I needed to know nothing more. Those kids were not getting an education. They were being victimized by a union run charter school.

I think it's time for people to pull their kids out of the public schools and either enroll them in private schools or home school them. Parents should now be screaming at their state and local politicians for vouchers to aid with tuition.

While I am generally a rugged individualist about a lot of things I would have no problem with a state or local voucher system or even a federal tax break for parents enrolling their kids privately. 

When the people that are supposed to be teaching kids stop teaching and start brainwashing them it is time for the public educational system to be given a choice: Start educating kids fairly or be eliminated.

Of course, the parents have to get their head out of their collective asses and stand up to these union run charter school schoolmarms and let them know that their kids are not attending school to be used as pawns for political gain. The parents should also demand they get a fair and useful education instead of a leftist brainwashing. Parents should be demanding alternatives to the brainwashing of the union run charter schools we have now.

As far as the unions go, it won't take too much to break them. You don't give them the opportunity to strike. You simply lock them out and replace them come the next contract negotiation. If you have to, you simply eliminate the existing school system and reopen under a new name with a new set of rules. The Mayberry School System simply becomes the School System of Mayberry.

Of course, if a parent is on the ball they'd elect for a voucher to send their kids to private school or even maybe just home school. That would also likely have a marked effect of the unions.

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My kid sister had the right idea about 15 years ago with her son.

She sat him down and offered to send him to a Catholic school run by Jesuits with a no bullshit you gotta apply yourself and behave promise she got out of him.

I just texted him and asked if he thinks he got a decent education from the (nonunion) Jesuits and he replied that he definitely did.

Why am I not surprised?








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