Argghhh!

The fighting is reaching a crescendo in the dark forests of the Ardennes. Little fights like Staff Sergeant Bolden's, spread thoughout the battlefield in time and space, add up to a military friction that the Sixth Panzer Armee cannot overcome.BOLDEN, PAUL L. Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company 1, 120th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division. Place and date: Petit-Coo, Belgium, 23 December 1944. Entered service at: Madison, Ala. Birth: Hobbes Island, Iowa. G.O. No.: 73, 30 August...

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For the Sandbox Edition, read Bill's post two posts down. At the Castle, the flags are at half-staff for the morning, then they will rise back to full. SWWBO is being entrepreneurial selling yarn, wool balls, drop spindles w/roving, and peacock feathers at the Riverfest in downtown Leavenworth. The Armorer will be feeding the Interior and Exterior Guard, the goats, rabbits, and loosing the birds to feed on some scratch and whatever bugs that have the bad judgement to appear. Or worms. Or frogs...

TSO needs some help so that he can help the family of a fallen Marine . Go, read, and do what your heart commands.

You may have noticed the Sierra Club ad over there. Go ahead, click on it! It won't hurt you (and will help the Castle). I didn't disapprove it. I didn't approve it, either, I dunno how they got it to run automatically, I must have a setting off in my blogad control panel. S'okay. They hate the Second Amendment. I'm going to buy ammo with the revenue. They love trees (so do I, but hey, I've got a small forest to manage, too). So, I'm going to get the chainsaw blades sharpened...

...as a break from proposal writing. Just fired the Gew 41(W), Gew43, and Polish Wz29, using Yugo milsurp 8mm Mauser. Need to check the firing pin and spring on the Pole, as it dented primers (and they may be hard primers) but dd not reliably fire. It was the most accurate, however, when it *did* fire. The bolt could just be in need of a good internal cleaning, if it's fouled with old cosmoline. Both the semis were okay with firing, but the Gew(41) has some feed issues, probably relating to the...

Forget all that context carp that Bill's all on about. I like treating you guys like flies - pull a wing off and watch you fly in circles. There is a little *** in the picture, though. Just to give you a size cue.

Myself having suffered a recto-cranial infarct, Og wins in a waaaay too easy Whatziss. This *would* have been your next clue: Followed by this: