tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113443932024-03-06T23:22:36.400-08:00Ridgecrest BlogA South Dakota boy blogging about life and stuff in Ridgecrest, a small town in California's upper Mojave Desert.
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Ridgecrest is not the end of the world. But when the wind blows just right...<BR>you can smell it from here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger822125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-83978278813013894302012-11-18T16:35:00.000-08:002012-11-18T16:35:14.408-08:00A Blind Man and His Dog...I'm not sure what made me remember this today...
About 30 years ago I
had just boarded a plane from Chicago to Amarillo. I settled into my aisle seat when I noticed a blind man with his seeing eye dog making their way down the
aisle. The stewardess (that's what they were called then) directed him
to the two seats right across the aisle from where I was sitting.
The guy
gotUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-14438930224094352352012-11-07T09:39:00.000-08:002012-11-07T09:39:10.065-08:00More Taxes!!!Once again the voters in CA have decided to fix our state's out of control spending by volunteering to pay higher taxes.
Prop 30 passed 53.9% to 46.1%.
Yep, the voters in CA once again spun the cylinder, but the barrel to our heads and pulled the trigger. Did the gun go off? We'll let you know...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-50193748556357246832012-05-15T09:31:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:31:39.623-07:00How many 223?Its the bigger boy version of guess how many jelly beans are in the jar:
http://www.bulkammo.com/rifle/bulk-.223-ammo#contest
I guessed 1452. No particular reason, no logic involved at all, just a guess...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-52739343228389900362012-03-15T07:11:00.003-07:002012-03-15T07:20:21.653-07:00Recent Headlines on the Drudge Report: Afghan president wants U.S. troops out of villages...U.S. moves massacre soldier to Kuwait; Afghans furious...Thousands protest, chant anti-American slogans...Taliban suspends peace talks with U.S....Obama Fills Out NCAA Basketball Bracket... Yep. The Country is in the very best of hands. The war in Afghanistan is going to hell in a handbasket. The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-7036331264009247112012-02-06T13:24:00.000-08:002012-02-06T13:33:18.687-08:00Gun Show or Parking Lot?According to Fox NewsSAVANNAH, Ga. – Authorities say a U.S. man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a gun show.Police say 26-year-old Charles Lake was leaving the Georgia gun show Sunday when he discharged a round into his leg while reloading his pistol.Savannah-Chatham police spokesman Julian Miller says Lake bought the pistol at the gun show Saturday and had returnedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-26647862323819687122012-01-27T12:32:00.000-08:002012-01-27T12:33:30.084-08:00Bubble?How Thick Is Your Bubble? » Quiz MakerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-72789451429081606542011-11-06T09:58:00.000-08:002011-11-06T10:08:56.442-08:00Crickets in the MediaWhy has not one word of this been spoken by the main stream media in this country?In mid October, at the end of his bus tour our President had this to say to the firefighters and emergency workers:"A fair shot for everybody; a fair share from everybody. That's the principle that built America."Does that sound at all familiar? Maybe a little something like:"From each according to his ability; to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-49762047817550279832011-10-13T21:14:00.000-07:002011-10-13T21:42:35.661-07:00RIP Dennis RitchieDennis Ritchie, creator of the C programming language and co-creator of the Unix operating system, has died aged 70.I took my first C class in 1990. Prior to that I had done a lot of programming in Basic and Pascal, but really enjoyed programming in FORTRAN. Since that class I have done a lot of C programming, but still pretty much think of myself as a FORTRAN programmer.Learning C wasn't Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-47612169926082175852011-09-22T12:40:00.000-07:002011-09-22T13:10:32.054-07:00If everyone else does it, will you too?Og over at the Neanderpundit challenged his readers to pull out their pocket knife and post a picture of it. I've been carrying the same tool around for over 35 years. I've never really thought of it as carrying a knife. It was always just a tool in my pocket. Through the years I've used it to cut rope, string, thread, tape, cardboard, paper, plastic, plants, etc. I've dug splinters out with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-57749425056990532002011-08-23T12:27:00.000-07:002011-08-23T15:09:56.336-07:00East Coast EarthquakeThe TV is reporting that there was an earthquake near Washington DC.
Reports of widespread damage and chaos are pouring in...
I shamelessly stole this from my friend Dan Smith, who lives up in the Bay area.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-63081315162843318052011-08-22T13:13:00.000-07:002011-08-22T13:17:49.326-07:00Legos...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-13743685548762681922011-08-20T21:56:00.000-07:002011-08-20T22:24:08.618-07:00NPR’s Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy BooksOK, this list is compiled by NPR, which I normally don't pay much attention to. I voted in their survey which was slanted in the first place because they gave us a list of what their panel of "experts" decided were the best Sci-Fi/Fantasy and let us vote for our 10 favorites. It was tough to vote for only 10. It was even tougher that books that would have easily been on my top 10 list were notUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-57650064227776945242011-08-18T13:00:00.000-07:002011-08-18T15:10:51.237-07:00Officer, Can I See Your Gun?This story is kind of a follow-on to my last posting. But it belongs more in the the NSTIW catagory.
When I was in 5th Grade, way back in the 60s in Rapid City South Dakota. We had a career day at school. In my class a Doctor, a Fireman, and a Police Officer came into the class to speak to us. The Doc went first and he was pretty interesting. After him came the Fireman. He was a lot more Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-80698278378979292332011-08-18T12:30:00.000-07:002011-08-18T14:28:23.898-07:00Police + Guns + Kids = Bunched Panties in Santa RosaMembers of the Santa Rosa Police Department at a recent community event allowed several children to examine and handle some of their SWAT weapons.
And the posie sniffing, tree hugging, guns are evil whack jobs that infest that area are having conniption fits over it.
Attila Nagy, a Community organizer was quoted
"My main concern is for kids who handle these things. They're fascinated by
themUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-21900184703032489072011-08-11T09:17:00.000-07:002011-08-11T09:27:48.102-07:00Why California is Swirling the DrainI samelessly stole this list from here
The total employment of these agencies is over 350,000 and they all get salary, medical and a pension.
What will really torque you off is that everytime anyone mentions cutting our budget the only thing that our illustrious state legislatures can think to cut is education, police, fire, prisons and libraries.
Someone needs to print and staple this list toUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-17640876574706588612011-06-09T09:03:00.000-07:002011-06-09T09:06:37.245-07:00The Cheyenne Police Department will present a seminar specifically addressing the changes to state law regarding carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. The program will specifically highlight the changes to Wyoming Statute 6-8-104 that becomes effective on July 1, 2011. Additional discussion will address how the new law will affect those who already have a concealed weapon permit andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-5696405776691165752011-05-25T11:00:00.000-07:002011-05-25T11:08:13.593-07:002008?Hey will somebody please tell our President what year it is!I see a new staff position being created - Secretary of Time and DateUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-4436267273607264832011-05-02T07:20:00.000-07:002011-05-02T07:30:05.391-07:00Osama DeadGreat, fantastic. Its about time.Congratulations to the Navy Seals who pulled off this raid.As much as I hate to say it - Congratulations to President Obama, it only took him over two and a half years to finally do something Presidential. Now can he follow-up on the this and not turn this into a "See what I did for you when the Republicans couldn't" moment?I'm glad the bastard is dead. But in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-37812366514063894822011-05-01T23:19:00.000-07:002011-05-01T23:23:19.175-07:00Current Events QuizI scored a perfect 11 out of 11, but honestly had to guess on a couple questions. At least I was able to narrow the guesses down to two choices which increased my odds.Current Events QuizUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-67707859502212404272011-04-23T12:00:00.000-07:002011-04-23T12:01:25.613-07:00Two Kinds of PeopleThere are two kinds of people in the world - Those that finish what they start,andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-60945021405861978792011-04-11T06:41:00.000-07:002011-04-11T06:56:59.385-07:00Anonymous?Speaking to editors and publishers from Hearst Magazine our dear leader said:"I just miss - I miss being anonymous,"Well guess what Mr. President - the rest of us miss you being anonymous also.If you truly miss - "I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-13692987228571896822011-04-08T10:31:00.000-07:002011-04-08T10:55:05.909-07:00World Traveler?Ok, so I haven't done too well at the world traveling stuff. visited 3 states (1.33%)Create your own visited map of The WorldDetails of Canada travels -visited 5 states (38.4%)Create your own visited map of Canada My lack of world traveling is not due to lack of desire. Early on when I had the time and opportunity to travel - I couldn't afford it. Later when I could afford it I was so busy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-36643506112773005822011-04-08T10:21:00.000-07:002011-04-08T10:28:41.566-07:00TravelingI did at least two thirds of this traveling before I was 23 years old. You drive a bus or equipment truck for a drum corp for a couple summers and you end up covering a lot of territory. Especially when the vehicles keep breaking down and you get left behind with it. You find some different routes around the country in order to catch up to the drum corp caravan that kept traveling without Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-35663361473807379752011-03-29T18:29:00.000-07:002011-03-29T18:39:09.806-07:00Happy Birthday 1911100 years ago, March 29th, 1911 - the United States Army officially adopted the John Moses Browning self loading pistol design of 1910.Manufactured by Colt's firearms this new military sidearm became the Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, model of 1911.For a 100 year old design this old warhorse has stood up pretty well.Granted mine is not a Colt. But it is a mil-spec model 1911A1. Its not very Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-1347846459669148482010-08-09T00:18:00.000-07:002010-08-09T01:04:02.874-07:00I'm Not Dead Yet!!!With apologies to Monty Python - "I'm not dead Yet". Sure it may seem that way since I only seem to be able to post on this blog about once a month. I want to write more, really I do. So why don't I write. Its not like I have a lot to say right now. Its just that most of what is going on in my head is so jumbled up that it never makes sense when it shows up on the screen in front of me. The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4