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  Amazing what boredom on a Friday night can do... Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | ||
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Alll right, right on brother~!  loved it.Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I have seen boredom on a Friday night produce a lot worse than that! | |||
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You spend $52 on underware? Sort of pegged you for a fruit-of-the-loom kind of guy. Jeez, you think you know someone and this comes out! | |||
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Mike, great point. | |||
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I was wondering the same thing. ____________________________ If you died tomorrow, what would you have done today ... 2018 Zimbabwe - Tuskless w/ Nengasha Safaris 2011 Mozambique - Buffalo w/ Mashambanzou Safaris | |||
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Perhaps underwear as in the plural. Perhaps he goes on VERY exciting hunts and gets through a few. Most probably he's refering to under-armour or whatever they are called, apparently the last word in anti-chaffing super-keks. | |||
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Good point! I remember when I was in Mozambique, I would have paid $100 for a single pair of non-chafing undershorts! | |||
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Pun not intended mate, but it's bollocks. Get yourself a pair of Marks and Spencers finest cotton boxers and sally forth. | |||
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Actually...I pay about $18 a pair...for hunting undies... http://www.duluthtrading.com/s...px?feature=product_1 Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I knew I never should have clicked on that link. "Buck Naked" ultra-light underwear dries fast, fights odor. I didn't need to know what kind of undershorts you prefer. But now I can sleep easy knowing that you have your odor under control. Thanks for that Mike.  | |||
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Marks and Spencers...about $22 a pair plus depending on the exchange rate... http://www.marksandspencer.com...rt=-price&isBrowse=1 Wendell...maybe Santa Claus will bring you some... Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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You really want to get that CLOSE to him? | |||
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Not many things more uncomfortable than badly chafed knackers.  I had a client a few years ago who got so badly chafed he could harldy get out of the hunting truck for the last few days of his safari......... funny it ain't!  | |||
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Underwear? We don't need no stinkin' underwear! | |||
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hell, do what i do. buy Bass Pro(world wide sportsman) nylon fishing pants with zip off legs and nylon mesh briefs built in. skip the underwear and pay $30 for pants that double as shorts. dry super fast and 2 trips to Moz in Oct(suicide month) went without any problem. looking at those prices made me nauseous. Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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I think Target is a great place for most clothes. I do buy good boots though. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Here's the latest thing for all you brave nimrods out there: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/fem...male-appearance.html  Might go especially well with Will's pink track suit!  | |||
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You should have told me. I would have brought you a case of this:  | |||
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If I had any of that stuff, I'd be afraid someone might ask me to rub it in for them........ and as we don't get many nubile 20 something beautiful women, it'd probably mean they're more like to be JudgeG lookalikes............. to hell with that for a lark!! | |||
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 reminds me of a story about a monkey and his soon to be future wife Sound familiar STEVE  | |||
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Jeez, there must be something wrong with me. For me it's an old baseball cap, shorts I wear regularly, athletic shoes that are half worn out, an old belt, and multitude of shirts, none of which cost more than about $50. About the only thing on that list that I'd wear is underarmour boxer briefs, and while they cost $19 each, they are worth their weight in gold. I doubt my entire wardrobe on any given day when hunting in Africa is worth more than about $200 or so, total. For all those who have to go as 'best dressed' into the bush, take a moment to notice what your PH and the trackers are dressed like. | |||
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Man, I was hoping for something embarassing at the end like a picture of you treed by a hyena or something. these usually end that way. Red | |||
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I'll be going commando before I spend $52 on underwear. | |||
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Not in fire ant country you wouldn't. | |||
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Or at least, not twice! | |||
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I stand corrected Steve. Do you not also have those big balck bar-stewards of an ant called "ball-biters" or something? Mike, these are the kiddies Made by the finest in sweatshop technology and mercifully do not advertise "quick-drying", a boon to those with piss-taking mates. I would also worry about the laundry staff speculating about my need for quick-drying, water-wicking plum-smugglers. Talc, anyone? | |||
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We have the Matabele ants as the biggest one here in RSA and a lot of other types but none of the really big biters such as the siafu and chonga-chonga that occur in east Africa. One of my favourite ways of dealing with ants around the house is to take all my gash powder and pour it into the holes just before dark. Then I put a match to one of the piles and they all go up...... it only lasts a fraction of a second but is quite a firework display while it lasts.  I suppose it's a case of little things please little minds but I never get tired of doing it!  | |||
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Erm Steve....what's gash powder mate? To a fellow Londoner it sounds like...well I look forward to your explanation. | |||
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Sorry to disappoint you mate. Gash is an engineering term that means waste. As in gash powder from rounds I've pulled for whatever reason and don't want to reuse. I just chuck it all in a jar and keep it until I need to use it for my weapons of ant destruction. | |||
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Well recovered! I thought you were going chemical on the little blighters for a moment. I shall have to try your technique out, certainly makes an intresting variation to the calcium carbide/ bucket of water/ candle technique a farmer I know here uses on rabbits. | |||
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Try and do it around dusk...... it can be quite a fireworks display when all the tunnels are connected together. It's also a good way of disposing of all that crap/gash powder you need to get rid of from time to time! | |||
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Will do, I'll see if I can set up the camera as well. Speaking of cameras, and apologies to our American friends for the hijack, but have alook at this: check out the one about the Ryder cup as well [URL=http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/police-can't-stand-another-minute-of-birmingham-201006182830/]http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/police-can't-stand-another-minute-of-birmingham-201006182830/[/URL] | |||
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I got the Birmingham one and I don't blame 'em at all..... couldn't find the Ryder Cup one though! could be the Americans have saboutaged it because they lost? | |||
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Ghubert, Who is Sally and How much does she cost???  | |||
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Your fire ants must be a lot tamer than the Texas ones if a pair of scivvies will deter them. | |||
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My must have list is topped by Stewart Graingers hat in "King Solomons Mines"... gotta have one of them leather hats with a Leopard hatband.... | |||
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50p and a bag of grapes. (to all you Adrian Mole fans...) | |||
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