Hello to all of you who find your way here via the link from 68caliber 2.0. My thanks to the good folks there that have included me in their blogroll. I hope you will find something here you will find fun or helpful or informative and want to visit again.
I abhor politics. To me it's people playing chess, using people's minds as the game pieces. I'll put you here so you will advance. I'll put you here so you think you are advancing. I'll put you here where you will think you are advancing but I'm really setting you up to be sacrificed! Cutthroat. Ego maniacal. Out of control.
I voted. I have to confess, it really doesn't matter to me who wins one way or another. It's probably due to my 22 years of Air Force military service. The President is my Commander-in-Chief. When he says "Jump" I say how high do you want that plane to go, Sir? There are no Republicans or Democrats in foxholes.
I wish our new Commander-in-Chief well. I hope people will still be finding reasons to party in the streets two years from now when all the shiny newness and novelty has worn off. Change can be good. But change just for the sake of change can be costly.
Sometimes I think I'm invisible. It happens mostly around the CO2 fill station. A couple of people will come in together and while I go about the business of filling their tanks I listen to them chat, low, thinking I'm not paying attention or able to hear them. One will ask the other a question, "What's that?" pointing to something behind the counter and the other will shrug his shoulder or give half an answer - usually wrong.
Dads are the best. Little johnny will tug on Dad's sleeve and ask one of those impossible questions young kids are famous for and rather than refer the question to me they will fumble on and come up with an answer more confusing than the question.
I had a Dad explain the CO2 filling process step by step to his young son one time. "And see what he's (referring to me) doing now. He's letting the couple of ounces left in our tank out and into that tank down there (pointing to my PVC CO2 muffler**) where he stores it and then sells it back to us."
I know when a friend tells his buddy that a longer barrel is more accurate that I should step in and correct him. But I would be ignored because, after all, the customer is always right. And when someone comes in wanting Nitrous in their HPA tank I should point out that they mean Nitrogen, but hey, ignorance is bliss.
(** A muffler is used to quiet down the noise CO2 makes when it is being dumped out of a tank to chill it for proper filling.)
Got an e-mail today.
"Hello there just read the field report and you have a big game coming up i understand. I just had some quick questions I have a dangerous power g3 this thing can lay some paint down! Do you have any limitations as to how fast you can shoot Ex: I always no matter what I'm playing shoot on 25bps mode. Would I have to set it to a lower mode? Because this gun the lowest mode is 15 balls per second. I would really love to come and play I just hope my gun doesn't limit that thank you very much."
My response.
Just because your gun will not cap below 15 balls per second doesn't mean you can't behave yourself and play rec-ball with it. I have a very serious attitude about having fun. Shoot more than three times without a polite pause before you shoot three more and I'll be on you like stink on poo. NO ramping, bouncing, fanning, burst, auto, etc. and you will fit right in - or you could always borrow a rental.
I hope he gets it.
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