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In the past year or so I see more and more people substituting the verb "running" in place of using as in "I'm running a 3-9x40 scope on my 270 "or "I'm running a 308 lever action on my deer hunt this year instead of a bolt action". No offense and maybe I'm just square and don't have the latest cool lingo but it sounds sort of trendy and juvenile to me. Where did this come from?
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With any luck, Dr. Howell will be along shortly 
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Turdlike, by default.
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Where did this come from? I suppose they got tired of saying, "That's how I roll."
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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At the end of the day I believe that's the bottom line.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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It's only one of many informal changes to the language. Not all are positive ones. It was someone's novel way of writing "I'm using a 3x9 scope". Glassing the field. Topped with a Leupold. Stuffing cartridges. K?
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/AP39Jhm.jpg)
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Where did this come from? I think it is a progressive devolution of the english language. May have its origins at an earlier time when people began ending sentences with prepositions... ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/24HRC/298735_f520.jpg)
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May have its origins at an earlier time when people began ending sentences with prepositions...
Stupidest thing I ever heard of.
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Where did this come from? I think it is a progressive devolution of the english language. May have its origins at an earlier time when people began ending sentences with prepositions... Still laffin gotta like that posted picture looks like you stole it off an old Miller Highlife commercial . "I am running a 3x9 this year" maybe its a Shepard or one with a super reticle or incorporated lazer or only works with a hand held computer(horus)?well maybe you just can't look thru it line up the crosshairs and plug 'em. It has to be "operated" sic run to work right? Who knows these days, Turret twisting and all. Magnum Man
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Stupidest thing I ever heard of.
Properly put, it should have been " Stupidest thing I ever heard of, azzhole..." I gotta go..I'm running two RCBS presses on the reloading bench ( Its the way I roll...) and I dont know where my bullets are at. 
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I guess Talley "fasteners" would send em over the edge.
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Tally makes a good scope mounting "system"..... I'm running a couple sets of them this year....
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In the past year or so I see more and more people substituting the verb "running" in place of using as in "I'm running a 3-9x40 scope on my 270 "or "I'm running a 308 lever action on my deer hunt this year instead of a bolt action". No offense and maybe I'm just square and don't have the latest cool lingo but it sounds sort of trendy and juvenile to me. Where did this come from? It's a gay thing Mike
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If it was a gay thing, Tom264 would have chimed in by now,thats the way he rolls....
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Well, now that this thread is completely derailed, some man verse.
Lady Lythely
Step softly now and loft the mop
To knock the tassled tumblys off
Or rub upon the ruffled rim
And flick the fluff all off again
Dust the rust encrusted bust
Her shape shows off her means
And proves the age old adage
The end justifies the jeans
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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I'll bet that flip up scope covers snap you too...
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Speaking of verbage, When did spaghetti became pasta?
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And when did varmint lose it's "n"....
Most folks post it as "varmit"...
And for that matter most folks post lose as "loose"....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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kinda like wearing a cap with the brim flat and sidewise. Makes me wants slap the piss out of those dumbass MF.
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kinda like wearing a cap with the brim flat and sidewise. Makes me wants slap the piss out of those dumbass MF.
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