Accurate " Production Revolver ", 38/357 cal.

[CZ93X62]

Kids get a "Pass", at least until age 18. It's on the parents to tune the kids' perceptions of the Real World, but even a complete fool can be a stellar example of what NOT TO BE/DO. Several adult relatives of mine prompted me along in that manner when I was young.

 

[Bret4207]

My son's wouldn't be here today most likely if natural selection had run its course . The younger boy had a 50/50 with an unknown infection and a fever of 104 for a week . Then came the nose bleed they fought for an hour in the hospital .
The oldest boy was a footling breech 6 weeks early that sucked up a load of delivery water and collapsed a lung .

I dunno about anyone else, but that wasn't the type of natural selection I was alluding to. I was thinking more along the lines of the, "Hold my beer and watch this!" type of thing. I've done a few of those stunts myself, and I wasn't even drinking at the time! The bruises, broken bones, stiches, etc weren't life threatening but I figured the problem out nonetheless.

 

[L Ross]

I loathe warning labels, just despise them. They make me think of product liability lawyers who I also dislike, intensely. Lawyers ruined plastic grocery bags, as they now have holes in to prevent urchins from suffocating, but causing them to leak when I put something wet in them, like fish. The list of things with warning labels on them is far too lengthy to event attempt to enumerate. The most aggravating part of the warnings are the expense they cost us, passed on to the consumer by the manufacturer, and NO ONE READS THEM! Owners manuals, with the first eleventy seven pages with warnings in three languages.

I was delighted to buy that old Reading Instrument eared sinker mould. Cast iron, American made and not a single stupid warning about it being hot, nor the idiotic California Proposition 65 cancer warning I see every where. The Cali 65 warning is an absolute hair trigger for me.

I have to go find something to kick now. On the other hand, a nearly full golden moon is about to slide behind a western hill and is beautiful.

 

[Brad]

One should not get in the way of natural selection unless it’s family or friends.

Define family.

To me that is my wife and daughter. Cousins, etc are relatives, not family.

That said, some should let natural selection be involved with relatives as well. Every idiot has some family.

 

[Glaciers]

Define family.

To me that is my wife and daughter. Cousins, etc are relatives, not family.

That said, some should let natural selection be involved with relatives as well. Every idiot has some family.

Well said.
I would extend family to grandkids as I suspect you will at some point. That’s the first boundary. There’s a second boundary for more distant relatives, but that wall Isn’t a complete wall and is certainly shorter.

I have two friends. That definition is “anything goes” to help them and the same would be there for me if I needed help. After that there are people you know or work with, pretty lose on the friends thing. People can call anybody “friend”, but my definition is pretty tight.

I like P&P’s answer in post #100

 

[Glaciers]

I was delighted to buy that old Reading Instrument eared sinker mould. Cast iron, American made and not a single stupid warning about it being hot, nor the idiotic California Proposition 65 cancer warning I see every where. The Cali 65 warning is an absolute hair trigger for me.

The Proposition 65 is on everything, how can that be? Many things I find that one on, can’t possibly cause cancer unless you can swallow that fishing reel or hammer whole, maybe then. Lawyers, a waste of oxygen in my book.

 

[Rockydoc]

Boy, has this thread drifted. From 38/357 production revolvers to Darwinian idiots, etc.
Just say’n.

 

[RBHarter]

I can't imagine how one would get enough lead out of Chrystal glass to be a problem .

I remember when sacrin (sp) was the sweetener of death with every lab animal it touched dieing of cancer . After several other sugar replacements had a solid foot in the door study data dropped anllhe standard 5'8" 140# human would have to drink 8 cases at 24 /12 oz cans of Tab per day .

My favorite movie quote .
Kid , a person is smart and can handle it . People are dumb panicky animals .
I can't think of a greater truth .

 

[462]

Boy, has this thread drifted. From 38/357 production revolvers to Darwinian idiots, etc.
Just say’n.

Attention Deficit Disorder.

I have it, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Hyper Activity Disorder and some other quirks and foibles that haven't been disordered, yet. Oh, and no small amount of rebelism. Fortunately, for me, my school years were many decades before Ritalin became the norm for making zombies and future mass murderers out of perfectly normal and healthy young boys.

 

[Bret4207]

Well said.
I would extend family to grandkids as I suspect you will at some point. That’s the first boundary. There’s a second boundary for more distant relatives, but that wall Isn’t a complete wall and is certainly shorter.

I have two friends. That definition is “anything goes” to help them and the same would be there for me if I needed help. After that there are people you know or work with, pretty lose on the friends thing. People can call anybody “friend”, but my definition is pretty tight.

I like P&P’s answer in post #100

About the same for me. I'll help anyone out. But for friends, I have about 2 and both are in Fla now, I'd do darn near anything but a criminal act. For family, wife and kids/grandkid, the line gets blurry even on that. I told my brother that if his kid needed a kidney or part of my liver, I'd be there in a heartbeat. Otherwise, you leave me alone and I'll leave you alone.

I never got the whole thing where some people have the ability to have multiple close friends. Not part of my skill set, nor my wifes.

 

[Bret4207]

I can't imagine how one would get enough lead out of Chrystal glass to be a problem .

I remember when sacrin (sp) was the sweetener of death with every lab animal it touched dieing of cancer . After several other sugar replacements had a solid foot in the door study data dropped anllhe standard 5'8" 140# human would have to drink 8 cases at 24 /12 oz cans of Tab per day .

My favorite movie quote .
Kid , a person is smart and can handle it . People are dumb panicky animals .
I can't think of a greater truth .

DDT is same type of thing. That one was 100% political and it was admitted at the time, but that was kept quiet. I just found out about that a couple years back. No evidence that Eagle eggs were getting thinner because of DDT, but boy it sure sold like hotcakes. No, you shouldn't drink it, but the benefits in malarial areas are tremendous.

 

[Bret4207]

Attention Deficit Disorder.

I have it, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Hyper Activity Disorder and some other quirks and foibles that haven't been disordered, yet. Oh, and no small amount of rebelism. Fortunately, for me, my school years were many decades before Ritalin became the norm for making zombies and future mass murderers out of perfectly normal and healthy young boys.

You should hear my wife get going on the alphabet disorders. She works with a lot of Special Needs kids. She doesn't take crap from them, (or from me!), so the autistic kid no one else can control goes to her room and usually they get the work done. Then the kid goes back to their regular class room and 3 minutes later they go running by her door with 2 aides in hot pursuit!

 

[CZ93X62]

Fiver corrupted the site's initial ambiance in the early years, and proudly asserts his thread-swerving skill set in his signature block. THAT is how you own your trademark.

 

[Outpost75]

I feel the site would be much improved if the mods would prune the off-topic, thread drifting contributions. I find them very annoying.

 

[Rick]

I'll discuss this with Brad and other Mods. I'll agree it sometimes gets out of hand.

 

[Bret4207]

Well, as I was told, "use the ignore button" if serial thread drifters bug you that much. I find thread drift the fun part of this place. What does it matter if the thread drifts anyway? If you aren't interested, move on to something else! I don't want to see this place turn into the CB-L list where everything was tightly controlled and edited.

 

[462]

I once posted that I read threads about topics that don't interest me, solely because I learn about other topics that I do find interesting, through the original threads' drift.

 

[Brad]

This is the hardest part of running the forum.

Where to draw the line. Some want strict, on topic, threads with little drift. Some prefer a more laid back approach where the threads can wander all over.

Hard part is keeping both sides reasonably happy.

I will admit to being prone to some thread drift myself.

I am always open to constructive feedback on how to best handle this.

 

[Edward R Southgate]

Remind me never to against you for money!!!

You would be safe now days . My eyes don't allow for that kind of shooting anymore .

 

[Edward R Southgate]

This is the hardest part of running the forum.

Where to draw the line. Some want strict, on topic, threads with little drift. Some prefer a more laid back approach where the threads can wander all over.

Hard part is keeping both sides reasonably happy.

I will admit to being prone to some thread drift myself.

I am always open to constructive feedback on how to best handle this.

What you have been doing so far suits me fine .