fritz

Jerry,

Does your company have a policy of no firearms in their parking lot?

 

If they do, the only thing to do is try to change that policy. Sounds like the gun owners in your area need to form a Union of some sort. Companies can screw individuals much easier than a Union.

 

I know you are not a Union man (neither am I), but there comes a time for a union of like-interest workers to present their case.

 

Good luck, and keep the beer cold!

 

fritz

"More to the heart of most Americans' concerns, how can a nation fighting a war on terror NOT seal its borders?" —Kathleen Parker ++ "Because we do not communicate to our immigrants, legal and illegal, that they have joined something special, some of them, understandably, get the impression they've joined not a great enterprise but a big box store. A big box store on the highway where you can get anything cheap."

 

It appears to be a lack of communication here. Maybe we need more bilingual border security people?

 

Or maybe just more border security people, regardless of what language they speak, as long as they enforce the LAW!

 

The Patriot used to be a mouthpiece for the Bush administration, but I see them finally seeing the light.

 

fritz

Now let me ask a simple question.

 

Just what the hell are they going to do to you if you do?

 

Ever hear of civil disobedience?

 

The time is right, I would think.

 

fritz

Route 66 was one of my favorite TV shows. Martin Milner, and the other fellow I keep forgetting his name.

 

Milner went on to play a cop, didn't he? But those two guys traveling Route 66 in the Corvette was a classic (car and all).

 

They eventually appeared in every state that the highway passes through.

 

BTW, what ever happened to that highway? I hope some bureaucrat didn't turn it into a super highway (corridor) like our guvnor wants to do here with I-35 and I-59.

 

fritz

"So, does this mean that you don't want the five really intelligent movie stars?"

 

We really don't, thank you, maybe you could strike a deal with the folks in the Commonwealth of Virginia who now are the proud? cohabitants of this piece of schitt. Give them a little time with him, and you may get him a lot cheaper. Maybe they will pay you to take him off their hands.

 

That way, you could keep your movie stars.

 

Are you sure you really want him? In Kalifornia he may resurrect his powers over the people.

 

And the people whom I refer to are the citizens of the United States of America!

 

I didn't post the whole editorial because it began to contain the local Texas political situation (like who will replace him). He never stood a chance of winning his seat here in Texas, and it would have gone to a Democrat. Now that he is gone, a decent Republican has a chance.

 

fritz

In today's editorial---

 

DeLay departure good for America

April 5, 2006

 

Texas, the rest of the country and even the Republican Party will take years to recover from Tom DeLay.

 

But, at last, the healing may begin.

 

Facing a serious Democratic threat to his re-election in November, the Sugar Land exterminator is stepping down from the U.S. House of Representatives. After representing a district from his native Texas in Congress since 1985, he will move his official residence to Virginia. That commonwealth's loss is this state's gain.

 

DeLay's successor as the House's majority leader, U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, said the soon-to-be Virginian "has served our nation with integrity and honor."

 

That must be why the House ethics committee repeatedly reprimanded him.

 

That must be why a Travis County grand jury indicted him on charges that he violated state campaign finance law.

 

That must be why two of his former senior congressional staff members have accepted plea bargains on corruption charges.

 

That must be why his one-time close buddy Jack Abramoff is going to prison.

 

DeLay himself played fast and loose with House ethics rules. He surrounded himself with people who played fast and loose with the law. And he may well have done that himself.

 

It is delusional thinking to say that kind of behavior has anything to do with "integrity and honor."

 

DeLay, who served six years in the Texas Legislature before going to Washington, treated that body with contempt when he and his cronies hijacked it in 2003 to inflict off-cycle congressional redistricting on the state some eight years before the U.S. Constitution next required it.

 

This set a bad precedent that the U.S. Supreme Court should overturn when it decides a challenge to the DeLay-engineered redistricting scheme. It also cost Texas some effective senior members of the House whose districts were gerrymandered to elect cronies of DeLay and Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland.

 

For DeLay, the end - creating a permanent Republican majority in Congress - justified the means, no matter how sleazy. For him, proving the worthiness of his party's views in the open marketplace of ideas mattered less than accumulating the raw power he needed to shove them down the nation's throat.

 

As the House majority leader, DeLay ensured that the Democratic minority played no meaningful role in the legislative process, effectively depriving the voters who elected those members of representation in that chamber.

 

More damaging than that, DeLay's hyperpartisanship made it almost impossible for members of either party to set aside partisan differences and seek common ground to serve the nation's greater good.

 

This approach, coupled with President Bush's similar take-no-prisoners attitude, has worsened divisions in the body politic. Bush had claimed to be "a uniter, not a divider" when he was the governor of Texas. For whatever reason, he did not continue that when he went to Washington. DeLay never made such a claim. He always was "the Hammer," whacking opponents and pounding fellow Republicans into abject submission.

 

But DeLay went too far, proving the truth of Lord Acton's dictum that "power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." His belief that he personified both the Republican Party and the federal government led him to overreach - and, finally, to begin to get caught for it.

 

fritz

Yeah, that hog has been variously reported as having been killed in Texas, Florida, Georgia, etc.

It is a big hog, and that front-end loader shown has to be propped up by the cement blocks.

 

Here is the same brand loader, with a smaller load---

 

 

fritz

 

 

 

Seeing that river bank makes me want to go fishing. There has to be a place somewhere that has enough water to wet a line.

 

Not in my catfish ponds though, they are about dry. And the local river is so polluted (thanks to San Antonio) that I wouldn't eat a fish from it. The "researchers", who have never seen the river, say the pollution is caused by cattle.

 

Even I can tell the difference between a cow patty and a human turd. But, like I said, they have never seen the river. They use computers (that don't inspect septic tanks, city sewers, or the fact that there are fewer cows in the area than before). So, it can only be the cows crapping more, I guess.

 

I like catfish. Fryed right on the river bank, nothing better.

 

fritz

"so what does that make me? 50 in a 28 year old body?"

 

Nope, 28. A 50 year old would not have missed any.

 

fritz

 

 

("Look, I don't give a f*** what you call me, just stop trying to steal my f***ing land, OK?")

 

That could also be applied to the bureaucrats who are attempting to steal my land today. How many eminent domain laws for condemnation of personal land does it take before the public acts? Just because they are a taxpayer who does not own land, will they stand by and let the bureaucrats pass one after the other?

 

At what point will common sense (or the ballot box) have the final say?

 

There was a case here locally, and it seems to be ending with at least a bit of common sense (albeit in the words of the losing party, because it would cost too much in court to steal 209 acres of prime farm land for the $600/acre they offered.

 

This for a landfill! And the party wanting to steal the land was the City of Victoria. They looked at the value (with the agricultural use) on their books, and offered $600. A private appraiser put it at $2500/acre.

 

They seem willing to settle for $2000/acre. The landowner agreed to that figure, but the fundillo city attorney still says that is too much.

 

But he knows he will lose in court, and will have to pay more. What a sieso.

 

So, the land grabbing is still going on, and now the governor wants to put a 1200' wide super highway through the middle of my ranch. And take it for the least he can get it for. Makes no matter that lots are selling for $5000 an acre here. He will not want to pay that.

 

Give him the power of eminent domain, and he will steal it from me, just as the bureaucrats stole that land from the Native Americans.

 

fritz

For you younger members, no fair searching google or checking with the snoops thing---

 

TEST FOR OLD KIDS

 

This is a test for us, old kids! The answers are printed

below, but

don't you cheat.

 

READY????? Here we go!

 

01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off

into the sunset,

the grateful citizens would ask, "Who was that masked

man? " Invariably,

someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this

behind. What did

he leave behind?____________

 

02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early

1964, we all

watched them on The __________________ Show.

 

03. "Get your kicks, ___________________."

 

04. "The story you are about to see is true. The names

have been changed

___________________."

 

05. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle,

________________."

 

06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi,

we "danced"

under

a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a

dance called the

"_____________."

 

07. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S," Nestle's makes the very best

_______________."

 

08. Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our

parents shared

this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was

_________________.

 

09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?

_______________.

 

10! . Red Skelton's hobo character was named

__________________, and Red

always ended his television show by saying, "Good Night

and

_______________."

 

11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so

by burning their

____________.

 

12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and

the trunk in the

front was called the VW. What other names did it go by?

____________

& _______________.

 

13. In 1971, singer Don Maclean sang a song about, "the

day the music

died." This was a tribute to ___________________.

 

14. We can remember the first satellite placed into

orbit. The Russians

did it. It was called ___________________.

 

15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a

large plastic

ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the

________________.

 

Scroll Down

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.

02. The Ed Sullivan Show

03. On Route 66

04. To protect the innocent.

05. The Lion sleeps tonight

06. The limbo

07. Chocolate

08. Louis Armstrong

09. The Timex watch

10. Freddy, The Freeloader, and "Good Night, and may God

Bless."

11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned.)

12. Beetle or Bug

13. Buddy Holly

14. Sputnik

15. Hoola-hoop

 

fritz

Actually, I think it turned out better than if it had taken on the grey of parkerizing. The blasted finish changed to a more pleasant brushed finish in the parkerizing.

 

The photo does not show the true color of the front sight (which was bleached out by the flash). It is the dark grey of the parkerizing while the non-ferrous gas tube is a pleasing brushed stainless.

 

I have determined that parkerizing is not for everything, but it has merit on many battle rifles. And it is easy to do. Once starting on this, you will find that many parts are too high in nickle content to parkerize.

 

I found that the buttplates on the Yugo M48 do not turn the dark grey color. They must have a high nickle steel content.

 

 

fritz

Oh, but you do get it Tony (the rain that is).

 

The old saying about the rain is mainly on the plain, is in reference to Spain. I live on the plain (the coastal plain) and I got a whole tenth of an inch from the last norther.

 

Oh, I got winds that blew over trees (even in that hard ground) and that same ill wind dried out the little moisture that was in the soil. I am cursed on my ranch, because on the day when the rains hit my county and produced about 3/4" of water, I was playing golf (the first time in over a month) and it rained us out.

 

I came home and saw only a tenth in the guage (and a lot of wind damage). I am cursed.

 

I wonder if beating the drums and start the fire burning will make it rain. But I just remembered we have a burn-ban in this county. If I start a fire, I will be fined $500. And no telling how much of a fine for disturbing the peace!

 

But it might be worth it.

 

 

fritz

I say legalize it.

 

Then all the meth heads can use to their heart's content and when they die it'll be "chlorine" for the gene-pool.

 

I just don't want them driving on any road I'm on.

 

 

I don't want them on my road either, we already have enough Nascar wannabees traveling it every single day.

 

If they would just simply die, it would be OK with me, but I see them coming to our public funded health care facilities (after they are picked up from the road). We do not need that, and if they legalize it, they will come.

 

One thing I did not notice in the previous posts (unless I missed it) is the fact that a child born to these addicts may be addicted also, through no fault of their own. So even if their parents die, the problem still exists.

 

 

fritz

"Spring", what is that?

 

Is it a source of water seeping from the ground?

 

Is it the resilience in our matresses?

 

Or maybe the thingys on our vehicles that are supposed to absorb the bumps along our not-so-smooth roads?

 

Or maybe the time of the year when the young plants spring from the ground?

 

It could be the time when all young men's fancys turn to you know what. That time has gotten a lot of us in trouble.

 

Beats the heck out of me to understand the meaning of spring this year. I have been there, done that, in many years past. But this year, it is hard for me to see spring in the term of "young plants springing from the ground".

 

I would love to see them do this, but as each calendar day expires, it ain't happened here.

 

Give me water, or give me death. The more that I think of that, the more it makes sense.

 

fritz

While we await the position of Emul8, let me say that my people who came from Germany were treated badly when WW1 broke out. Hell, they were here before the spat began (and they weren't "guest workers") they were citizens. But that's another subject.

 

We were treated like the enemy, only because of our last name. We were farmers, and we produced the goods needed for the troops in the War. We named our community "Germantown" because Germany is where the people came from to establish it.

 

Under threat, like the negroes had with the KKK, we renamed our community "Schroeder" in honor of the first local boy killed in France in that War.

 

That simple thing (albeit the result of pressure) let us live in a bit more harmony with the rest of the country.

 

I don't know what Emul8 will have to say about the people who were here even before we were, but I can guess her people have more experience in this than mine.

 

fritz

On a more serious note, today is the day when many towns have a marathon run, walk, etc. to make people aware of the deadly disease known as cancer.

 

Ours started at 6 PM on the town square, and will last until Sunday morning. mrs fritz is one of the walkers who will walk, in relays, around the square all night. She is a member of a team called "Cowgirls for Cures".

 

I was present for the start of the ceremonies, and it was an impressive start. The VFW had an honor guard lead a parade for the first lap, which consisted of those who had survived cancer. I was amazed at how many were marching in that. It gives the rest of us hope.

 

I lost my mother to cancer when she was only 54 years old. mrs fritz had put a candle in the long (too long) line of candles representing someone who had died from this damned disease. And now my brother-in-law has oral cancer.

 

My mother might have been saved if this disease was diagosed earlier. But then again, since this was many years ago and research had not reached the level it has today, maybe not.

 

There are no "good" ways to die, but cancer is one of the worst ones. And this day is set aside to bring awareness to the public of how serious this is.

 

I know I shed a tear when that flag passed by, and it wasn't because I was being patriotic. Some things hurt for a long time.

 

I'm sorry to have to say this, but we are still a long ways from a cure. But as mrs fritz (in her role as Cowgirls for Cures) is doing, we must keep trying.

 

fritz

I just heard on the nightly news on channel 549 that approximately 300 illegal immigrants (most of them Mexican) have turned themselves in to our local sheriff.

 

The sheriff is overjoyed at this occurance (belated as it is) of these people finally seeing that they cannot escape the long arm of the law, and have instead decided to face the circumstances.

 

While there is not enough cell space for all these born-again citizen wannabees, the sheriff and his staff is doing the best they can do. Most of them do not want to return to Mexico, and wish to declare themselves as citizens of the USA. They expressed the desire to stay and be a worthy citizen of America.

 

Some have even promised to pay federal taxes on their income as laborers of some of the big-name employers (who shall remain anoymous).

 

This is good news indeed. And about time, I say.

 

But without help from the Bush administration, these "guest workers" are now our responsibility. We must provide for their health care (many are malnutritioned) and one pregnant immigrant admitted to not having eaten for 6 days. The SOP is to give the captured illegals food and water, but this many at one time is overwhelming.

 

We are doing the best we can, but without help from the federal government, it will cause a hardship on our small county. But we will do the right thing, and provide them with the basic necessities to survive this ill-conceived event in their lives.

 

While many local hispanics are afraid that these new workers will take their jobs, they will eventually see that it is in the best interest of the country to do this.

 

Nobody likes to pay higher taxes, and while this may cause our local budget to go over-limit, it must be done (in the name of humanity).

 

Wait, I just received this news briefing------

 

APRIL FOOL!

 

 

fritz

Such lanquage!

 

In the old days we used to say "Take it to the Corral".

 

I miss the old days, when there was a place for everything and everything was in place.

 

There still is a place for the former.

 

fritz

Thank you Tony, not only for posting that but for your work in this field.

 

Whoever can read that and not get teary-eyed, is not human.

 

fritz

Norelco. But be prepared to replace the blades sooner than you think. And they ain't cheap. Ebay is the worst place to shop for replacement heads, you can buy a new razor for about the same.

 

But it ain't cheap. Norelco is the best, and they know it.

 

fritz

The relief cut should not be needed on a standard M98, and when rebarreling a Yugo M48, some have gotten by with only thinning the end of the extractor a bit.

 

I cut a relief on one I did, but since then I have heard from others here that it may not be necessary. It is very close in any case.

 

 

fritz

On the front page of my newspaper today, I read about the Senate panel OK's bill on immigration. This is a panel, and it is not on the floor of the Senate yet.

 

When it does open on the floor, there may be some major changes made. The one that stands out is the provision that would permit illegal aliens currently in the country to apply for citizenship without having to return home.

 

A difference of opinion arose between Senator Kyle of Arizona (who is on the front lines) and the senator from mass-a-two-shits over that provision.

 

The fundillo from the northeast (away from the front lines, and knows nothing about the problems to us down here) said that he had a fundamental difference between the way Senator Kyle looks at things and the way he does.

DUHHH!

 

BTW, if common sense (and that is a rare thing today) does not prevail, you fellows may want to bone up on your spanish a bit.

 

I already know a few words of it (fundillo, sieso, zopilote) and maybe Karl and the other teachers can teach us the rest of it.

 

Harsh words, but not out of question.

 

 

fritz

The gas tube did not parkerize, because it was either stainless or nickle steel. It was magnetic though.

 

But the front sight did take on a good grey/black color, as did the other parts I had in the batch. The brushed stainless color looks pretty good--

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/fritz/gastube.jpg

 

 

fritz

Now we must pacify the Mexicans.

 

Hell yeah, pass a law that gives them all legal residence here. Let them work. They will send the word back to Mexico (faster than a speeding bullet) and their kin folks will clog the highways leading into this country.

 

That ain't the way my people came here, and I don't think it is the way your's did.

 

But the times, they are changing.

 

Not always for the better.

 

fritz