What better way to spend 2 hours? – Thirty one Mercury label Brook Benton 45’s from 1959 – 1964 – Oh Hell Yes!
( how many of these do YOU remember?? )
Enjoy!
And a live performance from 1982 – his 1970 hit . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
And a BONUS just for YOU! ( our resident Tony Joe White fan ) – the rest of all y’all can enjoy this as well – LOL!
Out of my “stuff I run across” pile – this is close to being the strangest!
I believe this one is still the strangest . . .
Which one of the two is YOUR favorite? ( that’s a rhetorical question folks . . . )
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Oh My – look what showed up on my porch from Amazonia . . .
In it’s very own hard case – way cool . . .
I have a feeling there is quite a learning curve with this one . . .
Literature – charging cable – soft case . . .
But no battery included – Wait – What? No battery?
Some strange twist in chinaland shipping/export laws QODOSEN went with no battery – and of course they are 18650 “button top” not flat tops – ordered 2 and a charger – and how about a real run with it when I get the batteries? Looking forward to putting it and several others through their paces.
A review from todderbert . . .
And one from the SWL Channel . . .
But wait – there’s more!
Have I got some news for you – if the creek don’t rise – I hope to get my antenna set-up together this weekend. Yes – I know – it has been forever gathering all the kibbles and bits – but I have pretty much everything in place and should start building out the mast tomorrow – Oh Boy! Fingers crossed for completion on Sunday . . .
The mounting plate for the entry box – top lightning/surge protector is for the rotator control cable – left side bottom is a power pass lightning/surge protector for the loop antenna – bottom right is a lightning/surge protector for the long wire . . .
This next pic shows the #14 solid copper in place – #6 solid copper will go from the top lug on the ground strip to the inside of the house – a #6 solid copper will go from the bottom lug of the strip to an 8′ copper ground rod – then #6 solid will go from there to the 8′ ground rod ( about a 35′ run ) at the base of the mast – then a #6 solid copper will go up the mast and ground the rotator and loop antenna and the ground side of the 9:1 Unun – the long wire will run app. 58 ft from the positive side to an insulator then out to an insulator tied off to a tree . . . and yes I spent the money for UV resistant paracord to tie off with – LOL!
If my neighbor and his schedule hold together – the first leg of the long wire antenna will go up at the same time. I will get some pics of the mast as I get everything mounted and try to get them posted tomorrow or Friday – the biggest/deepest breath was 100′ of #6 solid copper wire – thrilling is what IT was . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
More Sleepcore? Of course! – Enjoy . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Some more Sleepcore for you – Enjoy!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
That’s how it’s being spelled – it’s interesting simply because the times were strange – and then you realize you are NOW living in Bizarro World . . .
Enjoy!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Good stuff from “Golden Radio Hour” – Enjoy!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
So you planted them little darlings – nursed them along – and now it pays off! Salsa is so easy and so good – there are about a zillion or so videos on YouTube – and when you realize there is no right or wrong way to do it – you’re getting there.
The fun part is you can make your salsa for your taste – tomatoes / peppers – hot? – mild? – in between? – cater to your preference / some onion – yellow – white – vidalia – again your choice / some cilantro / lime juice – lemon juice – or both! / salt – pepper – garlic powder or fresh – or both . . . YOU are catering to YOUR tastes . . .
Into the food processor and away you go . . .
Ever had salsa soup?? Just take that big bowl of salsa out of the fridge – a ladle or two in a bowl – some chopped veggies – Shazzam! – Really good cold soup to make a simple sandwich at lunch special!
Your “soup” additions are only limited by your imagination – apple slices – oranges – peaches are in season right now – just about any fruit or veggie you can think works – the cold soup thing is pretty good!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Good stuff here folks – Enjoy!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
How does all that spring and all those rounds fit? Smoke and mirrors – That’s How! Not really – it’s done through 3 basic things – spring nesting – spring coiling – and lastly but most importantly – advances in metallurgy . . .
In the last 25 years or so the double or stagger stack magazine has really became the standard for auto loading pistols – pretty much across the board for 9mm.
About the only single stack magazines that are still out there are in 1911’s – and yes I know that there are exceptions – but we are talking in general terms here for the sake of keeping this post focused . . .
I was trying to think of how to illustrate where the spring and all those rounds went in the S&W magazines from a few posts back – there is no way I was going to get a pencil and a piece of paper out and literally illustrate it since my drawing skills are only exceeded by my camera skills – or possibly by my typing skills . . .
Then I remembered I had bought some translucent ETS magazines awhile back so I started pawing through my boxes of loaded magazines and found some of them – so here we go . . .
These are 15 round magazines designed to fit a Glock Brand Glock G19 – the left one is obviously empty – the one on the right has 5 rounds in it . . .
The one on the right with 10 rounds – look at the top three coils – next picture shows whats happening a little better – the magazine bodies are translucent – not transparent . . .
As the number of rounds go from 10 to 15 the top 3 coils compress completely and then ride forward and “nest” into the bottom coils . . .
I played with the lighting on this last picture for a little bit – it’s about the best I can do with what I’ve got – but – it gives you a fair idea of what is going on inside the magazine body . . .
Now you realize these have been loaded for plus or minus 18 months – with no set or weakness occurring – the capability of the bending technology has been around just about forever – and now it’s been automated – and now finally the metallurgy of the actual wire has grown up over the last 20 years or so to where the point of failure becomes more of a dirt/moisture thing than actual failure of the spring itself.
Hopefully this will help you understand and appreciate that little machine that you are using all the time and never even thinking about it with your auto loading pistol . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
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