Why GA is Dying

.30/06 is the rifle caliber.
Nope.
.30-'06
Yep, caliber and year, not a fraction.

Ok, what do the numbers mean? I've heard of a "thirty ought six"
referring to a gun, and think I know one of them (.30 inches?) refers to
the gauge (width of the bullet). What's the other?

Jose
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Jay Beckman wrote:
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Emily" wrote
Barf. I HATE the idea of mandatory military duty. **** that.
Do you kiss you mother with that mouth?

Sheesh. Really lady-like. Turns me on, so.

Not.

Thankfully, I don't need to turn you on.

Morgans wrote:
"Grumman-581" wrote

We are still left with a lot of laws due to the
oppression that resulted during Reconstruction after the War of
Northern Aggression... Slowly, we're throwing off this yoke of
oppression, but we're not quite there yet...

When, in the H*LL are you going to get off of the Civil War? It has been
over for a long, long time.

Not really.

Jim Macklin wrote:
Just a guess, your early 20s, 5'6", blonde and have a
cellphone attached at the ear. Some pervert saw you in your
airline uniform and got your tag number. You've just become
a stalking victim and don't even know it yet. But he knows
where you work and live and he will follow you until he gets
up the nerve to make contact. Hope you have more than that
cellphone.

Well, I'm driving a new car without a license plate, don't work for an
airline, am brunette, and in my mid 20's, but you got the height right.

Believe me, I'm not anti-gun, it's just something that's not high on my
list of things to do right now. I'm doing what I can (and what I've
done falls under the "I'm not going to say because I want it to be a
surprise to anyone who tries to screw with me" thing).

Morgans wrote:
"Jay Beckman" wrote

What offends me is people that do not know, and respect,t the proper place
to use a little more discretion in the words they choose to use, and not
use.

Oh, so he doesn't like the fact that I used a swear word in connection
with the military? Whatever.

Grumman-581 wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:48:10 -0500, Emily
wrote:
Barf. I HATE the idea of mandatory military duty. **** that.

Well, I did my time, so I don't have a problem with them requiring
it... All in all, as much as I bitched about it at the time, I would
have to say that it definitely builds character... Then again, as we
used to say, "A happy sailor is a bitching sailor"...

My problem with requiring military service is that when people talk
about mandatory service, they talk about mandatory enlisted service. I
have a HUGE problem with being forced to enlist.

And although I think I'm too old for the draft now, if they started
drafting women, I'd be in OCS so fast my current employer wouldn't know
what hit them. THAT'S how I really feel about mandatory military service.

In article , Matt Whiting
wrote:

Yes, but it isn't yours as your family stole it from the native Americans.

who stole it from other native americans, who stole it from ....

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Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

"Jim Logajan" wrote

Then unless you've plonked Skywise and Matt Barrow, I think you're
engaging
in a case of special pleading. Consider this sampling found via Google's
archives:

Snipped

Skywise is not worth reading, IMHO, and is in the round file. Matt Barrow
has been there before, but is currently out on "good behavior." We'll see
how long that lasts, but my bet is he'll earn his way back in, again. Last
time he was in, it was because of his stand about "all public schools suck,"
or some such line.

Periodically, I take everyone out, and see how it goes. Some are put right
back in, and some get to stay out.

I read these groups for enjoyment, and the chance that I might learn
something, by accident. g I don't feel the need to read people that tick
me off, for what ever reason.

It is kinda' like telephone sales calls. They have no right that says I
must listen to them, and the phone has no right to be answered. It is there
for MY convenience. I answer it when I feel like it, and don't when it is
not. I do answer it "most" all of the time, by the way.

So there you have it; my usenet philosophy. You may or may not agree, but
there it is. I respect your right to your views, and I trust you respect
mine.

See ya-
--
Jim in NC

Jose wrote:
.30/06 is the rifle caliber.

Nope.
.30-'06

Yep, caliber and year, not a fraction.


Ok, what do the numbers mean? I've heard of a "thirty ought six"
referring to a gun, and think I know one of them (.30 inches?) refers to
the gauge (width of the bullet). What's the other?

The year, 1906.

"Morgans" wrote:
[ Elided for brevity. ]
So there you have it; my usenet philosophy. You may or may not agree,
but there it is. I respect your right to your views, and I trust you
respect mine.

Fair enough. Since I've moderated and co-moderated several moderated groups
I've sometimes have had no choice in reading through all posts to a group.
It's a fascinating experience to try to learn how to diplomatically reject
posts that are inflammatory, off topic, or otherwise outside the group's
charter. I always took it as a challenge to see if I could get a reasonable
re-write or understanding response to rejections. Obviously it wasn't
always possible (but gratifying when things worked out). I like to think I
learned something from the experience, but some days I feel I haven't.