Madmark

Haw Haw!!!! Geez .75time, I thought I had it bad....... My wife has OLD boobs, and I can't touch them either!!!

Visual Mathematician. (Which I think means I have to take off my socks to count past 10. ) My score was 133. I sent a link to this test to my Brother-in-Law, and he couldn't figure out how to start it. So I sent him a link to the J20 test, where he did above average!!

Carlos, I can only report what I know about the Evangelical Friends, (Quakers, Quackers, whatever!) but the stand that our church takes is anti-murder, not anti-gun. And especially we frown on killing in the meeting house! Some of the eastern branches of the church have different ideas, but we all shy away from killing. I don't see the need to carry in church, but if you do, fine. Just respect my right to worship, and don a silencer, please!!! I think we all agree that the goal of concealed carry is to protect life. Also for the record, Quakers do not wear funny hats and shoes, and we are allowed to use electricity and deoderant!

I just got back home after 22 hours on a bus (or waiting at a terminal), and an additional 9 hours riding in a truck. That would make like 2400 miles in 4 days. I'm too tired to hate. Riding Greyhound is different than I remember from my childhood. I think I met the single mom with the 14 kids. We rode the bus together from Milwaukee to Chicago to KC. I'm going to get an aspirin and a shower, and some sleep on something that isn't moving. And if I so much as hear a kid giggle, it's all over...........

A month before my Dad died of lung cancer, we went on what would be our last trip to the local Super Wal Mart. Since they had several electric carts, I thought I could strap his O2 tank on the back of the cart and we could shop together, No prob. But as we neared the last 2 carts, 2 teenage girls ran to them and drove off with their mom walking behind them. I asked the attendant if he could find one for Dad, but he told me that they were first come first served, and there were no more to be had. And this worthless individual watched my Dad struggle with his oxygen as he came through the door, but didn't even try to stop the joyriders. So my Dad sat on the hardwood bench at the front of the store while I shopped for his food. It was the final trip, and he was left as a spectator......

That might be incentive to renew my membership!

High on a few things..... (like in my teens and twenties I guess!) Paraniod, narcissistic, and avoidant. I might agree on one of the 3, but the rest of the scores were fixed to make me look bad!! the rest of the scores were fixed to make me look bad!! I got a low on schizoid, and I really wanted to be a schizoid!! Did anyone try the links on the bottom of the score page, like: -Find out what level of hell you will be sent to: Dante's Inferno Test - Find out when you will get rich with the Million Dollar Test - Ask the stupid-ass Advice Bunny for advice on your problems. Gosh Eric, you didn't mention this was a self help site!!!

I have been shooting for a year now, and have invited someone to every match I have attended. Only 5 have accepted, and only 1 has returned with any regularity. If we all bring in at least 1 new shooter this year, (which may take up some of our time preparing them for their first match) our membership will double. If we can keep the few selfish, self centered, "superior" shooters from discouraging the newbies.

I can only answer personally. My membership in the USPSA has lapsed,and I am uncertain about renewing. I have missed the last 4 matches at my home club. I simply can't afford to play the game. There is a lot of used equipment out there, but how much reasonably priced useable equipment do you really think there is out there? I shoot open due to vision, and I have bought 2 open guns over the internet. Both of them were shot completely out. Most shooters won't part with a gun that functions dependably. And the new unsuspecting shooter is a target (no pun intended) for experienced shooters wishing to unload junk equipment. I cannot afford to do this a third time. It does not matter how old, ugly, scratched, or unfashionable a gun might be, if it works, you will have fun. If not, you will get discouraged. A friend loaned me a STI limited gun with a fiber optic front sight. The first time I held it, despite not being able to line up the sight, I shot 2nd overall, and jumped up a class on the classifier. All of my practice showed fruit. But shooting my old gun is only making me a GM in clearing malfunctions. Maybe open-10 would make a difference in the cost associated with pklaying the game. But for me, I just can't afford another bad piece of equipment. And I certainly can't afford a new one. I can suck at golf for a lot less money, and I can stink at archery for a mere pittance!

Well, you ARE 2100 posts past the line dividing the "internet transients" from "cyber family"! I wish I had some more expendable income!

There may be some truth to that. My gun is broke again............ But my dog is way better looking than me!!

"Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him!" Proverbs 22:15 (written just a little before Dr. Spocks drivel!) It's amazing how we all lived through it, and even respected whoever dished out the discipline. Of course, now kids shout "child abuse" in the direction of a SRS worker, and they can avert any corporal punishment. I don't understand just what the consequences for their actions is supposed to be nowadays. Seems like there are no consequences. The old heavy duty yardsticks they made in the 60's and 70's did much to keep me in line!

When California passes a semi-auto-anything ban, there may be a resurgence in wheelgunning. I for one had a hard time picking up my first autoloader. But the USPSA 6 shot rule made the 686+ 7 shooter I owned when I joined seem like bad equipment. I stood on a similar equipment threshold in the early 80's. I was a typewriter technician who just couldn't embrace the electronic computerized machines.............. The answer to where all the revolver shooters have gone: They're not really gone, They are still shooting the last stage!!!

Daily Zen ~ Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me alone. ~The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire. ~ It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. ~ Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted. ~ No one is listening until you fart. ~ Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else. ~ Never test the depth of the water with both feet. ~ If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. ~ Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving. ~ Before you criticize someone,you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes. ~ If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. ~ Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. ~ If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it. ~ If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. ~ Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. ~The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket. ~ A closed mouth gathers no foot. ~ Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. ~ There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works. ~ Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. ~ Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. ~ Never miss a good chance to shut up. This might be my chance!

Well, I have the narrow notch, and the guy who sold them to me said they were for a Para, but none of the 5 mags fit. How can it be that one of the top race gun manufacturers cannot even make a mag to another manufacturers specs?????? This is getting old, and I am getting too discouraged. I have spent my last dollar trying to get in this game, and I STILL am not in this game . Thanks to all for the assistance.

I just bought some used "STI for Para" mags, but they don't fit my old style Para frame? The original mags are 1.357'' X .950 ". The "STI for Para's" are 1.377" X .935". Is the new style frame wider? Or are these "STI for STI" mags?

"is that my transmission whining, or my friends!!" Haw!!!! I'll have to wear that quote out!!!!!!!!!! And I HATE someone wearing out one of MY Quotes!!!!!!!

Keep working on thet meter, 'loop. Count on your fingers if necesarry!!!!!!! Good job though! Congrats to all!!

yeah, I wrote "STUD" on the front of my bench, too!

The patience component of Zen must be put in to practice and then with your eyes on the prize your emotion belies and you lose for the winnings again! Make 'em sweat, Brian!

I had a pair of older Aimpoints that did the same thing. The problem was oxidation of the threads and the contact in the battery cover. Cleaned it with contact cleaner, smothered the whole works with dielectric grease, and never had another lick of trouble. This may not be your problem, but it pays to use the dielectric grease the contacts and battery.

I have a powder measure for a Dillon 550. Does this work on a 650 as well? what's the difference?

Do NOT rush a shooter with Zen he's not quite as fast with a pen but his rulings are just, so we'll chill since we must and sooner or later we'll know who the winner is and till then we can perform a search for shok-buff jams or load some rounds or something equally as important as making the perfect limerick a-gain! (how many syllables in the last line?)

Hey Jeffro, Back at ya! This came to me this morning, I hope it's OK to post here. I will share it in an hour with my Church family, thought I'd share it with my online family! It’s a beautiful day, a new day. On this day over 2000 years ago there was a renewal From which the whole world had rebirth. From which our Faith had it’s start…. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead. So impossible the Jews didn’t believe it So profound, the Disciples didn’t understand it, But so simple, we don’t live it. But on that day, mankind was renewed…… Because of Easter Day, we have an everlasting hope. A new seed was planted, imperishable, and incorruptible; everlasting. And it grows to this day, that we might become part of it In John 15: 5 Jesus says: "I am the vine; you are the branches.” We can become part of an everlasting vine. All we have to do is become a branch, and produce fruit. A thing so easy, the Jews don’t believe it, So simple the world doesn’t understand it, So daunting, we don’t live it. But as Jesus was resurrected from the grave, So we can be resurrected from this life, Because of Easter day.

Chriss, Take comfort in knowing that people you have never met are praying for you. Your loss is Heavens gain. You are loved.......