Friday, November 25th, 2011
Daily Archive
Daily Archive
Because I had to refill a scrip today, of all days, and I wandered into the Walmart parking lot, got a spot two places from the door, walked right up to the sporting goods counter and purchased 100 rounds of 223, got a bottle of creamer and went to the pharma counter, walked right in and got my scrip, paid, and headed home. I was home in less than a half hour. I don’t quite know what all the fuss is about.
OTOH, there were a lot of “People of walmart” moments, but since this was a short trip and I’m off the clock at present, I didn’t have my phone along. Shame, too, because the 80 year old broad with orange hair wearing satin spandex pants was a sight for sore eyes.
Well, sore afterwards, anyway.
In the general population, I’d guess that the number of people who have any idea what this thing is is on the order of one in a few million.
Bloggers being a geekier lot than ordinary people, there’s a higher liklihood that one will know, but I will be impressed. You have to be a certain type of geek to have ever even seen one of these, let alone used one.
it comes in a nicely fitted leatherette box, and includes rosewood, teak, ivory, and nickel, in addition to hardened carbon steel, and some early Chrome plate.
You can click to embiggenate and the picture will sharpen up some.
Update: Since John had to show off and figure it out the first day, here’s a couple pictures of the item unfolded and ready to use.
