ZOMG LOL
Health officials in Vancouver have already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes and officials at the Games. That’s about 14 condoms per person. But as of Wednesday, those supplies started running dangerously low.
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[Insert Snarky, Sexually Loaded Comment Here]
3oh!3 is a fixture on my gym iPod. “Want” never ceases to get me pumped. Anyway, I was checking out their youtube channel and noticed this gem:
It appears the band members are skeet shooting one of their gold records with a bolt action something and an empty M1 Grand (not positive). So mad props for marksmanship or props fail? Come on, you can’t tell me that an over under would have not looked better in that shot.
I am messing with the sidebar right now so if something looks jacked up please ignore.
Shooting out the staples holding up the target!
I made few tweaks to my Ruger 10/22 and took it to the range. Once zeroed it was on fire. I got bored with hitting the X over and over so I removed the paper from the stand by shooting out the staples. That is gratifying!
The guy who went with my was not having as much fun. He was given a 10/22 for Christmas by his dad (Sounds like he is about 12 but he is actually 26). He had a crazy jam. Look at the picture bellow, you see the black pointy part on the upper right. This is a piece that is capable or rotating back if assembled improperly. Its purpose is to kick the brass out of the gun as the extractor pulls it back.
Basically his was rotated back and got jammed between the bolt and hammer, completely locking the gun. Lesson learned: always bring a screw driver to the range.
He also had a poor scope. On the up shot his 10/22 is the old style that actually has a good trigger, its really heavy but has a nice crisp break. I advised him not to change it.
All this 22 business got me to finally finish part 4 of my 10/22 transformation series.
Two final notes: 1) If you have plastic lipped mags, THROW THEM OUT. They are jam magnets I have never seen one work consistently. 2) Slathering you 10/22 in FP-10 works magic.
Last weekend I bought a Benchmade Griptilian with a tanto blade. I will write a review but I am currently busy. So why post this? Because I do not want to forget. And if I do this I will feel pressured to come back.
Just for fun here are a few thinks I have been amused by. Thank you Interwebz.
Politics Accomplished:
I am sure everyone has seen this. You really have to admire the pure geniusness of it.
Via Flowing Data (and everywhere else)
Online Dating by the Numbers:
I have some friends that do online dating. Some are more sane than others ie meet.com vs Craigs List. Anyway, ever wonder what the best profile photo is? This can probably help out:
Leaves me wondering if this can be directly applied to advertising.
Data Visulization:
If a good infographic does not get your palms sweaty and your heart racing you need to get off the interwebz.
Via Flowing Data
Via Flowing Data again.
If you can’t tell I really like looking though the stuff on Flowing Data.
Ok so 511 actually calls them Covert Khakis but I think I could come up with come better ones:
I have wondered for a long time, why is it that I go out adventuring on the weekends, demanding the highest performance from my gear. Then I show up on Monday and I am rocking cotton pants that have not changed since the stone age. These pants give me hope that some company gets it. All I have to say is: Please make me more!
What I like
First of all these really feel great. These are probably the first of my “work” pants that I would consider wearing on the weekends. They have a flat front that looks great and is magical with you check out the pocket on these. There is SO much room!
The zippered pocket in pocket design in really cool. I can stash my pocket knife in one of the “mag pouches” zip the zipper and no-one knows it there. The inner zipped pocket is about the same size as the main pocket. Got something you need to keep secure with rounded edges that like to work its way out (pens or iPhones maybe), the zippered pockets solve that problem.
These things are sturdy. I have no doubt that I will be wearing these for a while. I tend to churn and burn work pants. Unlike my other these feel solid.
I would love to know what 511 was thinking about this:
What Could Be Improved:
Its a nice day here in the Portland Vancouver area. The sun is shining and the wind is blowing hard out of the Gorge. Its a great temp but I am hot. These pants are hot. The outside layer is a great thickness and feels really durable but the large pocket system stacks up the insulation. If I were 511 I would consider making some of the middle layers a lycra type material that does not get as warm. Basically I would try and trim weight and insulative layers wherever possible, without loosing durability. Additionally, can we get fancy with the outer layer?
The “magazine pockets” on these are curious. They bairly accommodate my pocket knife in diameter but they are deep. If you had a hi-cap .380 they might work great. I would re-engineer them slightly to better fit a knife or small flashlight and some pens.
The cargo pockets are cool but I am not so sure they are useful. That might be a place to remove material for a summer version of the pants.
One final comment, where is my iPhone pocket? How about a little pocket inside the left front pocket?
Remember this section is “things that could be improved” not “things that are wrong”. There is nothing wrong, these are pretty dam cool.
Overall:
These kick ass and the price is right. I bought mine for $17 bucks and pair but in retrospect they would be worth spending the full retail $50.
Someone on the local news suggested combining skeet shooting and ski jumping and adding it to the olympics. I agree.
- Oakley Sun Glasses
- Keys on handy carabiner
- Small Surefire flashlight
- iPhone
- Benchmade Knife
- Fisher Space Pen
- Chapstick
Note: No gun. This is what I take to the office.
Further note: I am way behind the times doing this. Note the camera that is usually in my pocket is in the picture.
