Susan, if you make it functional, keep the ammo somewhere else, like in a safety deposit box. That way, you could fire it at a range (or wherever you fire reproduction antique guns), but it would be essentially not a weapon in the house.
My thinking all along--well, not necessarily a safe deposit box, but somewhere not in the house and not easily accessible.
ION, Jilli, is there a hotel nearish you or Plei that you would recommend?
Argh, did my server eat my mail to you? Hmmph. Anyway, I don't know a *thing* about any of the hotels in the area. I'll ask a couple friends for some opinions.
not necessarily a safe deposit box, but somewhere not in the house and not easily accessible.
considering the type of ammo old-style guns typically require (ball and powder as opposed to convenient cartridges), everything that makes the loading/firing process complicated and inconvenient is a plus.
Black powder rifles can knock you on your butt, though. Just saying.
Posted here so that Jilli will see it: An Open Letter to Tim Burton
WHAT, THE EVER LOVING HELL??
I can't believe that they are based in HOLLYWOOD and that still happened. So completely want to call a news station or summat.
I can't believe that they are based in HOLLYWOOD and that still happened. So completely want to call a news station or summat.
My immediate, knee-jerk response after I read the letter was "I hope that PR firm employee is FIRED." Because it read as someone letting their personal biases show.
My immediate, knee-jerk response after I read the letter was "I hope that PR firm employee is FIRED." Because it read as someone letting their personal biases show.
I cannot fit it into my brain as something that makes sense. I keep trying to say to myself "He must have been thinking that..." and then I have no way to finish the sentence. It's absurd.
Sonuvabitch! I tried to put it on speakerphone and accidentally hung up.
**Weeps**Gnashes Teeth**
considering the type of ammo old-style guns typically require (ball and powder as opposed to convenient cartridges), everything that makes the loading/firing process complicated and inconvenient is a plus.
Also part of my thinking.
Black powder rifles can knock you on your butt, though. Just saying.
So I've heard. And yet another part of my reasoning is that if I'm going to keep writing about these things, I should find out what they sound/feel/smell like.
I cannot fit it into my brain as something that makes sense. I keep trying to say to myself "He must have been thinking that..." and then I have no way to finish the sentence. It's absurd.
It's the same sort of thinking that leads PR flunkies and Marketing weasels to say things like "We want it to be hip and edgy" without bothering to find out any information on the 'edgy' thing they're trying to co-opt.
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Well, he still works for NRG. They took my name and number and I'll see if I can get a comment out of him (I write a column for You'll All Pay).