Ted's daily small talk

[Redthies]

We also spend a ton of time in Ventura, and my wife used to spend a lot of time in Malibu. One of my oldest friends lived in La Conchita for decades. We were in Ventura for Christmas. Stayed in Hobson County Park to enjoy the water… Hadn’t planned on it coming sideways out of the sky though. That is not the usual though. Sunsets around Faria and Hobson are amazing!

[Ted124]

Yes, that looks fabulous!. I admit, I don't get out much in this direction. When I leave town it's always in the other direction.
I did conduct some business though years ago, that took me out into those small enclaves on either side of the 101, before you get to Santa Barbara.

[Ted124]

New addition!
Henry Single Shot in .308 WIN





Board Count remains the same since I sold the Big Boy Brass Carbine .357 mag

[Sir Henry]

Nice. Let us know how it shoots.

[Mags]

That is some fine looking wood. Congrats.

[Hatchdog]

Henry sure makes a beautiful rifle not that I need to tell anyone here.

[Ted124]

At first the Single Shot feels light. I suppose that's associated with its slender appearance.
Once you open the breech and half the weight is shifting, one gets a different impression of the rifle's weight.
The breech closes very accurately, it gives a solid feel once it is closed. Shotgun shooters are probably very familiar with that part of their long gun. Since there is no real receiver/action, the rifle surely is nicely compact.
I would expect her to kick with vigor, .308 is no caliber for slouches.

[Ted124]

Martin Retting Guns.jpg (293.95 KiB) Viewed 140 times

The Story of Martin B. Retting, Gun Store in Culver City, CA.
I bought my first M1A at Retting's. Maybe an interesting read.

https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... -gun-store

ps, image must have been taken during Covid. Same thing happened to me at a Turner's store.
People had to wait outside, 1 at a time.

[Hatchdog]

^^^^^^^^^

I remember those pictures on the news back then. When the Floyd riots were happening my stepson (owner of the Malibu place I recently posted about) wanted to buy a gun. His wife was very anti-gun but relented when the riots got to within a mile or so of their home in the valley. He had to endure the lines like in your picture.

[Ted124]

I remember I got stuck at the only intersection between Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks, CA.
All the High School kids with their big signs had come out, they had to close the intersection.
I noticed a fighter jet came flying very low & slow directly over the intersection. That jet was almost noiseless!
Later it got me thinking, they probably had a high-res camera mounted and took inventory.
With a jet like this, they could have covered a large portion of SoCal's popup locations in 2 hours or less & run the footage thru their recognition systems. Next day (or sooner) they have a nice list of participants.

[cooperhawk]

We have a daughter who is quite on the Liberal side who lives in North Minneapolis.

She has always told us the people where she lives are wonderful and we have no need to worry, (that's we're just prejudice is all). Well, the riots got within a block or so of her house, (but we didn't worry, she told us not to didn't she).

So one day Carol called just to chat and she was very upset that we hadn't called earlier. Seems they were barricaded in their house and the neighborhood was patrolling the street trying to keep the rioters out. Who knew? She told us it was a wonderful place. The police station that they allowed the mob to burn was a couple of blocks away.

So now she's mad that her Mother won't come up and help her harass ICE. She has her whistle and follows them around. Her Husband and Son are not happy with her, but she's an emotional force unto herself. God help us all.

[Ted124]

They removed the statue of Father St. Junipero Serra, who is credited with the founding of the mission San Buenaventura.
It's locked up now.



https://www.dailywire.com/news/ventura- ... rra-statue