When I first started shooting the Arex going on sixteen months ago I complained that the ejection pattern was all over the place. Since it isn’t a gas-operated gun I didn’t expect that to settle down at all but for reasons passing my poor understanding it really has.
Not exactly a single neat pile but at least I’m not looking for brass at all points of the compass anymore. Not that it matters that much: Being a boomer I always collect my brass but I now have thousands of 9mm cases there’s very little chance I’ll ever actually load.
Now and then it strikes me, when I’m changing pants…
…I carry a hell of a lot of shit on my belt and in my pockets. I use all of it, too, from time to time.
Look what I found yesterday!
For various reasons I haven’t been to the Palace of Food – well, for all of this year, actually, and I was getting worried about my supply of my current favorite coffee brand. But look what showed up at the local market! At a comically ruinous price, but it did show up.
Finally…
The Jeep’s shotgun seat has been a ruin of foam shards for years and years. Quite some time ago Terrapod sent me a seat cover which lasted for a while but gradually fell victim to Tobie and the Jeep’s resident rat(s). Then just last week a neighbor was actually planning to throw away these perfectly nice covers! So the Jeep’s interior can look a little nicer for a little while. The driver’s seat didn’t really require one: That replacement seat MM sent (mumblemumble) years ago is holding up quite well though the seams have acquired some Gorilla Tape. But I figured I may as well complete the set. For the record, Tobie was not in favor of the improvement. “My seat doesn’t smell like my ass anymore!” or implied words to that effect.
It’s just as cheap to buy FMJ 9mm as it is to load.
No flashlight?
Didja bother to think that Tobie might be unhappy about riding in a seat labelled as “CAT”???
Little flashlight on the side of the multitool sheath. The Fenix is handy in a holster for when I know I’m going to be working in the dark but I don’t carry it EDC right now. Probably change in winter when days are shorter and often darker.
Far cheaper with factory reloads, which is why my handloading days are probably done. But I still reflexively collect my brass unless I’m just shooting a few rounds in the boondocks and it would be too hard to find.
Sorry, Joel, I have some bad news for you about the Arabica and Robusta coffee beans in that Death Wish dark roast you like. The majority of these beans are imported from Brazil, and DonOLD has set the tariff rate at 50% for all imports from Brazil. That’s why they are a little on the pricey side, so ration the coffee out as much as you can.
A year ago I paid for a new bench seat in my truck. Everything but the metal frame is new. The installer even changed out some springs gratis. Wow, what a difference.
One may not notice the decay because it is incremental and because you continue to adapt. That leg that fell asleep, the pinch in your back, your general bad posture, you get used to it.
Then you get a new seat and you wonder what took you so long.
Ration coffee. Hahaha -wheeze- snort, lemme catch my breath. Hahaha ration hahaha
No Air Tag on the key ring?
Quarters for vending machine or payphone?
I don’t know what an air tag is. Quarters for the water vending machine in town. A quarter a gallon, nice sweet filtered water.
Its a tracker (free, no subscription) . Various uses, friend of mine has one in each vehicle.
https://www.apple.com/airtag/
Airtags are useful to keep track of the various moving parts in your life. I use them on my vehicles, my key ring, wife ‘s purse and our luggage. If I had a pet, one would be on its collar.