Recent content by guntownuncle

I'm sure you guys have seen the "Come & Take It" flags. Gonzales is where it came from. In theory, the first shot of the Texas Revolution was here.

It seems like years ago when people said that their dog was a part of the family it was usually said in a joking manner. Now days, when people say that most really mean it. They seem to be almost incapable of distinguishing between dogs and people. As a result they do stupid things like take...

One summer in college I worked the night shift at a Whataburger. All the free coffee and cokes I could drink. I needed lots to in order to stay awake. Pretty soon I started having episodes where my heart would feel like it was trying to cram to many beats in at once and then do a flip. The...

On my old Ford the needle never goes above half way, even when I idle and I can hear the radiator bubbling. I should get the damn thing fixed, but its so old and has so many miles on it I hate to spend any money on it. (The same thinking is behind the "death panels" in socialized healthcare.)...

Actually running the heater should help keep it from happening since it helps draw heat away from the engine and helps the radiator do its job. Thats a good thing to know as a last ditch effort to keep your car from overheating in the summer, if you can stand it. Letting the car idle for a...

I think Bill Clinton and Henry Cisneros already had that with Freddy and Fannie and the Community Reinvestment Act. Loan money to people who can't pay it back for houses they cant afford. Worked out really well didn't it.

Actually, I think the reservior is there specifically because as the coolant absorbs more heat it will expand some and has to go somewhere, so it shouldn't cause a pressure problem. My wife drives a toyota, but it is a prius, so I don't know for sure how to tell you how to check on yours. I...

If it were summer I'd say they might have overfilled it a little. Your engine would heat up, and the extra would go into the reservoir intended for that purpose. If the reservoir was already full, it would run some onto the ground. This could especially happen when idleing in the summer with...

Everyone knows Rid-x is not only great for septic tanks, but is soveriegn against Zombies. Its a little slow acting, but does a thorough job.

I think the same thing. I grew up around people who hunted, so guns weren't a huge deal to me. After I bought one on my own though, I was hooked. Can you imagine someone that has never really messed with firearms before and have bought one, and enjoyed it? Crack couldn't be much more addictive.

I've got two Winchesters now. A Model 94 and a 1300 shotgun. Despite being fairly well taken care of both have gotten small rust spots. I assume they were caused by small water droplets from who-knows-where outdoors, sweat, or even someone sneezing from across the room. So how is it that...

Out of nowhere my Dad gave me a lever action Winchester. (Its not a S&W, but I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth.) Its the Canadian centenial one with the octagon barrel. It leaned against a corner of his closet for a couple of decades. Its got two problems I'm not sure what to do...

I just ran into a cool old guy who served in WWII and Vietnam. Mr. Alexander is pushing 90. First he was on a torpedo boat in the Solomons, then an ammunition ship and finally ended up on Okinawa. He said the torpedo boats where just as bad as the ammo ship because when it had a full load of...

It has suprised me how fast my daughters are growing up. Then it dawned on me that I'm growing old as fast as they're growing up. Dang!