Evening, everyone.
Chris, don't know what the law is in Florida but most states and municipalities can nail you for operating an unlicensed business. I'd get a license just to protect you in case you have to prove need for a larger vehicle. That time is coming. Get those old BBQ's cleaned up and working good before you go on vacation, OK? No reason in particular but it might make it easier to cook for a larger crowd.
Sandy, I've seen that quote before. Can you imagine if Bush made the same statement? He's still be getting raked over the coals on the Tonight Show. I was looking at the radar tracks for those tornados. Pretty impressive for not being in Weld County, the home of all tornados in Colorado. I'm glad you're OK. Sounds like you must be pretty good at taking care of people. Not a bad career since there will be more and more of us old geezers that need to be looked after.
Karl, that would be Rex and his travel trailer. My RV, which is a baby at only 26 feet, gets about 12 mpg average, although I can get up to 16 mpg with a tailwind. So far, I haven't heard anything about BO coming after motorhomes but I'm sure they are on the list somewhere. We'll see what the "Cash for Clunkers" looks like after DiFi and her cronies get through working it over. I hope poor Midnight survived the storms without too much bloodshed. BTW, bringing donuts along when you're railfanning is always a good idea. I hate to contribute to the old stereotype of cops and donuts but I'd never turn one down, especially on graves.
Terry, indeed, a real terrorist doing intelligence gathering would be doing it from about a mile away using a high power spotting scope....or just Google Earth, for crying out loud.
BOC, I'll be interested to see how Canada hops on this bandwagon. Since, as far as I know, there are no actual Canadian auto companies, I think you'll be dragged along with us....if you know what's good for you.
Tony, the basic shape of the hills is pretty good. I use Sculptamold on top of the foam to fill in the seams and add texture. Wait until it's dry and then carve thing like creeks and valleys. Paint with your base color and then use diluted india ink washes to bring out the details. Once it's got ground cover and trees, it will look fine. As far as airport security, the flight to and from the Bahamas is the ninth time since 9/11 that I've gotten pepper spray aboard in my carry-on luggage. I'm not going to give away my technique but it fools the Thousands Standing Around every time. I really don't know why I shouldn't be allowed to fly with my weapon on domestic flights anyway. I took a three day course in California on how to shoot someone on an airliner and could carry on intrastate flights. One would think it would be in everyone's best interest to have as many armed, trained peace officers as possible on a flight.
Bob, sounds like you and me could have some fun together. Our "heavy" weapon was the H&K 416 carbine. Great gun for putting a lot of lead in one place fast. My favorite long gun is still the CZ 750 Tactical Sniper Rifle. Nothing beats a .308 round for accuracy and one shot kill power. Have you tried DRT ammo yet? Amazing stuff. There's no lead bullet, just a compressed powdered iron core. Perfect spin stability and kill shots at 1,000 yards have been recorded. Due to the massive expansion when the round hits an organic target, it will instantly kill the target with no follow up shots needed. I use it in my concealed carry weapon because it has no pass through or ricochet problems in close quarters. Hope your crew can work up a small layout for that boy. Seems like you guys are getting pretty well known now.
Still hotter than all get out here. It's 79 degrees right now after a high of 101. No sign of any real rain except for maybe a few pop-up thunderstorms in the north. It's be time to start hauling out the hoses tomorrow.
Chris, don't know what the law is in Florida but most states and municipalities can nail you for operating an unlicensed business. I'd get a license just to protect you in case you have to prove need for a larger vehicle. That time is coming. Get those old BBQ's cleaned up and working good before you go on vacation, OK? No reason in particular but it might make it easier to cook for a larger crowd.
Sandy, I've seen that quote before. Can you imagine if Bush made the same statement? He's still be getting raked over the coals on the Tonight Show. I was looking at the radar tracks for those tornados. Pretty impressive for not being in Weld County, the home of all tornados in Colorado. I'm glad you're OK. Sounds like you must be pretty good at taking care of people. Not a bad career since there will be more and more of us old geezers that need to be looked after.
Karl, that would be Rex and his travel trailer. My RV, which is a baby at only 26 feet, gets about 12 mpg average, although I can get up to 16 mpg with a tailwind. So far, I haven't heard anything about BO coming after motorhomes but I'm sure they are on the list somewhere. We'll see what the "Cash for Clunkers" looks like after DiFi and her cronies get through working it over. I hope poor Midnight survived the storms without too much bloodshed. BTW, bringing donuts along when you're railfanning is always a good idea. I hate to contribute to the old stereotype of cops and donuts but I'd never turn one down, especially on graves.
Terry, indeed, a real terrorist doing intelligence gathering would be doing it from about a mile away using a high power spotting scope....or just Google Earth, for crying out loud.
BOC, I'll be interested to see how Canada hops on this bandwagon. Since, as far as I know, there are no actual Canadian auto companies, I think you'll be dragged along with us....if you know what's good for you.
Tony, the basic shape of the hills is pretty good. I use Sculptamold on top of the foam to fill in the seams and add texture. Wait until it's dry and then carve thing like creeks and valleys. Paint with your base color and then use diluted india ink washes to bring out the details. Once it's got ground cover and trees, it will look fine. As far as airport security, the flight to and from the Bahamas is the ninth time since 9/11 that I've gotten pepper spray aboard in my carry-on luggage. I'm not going to give away my technique but it fools the Thousands Standing Around every time. I really don't know why I shouldn't be allowed to fly with my weapon on domestic flights anyway. I took a three day course in California on how to shoot someone on an airliner and could carry on intrastate flights. One would think it would be in everyone's best interest to have as many armed, trained peace officers as possible on a flight.
Bob, sounds like you and me could have some fun together.
Our "heavy" weapon was the H&K 416 carbine. Great gun for putting a lot of lead in one place fast. My favorite long gun is still the CZ 750 Tactical Sniper Rifle. Nothing beats a .308 round for accuracy and one shot kill power. Have you tried DRT ammo yet? Amazing stuff. There's no lead bullet, just a compressed powdered iron core. Perfect spin stability and kill shots at 1,000 yards have been recorded. Due to the massive expansion when the round hits an organic target, it will instantly kill the target with no follow up shots needed. I use it in my concealed carry weapon because it has no pass through or ricochet problems in close quarters. Hope your crew can work up a small layout for that boy. Seems like you guys are getting pretty well known now. Still hotter than all get out here. It's 79 degrees right now after a high of 101. No sign of any real rain except for maybe a few pop-up thunderstorms in the north. It's be time to start hauling out the hoses tomorrow.
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Well if nothing pops up this evening I'll try to work on that small Display layout!
Temps are 75* in the morning and 92* in the after noon. I don't know what we would do if it wern't fer the gulf sea breezes we get cooling things off
well got to go to work...........
