NotActuallyALonghorn

The Minie Ball was invented in 1847, but didn't really come into use here until about the time of the Civil War. It was apparently used in the Crimean War a decade earlier, but we don't really get into wars like that in our education system. Buy, yeah, I would put the Minie Ball down as one of those developments that had a huge impact. While it was a pretty short lived innovation due to the subsequent development of the metallic cartridge, it proved that rifled weapons had an important place on the battlefield compared to smooth bored muskets. As far as the American Revolution is concerned, the rifle was more of a niche weapon. It absolutely made a difference due to colonial sharp shooters and such, but muzzleloading rifles are slow to reload and not much use in the frontlines of battles as they were fought at the time. They are a blast to shoot and hunt with however. These days I find myself more and more wanting to hunt with my flintlock rifle and decked out in historically accurate clothes and stuff just because I'm a weirdo who likes to get back to my roots and do things the way my ancestors did things when they settled Mexican Texas.

A couple weeks ago we had a crane rigger or somesuch get crushed by a load. Rumor mill says that the first limit switch at the top of the crane was bypassed (I can understandthe frustration, because the cable probably catches the limit switch all the time while lifting a load, but that's kind of a critical safety feature), and the second one failed or was bypassed as well and the hook was pulled up over the tip of the crane and allowed to load to just fall. Poor guy happened to be in it's path (line of fire failure, but I don't do crane stuff, so I'm not sure if it was avoidable). He was in his late 20's and a single dad to two kids. I increased my life insurance during our annual enrollment the other day. It might not be such a terrible way to die for the guy who was killed, but to leave behind two kids at that age in an accident like that that was entirely avoidable I think counts.

They were probably pissed that they didn't have any way to sample any tissues left over for illegal drugs or alcohol so they could try and blame that.

Two ain't that bad for a weekend or so. Add a third and things are like that worst timeline gif from community. My wife stays home with a 6 (just started school, so a bit of a break, but she has to be out of the house pretty early with all of them), 3, and 1.5 year old. I think I could handle it for like a week.

If the Democrats had a candidate in Texas who, when asked about whether civilians should own AR-15's who then replied that his personal hunting rifle was an AR-15 chambered in 300 blackout, but he wished magpul made a FDE five or ten round magazine because a thirty round magazine is a bit bulky for chasing deer it would definitely get the attention of a lot of Republican voters, and in a good way. Instead, we get to hear about how Republicans pushed gun control back in the day to suppress black people (and it was successful) in one breath while pushing those same types of policies in the other breath while claiming its not racist if they do it.

Yes?

That's some WWI type stuff.

Yeah, and there was a good bit of meat that came off with he skin as well.

How many kids we talking about?

At a facility like that they probably have some sort of compressed gas. Just gotta stab some tubing into their belly and turn it on. Flex seal the hole and your good to go.

Tie together a bunch of those rubber shoes? Reminds me of this:

2018 - Beto loses to Ted Cruz, who nobody admits to liking by about 5% 2020 - Beto says he is coming for your guns 2022 - Beto says, well I really didn't mean it like that...and loses by about 10% to a candidate nobody admits to liking.

That may be the most Star Wars thing in this series.

I mean, I would still take it. I'm just saying it's kinda crazy how disingenuous the number they advertise is.

Regarding Arkansas: https://mjbizdaily.com/arkansas-voters-look-set-to-reject-recreational-cannabis-legalization/

People tend to not trust people who continually claim to change their views, and his campaign website still says this: Walking back his gonna take them away comment but still putting that in his campaign website wasn't going to gain him any trust.

If you think what I said is political you need to get your head examined.

Toss some bodark on the fire. That stuff burn hot.

El Paso also has world class bouldering and there are probably plenty of areas close by for sport and trad climbing if you are into that or think it might be something you might like to take up.

The way this show is able to keep your attention and wrench up the tension with very little action is masterful. It reminds me of early seasons of GOT.

They could have ended it at the point where they all swam off and it would have been the best episode so far, but they were like, but wait! There's more!

So it's like wet caliche combined with black gumbo clay combined with quicksand?

It's still pretty crazy that if you win a nearly two billion dollar jackpot and take the cash option that you will only get about a quarter of that number after you are done paying taxes and all.

That Tom Clancy video posted upthread was a pretty good watch. Having only read his books, I would have never guessed he was such a good engaging speaker. I would have thought his talks would be less humorous and full of dry technical details that only hard-core nerds would appreciate.

More like a runaway truck ramp.