Hobo Jungle

[2railjon]

Sadly enough down here the grade school kids have graduated from .22's to killing each other with more disciminating tech-9's and other various sub-machine guns. I don't see where a 30-30 would be any big deal if that helps the arguement.
On a more serious note, I reckon if you purchased it for him and he only shot it when you were with him(keeping it locked in a gun cabinet when not in use) he'd be pretty darn satisfied. Trust me.

[Mitch]

Any of you guys want to throw in your opinions? Not that they will carry any weight with the redhead, but maybe I can overwhelm her with sheer numbers...



Mitch, when you're in your loincloth/turban sitting in your lotus position with your arms outstretched chanting your mantra, pleeeeease let your wife take just one little picture to share with the rest of us.
Only because we want to learn how to do it too, ol' pal. Nothing more. Trust me.

Opinions, Dirt? OK. My older brother and I had BB guns when we were 8, and Dad always let us burn up some .22s when we went out with him. But I longed for something bigger. When my brother turned 12 and got his first huntin' license, I was green with envy. Now my old man loved to hunt rabbits, and always kept a beagle, but my older bro didn't like to hunt small game. I begged and pleaded for dad to take me huntin' with him, and he said since I equaled my brother in height, weight, and hair color, I could use his license. Away we went. Dad had got a good deal on a model 12 Winchester 12 gauge pump, and it had already been cut down for a youth. 1 inch was missing from the stock, and somebody had ruined the beautiful lines of the barrel by cutting it to 26" and installing a poly-choke. The old man says, "Ya think ya can shoot that thing."? He sets up an old five gallon bucket about 30 yards away, and although we had a box of Remington Sure Shot low based shells, he slips in one of his high brass 1and 1/4 oz. field loads, screws the choke down, (it goes about another 1 and 1/2 chokes PAST Full), and hands it to me. I slaps it to my shoulder and touched the trigger. The gun recoiled up and back and bloodied my nose, but the 5 gallon can leaped off the ground and then tumbled to a stop. I was in 7th heaven. I became the old mans' small game partner from then on. The day I got my first 2 rabbits, I yelled out that "I got 'im"!!, and the old man was so happy he threw his Jones hat in the air and shot it! It was the fall of 1960, and I was 10 years old. 2 years later when I was legally old enough to hunt, Dad brought home another beautiful shotgun, but that's another story. Get your boy a gun, Pete. You know you can take the Hunter safety course with him, I don't think ya have to be 12 to attend. As long as you're supervisin' (and keep the gun locked up when you are not available) the Redhead should be ok. I raised 4 kids with guns sittin' every corner of my bedroom cause the guncase wouldn't hold them all, and none of 'em ever touched 'em when I wasn't there.


Now for part 2. Ain't never gonna happen, Dirt. For one thing, you DON'T want to see a 318lb, 6'4" bearded man with eyeglasses wearing a loin cloth. Second, I don't want to wear a loin cloth. Third, my left knee is so bad, if I got into the Lotus position, you'd have to bury me that way 'cause I'd never get out! And fourth, I skipped that idea and got drunk at Gomers.

[Mitch]

I forgot to ask if the Kiski Junction still runs to Bagdad? I can remember when derailments were just a normal part of the day on that old track.

Kiski yards were torn out back in the early '80s. The track is all single now on the Conemaugh line, with some passing sidings in various places. Still pretty busy, especially in the Fall when the Power Plants are stockin' up with coal. I lay here at home in bed and have heard a train every 15 to 20 minutes apart sometimes. I think the little Kiski RR still operates excursions when NS allows.

RE the Freeport (Donald Lobaugh) bridge. Rated the worst in Western Pa. On a scale of 100 to 0, (0 being the worst), the bridge is rated a 2. They just finished another inspection last week, and they had moved that up from Feb. '08. They say it's safe, and they're still not gonna do the study to replace it until 2010. Unless it falls down first. In that case, old Ed Rendell will just make excuses and life will go on, inconvenience and all.

[penncentral8885]

YAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN,,,,hmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HOOTERS!!!!!!!!
did somebody say hooters?



Like,,,,the Hooters girls in Speedway Indiana, home of the somewhat famous Indy 500?,,,,that kinda' Hooters?

[rogruth]

OK.I have got to brag a little.One of my grand-daughters was a Hooters calendar girl in 2000 and the center spread girl in 2001.

[Renovo PRR]

While I know plenty of people who grew up with a 30-30 I consider it the worst rifle to give to any youth. IMHO it is unsafe in the hands of many kids.

My youngest is 12 and she can do some very good shooting open sights at 100 yards with an AR 15. She is not permitted to handle the 30-30 even though she is a very good shot and has great gun safety sense.

Well Mitch if it falls down you only need to go to Ford City or Tarentum to cross the river. I still say it would make a great underwater structure for walleye.

[Renovo PRR]

Did you all hear about the brightest idiot in history?

PORTLAND, Ore. — Snake collector Matt Wilkinson of Portland grabbed a 20-inch rattler from the highway near Maupin, and three weeks later, to impress his ex-girlfriend, he stuck the serpent in his mouth.
He was soon near death with a swollen tongue that blocked his throat. Trauma doctors at the Oregon Health and Science University saved his life.

"You can assume alcohol was involved," he said. Actually, not just beer. It was something he called a "mixture of stupid stuff."

[rogruth]

Sounds like a near death experience from "stupid stuff".

[2railjon]

A fine day to be in the clouds.

[Mitch]

Beer! Beer here!

[Tramp]

Four leaf clover. Are they actually lucky?

I think the Jungle has lasted so long because it's basically so damn friendly. And isn't that, or wasn't that, the American way?

[Mitch]

Pic #3 gives you the birdseye view of just how much premium real estate acreage an Interstate cloverleaf takes up.

[2railjon]

Part of the "American way" is to show your appreciation of Bro's and buy them a round. So belly up, the next ones on me.

[Mitch]

Why, thank you, Jon. Gomer! I'll have 5 beers please.



Keeriste, Jon. It would take some time and trainin' to memorize all the doo-dads on the console of that chopper. Is that an Apache?

[2railjon]

Mitch, Its a Blackhawk. Its a pain in the *** enough keeping the stuff working let alone memorizing it!!!! Its kinda like the electronics in our trains. When its working its great, when its broke-its really broke.