Well .. beep-beep-beepitty-beep - Have I got news for you.
I got mail today .. up in the 'wop-wops' # of the South Island NU TIRANI *.
# - That's the sound your truck tires make when the rubber is shredded by the potholes and coarse road metal.
* Nu Tirani is the actual proper Maori name for these 'British' South Pacific islands - see this link ..
https://planetb-media.com/2021/09/06/historic-facts-new-zealand-in-maori-is-nu-tirani/
- Following some three weeks of no mail at all over the Christmas-Summer vacation period - I got three packages - being a pair of work jeans from AliExpress in China, - a replacement (Chinese?) black rubber strap for my overvalued but 'classic' SEIKO (Japanese) Turtle dive watch, - and a new 1963 Chinese Pilots Chronograph watch.
- Now the superb 'MSTIANO' made Sea-Gull 1963 Chronograph is the 2nd Chinese made time keeper in my developing collection - with 100% satisfaction to date. I see both Chinese watches as 'things of beauty' .. but in all conscience I do need to confess that I have terrible taste .. ask my ex wife.
There has been a bit of critical comment from Western media claiming that Nu Tirani is sucking-up to China when we ought to be hostilely opposing Chinese influences in our part of the world - well Sino-Kiwi relations have been friendly since for ever - try 1927 with Cantabrian Rewi Alley doing much founding educational development work with the communist Chinese Beijing academics - while today China continues to be the biggest customer for our produce.
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STOP PRESS: Federal have just announced their new American pistol cartridge 30 SUPER CARRY - it sounds very much like it should logically be called 8 mm Auto in the progression .. 10 mm Auto, 9 mm Luger, 8 mm Auto. - Not enough details released yet or drawings to date .. but said to use a .312 inch bullet with the cartridge being the same o/a length as 9 mm.
Note: It is sometimes difficult to affirm that the U S measuring system is metric eh ..
https://www.gunsandammo.com/show/shot-show/videos/330947/federal-30-super-carry/455379
Marty K.
Hi there Martin, I still don't understand much of the gun talk but I am pleased to see you enjoy the bizarre world of Ali express. I have been using them exclusively for outdoor equipment for several years now with mixed success. Tents, fantastic, portable firepit, brilliant.lightweight camp chair, a bargain. But try to buy clothes!!!! I ordered winter warm trousers, size XL. They arrived miles too small but only cost £8. Order again, size XXXXL (I have a 36" waist) they fit brilliantly and are so comfortable and practical, water repellent with reinforced knees etc. So I ordered another pair, I know what size to get, check the label 4XL, new pair arrived.fit some one about 6'8" tall with a 44" waist!!!! I guess you don't get this problem with a watch strap :-)
ReplyDeleteYup that does seem to be a problem with clothing for sure. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteBoth of those rifles could have been made legal, and the government would have paid for the gun-smith to do it. I altered many dozens of them myself.... but yes it's ironic isn't it? Lots of rifles were destroyed that didn't need to be, and I do wonder how some appeared not to know about getting them altered. So many people though it was only about military type stuff, but it went much further than that, and they are not finished with us yet. They have made a total hash of the whole deal, but that's S.O.P. for the government now.
ReplyDeleteIndeed Kathryn .. I did investigate getting a Gunsmith to do the necessary - but both locals said they were too busy & that the work was not worth the expense either for these 'pot-metal specials'. - It seemed more profitable to cash-in without all the hassle.
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