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Funny story. My wife traded her F150 for an Ford Expedition at a local Nissan dealer. I had to go over there yesterday to sign a couple of things and deliver the spare key. I decided to drive the Mustang because there wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was early on a Sunday morning, meaning there were far fewer idiots likely to be on the road. When I got there, I parked right at the front door.
I went inside, and while I was waiting for said paperwork, a sales guy came up and said, "Looking to move into a Nissan?"
I replied, "Nope. All Ford, all the time."
He asked, "Can I ask why?"
I said, "Look outside". There were almost a dozen people standing around taking pictures of my car.
He said, "What am I looking at?"
I said, "Nobody's standing around taking pictures of your Nissans."
Sometimes, I really love exercising my micro-aggressions.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Hi John,
Bit off topic, but you posted yesterday about a Webly Pistol you got from your Dad (  ) was it a .38, .45 or the rarest .454 ? Do you know how it came across your side o' the pond, I'm guessing if it was issued it would a .45, aquired from a Brit service man in WWII .38, gained from a private citizen/ex Boer war type .454... I have a strange liking for the Webly due to my Dad...
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It was a .455, but someone bored the barrel to remove the rifling, threaded the end of the barrel to accept a choke (and also removed the front 1/8 inch off the front sight blade), and used god-knows-what ammo (I'm assuming .45 shot ammo with moon clips) so the gun could be used as a varmint pistol.
I'm not sure if this is the way it's supposed to be, but pulling the trigger advances the (empty) cylinder, but does not draw back the hammer and fire the next round. I thought it was supposed to be a double-action revolver.
In other words, they ruined the rarest of all the Webley pistols. It's essentially worthless because a) parts are impossible to buy, and b) it would result in a pistol with non-matching serial numbers on the various major components. In fact, the cylinder is completely devoid of serial number.
It makes me angry just talking about what was done to this gun.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: It makes me angry just talking about what was done to this gun.
I do apologise! It was designed to be a dual action all Weblys (that were produced were, I believe), if you remove the rifling the accuaracy goes out the window (I think), surely not something you (at I) would want in a pistol to shoot varmints! I think some of the .455 pistol were shipped to Washington to compete against the 1911 to replace 1909 (.32 ACP?) and were modified to take .45, I wonder if this is one there should be a serial number or part on the Hammer...
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I didn't notice any marks on the hammer, but I'll look when I get home.
I think the varmints being targeted were rats and/or snakes.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I think the varmints being targeted were rats and/or snakes.
In other words, cleaning up the local lawyer population.
Software Zen: delete this;
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glennPattonInThePubAGAIN wrote: if you remove the rifling the accuaracy goes out the window (I think), surely not something you (at I) would want in a pistol to shoot varmints!
IIRC John said something about shotshells elsewhere; for those you want an unrifled barrel.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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But still, derifling a Webly is a crime, surely it would cheaper (& safer) too buy a junker shot gun! 
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Ah Ok, personally I wouldn't want to trust any mods I made to a firearm, but if the neck is red enough...
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: In other words, they ruined the rarest of all the Webley pistols.
Perhaps at the time, (seemingly quite some time ago), required functionality was more pressing than something to hang on the wall, OIOW there were a lot of varmints around, and not so many people looking to buy old and out-of-date guns (or scrap steel seeing as no ammo fitted before the mods).
I'm sure as a child you received toys that were quickly unwrapped, played with, thrown about, smashed into each other, buried in the sand pit.... that had you left them in the box today would be worth hundreds of dollars and eventually thousands to your grandchildren.
Still angry? Go and take a look in the mirror.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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I was never a child.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So you are an endoparasitoid? (Like the Xenomorph in Aliens....)
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I got my first US driver's license on a Mustang. I did not own a car and couldn't rent one (did not have a credit card yet). I got a driving school instructor's car - paid him for an hour's lessons, but instead of lessons, basically rented his car for an hour. I was surprised he allowed a random brown foreign stranger to borrow his car just like that, although he did accompany me to the test location, so he did verify that I could drive. So yeah, sorry rather off-topic, but I just remembered when you told your story. Not as interesting as yours I guess. 
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Nish Nishant wrote: I was surprised he allowed a random brown foreign stranger to borrow his car just like that
Why should your being brown skinned matter? But cool story nonetheless.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Well, it intensifies my foreignness (at the time).
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I hear ya. I feel foreign myself sometimes even in my own country.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I feel like I'm surrounded by foreigners...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Depending where you are in Texas or California or Arizona, you are surrounded by foreigners...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I can relate. I also prefer Ford. And my biggest wish is to get my hands on a Mustang. Unfortunately, my wallet doesn't think it's the best of ideas at the moment...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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When I go to the local foreign car dealer with my wife, people stand around taking pictures of my wife.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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They'd take pictures if it was one of these: [^]
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I'm thinking to open a second career as freelancer, preferably online...
I Googled around and found some sites, that may help, but would like to hear about your personal experience and tips...
Thanks!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Depends how bogged down you want to get in work.. I had the same idea a few years ago, but it just ended up taking over my life.
I've been reading this book and although some of it is a bit gimmicky, I'd say he's correct in where we should be heading in life (i.e. working less - or at least more efficiently - and enjoying life more). I read this one recently too which changed the way I approach ideas.
All in all, I've decided that I'll concentrate on non-tech business ideas that take very little of my time outside of work.
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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