I Have Money and I'm Spending It, Darn It

If the menu was that, along with onions, I'd never leave the dining room

 

Why would you want a gas operated POS like that? I swear I'll never touch another M-16 ever again. True enough they even had to redesign it to actually be more reliable, eg the M4

IMHO the Pentagon made a serious error canceling the XM8 program. H&K, and FN, are generally much better at designing a weapons system that is both accurate and reliable. The XM8 is gas operated, but in reliability testing - dropped in fine sand, dunked in mud - the XM8 had far, far fewer stoppages and breakage compared to the M4

However, leave it to H&K to build a better mouse trap. They more-or-less re-engineered the M4 to create the M416, which is deployed in EU countries. The M416 is proving to be far more reliable than the M4, though not nearly as reliable as the XM8

I know a few guys in Utah that own HK 91 rifles, which use H&K's proven double roller lock bolt system. These are not gas operated, easy to clean, exceptionally reliable, and extremely accurate. The same double roller lock system is used in the HK MP5 and civillian HK 94

A clean HK91 will sell for +$2,800

My favorite rifle is the Remington 700 series bolt action. I go for accuracy, not spraying bullets all over the place. I trained on the military version of the 700 and deeply trust it

If I were in the market, I'd spring for a 700 Tactical Target Rifle, or a 700 XHR in 30-06.

 

I don't spend money to impress anybody, but now that I have money I'm spending it. Travel mostly. Having fun. I'd spend it on loose women (or more correctly, on a loose woman) if I knew where to find one and if I could feel reasonably confident that she was not carrying dreadful diseases. I lived most of my life with little more than the basics. I have no regrets about that. But I see no reason to leave more than I must to other folks.

You'd eat dolphin? That does not seem like you. The Gospel of Hiram says, "Never eat anyone more intelligent than yourself." It goes on to say that humans are the stupidest of animals because we piss in our own drinking water. But even leaving that aside, dolphins are probably more intelligent than we are. If they ever evolve opposable thumbs, they could probably make the Earth into a nice place.

 

I think it's time to look into rock. The $200 a month covers the pool and lawn services. There's no way I'm giving up the pool but lawns are a nighmare down here. I'll have to face the Homeowners Assn to make that change though.

I wish I could use a bowflex or any type of exercise equiptment now. I may have to have my biceps tendon cut because my shoulder flares up with any exercise but I want to give it a lot of time before I take that step. I went from training for a trip to Thailand for Muay Thai (wimpy farang school) training to couch potato and put on 25 lbs of all fat in 9 months.

 

Loose woman + no dreadful disease = impossible equation to solve

I'm going to leave my estate to a variety of pet welfare places (Eg humane society), a research hospital, an endowment, etc

Um, I was just kidding. I did try whale once and was put off by the fatty blubber stuff. I suppose it's good energy in a cold climate.

Actually, just spuds and onions, with a sprinkle of garlic, makes a fine meal for me

 

Oh bunny, good luck with that

That really sucks. Any chance a treadmill would be ok for you, or a stationary bicycle? Damn, I like upper body workouts

 

man. we've been identifying what's important and then rearranging everything else to make ends meet since i lost track when. i can't stand spending money when it's not needed. if it's justified that's one thing. we went through and hacked the budget when we sent DH back to school, and we were pretty frugal before then.

 

last time i focused on upper body strength, i scared people. i need to get back into shape though, i work too damn much and have no energy left. i'm getting soft.

 

Um, so that's a *bad* thing? Some people *need* to be scared!

 

I've done the teadmill and stationary bike but it's not the same, that makes it harder to get into the gym. That and Bally's closed the gym near my house so now I have to travel to get to one.

 

We don't have kids so most is going to the ASPCA.

 

Did you catch the latest today

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Life-like walking female robot

I'm going to offer to "test" their models, for free

 

The face is fairly life-like, in a stilted sort of way, and the hair (they probably used real hair). But nothing else about that thing is life-like. Even the hands look like a caricature of a cartoon figure's hands. Look at that bent-knee walk! An inflatable rubber woman would be more life-like than that thing.

What I really want is a girlfriend. The first not-actually-unattractive woman who pretends to like me could pretty much get anything she wanted out of me. Problem is, even fortune hunters can't bring themselves to pretend to like me. If there's such a thing as anti-charisma, I've got it.

 

**DISCLAIMER**

the following is "Daveonomics 101"

our success depends on an economy expanding to survive. for the past few decades it was China, before that Taiwan, before that Japan, etc.

now, India that was supposed to buoy the world's economy was unable to do so, because it has too much poverty weighing it down to where its economic growth did very little even to its own people much less the world.

a new redistribution of wealth is needed to spur the world. it may have seemed like China was the only country prospering from its growth but we all benefited. green technology is where we need to go simply because it will redistribute wealth and get more countries involved because the technology will come from all over the globe. right now batteries come mostly from Asia. that will change as advances in battery tech and uses begin to proliferate into new uses throughout society.

just as the computer industry supported us through the 90's, new products in the green field needs to get us through the next few decades

**WARNING!! this class has not received accreditation yet**

 

I see Quantas is having a one week sale on air fares to Australia and New Zealand -- $598 round trip from Los Angeles or San Francisco, $798 round trip from New York.

Very tempting. (And I haven't even stepped barefoot on dog poo recently .)

 

You take to many vacations daniel! Here's an idea stay home and take ball-room dancing classes, that's the ticket! I guarantee it'll work. :nod:

Wildkow

p.s. not that there is anything wrong with taking vacations, I'm just saying. . .

 

I think these dolls would be better (caution, this link contains a photo of a realistic naked doll):

Realdoll, The World's finest Love Doll

They aren't animated, but they do have the right look and feel (so I am told ).

Tom

 

Well, I'm spending it on some beers today! Sláinte (Pronounced Slancha)

 

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