Canuck223

In Canada, we can often short cut the BS. When calling customer support where the user has the option of speaking French, we select it. The call center will be in Montreal, and all the operators tend to speak English as well as French. Possibly the same might be true if you have the option of choosing Spanish?? Now when it comes to Telemarketers from India, who are hired to circumvent our Do Not Call List regulations, my solution is simple. Since I can't make the calls disappear, I ask the operator for a good recipe for Chicken Vindaloo or for a Tandoori marinade recipe.

Part of life is learning to identify the fragile, vain, and drama queens among us, and limiting your exposure to them. Some folks just seem to live for the big story or event, and I choose not to be that topic of conversation.

Each competition is freestanding, so while I can get feedback on how I did and where I fell short, I will have to wait for someone to die or retire to try again.

At the end of the day, I stopped in to visit my boss, who was one of the managers doing the interview, for a post mortum.

A perfect storm hit Dave this week. I aced an exam last Wednesday, beating out 26 other applicants to secure one of four interview spots for a promotion. It's the same job I have now, but at a bigger plant. It pays more, and is far more supervision than physical work. It's also the stepping stone to management. Last Saturday I came down with a nasty head cold. I figured no worries, I'll be over it before the interview. Well almost.... The two nights prior to the interview, my daughter was up sick. Unfortunately, it was also while my wife was working midnights. In a perfect world, I could have just taken the morning off to chill out, study and review past interview questions, and compose myself. Unfortunately, it was not to be. I just had to be into work for the morning, as leaving them shorthanded would have just been wrong. I've done three interviews with the one manager, and get along quite well with the second. The third involved in the interview I'd never met before. I was tired, nervous, and failed to stop long enough to compose my answer before opening my cake hole to speak. I forgot the cardinal rule on several occations. Just because you know that they know, tell them anyway. I was up against three other good candidates, so not getting the job is no shame. However, I do hate that my performance was so bloody poor on this day.

I would say it depends greatly on the situation. If it's a bump fire off the shoulder, with his sights on the target and all rounds in or bloody close to the target, he might be ok.

Try being a 41 year old adult with a kid newly diagnosed with ADHD combined type. Imagine going through the interview with the specialist and recounting your own childhood learning experinces. Visualize looking at the descriptions and definitions, and realizing that one describes you down to your socks. Then imagine trying to discuss this with a family practice doctor who figures if you're not a complete f*#k up in adulthood, you don't need help.

Toss in a ladder stage, with a Cooper Tunnel, ending in a Rhodesian Wall.

Plated bullets can work exceptionally well if they are built by people who care. They can also be craptacular. In particular, the swaged core versions are soft as heck, and the plating doesn't hold up under much pressure. The plating can be thin, and any crimping tends to create a stress riser in that plating. It tends to then peel off irregularly when fired, causing wicked flyers. Plating thickness is a function of ambient temperature, plating solution temperature, and time in process. Vary any of those factors, and all bets are off. Plating thickness can vary, so the best plated bullets are deliberately designed to come out of the plating solution a little fat, then are swaged again to final size. I could see trying plated bullets out of a .30 Carbine, but i wouldn't waste my time with .223 Rem

We were expecting a hefty refund this year, so it wasn't surprise when the accountant told us the total back in Feb. Early this week, we got a letter from CRA telling us they were reviewing two items from my wifes claim. The one item was a home renovation credit, but we were safe as we had every reciept ready to go. No worrys. The second item was a puzzler. We had a massive charitable donation listed, but only reciepts for $100. I remembered the $100, but the remaining total was a mystery. I e-mailed our accountant for a clarification, and she replied that it was listed on my wifes tax record from work in box X. I looked, and box X was blank, but the box right beside it was the figure I was looking for...... Now we have to file an amendment, and hope like hell that they will not assign a penalty or back interest. Of course there is the minor matter of repaying several thousand dollars we don't seem to have right now. Yay!

I can get a whole 5 gallon pail sorted for a pack of Pokemon cards, and during the process, the slave labour is in the basement, not pestering me for the TV remote.

So a co-worker shared a story that put a smile on my face. She and her hubby bought a town house a few years ago. In case the terms differ across the continent, a town home is an individual unit in a row of houses, usually 4-6 in a row. Generally a pair of homes share a driveway. As she was leaving the house for work, her new neighbour was standing in the driveway, fretting. He was a renter, and the landlord had been over the weekend before renovating the basement. He looked at my friend and asked her if her hot water was on............................. She said "Pardon?", and he again asked if her hot water was turned on. She questioned if his water was turned on, and he explained that his water was fine, but the hot water was shut off.... She asked if his hot water tank was working, and he explained that the Town supplied the hot water, and the tank just kept it insulated.... She said she'd check, and went back into the house to laugh and tell her husband about the douche next door. She composed herself and went back out, informing him that there hot water was fine. The neighbour started cursing and was heading back into the house to call the Town and rip a strip off of them for cutting off his hot water. She found out later from another tenant that the brain trust hired to renovate the basement had tied into the supply line for the hot water tanks electrical feed, and when the lights were off in one room, so was the hot water tank.

I got the chance to test drive a GSG 1911 today. Yes, the trigger could use some cleaning up, but as it appears to be stock 1911 parts, it should be simple.

It's possible it's the connecting arm flopping from side to side.

So having been around both, is there one that stands out above the other? Mostly looking at a reliability standpoint. the gsg standsout for being more like a true 1911 than the chippa the gsg just looks and feels better and you can change out most of the parts to match any other 1911 you have and ours have been super rieliable and run with ever variety of ammo we have tried Just curious, but the gun looks good. My concern is the trigger. How's the origional, and will standard 1911 replacement parts fit?

I got Garamycin drops, but question how effective they are. From what I've read, there are three possible causes. Allergin, bacteria, and virus. The Garamycin only works for the bacterial. Regardless of treatment, the time to recovery doesn't drop.

So last Friday I tossed back a Claritin and headed over to an old friends elderly cat owning parents. I'm helping him clean out his gun collection, and needed to package two rifles and get them in the mail. As predicted, late Satuday evening I started to have a mild reaction to the cat dander I'd been exposed to the day before. The Claritin was wearing off, but as I'd showered twice and changed clothes, I figured it was just a minor inconvienience. Sunday morning, I had to wake the kids early and pick up my wife from her overnight shift. We were taking the kids up for a week at my parents cottage, but I was returning the next day. I woke up that morning with a right eye full of goo. Still figuring it's allergic reaction,I popped a Claritin and washed it out really well before hitting the shower. Through the day,it just continued to sting. Needless to say, I hit the clinic when I got home. It's now 5 days later, and the right eye is barely better. Unfortunately, it seems I wasn't as careful as I thought, and the left is also infected. Taking time off work wasn't an option. Fortunately I could limit my interaction with most people, as I currently scare little children, and make wannabe Zombie Hunters anxious. Yay me.

Even the Canadian distributor only seems to import sporaticly. With the Tanfoglio guns on the market, there isn't a huge demand.

I set up my press to simply size/deprime, and primer pocket swage, and pre-process all my brass. With brass that I know is now proven, I set up my press to pre-prime only. I load up the primer magazine, and load up the magazine on the RF-100, then throw the switch on the autodrive. When the primer alarm goes off, I've got a fresh magazine ready to fill it. Then the magazine goes back into the RF-100 and another 100 primers is tossed in. If you're OCD and you know it, wash your hands......

AL503 describes the process of checking shellplate tension perfectly. While it needs to be as tight as possible, it can't be at the cost of impaired function. The shellplate should be indexed properly before the toolhead index pins hit thier holes, but a little movement of the shellplate as they enter is normal. However, it is possible to have the toolhead torqued a bit askue, resulting in the indexing pins hitting the edge of the hole constantly. Just run the toolhead all the way down, loosen the nut, and retighten after centering it. I also assume that the indexing ball has been checked and it isn't sticking? Since our origional suggestions have not helped, how does the shellplate look. There should be a slight bevel at the opening to each slot. I seem to recall hearing about one slightly defective batch with an insufficient bevel. (??? Anyone???)

Fortunately, I was just making practice ammo, but I finally had a whoops. I noticed 700 rounds into a case of bullets that the failsafe rods wing nut had backed up a little bit. Instead of a crush fit against the spring, the failsafe rod wasn't pulling the powder bar back fully. It was stopping 1/16-1/8th inch short.

Is the shellplate clean and properly lubed and tightened? Does the shellplate index properly without brass? As in does it come to rest in the proper position,or does it rely on the toolheads indexing pins to cam it into final position? Are you allowing the toolhead to race up, or is your speed relatively constant? Is the casefeeder shuttle the right size, or are you possibly using the large for a medium or small case?

Ah, Stage 3 has mad skills,but it looks like my memory isn't that bad. The key thing for me is that we do encourage all to come out and play. The truth is folks with a physical limitation will never win a match, but we still want everyone to come out and play. I'm also heavier than I should be, and as a result my knees are not as good as they should be. IPSC is a semi physical sport, and being able to run, stop, jump etc will always be a factor in the end results. However, the sport is a shooting sport at it's heart, and on the whole the courses of fire need to reflect shooting problems to be solved, not steeplechases.

Unless the USPSA rulebook have varied from the IPSC rulebook on this point, memory suggests the maximum penalty is 20% of the total points for the stage, or a lesser penalty if the match director feels the accomodation isn't that great an advantage. The key points if I remember correctly is the request for an accomodation must be presented to the MD, and approved prior to shooting the stage. This is an individual request, and not a blanket exemption for all who magicly develop a sore knee/back, etc. The range RO/CRO will probably be the first person asked about an accomodation, but they really need to keep thier mouths shut and consult with the MD prior to offering an oppinion.

The STI GP6 will almost always cause the slide to go into battery if you insert the magazine with the force most IPSC shooter use in a reload. Mine does it 100% of the time, as did it's predecesor, the GP K100. On this gun, it was a design feature, and the origional manufacturer will cut the slide detents deeper on request to delete this feature.