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UPDATE: 1/16 “Dirt People” Blog
The land grab is dead, for now. We all know another, disguised, attempted is down the road.
Sane, Rational ‘Assault Rifle’ Definition
Many legal actions are moving around the Federal Courts. Some may eventually be taken up by the Supreme Court. A good report on their status is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj_-xSmU1yo&ab_channel=WashingtonGunLaw
Thankfully President Trump kept p.o.s Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court and appointed some 500 Federal Judges.
“Gun” Control. In the fall of 1963, kindly Corporal Arnold taught us, unless referring to a shotgun, firearm, or weapon, rifle was the only acceptable word. For those who never went through military basic training, or those who have forgotten, this may make things clear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f16XSB2cORg&ab_channel=ElsaAnnaArendelle
Old Dog – New Tricks
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Rep. Lauren Boebert Drama continued
Oh Shit! Colorado (P)regressives proposing “Common Sense” voting changes
Yawn. Another productive citizen
killed by an illegal immigrant.
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The perp made the mistake of committing his crime in Weld County. Notwithstanding the person who died was a correctional officer, Weld County is a FAFO county.
Sick Humor
Used Cars, the Movie
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I think that that NEW Anti-Semitic Stooge of Shaw's Joe "Truth 101" Kelly , gets a kick out of saying that "Poor Maga Jewish dude
Wind chill is real chill and negative 30 is 62 degrees of frost. In other words, lethal if something goes sideways. I learnt that real good playing army for Unkle Sammy in Alaska. I know you know this, WSF, and respect it. Nevertheless, not everyone does, just sayin'.
Here is a Jack London story about a boy and his dog who got caught out in very low temperatures. London lived that life, and I've often wondered if there wasn't a personal incident that inspired him to write this. We were out walking around with rifles one time at 63 below. I could feel the radius of my attention span slowly shrinking and could see others going away as well. The L-T said, that's enough and we went back to the tents and fired up the Yukon stoves. Later I remembered this story from high skool and recognized the process all too well.
https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/to-build-a-fire.pdf
W.W.W
The local Boy Scout troop in Steamboat had an overnight winter survival hike every year. We would dig out snow caves and spend the night.
From the time I was a child the family emphasis was on being safe in cold weather. Money was usually short but we always had boots, long johns, coats, mittens, etc. To this day I rarely let my gas gauge go below 1/2.
I'm sure you have memories of troops from warm climates having problems with the cold. I remember a Hawaiian who nearly collapsed walking guard at Campo Pond in Germany.
Yes, I remember that collapsing phenomenon quite well. It was all about attitude and the will to persevere. The Cajuns and Southern country boys seemed to thrive in Alaska. One lad from northern Minnesota felt quite at home, you never saw him skulking about the barracks on weekends. City boys were hit and miss, Caribbean islanders mostly miss. One of the best guys I had was deep inner city, he went at it like he was killing snakes.
The thing that screwed with lots of people was going from near 24-hours of daylight in the summer to a few short hours in winter. We had a city boy from someplace back east couldn't handle it and went nuts, became paranoid and then withdrew into himself, almost catatonic, and had to be medivaced back to the lower 48. Hard on wives stuck in quarters all day, with or without screaming kids, not conducive to maintaining a marriage. Several failed. Alaska was considered an overseas assignment, and we got a few bucks extra for that, but it wasn't enough to make things right for the married folks in my opinion. The goddam army should have worked harder on all that. There's a shocker, I know.
Great respect here for Cajuns. When I see a pickup with Louisiana plates out in the patch I never worry about them on icy roads.
Army dependents. I agree with you. Cold War era Gelnhausen, Germany had a large Army Kaserene and many civilian dependents about 20 minutes in a tank from the East German border. Stupid!
50°12'02.23"N 9°11'08.92"E
Service wives, IMO, deserve as much credit as their husbands for serving the country.
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