I really don’t have anything this morning, but it’s Monday and a post is obligatory. Just getting the cynicism out in the open there.
The other day I mentioned Ian’s video channels, and yesterday afternoon I realized what a treat I’d been missing. For years my download limits were pretty draconian and so online video was not my friend. I sort of kept up with some of the Forgotten Weapons videos, the short ones, but mostly ignored InRangeTV. In fact I didn’t even know it was on YouTube at all, I thought it was strictly on Full30.
And there’s some really good stuff there. For example, earlier this year Ian did a week-long series called “British Ration Week,” about the civilian food rationing program during WWII, what it consisted of, and why it worked so amazingly well for a government program.
Ian and friend actually spent a week cooking and living on only the food permitted to wartime British civilians, an experience that had … advantages and disadvantages. For my part I was surprised to learn that wartime Brits actually ate a good deal better than I do now – but they certainly must have spent a lot of time cooking.
Most of yesterday afternoon and a good bit of early this morning, I spent going through their “What Would Stoner Do” series, in which Ian and his IRTV partner Karl Kasarda have spent the best part of a year designing the perfect AR15 using current state of the art components. This is kind of a departure for Ian, whose interest mostly lies in old military tomato stake rifles or obscure weapon systems, but it’s right up Karl’s alley. It’s quite a rabbit hole, currently comprising 25 videos, and shows that a lot of what old mid-sixties Joel considered common AR wisdom has become old and busted in light of the state of current tech. For example: “pencil barrels” – no longer bad. You may or may not agree with each of their conclusions – I found the sections on optics alone kind of dizzying – but if you have any interest in ARs it’s definitely worth a visit.
Good stuff there. You should check it out.
That British ration week reminded me of the PBS “1940s House” series, especially when they changed the lawn into a huge Victory Garden.
I started watching the WWSD series on PornHub, I’ve gone back and started watching other videos in the series on other streaming servers.