Merry Christmas!

Posted by Greybeard on Dec 25th, 2006 in News and weather | Comments Off

Looks like Santa’s gonna be using wheels on the sled tonight! 

A Northern Michigan Merry Christmas to all!

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~~GreyBeard~~

Counting down til Christmas

Posted by Greybeard on Dec 24th, 2006 in News and weather | 0 comments

The Preservation Of Man

author: anonymous:

The horse and the mule live thirty years,
And nothing know of wines and beers.

The goat and sheep at twenty die,
With never a taste of scotch or rye.

The cow drinks water by the ton,
And at eighteen is mostly done.

The dog at sixteen cashes in,
Without the aid of rum or gin.

The cat in milk and water soaks,
And then in twelve short years it croaks.

The modest, sober, bone dry hen,
Lays eggs for nogs, then dies at ten.

All God’s creatures are strictly dry,
They sinless live, and swiftly die.

But sinful, ginful, rum-soaked men,
Survive for three score years and ten.

And some of us, the mighty few,
Stay pickled until we’re ninety two.
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Thanks to Ballseye’s Boomer’s for this little jewel.
Remember it’s quality not quantity,  and know your limits.
The Holiday list here includes Scoresby’s Very Rare,
a few bottles of Michigan Wine,  and possibly a few dark beers.  Driving NOT included.  
 

Happy Christmas Eve to All!

gus.jpg  ~~~GB

NRA Highpower Game

Posted by Greybeard on Dec 23rd, 2006 in Gaming, Shootist | Comments Off

I’ve just finished a 30 minute trial of the NRA Highpower game from ISE Games. 

 

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“A true-to-life simulation of the super competitive world of high power competition, NRA High Power Competition provides valuable resources which teach the rules, procedures and safety of the sport.
Shoot highly detailed civilian versions of three military service rifles, as well as two custom high power match rifles.
The game includes sophisticated ballistics modeling and true-to-life reloading (hand loading) systems using the products of the shooting industry’s top suppliers.”

1st off,  don’t bother unless your familiar with the “High Power” competition.  The game tries to be very very true to the actual competition.  It reminds me somewhat of the game, (I forget the title) that the U.S. Army is pushing. (to build better soldiers)  The game seems to try just a little to hard to build you into a new High Power shooter.  The price is very reasonable at just under 10 bucks,  but at that price,  you kind of expect the rather dated graphics.  All the aspects of the competition are there,  from range time, to reloading, to windage, and using your winnings to build a better rifle.  It’s just a little to regimented for this old shooter.  They also put out one called “Varmit Hunter”,  I just might try that Demo next.

 

 Santa  ~~GB

FOLLOW UP:

I tried downloading “Varmit Hunter”,  but unlike the “NRA Highpower” game,  “Varmit Hunter” triggered my AVG Malware Detector.  Rather than take a chance,  “Varmit Hunter” got shot.  :-)

 

Solstice

Posted by Greybeard on Dec 22nd, 2006 in News and weather | Comments Off

Looks like us Michiganders are going to see the Winter Solstice come and go,  without snow on the ground.   That might mean no White Christmas,  but it should work out well for Holiday travelers like Doc Russia.

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Novell and Microsoft Alliance?

Posted by Greybeard on Dec 21st, 2006 in Technology and Music | Comments Off

Since being forced into retirement,  I haven’t spent a lot of time following the antic’s of Novell, Microsoft, or my former employer.  (Make that ZERO time)  :-)

Anyway, by accident, today I ran across this little tidbit about an alliance between Novell and Microsoft.  If nothing else,  this sure makes me feel a lot better about being retired.  :-)

~~GreyBeard

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