Tactical Pith Helmet

I saw a man going up a hill with a trolley full of horseshoes, four-leaf clovers and rabbits' feet. He was pushing his luck!

Primers are a primary explosive. They are inherently volatile. They used to be sold loose in jars or tins, the reason they no longer are is because of risk of chain explosion. It only takes a bit of static electricity. Glad you've never had issues, but I personally wouldn't chance it. Skin grafts are not nice. Here's a quote from a reloading site: 'Avoid handling primers with your hands. Oils and such from your skin can interfere with reliable operation later. Most hand priming tools have trays that allow you to dump primers right from their box onto the tray without handling. Always wear safety glasses when handling primers. Remember the primary explosive part and how they’re designed to go boom from mechanical force? If one gets jammed up and goes off, you won’t want flame, gas, or primer bits going into your eyes. If you use a primer feed tube, as on a progressive reloading press, it’s possible that some weird sequence of events can set off the whole tube, so be careful. Pretend like you’re handling explosives, because… you are! While they’re the little guy in the process, and usually the least expensive component of the reloading process, don’t neglect the primer. Kind of like a stubbed toe, that little thing can make life miserable if not treated with respect.'

My lads first pistol was a G&G 1911 CO2. It was putting out 420 fps. He'd used it at a site that didn't bother chroneing pistols a couple of times before we discovered. This was right at the start that we began playing. I was told not to bother putting it through my chrono at home by the on site bods. Lesson learned, but a painful one for anyone he plugged at close range.

Does anyone know how long it takes to fix a hearing aid? I dropped mine off two weeks ago and I've heard nothing since!

209s are brisant. No way on earth I'd carry them banging around together. Note too that they are all sized slightly differently and have different brisant ratings. Any primer will cause permanent damage if it goes off in your hand or in a pocket with other primers. No way I'd use a Tic Tac box etc. Why not cut the plastic tray that they come in onto strips and cover with electrical tape? Peel the tape as needed, and always use when wearing your eye pro.

I've spent years with pressure groups, political parties etc. Organisation works better than numbers every time. Ever heard of the Taxpayers Alliance? It's 'Britain's non-political grassroots voice of the taxpayer.' It's actually two disgruntled ex-members of one party who seem to get prime press coverage whenever they damn well like. Alternatively, try and get on the executive of Just Stop Oil or Femen...

I talk to my plants and they grow better. I talk to my cows and they produce more milk. It's in one ear and out the udder!

A man has thrown milk over Greta Thunberg. How dairy!?

See also: Jargon: a man from Norfolk running down the road in a tracksuit.

Have your steak knives got holes in the tang through which the scales are pinned? Legally arguable perhaps. This scares me: https://allingtonhughes.co.uk/offensive-weapons-in-your-home/ 'Straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheon (sometimes known as a baton)' that means that a fisherman's priest could land one in choky. Fucking hell, hide the rounders bat mother, you'll end up in goal!

Both my local sites were cancelled the last two game days. Both inaccessible and unsafe due to deadfall. As for bad weather kit, I like to use a tshirt and combats when I can. I do often take a camping shower and a stove and kettle. The drive home in clean gear and the smell of old Old Spice feels like luxury. I'd prefer Hai Karate but its damn hard to find these days.

My wife asked why I keep drying grapes all over the house. I told her that I have my raisins.

Depend upon the attitude of all involved in any given situation. 'That's my extra deadly melee knife officer.' 'That's quite clearly designed to intimidate people, Sir,' to kid in MTP and webbing complete with rubber stabber sitting in his Mum's Fiesta en-route to a game. Given that chefs have been prosecuted for kitchen knives, I expect the answer is 'possibly.'

Can't even find. Probably means that I'm already blocked. I stopped actively FBing several years ago. I found that a certain bluntness had crept into my interactions with idiots, many of whom self appointed themselves to run pages.

A spring that's too long will twist inside the cylinder and may scrape against the inner surface. Spring guide sounds like an idea. We used to use polished steel sections of beer can for airguns pre-ptfe guides!

If airsoft can be classified as a sport, the legal ramifications would be very important. Funding and grants would eb available and its future would be secured to an extent. With all such groups, if you want to see them improve, you have to join and carry out the improvement yourself.

You know what really floats my boat? Archimedes principle of relative buoyancy...

It's GT85! I use it all the time. Great stuff. You can get it in trade cans of 5L and 1L pump spray bottles too. The 1L are favourite.

My Dad always said, 'Don't ever give up on your dreams'. 'Just go back to bed.'

FFFFFFS!!! 🤣 The doctor's put me on an all almond diet. I said to him, 'That's just nuts!'

Don't know why they call them 'sausage dogs.' They taste more like chicken to me...

If you must wear a modern lid, then go for a ratchet adjustable one/rear rotation adjustment thingy. If its in a sized outer then even better. I've a few helmets. The cheapest PASGT replica with a Flora cover fits me best, and the cover is baggy enough to allow me to pretend that a Russian bin lurks beneath it in milsim/filmsim games. The digiflora cover sits on a slightly more expensive light weight fast style helmet which is OK but crap besides a genuine FMA. I'd go FMA for a decent fit and a bit of comfort. M1s are sized and fit accordingly, WW2 British Brody's and the like weigh a ton to play in. Of course the true airsoft connoisseur wears a helmet of purest Vietnamese pith, preferably along with a pair of baggy cotton shorts and a Martini-Henry. Victory is assured and one can always invade the site next door and annex it for the Crown.

Our Sunday game was cancelled due to flooding. The site at Necton was only usable if you had an aqualung. Glad others got a game in!