Neanderpundit

Every child of decent parents knows a universal and important truth:

There are consequences to your actions.

Often, we learn as we grow, to weigh the short-term consequences against the long term consequences, and that is the reason we often do things that “seem like a good idea at the time”. We do things because they give us instant gratification, or we think we’ll get instant gratification.
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Well, a woman in georgia was trying to buy about $2k worth of stuff in a Wal-Mart with a million dollar bill. Money quote?

“I guess the cashier didn’t have $998,328.45 in her drawer, because she went to get a manager, who called the police, who arrested Alice Regina Pike, bless her heart, and put her in jail.”

My dear friend Jenny laments this- says it paints Georgians as the rubes people expect them to be- but I don’t know. me, I think it shows an inventiveness many lack. A woman thought, hell, everyone ELSE is scamming their way to millionairehood, why not me? My question is, did she make it herself, or did she DO something for three million dollar bills, and if so, WHAT?

Today was a LONG overdue and MUCH needed Range Day

Took two rifles to my local range, an Arisaka that I just had some work done to, and a Romanian M59 22 trainer. I have never had a bolt 22 other than a single shot I got when I was 15, and the word on the street is that the Romanian trainers, though rugged and used, are good shooters. If not, I’ve got a guy who can put a nice barrel on one and make it a shooter again.

First, the Romanian. This rifle shows the signs of some very nice workmanship, where the action is concerned, it’s smooth and cycles nicely. The external fit and finish leave something to be desired, it looks like it’s been dragged through gravel on it’s way to being used as a canoe paddle; still, a little work, evenings in the summer will fix that. And make it a bit more presentable.

So, offhand with iron sights, I line up on the target:

Five rounds in under an inch and a quarter at 25 yards! Hell, I can BARELY SEE the target. (I didn’t put the good contacts in this morning) and I am quite impressed. I shoot a few more to get the feel, and even manage to get a couple in the X ring at 25 yards, and pack the rifle up.
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