A lot of plans and threads came together for us this week. I now have to unpack, prepare, test, and find a place to store a lot of things that I really hope we won’t need, but strongly suspect we will, thanks to the fecklessness of the Biden administration, the supply chain crunch, and… Continue reading A good week for emergency preps. How was yours?
Tag: Idle chatter
Are you interested in a “collected works” Bayou Renaissance Man book?
Several readers, over the years, have suggested that I should put together a “greatest hits” sort of book based on this blog: a collection of the articles that have attracted the greatest interest (based on the number of times each has been directly accessed), or which I think are the most important, or that… Continue reading Are you interested in a “collected works” Bayou Renaissance Man book?
I suspect a former fighter pilot was flying that bird!
Courtesy of The Drive, we find this video of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 freighter aircraft taking off from Lynden Pindling International Airport at Nassau, capital of the Bahamas. I think the pilot must have been a former fighter jockey who missed the fun and games of his younger days! If there had been any passengers… Continue reading I suspect a former fighter pilot was flying that bird!
Oh, the memories!
I was mentally transported back to my childhood when I came across this picture on Gab the other day. (Clickit to biggit.) My late father had the identical radio in his study in Cape Town, South Africa, during my formative years. Many’s the evening I’d go in there to find him smoking his pipe,… Continue reading Oh, the memories!
Got the crud again…
Last weekend we (the North Texas Writers, Shooters and Pilots Association, as we tongue-in-cheek refer to ourselves) gathered for our usual Saturday supper. Unfortunately, one of our number has since tested positive for COVID-19. He’s self-quarantining, of course; he says it feels like a head cold, nothing too serious (I’m assuming he probably has… Continue reading Got the crud again…
In praise of the beer shandy
I was pleased to see fellow South African expatriate Kim du Toit praise the merits of the humble beer shandy on his blog the other day. I’ve tried to introduce my American friends to it, but many of them refuse with expressions of distaste, even disgust. They won’t even sample it – and I’ve… Continue reading In praise of the beer shandy
How many of you remember shopping lists like this?
I came across this photo of an old-fashioned metal shopping list on Gab yesterday. Click the image for a larger view. It brought back many memories, because my mother had one like it in the 1950’s and 1960’s. It hung over the counter in the kitchen where she prepared our meals. She’d flip one… Continue reading How many of you remember shopping lists like this?
Heads up for shooters – online bargains to be had
I want to give a shout-out to an online shooting sports vendor I’ve come to like over the past year. RightToBear.com is a veteran-owned business based in Florida. They have a lot of the usual products on their Web site, with some better deals than most on AR-15 accessories like barrels, etc. (If you’re… Continue reading Heads up for shooters – online bargains to be had
The 21st of everything!
Found on Gab (clickit to biggit): Peter
Slight delay in raffle results, due to the public holiday
Today, May 31st, 2021, was to be the final day for receipt of entries to our raffle for an AR-15 pistol. However, several readers contacted me to point out that today is a public holiday (Memorial Day), and the post office won’t be delivering any mail. At their suggestion, I’m going to postpone the… Continue reading Slight delay in raffle results, due to the public holiday