Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Official C2 Late Night Chill Open Thread

102 comments:

  1. WE ARE THE ONES THIS THREAD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR!

    HOPE!

    CHANGE!

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  2. Perhaps "we" was the wrong word.


    /listening to the crickets

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  3. HOPE!

    CHANGE!


    The most horrifying halloween ever!

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  4. Occasional Reader said...
    Perhaps "we" was the wrong word.


    You all wee wee'd up?

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  5. Syrah,

    But first in our hearts! ;-)

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  6. In other news, my new Meprolight front sight arrived to replace the stock sight on my Mossberg. Made in Israel! Luminescence provided by Sekrit Joo Rayz. (That "tritium" thing is just a cover story.)

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  7. Hi guys, I'm working the election Tuesday and have this county cell phone to charge. Does anyone here know where the charger plugs in to a Samsung phone? I found the accessory plug in but it is rectangular. Cannot find any other openings.

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  8. 590

    Sweet, I picked one up this summer, the a1.

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  9. Samsung phone

    Does it have any identifying model numbers or some such?

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  10. A1? That's the model that comes slathered in steak sauce, right?

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  11. PBJ,

    Does it have a data port for backing up or sync?

    That might double as a charging port.

    Do you have a model number? That's usually under the battery, you can pull up the manual with that.

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  12. No can do the A1 in DC; barrel here has to be 20" minimum. I might, however, swap on the stock that came with the gun (the stock stock, as it were) for that adjustable stock. I have to check if that's DC-legal, though.

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  13. Syrah, no identifying numbers to be seen, LOL, if they are there they are covered by "property of Registrar-Recorder, LOL and my precinct serial number. They are suppossed to be new, though. Guess I will have to wait and call them tomorrow. I'm so busy for the next two days I'm afraid I'll forget.

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  14. A1? That's the model that comes slathered in steak sauce, right?

    LMAO!

    The tactical model.

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  15. Thanks, JCM, Hopefully I will be able to find the battery. Their instruction sheet is pitiful but an improvement over the old instructions.

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  16. PBJ,

    Try JCM's idea. Lift up the battery and see if there is anything there. If the phone is dead, removing the battery won't hurt anything.

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  17. Huh, but I see they do have A1 models with 20" barrel. Oh well.

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  18. PBJ,

    I spent a good part of last week working on the guts of a new Samsung, but I only had the guts and the screen.

    Does yours have a name or model in the instructions, might be able to find something with that.

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  19. Occasional Reader said...
    Huh, but I see they do have A1 models with 20" barrel. Oh well.


    DC has a 20" min?

    I'm seriously looking at those Surefire lights you linked the other day.

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  20. Thanks Syrah and JCM. Found the battery and model number. It is SCH-U310. OMG I am so non technical, I can't get the cover back over the battery. LMAO

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  21. Yes, my betters in DC take it upon themselves to decide that the Federal 18" rule isn't good enough... still too scary. They are very wise in these things; and that's why DC is so crime-free!

    /cough

    I'm strongly considering the Surefire forend, although I wish I could at least handle (if not shoot) someone else's gun tricked out with before plunking down the rather substantial green to buy one.

    I also wonder; to remove my shotgun's forend, don't I need a mohel?

    /

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  22. PBJ,

    Do you have the cradle? The charger plugs into the cradle, the phone sits in the cradle.

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  23. still too scary. They are very wise in these things; and that's why DC is so crime-free!


    I guess my black rifle would be waaaay to scary for DC!

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  24. JCM, believe it or not, post-Heller, I *think* everything on that rifle would be DC-legal (as long as it's at least a 20" barrel) except the magazine (10 round maximum).

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  25. No cradle, JCM. Just a charger with a cylindrical thing that's supposed to go in there somewhere. I found the power/accessory opening under a little red door but it calls for a rectangle. Crazy. I am starting to wonder if they gave us the old chargers.

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  26. OR,

    WOW, it's not CA legal, flash suppressor, adjustable stock, 20 round mags.

    You can get 10 also.

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  27. DC used to ban any long arm with a pistol grip or detachable magazine. I'm pretty sure that's no longer the case. I don't recall the law here saying anything about flash suppressors.

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  28. OMG guys the county has given me the wrong kind of charger. LOL

    Thanks again for your help everybody.

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  29. PBJ,

    Radio Shack carries a universal charger with adapters for almost every phone. Samsung is popular I'm sure they have it.

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  30. PBJ - at least it is only a cell phone charger and they aren't in charge of your health care.

    And with that, I'm shutting down the computer and heading to bed

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  31. Sweet dreams Kosh. At least they aren't in charge of my health care yet.

    JCM, if they can bring me a county- owned charger I'll go for that but otherwise I'll just buy the radio shack thing or give them my cell number. It is always a hassle with these cells, sometimes they don't even work well up here in the foothills anyway.

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  32. Hey good morning y'all! Hope everyone's as tired and pissed off as I am tonight!

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  33. Howdy, RW. I'm po'ed and exhausted too. Nice to see you though.

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  34. Real,

    Why pissed? Pelousy just solved all the country's health care problems!

    ////

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  35. Hi PBJ - its always nice to see you out here! You tend to have a calming influence! How are you doing tonight?

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  36. JCM - Well Pelosi's "health care reform bill" started it, but my mood went down quickly when I read about how many people are leaving California and NYC EVERY DAMN DAY mostly becase of the tax burdens in both locations. Then me and a buddy got into a discussion of the most rapidly worsening - financially at least - Cities and States in the Country and that's what really set me off - THEY'VE ALL BEEN CONTROLLED FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS OR MORE BY DEMOCRATS. And the DEMOCRATS have either run their municipalities or states into the ground or did NOTHING to prevent them from being run into the ground.

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  37. Real,

    No kidding, Boeing is moving an assembly line to Charleston, SC. All the (D)s and unions can do is point fingers. Bunch of clueless twits.

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  38. RW, I'm doing pretty well thanks, just tired as hell and busier than that, LOL. We are having a big annual party on Saturday night and trying to do the big fall housecleaning, windows, walls, etc. Two days ago the wind kicked up all of that ash from the bit Station Fire and created a new mess to clean up. Such is life.

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  39. Yes JCM, I know that. In fact one of the reasons I'm SO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW is because I can only think of one "Major" City that is being run by Republicans and that's Dallas.
    Look 'em up: Boston, Chicago,Cleveland, San Francisco, LA, Miluakee, NYC, and on and on and on.
    Well at least these two political cartoons made me feel better: http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2009/10/24/
    and http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2009/10/27/

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  40. Hey PBJ - That's cool that you give an annual Halloween Party! Me and the most recent former Mrs realwest always gave New Years Eve Parties - enough bedrooms and beds for all of our company to stay over on; no one left our place inebriated from drink or whatever!
    Hey, is there any way you can use that ash in your decorating?
    And at least you have an excuse for being tired, me I'm just a wee bit tired from all the chores today and frustrated at TPTB.

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  41. Oh, and JCM - hoping you're still here - the real problem with Democrats running things is that they ALWAYS revert to their Default setting whenever trouble raises it's ugly head: throw more and more Taxpayer money at the trouble - it won't make the Trouble go away, but at least it makes the Democrat leaders FEEL GOOD at having done something!!

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  42. And one last political cartoon to try to give anyone left out here a chuckle:

    http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2009/10/30/

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  43. Barry Goldwater said it.

    Liberals only look at the material needs of the person.
    Enough money will fix it all.

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  44. RW, actually I tore down a few of those ask-ridden cobwebs today. What an idiot I am. We do this big fall cleaning every year and I have never had it so bad. That fire was terrible and we were breathing that sh*t. Imagine what the firefighters went through.

    Going to finish my election inventory. OMG I have 1900 ballots here and only two folks are running against each other here for the neighboring city college district, unbelievable.

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  45. Well y'all I gotta go get some sleep - its about 2:00AM here!
    Hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

    Good night, all.

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  46. I have 1900 ballots here and only two folks...

    Vote early, vote often! ///

    Question, are the ballots accounted for? I mean do you have to turn back in 1900 ballots, voted, spoiled and un=voted?

    I asked, in WA they just printed ballots and no accounting was ever done.

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  47. OMG NBC is saying the synagogue shooting was all about a personal business dispute. I am not going with that.

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  48. JCM, I open the sealed box (two boxes this time) and make sure I have the correct number of ballots and numbers.

    I have done this for over thirty years. About fifteen years ago we did not balance at the end of the night and I got all "anal" about it. Turns out the printer/coalater company had not included all the ballot numbers in each stack of fifty. I cannot believe I took the time to figure that out. Now they just say after two counts, call it a day.

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  49. PBJ.

    At least you count, they just handed out stacks of ballots around here.

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  50. I'm out too, see ya' all tomorrow.

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  51. JCM, on Federal elections we can ask for ID on a brand new voter only. Since this is just a county thing, no ID ever.

    Don't ya just love it./

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  52. The new police chief in San Francisco says leave your gun at home on Halloween night.

    And, this differs from all other nights of the year how, exactly?

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  53. Night guys! My little older dog has come downstairs looking for me, I must be a bad mom. Usually she doesn't do this. Going to crash now.

    Love ya'll. I'll be scarce until Sunday.

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  54. Anybody hear the story about the cobra helicopter and some C1-30 crashing tonight? I left the room and missed the story.

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  55. Coast Guard transport plane may have collided with a Marine Corps helicopter off Southern California coast

    A Coast Guard C-130 transport plane may have collided tonight with a Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra helicopter 25 miles off San Clemente Island, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

    Both aircraft would have a total of nine crew members, including two on the helicopter, said Ian Gregor, an FAA spokesman.

    He said a pilot reported seeing a fireball about 7:10 p.m. near the suspected crash site. Earlier reports stated that a single Navy helicopter may have crashed.

    A search-and-rescue operation was underway.

    The Coast Guard cannot account for its plane, and the Marine Corps cannot account for the helicopter, Gregor said.

    Both pilots were not talking to FAA air traffic controllers at the time of the collision, he said.

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  56. Thanks Vegas. Damn that breaks my heart. I lost somebody dear to me in a USMC chopper crash once upon a time. Still resonates.

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  57. This Halloween, I'm going as a Democrat. When kids come to my door, I'm going to take half of their candy, and give it to kids who aren't going trick or treating themselves.

    Here's more tips on teaching the principles at Halloween.

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  58. PBJ said...
    Thanks Vegas. Damn that breaks my heart. I lost somebody dear to me in a USMC chopper crash once upon a time. Still resonates.


    You're welcome.

    {{{{{PBJ}}}}}

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  59. Good for you Pi Guy! I am having a party where liberals will attend. Just shoot me.

    Love Ya.

    I really am closing this window. I never log out.

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  60. Thank you for the hugs. He was my nephew, a year younger than my daughter. He died on Valentines Day 2002 right here between Miramar and Yuma in the Chocolate Mtns. He was a vet from Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Somalia....getting prepared to go back. He was the crew chief and the pilot died too. The other two guys lived so that was awesome.

    I am out. Love ya.

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  61. This Halloween, I'm going as a Democrat. When kids come to my door, I'm going to take half of their candy, and give it to kids who aren't going trick or treating themselves.

    LMAO Pi - excellent!

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  62. Congressman Flake Releases Statement Regarding His Vote Against Honoring the 2560th Birthday of Confucius

    Washington, D.C., Oct 28 - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today released the following statement regarding his vote against H.Res.784, a bill “honoring the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and political thought.”

    “He who spends time passing trivial legislation may find himself out of time to read healthcare bill,” said Flake.

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  63. 2560th birthday of Confuscious killed thread?

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  64. LOL - I was just reading something fascinating and incredible. : )

    But I'm back!

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  65. “He who spends time passing trivial legislation may find himself out of time to read healthcare bill,” said Flake.

    OMG, this is actually very funny! I think I'll add it to the Broadside and H/T you. : )

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  66. I'm not alone anymore!

    Uh...right?

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  67. Oh, and by the way - I was watching Craig Ferguson last night, and he had Madeline Albright on.

    He, as you may know, got American citizenship and he's very proud of it. He was showing off his "Join or Die" tatoo to her, and she didn't seem to recognize it - she saw it and she said, "Join and die?"

    Damn. Just damn.

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  68. Corre∫pondence Committee said...
    Oh, and by the way - I was watching Craig Ferguson last night, and he had Madeline Albright on.

    He, as you may know, got American citizenship and he's very proud of it. He was showing off his "Join or Die" tatoo to her, and she didn't seem to recognize it - she saw it and she said, "Join and die?"

    Damn. Just damn.


    I hate to spoil the ending for you, Craig - they joined and didn't die.

    Can you imagine if it had been a tattoo of the Gadsden flag?

    He might've been arrested!

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  69. I thought the fact that our former SOS did not recognize the Ben Franklin political graphic was the noteworthy part of that story.

    He just became a citizen and he obviously knows what it is...it's on his arm.

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  70. Corre∫pondence Committee said...
    I thought the fact that our former SOS did not recognize the Ben Franklin political graphic was the noteworthy part of that story.

    He just became a citizen and he obviously knows what it is...it's on his arm.


    That's my point - she was shocked and unfamiliar with it.

    That's why I was thinking "don't tread on me" would really shock her!

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  71. OH! Okay. You said you hated to spoil the ending for him, so I got lost (as usual!) - LOL

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  72. Pretty weird, in any case - right up there with Gore not recognizing the busts on display at Monticello.

    And this concludes today's episode of "What If Bush Had Done It?" ; )

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  73. Ever think we should have basic American history tests that people must pass before they can run for political office?

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  74. I just cringed. Craig Ferguson is quite the character though:

    In January 2008, Ferguson announced in a Late Late Show episode (aired on Tuesday 22 January) that he was scheduled to take his citizenship test in Los Angeles on the 25th, a Friday; the next Monday he announced that he had received a perfect score, and footage of this showed him doing so. Rather than ignoring the cameras, he made jokes in some of his answers. For example, to give the name of the writer of "The Star-Spangled Banner", he replied, "Francis Scott Key... and Puff Daddy." Ferguson became an American citizen on 1 February 2008.[32] His show aired clips from his citizenship ceremony on the fourth of that month.

    On 27 June 2009, after a USO-tour performance in Kosovo, he was given honorary citizenship to Camp Bondsteel there.

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  75. I still remember when Yakov Smirnoff was sworn in as an American citizen in 1980s.

    One reporter asked him how it felt to finally be a full-fledged American. Yakov replied, "Now I'm worried about all these damn foreigners. They're coming over here and taking our jobs!"

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  76. LOL

    (I beat the college educators by a mile, but I need improvement...a few of those threw me.)

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  77. Corre∫pondence Committee said...
    LOL

    (I beat the college educators by a mile, but I need improvement...a few of those threw me.)


    There's 1 or 2 towards the end that are notorious for being vague.

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  78. I got about 80% right...there are certain topics in the test I don't recall ever having been educated about (only one or two I got wrong were ones I might have gotten right if I'd gone with my second choice) - but still, the college educators only got something like 55%?

    Dayum.

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  79. Corre∫pondence Committee said...
    Where is the fruit cup lady?


    Hopefully, she'll be here soon!

    We thought Brandy would be late, too - remember?

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  80. Me too. If you hear "glug glug glug", we gotta get her a new sump pump.

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  81. Should we unlock the door for her?

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  82. I played LOL today, so let's move upstairs. ↑

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  83. Thanks, Pi. Hmmmmmm...I hope she's okay too - I'm starting to worry a little. Maybe she's just getting extra rest.

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