Elysium, otherwise known as the Elysian Fields or Elysian Plains, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults. It was initially separated from the Greek underworld – the realm of Hades
Snakepit KansasApril 13, 2024, 1:25 PM
I am in the last year of my third quarter. None of us get out of this alive. Prepare accordingly.
ghostsniperApril 13, 2024, 1:52 PM
The only way you can know that is if you have a plan.
My plan is to believe at age 69 I am still in the 1st quarter.
Looking for a Glock 19 Gen 1. Maybe 2 if the price is right.
Snakepit KansasApril 14, 2024, 5:58 AM
Oooh. Many people treat Gen1 Glox like collector items. Not sure where even many of the Gen2s went. Probably fell out a canoe in a deep lake, like mine. Your best bet to find a G19 would probably be a used Gen3.
ghostsniperApril 14, 2024, 8:20 AM
What I’m looking for is 1 or 2 “gently used” ones.
Gotta coupla bird dogs scouting them out presently.
azlibertarianApril 14, 2024, 2:41 PM
I’ve got a Gen2 Glock.
Not only that, but this Gen2 Glock is a “C” model, where “C” indicates that the slide and barrel are compensated.
Not only that x 2, but this compensated Glock is a Glock23, in .40S&W.
OK. You can stop laughing now. But admit it: You were envious for a minute.
I can’t tell you how many thousands of rounds I’ve put through this gun.
Snakepit KansasApril 14, 2024, 5:38 PM
Azlib, sounds like you have a G22C or G23C. My wife has a 19C. Little V of fire comes out the top of the slide every time you send one down range. Any Glox C version is very desirable. If you ever tire of yours I would be interested in it. Legal transfer through the gun range I work at. If I was you, I’d hang onto it. Nice gun.
azlibertarianApril 14, 2024, 10:19 PM
Yes, mine is a Glock23C. I bought this back in the early 90’s (?) back when they first tried to restrict magazine capacities. At the time, the 9mm was thought to be a little anemic and so I followed what the FBI was then doing and went with the 40S&W. I carried and competed in IDPA with this gun for years. IDPA didn’t allow compensated barrels then, so I put in a straight barrel, and I switched out the Glock sights for a sorta-goofy 3D set of sights from a company now known as Outer Impact. They call these sights their “Pyramid Sight System“…..an accomodation to my aging eyes.
My bride bought me a then-new-to-the-market Glock 43 for my 60th birthday. Nice gun, very concealable, but with the original 6-round magazine it was both too small for me to grip and not enough rounds for real life. I modified a couple of magazines with 2-round extensions and that’s what I most often carry today.
Mind you–I like these two guns, and I’ve never sold a gun that I bought myself (although I have sold a couple that I inherited). But in a perfect world, today, I’d spring for something other than these 2 guns. I’d ditch the 40S&W for a 9mm and I’d probably jump into a gun that could accept an optic. The slim single-stack of the G43 is nice, but I’d have to go with a G43X at a minimum. Also there are other manufacturers out there now which compete well with Glock and maybe have better guns.
But I’m a grandfather now, and the time that I used to put into a competition hobby is now taken by those grandchillen’s. I keep thinking that I’ll get back into IDPA, and I tell myself that I really ought to get to a match next week, next month, or sometime before the end of the year, but the rest of my life intrudes.
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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The fields of Elysium…awaiting many of us
The older we get the truer your comment becomes.
Elysium, otherwise known as the Elysian Fields or Elysian Plains, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults. It was initially separated from the Greek underworld – the realm of Hades
I am in the last year of my third quarter. None of us get out of this alive. Prepare accordingly.
The only way you can know that is if you have a plan.
My plan is to believe at age 69 I am still in the 1st quarter.
Looking for a Glock 19 Gen 1. Maybe 2 if the price is right.
Oooh. Many people treat Gen1 Glox like collector items. Not sure where even many of the Gen2s went. Probably fell out a canoe in a deep lake, like mine. Your best bet to find a G19 would probably be a used Gen3.
What I’m looking for is 1 or 2 “gently used” ones.
Gotta coupla bird dogs scouting them out presently.
I’ve got a Gen2 Glock.
Not only that, but this Gen2 Glock is a “C” model, where “C” indicates that the slide and barrel are compensated.
Not only that x 2, but this compensated Glock is a Glock23, in .40S&W.
OK. You can stop laughing now. But admit it: You were envious for a minute.
I can’t tell you how many thousands of rounds I’ve put through this gun.
Azlib, sounds like you have a G22C or G23C. My wife has a 19C. Little V of fire comes out the top of the slide every time you send one down range. Any Glox C version is very desirable. If you ever tire of yours I would be interested in it. Legal transfer through the gun range I work at. If I was you, I’d hang onto it. Nice gun.
Yes, mine is a Glock23C. I bought this back in the early 90’s (?) back when they first tried to restrict magazine capacities. At the time, the 9mm was thought to be a little anemic and so I followed what the FBI was then doing and went with the 40S&W. I carried and competed in IDPA with this gun for years. IDPA didn’t allow compensated barrels then, so I put in a straight barrel, and I switched out the Glock sights for a sorta-goofy 3D set of sights from a company now known as Outer Impact. They call these sights their “Pyramid Sight System“…..an accomodation to my aging eyes.
My bride bought me a then-new-to-the-market Glock 43 for my 60th birthday. Nice gun, very concealable, but with the original 6-round magazine it was both too small for me to grip and not enough rounds for real life. I modified a couple of magazines with 2-round extensions and that’s what I most often carry today.
Mind you–I like these two guns, and I’ve never sold a gun that I bought myself (although I have sold a couple that I inherited). But in a perfect world, today, I’d spring for something other than these 2 guns. I’d ditch the 40S&W for a 9mm and I’d probably jump into a gun that could accept an optic. The slim single-stack of the G43 is nice, but I’d have to go with a G43X at a minimum. Also there are other manufacturers out there now which compete well with Glock and maybe have better guns.
But I’m a grandfather now, and the time that I used to put into a competition hobby is now taken by those grandchillen’s. I keep thinking that I’ll get back into IDPA, and I tell myself that I really ought to get to a match next week, next month, or sometime before the end of the year, but the rest of my life intrudes.
Full Speed Backward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVWR-5fiG0
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