Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 6:51:36 PM

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This place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night

Jukebox

@PBJ3 4/9/2021 7:05:23 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

It's dead alright.

Occasional Reader 4/9/2021 7:07:57 PM

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Occasional Reader 4/9/2021 7:09:02 PM

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So, here’s an icebreaker: which rifle scope should I get for my Ruger Mini 14?

https://thegunzone.com/best-scope-for-mini-14-ranch-rifles/

https://scopesfield.com/best-scope-for-mini-14-rifles/

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 7:27:57 PM

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@PBJ3 4/9/2021 7:34:51 PM

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In #4 Occasional Reader said: So, here’s an icebreaker: which rifle scope should I get for my Ruger Mini 14?

Leupold VX-Freedom 1.5-4x20mm Riflescope, Duplex Reticle, Matte Finish

@PBJ3 4/9/2021 7:38:12 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 7:46:31 PM

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Reply to @PBJ3 in 7:

Where I live, the only flyovers are real practice missions.

Last ones were V-22's

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 7:53:51 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 8:

A-20's years earlier.

We live close enough to Reserves training area to hear the gunfire and artillery practice.
Jukebox

@PBJ3 4/9/2021 7:58:21 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 8:

I grew up in a town next to an ammo dump and 70 miles from a Naval Air Station so we had the same thing.  When I was old enough to drive and had a little 1957 MGA roadster those pilots used to lose altitude and get right above my car.  It was scary but fun.  That little town 70 miles away has Top Gun now and they want some of the Federal land from around our little ammo dump so they can even fly closer.

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 8:01:22 PM

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Reply to @PBJ3 in 10:

Where we are, the main Army base shut down before we moved here, but there is still a Reserves area. Some buildings that look like designed for attack practice are even visible from a road.

@PBJ3 4/9/2021 8:08:55 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 11:

Interesting.

A lot of military branches do training in and around the town I grew up in.  If you go to Wiki for the town or the base ( I can't recall which) but they'll have a photo of a mock up of Osama Bin Laden's compound.  Apparently our high-desert town and mountains are much like Afghanistan.

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 8:16:16 PM

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In #12 @PBJ3 said: mock up of Osama Bin Laden's compound.

The mockup had a bad flaw. Its walls were not solid, so the helicopters behaved differently. The solid walls caused one to crash.

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 8:18:57 PM

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In #11 Kosh's Shadow said: Some buildings that look like designed for attack practice are even visible from a road.

Google Maps satellite view

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 8:20:10 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 14:

Street view from rt. 70 shows what can be seen from the road. "Restricted area"

@PBJ3 4/9/2021 8:34:08 PM

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In #13 Kosh's Shadow said: The solid walls caused one to crash.

I remember the crash but I can't remember whether or not the crew made it.

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 8:34:31 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 15:

I haven't driven by there in a while. 

@PBJ3 4/9/2021 8:52:24 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 17:

I haven't been to my home town for quite awhile either.  I had hoped to go this year for Armed Forces Day but I don't know if I can do a bar scene while Covid is not yet more controlled.  It's fun but definitely a drinking weekend.

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 8:57:24 PM

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In #16 @PBJ3 said: I remember the crash but I can't remember whether or not the crew made it.

Everyone made it out; they had backup choppers, but they had to blow up that one

Kosh's Shadow 4/9/2021 8:58:13 PM

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Reply to @PBJ3 in 18:

My home town is Boston.