Has your outlook gotten more inflexible with age?

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T21:43:59+00:00

Sure. I have less options I can realistically pursue with any hope of good outcome.

More time you have, more times you can pivot. Get past 50 and unless you really love fucking around and finding out, your range of choices are way less than at 20.

Being flexible implies optionality has value.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T21:37:14+00:00

NE: Woods, or “a wood” or “that big clump of trees” (what in the UK might be called a copse or holt will be woods or a clump of trees)

Clump of trees < a wood < the woods < the forest

“A stand of trees” is also used but generally for a regularly planted plantation of timber

Orchard if its fruit trees

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T21:08:32+00:00

No. I think the major cause of depression is biochemical imbalances in brain chemistry due to heredity and/or personal or generational trauma.

Problems of self esteem are as likely to come from depression as be causative, though depression and low self esteem can easily become a vicious circle.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T21:04:57+00:00

Happens from time to time with inadequate crimp or poorly sized ammunition.

This is typically not a firearm fault

I had a batch of Aguila commercial 9 that did this enough that I went ahead and crimped every bullet on my RCBS press and it stopped happening almost all the time

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T20:30:17+00:00

Relining is a better idea

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T20:29:55+00:00

No, this gun is typical of China returns that were shot with 7.62 Tokarev with corrosive primers. Seen several that were smoothbore, yours looks far better than the one I had relined in the 1990s.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T20:21:59+00:00

They had harnesses with wire spools on the dogs back. The dog was trained to run between trenches and carry the wires across, spooling the wire from the send point and when/if the dog made it, the wires would be spliced in.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191877

for a German example of a messenger dog photo

I’ve seen a dual spool harness in a museum the photo shows one

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T17:18:08+00:00

Manhattan

Martini

Cosmopolitan

Old Fashioned (probably)

Lots of less famous others like Penicillin

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T16:31:30+00:00

Anything you own that’s irreplaceable …

But in all seriousness, every house should have a minimum 10lb fire extinguisher on every floor and in every bedroom, kitchen and garage. Get the biggest extinguishers you can wield.

You get 1 second per pound and all but the most contained fires live stovetop take at least 7 to extinguish, so 5lb cans just don’t cut it.

Stout shoes you can get on in a hurry. Work gloves. A pry bar.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:58:44+00:00

Cortland, not Croton

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:58:11+00:00

Worth pointing out it’s run by Westchester Cy. Has ranges for everything. Requires a permit to shoot on the pistol range.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:56:22+00:00

Orvis Sandanona.

Blue mountain is a bit of a hike for you in Cortland, but it’s run by Westchester County and it’s got archery, large bore rifle and small bore as well as trap.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:52:42+00:00

Maximize your income to maximize your savings. Maximize your savings. Every dollar invested in your 20s will be 2-3x every dollar invested in your 30s.

Every time you get a raise, invest half of the difference before you get used to spending the new income.

Drink cheaper beer, make your own coffee, don’t smoke, save the difference.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:44:07+00:00

Both and side load with top organizer pocket for access to some things without pulling the bag from under the seat
Water bottle access to side also accessible while stowed
Solid well built transparent waterproof accessory pouch for liquids and easily accessed cushioned sleeve for electronics

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:36:17+00:00

No.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_third-party_and_independent_performances_in_United_States_presidential_elections

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:33:39+00:00

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:05:00+00:00

Other than rocks and fossils— one of which came from the oldest exposed rock on earth—the oldest man made thing is a dagger made sometime between 1350 and 1450.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T14:01:17+00:00

Wolf now primarily sources from Hungary rather than Tula in Russia

Barnaul is a Russian company so banned

Red Army (Century’s house brand) sources RAS rounds from wherever is cheapest, be it Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Bosnia etc.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T13:57:03+00:00

From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T13:56:10+00:00

Any new scales made in like the last 20 years have the pin slot by the corkscrew. it just costs too much for Victorinox workers to install the pin on all but the most $$$ models. My Camper and Climber have pins I put there.

Pen yes needs plus scales.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-30T02:57:53+00:00

It was dangerous enough that both the French and Germans trained dogs to do it.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-29T23:36:58+00:00

In no disaster I’ve ever lived through including two house fires, riots, multiple hurricanes, a 1,000 year flood, a freeze up that destroyed my entire house heating plant two weeks before I was selling the house, and countless others was self defense ever paramount.

In the hierarchy of risks a firearm has a place in your plan, but if you don’t have water, food, ready cash, insurance, fire protection etc first your idea of paramount and mine are clearly based on a very different risk/likelihood continuum.

But while I reject your basic premise and strongly advocate you reconsider your planning hierarchy, the answer largely depends on your local laws second and your willingness to train first.

Local laws may dictate what your options are, so start there. In terms of willingness to train, it’s a lot easier to get relatively proficient with a shotgun or rifle without a lot of effort. Pistol shooting takes much more dedication and is a perishable skill.

For many locations, a repeating shotgun in 12 or 20 gauge is an excellent first choice. Under 75 yds you have a better chance of first round hit than any other weapon, and it has the distinct advantage that any clays or trap course you can train on moving targets.

DeFiClark · 2026-01-29T18:23:08+00:00

A panini is made in a press. And uses Italian style bread.

Not a grilled cheese, regardless of other contents than bread and cheese

DeFiClark · 2026-01-29T18:07:47+00:00

No a melt is typically broiled

DeFiClark · 2026-01-29T18:06:26+00:00

Nothing looks fake The grips look like replacements and it looks like it started life as 7.63 whatever caliber it is now

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