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“Shoveling sand against an incoming tide” reminds me of being assigned to moat dredging duty by my nieces, building sandcastles on a tropical beach . Great sport, but of course futile.

Great mental image on this January evening surrounded by so much snow here in Canada’s North

My punctuation peeve = .25-‘06 or .30-‘06 ‘06 is obviously a contraction of 1906,
Also , as a corrolary, why isn’t .270 Win known as .270-‘03, and similarly .280 Rem as .28-‘03 ??


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Originally Posted by 338Rules
“Shoveling sand against an incoming tide” reminds me of being assigned to moat dredging duty by my nieces, building sandcastles on a tropical beach . Great sport, but of course futile.

Great mental image on this January evening surrounded by so much snow here in Canada’s North

My punctuation peeve = .25-‘06 or .30-‘06 ‘06 is obviously a contraction of 1906,
Also , as a corrolary, why isn’t .270 Win known as .270-‘03, and similarly .280 Rem as .28-‘03 ??

Now that's getting deep right there.

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Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd
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Yep, nobody cares very much-though I occasionally get slightly annoyed when somebody lists a 12x26x56 scope for sale.

Also get a little annoyed when somebody says or writes "first-year anniversary," or "fifth-year anniversary." The "anni" in annversary means year, which is why until a few years age the common form was "first anniversary", or "fifth anniversary."

But objecting to any of this is like shoveling sand against an incoming tide.


Not to mention spilling and those unnecessary little jots called punctuation smile


Don't forget those pesky paragraphs, or the lack thereof!


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As long as we're listing annoyances, using "They-Them" plural pronoun when referring to a single misguided individual.

It's interesting to hear all the southernisms I've been introduced to, here in N.C.

People are crazy but I agree, 3x9x40 is annoying.


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I always just thought that if I can figure out what you're saying, it doesn't really matter to me. I personally have bigger things to worry about.


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Originally Posted by Triggernosis
I can see I hit a nerve with some of y'all. The truth sometimes burns strong, doesn't it.


You know.....any sentence that ends with the words "doesn't it" should really have a question mark at the end. Just sayin', professor.

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Originally Posted by HarpBoy
Originally Posted by Triggernosis
I can see I hit a nerve with some of y'all. The truth sometimes burns strong, doesn't it.


You know.....any sentence that ends with the words "doesn't it" should really have a question mark at the end. Just sayin', professor.


I worked for a lady that would end every argumentative comment she made with “Ain’t that right Bob” Usually an exclamation but sometimes a question.

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Sock-oh, not say-co....

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Originally Posted by 450BM
Originally Posted by HarpBoy
Originally Posted by Triggernosis
I can see I hit a nerve with some of y'all. The truth sometimes burns strong, doesn't it.


You know.....any sentence that ends with the words "doesn't it" should really have a question mark at the end. Just sayin', professor.


I worked for a lady that would end every argumentative comment she made with “Ain’t that right Bob” Usually an exclamation but sometimes a question.


I know what she was talkin' bout. Someone did make mention of "hot" water heaters. Ain't that right Bobby!?!


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Sock-oh, not say-co....


Lou-pold or Leo-pold?

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Originally Posted by Triggernosis
Originally Posted by 338Rules
“Shoveling sand against an incoming tide” reminds me of being assigned to moat dredging duty by my nieces, building sandcastles on a tropical beach . Great sport, but of course futile.

Great mental image on this January evening surrounded by so much snow here in Canada’s North

My punctuation peeve = .25-‘06 or .30-‘06 ‘06 is obviously a contraction of 1906,
Also , as a corrolary, why isn’t .270 Win known as .270-‘03, and similarly .280 Rem as .28-‘03 ??

Now that's getting deep right there.


Yup, Piled Higher and Deeper. ;-)

Rem 700 KS, 6.5-280 AI w/ 2-10 x 50 FFP Illum. What could be simpler ?
Confusion comes from parsing out the Zoom range ( 2x - 10x = 5x )

Cheers


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So what's the x power of a red dot with magnifier?


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Originally Posted by 338Rules
Originally Posted by Triggernosis
Originally Posted by 338Rules
“Shoveling sand against an incoming tide” reminds me of being assigned to moat dredging duty by my nieces, building sandcastles on a tropical beach . Great sport, but of course futile.

Great mental image on this January evening surrounded by so much snow here in Canada’s North

My punctuation peeve = .25-‘06 or .30-‘06 ‘06 is obviously a contraction of 1906,
Also , as a corrolary, why isn’t .270 Win known as .270-‘03, and similarly .280 Rem as .28-‘03 ??

Now that's getting deep right there.


Yup, Piled Higher and Deeper. ;-)

Rem 700 KS, 6.5-280 AI w/ 2-10 x 50 FFP Illum. What could be simpler ?
Confusion comes from parsing out the Zoom range ( 2x - 10x = 5x )

Cheers

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Originally Posted by auk1124
Originally Posted by SCgman1
Sock-oh, not say-co....


Lou-pold or Leo-pold?


How about Sawvorski and Zeece?

Shilling barrels or Forester dies?

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The worst butchering of Swarovski I ever heard of was Sooverwhoski....


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Was talking to the head of the gun department at a local sporting goods store one day, and he was once baffled by some guy who asked if they had any "Eye Mister" gun powder--which turned out to be IMR. Another guy asked for "Hogadun" powder.


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Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT
Originally Posted by Mgw619
HoT water heater

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I have a hot water heater.
Except for when it was new, the water in it is always hot.
It just makes the, mixed with cool water, hotter.



Some of these will get me,
But then I remember,
Being far from perfect, I make mistakes also.


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Originally Posted by Dillonbuck
Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT
Originally Posted by Mgw619
HoT water heater

[Linked Image]



I have a hot water heater.
Except for when it was new, the water in it is always hot.
It just makes the, mixed with cool water, hotter.



Some of these will get me,
But then I remember,
Being far from perfect, I make mistakes also.


So you heat hot water again?


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