Bad Ammo.
Yesterday Ktreva, Graumagus, my friend Bob and I went shooting. It was time to get some range time in. We had a great time and all had fun. Yet, to put a blemish on the day, we did have an incident early on.
I was at my station waiting for the next shooting break to put up a clean target. We had just arrived and the target on the stand down range was left over from a previous shooter. I figured this was a good time to get rid of some older ammo I didnÂ’t like. In my ammo locker was a box of American Eagle .357 rounds. I had picked two boxes of this up about 6 months ago. The last time I went shooting I used the first box and I didnÂ’t like the way it shot. It was dirty and the fouling kept gumming up the revolver.
I brought this box along just to burn it off, so I started shooting it. About twenty rounds into the box, the range officer comes over to me and asks what I was shooting. Of course I started with, it’s a Taurus .357 Tracker. He clarified he meant the ammo. To which I responded with, American Eagle .357. He then stated, “So you’re not using reloads?” No, these were factory loads. At that point, I asked him why. He told me that there was an incident and the guy next to me stated he got hit in the face with something from my revolver. Okay, it’s a revolver. Anyone that has ever shot a revolver knows that there is side discharge from the gap between the cylinder and the barrel. I apologized, and stated that the .357 does spray a lot.
The range officer said the kid stated something came off my revolver and hit the kid in the face cutting him. I allowed him to expect my pistol and everything looked fine. There was no damage to my revolver and nothing looked out of sorts. When the kid came back to get his stuff, he had a small cut on his right cheek. After asking if he was okay, I rechecked my revolver and the ammo. It all looked okay. I continued shooting, with the every couple of rounds having to wipe the fouling off the gun, the cylinder would start to not rotate. I also started paying more attention to the spray. Grau, who moved into the station the kid just left stated there was a lot of spray coming off the revolver. At one point I caught a burning ember on my hand while shooting.
Then on my second to last shot my revolver jammed. The cylinder would not rotate or open. Finally after some manipulation it opened and out fell a chunk of the copper jacketing from the bullet. It was a pretty good-sized chunk too, About 2 millimeter wide and 4 millimeters long. About this time, I started wondering if there was something wrong with my revolver. After wiping it down, I inspected it and everything looked good. The chambers and the barrel lined up properly; there was no play on the cylinder, any burrs or blemishes.
I figured I should try a couple of .38 loads from Aguila and see if I have any problems with it. If I do, I know then that I need to take the revolver to a gunsmith. I put 25 rounds through with out one problem. Next I tried some Remington .357 rounds to see what would happen. 50 rounds went through with out a problem. No fouling, reduced spray, no sluggishness on the cylinder. I was unable to duplicate any of the problems I was having with the American Eagle ammunition. We ended up putting over 300 rounds through it yesterday and only had a problem with the American Eagle.
I ended up having to fill out an incident report, apparently the kids father (Who was with him) complained, after they left the range. Poor Grau, Ktreva and Bob ended up having to sign as witnesses. Unfortunately, they didnÂ’t see anything. Hell I didnÂ’t see anything. I didnÂ’t know there was a problem until the range officer came over and started talking to me. Now, IÂ’m just waiting to see what this is going to turn into.
But I will tell you this; IÂ’m never buying the American Eagle ammunition by Federal ever again. It was dirty, it fouled up my revolver and now with this IÂ’m just going to assume itÂ’s unsafe. Sure, I have no way to prove that what the kid said is actually what happened or that what hit him in the face even came from my revolver, but with the rest of the facts IÂ’m going to assume it did.
So shooters, heed this warning, stay away from the American Eagle Ammunition.
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Well isn't this great! I'm going shooting this afternoon and all I have is American Eagle. Oh this should be fun.
Posted by: Jabbah at January 15, 2007 11:55 AM (fwe8t)
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Does the range have a video in the shooting area?
You should have gotten pictures of the kids cut and did you get copies of the kids statement or anything detailing the kids cut?
The father sounds like an ass and you probably haven't heard the last from them.
Posted by: Quality Weenie at January 15, 2007 12:48 PM (BksWB)
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American Eagle... big no-no. I bought a box for the .44 once, and it was nasty. Not to mention that the groupings sucked.
Funny thing... regular Federal Ammo? Haven't had any problems with.
Posted by: T1G at January 15, 2007 04:35 PM (fqP6X)
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At the time, the kid and his father just left. The Range Officer even spoke to them just before they left the parking lot and they said they where just going home. I've had worse injuries from a paper cut.
Posted by: Contagion at January 15, 2007 07:27 PM (MsT2U)
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I'm fucking kicking myself for not thinking of this earlier, but you should have kept the box. It has the ammo lot # on it. American Eagle might have done a recall....
Posted by: graumagus at January 16, 2007 11:58 AM (Af9Hi)
It looked like i had left my precious semi-auto tied to the exhaust of a diesel truck after about 100 rounds. Literally soot ridden, black and nasty. Took me 2 days to get all the crap out of it.
Not to mention at least once every clip, it jammed
I've found Speer GoldDot to be really good for plinking and range work
Posted by: BloodSpite at January 22, 2007 11:04 AM (ZTGJT)
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The kid and his dad couldn't say anything to you about it at the time? Something hits me in the face and cuts me, I'm gonna say something right then. Sounds like daddy's raising a wuss...
Posted by: Wes at January 24, 2007 12:52 PM (jsV0Y)
One and done?
I would just like to take this time to extend an olive branch to the Bears and the Bear fans out there. Good luck in the game today, hopefully you do well. Remember you are now representing the NFC North and I expect you to uphold the fine tradition of the true Black and Blue Division.
But just in case, I want to prepare you for the worst-case scenario.
Remember, this was their last game, and Rex (Wrecks?) Grossman seems to like to bend over for the opponent.
There's an hour of my life I won't get back.
HereÂ’s a fun little time waster. ItÂ’s a game based on the game Warcraft III. You build and upgrade towers to prevent monsters from getting through the trail.
If you have a couple of hours you want to kill, go have some fun.
They're making a come back!
Did you ever have a video game you really liked, one that you would go out of the way to play? After you got tired of the game, or moved on to a new one, did you ever wonder what happened to the characters? Well, neither did I. Until now, that is. When I was in high school my friends and I were into Street Fighter 2. It didnÂ’t matter if it was the arcade version or the one that was on the Nintendo.
This morning while sirfing the net, I found these:
Street Fighter: The Later Years (Click the square to start each video)
There's one for the counselor.
Something happened last night that I just canÂ’t put words to. IÂ’m still a little scarred from the whole thing. Since itÂ’s happened Boopie really hasnÂ’t been able to look me in the eye. Last night I walked into BoopieÂ’s room and well, IÂ’m going to let this song tell the story for me.
Warning: Language and song lyrics NSFW. Don't play unless you have headsets on and small ones can't hear.
I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, but I would have preferred to catch that, oh uh, never!
Now excuse me, I'm going to go try to drink the mental image out of my brain.
I'm bilingual?
Apparently my brain does have a filter to prevent me from saying things that will get me into a lot of trouble. It also seems that it speaks in different languages then I do.
I had a big meeting this morning at work. We were going over a problem we are having with some of our inventory. This has been something I’ve been working on for 3 weeks to no avail. One of my two managers started making statements that where completely uninformed and outlandishly simple on how to deal with the situations. One of the statements was, “All you have to do is make a phone call and it’s done.” That statement would be the equivalent of saying is, “All you have to do is push a button on a camera and you have a picture in your hand.” Well, no. You have to load the camera with film, then you take the lens cap off, aim the picture, push the button, take the film to have it developed, the people there do there job and an hour later you have your picture. Sorry, I couldn’t come up with a better analogy. The phone call was step one in a 30-step process. Phone calls had been made 3 weeks ago, so it’s more then that. There was a bunch of other stuff being said as well.
I tried to explain it’s not as simple as he would like to think. He kept insisting this could be done by the end of the day. In reality, even if I had an easy button and the planets aligned just right so that I had the powers of a god, the soonest it could be done is tomorrow, in reality it will be another 2 weeks while all the other departments involved get online. He just kept interrupting me, making outlandish statements and completely being an annoyance. My temper was starting to get the better of me, and it was getting heated in that room. Finally my temper let loose with, “You farking idiot. You might want to shut up while the people that know what they are doing discuss this you stupid son of a beaotch.”
It was at that point the buffer in my brain kicked in. However, instead of not letting me say anything, it translated it into a different language. A fictional different language. One that only the most hard core of geeks may pretend to know. No, it wasnÂ’t Klingon; it was Wookie. Yea, I said Wookie, as in Chewbacca from Star Wars. ThatÂ’s right, in the middle of a meeting I let out a very loud Wookie howl. The meeting stopped dead.
My peers are looking at me with that, “What the hell was that?” look on their faces. The two managers just kind of stared at me as if I had spontaneously grown a second head. I was so hot that I didn’t even realize what I had done until one of my peers started laughing and another one asked me what that noise I made was. Then in my head I heard the sound I had just made. Fortunately, none of the people in the room were big enough Star Wars fans to recognize it, except for one person. They did say it was an impressive Wookie howl.
Pilsner Urquell
This weeks review is for Dr. Phat Tony. He’s been asking for a while now that I review a pilsner. He’s been so distraught over me not reviewing one, that he quit posting back on December 12th as a protest. Well, either that or he is doing some “quality checking” of submitted materials. Folks let me tell you something. I’ve had one hell of a time finding a pilsner. Ktreva and I hit many different stores in the area looking for one to no avail. Finally I was able to find a (A as in singular) six-pack of a pilsner, so I bought it. Tonight’s brew is Pilsner Urquell brewed in Plzen Czech. So Dr. Phat Tony, this review is for you!
Sadly enough it comes in a green glass bottle. That means it allows light through and can damage the beer on the inside if it’s over exposed. The bottle has the name of the beer cast into it. There is a foil neck label. The front label has the name of the beer, where it’s brewed and a faux wax seal that says something in what I’m assuming is Czech. On the back label it has all the normal information as well as a story about the beer, “Pilsner Urquell is truly original. Before 1842 beers were often dark and cloudy, until our visionary brewmaster in Pilsen, Czech created the world’s first golden beer. This revolutionary breakthrough delivered an intensely rewarding taste and the original golden pilsner beer.” Hey, if they say so, who am I to argue?
True to the description this is a clear golden yellow beer. When originally poured there was a one-inch head on it that quickly disappeared. There is no lacing on the glass to note.
It has a very enticing aroma to it. A mixture of mild malts and hops. There is a sweet grassy scent with a nice accent of bread. (Not yeast). On the tongue it has a light malt flavor mixed with a pleasant hoppy bitterness that isnÂ’t distracting. The taste is crisp and clean.
This is a light bodied beer. There is a slight bite on the tongue and a nice level of carbonation. Very pleasant to drink.
This beer pleasantly surprised me. I didnÂ’t think I would like it, but itÂ’s really not bad. It does have a light beer taste and feel to it, but not a bad light beer. IÂ’m going to give this beer a 6 out of 10.
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Actually, you made a good choice with pilsner Urquel. I believe Becks is also a pilsner but it's not as good. My writing will resume soon, I hope.
Posted by: Dr. Phat Tony at January 11, 2007 12:03 PM (fk/lm)
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... Urquel is a great beer... I always order a pitcher of it when I'm at the Troll in Helen, GA every October...
Posted by: Eric at January 11, 2007 06:35 PM (NlzwQ)
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I like Urquell many much... I had some at Carmen's rehearsal dinner. Many of them. I'd give it about a 6 also... though on a hot day, it would be an easy 7.
Story is, the US bombed the brewery because it was that vital to Czech economy.
Don't know how true that is, but a Czech is the one who told me that...
Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 11, 2007 07:01 PM (Hn1Gg)
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It is pretty good.
I think it would probably go down better if it came with a complimentary CZ pistol.
Posted by: jimmyb at January 11, 2007 08:49 PM (WgPA3)
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I can see topping it with crackers and cheese... I don't get the sour cream thing at all. And jalepenos would kill me - yeah I'm a wimp about hot stuff.
Posted by: Teresa at January 10, 2007 07:44 PM (gsbs5)
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I like the cheese on mine. It adds a little extra flavor if your chili has some "Zip" to it, and it thickens it as well. It's a win win, in my book. Jalapenos or Crackers are cool on the side, but I think Sour Cream is meant for a Taco Salad, not Chili. My two cents.
Posted by: Johnny - Oh at January 10, 2007 08:54 PM (w9whA)
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cheese. And hubby adds chopped onions. But I like it with lots of cheese.
Posted by: caltechgirl at January 10, 2007 09:34 PM (r0kgl)
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Those are toppings for us. Mainly because we have some wimps in our family for the spicy stuff. Though I have a great thick chili recipe that can be nice and spicy. Notice I didn't say HOT. Though Habanero's can be added if you just must have hot as well as spicy. Hmmm. I think we'll have chili next week.
Posted by: vw bug at January 11, 2007 07:20 AM (OBsVv)
For what you spent today you could have bought a Lee turret press and a set of .38/.357 dies and a autodisc powder measure. Then you'd never have to buy .38s and .357 again. And it would only cost about thirty
bucks to add a handgun cartridge to your line up.
Factory ammo is a waste of money.
I wonÂ’t deny that factory ammo is a waste of money. ItÂ’s expensive and the cheaper brands are dirtier and/or are unreliable. There are certain brands I wonÂ’t buy because of the way it jams in my firearms and fouls them up horribly.
IÂ’ve thought about getting a reloading press and making my own ammo. The only problem I have is that I donÂ’t get to go modern shooting as much as I would like. Is it worth to buy a press to use it maybe 4-6 times a year? Even if it is the other problem is a lack of time to make it. For re-enacting I have a hard time getting all the round ball I need cast up.
So what IÂ’m asking my readers that shoot or have friends that do, is it really worth it for me to look into investing in a press? What are the pros and cons of making your own ammo? I really donÂ’t know, and am interested in finding out.
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You can get a lot of the stuff you need used on ebay. I bet you can put together a kit for $100. You need a scale, a press, and dies. I'll give you a powder measure. If you load 300 rounds a year, you'll pay for it in no time. Plus, you can consider cartridges that are uncommon or expensive, and shoot more.
I lose 1/2" off my muzzleloader groups if i weigh them, too. Makes a difference.
Posted by: og at January 09, 2007 07:43 PM (iqbdN)
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Okay, Contagion, I've just checked out Midway's website. You can buy a three hole Lee Turret Press for $57.99, a set of carbide dies for $23.99.
A Lee autodisc powder measure is $19.99 and the powder funnel is $2.99. Spring for the more expensive RCBS hand priming tool at $26.99.
This is assuming that nothing is on sale, Midway has sales all the time.
Eventually you would want a powder and bullet scale, you might alread have one being a caster, but you can do fine without one for a while, just stay away from the real hot loads.
Lead has got real high lately so bullets are pricier than they used to be, you can still buy 500 .38/357 lead bullets for thirty bucks, plus shipping.
Once you are set up for one cartridge, a new one is much cheaper. You can buy te die set for the same $23.99 and by buying another turret for $9.99 and not have to worry about adjusting dies.
Now the hard part is time but that is easier than we think. There is no reason to sit down and load a gazillon rounds at once. I come home from shooting and resize and decap my empties.
I toss them into the GRR, the vibratory tumbler for cleaning because I shoot mostly The Holy Black, and run it 'til they're clean.
Then I toss them into ziplock bags or coffee cans and, while watching TeeVee I prime them. Back into the bag or can and then I put the charge in, seat and crimp the bullet. It only takes a few minutes to prime a hundred cases.
Then the powder, Lee die set bells the casemouth and drops the charge at the same time. Fifty cases in about seven minutes, including a look down each to see that each case has a charge and the level is all about the same. This protects me from double charges.
Then I put a bullet into each casemouth, when I run it into the die it seats and crimps, together.
Assuming I have the dies all adjusted and the powder measure set I can put the powder charge and seat and crimp the bullet for fifty rounds in about fifteen minutes. Without hurrying.
Note that I'm touting the lower priced stuff, here. You can buy the Dillon Progessive Square Deal B, set up for one cartridge for $319.95 and get a loaded rund for every pull of the lever. Of course it costs a lot more to add a new cartridge and I prefer doing my loading in stages, or maybe I'm just cheap.
Posted by: Peter at January 09, 2007 08:31 PM (RPBzx)
Ok...here is my take on reloading. It does take time, certainly. If you are a frequent shooter certainly worth it. However, if you would rather be shooting, but are spending time reloading...
not fun.
Also fun if you are reloading to shoot, not fun if you are one of those wierdos that keeps a reloading diary etc...
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A reloading diary? Is this going to be a reloading blog?
Posted by: Bou at January 09, 2007 09:34 PM (PQFHD)
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For me reloading has always been a matter of economics. Even when I could not afford to by comercial ammo I could always reload. I have been reloading since I was 16, which was a long time ago (46+years. Ihave realoded for a whole host of cartridges, both pistol and rifle. I taught my boys to reload and I am getting ready to teach a grandson. Do it.
Posted by: DE644 at January 11, 2007 02:12 PM (/C3Pw)
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It's worth it.
It's also one of those hobbies where you can start cheap, or spend as much as you want/can with very little trouble.
But definitely worth it.
Posted by: jimmyb at January 11, 2007 08:54 PM (WgPA3)
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Reloading is a good hobby as well as a way to save money on factory ammo. I suggest not to buy equipment that you will outgrow soon or will not turn out quality rounds. how much shooting will you be doing? learn how to customize the rounds for your firearms and your accuracy will improve.
Posted by: greg at April 12, 2007 04:35 AM (heWaS)
Assassination?
My cyborg name is Cybernetic Operational Neohuman Trained for Assassination, Galactic Infiltration and Online Nullification? What the hell does that mean?
Posted by: Tammi at January 09, 2007 07:53 PM (3UQTn)
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very very thick. Lots of chunks. Otherwise it's just tomato soup with beans and meat.
Posted by: caltechgirl at January 09, 2007 08:26 PM (r0kgl)
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Medium thick. You want enough sauce that you must use a spoon instead of a fork. If it isn't a little runny there's nothing to carry the spices.
There needs to be enough spice to give you a warm feeling the next day.
Posted by: Peter at January 09, 2007 08:36 PM (RPBzx)
Hair of a different color.
Ktreva is running a poll on what color she should dye her hair. My wife is practically perfect in every way, I really donÂ’t think she needs to color her hair. Yet I know she is going to do it. So for the love of all that is good and right in the world, go over and pick bright red. Do it for me, cÂ’mon. You know you want to.
It's a beautiful thing.
This weekend, in honor of Martin Luther King Day, IÂ’m taking Ktreva, some friends from work, and the zombie Graumagus shooting. What? ItÂ’s a national holiday. Just because he was shot doesnÂ’t mean shooting is not a good way to honor this completely useless day off of work. What the hell else are we going to do in the middle of January? Sit around and contemplate racial harmony? Nah, weÂ’re going to go hone our marksmanship.
Now as some of you may remember that I bought a crap load of ammo on Black Friday. That was 600 rounds. I already had 700 rounds in the house, bringing me up to 1,300 rounds. Which really should be more then enough for me to go shooting with this weekend and have a little extraÂ… just in case. (Read into that statement what you want, at this time I can neither confirm nor deny anything). I figured that Ktreva was not about to let me sink any more money on Ammo until I burned off some of what I have.
Then today on lunch we hit Gander Mountain to say hello to my buddy and pick up some targets and a cleaning kit for a rifle. My old one needed replacing. After so much use they do tend to wear out. While we where there my buddy tried to get me to buy an AR-15. The glare Ktreva gave him for asking, and me for thinking about it, was enough to make other shoppers wince back in fear. Figuring I was done, I was getting ready to check out. That was when my beautiful and wonderful wife said 6 little words that made my heart skip a beat.
“Why don’t you buy some ammo?”
Sure, since we are shooting we could use more ammo. I started with two boxes of .38, then two boxes .380, then two boxes .45. I looked at Ktreva to see if I’m pushing the limit but she was more interested in a pink shotgun they had. So I added one more box of each caliber. Then two boxes of .357. Still there was no reaction from Ktreva. Okay, give me 4 boxes of .22LR. (Yea, I know it’s cheap, but it’s fun.) Finally, she looked over at the stack of ammo and asked, “Do you think you need anymore?” At that point I decided I was starting to push my luck and told her that should be enough for along with what we have at home to last the weekend.
Just to recap, 150 .38 rounds, 150 .380 rounds, 150 .45 rounds, 100 .357 rounds and finally 200 .22LR rounds for a total of 750 more rounds. That should be enough ammo to keep us entertained for at least two hours.
But to me, the beauty of this story is not the ammo. ItÂ’s the fact that my wife loves me enough to support my hobby. What more could you want from a woman? Beautiful, sexy, looks good in tight jeans and lets me buy obnoxious amounts of ammo.
Posted by: Harvey at January 08, 2007 09:25 PM (L7a63)
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I buy my .22 ammo by the brick and shotgun ammo by the flat of ten boxes. almost all the other ammo I buy is in components, bullets, powder and primers, along with cartridge cases. Of course I have about ten bazillion .38. .357 .223 and .30-06 range pickup brass around to throw together for blasting ammo.
For what you spent today you could have bought a Lee turret press and a set of .38/.357 dies and a autodisc powder measure. Then you'd never have to buy .38s and .357 again. And it would only cost about thirty bucks to add a handgun cartridge to your line up.
Factory ammo is a waste of money.
Posted by: Peter at January 08, 2007 09:51 PM (YadGF)
Some different range rules, and the range fee for non-members is a bit stiff ($20) but it's a damn nice facility.
My problem is that I'm a bit tight this week so I may not bring the .44 mag (out of ammo and it's not cheap).
Sigh.
Guess I'll have to stick to the 300 rounds of .45, 1000 of .22, and 100 of .30-.30....
Who the hell am I kidding? I'll get at least one box of .44 ammo
It's worth it just for the "Oh fuck!" factor when I let newbies squeeze a few off hehehe
Posted by: Graumagus at January 09, 2007 12:52 AM (Rayvs)
Door-to-door revenge.
There are some things that are just annoying. One of the things that really pisses me off is when I actually get a Saturday morning to sleep in and itÂ’s interrupted. IÂ’ll be laying in bed dreaming one of those really cool dreams you hope for when IÂ’m jarred awake by a pounding on my front door. Looking at the clock, you see itÂ’s 8:00 AM. When you answer the door, itÂ’s some door-to-door bible pusher trying to force their religion on you. You know who IÂ’m talking about, the JehovahÂ’s witnesses or the Mormons. IÂ’d like to say that IÂ’m usually nice and polite to them when I tell them to bugger off, but IÂ’m not. A couple of times firearms aided in the insistence that they leave my property.
Well one guy got pushed too far. He decided to do something about it
11/21/2006 - Australian filmmaker John Safran is so fed up with mormons ringing his doorbell early in the morning that he flies to Salt Lake City Utah and tries to convert Mormons to atheism. Needless to say, the locals were not pleased.
I love how the one guy says “This is inappropriate, take us off your list.”
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You are doing this the hard way. Just keep a beer can by the door, empty is fine as it is just a prop. When the unexpected knock comes, go to the door in your underwear, pick up that beer can.
Now, open the door and, with your free hand, scratch like a baseball player, smile real big and invite them in for a beer. They'll leave. The word will go out.
This will work even faster if you have a bit of warning and can pull on a set of your wife's underwear. Although you will probably want to make sure that it isn't a visiting blogger.
Posted by: Peter at January 06, 2007 12:06 PM (Eodj2)
Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 06, 2007 10:31 PM (Hn1Gg)
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No they won't leave. The assholes that used to canvass my area when I was a kid would praise the lord for such an opportunity.
I answered the door while cleaning a shotgun more than once and they still came back.
Until we started tying my 85lb Chow-Chow Shadow outside
Posted by: Graumagus at January 07, 2007 11:18 AM (Rayvs)
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The same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. Doorbell rings, I roll over and politely ignored them...30 seconds later it rings again. This time I get up and the first words out of my mouth when I answer the door were, "Jesus-f**king christ, what the hell do you want?"
They begain to ramble, I just stared in des-belief.
Once my eyes adjusted to the sunlight (damn daylight savings) I said was "unless you have something alcoholic for me to drink, so I can put a damper on this hangover than this conversation is over." I gave them about half of a second to answer before I slammed the door.
I do not think they will be back anytime soon. ;-)
Posted by: Jabbah at January 07, 2007 02:17 PM (fwe8t)
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Worst thing I ever did when I was youngerish ...
Parents gone for the weekend, went out partying, came home late, 7am those asswipes ring the bell insistently ... I am answer ... they ask if I believed in God ... I said no f**king way and slammed the door ... they came back every saturday for 4 weeks trying to save me ...
Posted by: Quality Weenie at January 07, 2007 03:32 PM (BksWB)
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See, it's these obnoxious evangelical atheists that give us non-believers a bad name :-)
Posted by: Harvey at January 08, 2007 09:33 PM (L7a63)
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My rule of thumb is that if you're knocking on my door at 8am you had best have beer or a warrant...
Posted by: Graumagus at January 09, 2007 12:44 AM (Rayvs)
I would have never guessed.
We all know of all the tragic effects of various mind altering substances on people. Yet some people still deny they do anything negative. A study was done using common wood spiders to see exactly what those effects where.
Beware, the Crack spiderÂ’s language is a little harsh.
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Toe Jam.
I took last Thursday off from work. I figured I had some more vacation time coming to me and I needed to use it. Plus it gave me time to help prepare for the party. Since I had taken the time off, I also figured it would allow me to get some extra sleep. Yea, that didnÂ’t work.
Thursday morning Clone comes and wakes me up, saying heÂ’s hungry. Letting Ktreva sleep, cause she had the whole week off and was just plum exhausted not getting her 10 hours of sleep, I went to feed the boy. After I put him in his chair and got him his breakfast, it dawned on me that the whole house humidifier we have wasnÂ’t running. Sure enough, it was out of water. I pulled out the two 2.5 gallon tanks and filled them up. While walking back to the humidifier with the tank, it started to slip out of my hands. I moved really quickly to catch it, and at the same time driving my left foot right into CloneÂ’s chair.
There was a pop and pain coming from my middle toe on my left foot. I looked at it, and it seemed okay. I went, finished getting dressed, including putting on socks and shoes and started about my day. The day was filled with shopping, that meant a lot of walking. By the time we got home that night my foot was throbbing and really aching. I told Ktreva I thought I broke my toe, and explained what happened. She told me to take off my sock and shoe so she could take a look at it.
As soon as I had the sock off she winced. My toe was black and purple. It had swollen up and looked like an over stuffed blood sausage. But most noticeably was the way it bent at a 30-degree angle to the left over the toe next to it. Yea, that didnÂ’t look right. She told me to go to the hospital. Why? Why would I go to the hospital? All they are going to do is take some x-rays, say there is nothing they can do and tape it up after straightening it out. Well except take my $50.00 ER copay. I had a broken toe some ten years ago and thatÂ’s all they did then.
Ktreva ran and got the bandage tape we have while I straightened my toe. It only hurt for about 20 seconds when I pulled on it. It was the popping, crunching sound it made and the feel of it going back in place that really made the whole experience interesting. I taped it up and off I went. Of course I made sure I had my steel toed boots on at all times, no need for someone to needlessly step on it since it happened. Everything seems to be okay.
Sure itÂ’s still a little swollen, and there is a good discoloration to it, but itÂ’s feeling much better.
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Owie, owie, owie.... Maybe you should soak it in some Glogg. Couldn't hurt!
Posted by: Richmond at January 05, 2007 06:26 PM (e8QFP)
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OW! That hurts just to read. You must consume quantities of calming beverages with moderate alcohol content to soothe the pain... heh.
Posted by: Barb at January 05, 2007 06:43 PM (QOeYI)
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Ouch. Broke a toe once... yep, not much they can do, but it sure can hurt!
Posted by: vw bug at January 05, 2007 07:02 PM (5wNak)
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When my blog gets back up (hosting issues being resolved as I type this, yay!) I'll post my nasty toe snapping story. Three at once folks... owwwww...
Posted by: Graumagus at January 06, 2007 12:11 AM (Rayvs)
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At least it's a middle toe. It has bodyguards on either side. Still, no playing soccer for awhile.
Ouch!
Posted by: Jerry at January 06, 2007 12:24 AM (NNohW)
You need a stomach of steel to drink it.
After the last two weeks cop-outs I decided I needed to go and get a beer to make all of my beer review fans happy. (Yes Dr. Phat Tony, I know you wanted a pilsner. IÂ’ve been searching for one at the local stores with no luck) While shopping in the store I found a can of Steel Reserve 211 High Gravity Lager by the Steel Brewing Company. It was only $.99 and I had never seen it before. I figured this beer would be a good one to do a review on for all of you. Remember, I put my gastric tract in harms way so that you donÂ’t have to.
It came in a 24 ounce silver can. On the front it has the name in black on a white back ground along with many other things. It advertises that it is 8.1% alcohol by volume. This can is so busy itÂ’s hard to describe. It has information all over it telling about the beer and the meaning of the name. Realistically, if someone was going to honestly buy this beer for anything other then to either try it or play a prank on someone else, they are not going to read that much on the label.
The color is a golden amber color. ItÂ’s clear, with no sign of cloudiness or distortion. To be honest it looks like urine. You can see light and images through it easily. It pours a thick one-inch white head that quickly disappears. There is no lacing and it barely has a film on it.
The stink of this beer reminds me of some friends from college apartment, a strong scent of stale beer and rot. Not as much the rot as the stale beer. You can smell some malts, but not a hint of hops. There is also a hint of rancidness to it. Unfortunately the smell was setting up the taste. I could taste stale malts and alcohol. At 8.1% Alcohol by Volume, that doesnÂ’t surprise me. There was a hint of sweetness to it, but the alcohol overpowered it. For the love of all that is good and holy, do not let this beer get warm. Once it gets warm, itÂ’s probably one of the vilest things you can drink.
It is a light bodied beer. There is a very thin feel in the mouth, not that you want it to linger there to long. There is too much carbonation. It bites the tongue and causes you to continuously burp, which makes you taste it again.
IÂ’m not sure at what point my brain decided it hated me, but the fact it let me buy this beer pretty much tells me it does. Lets look at the signs; 24 ounces of beer for under a buck, itÂ’s a high gravity lager, 8.1% alcohol by volume and finally the fact that it was 24 ounces of beer for under a dollar! It was absolutely horrible I give it a 2 out of 10.
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Boy, you are generous with your lower ratings. You should call Steel Brewing and ask them for reimbursment over the pain, anguish, and downright terror that is Steel Reserve.
Posted by: Petey at January 03, 2007 11:04 PM (CulTs)
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Sounds like a bad experience I had with a bottle of Mickey's Big Mouth in college. Skunky didn't even begin to describe it.
Thanks for taking one for the team!
Posted by: Raging Mom at January 04, 2007 03:00 PM (l+Chn)
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Maybe find a pils that's more than $.99 and you'll find a little bit of quality. Just saying.
Especially since pils is Bohemian (Czech republic and parts of a few surrounding countries).
Posted by: Dr. Phat Tony at January 04, 2007 04:14 PM (fk/lm)
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You are a brave man.
Have you tried Stella Artois? It's better on tap but the bottled is pretty good as well.
I'd like to see the official "C" rating.
Posted by: spurs at January 04, 2007 06:20 PM (3lsFM)
Posted by: Richmond at January 04, 2007 08:56 PM (e8QFP)
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Ouch. Reminds me of those scrubbing bubbles commercials- "We drink the swill so you don't have tooooooooooooo!!"
Seriously, I'm not a huge beer drinker- and when i do drink, it's lame crap like Rolling Rock. I can about handle a pint of pond scum-er, guinness a couple times a year (actually, i like guinness, it's like drinking a loaf of rye bread) (A loaf of rye bread with a HAMMER TO HIT MY HEAD FROM THE INSIDE) and I always end up regretting it.
But I'm sure glad I didn't have to sample THIS swill. It's a tough gig, Contagion, and I'm glad you got it handled.
I wonder of those cans are steel?
Posted by: og at January 05, 2007 01:16 PM (iqbdN)
Why do I have to go back?
Why is the first day back to work after a long vacation from work so hard? I didnÂ’t do anything all that taxing, but damn if this day did not suck. It only took 30 minutes of me sitting at my desk to start day dreaming of still being in bed, watching TV or even just blogging. Alas, I had to be a responsible adult and go to work.
Thankfully there is another holiday weekend in two weeks. I need a break.
Standings.
The 2006 NFL regular season is over. That means that my Pro Football PickÂ’em and Salary Cap Football league is over. That brings me to won what.
Pro Football PickÂ’em
As we can see, our very own Michelle of Quality Weenie is the Winner. With That 1 Winner taking a close second. Yea, I came in fourth, I picked really bad last week.
Salary Cap Football
ThatÂ’s right, I won this one by a 65 point lead. IÂ’d like to thank LaDanian Tomlinson, The Bears Defense, Donovan McNabb and Marques Colston for all the insane amount of points they gave me this year. If it wasnÂ’t for all your hard work and efforts, I wouldnÂ’t have won. Oh, I guess I should point out that JeebusÂ’ Juggernaut came in second.
I will have to give special mention to T1G for his efforts in both leagues. Taking second in both is a notable accomplishment. IÂ’m interested to see how he does next year.
My not so aching head.
Okay, This morning I have a Three Star hangover according to this scale my wife has listed. Which is a lot better then I thought I was going to be. I started working on the Keg yesterday at 11:30 AM, and finished late into the evening. We had a Virtual whoÂ’s who of Northern Illinois Bloggers in the house last night. Well itÂ’s a whoÂ’s who list to me!
Graumagus of Frizzen Sparks decided that there was a surplus of alcohol in my house and as a definition of a Graumagus states, he must come to alleviate the situation. He also took it upon himself to try to make my guests sick by busting out the olÂ’ 27 and forcing it upon others. I allowed this to happen since his beloved Bears took a smack down from the Packers.
Harvey of Bad Example graced me with his presence. Harvey was very grateful for being reunited with his hetero life-mate and partner in spawning half of the bloggers in the blogosphere. I did discover that no matter how much you tell him not to do something, heÂ’d still do it. I.e., DonÂ’t watch this video, donÂ’t drink whatÂ’s in the bottle, and donÂ’t let LittleJoe get his hands on your wife.
TNT of Smiling Dynamite took some time away from all of her blogging to visit. Apparently she has a selective memory. She swears that I never invited her to join my Sal-Cap football league. I know I did, I checked the invite list and her e-mail is on it. IÂ’m thinking that since IÂ’m close to perfect, she needed to make something up to give me a hard time about. That and she had an obsession about how I know Barry Williams.
Shadoglare of Refractional Darkness, his lovely girlfriend and his girlfriend’s daughter showed up. It was nice to be able to see Candy and Skittle again. The last time I saw them was when I was helping Shadoglare move into his new apartment. However, Clone did take a shining to Skittle, he kept referring to her as “My girl”, i.e. “Where is My Girl?”
Wes of Bodhran (Drum) Roll, Please and his beautiful spouse showed up and entertained all with his excellent skills on the Bodhran. I was a little disappointed because he didnÂ’t uphold his New Years Tradition of puking in my house. Apparently IÂ’ll need to work on the alcohol combination more next year.
Little Joe of Little JoeÂ’s Soap Box (soon to be Miasmatic Review Annexed Soap Box) was here. He spent a lot of time being charming, and trying to pick up chicks (literally) and putting things in their mouths just to hear them moan. Hey, it was some kind of dark chocolate; get your mind out of the gutter!
We did some serious damage to the keg; itÂ’s mostly gone this morning. Also this brood drank a gallon of glogg. My lord people, they where hammering this stuff down like they wouldnÂ’t get anymore. Oh yea, that was the last of it. I think a brief fight broke out over who got to drink the last couple ounces of it.
It was a great night, with a lot of good people. Of course there were some missing, ones that happen to be out of state. I wonÂ’t mention any names, but you all know who you are.
Posted by: Harvey at January 01, 2007 04:13 PM (L7a63)
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Ktreva twisted my arm for me to get the bodhran, but I'm glad you enjoyed it! ;-)
BTW, I was mixing drinks like hell (beer, glogg, Jack, glogg, glogg and glogg) and *I'm* surprised I didn't bloach all over your house, too!
Did I tell you how much I like the glogg...?
Posted by: Wes at January 05, 2007 01:56 PM (+waxI)
