Author: Kim du Toit

Memory Lane

Food & Drink

I arrived in the United States in the early 1980s, by which time most of the eating places that follow were on their last legs, or else pretty much doomed.  However, I thought I’d offer my Reader Demographic (i.e. Olde Pharttes) a chance to reminisce…


…wait, beer-steamed hot dogs?  Why is my mouth watering?

I was only ever able to visit a couple of them, but this one stands out in my memory:


…for obvious reasons, and I dearly wish Treacher’s was still around today.

And then there are these guys, if only for those prices:

Feel free to share your memories of these or similar places, in Comments.

Gratuitous Gun Pic: SKS (7.62x39mm)

Gratuitous Gun Pics, The Gun Thing

I see that Othias and Mae have broken the shackles of the Great War and moved on to more “modern” times, specifically in terms of the SKS semi-auto carbine (and yes, I know that “SKS” means “semi-auto carbine system” in Russki #Redundancy).

Let it be known that I lovelovelove this little piece of Commieness, almost as much as I do (ex-) Commieskater Katerina Witt.  In fact, keeping the comparison to guns only, I prefer it to the AK-47.  I’ve owned both — and therefore, surprise surprise, fired both, a lot — and I enjoy shooting the SKS more than I do the AK.

I know, I know:  the SKS holds only ten rounds in its mag, whereas the AK can hold a zillion, whatever.  I find reloading the SKS with a stripper clip more pleasant than reloading a 20- or 30-round magazine (even with a guide and several stripper clips), and I would venture to suggest that firing, say, 100 rounds (ten SKS clips) works out to about the same time as it takes me to fire five AK mags.  (Why only the 20-round mag, Kim?  Because you can’t shoot a 30-round mag from prone without some contortion involved.)

And I don’t subscribe to the “spray ‘n pray” fire doctrine so beloved of AR-15 shooters, both by training and by inclination.  You want suppressing fire, ask a machine-gunner to do it for you.

The SKS, being a more solidly-built firearm than the AK, also dampens the already-low recoil of the 7.62x39mm Commie cartridge, which means I can shoot off more rounds before Ye Olde Shouldyrre starts to ache.

Given my druthers, therefore, I would much rather keep the handy little SKS under the bed for, um, social work than the much-clumsier AK. There:  I’ve said it.

If I were asked to perform some militia activity, e.g. guard duty (I’m too old for patrols and such), it would be the SKS slung on my shoulder and not the AK-47, had I any say in the matter.

I also like the attached bayonet of the SKS because it’s a lot easier to pop it open than to fiddle around with a scabbard on my waist to get the sticker onto any rifle, and not just the AK.

So there it is:  it’s a fine gun, even allowing for the fact that its origins are Communist.  They’re available in the West, so said origins can be ignored.

And here’s another piece of Communist finery whose origins can be ignored:

Well, Yes Of Course It Does

Legal Stuff

…you stupid bitch.  From some case where the Government is getting its pee-pee whacked for doing censorship by proxy:

Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson: “My biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways.”

Hands up all those who believe that “hamstringing the government” is not a Bad Thing:

Okay, and again, all those who think that stopping the government from censoring free speech is the entire point of the First Amendment:

And one more time, who thinks that Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson is proof positive that the DEI (“Didn’t Earn It”) policy is a pile of shit:

Sorry, one last one:  who thinks that Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson is totally unqualified for her job, and that a traffic cone could do better:

Seems like we have a consensus, here.

You Don’t Say

Immigration, Muzzies

Looks like the Great Assimilation Project© has just discovered an unforeseen* consequence:

Back in 2020, Mattias Tesfaye, Denmark’s minister for Immigration and Integration, did the unthinkable and decided to create a category for criminals from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), mostly Arab and/or Muslim nations. Guess what Denmark learned? MENA immigrants have a higher tendency for unemployment and violent crime than any other ethnic group in Denmark.

Wait… you mean:  “Muslims commit violent crimes way more than people of Danish descent”?

And in other news, Nazis didn’t like Jews, apparently.

*“unforeseen”  to anyone who believes in the Brotherhood Of Man and unicorns;  for the rest of us, it was as predictable as January snow in Minnesota.

RFI: Crimson Trace

The Gun Thing

With my eyesight deteriorating almost as fast as FJB’s mental facilities,I need to do something that helps my accuracy.

I thought of getting one of the red-dot sights:

…but that would mean getting a new set of holsters, and I don’t want to do that.  (Maybe on my .22 pistols, because I don’t holster them.)

So that leads me to this option.

I’ve been thinking of putting a Crimson Trace laser sight on my carry guns:  the 1911, S&W 638 and S&W Model 65, if I can ever afford to do so.  (The CT lasers are much cheaper than the red dot systems, of course.)

 

Obviously, I can’t do all of them at the same time (#PovertySucks), but it’s getting to the point where I have to do something or else I might just as well shoot my gun gangsta-style:

…and we all know how well that works.  (Don’t even talk about hip-shooting.)

Can anyone give me a good reason why I shouldn’t do the Crimson Trace thing?  Are they reliable, do they need constant adjusting, etc.?

All comments gratefully received.