Stream of Consciousness/General Conversation Thread

[Seanpcola]

Still raining here but calmed down.

 

[DSPLCD1]

Still raining here but calmed down.

Round Two is on its way Sean....

 

[Seanpcola]

Yep, I know. Wouldn't bother me if it stayed like this all week then cleared up by Saturday morning.

 

[Viking1204]

That would be great Sean LOL!

One problem though, appears Pcola is going to suck all the rain out and leave none for those of us the East. Still not a drop of rain at Hurlburt today!

 

[Gunlovin'belle]

As long as it clears up by Saturday night/Sunday I'll be happy. Otherwise bring on the rain!

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[Seanpcola]

I'm pushing a deadline before I need to get the Genie Lift back to work. If it would be dry Saturday I can get the upper part of my shop painted and then I'm done having that dog parked in my back yard.

 

[fl57caveman]

the story of the deer roping made me remember this one....laugh till you cry...

Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who purchased his
lovely wife a pocket Taser for their anniversary submitted this:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my
interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a
little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a
100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser were
supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your
assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety and every woman
needs something to protect herself with, right??

WAY TOO COOL! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I
loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing!

I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND
pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arc of
electricity darting back and forth between the prongs. AWESOME!!!
Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the
face of her microwa ve.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it
couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right?

There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting
little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really
needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit
I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and thought
better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this
thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some
assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses
perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and
taser in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock
and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause
muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would
purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water.
Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5' long,
less than 3/4 inch in circumference; pretty cute really and (loaded with two
itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, 'no possible way!'

What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best...?

I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side
as if to say, 'don't do it dummy,' reasoning that a one second burst from
such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad. I decided to give
myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my
naked thigh, pushed the button, and . . HOLY MOTHER OF GOD . . . WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION . ... WHAT THE HECK!!!

I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in
the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and
over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position,
with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles
nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest
position, and tingling in my legs?

The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a
picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid
getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living roo m.

Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself with a taser, one note of
caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself!
You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a
violent thrashing about on the floor.. A three second burst would be
considered conservative?
IT HURT LIKE HELL!!!

A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that
point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed
the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace.
The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally
was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face
felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88
lbs. I had no control over the drooling. Apparently I pooped on myself, but
was too numb to know for sure and my sense of s mell was gone. I saw a faint
smoke cloud above my head which I believe came from my hair. I'm still
looking for my testicles and I'm offering a significant reward for their
safe return!!

P. S. My wife loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with it!

'If you think education is difficult, try being stupid.'

 

[MAXman]

Good call caveman, it would seem that electricity is the squirrels major weakness

 

[shootnstarz]

Good call caveman, it would seem that electricity is the squirrels major weakness

They don't fare too well either against our 3 year old male Bengal/Tabby mix that's nothing but pure muscle, and mouth.

Rick

 

[Viking1204]

Bay county now is getting flooding rains and again it misses my area.

 

[madeSICC88]

If anybody listens to podcasts I've been listening to this one the last couple days in my car and found it way interesting. Its with Corey Knowlton and him winning a bid to go shoot a Rhino.

https://youtu.be/8A1D-f_meFY

Pretty crazy hearing about the amount of threats and all that he got.

 

[FrankT]

what is a podcast? Do I have to own a pod to get them? Like an Ipad?

anyway on the Rhino, most hunts now are tagging where the animal is not killed, that what he was going on?

 

[BamaFan]

Im a podcast junkie. Frank its an app you can get for either iphone or any other portable device and simple has millions of talk and discussions on any topic you can imagine. The AR-15 podcast is pretty good as well.

 

[FrankT]

Like talk radio?

 

[BamaFan]

Yes i usually download a bunch when i head offshore most are talk radio some have video feed. Pretty interesting the things you can find as seen above.

 

[TennJeep1618]

Like talk radio?

Kinda like small doses of talk radio, on most any topic you can think of. They can range in length from just a few minutes long to several hours. Lately, I've been listening to Ben Stoeger's Practical Pistol Show and the Triangle Tactical Podcast. I downloaded them to my ipod from itunes and listen to them in the car, through the stereo.

Like BamaFan said, you can download them to most any smart device or mp3 player/ipod and listen at your convenience. You can also select only the episodes you want to download, based on the topic/description.

 

[FrankT]

Bay county now is getting flooding rains and again it misses my area.

Raining at Parrish Point!

 

[madeSICC88]

what is a podcast? Do I have to own a pod to get them? Like an Ipad?

anyway on the Rhino, most hunts now are tagging where the animal is not killed, that what he was going on?

Yea its just a talk show basically and there are thousands of different hosts/shows

The hunter with the rhino basically won a auction for $350,000 to be able to kill a Black Rhino that was old and killing other Rhino males and being very aggressive. Its a pretty good episode.

I rarely ever listen to music anymore. I just have a podcast app and stream them when driving through my car. They are pretty entertaining and really learn a lot about various subjects

 

[FrankT]

Hefty fee, yeah they do problem animals too..he was going to be killed one way or another so might as well make $$ from it to save other animals.

I am not smart phone friendly so listen to talk radio, maybe I should check this out...

 

[Viking1204]

Glad to hear we got some rain Frank even if it was only a little bit! I picked up some Sunshine Blueberries last night and have a recently potted Sago Palm as well as some other young potted trees that benefit greatly from the rain.