Would Peter Pan have been a more interesting story if Captain Hook was into trap and skeet instead of treasure hunting?
“Ha, ha, you old codfish! You can’t catch me! I’m an eternally immature male protagonist who can fly!”
“Smee, fetch me my 20 gauge. It’s in the crocodile skin case with Tinkerbell accents.”
Discuss.
Posted by daddybear71 on August 14, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/14/thought-for-the-day-76/
This morning Irish Woman left me and Boo to our own devices while she ran to do a few things, so I thought I’d make a “Dad” breakfast. This is a recipe that I make when we’re camping. It uses up leftovers from cookouts and camp dinners quite well, if I do say so myself.
Ingredients:
2 links of sausage (bratwurst, smoked, italian, chorizo, whatever. I used two of the venison smoked sausages from last night’s cookout)
1 cup roasted potatoes and onions, also from the cookout
Spices to taste
3 eggs
Your favorite shredded cheese.
Melt a small amount of bacon grease in the bottom of a cast iron pan, using just enough to wet the bottom of the pan. Cut the sausages into 1/4″ coins and add to the hot pan. Turn several times until all surfaces are browned. Add potatoes and onion, and allow to brown on both sides and heat through to the middle. Add spices to your own taste. Crack eggs into a bowl and beat for scrambling. Pour over potatoes and meat, and stir gently until the eggs are cooked through. Put on plates, sprinkle with cheese, and serve. I douse mine with a bit of hot sauce, but just enough to add some heat, not so much the flavors are overwhelmed.
Since everything but the egg is already cooked, all I’m doing is heating the sausage and potatoes through and browning them, so this only takes about 10 minutes from refrigerator to plate. I served it this morning with sliced apples and cold milk for boo and a nice glass of iced tea for me.
Got leftovers?
Posted by daddybear71 on August 14, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/14/breakfast-this-morning-2/
Well, I won’t need to water the garden tonight. We had a very fast, quite violent rain and wind storm come through a couple hours ago.
Here’s a couple shots of the cloud wall as it approached us:
About 10 minutes after I took those, it got dark as night and the wind started blowing hard enough to make our 60 year old maple trees bend about 1/3 over, and our fruit trees were pretty much bent in half. Luckily none of our trees lost more than some dead wood. I’d hate to have to replace fruit trees now that ours are producing, and a big maple does nothing but break things when it falls.
Our neighbors weren’t quite so lucky:
That’s an 80 to 100 foot tall pine tree with a base of between 3 and 4 feet. It missed the power lines by a few feet, which is lucky for us. I checked out the part that broke, and it wasn’t rotten at all. The tree just gave out under the wind.
After the storm passed, I went down the road to the grocery to pick up some little things we need for breakfast tomorrow, and the stop lights along the main street were out until I was well into town. For the most part people were doing the right thing and treating it as a four way stop, but there was at least one accident bad enough that they had to call a wrecker to haul off the carcass of a Toyota. There were several large trees down in the park behind the house, but no other damage.
I’ll have to do a couple minor repairs tomorrow on the rain gutter, but other than that it’s just picking up some pieces of kindling in the back yard. Guess we got lucky.
Posted by daddybear71 on August 14, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/14/had-a-bit-of-a-storm/
A young man who was about to start attending classes at Western Kentucky University has been told to stay off campus by the college’s administration. It seems that he has made a habit of “planking” on various things on campus and leaving stickers advertising his activities on the targets of his attention. He made an appearance on TV about his escapades, and seems to be surprised that he is being told to stay off school property.
This bluntskull defaces school property, and is then surprised that he’s told to go away and not come back? Under “chutzpah” in the dictionary, we’ll find his mugshot.
You know, I knew a few guys who were asked to leave the Army a couple of months after joining up because they either just didn’t fit in or had screwed up so badly that the military didn’t see the value in trying to make soldiers out of them. Irish Woman reports that several people she knew in college didn’t make it through their first semester before being asked to pursue their academic careers elsewhere.
But this talented young man didn’t even make it to freshman orientation. That’s gotta take some talent for poking the pooch right there. Imagine being fired from a job before they even embroidered your name on your shirt. Something tells me this guy is going to have that experience more than once in his life.
So way to go there, genius. You worked hard all through high school to get into a pretty good school, and threw it away so you could do your “Look at me! I’m cool and special!” routine before you even signed up for classes! I’m sure you’ll do well in whatever endeavor you screw up next, and your parents won’t mind you trying to get through enough community college while living in their basement that you can re-apply to another university in a few years. Good job!
Posted by daddybear71 on August 13, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/13/must-be-a-new-record/
Got a question for you preppers and ammo hoarders out there:
Most ammunition that you can buy in bulk is Full Metal Jacket (FMJ). It’s cheaper than soft point or hollow point, and you can buy it in bulk more often. One of the reasons FMJ ammunition is so prevalent is because that’s what militaries use. The Hague Conventions prohibit the use of any ammunition that easily expands or flattens, so FMJ is the ammunition that most militaries, including ours, issue to their troops. Since it’s mass produced for the military, it’s cheaper on the civilian market than SP or HP, and is what most shooters, including me, do most of their practice shooting with.
In the event of having to deal with a goblin breaking into your home, or a horde of goblins breaking into your neighborhood, a lot of people are going to grab their AR-15’s or other rifle caliber carbines to deal with the problem.
My question is: Since you’re not bound by the Hague Conventions in what ammunition can be used to shoot a human being, do you or would you have soft point or hollow point ammunition on hand in enough quantity in your carbine’s caliber for these situations? Most people have SP or HP on hand for use in their pistols, but what about those who will use a rifle or carbine for defense? It seems to me that HP or SP would make sense for doing more damage with the first shot than FMJ, and less chance of pass-through of the goblin and into whatever is behind him.
Please leave thoughts in the comments. I’m actually curious about this.
Posted by daddybear71 on August 12, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/12/a-question/
Posted by daddybear71 on August 12, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/12/news-roundup-98/
When sitting on a conference call with co-workers, it is always a good idea to check to make sure your “mute” button is engaged before wondering out loud if someone on the call is capable of reading English and can tell time without having to know where Mickey’s hands are.
Posted by daddybear71 on August 12, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/12/thought-for-the-day-77/
Posted by daddybear71 on August 12, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/12/todays-earworm-120/
From JayG, who is Stuck In Massachusetts:
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. And lefty activists.
Jay is referring to the new street in Tehran that is named after an American activist* who learned a tad too late that flesh and blood loses to an earth mover in motion every time.
*activist, moron, Darwin Award winner, whatever.
Posted by daddybear71 on August 12, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/12/quote-of-the-day-53/
Color – Black
Shape – Arrowhead
Demeanor – Pointy, but a bit unstable
Last seen taking off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. May be somewhere in the Pacific. Can move pretty quickly, so be patient while trying to catch. Might be a bit hot to the touch
If found, please call DARPA immediately. Reward!!!!!
Posted by daddybear71 on August 11, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/11/have-you-seen-me/
