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Train Smash Catastrophe!
Aintree set to BAN photographers from taking pictures of badly-dressed women at Grand National meeting
But… but… but where are we going to get pics of Train Smash Women, when their best source will be denied us?
Saith the sniffy killjoy boss of the event:
John Baker, managing director of the racecourse, hoped the ban would put an end to what he claimed was unfair coverage of customers getting drunk or flashing too much flesh at the event.
He said: ‘We want to overwhelm the negativity, to push the positivity to the front.
Here’s some frontal positivity for you:
And:
‘Our event is full of character, it’s fun, and that’s generated by the personality of the Liverpool people.’
Ah, yes… that Scouser personality:
More:
He warned that any photographer taking unflattering pictures would lose their accreditation.
‘We have to absolutely protect that because it’s at the core of what we are, and we have a responsibility to our customers to project the correct image.
‘We have talked about trying to monitor those photographers, so if we see any element clearly looking for a negative shot and we can identify that, we will take their accreditation off them and we’ll kick them off the site.
‘That’s not easily manageable, but that’s what we’ll endeavour to do.’
Twerp.
My feelings exactly.
Canuckis Fight Back
Like this guy, I have often shaken my head at our more-accommodating neighbors over the border for their complaisant attitudes when it comes to things like gun registration and other Lefty bullshit (Canucki Readers of this website most definitely not included). However:
Trudeau (volume alert)
I nearly wet myself.
And then there’s this Irish Revolution… also worth a chuckle.
But best of all, this.
Fantastic.
We Murkins should start doing our part in all this, and I don’t just mean smart-alec stickers on gas pumps. I mean: do we want to be shown up by Canadians?
Fuck Joe Biden and all his camp followers.
Update: the Canucki Fuzz are hinting at violence to end the peaceful protest. Quelle surprise.
Gratuitous Gun Pic: Hammer Shotguns
Smart-Ass Reader Joe G writes and asks me: “If you’re as old-fashioned as you say you are, why have you never considered a shotgun that uses hammers instead of those newfangled hidden devices?”
It’s a good question (if a trifle impertinent), but let me open the discussion by showing one such, the (new) CZ Hammer Coach (~$900):
It is a strange thing that while we gunnies are all over the idea of single-action handguns (e.g. Colt Single Action Army revolvers), the same principle doesn’t seem to apply when it comes to shotguns, and it shows in the sales thereof.
Not many gun manufacturers make the old-style hammer guns anymore, other than in a style reminiscent of the old “stagecoach” short-barreled things (like the above). And I’m not interested in a 20″ barrel, unless in a designated self-defense piece like a pump-action.
But if one wants a long-barreled hammer shotgun, the choices are scant: either a hammer gun that is so old it’s unusable, like this old Gibbs from 1885: 
…or else one that is old but still usable, like this Purdey Best Bar Action 12ga (~$16,500):
By the way, this Purdey would already be mine apart from reasons of poverty, because it is drop-dead gorgeous (right-click to embiggen both pics):
So why don’t I have or want one of these oldies?
It’s a simple reason, really: nobody makes (or has ever made, apparently) a hammer gun in 20 gauge. My days of shooting 12ga shotguns are over (brief as they were to start off with) because my shoulder just can’t take the sustained pounding of the big guy anymore. And given that I mostly shoot clays nowadays, I am likely to pull the trigger upwards of a hundred times or more in a session. And even that creates a sizeable bruise with 20ga, not that I care — but with a 12ga? Yikes.
Of course, there’s this fine W&C Scott offering, which although originally barreled for 12ga, has been re-sleeved to 20ga, and is a steal at a mere (coff coff ) $7,500:
Hmm…
So I’m not that averse to the idea… but practicality gives me a kick in the ass, as it usually does (sigh).
Dropping Like Flies
Now Monica Vitti, at 90. In her heyday:
And my favorite (duh):
Dusky Beauty
A little while back, while browsing through the Brit Newspapers (so you don’t have to), I saw mention of one Shilpa Shetty, who was in trouble for some reason a few years ago, but now is no longer — never mind the details, they are completely irrelevant and eminently forgettable.
However, Miss Shetty certainly isn’t:
Not being au courant with the goings-on in Hollywood let alone Bollywood, I have no idea who she is or what she’s done, but she’s definitely worth a look.