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Another Day, Another Build (continued)
On 10/24/2018 6:23 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/24/18 5:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 10/24/2018 4:12 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 10/24/18 2:35 PM, wrote: On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:43:36 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: Well, I assembled the upper for my new .308, including checking the headspace with a borrowed "go/no go" kit and pinning the gas tube/block assembly. Going to drop it off at my buddy theÂ* gunsmith's place today forÂ* him to checkÂ* over my work. Compared to the "bare, naked"Â* lower, assemblingÂ* an upper is pretty easy. If the weatherÂ* sucksÂ* this weekend, I'll start on the lower. === If you really want to challenge yourself and impress your gunsmith friend, build it with an 80% lower. I don't have the particular skills, drill press and other tools needed to finish an 80% lower. Besides, theÂ* gunsmith buddy is already impressed with me, because I tutored his kid for three months for free and helped the kid go from the equivalent of a C- in English to a solid B and to raise his score more than 100 points on the SAT Reading Test and Writing and Language Test. I also helped him start to lose his southern redneck speaking patois and use more standard English. Hopefully, heÂ* will continueÂ* developing hisÂ* skills and put them to goodÂ* use in college. Let's see.Â* Earlier you told us that some landscaping guyÂ* you hired spontaneously and unilaterally just "happened" to proudly show you his naturalization papers.Â*Â* Funny.Â* Never heard of a naturalized citizen carrying their papers around showing them to everyone without being asked. Now you tell us you're a modern day Professor Henry Higgins transforming a male version of Eliza Doolittle in culture, speech and the arts.Â* To think ... born the son of a gunsmith of all things. Amazing. No.Â* Try reading for content. When I first met the guy, heÂ* showed me hisÂ* green card. We talked overÂ* the years aboutÂ* hisÂ* workingÂ* and waiting for the opportunity to become a citizen. When that happened, he proudly showed me the certificate he got. The kid in question wants to go to a decentÂ* college. That isn't going to happen without a decent SAT score and a good personal interview. Language skills help with the latter. Do gunsmiths make good money? Now-a-days the ability to pay the tuition is more important than SAT scores or your diction. |
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