I can’t stand the Florentine, I think it looks silly.

Also, kilts. I mean, I get the comfort and utility; but, I’m not a fan. Each to their own, have had great conversations with kilt wearers. I like my jeans and leather pants. Occasionally wear my ass-less chaps.

I haven’t seen an analysis from your perspective before. Lines up very well with my experience from the Southern US.

Having exported myself from the deep South to Yankee land, “Y’all have a good one!” never fails to brighten the day of someone working a cash register.

In general, folks up here really like southern politeness. They think sugar wouldn’t melt in my mouth. I get stopped in stores to talk all the time. Pretty frequently, they just give me a discount. I thought Yankees were supposed to be rude, but they’re actually really nice in public.

Ruger 10/22 for general varmint control and small game. Ruger wrangler .22 revolver for snakes and close up varmint control, works well with ratshot. Browning BPS 12 gauge for pretty much all shotgun needs.

1911 is also a damn fine handgun.

I’m putting our little play farm together and then I’ll be doing machining again. Have a potential contract for remote work that would be real nice. Otherwise, I’m going to have to go work in a shop for a little while and save up so I can build my own shop.

Luckily, I pass as a standard machinist good 'ol boy. Just have to keep my mouth shut and let them assume.

I’ve always heard and seen good things from Hurcos but have never ran one. I’m hoping to find a nice old Fadal mill and maybe an Okuma lathe here in the rust belt.

Jeebus. Trans machinist in Georgia? That’s a hard row to hoe there, hun. I ran a shop during 2020 and about half my crew was black. The political insanity ripped it apart.

Born and raised in Alabama, we moved to a northern state this summer. You need to think hard about getting out. We are not registered as Dems, but instead independent. Probably going to remove face pics from fet. Don’t fly a pride flag. Figure if you’re white, you’ll be okay for a while. Probably be a while before they come after LGTBQ. Maybe things get better, IDK.

Keep your head down and your powder dry.

Our family motto is: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The movie starred David Bowie’s cock, David Bowie was just a supporting actor.

Found this but I don’t know how credible it is. From around the same time.

Article says numbers written, title says branded.

It’s not good, nothing about this is. However, I’m not seeing actual hot branding to foreheads.

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/1/headlines/israeli_forces_detain_beat_and_brand_palestinians_after_deadly_west_bank_raid

Upvoted even though your comment created intense loathing and a little rage within me.

Looks like Ruger is not a part of this other than them buying Marlin who did it back in the day.

So I get 10 years of wealth before you harvest my soul? Just sign on the dotted line? Is this ink made from blood?

We’re in a purple state now. Best we could do. Started saving and planning during COVID when we saw friends and family go down the rabbit hole.

We looked at Canadian citizenship but it was to expensive. We’re pretty much resigned to riding it out here, nothing else we can do.

Are you me? We moved from the deep South, in large part, because our daughter is queer and things got so nutty.

I’d watch the fuck out of that.

Like, no. All sorts of carbide bits, including drill bits.

Lot of tungsten producers and recyclers in the US, kennemetal for instance. They would be happy to come get that cube, might have to crack it into smaller pieces.

My presentation had the Russian video where the kid gets wrapped up around a bar. Also had the pictures from where the guy got wrapped around a chuck and there is an eyeball sitting on top of the pile.

The manual lathe is the most dangerous piece of equipment in a shop in terms of fatalities. They cannot be made ‘safe’. You can only train people how to use them safely and not put idiots on them.

I’ve seen the chuck key of shame used and support its use. My rule was one chuck key fuckup, second offense, immediate termination.

I used to have a safety presentation on lathes. It was called, “The Happy Fun Lathe Safety Presentation.” Kittens and puppies on the title and chock full of gore.

SPEAK UP, F**ET! FADDER CAN’T HEAR YOU!

Spacedicks was a terrible place full of terrible people, but I still feel like something has been lost.

Nah, don’t lump farmers and such into this, please. Cows and bulls, hens and roosters, nannys and billys, sows and boars. There are also words for modified gender/castration similar to agender: steer, stoat, gelding, bellwether.

I might die if I couldn’t cuss while working. I’d just fucking explode.

I cuss during job interviews, both as the interviewer and applicant.