The pressure is in for me.
Spouse has expectations.
Once I finish the current list the world can kiss my ass for a while.
You're funny. After all these years you can still try to convince yourself of that? Like a honey-do list is static and can ever be "finished".
I'm very eager to get back in the saddle. If it wasn't for the wind right now, I'd have been out there tonight. Need to get a bike set up that I can ride for distance and speed. I live just out in the country enough and don't have really any large neighborhoods close that straight roads are all I have. Most everything I have is just single speed cruisers and they don't fare well on long straight roads. I did however pick up an old Schwinn 10 speed touring bike last year at a garage sale, should just need a couple new tubes, which I was thinking about tonight.
Morning folks!
Maybe the key to life is to learn how to have fun while staying in budget and out of jail. That second one has been easy for me but I really struggle with the first. I just need to keep reminding myself that it's shooting I love and the guns are just the tools that let me do that. To that end, I am set up for life and just need to work on making what I have better more than I need to get more guns to have.
Sounds good except that I know that a stainless 75B with a full set of Cajun goodness installed would make me happier shooting sometimes.
I have the collector gene. No matter how I fight it, it always comes back.
I have the collector gene. No matter how I fight it, it always comes back.
Since surviving Cancer (at least for now) there is a time clock running in the back of my head. Not unlike Capt. Hook and the Crock I hear it ticking.....always.
I am driven to experience everything I possibly can that is of interest to me before the stop button is clicked on that watch.
I want to have and handle every gun that catches my eye. To do this some that I acquire are short lived in my possession as they need to go in hopes of finding that next shiny.
I was the same way with cars and bikes so it is a basic psychosis being amplified by the steady "Tic-Toc"
Forgot to mention my bad experience from yesterday. While I was at Walmart the other day, I picked up a can of Breakfree Powder Blast. Thought I would give it a try to see if it does a better job of cleaning than what I'd been using. Sprayed some in my disassembled CCO parts and started cleaning. Did not like the way it cleaned. Stuff gummed up and it also caused a white residue (even though the can says that it doesn't). Noticed some of the spray ran onto the outside of the slide, so I used a rag to wipe it off and failed. WTF? Decided to use a little bit of Ballistol on the rag to wipe it down and the overspray still didn't come off. Decided to check in over at the 1911 addicts forum where I found out that I had permanently damaged the Duty Coat on my gun
I am very thankful that this was on my carry gun. At least now I'm not worried about holster wear, scratches, etc. Down side is that if I want it to look good ever again, I'll have to have it refinished. Yay...
Hoppes #9 and stay with it. Proven to work.
Oh, man. That is a heartbreaker. So sorry to hear this.
That sucks, WTB.
Can't hurt to try. I'll pick some up this week.
Thanks. I had such a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach over this. It being my carry gun is my only consolation.
If you have already damaged the finish it is just that....damaged.
I have a do use Hoppes #9 on all of my guns.