The CZickness XXXIX Waiting on what's next.

[Leadeye]

I was surprised to find no British sold out of service stamp on it, somebody must have just lifted it at some point. Maybe came back right after the war, but certainly before 1968. Not used much, the wood checkering is still sharp in most of the grips.

 

[Bennettjh]

I gotta give that kutinup guy props for still coming back. I took a real short detour through the political section and the amount of **** he takes while maintaining his cool and still coming back is unreal lol. I wouldnt expect any less from a 2A forum but damn, i think id have thrown the towel in if i were him.

He lives to troll.

 

[T-DOGG]

OK peoples save for some fine tune work when I actually get to shoot it this one is done.
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I really like this one. Clean, simple, classy. Excellent work.

 

[Biggredchev]

He lives to troll.

Ahhh i wasnt aware that was the deal. Figured he was a cool headed guy sticking up for what he believes.

 

[Leadeye]

This is a 2A board and that's all I have to say.

 

[Bennettjh]

Ahhh i wasnt aware that was the deal. Figured he was a cool headed guy sticking up for what he believes.

I try to ignore him best I can but sometimes it's difficult. He keeps coming back for more so I'll give him credit for that.

 

[88E30M50]

I was surprised to find no British sold out of service stamp on it, somebody must have just lifted it at some point. Maybe came back right after the war, but certainly before 1968. Not used much, the wood checkering is still sharp in most of the grips.

Pics? Sounds like something I’d love to see


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[T-DOGG]

Today is Monday February 15th, 2021 and these are the official weigh in results for the first 2 weeks of the Weight Loss Challenge.

The current leader is Woody Woodpecker with an astounding loss of 4.21% of their starting weight.
Good job Woody, you've set the bar high.

• Woody Woodpecker -4.21%
• Winnie the Pooh -3.31%
• Little Bo Peep -3.05%
• Buzz Lightyear -2.29%
• Roger Rabbit -1.55%
• Willy Wonka -0.71%
• George Jetson -0.55%
• Mary Poppins 0.96%

 

[Leadeye]

Pics? Sounds like something I’d love to see


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A pic is posted further back in the thread.

 

[88E30M50]

After blowing snow in my driveway and the lady across the street’s, I came in and began playing with the parts that arrived today. I agree with TD, the RRA A2 is not the prettiest shade of gray but I think it will be fine with a coat of paint to bring it to a satin black. This is the Sig 516 upper over a stripped lower with a Larue trigger and Aero LPK.

My parts needed list is starting to grow. I now need a good BCG, FDE SB3, FDE Magpul bipod, a sling adapter for the UrbanERT and some rail covers. This will let me put my .300BO pistol back into service, complete the DPMS restoration to stock config and finish the Tikka.. Realistically, I should just pull the SB3 off of a different pistol and put a form 1 in on that one to SBR it.

 

[Leadeye]

Great back story LE. Seriously I could see all of that in my mind.

I can't imagine what that must have been like in England, summer of 1940. All those years of military victories over continental armys and Heinz Guderian hands them thier ass in two weeks.

 

[churchmouse]

I can't imagine what that must have been like in England, summer of 1940. All those years of military victories over continental armys and Heinz Guderian hands them thier ass in two weeks.

I think they were ill prepared for what they were marching into.

 

[88E30M50]

A pic is posted further back in the thread.

I found it. For some reason, Tapatalk sometimes skips well ahead and I miss posts.

 

[Leadeye]

Leadership made all the difference, with Churchill as PM and his 1000 year speech, it pulled everybody together to fight on.

 

[88E30M50]

I can't imagine what that must have been like in England, summer of 1940. All those years of military victories over continental armys and Heinz Guderian hands them thier ass in two weeks.

I don’t think anyone in 1939 had any idea what was coming their way over the next couple of years. Except maybe those that were in the thick of the previous war.

There are times when I wonder if we are in that period right now ourselves. Hopefully not but I would not bet a paycheck on that.

 

[88E30M50]

Leadership made all the difference, with Churchill as PM and his 1000 year speech, it pulled everybody together to fight on.

An interesting book is ‘Berlin at War’. It’s the story of how the city coped with the WWII. Hitler had a minority vote from the people of Berlin and he was not popular there. According to the book, the Germans really expected to get away with the invasion of Poland and after the Brits declared war, the Nazi’s were kind of standing around thinking ‘Now what?’. During the first air raids, people would drive some distance to see the bomb damage from the small raids by the Brits.

The entire European war seems to have begun with massive amounts of miscalculation by all involved in what the other side would withstand

 

[Hoosier45]

Leadership made all the difference, with Churchill as PM and his 1000 year speech, it pulled everybody together to fight on.

And one of the first things Biden did was remove the Churchill bust from the Oval Office. Ironic move for our new unifier.

 

[Leadeye]

I don’t think anyone in 1939 had any idea what was coming their way over the next couple of years. Except maybe those that were in the thick of the previous war.

There are times when I wonder if we are in that period right now ourselves. Hopefully not but I would not bet a paycheck on that.

There's a line in the movie Band of Brothers that illustrates this, one of the paratroopers shouts at this massive line of German prisoners asking what were they thinking, they are still using horses. At the time the US was producing more aluminum than the rest of the world combined and Kaiser shipyards was launching an aircraft carrier every week.

 

[Hoosier45]

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Today is Monday February 15th, 2021 and these are the official weigh in results for the first 2 weeks of the Weight Loss Challenge.

The current leader is Woody Woodpecker with an astounding loss of 4.21% of their starting weight.
Good job Woody, you've set the bar high.

• Woody Woodpecker -4.21%
• Winnie the Pooh -3.31%
• Little Bo Peep -3.05%
• Buzz Lightyear -2.29%
• Roger Rabbit -1.55%
• Willy Wonka -0.71%
• George Jetson -0.55%
• Mary Poppins 0.96%

I don't recognize any of these people?

 

[churchmouse]

And one of the first things Biden did was remove the Churchill bust from the Oval Office. Ironic move for our new unifier.

He is openly proving my opinions of him.