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gewing

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  1. I was lucky in that my family in Houston stayed dry. I realize that this has been a catastrophe of Epic scale and that the next hurricane following it makes it even worse. But the lack of coverage of the monsoon flooding in Bangladesh and Pakistan is rather disturbing to me as it has killed at least 1,200 people and the people's lives there can be hard enough for the floods hit
  2. A year or two ago I hunted up a childhood favorite: the cave of spearS. A young man coming of age in the stone age, and the person his tribe experiences... There was another book I cannot remember the name, sadly. I remember some of the plot points and developments. I read it in 1978 I believe.
  3. It might be a thought... Simplicity I'd like to do some research on weather certain aluminum Alloys can be forged
  4. .280 British would be great, 6.5 Creedmoor would also I believe the .250 savage or .250 savage improved would be superb. Both are effectively obsolete mostly because the original guns for the .250 had too slow a rifling twist to reliably stabilize bullets longer than a 100 gr spitzer cup and core bullet. That and everyone is obsessed with velocity. a 110 gr spitzer boattail at 2860 would generage about 2000 ft-lbs of energy, which many have long argued is the maximum cutoff for a controllable automatic rifle in a normal weight range. The new M80a1 load with the 130 gr bullet at iirc 3000fps is said to be very effective. I wish I had the money to try developing a modern derivative of the Voss copper tubed aluminum bullets. A steel core inside an aluminum body with a copper jacket for bore contact and weight distribution... I figure instead of 106-113 grains, about 130 grains, but with a significantly higher BC than a traditional bullet of that weight...
  5. I still think the V&V way to convert strength Etc to hand and damage was the best I can think of
  6. I still think the V&V way to convert strength Etc to hand and damage was the best I can think of
  7. The Expressions on their faces when their holy water and religious icons had no effect was wonderful. It was even funnier when they engage them in melee combat and ruptured the power conduits! The video has gotten many hits online
  8. The people who thought that my Guardians were skeletons were quite surprised that I had stolen the idea of shock Bones from arduin
  9. Convincing people to run a campaign where the Technologies are limited can be difficult. We did and approximately Neolithic game one time my character had an atlatl and wore an oiled wool felt poncho. Weather protection and light armored... orcs were the ultimate survivalist, Iirc, though that might have been a different game
  10. I once played a character in a similar setting who had NO implants. His dad had been a top cyberneticist and he knew just how easy it would be to put "extras" into devices. Rumors leak that a major cybernetics provider has been putting back-doors and worse into devices. Using unsuspecting people as spies, for instance. The don't have to control people (usually), just monitor appropriate people and their activities. Shades of NSA wiretapping...
  11. I hate trying to post for my phone it always glitches on me the RFB is not convertible to multiple calibers and although I actually like kel-tec,( my wife has a p3at that will make headshots of 50 ft and has never missed fired or failed to feed) I think that the MDR is a better overall solution but I could be wrong I'm obviously going to wait quite a while before I could ever think about buying anything right now. The other day I was thinking about Wildcat for the 308 length actions that would use a short magnum case shortened and blown out to 50 caliber. Shorten it to the point where a variable is Glee efficient bullet like the Amax will fit in the magazine... I don't know whether it would have to be as short as the WSSM cases... but a 750 grain bullet at 1050 ft per second might be interesting. If time and money were free it would also be fun to make a 375 bore Wildcat using the same case I think one could approach the 375 H&H quite closely
  12. Desert tech mdr is finally shipping. .308 only at first
  13. Long recoil is good for reducing peak recoil impulse. FN was working on a shoulder fired 40mm x53mm hv weapon some years ago, and earlier a 76mms weapon Iirc called samourai that didn't catch on...
  14. Make it in .22 magnum so you can carry thousands of rounds. At 2000+ rpm cars could be cut in half, and recoil should not be problematic. Make a two stage trigger wit two rates of fire. 600 or so then as it comes on target, pull into second stage and jump up to 2 or 3 k rpm...
  15. You have my prayers and very best wishes.
  16. Because stupidity is the most common thing in the universe
  17. I turned in my two weeks notice yesterday my wife has been very sick for the last 3 days to the point that she probably should have gone urgent care but she couldn't have driven there without me coming home from work. My mom is back in the hospital the troubles continue with the my dad and the caregivers... life is a four letter word
  18. I have to decide whether a commission-based sales program is the right step for me. I believe I can do it button the new security as I start out is nerve wracking.
  19. You are nicer than I would be.
  20. They, and many other people should be glad it will never be "Greg Almighty" even for a day. The bolts from Heaven that would hit them would not leave anything appropriate for an open coffin funeral. Every one of their supporters, every supporter of Boko Haram, every supporter of the KKK, child molesters, rapists... the world's population would be significantly lower. Of course I would be Hellbound (I have thought of using that as the title for a story) but...
  21. I finally had to get power of attorney for my mom. Need it for my dad too, but... there is more money on my paycheck than I expected, which is good, but no explanation why... I fear to use it, because they have been known to make mistakes, then takes back the money on the next check. Margins are way too tight for that to be doable.
  22. Sounds like theft or shoplifting, not even robbery. He probably would have faced charges if things had gone differently. Whether this is how it should be is a different discussion.
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