Really? School’s out? Again? How can we expect our kids to pay for our social security if they can never get an education? Although I am an Eastern Shore native, our family thrived for over a decade at the base of the Colorado Rockies. There, echoes of the spirits of pioneers calling them westward over […]
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It has been said that a mother invented Velcro, but I believe a pee wee basketball coach is a more likely story. I’ve never seen a game stopped so many times for such a basic task as tying one’s shoe. And it’s not like we parents don’t check those things before our kids run onto […]
Continue ReadingCold War Cousins, Part 2 – How to Make a Fully Automatic Airsoft Machine Gun
Part 1, Part 2 Cousins beware. It’s waiting for you. Enjoy the video – still some humor, plus how-to.
Continue ReadingCold War Cousins, Part 1
Part 1, Part 2 When I was young and had birthday sleepovers, all the boys would sneak in BB guns and we would spend the nights in battle, welting each other till our faces looked as if a hornet nest had been dropped on our heads. A little blood was common, though it came mainly from […]
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My standards of transportation are not high. My first vehicle was a Plymouth Fury, so large its sheer mass distorted the moon’s orbit. I’ve driven tractors, dirt bikes, and an antique Ford Bronco that got twelve miles to the gallon, when it actually ran. But there’s something I need to share about transportation that I’ve […]
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