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Years ago I was in Eindhoven in The Netherlands.

One evening after work I was in the hotel sauna relaxing. There was another gentleman there reading the newspaper. As is the custom, neither of us had on a stitch so there was nothing to communicate status or profession.

As the Kenya Mall savagery continues, the world will soon again ask how such events can be prevented.

Gun Control
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September 19, 2013

“Gun Control” means moving the trigger straight back without moving the sights.

Coaching, like teaching, is an art.

I know some High Masters who cannot coach. They can shoot Xs all day long but really have no idea how they’re doing it.

Apparently it was recently added to some mainland China “easy mark” list and was being probed with a new, non-human registration attempt every few minutes.

My Small Part
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September 11, 2013

Today I am, hopefully, boosting the knowledge and abilities of engineers at Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. If you’re not familiar with them, you can Google-up their web-sites to see what kinds of things they make.

Revised 03/17/2014

Wet cleaning with stainless steel media is better than the dry, vibratory method and takes no additional time – when adjusted for my needs. Obviously, your needs may be different but the approach I took should work for you, too.

Here is a sampling from the first batch, all “many times fired” shells, tumbled according to the vendor’s recipe.

History

EDSkinner.net began in 2023. Fiction and non-fiction publications are included as well as (blog) posts and supplemental materials from flat5.net (2004-present).

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