kimel

Yep. In fact, many folks prefer to use rifle primers instead of pistol primers due to the thicker cup and the higher pressures encountered in Open Major loadings. Just back your load down a bit and work back up as normal when adjusting something in a load.

Or one of these... http://www.stadiumpal.com/what-makes-it-work.htm Just be careful if you have to go prone.

So here you are in a hospital and Nik walks in and informs you it's time for your 3 AM enema. Yeah...that's the stuff nightmares are made of! Congrats Nik! Giving of yourself for the sake of others is just way cool.

Yep. I've broken that part too. I had to rob one off another Dillon powder measure to finish loading rounds for Area 1 last year.

More and more states are going with National Registry Certification, which is a good thing IMHO. Not sure where OH is on that. Good luck!

Now that's funny!

And most of the time when it is appropriate to use a flash it is not appropriate for said flash to be mounted on the camera pointed directly at the subject. On the camera using a diffuser and or bounced off something is sometimes appropriate. I shot technical photography stuff (think scientific photography for publication) for several years and never used a flash. And this was long before digital. I have hundreds of photos published (oddly enough though, photo credit is almost never given in scientific publications) in dozens of journals and not one used a flash. I always wanted a ring flash for macro stuff but could never afford it and neither could the service I was working for so we improvised and did without. And don't get me started on cell phone cameras...I don't care how many megapixel it is. The lens is still a tiny lens that is usually made of questionable polycarbonate with brightness being obtained not by gathering light but by cranking up the gain (and therefore the noise) of the detector. Blech.

It's all there. Go to the bottom of the page and set the # of days back to "all" and then re-search. Stuff clear back to 2001 there.

My parents kept death from us for a long, long time. I was into my late teens before I went to my first funeral. I had pets die but it wasn't explained. One set of grandparents passed on and we were kept away from the process. I didn't fully comprehend death and the grief process until a very close friend committed suicide about 11 years ago. That's a bit late to get started on that particular learning process, IMHO. You are doing absolutely the right thing. I'll second a call to Hospice. Those folks are incredible.

You don't think it is any different in real life do you? By necessity I do a LOT of online collaboration stuff in my job. There are ways to make it work but it takes a strong leader to just grab the project by the neck and start riding it hard. I have a reputation at work as a leader and I tend to drive projects very hard, very fast and use VERY aggressive time lines. Build in slack when you can but don't tell anyone it is there. It's called the "Scotty Factor". 99% of the people out there fear the blank page. So take the bull by the horns and start cranking. Eventually at least some will come around. I'd start by doing the following: 1) Announce you will be the team leader since no one else is stepping up 2) Create a time line for the project and publish it 3) Make assignments And be sure to let the prof know what's going on. Chances are even if nothing much gets done your taking the initiative and trying to drive the project forward will help you survive while others are cast aside. Good luck!

Why not just UPS your gear (except for guns) to yourself at your hotel? When I was doing the road warrior sales gig many moons ago and had a ton of sales literature to dispense at shows I'd just UPS the whole mess to my hotel (including most of my luggage), carry a light carry on bag and life was good. And this was in the days before online tracking (okay...it was like 10 years before the Internet went public). Now you could send it and know it was there when you stepped on your plane.

I was only 20 when I got deposed the first time about something I really had no knowledge of but as I was an employee of the company... Felt like I had been run over by a garbage truck, repeatedly. No clue how long it lasted. Thankfully Idaho's drinking age was 19 at the time. Never been to an autopsy. Hoping to keep it that way...at least until I am the "guest of honor".

Good stuff Hank! Glad things went well for you and hope recovery goes the way you hope! Alas, I checked and I am not a good candidate for a variety of factors. Got a second opinion and that one was stronger than the first that I should NOT do it. So I'll stay with glasses. But technology moves forward so someday...

I'll second JPL...but get behind me...mine is next in line!

Outstanding! Happy Mom's Day to all Moms!!!!

Typically the "flip" occurs during the "off" day between and is usually begun first thing in the AM. Everyone is too dead to do much after the first match is over plus the wait for scores to be posted and the hour for challenges and possible re-shoots. If the stages don't require drastic changes this process only takes an hour or two. Even if it is a total rebuild, there is a full crew to make it happen and many hands make light work so the change happens fairly quickly. Just do the staff a favor and don't try to be walking the stage while they are ironing out final target placements and such. If there is staff on the stage just ask if it is okay to walk the stage before you start stomping around. Targets will typically be bagged...don't mess with the bags please. And don't be shocked if what you saw on change over day gets modified a wee bit before the match starts. This can happen for a variety of reasons.

MOD NOTE: To save our Manny any future confusion on this issue I edited the title. Somehow I just don't see roids being much of an advantage in our sport.

Did the newsprint trick at Tulsa and worked great. Didn't help get the smell out though.

Sight on the front of the gun? Why bother...most don't use it.

How about a real approach to tactical EMS? Yes, tactical EMS is real. There are tons of places that will sell you all manner of cool tactical EMS gear and too many people figure they have the gear, they have watched every episode of E.R. and are ready to save lives.

I'm more a jazz person. www.jazz24.org (part of KPLU out of Seattle) is my favorite. It is streaming at my desk all day at work.

As staff working the same stage for several hundred shooters watching the entire squad shoot it pretty much the same way the first guy on the first squad shoots it, squad after squad; I always enjoy it when the Super Squad arrives...especially the one with Robbie in it. I enjoy it because I *KNOW* that I will see some folks come up with a new way to shoot the stage and one of those folks most always will be Robbie. And it usually works for him because he understands his abilities and what it is going to take to win the stage. If you pay attention at matches >95% of the time the entire squad will shoot the stage exactly the same. If someone on the squad tries something different and it seems to have worked the rest of the squad will follow the new model. It is easier to just follow someone else's game plan than come up with one for yourself I guess. Same thing goes for techniques. Take table starts: Probably 90% of shooters do table starts the same way. There are a few of us weirdos that do it differently. For me, my way works 100% better than the "normal" way. But it took me a couple years to even try something different...because everyone else did it the other way.

Breaks in any routine are good. Although some tend to make taking a break their routine. If you are always out of rum you have two choices: Buy more rum or drink something else. I suppose there is that third choice of stop drinking but where's the fun in that?

I believe that when the NROI RMIs meet every year they work up the list of those going away and those that will be added. I suspect, but do not know for a fact, that the reasons for elimination range from being no longer legal due to rule changes, too easy, too hard, no one ever shoots it for whatever reason (requires too large a bay, too many props, etc.), and so on.

My biggest bitch with shooting in the rain (which we do a lot in the Pacific NorthWet, and will be doing yet again in a couple hours today) is that everyone tends to huddle under the shelters and not help reset stages. RO volunteers also tend to be slim. Thus, the MD and RM end up spending most of their day pushing people to work so we can all shoot and get out of the rain. Makes a match go from fun to drudgery very rapidly. As I usually end up with a timer or clipboard I always have my umbrella handy. An umbrella for the person on clipboard is just about mandatory...unless there are also stiff breezes at the same time. Then all bets are off.