Below are the most recent 18 friends' journal entries.

Monday, December 28th, 2009
turkchief	9:35p	Book review Just finished a delightful little book called "My Tank is Fight!" (Deranged inventions of WW II) by Zack Parsons of "Something Awful" fame. Funny, and there were even a few pieces in there that I hadn't heard of!!!!! A good, quick, entertaining read....... TC Current Mood: amused Current Music: Let My Love open the Door (E.Cola Mix) By pete Townsend (3 Comments |Comment on this)
turkchief	8:48p	It's hard to express..... ....in words the joy, the satisfaction, the lifting of burdensome weight I feel when I get to press that wonderful red button on the work Nex-Tel after being forced to have the accursed thing on since 8AM Wednesday morning without a single break, and watch the screen go black......(ahhhhhhhhhhhh) Busy work day. I am unsatisfied with a repair I did this morning. Stupid Grind master P-400's. We should have NEVER bought the damned things....Used.... from Starbucks no less!!!!!!! Still unsure of my NYE plans. I would VERY MUCH like to go to the thing I have been invited to in NYC, but I feel my wardrobe is insufficient to that task, and so far, NO ONE ELSE seems interested. I hate going to things by myself. I am a gregarious creature, and hate going to social functions without some of my herd roundabout me. It feels as if all my friends are a thousand years old now, and never want to leave the comfort of their homes. I have scheduled an appointment with my GP for tomorrow evening after work. Time to get my BP meds, and ask about my numb left toe. I have also bit the bullet and made an appointment with my Bariatric surgeons office. Time to knuckle under and go for a 2nd fill. Just not loosing weight right now, and my pathetic will power is not up to the task of sticking to a diet..... TC Current Mood: blah Current Music: Matador by Los Fabulous Cadillacs (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
turkchief	9:11p	It's been a busy, sleep deprived, weekend so far.. But productive. Between service calls I have managed to clean up my room very thoroughly, and reorganize or discard a LOT of stuff. I will be bringing about 5 milk crates of stuff to sell to the Winter commons. Been on numerous service calls, which means next weeks pay check will be pretty decent. Was visited by numerous and sundry folks over the 3 days. Laurie, Rigel, Matt and Alison, Weasel, Nello, Rick, and, Larry. Lindas Christmas dinner was delicious, and has provided many yummy leftovers. Christmas didn't suck, even got a few presents. My Saturday errands were pleasant, Bought 2 new OMAAB, ("civil war guerilla tactics", and "armies of the Ottoman Turks", which as I predicted I discovered who It had been loaned to AFTER replacing it). Got a chance to stop at Bensons, pay off the piece I had on hold, (and which I probably won't see for a further 30 days....sigh) and discuss the details of my birthday zombie shoot. I am plotting and scheming about something I would very much like to do for NYE, but no one else seems very enthused about it. I just hate going to things alone......(sigh).....paid bills and did much house and yard work today. Did HUGE amounts of blogging/web surfing over the weekend, and drank oceans of good tea. The head cold is clearing up, but the stupid issue with my toe is still going on. Not enthused at the prospect of work this week, and NYE itself is inventory day.....(sigh).....but at least it's a 4 day week....I'm VERY tired, and will probably turn in early tonight, no new Venture Bros, so no need to stay up til 12:30.....Dear Jah, I hope I don't get and early service call tomorrow.....(I'm still technically on call until 8AM) Not sure what's on the plate non work related this week, remains to be seen I guess..... TC Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: Knock on Wood by TMMBT's (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 26th, 2009
turkchief	10:20a	Hey LJ land..... Did I loan anyone on this page my copy of the Osprey Men at Arms series book "Armies of the Ottoman Turks"? I can't find the damned thing and I need one of the pictures for refference!!!!...TC Current Mood: confused Current Music: Istambul (Not Constantinople) by TMBJ (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, December 25th, 2009
turkchief	9:21p	In lieu of real content...... And this is a USED one.......that's 2-3 months pay........bastards..... http://www.gunsamerica.com//967430232/Guns/Rifles/Double-Rifles/Pedersoli Double_Rifle_45_70.htm?wl=1 Ok, this is just fucking beautiful... http://www.gunsamerica.com//987936244/Guns/Rifles/Military-Misc-RiflesUS /KragJorgenson/KRAG_MANNLICHER_CUSTOM_RIFLE.htm?wl=1 Friends by The Police (the sweetest, kindest, most loving song ever written about cannibalism) Written by Andy Summers I likes to eat my friends And make no bones about it I likes to eat my friends I couldn't do without it Ain't a man or poet, friend I know just how you'll taste Your limbs go sliding down my throat And never go to waste Your death of course, will sadden me Until I grok your essence I know your life was not in vain When digestion is commencing Consider this a celebration And the deepest pact of friends And I hope that you will dine on me When I come to an end Even friends may come to you With a new found revelation But think of it as life renewed And not their termination "To know you is to eat you," Should be the code of lovers Death brings the highest act of love Preserved for one another People say that what you are Is only what you eat And my friends become a part of me Oh it's then that life's complete To know you is to eat you The act of love supreme Each one of us inside himself Can appetise the dream TC Current Mood: awake Current Music: Friends by The Police (Comment on this)
turkchief	7:19p	Jeez.... It's so quiet on LJ, you'd think it was a holiday or something......TC Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Lorcas Novena by The Pogues (3 Comments |Comment on this)
turkchief	8:25a	Well, this is turning into just the bestest Christmas ever.... Got blown out of bed at 4:30AM by a service call. I had only been asleep for 4 hours at that point. I have rarely been so resentful of a call. Anyway, got up, got dressed and was out the door by 5AM. The roads, unsurprisingly, were almost empty. It was kind of creepy actually....got to the account in Rockville center by 5:45AM. Bunn 4/2 twin head brewer. Main power switch for the right side had a loose cover. I applied about 2 ounces of pressure, clicked it back into place, and the switch worked. The customer insists they tried to fix it themselves for the last hour...... yeah........changed the switch just to be on the safe side. Tested all the others. Everything ok. Understand that this is a twin brewer, one side was working fine, but ya know, if BOTH sides weren't working, he was going to get overwhelmed by the hordes of customers he was going to get today.....I can understand this, the "crowds" in the store were terrible while I was there... all 2 people.......I am probably going to get reprimanded for this call on Monday. I was not actually nasty, I was icily polite. But I could not keep the look of utter contempt off my face when I found that the problem was effectively non existent, and I was terse and monosyllabic the entire time I was there. This place is a good account though, so If the owner complains that I wasn't cheerful and enthusiastic, I WILL get chewed out. Let me give you and example of the level of pissed off I am. The owner tried to give me a $20 tip. I left it on the counter. I just didn't want his fucking money. 12/24-12/25 is not a religious holiday for me. I do not celebrate the Christ mass. Solstice is more my speed, but Christmas, the American CULTURAL celebration, is something I observe. I just can't help being pissed off about having to go out on a service call Christmas day.....and the day has barely started yet. Plus, I'm so wired right now that I can't go back to sleep. And If i try and get undressed and relax, I'm paranoid that as soon as I settle in, I'll get another call..... But wait, there is yet another layer. I'm slightly ashamed and embarrassed to be complaining about this at all. I an FULLY aware there are folks who would kill to have ANY job right now, I am FULLY aware that there are other guys just like me out there working. I am FULLY aware that there are a lot of folks in desperate straits who would be deliriously thankful to have even half of what I have. I am FULLY aware that there are folks far away in harms way in bad places fighting to keep HERE from becoming one of THOSE bad places who would LOVE to be back in the world for Christmas, even if it meant working this weekend. So I don't even get the satisfaction of feeling justified in my whining..... TC Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: Fuck Christmas by Fear (2 Comments |Comment on this)
turkchief	1:00a	What a very odd day this has been..... Can't find my Afrin 12 Hour. That means I get to spend all night waking up with a start every half hour or so as my own snot tries to drown me....Merry Christmas, what I got from Santa was a head cold..... I had delicious pork and lentil soup for breakfast....(The stuff is borderline addictive).....went out and did deliveries all day with Black Phil. It was fun. He's a howl. No Christmas party at work as such, but they laid out a breakfast spread of lox, bagels, onions, tomatoes, and assorted cream cheeses....(remember the part where I said I had ALREADY eaten breakfast today?.....(sigh)..... was out until about 2PM. Got back, finally had a bagel. (By that point however, all that was left was everythings, so I kept tasting it for HOURS) Counted out my receipts, and then was informed that yesterdays receipts were off. A customer had beaten me out of 19 dollars. Merry Christmas, give us money. Helped load trucks for a bit, Joe the owner then gathered us around. He was presented with his obligatory Christmas gift....(Which, much to my concern, I WASN'T asked to chip in for)....Then he handed out the Christmas bonuses...(yeah, I got one, but it was.....meh).....and then gave us a speech which was upbeat, unless you know corp. speak. ("Everything was OK for 2009, we're still here, after the first of the year, we'll all have to sit down and "Discuss Changes in the Business model and practices that need to be made").....Everybody was happy, and cheerful about their bonuses, so I guess that line didn't register on anyone else, but it sent a cold chill down MY spine..... Everybody split.... (Gee whiz, a whole 30 minutes early)......and I of course went on weekend cover alert.......stopped at the minority mart for a few things...(I'll be DAMNED If I'm not getting my 1 and only Christmas tradition, Fresh ham with crunchy potatos for X-mas day dinner)....and headed home. I wasn't in the door 10 minutes when HM Linda called for a rode from the train station, so in terribly bad spirits, and feeling very put upon, I headed out and picked her up. Almost thought I had missed her, but managed to make the rendezvous. 2/3rds of the way home I got my first service call of the weekend. Flooded out store, broken waterlines in a Deli up in E. Setauket. Dropped HM Linda off and shot up there. Spent an hour kneeling in freezing water (WITH a head cold)....replacing ancient water lines. Merry Christmas. Got home by 8. had dinner...(MORE lentil soup, bread, and sardines....hey, I'm a Guinea, it's X-mas eve, I GOTTA have SOME fish).....and have spent the remainder of the evening with my nose running watching reruns of Pawn Stars with HM Linda and TOAFCN. Digression No.1: HM Linda, over my very vocal objections, got me an X-mas present anyway. She got me the embroidered sleeve stars for my Commissars uniform.... Digression No.2: As most of you know, I'm almost 45, a little under 400 pounds, have bad circulation, chemically controlled BP, arthritis, kinesthesia in spots, hip joints that pop out sometimes, failing eye sight, and sedentary habits....(Plus, today for some reason, my left big toe keeps going numb) As of right now, White Phil has 3 broken ribs and is a recently diagnosed diabetic, Huseiyn has a bad back, and multiple ulcers, Adam the driver suffered a Grand Mal seizure Tuesday, reason as yet unknown, Don the driver managed to badly injure his shoulder shoveling snow and will be out for another week, Izzy, the water truck driver has been in and out of the hospital with cholesterol issues and gall bladder problems, Mark the manager, has to go if for cortisone shots in his back about every 3 months, Lydia just had double hip replacement surgery, Felix has numerous back and leg problems.........as it stands, remarkable as this is to believe, I'M one of the HEALTHIEST people working for ECP!!!!!!! TC Current Mood: sick (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
turkchief	10:23p	Oh look, Emo boy is whining again.... I think I'm coming down with a cold again / On call all Christmas weekend / Looks like NO Christmas party of ANY kind at work this year / No word on bonuses yet / First "normal" work day all week, but with all the ice and compacted snow, it was still exhausting / My boss Mark has been phenomenally reasonable all week. Waiting for the other shoe to drop / I am a sad, pathetic waste with absolutely no will power, and I'm ashamed of myself / I have NO Christmas spirit this year. I just want all this stupidity over with. / As of right now, unless things change, It looks like I'm not even getting the Christmas day meal I want, so there goes MY only Christmas tradition. / On top of it all, I'm also kind of embarrassed and ashamed to be complaining about this shit when so many of my friends are in situations so much worse than mine....... TC Current Mood: apathetic (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
turkchief	9:44p	It's frustrating some days..... I try really, really hard not to inflict my personal dietary restrictions and foibles on my house mates. I rarely ask them to do things. I have terrible, terrible will power issues where it comes to baked goods. I love cookies, brownies, cakes, things like that. But they are very, very bad for me, and I can't eat just a little bit if it's around. All I ask of my house mates is to not leave things like that on the table....right in front of my face.....It takes a wrenching amount of resolve for me to ignore stuff like that. I'm not asking them not to make them or eat them, just DON'T LEAVE THEN IN FRONT OF ME ON THE TABLE!!!!!.... Does that seem unreasonable?..... Today was another brutalizing day......11 hours door to door......remember the trucks I mentioned having to help load yesterday? Well, Don, one of the drivers decided that with the cold, ice, and snow, it was just too much work to come in today, so I got saddled with delivering his route. On a normal day, I should be able to knock out a 30 stop route in about 6 hours. It took me 11 today......so beat..anything left from yesterday that didn't hurt, hurts today..... Only good thing is I got my vacation days for 2010 approved......I'm good to go for Dex-Con,(Thursday and Friday) Dreamation, (Friday) my Birthday, (A Monday oddly enough) and Pennsic......(8 days I think).... TC Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: White Man in Hammersmith Palais by The Clash (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, December 21st, 2009
turkchief	9:18p	Ouch.....wince....creak.....ouch......wince...creak..... Fuck snow. Fuck it sideways. Suck it's eyeball out and skull fuck it to death. Gathering what I'm getting at yet? Today started with waking up achy and in pain from all of Sundays snow shoveling. Got out the door at my usual time, found to my surprise that the local surface roads were fairly clear. None the less my 9 mile commute to work took me 70 minutes. I still couldn't tell you why there was traffic in the places there were. For Jah sake people, this is New York!!!! It snows EVERY....FUCKING......WINTER (just about)........sigh.......got to work, and discovered to my great "joy" that while we had had the lot plowed, the guy had only cleared a drive way. All the vehicles were plowed in by a 4 foot high berm of snow. I spent 2 hours digging out my work van....by myself.......then helped dig out the dumpsters....then helped move trucks around so the plow guy could come back and plow some more. Then cleared the foot and a half of snow on TOP of my van off and shoveled it up. Then I went out on 3 local deliveries, and then came back....just in time to be pressed into helping load ALL 4 trucks. I hurt. I really, really hurt...... High point of the day was the upside down Jeep on Sunrise highway with the very pissed owner kicking it and cursing a lot..... Did I mention FUCK snow?..... TC Current Mood: sore Current Music: The Likes Of You Again by Flogging Molly (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
turkchief	7:39p	Wheeew...... what a weekend..... I am physically beat. I hurt so much in so many places......I could turn in now...... Saturday: Got up. Got out quick, ran errands, got to the library for my DD Class on time. Unsurprisingly, the class was INTENSELY boring. It began to snow about half way through it, so we all decided to forego the 2 breaks and the lunch break and plow on. We managed to finish just around 3 just in time for the library to announce that it was closing early. Sue, our teacher was very nice, and not a bad speaker at all. The asides and anecdotes from her and the class were far more interesting than the material unsurprisingly. Afters hit a pizza place for a mediocre lunch...( I HATE getting mediocre food on a cheat day, it feels like such a waste)... then headed home. I decided to just hunker down and stay in....the world had other plans.....after 5 minutes of telephone browbeating, Clarissa convinced me to let her dad pick me up, and (I will admit, in very bad spirits)... I went over to Paladins. I'm glad I did. leaving aside how badly I was being abused by his loveable, but over enthusiastic Husky Nanook, it was a fun night. I spent it drinking and nibbling on munchies with Rick, Sven, Lt. Don, the airborne combat plumber, and Clarissa. I finally got to meet Clarissas little one. He is absolutely adorable. As Sven brought me a present, a single bottle of raftman ale, my favoritest, most beloved beer of all time, and one which was discontinued, I decided that it was time to renew my acquaintance with sweet, sweet, wonderful beer. And a pleasant reacquaintance it was......(sigh)......stayed from about 6:30PM until about 11PM, and then everybody jumped into Ricks GINORMOUS 4WD Ford Suburban, and we drove back to my place in the blizzard... Sunday. Slept in.... a little TOO in. I usually awaken at around 11:30 on days off... I conked out until 1:45PM. I jumped into my clothes, washed down my meds with some water, and went out to dig out my car. It was a fucking chore, and I am seriously hurting right now. Thank Jah for HM Lindas good old protestant work ethic, because she came out after about 30 minutes and pitched in with a will.............eventually........TOAFCN even put in an appearance. It was pretty amusing, as HM Linda was kitted out in FULL WW II era RKKA winter uniform.....(she looked curiously appropriate shoveling snow in that)..... and TOAFCN was in his HEER trench coat.....we did a job of work......two young fellas showed up, and for $40..(plus hot coffee and a $20 tip).... dug out the other car revetment to the east of the mail box. It was well worth it, and they were terribly amused by the odd conversation going on between HM Linda, TOAFCN, and myself.... Have been in since, recuperating. Took Advil, ate some leftovers, and have been just chilling since. Weasel may show up to run paranoia, but I'm not expecting him to, and Sven may put in an appearance. Other than that, just gonna relax until TVB and then bed time. No chance of being off tomorrow. I don't GET snow days.... TC Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: None to speak of.... (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
turkchief	12:26a	In a similar vein. Here are the cars that will be in the garage right after I win lotto.... 1. 1969 Olds 442 (This has been the muscle car dream mobile since I was a teenager...and it's ALL about the tail lights) http://images2.justcarsites.net/~streetsideclass/LE442707-8sm.jpg 2. Suicide Door Lincoln (Just so slick) http://www.mattsherman.biz/65%20frontright.jpg 3. 1970 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (The great red shark) http://www.cadillacworld.net/files/allen_impellitteri_1969_cadi.jpg 4. Isuzu V-Cross (I don't like SUV's but this think is just so fucking sexy looking!!!) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3354222619_4137f9712c.jpg 5. VW Thing (So Ugly it's cool) http://www.sunsetclassics.com/1974-vw-thing-green/images/1974-vw-thing-green.jpg 6. 1950 Mercury Low Rider (Sexy) http://www.lowriderbroker.com/cars/03/fotos/05.jpg 7. 1996 Chevy Impala SS (this is one of the only modern cars I've ever liked) http://www.cargurus.com/images/2008/07/31/19/55/pic-32584.jpeg 8. 1970 Plymouth Barracuda (Hemi-Cuda) (A classic) http://www.coches-es.com/noticias/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/1970_plymouth_hemi_cuda-02.jpeg 9. Pontiac Aztec (another one in the so ugly it's cool class) http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2009/09/01/476069.1-lg.jpg 10. VW Microbus (So I can like sell all my worldly possessions man and follow around "The Dead"....or something) http://www.bustedvw.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/1961-vw-micro-bus-001.jpg Honorable mention 1. AMX (Second slickest looking Muscle car of all time IMHO) http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/amc-amx/images/amc-amx-1968c.jpg 2. 1972 Buick Rivera (Very cool lines) http://www.fastcoolcars.com/images/gm7/72riv.jpg 3. Subaru Baja ( looks like fun to drive) http://www.dfwcamper.com/images/lids/SNUG/SnugLid_Subaru_Baja.JPG 4. 1970 Dodge Demon (Mini muscle car) http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1971-dodge-demon-340-1.jpg 5. Nissan Cube (so weird it's cute) http://autobash.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/nissan-cube-1.jpg 6. Chrystler Magnum (Muscle car station wagon?) http://www.thetorquereport.com/dodge_magnum_small.jpg TC Current Mood: tired Current Music: None right now (15 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, December 18th, 2009
turkchief	10:06p	Annnnn Bikes..... A quick list of my top 5 most coveted Motorcycles... (In no particular order) Vincent Black Shadow http://www.classicbikes.biz/assets/posters/vincent%20black%20shadow%201949%20series%20c.jpg Honda CB 750 http://www.classicbikes.com/cb750-four-1975-K.jpg Russian Ural http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/size:large/view:main/1462480-1-the-russians-are-coming-a-ural-motorcycle-combination.jpg BMW R-75 Retro http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/2004/daytona/1971_bmw_R75_5.jpg Triumph RETRO Bonneville http://www.triumph.co.uk/images/BonnevilleSE_2009_510x347.jpg Honorable Mention.... Norton Commando http://folk.uio.no/paall/bilder/norton_commando_850_mkIIa_1974_.jpg Yamaha 650 http://www.ssbrakepistons.com/images/Yamaha%20650XSa.jpg Yeah, I Like Euro/Limey style bikes........(grin) TC Current Mood: awake Current Music: Tower of Song by Leonard Cohen (2 Comments |Comment on this)
turkchief	9:51p	If I had the time, money, and facilities..... Below is a list of assorted odd vehicles I have always wanted to own/build. Kettenkrad: This is the coolest RV of all time. It's retro, and well, it's just COOL!!! http://www.aero-auktion.com/lots/bilder/1637/bild1.jpg Home built dirigible: This is Alberto Santos-Dumonts airship. I have wanted to build a home built very similar in design to this for years only with a few modifications, and using modern techniques and materials. http://sites.google.com/site/alltim/sdairship631fc.jpg High Speed Pedal Boat: I thought this WAS my idea. I only just now discovered someone else had the same idea while google searching for images. Cool things is, now I can BUY one, instead of trying to figure out how to BUILD one!!!! http://www.prophish.com/P3030030.jpg Razor Scooter: I would have bought one of these years ago if they weren't designed for people who weigh less than 150 pounds. I have a design for the COOLEST steam punk, all steel, 600 pound rated razor scooter EV-AR in a folder next to my desk. Best guess, i could have it fabricated for around $150.....mebbe this year.......lots of good hills in my neighborhood...... http://www.scooterpro.co.uk/media/images/uploaded/6-razor-spark-kick-scooter-silver.full.jpg Half track: Ever since the first time I saw one of these in a WW II movie as a kid, I have wanted one. ULTIMATE Zombpocalypse vehicle. Actually got to ride in one in an armored vehicle collectors convention in Cathedral pines park back in the early 90's...... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/M3_Halftrack.jpg VW Engined Trike: Even more than a Bike, I have wanted to build my own VW engined trike since I was about 12. A Buddy of my dads named Arno had one, and I just though it was the collest thing EVER.....(at least up to that point in my life....chuckle) http://www.dogdragons.com/dogdragons/trikes/vw-trike_solo.JPG TC Current Mood: cold Current Music: American Life by Primus (10 Comments |Comment on this)
turkchief	6:57p	Well THAT sucks.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O%27Bannon I LOVED most of this mans movies.....(sigh)....T Current Mood: cold Current Music: This is the End by The Doors (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
turkchief	11:17p	Yaaay!! A Pony!!!! Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Sunday I caught a purse-snatcher who stole matronmalice's purse (30 points). In August I put money in gislebertus's expired parking meter (14 points). In October I helped crysenia across the street (6 points). In September I pushed singedcat in the mud (-17 points). In February I signed my organ donor card (28 points). Overall, I've been nice (61 points). For Christmas I deserve a pony! Sincerely, turkchief Write your letter to Santa! Enter your LJ username: Current Mood: amused Current Music: Oi to the World by The Vandals (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
turkchief	10:41p	A wide ranging post.... A piece from Daily_Rumi that I quite like... Untitled Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance, when you're perfectly free. ...Damned full day.....work was......it's hard to explain. Physically it was hard. With the exception of 2 quick calls mid day, I stayed in the shop pretty much all day and put away new equipment. I'm PHYSICALLY beaten up and sore. I was working with my manager Mark directly, which is unusual. I can't even describe how much this.....words fail me.....I kept a very calm, professional, almost pleasant exterior. Inside was a terrible, thunderous mix of hate, and fear.....it was draining and exhausting. Sword of Damocles. On another cheery work related note, I was e-mailed by Joe, the owner, and a flyer worded identically was posted at work. Henceforth, all ECP personnel that do any driving for the company are subject to random, "Voluntary" drug testing. It was stated that we have a constitutional right to refuse, but that refusal, would force the company to "reevaluate" said persons employment status......I'm not worried, as I haven't done drugs in years, it's the principle of the thing......Supposedly, our insurance carrier is forcing this on him....... On a completely different note, can I just say that it kind of sucks that right when I'm trying to kick start my weight loss back into gear by low carbing, my HM making Brownies, and everybody at work deciding to bring in all the Christmas junk food feels like getting laughed at by God?....... Tonight, in contrast to the day, was great fun. As per a promise made, I went down to LISC on Freeman ave. in Islip and gave lease a quick course on the operation of the single barreled, top break 12 GA shot gun. I also dragged out my old 20 GA Rossi coach gun, which I LURRRRVS!!!!.....(It's one of the few firearms I have ever owned that i think is perfect in every way) It was a good experience, and a fun one, but had a few bad points as well. I'm not sure I'll patronize this place again for this. First, they charged $11 per person, per HALF hour......every other range I know charges $10 per HOUR....you can not use your own shotgun shells. You MUST buy them from the store. (At 15-17 dollars a box of 5!!!!)......and no shot. ONLY slugs. So where as I wanted to teach my friend using moderately soft recoiling 2 3/4ths" No. 6 low brass light field loads, I was forced to use 3" magnum slugs. You know, just about the most brutal recoiling thing possible to fire out of a short barreled scatter gun? I took the first round. Dead serious, I nearly lost the gun. lease is a trooper, she fired two shots from that hog laig, and both were dead on center of mass!!! It was a beast. Both of us had to clamp out hand over the top of the barrel to fire it!!! Sweet Jesus.......By contrast, My Rossi was as pleasant as ever, even shooting those big lightfields slugs. Accurate too!!!.....There were a couple of young yahoos to the left of us who kept sweeping the entire fire line with their Tacti-cool 9mm High Points. I had to pointedly remind then that guns point DOWN range only. In total contrast, to our right was a well kitted out gentleman of color, who was doing transition drills between a Sig P 226 and a Mossberg 590 tactical. He vibed LEO...he was deadly accurate too. The main thing is that the person I was teaching had a good time for all of that.....I'm pleased by that. Next time, we go to the range on 112 in Medford and shoot Pistol-carbines and .22's.....I like it vastly more than the place in Islip. I may hit Islip again, but ONLY for test firing of long guns when it's not possible to get out to Calverton..... TC Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Shotgun Blues by Junior Wells (2 Comments |Comment on this)