I worked as an election judge in this year's primary, first time doing so. The machine would print out the votes made for review by the voter before hitting the final "vote" button that records their vote. The paper would remain in the machine till the day was over then compared to the number...
I remember the gas shortages back when the price was controlled. Some places you could only get gas on odd or even days that matched your license plate number or some other types of rationing. Refineries had no incentive to refine gas because there was hardly any profit. Once the controls...
I probably understand this better than many others here because I lived most of my life in Illinois. I saw a lot of this type project the state was spending a bunch of taxpayer money on. The state of Illinois was then and still is broke so how can they justify spending millions of dollars on...
Wife and I got a couple cheap ten foot sit-ins several years ago maybe Tractor Supply. They are "Sun Dolphin" brand but work fine for us. Then we picked up a pair of ten foot Sun Dolphin sit-on from a FB ad. Yes they both have their advantages, same as when compared to a canoe which I have...
My wife and I just did our part to promote EVs, I went from a 2004 F-150 to a 2017 F-150 w/2.7 EcoBoost a couple months ago. Last week my wife traded her 2009 Prius hybrid for a 2019 Ford Escape with 1.5 EcoBoost. Figure we helped the environment by not running up the demand/price of EVs. Jim.
I have been shooting IDPA for about 20 years and try to promote shooting sports to everyone. I am still a member of the best grassroots 2A group in Illinois, "Guns Save Life." I stay somewhat active because it is a great origination and since I only moved 14 miles from Illanoy to Indiana am...
I remember back in the day I had a 650 BSA so read as much as possible about the workings of English bikes. I remember one had a quote about Amal carburetors that I still remember. "You can get more horsepower out of an Amal than any other similar size carb, it is like a gas soaked rag in a...
I will go along with that! My first Harley was a 1973 Sportster back in the 1970's and my last was my 2004 FXSTS which I recently sold. Loved the 21" wheel on the front of the springer, elegant. So yes I also have always been "old school" when it comes to bikes.
I was in a good size Harley...
A friend who is the executive director of "Guns Save Life" an Illinois based gun rights org has the proper attitude about this. "Don't be within a quarter tank of gas from that **** show." Jim.
I have them on a model 65 and it is knight and day difference in comfort. All my other K frames have aftermarket grips and so does my one N frame. Stock grips just do not fill my hand. Jim.
Back in the 1980's the company I worked for had a big layoff. The state offered financial incentives based on employment levels so the company would get money if they had enough people working. Alot of those called back mostly swept floors or painted instead of actual work. As soon as the...
Back in the 1970's my friend had a house out in the country that he rented out. Renters would usually just move out and leave him owed some rent. One time he asked me to ride over and check the house with him. Never knew if it was the renters or someone else but someone had stolen his TV tower...
About 15 miles away is White river Campgrounds just east of Cicero. Real nice place with all types of hookups from "full hookups" to primitive tent sites nice clean, quiet place with good clean showers. I stay there often and have a reservation for the IDPA state match. Jim...
Can't remember that rule except during a match so the match is not slowed down. One range I shoot matches is "lost brass" during the match but with a period after the match to pick up brass. I never have to pick up brass, I just pick up my moon clips. Jim.
Back in late 1970's or 80's I worked in a machine shop and one Maintenace man was an aZZ . A lot of Maintenace men would tell the foreman to have the operator stay at the machine while they worked on it. Normally the operator knew how the machine worked and the operator would not have to go to...