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Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:13 pm
by SailDesign
Buck13 wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:50 amI have a whole outfit for that! I don't ride my bike enough, so the jersey is pristine. Cap and socks get used IRL. The cap is my standard get-up at the shootin' range, and pretty much every other situation as well. Bike caps wear out pretty fast, so I've burned through several of these over the years.
I wish I could find the "Old Men Who Get Fat in Winter" team cycling jerseys. They seem to have disappeared (or everyone on the team got skinny) :)

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:15 pm
by CDFingers
SailDesign wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:13 pm
Buck13 wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:50 amI have a whole outfit for that! I don't ride my bike enough, so the jersey is pristine. Cap and socks get used IRL. The cap is my standard get-up at the shootin' range, and pretty much every other situation as well. Bike caps wear out pretty fast, so I've burned through several of these over the years.
I wish I could find the "Old Men Who Get Fat in Winter" team cycling jerseys. They seem to have disappeared (or everyone on the team got skinny) :)
Hey. Fat is flavor, and fat is what keeps us warm in the winter. In the spring, though, a waist is a terrible thing to mind, especially after a cold winter.

CDFingers

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:08 pm
by Buck13
I was gonna suggest you could get one of Fatty's clydesdale jerseys, but they seem to no longer be available.

http://www.fatcyclist.com

Weird that his blog has no recent traffic but he's still very active on Twitter and YouTube.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:51 pm
by SpaceRanger42
Oh man I would be the Fuddiest airsoft guy ever. I found out that they have airsoft versions of six shooters and lever guns that was the only time I was tempted by that particular game.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:13 pm
by Crow
SpaceRanger42 wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:51 pm Oh man I would be the Fuddiest airsoft guy ever. I found out that they have airsoft versions of six shooters and lever guns that was the only time I was tempted by that particular game.
Yeah it's dorky but my kids love it and it's good exercise! I grabbed a full metal M16 that actually shoots pretty accurately and I use it for practicing target transition and mag changes/safety manipulation too. Fun toy for the garage in the evenings. Guess that makes me a dork but whatever.
Crow

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:53 pm
by SpaceRanger42
I don't think airsoft is dorky. It looks fun. In Europe they do huge mil sims that are impressive to say the least. But I really don't need another expensive hobby. Guns, guitars, art and leather all cost plenty and since I walked away from a shitty job in Jan (oh how I wish I still had that shitty job) we are a single income household. Since I would prefer my wife not kick my mooching ass out into the cold (i joke, she would not) i try to keep expenses way down. I did bring up that airsoft might be a good way for her to get some practical gun handling in though. She disliked going to the range even before covid.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:57 pm
by Crow
SpaceRanger42 wrote: Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:53 pm I don't think airsoft is dorky. It looks fun. In Europe they do huge mil sims that are impressive to say the least. But I really don't need another expensive hobby. Guns, guitars, art and leather all cost plenty and since I walked away from a shitty job in Jan (oh how I wish I still had that shitty job) we are a single income household. Since I would prefer my wife not kick my mooching ass out into the cold (i joke, she would not) i try to keep expenses way down. I did bring up that airsoft might be a good way for her to get some practical gun handling in though. She disliked going to the range even before covid.
The milsim stuff does look cool, though I've never played on an actual field or venue. Back in college my buddies and I would arrange battles out in the coastal mountains east of Santa Barbara, CA. Tons of boulders and caves on the western slopes, good for search and rescue/extraction scenarios- once we even brought a friend on crutches who would literally have to be carried out by whichever team found her first... Fun stuff. But yeah, it's expensive... buying a nice airsoft AEG AR15 is damn near expensive as buying a real PSA AR15. Crazy. My wife doesn't truck much with guns either... but she doesn't tend to complain about my shit as long as I don't complain about hers, which is a fair arrangement. Today I'm loading up some 5.56 rounds and she's sewing covid masks for the neighborhood.
Crow

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:50 pm
by Outpost716
SpaceRanger42 wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:59 am I am also fond of the phrase tacti-cliche, thank you to whomever coined that one. It sounds so much more haughty than tacti-cool.
🙋‍♂️ Guilty as charged.
:ninja:
😎
And it was meant to be haughty and biting, especially towards those whose camos don't match! :laugh:
SpaceRanger42 wrote: I annoyed who ever it is that curates the Liberal Gun Owners instagram account a few days ago by referring to all the tacti-cool gear in their photos. A bit of a dick move on my part but the whole militia conversation was still fresh in my brain.
Honestly, I don't agree with the justification they gave for their "base line" gear as I have been to plenty of classes and not needed to wear military load-bearing gear, trauma kits, drop leg holsters and multiple rifle mag pouches. If they want to train in para military gear fine, but don't blow smoke up my ass and try to tell me it's for any other reason than because they want to feel cool OR that just maybe they are trying to keep up with the right wingers who are hard at work on their militia training.
This is as close as I get to social media right now, so, I'm not really privy to the whole Insta-Face-Twit -thing myself. All of the Hey, everyone! Like what I'm doing right now. I need approval and validation! -mentality is just exhausting.
SpaceRanger42 wrote: It's possible I should take a break from the internet for a few days I feel overly salty :)
Break, schmake! Maybe the world just needs a better internet? :thumbup:

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:36 pm
by lurker
i use social media to post cat pictures.
LUGO2200.JPG
cats, as the cognoscenti know, concealed-carry paws-full of claws, sometimes known as "murder-mittens". tactical without being tacti-cool. so cuddly, and then suddenly, in the blink of an eye, rip-slash-youbebleedin'.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:14 am
by sig230
lurker wrote: Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:36 pm i use social media to post cat pictures.LUGO2200.JPG
cats, as the cognoscenti know, concealed-carry paws-full of claws, sometimes known as "murder-mittens". tactical without being tacti-cool. so cuddly, and then suddenly, in the blink of an eye, rip-slash-youbebleedin'.
I'm not sure just what kinda person would post cat pictures.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:57 am
by CDFingers
sig230 wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:14 am
lurker wrote: Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:36 pm i use social media to post cat pictures.LUGO2200.JPG
cats, as the cognoscenti know, concealed-carry paws-full of claws, sometimes known as "murder-mittens". tactical without being tacti-cool. so cuddly, and then suddenly, in the blink of an eye, rip-slash-youbebleedin'.
I'm not sure just what kinda person would post cat pictures.
It's a picture of a cool old door stop that was photobombed by the cat--who looks a bit grouchy.

CDFingers

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:58 am
by wooglin
SailDesign wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:13 pm
Buck13 wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:50 amI have a whole outfit for that! I don't ride my bike enough, so the jersey is pristine. Cap and socks get used IRL. The cap is my standard get-up at the shootin' range, and pretty much every other situation as well. Bike caps wear out pretty fast, so I've burned through several of these over the years.
I wish I could find the "Old Men Who Get Fat in Winter" team cycling jerseys. They seem to have disappeared (or everyone on the team got skinny) :)
Voler makes them.

https://www.voler.com/browse/product/li/1T100BO

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:25 am
by sikacz
sig230 wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:14 am
lurker wrote: Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:36 pm i use social media to post cat pictures.LUGO2200.JPG
cats, as the cognoscenti know, concealed-carry paws-full of claws, sometimes known as "murder-mittens". tactical without being tacti-cool. so cuddly, and then suddenly, in the blink of an eye, rip-slash-youbebleedin'.
I'm not sure just what kinda person would post cat pictures.
..well....
C0BB6ABE-27D1-4701-8F1D-B57617208F31.jpeg

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:38 am
by CDFingers
Your cat does that too, eh? We don't let ours drive after. Hope you do the same. ;-)

Here's Mr. Hope sleeping it off on my laptop late at night with available light.

hope3.JPG

CDFingers

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:41 am
by sikacz
CDFingers wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:38 am Your cat does that too, eh? We don't let ours drive after. Hope you do the same. ;-)

CDFingers
No driving or cleaning guns.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:46 am
by CDFingers
sikacz wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:41 am
CDFingers wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:38 am Your cat does that too, eh? We don't let ours drive after. Hope you do the same. ;-)

CDFingers
No driving or cleaning guns.
Added a pic for giggles

CDFingers

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:59 pm
by wings
Is there a feline parallel to Godwin's law? Every thread will eventually degenerate into photos of cats?

I'm a little surprised we don't have more memes about armed bears, all things considered.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:08 pm
by lurker
armed bears are harder to get pictures of.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:26 pm
by sikacz
.....cats have better taste...

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:28 pm
by Outpost716
lurker wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:08 pm armed bears are harder to get pictures of.
Is this some sort of stump the new guy thread?
Are y'all talking about wildlife-wildlife or human 'wild life'?
Should I be asking whether or not armed otters and wolves are also difficult to photograph?
:newhere: :w00t: :roflmao: :sorry:

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:24 pm
by CDFingers
Oh, you should see it when a few of us have had a snoot full.

CDFingers

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 3:24 am
by lurker
Outpost716 wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:28 pm
lurker wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:08 pm armed bears are harder to get pictures of.
Is this some sort of stump the new guy thread?
Are y'all talking about wildlife-wildlife or human 'wild life'?
Should I be asking whether or not armed otters and wolves are also difficult to photograph?
:newhere: :w00t: :roflmao: :sorry:
we're mostly just playing. or it could be a form of mental illness, looseness of association, psychosis.. you can play along or play it straight or choose not to play at all. since i've never seen an armed otter, i would guess that yes, they're harder to photograph, but nowhere near as hard as a snake, which has no arms at all. but then there are octopi, which have eight arms, and squid which have ten, so an armed squid might be easy if your camera is waterproof. see? it all makes perfect sense, if your mind can handle the abrupt twists and turns.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:48 am
by sig230
And quite a few of us live in areas where both two and four legged coyotes can be a real risk.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:02 am
by wings
Armed bears aren't that difficult. Paging senorgrand!

Sea weasels otter be more difficult.

Armed snakes are the CalGuns forum, evidently. Armed cougars are a different threat entirely.

Re: Western liberal militia?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:56 am
by lurker
wings wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:59 pm degenerate into photos of cats?
"degenerate"? i beg to differ, sir. when a thread has mostly run its' course, cat pics can redeem it. armed cougar pics...