waiting out the storm (virus)

[drssg]

Yes... we are part of strategic disaster response which originated in response to a crippling earthquake.

Emergency Services requested update on medical supply inventory.

I'm sorry, but I'm not following what that would mean for the county to take over a hospital. Is the county contributing money as part of the take over? It seems like the work to be done is the same, regardless of who/what is in charge. I'm puzzled.

 

[rswyan]

It means they're in charge and, at least to some extent, calling the shots ...

 

[shooterdon]

Agreed, rife ammo is a lot more trouble. I have the Dillon 550B. Loading shotgun is kind of relaxing on the MEC, but I haven't loaded any in a long time. I just don't have a place to shoot clays anymore. I live in the woods. When I lived near Willard, Mo. I had a great place to throw clays. Of course I ran thru a lot of shotshells in 3 gun too. But I don't shoot competitively any more.

Hear you about the shotgun reloading. Before I moved to the boonies I shoot trap competitively. I had a Spolar Gold hydraulic in three gauges (now sold) and still have a Ponsness Warren 800+ with AutoDrive to load 12 ga. Back then I was loading for my gf as well...about 20k shells a year. When I set up my reloading shop the first year in the new place, this was my shell inventory. About a year supply. Those 5 gal pails hold 525 12 ga shells ea.



Stopped competing about 4 years ago. Miss it but it got too expensive.

BTW, there has been a run of ammunition near me. The only stuff I buy is .22's, as I reload everything else, so no effect on me. I hear gun sales are way up too.

 

[dragoneggs]

Hear you about the shotgun reloading. Before I moved to the boonies I shoot trap competitively. I had a Spolar Gold hydraulic in three gauges (now sold) and still have a Ponsness Warren 800+ with AutoDrive to load 12 ga. Back then I was loading for my gf as well...about 20k shells a year. When I set up my reloading shop the first year in the new place, this was my shell inventory. About a year supply. Those 5 gal pails hold 525 12 ga shells ea.

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Stopped competing about 4 years ago. Miss it but it got too expensive.

BTW, there has been a run of ammunition near me. The only stuff I buy is .22's, as I reload everything else, so no effect on me. I hear gun sales are way up too.

Time to take inventory? I have been pretty dormant on my gun time. Need to brush up! Not just because of CV-19 but just because... insert Boy Scout motto.

 

[RoyJackson]

Once you get used to the vernacular Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' is extremely entertaining...

I've got a hankering to read "Rendezvous with Rama" again...and maybe more of Arthur C. Clarke...great writer!

 

[drssg]

It means they're in charge and, at least to some extent, calling the shots ...

Assuming that your answer for ultrarunner is accurate, I still don't see the point. How is the county going to do a better job running a hospital than the people who have made it their career to run the hospital?

 

[Looking4new]

Assuming that your answer for ultrarunner is accurate, I still don't see the point. How is the county going to do a better job running a hospital than the people who have made it their career to run the hospital?

Because politicians ALWAYS think they know better than anyone else.

 

[Bird]

I am having the wife pick me up a cell phone today. They say only 7% of the population does not have one, so I was holding out, but with a new job, I had better have one..."

Sad day indeed. Broken Track has got an electronic leash!

This reminds me of many years ago when I was a captain in the police department and my boss, an assistant chief, and I were the only ranking members of the police department who did not carry a pager. Sure enough, the time came when my boss asked me if I wanted one and I did not, but soon after that he and I both had to carry a pager. I don't remember exactly how many years I carried that thing, but in all those years, it rang exactly ONCE. And that time I was on my way to the office and almost there, so even that time it was wasted.

 

[k0ua]

Hear you about the shotgun reloading. Before I moved to the boonies I shoot trap competitively. I had a Spolar Gold hydraulic in three gauges (now sold) and still have a Ponsness Warren 800+ with AutoDrive to load 12 ga. Back then I was loading for my gf as well...about 20k shells a year. When I set up my reloading shop the first year in the new place, this was my shell inventory. About a year supply. Those 5 gal pails hold 525 12 ga shells ea.

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Stopped competing about 4 years ago. Miss it but it got too expensive.

BTW, there has been a run of ammunition near me. The only stuff I buy is .22's, as I reload everything else, so no effect on me. I hear gun sales are way up too.

yeah, you are pretty well fixed. I still have supplies to load a few hundred, but I just don't need them anymore.

 

[MossRoad]

This reminds me of many years ago when I was a captain in the police department and my boss, an assistant chief, and I were the only ranking members of the police department who did not carry a pager. Sure enough, the time came when my boss asked me if I wanted one and I did not, but soon after that he and I both had to carry a pager. I don't remember exactly how many years I carried that thing, but in all those years, it rang exactly ONCE. And that time I was on my way to the office and almost there, so even that time it was wasted.

I had to carry a pager at my old job. I had it clipped to my belt right in front. It was summer, and I was outside my car reaching in through the open window to grab something and it went off for the very first time on my belly right as I bent into the car. I thought I was leaning on a bee and jumped up and hit my head.