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I write off 90% of everything I see on social media (FB/Instagram) as AI produced BS. I see the same thing for weeks at a time that I know contradicts something else I have read. I now don't believe anything I see online.

I shoot two events for which full power loads (170 power factor) are not required. One is a Cowboy Action event based on the Wild Bunch movie using a .45 caliber 1911 pistol, a rifle of 44 caliber or above and a Winchester ‘97 shotgun or similar. The PF for the 1911 is 150, I use my Chinese made...

Here in Kiwiland we started going cash free about 40 years ago with ATM’s and point of sale electronic transfers with cards. Credit cards have almost always had a fee built in, around 3%. About 6 years ago a contactless payment was introduced with chip enabled cards with an $80 maximum and a...

I have a soft spot for Tele’s since 2018 when I was hit by the country bug. I have two, both Squire, not cheap entry level but not really expensive either. I paid around NZ$800/US$500 for them. The best thing about them is I can stand for more than 2 hours playing them without the back pain a...

I have just started watching the old Miami Vice TV program on Prime Video from the beginning. The first season aired in 1984, and the show bought back some memories, most of them things I had forgotten about the era. The acting is a bit wooden and contrived at times, but at least it is not as...

The close to the clubhouse ranges at my club face east. This time of year, late autumn/fall, the sun tracks well to the north, on the left hand side of the ranges. This creates the effect that when the sights are alighed properly there is more sunlight down the left hand side. Instinct is to...

A police officer was giving evidence in a small town courthouse. Much of his evidence had concerned interactions with his fellow cops on the day. After his evidence the defence lawyer got up to cross examine the officer. LAWYER: Do you trust your fellow police officers? COP: I do. LAWYER: How...

When I started pistol shooting in the early 1990's, new club shooters (handguns can only be fired by club shooter here in Kiwiland) spent at least 2 months of their 6 month probationary period shooting only a .22 handgun. After gaining marksmanship proficiency they moved on to 9mm pistols, or a...

Meanwhile in Kiwiland...... A couple of things from New Zealand policing that are maybe relevant here. Number 1. Around 15 or so years ago NZ police adopted Tasers. Some politicians were not in favour of it, citing misuse, until cameras mounted to the battery were mandated. Our first two...

I never mind the salesman/owner of my LGS taking a phone call. It’s probably me on the other end of the call :D:D:D Also they spend too much time in useless discussion with me at the counter.

We used to get most of the U.S. gun mags here but they have disappeared from the shelves. One thing I look forward to when visiting America is picking up a copy of American Handgunner, but last year there wasn’t a copy to be found anywhere I looked.

Even more bad news. Tesla recently stopped supplying parts to anyone who was not a Tesla agent. The cars are being written of by insurance companies for new ones as they now cannot be fixed. And we all know that the insurance companies will try anything to get out of a claim.

Phone call this morning from a local (Kiwiland) cellphone number. It was "Visa Security" about two transactions $800 and $1000 overnight that had been blocked, but they needed to speak to me. Person who picked up spoke english with an accent, but understandable. Repeated he was from "Visa...

Phones change their time based on your location relevant to GMT. Set your location time to manual, GMT - 6, and it should correct. Just remember to set it to -7 when daylight time ends.

There will be a very small difference in the web address, so small that you will have to do a letter by letter comparison to find it. I get these in Kiwiland about twice a week. A few weeks ago, my brother woke up to find two texts from his bank overnight asking him to confirm, via 4 digit...

What do you call 100 lawyers on the Titanic? A good start.

I have never before met an American who did not like or follow football. It's like a Kiwi who doesn't worship rugby or the All Blacks (me). I lack the hand-eye co-ordination for team sports, yet I can shoot a pistol.

Amazon is..... world wide. There are things that I need (want) that I can't buy in Kiwiland, but can get on Amazon. A few minutes online, click on credit card details and 10 days later a parcel arrives across the world. I recently hasd an Amazon package opened and the contents taken, but they...

Tonite's Kiwiland dinner Roasted pork loin with roasted carrots, new potatoes, onion and green beans.

To bad you guys miss out on the Kiwi burger Took Ryan into town this afternoon to do some grocery shopping and went through the drive through for his weekly Big Mac dinner. I saw that they have the Kiwi burger back on the menu. This is a unique item only available in Kiwiland, and only at...