The "What I learned recently" thread.

Weetabix · Post by **Weetabix** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:46 pm

As a coach, you can only challenge the ref's acumen, probity, integrity, and eye sight so many times before he throws you out of the game.

esa5444 · Post by **esa5444** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:24 am

Jered wrote:
Cybrludite wrote:Today I relearned that one of my housemates is unclear on the difference between a dryer & a dresser.
Makes me glad I've got my own place.

Me too. I can keep the clothes in the dryer until such a time as they need to go back into the washing machine. Good God man! I've got guns to clean, I don't have time to fold clothes!

HTRN · Post by **HTRN** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:43 pm

For some of us, that isn't a viable option, considering the number of floors between bedrooms and said appliance.

Thus the "Piles of clothes on the floor" methodology.

I learned recently that there's alot of places making perfomance parts, up to and including replacement blocks, for engines that haven't been produced by the OEM for better than 50 years, some of it fairly exotic - did you know they made EFI in the form of Weber stacks for 392 Hemis?

I learned recently I should tune out my friends when they say things like "Hey I came across this project car while picking up parts, maybe you'd be interested?", leading to the discovering of expensive performance parts for long discontinued engines, when daydreaming what motor to stick in it.

I learned recently that daylight savings time is a conspiracy to get me stuck in traffic.

I learned recently that Raybans have gone up dramatically in price - seriously, 140 bucks for Aviators?

Netpackrat · Post by **Netpackrat** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:18 pm

Speaking of sunglasses, I learned recently that Serengeti has discontinued their "navigator" line.

Guncrazy · Post by **Guncrazy** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:04 am

Netpackrat wrote:I recently learned that my $420 Aimpoint, the $200 mounting system I bought for it, and my $250 homebuilt AK do not work together the way I had hoped they would.

Lucky you. I learned that my M1A SOCOM 16, the Trijicon TA70 scope mount, and the Trijicon TA648-308 do not work together the way I had hoped they would.

Jered · Post by **Jered** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:07 am

Guncrazy wrote:
Netpackrat wrote:I recently learned that my $420 Aimpoint, the $200 mounting system I bought for it, and my $250 homebuilt AK do not work together the way I had hoped they would.
Lucky you. I learned that my M1A SOCOM 16, the Trijicon TA70 scope mount, and the Trijicon TA648-308 do not work together the way I had hoped they would.

If you were a true rifleman you'd use the iron sights.

Kommander · Post by **Kommander** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:32 am

Rod wrote:I learned that those armored Ford vans used by the armored car companies are actually pretty damn tough to crack.

Someone lock their keys inside?

MarkD · Post by **MarkD** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:34 pm

I've learned that when my wife tells me "I'm feeling cranky today" I should just go fishing. Even if it's 14 degrees and snowing.

I learned MANY years ago (when I was still living at home) that when a woman (Mom) decides to rearrange furniture, it's always the HEAVY stuff that needs to be moved.

Aglifter · Post by **Aglifter** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:46 pm

Brush burns on elbows require band-aids to heal.

HTRN · Post by **HTRN** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:23 pm

MarkD wrote:I've learned that when my wife tells me "I'm feeling cranky today" I should just go fishing. Even if it's 14 degrees and snowing.

The reason Man invented work, because it gave him an excuse to avoid the wife for a third of the day.

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