On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:40:06 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 10/19/2014 2:13 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:46:27 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 21:43:25 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 21:31:04 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:04:38 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:36:52 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:


Virtually all of the serious target shooters that I know use a scope.
At 100 yards it is difficult just getting on the paper consistently
without one. With a good rifle, good scope and good ammo, you can
shoot 1 inch groups inside the 10 ring.

I would most likely never be a *serious* target shooter. My eyes
aren't good enough for that. I go to the range only because I enjoy
shooting. I haven't really shot a rifle since early Army days with the
M-14. I was very good with it.

In Vietnam I fired the M-16 only a few times. More or less for
familiarization. My First Sergeant and I would go out to the local
laterite pit and practiced on beer cans.

===

A good scope can compensate for just about everything except cataracts
or macular degeneration. Just turn the focus ring until everything is
sharp. Cataracts can be fixed with surgery of course.

This is the one I use on my customized Ruger 10/22 for CMP competiton
at 50 yards:

http://www.amazon.com/Monarch-Riflescope-4-16x42SF-Matte-BDC/dp/B000OZU92K

I used two other scopes prior to the Nikon until I found one I liked.
The others both had excessive parallax error. From the prone position
I can now shoot 97s and 98s with 30 or 40% in the "X" ring.

I've got a cataract in my right eye. Also, I'm right handed, and don't
want to learn to shoot a rifle left handed.

When I get the right eye operated on, it's my understanding I have to
choose between near and far vision. Which would be best for shooting?
Now I'm using my right eye, but the front sight is pretty blurry,
along with the target. However, with a handgun I can switch to my left
eye without much problem.

===

If you don't mind wearing reading glasses I'd probably go for distance
vision. A decent scope can be dialed in for either however.

I'll still have to wear glasses. And I'll have pretty good distance
vision with the left eye. I guess the question comes down to which is
more important to see clearly (without the scope) - the front sight or
the target. Right now they're both blurry, but not bad I can't hit the
target. I do better with my left eye however.

You want distance. When they did my right eye, was what I went for. Now
only need the glasses for reading. Left eye cataract is getting worse.
Will look in to that problem tomorrow at eye doc appointment. Wife has
distance on one eye and her contact on other eye is for close work. I
think would confuse me, but she had same for years with just contacts.

My doc says the cataract is not bad enough to operate yet. I'll still
need glasses though, as the left eye is blurry both near and far. Ah,
the joys of becoming senile!



I was very surprised when I had my eye sight tested a year ago. I've
always had good vision but sometimes have a tough time when tired
focusing close up which is very typical for most of us old farts.

The last test (after the infection in my left eye due to shingles had
cleared up) was 20/20 right eye and 20/15 left eye.

Today is my 65th birthday. Big year. Medicare, senior citizen discounts
and high dose flu shots. :-)

Congratulations on reaching 65. Was in Burger King getting a soda, while
waiting for wife's airplane. Senior drink. $0.25. McD's seem to be 75
cents. I think 55 is the age for senior drinks.

McD's had free senior coffee for a couple weeks. And I've found the
McD's prices range from 50 cents to 75 cents...depending on where you
go. North Carolina seems cheaper than Northern Virginia all the time.

I do get tired of them checking my ID every time I ask for a senior
coffee! :)

On 10/20/2014 10:17 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:40:06 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 10/19/2014 2:13 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:46:27 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 21:43:25 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 21:31:04 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:04:38 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:36:52 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:


Virtually all of the serious target shooters that I know use a scope.
At 100 yards it is difficult just getting on the paper consistently
without one. With a good rifle, good scope and good ammo, you can
shoot 1 inch groups inside the 10 ring.

I would most likely never be a *serious* target shooter. My eyes
aren't good enough for that. I go to the range only because I enjoy
shooting. I haven't really shot a rifle since early Army days with the
M-14. I was very good with it.

In Vietnam I fired the M-16 only a few times. More or less for
familiarization. My First Sergeant and I would go out to the local
laterite pit and practiced on beer cans.

===

A good scope can compensate for just about everything except cataracts
or macular degeneration. Just turn the focus ring until everything is
sharp. Cataracts can be fixed with surgery of course.

This is the one I use on my customized Ruger 10/22 for CMP competiton
at 50 yards:

http://www.amazon.com/Monarch-Riflescope-4-16x42SF-Matte-BDC/dp/B000OZU92K

I used two other scopes prior to the Nikon until I found one I liked.
The others both had excessive parallax error. From the prone position
I can now shoot 97s and 98s with 30 or 40% in the "X" ring.

I've got a cataract in my right eye. Also, I'm right handed, and don't
want to learn to shoot a rifle left handed.

When I get the right eye operated on, it's my understanding I have to
choose between near and far vision. Which would be best for shooting?
Now I'm using my right eye, but the front sight is pretty blurry,
along with the target. However, with a handgun I can switch to my left
eye without much problem.

===

If you don't mind wearing reading glasses I'd probably go for distance
vision. A decent scope can be dialed in for either however.

I'll still have to wear glasses. And I'll have pretty good distance
vision with the left eye. I guess the question comes down to which is
more important to see clearly (without the scope) - the front sight or
the target. Right now they're both blurry, but not bad I can't hit the
target. I do better with my left eye however.

You want distance. When they did my right eye, was what I went for. Now
only need the glasses for reading. Left eye cataract is getting worse.
Will look in to that problem tomorrow at eye doc appointment. Wife has
distance on one eye and her contact on other eye is for close work. I
think would confuse me, but she had same for years with just contacts.

My doc says the cataract is not bad enough to operate yet. I'll still
need glasses though, as the left eye is blurry both near and far. Ah,
the joys of becoming senile!



I was very surprised when I had my eye sight tested a year ago. I've
always had good vision but sometimes have a tough time when tired
focusing close up which is very typical for most of us old farts.

The last test (after the infection in my left eye due to shingles had
cleared up) was 20/20 right eye and 20/15 left eye.

Today is my 65th birthday. Big year. Medicare, senior citizen discounts
and high dose flu shots. :-)

Congratulations on reaching 65. Was in Burger King getting a soda, while
waiting for wife's airplane. Senior drink. $0.25. McD's seem to be 75
cents. I think 55 is the age for senior drinks.

McD's had free senior coffee for a couple weeks. And I've found the
McD's prices range from 50 cents to 75 cents...depending on where you
go. North Carolina seems cheaper than Northern Virginia all the time.

I do get tired of them checking my ID every time I ask for a senior
coffee! :)


Feel blessed. If you looked like Harry, they wouldn't ask.

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:01:25 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:17:49 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's had free senior coffee for a couple weeks. And I've found the
McD's prices range from 50 cents to 75 cents...depending on where you
go. North Carolina seems cheaper than Northern Virginia all the time.

I do get tired of them checking my ID every time I ask for a senior
coffee! :)

My father in law knows about all the senior deals but I don't go to
those places often enough to look.
Is there a deal on the breakfast sandwiches at BK? That is usually the
only thing I ever get and only once a month on "water day".

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers



My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

On Monday, October 20, 2014 3:38:37 PM UTC-7, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco

wrote:



On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:



On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco

wrote:



McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the

best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which

have better biscuits.



===



Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast

and coffee for a buck.



Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!



My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern

hamburgers







My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and

seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles

down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).



In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat

lamps until they sold.

i was always impressed with their earlier french fries. Long strings of peeled potato.

On 10/20/14 6:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers



My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.



You didn't hit the McDonald's on the Boston Post Road in Orange, or the
one in Hamden? The one in Orange was across the BPR from Nick's Italian
Grocery, maker of the best subs anywhere. Some people thought McDonald's
would put Nick's out of business, but Nick had a secret weapon: he was
the biggest bookie in the Orange-West Haven area, and never suffered a
business downturn. The McDonald's had a trampoline park next door, too.

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.

--
Of life’s simple pleasures, few are more satisfying than being attacked
by the right-wing trash in rec.boats.

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/20/14 6:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers



My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.



You didn't hit the McDonald's on the Boston Post Road in Orange, or the
one in Hamden? The one in Orange was across the BPR from Nick's Italian
Grocery, maker of the best subs anywhere. Some people thought McDonald's
would put Nick's out of business, but Nick had a secret weapon: he was
the biggest bookie in the Orange-West Haven area, and never suffered a
business downturn. The McDonald's had a trampoline park next door, too.

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.


Ray Krock actually bought McDonalds for their Milk Shake Machine.

On 10/20/14 9:02 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:44:21 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.

No fast food chain has any milk in the shakes. That is why they are
just called shakes.
It is a bag of powder they dump in the chiller machine, first thing in
the morning and by the time they open, it is a frozen slush. When they
are in a hurry they put a scoop of ice in there.

Fries are an interesting thing. It is the highest profit item in a
fast food joint. Better than coffee, tea and way ahead of the soft
drinks. That is why they are always fiddling with the recipe, trying
to get the ones people want.

I got a lot of insight into those operations working in the Wendys for
7 years but I really learned about the operation when we were
integrating the new computer systems into Burger King. I was one of
the T3 guys who taught the guys who taught the managers. We knew just
about everything there was to know about how a Burger King runs and
where the money goes.
A couple years later Wendys adopted the same basic system and we
rolled the first one out in Naples. I got to meet Dave. Wendys liked
us in Ft Myers because of the way we ran the older register systems.

In reality, I liked that business better than the glass house
operations although it was pretty unpopular with some guys who took
themselves too seriously.

BTW, even is slave wage Florida, I never saw anyone making minimum
wage.



I avoid most of the chain burger joints, though I do have a Five Guys
burger and fries once in a while. I've convinced the local FGs to NOT
overcook the burger, which they tend to do, and to keep the salt off my
fries.

--
Of life’s simple pleasures, few are more satisfying than being attacked
by the right-wing trash in rec.boats.