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I live in a city with a population of about 150,000. It was a small town of about 35,000 when I moved here in 1971. We still get "small town" items in our newspaper on occasion. Here's one that happened in the neighboring town of Argyle. (Note that towing companies around here can be used to...

Here's another reason not to fly: Renting a car from Hertz at the Syracuse airport. Zero customer service forces customers to take matters into their own hands. I remember a time when Hertz was actually good. How times have changed. Access Denied Ignore the "Access Denied" and click on it...

Thousands of people have been injured and eight have died when pagers carried by members of Hezbollah exploded throughout Lebanon today. I'm no expert on exploding pagers, but I'm guessing the Israelis figured out how to access them, and sent out a program that caused their lithium ion batteries...

“Baby Bump”: A really stupid term. I’d almost prefer “Prenatal Pustule”. “Hack”: “Hack” was once a perfectly good word. It’s what you did if you were using a dull axe, or cutting a metal pipe, or what your cat did when coughing up a hairball. Computer nerds eventually used it to describe...

Tired of buying ammo from know-it-all store clerks? Don't roll your own? Don't want to wait on an online order? Here's your alternative: Ammo Vending Machines a Big Hit at Alabama Grocery Stores – Bearing Arms

The vote was 8-1, with only Justice Thomas dissenting.

Do Pittsburghers really talk like this?

Yesterday was the first decent weather day we'd had for awhile, so Mrs. swsig and I decided to venture out to our local CVS store to get our RSV shots. I also needed a Shingrix shot. I went to the CVS website, was directed to the Minute Clinic, and got reservations for the late afternoon...

The EV thread has certainly generated a lot of interest. Since this is a firearms forum, how about an EV firearm? US aircraft carriers are moving to electromagnetic catapults. Could that technology be applied to launching bullets? These guys sort of have an answer: $3,375 Electromagnetic Gun...

Who says seals don't like to surf? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFqMQQV6H4k

We've just had a solar eclipse in North Texas, with 80% of the sun being blocked by the moon. I took some dramatic photos of the event. Here they are: View prior to the eclipse. Now, at the height of the eclipse. Can you see the huge difference? Oh, well...

When I was in high school, a friend who was intent on becoming a classical violinist came up to me one day and asked, "Do you know how to get to Carnegie Hall?" I said, "No, I've never been to New York City." He replied, "Practice, practice, practice." Today I discovered how important that...

This opinion piece appeared in yesterday's Dallas Morning News. I used to be a pro-life gun owner As best I can tell, the author's "logic" is as follows: 1. Bad people who have guns and kill are anti-life. 2. I am a good person and am pro-life. 3. I am also a gun owner. 4. Therefore, to...

A few minutes ago, I checked in with FlightRadar24 to see if anything interesting was going on. There was. The #1 watched flight was an aircraft orbiting Crimea at 675 feet going 35 mph. Its indicated flight path showed that it had originated in Chihuahua, Mexico, and had flown non-stop to...

Judge Counts, who recently ruled that those under felony indictment could not be prohibited from purchasing firearms, has now ruled that those under a judge's protective order cannot be deprived of their right to own a gun. Here is the article: Judge: Disarming those under protective orders is...

On Sept. 19, 2022, Federal District Judge David Counts ruled that being under indictment for a felony should not bar one from possessing or purchasing a firearm. Should this decision be upheld, indicted felons apparently would gain full Second Amendment rights, and ATF Form 4473 would need to be...

Our daughter gave us a membership to Instacart, a service that delivers from grocery stores and other retailers. Does anyone have experience using Instacart? My main concern is that the delivery people are not Instacart employees, but are independent contractors, and I have no idea how...

Our home A/C unit was not cooling. Our longtime A/C service company came out and said all it needs is some refrigerant. I appreciated their honesty, as the unit is about 15 years old, and they could have told me it had died and I wouldn't have doubted them. I felt I'd really dodged a bullet...

This new item just popped up on an email from Grab-A-Gun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq-qRj-9rUI Anyone have one? If so, please give us a singe, er, range report.

My long-time carry pistol is my 1.0 M&P 40c, converted to .357 SIG with a Storm Lake barrel. It has been exceedingly reliable for over 16,000 rounds, and has not had a single failure in the last 4,500 rounds. I usually shoot Lawman ammo with it, but I recently bought some Sellier & Bellot .357...