Ebay bids

Posted by Greybeard on Nov 14th, 2006 in Days of Old, News and weather | Comments Off

Ok,  I’ve bid on my 4th ever Ebay item.

Something called a “Hi Ho Santa” lighted figure.

  My wife had one when she was a kid,  and we thought we’d take a shot at getting her a replacement.

My current opinion of EBay:

Personally  I think the bidding on Ebay is rigged toward the seller.  (Not that this is any different than any other retail establishment).   The patterns of the bids coming in against us,   are all identical.   And I’m absolutely certain, that Ebay allows at least some of their seller’s to change the reserve price in mid stream.   I’m not likely to get hooked on bidding on Ebay! 

~~GreyBeard 

Warning, Dangerous appliance!

Posted by Greybeard on Nov 13th, 2006 in News and weather | 0 comments

This is a old undercounter GE clock radio with a built in timer that controls a 110 volt outlet.

Nice for starting the coffee pot at a set time in the morning.  You’re looking at the front of the Radio,  and the timed 110 volt outlet is on the right hand side.

!WARNING!  We noticed that our coffee pot was getting warm even when the timer was turned off.  I hooked up a voltage meter to the timed outlet and it showed that 100 volts were running through the outlet,  WHEN IT WAS TURNED OFF!  (No wonder the pot was warm!)  When the timer turned the outlet on,  it had 124 volts,  when turned off, either by the timer or manually,  it had 100 volts.  To give GE a little credit,  the radio is well over 10 years old,  but everything else on it works perfectly,  all the switches,  lights, leds, timer, etc.

I suggest that if you have a device like this radio,  one that times and controls a powered device,  be on the safe side,  and check it to see if it’s feeding  power when it’s not supposed to.  We were lucky that it didn’t cause a fire or something.

~~GB

Col. Jeff Cooper’s Commentaires

Posted by Greybeard on Nov 13th, 2006 in Days of Old, Shootist | 0 comments

I found Commentaries by Mr. Cooper ,  and John Farnum’s Quips  tonight while browsing around on The High Road library.  Cooper’s and/or Farnum’s will take a long time to get through,  they cover a lot of year and a lot of knowledge,  but take a look if you get the chance,  you might learn something. 

~~GB

Winchester Model 67

Posted by Greybeard on Nov 11th, 2006 in Days of Old, Shootist | 1 comment

My Dad used to tell me stories about when he was a kid and the old Winchester single shot .22 he always carried.  Things like using his cotton hoeing money to by a box of .22 shells for it.  Five cents for a box of 50 long rifles!  He often mentioned that whenever he took a squirrell or rabbit,  he would carve a notch in the stock (he grew out of that bad habit).

About 15 years before he passed away,  he traded for an older Winchester model 67.  It shoot’s long rifles, longs, or shorts,  just like his old one did. We’re not sure of the Winchester model number of the old one, but he bought it at the Pocahautus hardware (Arkansas) , using money from a sold piglet, when he was about 9 years old.  That would make it around 1930!  To bad that one got lost when my Grandma’s house burned down in the 70’s.

Trouble with with this Model 67 that he picked up was,  the complete bolt assemble was missing.  The gun looks like new,  but no bolt.      Also the Model 67’s weren’t serial numbered,  making it awfully hard to find out how old it is. 

According to; http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-22973.html

They were made between 1934 and 1963.  Dad’s isn’t one of the earliest models,  but was made before 1937.  All together 383,000 of them were made between the above dates.

Dad contacted a ton of sporting goods stores,  old gunsmiths, and even some large companies like Numrich  , but he was never able to hunt down a bolt for the gun.  He kept it cleaned and lubed,  waiting for a bolt,  but it didn’t happen in his lifetime.  

As I was transferring his guns to my safe,  I took notice and made a mental note to try to find a bolt.  I made a number of phone calls and web inquiries with no luck,  then I tried E-Bay.   After 2 different attempts to bid for one,  today I finally got lucky!  80 bucks for a bolt to complete a gun that’s worth between 100 and 220  (according to www.gunbroker.com).

I should have the bolt, (hopefully gold plated) in a week or so.  I supposed that will warrant another shooters report (and maybe one of Dad’s old stories to compliment it).    

~~GB

 

Firearms and the 14th ammendment

Posted by Greybeard on Nov 10th, 2006 in Political | 0 comments

I like this!

Firearms and the 14th ammendment.

“In their zeal to defend the individual right to keep and bear arms, most firearms owners limit their discussions to the Second Amendment. There is, however, another amendment that not only helps resolve the controversy surrounding the intent and wording of the Second Amendment, but also makes the prohibition enumerated in that Amendment enforceable against the States.”

Definately worth a read!  Thank you Mr. Greenslade! 

~~GB