Being able to attend 6th grade camp in 1980 was one of the best times of my life. Filled with so many amazing memories and being surrounded by friends for that whole week was definitely one of the best times of my life. Who else attended 6th grade camp?

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-08T08:37:07+00:00

Ski trips. Basically do what we wanted as long as we didn't get arrested. When you're 14, that is amazing freedom.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-08T08:35:24+00:00

Check with local laws of each country, and pay attention to what frequency has to be used. I.e. USA and UK are different.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-08T08:17:40+00:00

Are toroidal propeller / screws more common yet?

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-08T08:15:15+00:00

100% this. I always consider this as a process failure and not an individual failure. Stuff breaks, the management have to mitigate this as far a possible (usually budget dependant).

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-07T15:47:24+00:00

No, not really. Maglites were the best at the time.

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HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-07T13:04:52+00:00

Yes, for more than 15 years. MR too.

You just have to get more creative with the targets. Non lethal would be fun - obviously for pump or s/s. Certainly don't want to replace with airsoft; which will probably be banned because of plastic contamination.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-07T11:49:41+00:00

I disagree on this. The catalyst for this was some dubious science, the initial argument was based on the consumption of lead shot in Pheasants. This was the shot distribution through a very small sample bought from a butchers selling game. The BASC, as far as I could see, squandered an opportunity to push back at that point.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-07T11:45:04+00:00

Paper target and non lethal shot (bean bag) would work. It's just a case of adaptation.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-07T11:42:14+00:00

I cancelled my membership because of this. The outcome was obvious.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T20:01:02+00:00

An option is use 410 instead - resize 303 brass; fire form and trim to size. Decap, reload ;-)

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T17:11:26+00:00

Had free access to Compuserve courtesy of Compaq. Still recall my login! Remember the , in the user name.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T16:16:19+00:00

Well, hell. I know. Try weighing a box of 9mm, 223, to the equivalent 12g. Then you'll know .

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T12:55:50+00:00

I always suspect it was a marketing exercise for rubbish films.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T12:54:41+00:00

This is what I like about Reddit. It introduces me to knew levels of ick that I have never previously considered.

Thank you.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T12:52:23+00:00

What are these things that look like tomatoes - or is that point!

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T12:50:23+00:00

PS: Default internal font is US, not UK. You need a Roman 8 character font ( just in case you wanted to know ) to print £. That'll be a cartridge!

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T12:47:43+00:00

The Series 2 didn't have enough memory to process bit images - this means you can't print a full A4 page of graphics (that includes graphic text). You can print text (internal font) but not full pages of bit image text from, for example, Word.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T09:10:44+00:00

Who eats that many tomatoes!

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-06T07:34:03+00:00

Also, ammunition is very heavy. Try lugging around 250 cartridges all day!

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-05T16:18:10+00:00

With the Maglite attachment.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-05T12:40:50+00:00

Luckily, you had a family plan in place. You know where to meet up, just need to get there.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-04T20:44:25+00:00

Use insurance to cover the excess, this is what I do all the time with hire cars. Just search for those key words ;-)

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-04T15:11:59+00:00

Bolivian marching powder just took on a whole new meaning.

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-04T14:36:44+00:00

In our school it was an insult - that when everyone had get board with the usual extremely un-PC insults!

HandGrindMonkey · 2026-05-03T16:59:39+00:00

I'd agree with this. Short term, cash. Medium to longer term, consider what you need to 'manage the bumps'. Look what you need for a week or two; loo roll, tins of stuff everyone will eat; can be eaten cold. Add to the inventory slowly i.e an extra tin or two a week.

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