Self Defense Shooting? Expect bad
after action situations
Even elderly residents in 2nd Amendment friendly Wyoming aren’t immune from heavy handed police and prosecutors.
This one is for LL, Virtual
Mirage, who likes to poke the bear
He now has three ladies in our building offering to host him while I exercise at the recreation center. One makes him homemade dog treats. Four ladies and one gentleman routinely provide him with treats. One scatters treats along the 3rd floor hall for him to find.
The Fall Tour details have been released. Many in the Central Time Zone will have an opportunity to see and/or visit the largest operating steam engine in North America. Emphasis on “operating”.
Something that annoys me for no good reason is people who call the Big Boys “the world’s largest, blah, blah, blah”. They are among the largest ever built and, arguably, the most successful for their intended purpose. They are not the largest in North America and the rest of the world.
They were designed to haul large trains from Cheyenne to Ogden and back. Westbound from Cheyenne they need to climb from 6,000’ ASL at Cheyenne to 8,000’ ASL in approximately 30 miles over Sherman Summit then operate at high speed (by the standards of the day) across Wyoming to Evanston.
From Ogden at 4,300’ ASL to Evanston at 6,750’ASL they needed to navigate two narrow canyons for about 70 miles. They were purpose built for the curves on the route they ran and were not suited for other railroads. ALCO built other large steam engines for other railroads whose needs were different.
Interstate 84 runs beside the UP tracks from Ogden to Evanston.
Wyoming has vast quantities of coal and the Union Pacific owns a lot of the deposits. At one time they used coal to power turbine engines. These proved to be high maintenance and were so loud you could hear one many miles away.
Economy + Voting
Every day the “news” has stories of restaurant chains going out of business or drastically scaling back. Banks closing branches. Pharmacies closing or scaling back. Household names like Avon going out of business. Southwest Airlines pulling out of smaller markets. The bad news goes on and on. COVID hangover is usually cited by the American Mainstream Maggots (h/t BZ). Certainly the reckless Biden Administration and Congressional (P)regressives aren’t at fault, right?
Question. All the employees, franchise owners, and others affected will still vote Democrat, if they bother to vote at all, right?
Question for Virtual Mirage
Will the financial structure under Harris/Walz 4th Obama term be able to fund construction of reeducation camps? Will dogs be allowed? Are we doomed to exist in military surplus tents ala Joe Arpaio? Will we be forced to live with the current horde of “unhoused”?
For everyone else, think it can’t happen?
Starting in mid May I started and exercise and diet program to drop weight and increase mobility. Result? Gained weight. My mind says go, the 80 year old carcass it inhabits is saying, “fuck you, I’m retired”. With all that I’m not giving up but am rethinking my approach. For this week at least, I’m giving the carcass a rest.
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Another epic Wyoming drunk driver
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A nearly one hour You Tube video that lays out inconvenient facts about climate change.
Enough stirring. As always, YMMV
11 comments:
Well, he is indeed a good boy. The best. The two of you have been a great team. We've talked about getting another dog, but until they invent one that doesn't poop, we're going to hold off.
The flower meme is very funny. We no longer have any firearms, there was that terrible boating accident where all of them fell off the boat, sad, sad day. I *told* my hubby that we needed to fit them all with life jackets. Now he knows to listen to me.
If they can find the right spot, magnet fisher persons can collect an armory for free.
Banner is a two bagger.
He's a good boi and keeps you out of trouble! Re Big Boy, yes, they were specifically designed for what they needed to do, and did it well! Thankfully, we can still enjoy them!
Salina and Wilson, Kansas are well within striking distance, and you can depend on me for an after-action report when 4014 comes through.
You won't be disappointed. The logistics are a story into themselves. As an example, contracting with local fire departments to bring water to the tender.
WSF, there's a lot going on here, no doubt about it.
1. I like the way you shot the Fed and turned it into a flower. Good work and consonant with current doctrine.
2. STEAM. Moar, please.
3. Dogs are awesome, mostly.
Cheers
STEAM. #4014 departs Cheyenne for the Fall tour at 0900 8/29. I will be somewhere along the track and have pictures. 0900 is the "published" time. It will leave when it leaves.
Saw 4014 from atop the pedestrian overpass in Hershey, Nebraska (not far west of North Platte) last year and I was most certainly N-O-T disappoint! My idiot cousin was gonna be within striking range of seeing it on its return trip and she said, so what, it's just another train and now you know why she's best described as my idiot cousin.
Counting the number of onlookers as 4014 passes is impossible. My guess is in the tens of thousands. Idiot cousins? I have two that think Biden is doing a good job. After all, he has had to fix Trump's blunders.
Allona and I went Atkins and lost 8 pounds the first week. After that week I'd have killed for a helping of mashed potatoes. How serious/disciplined are you?
4014 will pass within 80 miles of us this time.
And I WILL NOT miss it this year.
I'm more of a won't power than will power type. Example, quit a two carton a month cigarette habit cold turkey. As I've aged, my body has become much, way much, slower to respond.
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