All The Fiddly-Bits Are Done and a Surprise From the Past For Dinner!

Greetings and Salutations!
Again, a quick poast as again I’ve been hard at work since I got done with People’s Glorious Tractor Factory for the day. WSork has been a -bit- stressful as of late, but I attempt to keep both my temper, and thereby my job, as I suffer the “slings and arrows of extreme fucktardation”

As y’all are aware, I have an exceptionally low tolerance for fucktardery. Especially from any of the Politburo Members who thing juuuuust because they’re Politburo Members, that they’re smarter than I am, and know all/see all.

Much like the majority of our Bureaucratic Mandarin/Oligarch Class. Any wonder why the majority of ‘normal folks’ are so sick and tired of the bullshit? Yep. You know it.

So as I put in the title, the Fiddly Bits are done:

Now, with the exception of some of the smol-pins, I did as suggested and did a light heated-cold blooing, utilizing my Flammenwerfer’s ignition system. I figured the out-of-sight pins are good-to-go, as long as they get a regular loob. The sheen on the pieces-parts is from the Birchwood-Casey ‘Barricade’ post-bloo coating, which is supposed to ‘seal’ the parts after 12+/- hours (overnight) of being put on there.

I’m pleased so far.

I also did the ‘hidden’ length of the barrel:

…just to see how it looked after the fact. That’s the part that lives under the wood. And yeah, two of the sling swivels are not taken down, as someone in the Mists of Time had drilled out the screw(s), then sank a punch into the hole, ‘staking’ the screw. So unless I drill them out, they’re in permanently.

And at like $20-40 per swivel?

Yeah, I’m good with it.

Also as this’s going to be a ‘working field rifle’ as opposed to a ‘Fully Refurbished Safe-Queen’, I mean why not? Besides, if you are able to tell by the time I’m done? Then you got better eyes than 99.999% of folks who like weapons.

And lastly tonight, I decided to put the Brass Plaque on the butt. I realized I actually want it to be ‘shiny and new’ and allow it to ‘age gracefully and naturally’ as it shows that -I- rebuilt her from the ground up, one Fiddly-Bit at a time:

And I’ve gotten a few questions on the exact website/store where I purchased it. That’d be Royal Tiger Imports, located on the East Coast of Florida. They have the “C” grade in stock again (last time I poasted about it, they had already sold out) and in fact they now have “B” grade boltless rifles for $149.00. The “C” grade was $99 which was within the ‘reasonable budget’ Gretchen allowed… The link to the “C” grade is HERE and the “B” grade (also no bolt) is HERE

Also for those so inclined, they have “B” grade complete Mod.1 MK3s for $299.00, which is a fucking steal IMO. They did not have those at the time I got the one I’m working on now… otherwise I might have been able to finagle Gretchen into letting me get one of those…

I did havew to go out and get moar Carb Cleaner from the Autozione after Jeopardy, as I use that to do a quicky degrease before the quicky bloo. What’s hilarious is I bought the 2nd can, again at about 8pm, which because I had gotten one like two or three days before, the two yoofs working there were curious about trip #2. Can’t say I blame them, as being at an Auto Parts store at 8pm positively has to be boring AF amiright? Both under 21 that I can tell, one black kid, one white.

So I told them, and opened by saying that “Well I’m restoring a WW1 Rifle… y’all probably don’t know about such things…” which got both of them highly animated.

I had full on Pikachu Face!

Turns out they both are made Firearms Enthusiasts, and the really surprising one was that the black kid? He knew exactly what a SMLE was… he even knew the difference between the MK3 and the later made MK4!!!! His buddy had a vague idea, but ‘got it’ when we both told him that the rifles the two dudes in the movie ‘1917’ were carrying the exact rifle I was restoring.

Again, never assume Aye?

So as I was leaving, I told them I’ll make sure to have my phone with me (I didn’t at the time) and I’d show them the progress I’d made naxt time, as I knew I’d need more CC. When I went in tonight, the white kid was a different one, but the black kid? First thing out of his mouth was “Hey you’re getting more cleaner… you got them pix with you???”

I ended up having like a 10-15 minute discussion with him…
I found out in the process he builds his own ARs, is at the top of his class, is in the Air Force JROTC at the High School, and is trying to go to the Air Force Academy.

Got to say (and I did to him) that he currently has an edge… I hope he gets in. A genuinely nice and intelligent guy. And he really knows his weapons, both modern and historical.

OK… so lastly… I did alllll that after Dinner.
I had to at one point actually go to the VA in Tampa to pick up one of my ‘can’t be mailed’ scripts at the Outpatient Pharmacy. A few weeks back, I had discovered that there was a sort-of-kind-of Turkish/Arabic/German street food shop on the way to and from. The food in question?

Doner Kebab!!!!!
WHOOOOOOHOOOOO!
Almost everyone who’s ever been stationed in Germany has had this delicious, semi-divine (especially when hammer-assed drunk AF) sammich. A freshly heated (fried in some cases) thicc pita bread cut in half, and positively stuffed with Beef Kebab meat and veggies, plus a great Garlic Sauce. It’s a Turkish Import that positively detonated in the late 70s early 80s and are now a major street food not only in Germany, but ALLLL over the EU as well as, well Hell, it’s everywhere now.

Döner kebab, which takes its name from the Turkish words meaning “rotating meat”. Think “Turkish Gyro”.

It’s now on the must-go every time I have to go the the VA. I actually blame The Critical Drinker as a few videos back, he just had to mention ‘sketchy Doner Kebabs’ which kicked in fond taste bud memories, as I practically lived on the Kebabs outside of the “Green Goose” in Nurnberg back in the day… on the way home from another visit to Gretchen’s parents place, I googled “Doner Kebab near me” and found this place that I went to… Gretchen as well now as Sapper are hooked too.

Well done to the Goolag.
So, it’s late. Got to get to bed.
More Later
Big Country

30 thoughts on “All The Fiddly-Bits Are Done and a Surprise From the Past For Dinner!”

  1. I have one of those 1950s built No IV MKII* that Interarms imported in the 1990s, even came with the bayonet. I refuse to part with it, and have a decent stash of ammo set aside for it. Was still in the 1953 cosmoline when I got it.

  3. Keep up the good work Biggie!
    More smaller posts > fewer longer posts.
    This is the Tik Tok generation. I can’t think passed 30 seconds.

    Whats your take on the drone fest over NJ? Wind up toys setting the stage for Iran Gulf War 3? Funny innit, how we don’t know anything about the drones at all, except they’re Iranians who bought them from Chyna (with Russian parts we’ll no doubt learn once someone shoots one down).
    I’m amazed the people are STILL this stupid, after all that’s been done to them. Makes that joke about Oceanfront property in Arizona absolutely believable.

    1. My take is that someone is showing us that the USA has absolutely ZERO defense assets to protect American airspace. We can’t even knock down a drone the size of a SUV.
      On the other hand, maybe somebody high up wants to misdirect you into shouting “Aliens!”

  4. Doner Kabob…LUCKY!!!! Years ago while sitting at PDX waiting to go home, I was looking for food in the airport on my phone and Doner Kabob came up. Never found it; not sure if it was even built yet.
    It’s one thing I could eat every day for the rest of my life and (probably) never get tired of.
    Did you ever have a McArabia at a Kuwaiti McDonalds? Every time we’d go down to Kuwait, we’d go eat somewhere that our terps would fine. One time, a guy of ours threw a fucking tantrum over wanting McDonalds. So fine, we went. Holy shit. Spotlessly clean. Everything was halal and fresh. I think the fries were cooked in beef tallow instead of seed oils. It’s the only time since I was a kid that I enjoyed McDonalds-normally I won’t eat that goyslop.

    1. Oh. My. McGOD!
      The McArabia?
      The McDonalds version of McHeroin?
      ANOTHER Proof Positive that Arabic food, even fast food can be Heavenly. The McD’s at KWI was a ‘must do’ as soon as I touched down, no matter what time of the day for my McArabia fix… One time we landed, and while I was on R&R the bastards had shut the place down for a renovation! Queue Sad Panda Face.

  6. God, I’ve experienced that “Politburo Members” who think they know everything and don’t.
    The worst are former techies who became managers and think they still know tech stuff.
    Usually their tech skills are years out of date and being honest they usually weren’t very good techies but had good people skills so became managers. Female techies overwhelmingly fit in this category.

    The good and smart ones realize this and just be managers and do the “calm customer down and make them happy” and let their techies do their work. The worst start micromanaging, bog everything down and it all gets screwed up. I have a rule and let my management chain know it. I have 32 years experience as an IT engineer, you pay me A LOT of money for my technical expertise therefore I refuse to be micromanaged. Start that shit and I’ll quit. I just can’t deal with that crap anymore and it gets me all upset and my blood pressure to skyrocket… just not worth it.

    Sorry BCE, to paraphrase Slick Willy “I can feel your pain”.

    1. Jimmy, you described my son’s situation to a tea.
      Got a job for Northrop over a year ago as a newbie software engineer, and it’s been horrible!
      For one he hasn’t been working as a software engineer, but doing easy stuff instead, which she hates.
      And the manager is someone who is totally incompetent and has now been promoted to Manager. Just yells at people all the time with ad hominem attacks. Crazy that HR allows that…

      1. It sucks but it sounds like he’s new in the field. My advice is to have him talk to other groups in the same company on the QT and see if he can get transferred to another group. In addition in the tech fields the more you know, the more you are worth so tell him to ignore the dumbasses and learn. Get as much experience as he can and in a few years he’ll have enough experience to pop smoke and get a better job.

        I’m at the tail end of my career and my tolerance for BS is low. Luckily I’ve been at the same company for 16 years and they are growing and they’ve been good to me, I’m in a fairly specialized high in demand job, and I’m busy as can be so I’m going to ride this gig to retirement hopefully in 9 years.

        1. Thanks man. Yeah, he’s gone from super motivated (Bachelor’s in Applied Math with a concentration in Computer Science at 19 yrs old and driven like the wind) to screw it all, don’t care, in 17 months.
          At least his incompetent screaming team leader’s been demoted, but back into his team.
          He’s in the process of being moved to a remote job with a manager in another state.
          Appreciate the advice. It was tough starting in the tech field right as the big layoffs happened.

  7. Shooting a drone down is a Federal crime, let that sink in!

    A Senator or some elected official in New Jersey is telling Media he has a source advising him that an Iranian Ship off the coast of New Jersey is the mother ship in support of these Drone Swarms.

    I have not fact checked this. I think my logic pattern leads me to believe that these Drones are in fact Us Govt tools. Which is why I took the time to research who would be offended if We The People started shooting them down.

    Imagine my surprise when I learned downing a drone, any drone is a federal crime!

    So a drone, any drone can fly over your crib, can spy on you, take pics, and one has zero recourse! “ Unless, they’re in a Federal No Fly Zone”, then you can report it to the Feds. What a fucking joke.

    What’s the old saying, Shoot Shovel, Shit up.

    I appear to be in a drone No Fly Zone due to the AF base and the F15s flying low patterns for landing. Which I enjoy. Love sitting on my deck, F15s flying by listening to the hydraulics cycling flight controls or hyd gear cycling.

    We had F35 Fat Betty’s coming in 2025 they and every now and then a squadron of F22s are here training with the F15 Rag currently stationed here.

    I enjoy it, have many F15 instructor pilot friends who keep us informed. A couple of them are retired flying the T38s,and F5 Tigers as aggressor aircraft. Those have Russian and Chinese Gen 5 Avionics aboard.

    Dirk

  9. Mr BCE:

    Just a thought on the escutcheon on the butt stock, inscribe the date and your off springs initials on the back side. Your favorite son will appreciate it.

    Spin

    P.S. Undocumented flights in controlled airspace should be knocked down. Especially repeated nightly flights. My guess is that they are Feds and are looking for something that glows in the dark. The mothership off shore should be able to be located by any of the fishing fleets plying the off shore fisheries. When they want you to think its far away it’s local, local ,local.

    1. That was my question about the bullshit being spewed….
      Ain’t no way there aren’t a bunch of them w/ big fishing boats who haven’t tried going out to sea to find this ‘mothership’.
      You can book a fishing charter 15 miles off the coast, you don’t need an ocean liner. Someone could have followed these drones back if there really was a mothership out there, and there would be pics to prove it.

  10. “Leave the gun but take the cannoli!” Dude, you’re making be spit beer out’a my nose, here. Stop that shit! 😂😂😂

  11. So, “Leave the gun, but take the cannoli.” The guy had a “GHOST GUN!!!” If you have that, you leave the gun, assuming that you left no prints or DNA. You don’t have that with you when the local cops pick you up.

    Just sayin’. What are they teaching kids these days?

  12. Our govt KNOWS what these huge things over NY/NJ. They have to.
    Yesterday‘s congressional testimony revealed zero data (altitude, speed, vectors, detailed imagery, etc).
    They’re not coming from an Iranian drone ship, although Iran does have them, apparently there’s no ship near there.
    Sooooooo… what are they?
    It’s been a month already.

    1. Wow dude, this makes more sense than anything else I’ve heard.
      I just do NOT believe that our government has no idea what these things are after a whole month.

  14. I was Navy, and had my first gyro in Greece, on the island of Rhodes. I loved it, but I’ve since had tastier ones here. Fuck, it was a cafe in a tourist area, not meant to be gourmet (although sometimes you find great shit in those out-of-the-way little places!).

    1. The best brat ever was some street cart vendor w/ fresh brotchen and home made mustard in Darmstadt.

      1. I have yet to duplicate the flavor of the brats I got from street vendors in Germany, and I’ve been trying since 1988. There’s something about their cooking technique – especially the ones in the Christmas Markets. I am fairly convinced they were using coal (stocking not char) to cook them back then. I haven’t been back since 1996, so if they were using coal, it probably got outlawed.

        If anyone knows how to duplicate the German street food brat sellers, let me know! It’s one of those Holy Grail quests I have to complete.

  15. Air command tracks everything – even large flocks of birds. Them saying they don’t know who/what those are says they are government craft. Can’t do all your testing in the desert, after all.

    1. Winner winner chicken dinner!
      What amazes me is there are still people out there stupid enough to believe these press conferences.
      The line from the Guv’ner is another classic tell you’re being spoon fed bullshit. “People I know, they’re good people, in high places…” Yep, classic fed-op.
      IF they tell you that you have to trust them, you can’t trust them. THAT’s the tell they’re lying. If they’re trustworthy, they don’t have to tell you to trust them. DERP!

  16. Drones? Shiite, They let huge spy balloons fly over everything the controllers wanted before they finally shot at least one down.

  18. if you’ve ever seen Tariler Park Boys, over in far eastern Kanuckistan, they spell it “Donair” as in King of Donair shop on the show (an IRL establishment) and theres a big chain of stores called Greco Donair. Very good when hammerred at 3am, also good with Tatziki sauce as well as the usual sauce.

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