Off Topic Chat. (MOD NOTE post# 3949 and post#5279)

Grizzly 45 · 11-05-2021 7:28pm

Feisar wrote: »

Has anyone got any other oddball hobbies?

I've more knives than sense! Bark River, Zero Tolerence, a Gough Custom, Survive!, Enzo, Esse, Cold Steel, Benchmade, Lionsteel and an odd Buck or two for good measure.

Dunno where I got the interest from...

What you running in the Cold Steel and Benchmade? Benchmade and ZT??? A well off man not short a few bob for them.:D

Grizzly 45 · 11-05-2021 7:34pm

Feisar wrote: »

Who was it that said the four primary pastimes of man were: architecture, horse riding, conversion and dancing?
Being an annoying cnut should be the fifth!

"A man should try everything once...Apart from incest and Morris dancing!"
W Churchill.

So what's on everyone's "Bucket list" the things you want to do before you kick the proverbial...?

Grizzly 45 · 11-05-2021 7:45pm

tudderone wrote: »

You think the Irish public would have been in favour of places like the mother and baby homes, Tuam etc ? Places like Letterfrack ? Paedo priests abusing kids left right and centre, and it being covered up by Bishops etc ?

Do you really think the ministers and td's didn't know what was going on for decades ?

The Govt turned a blind eye to what the church did in Ireland, after all, they objurgated their social responsibilities to Rome to look after. Bad enough that they got archbishop Mac Quaid to read the Constitution first before it was enacted under Dev and to make sure the church had its place in the Constitution.

We existed here under a Theocracy posing as a "constitutional republic". So you got felt up by the local priest...Who could you tell? What could you do? No one would believe you or dare speak out on your behalf, and if you persisted you could be assured of a one-way trip to the home for the bewildered.

Russia had its political hospitals where those who were critiquing the Soviet system of govt were considered nuts and were "cured" of their beliefs.
We had the same, except we didn't try and cure anyone.:rolleyes:

Feisar · 11-05-2021 7:53pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

"A man should try everything once...Apart from incest and Morris dancing!"
W Churchill.

So what's on everyone's "Bucket list" the things you want to do before you kick the proverbial...?

I love that one of his about the traditions of the navy, rum, sodomy and the lash.

Grizzly 45 · 11-05-2021 7:59pm

Sounds like a kinky night out!:P
As the 1st sea lord, he would have known.

Feisar · 11-05-2021 8:00pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

What you running in the Cold Steel and Benchmade? Benchmade and ZT??? A well off man not short a few bob for them.:D

Outdoorsman and a carbon kukri. The Outdoorsman is from Seki, the older production runs. The new ones are made in Taiwan.
Benchmade 940 with G10 scales, a Bushcrafter, Contego fixed, H20 folder and a Jungle Bolo.

As for well off, a lot of them are pre mortgage/wife/young lad!

Feisar · 11-05-2021 8:07pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

So what's on everyone's "Bucket list" the things you want to do before you kick the proverbial...?

I’ve been shooting a rifle since I was a pup but have set myself a goal of getting damn good at it.

Travel, as in find some last frontier if there is one left. The Inca trail probably looks like a county colours night! Having said that I would like to go a mite further and see the statues on Easter Island.

Feisar · 11-05-2021 8:08pm

Feisar wrote: »

Outdoorsman and a carbon kukri. The Outdoorsman is from Seki, the older production runs. The new ones are made in Taiwan.
Benchmade 940 with G10 scales, a Bushcrafter, Contego fixed, H20 folder and a Jungle Bolo.

As for well off, a lot of them are pre mortgage/wife/young lad!

Hard to beat an Opinel No. 8 though.

Grizzly 45 · 11-05-2021 8:16pm

CS
Gen 1 Tanto Voyagers in small and Xlarge. Early CS Bushman , Vietnam tomahawk. Kinda went off CS in the last while.Just dont find them that user-friendly anymore.

Benchmade Reflex.
Currently EDC is a Spyderco Endura,once I get a new pocket clip or an AL Mar flipperlock.

tudderone · 11-05-2021 8:31pm

Feisar wrote: »

I love that one of his about the traditions of the navy, rum, sodomy and the lash.

Oh no, the rum and lash have been consigned to history and the sodomy is now compulsory !

tudderone · 11-05-2021 8:34pm

Feisar wrote: »

Travel, as in find some last frontier if there is one left. The Inca trail probably looks like a county colours night! Having said that I would like to go a mite further and see the statues on Easter Island.

Yeah, i'd love to wander around America for a couple of years, see the interesting places, not the usual tourist traps. Ditto Europe i suppose, especially eastern Europe, as it was behind the Iron Curtain and mysterious and plotting to invade the west when i was growing up.

BattleCorp · 11-05-2021 8:47pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

So what's on everyone's "Bucket list" the things you want to do before you kick the proverbial...?

Sadly I'll never get to complete my bucket list of Salma Hayek, Alesha Dixon and Emma Watson ........... so I'll have to make do with hoping to shoot (or better still own and shoot) a CheyTac M200 Intervention. It's Euromillions money but a kid can dream.

Feisar · 11-05-2021 9:02pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

CS
Gen 1 Tanto Voyagers in small and Xlarge. Early CS Bushman , Vietnam tomahawk. Kinda went off CS in the last while.Just dont find them that user-friendly anymore.

Benchmade Reflex.
Currently EDC is a Spyderco Endura,once I get a new pocket clip or an AL Mar flipperlock.

Looking for something more slicey to replace the benchmade 940. What’s the Endura like?

otmmyboy2 · 11-05-2021 9:38pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

So what's on everyone's "Bucket list" the things you want to do before you kick the proverbial...?

Fire some machineguns from a helo

Play a game of firetag.

Immigrate

Not necessarily in that order :rolleyes:

Grizzly 45 · 11-05-2021 9:40pm

Feisar wrote: »

Looking for something more slicey to replace the benchmade 940. What’s the Endura like?

I recommends!!
Just sharpening it here as we type. I got it in the half and half serrated version which I now think half blade half-serrated blades are a PITH to sharpen properly,so if that is an issue for you,go the full blade.
Its nice and slimline,if you are a front pocket carrier and a definate EDC .At 70/80 usd on Ebay...How bad?

civdef · 11-05-2021 9:53pm

Has anyone else noticed how well people on this topic seem to get on when we're not talking about politics? Funny that, given we mostly seem to have similar interests....

Is there anything to be said for adopting traditional Mess Rules on topics of conversation on the Off-Topic thread? - i.e. leave off discussion of politics / religion? The world isn't short of places to discuss those, views tend to be strongly held, and aren't going to be changed here for sure.

otmmyboy2 · 11-05-2021 10:00pm

civdef wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed how well people on this topic seem to get on when we're not talking about politics? Funny that, given we mostly seem to have similar interests....

Shocker and a half

Is there anything to be said for adopting traditional Mess Rules on topics of conversation on the Off-Topic thread? - i.e. leave off discussion of politics / religion? The world isn't short of places to discuss those, views tend to be strongly held, and aren't going to be changed here for sure.

I would disagree with that, unless there was a creation of another thread specifically for discussion of such verboten topics.
IE one "general" thread, and one verboten thread, and if some users did not want to engage on politics/religion then they could simply ignore the verboten thread?

I do like hearing other user's opinions, even if I disagree with them, especially on the hot topics that get tempers flaring.

Richard308 · 12-05-2021 12:05am

NRA bankruptcy: US judge dismisses case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57081142

Mellor · 12-05-2021 12:53am

Feisar wrote: »

Has anyone got any other oddball hobbies?

I've more knives than sense! Bark River, Zero Tolerence, a Gough Custom, Survive!, Enzo, Esse, Cold Steel, Benchmade, Lionsteel and an odd Buck or two for good measure.

Dunno where I got the interest from...

I've always have the notion I'd make my own knife someday. Hard to get around to without a workshop or shed. But can;t call it a hobby without have done a thing.

Whiskey, Wine and Choking people suppose. Not necessarily in that order.

Mellor · 12-05-2021 12:54am

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

I would disagree with that, unless there was a creation of another thread specifically for discussion of such verboten topics.
IE one "general" thread, and one verboten thread, and if some users did not want to engage on politics/religion then they could simply ignore the verboten thread?

I do like hearing other user's opinions, even if I disagree with them, especially on the hot topics that get tempers flaring.

Another thread might be more appealing for many who don't post here.
It seams to be politics/current events more so than religion.

Rows Grower · 12-05-2021 8:22am

Richard308 wrote: »

NRA bankruptcy: US judge dismisses case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57081142

Holey Moley, just had a read of the claims made against the NRA...

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2020/attorney-general-james-files-lawsuit-dissolve-nra

Feisar · 12-05-2021 9:00am

Mellor wrote: »

I've always have the notion I'd make my own knife someday. Hard to get around to without a workshop or shed. But can;t call it a hobby without have done a thing.

Whiskey, Wine and Choking people suppose. Not necessarily in that order.

See below link for stock removal, doable without a shed but would require an amenable missus!

Feisar · 12-05-2021 9:06am

civdef wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed how well people on this topic seem to get on when we're not talking about politics? Funny that, given we mostly seem to have similar interests....

Is there anything to be said for adopting traditional Mess Rules on topics of conversation on the Off-Topic thread? - i.e. leave off discussion of politics / religion? The world isn't short of places to discuss those, views tend to be strongly held, and aren't going to be changed here for sure.

I'd like that but I can ignore the politics. If we all chimed in with other topics it would dilute the politics to a degree.
The US politics I find funny as it's like the antelope arguing over the lion vs the tiger. At the end of the day the antelope creates the wealth, i.e. turning the grass into meat and the lion and tiger take it as they please.

Feisar · 12-05-2021 12:00pm

BattleCorp wrote: »

Sadly I'll never get to complete my bucket list of Salma Hayek, Alesha Dixon and Emma Watson ........... so I'll have to make do with hoping to shoot (or better still own and shoot) a CheyTac M200 Intervention. It's Euromillions money but a kid can dream.

You can keep the other two but dear Lord on a pedal cycle!

otmmyboy2 · 12-05-2021 1:10pm

Guy attempts to rob bags at a CCW class, at a shooting range.
Ends up stabbing a cop after being escorted outside and dying of acute lead poisoning from the other cop and 3 range employees concealed carrying.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say, Darwinism in action?

tudderone · 12-05-2021 1:25pm

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

Guy attempts to rob bags at a CCW class, at a shooting range.
Ends up stabbing a cop after being escorted outside and dying of acute lead poisoning from the other cop and 3 range employees concealed carrying.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say, Darwinism in action?

Darwinism ? Nope this is Darwinism. A guy on his way to an anger management class, loses his rag and kicks in someones front door, and gets himself shot :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PXJz38_7a8

Grizzly 45 · 12-05-2021 3:01pm

Feisar wrote: »

You can keep the other two but dear Lord on a pedal cycle!

Ya dont get too many of those to the pound tBH.:eek::eek:

For Selma, Tarantino and horror movie fans,her most famous scene.

https://youtu.be/V7me9c0tLkY [

Rows Grower · 12-05-2021 6:53pm

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

Guy attempts to rob bags at a CCW class, at a shooting range.
Ends up stabbing a cop after being escorted outside and dying of acute lead poisoning from the other cop and 3 range employees concealed carrying.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say, Darwinism in action?

Looks like the poor guy chose suicide by cop.

tudderone · 13-05-2021 1:59pm

Callum from Englishshooting saying there is a new law coming that means every component must have the serial number of the gun marked on it. It comes from an eu directive, but is it only the uk taking this up or are all eu countries going to have to do this ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cmaok3km2Y

BattleCorp · 13-05-2021 2:11pm

tudderone wrote: »

Callum from Englishshooting saying there is a new law coming that means every component must have the serial number of the gun marked on it. It comes from an eu directive, but is it only the uk taking this up or are all eu countries going to have to do this ?

I could be naive but why would the UK give a fiddlers about an EU directive?

There was an EU directive a few years ago (I'm too busy here now to look) that stated that all firearms coming into the EU after a certain date must have certain parts marked with a serial number, barrel, receiver etc. Maybe the Brits are going to implement something like that for themselves.

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