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Drive Time

Sent to me by Reader Ken, this observation:

The REAL reason why older gentlemen and hyper cars don’t mix

The video is priceless.

Even as a youngin, I found it difficult to get behind the wheel of a sports car (and even more so to get out of it), mostly because I was bigger than the average Alfa/Ferrari-driving snake-hipped Dago.

With my current physique — yea, even after the Ozempic thing — I’d never be able to fit into a McLaren F1 or the like because shoulders.  Getting out would require some kind of crane or block-and-pulley arrangement.

A little while ago I saw the middle-aged driver of a Mazda Miata having a little difficulty getting out at the supermarket, and I asked her how she found the Mazda.

“Best experience ever”, was her response.
“And the hassle of getting out?”
“Worth it.”

Which sums up my attitude, should I ever be in a position to own a sports car (NOT a “super car” because I’m not an idiot).

My current obsession:

Yeah, it’s not a “real” Ferrari.  Don’t care;  it’s friggin’ gorgeous.

Actually, the fact that it’s a recreated Ferrari with a Corvette engine without the bloated (and expensive) “Ferrari mystique” makes it even more desirable to me.

And I don’t care about the crane thing, either.

About That Stuff

Optics, The Gun Thing

So in PSA’s hourly emailed sales brochure (side note:  seriously?  keep this up and you’re going to end up in the spam folder, guys), I see this:

Now I have no idea whether this is a good buy, or the product quality thereof either, but I have to ask myself:  outside the .dotmil and law enforcement, who the hell would want to buy this kind of thing? 

Don’t get me wrong:  I’m not saying that this shouldn’t be available, and “just because” isn’t sufficient reason to want to own anything gunly.  No no siree, not me never.

But you’re going to drop a grand on something that I can almost guarantee you’re never going to need or use, outside your fevered Red Dawn fanboi fantasies.

Please let me reiterate:  if you’re going to spend a grand on something intrinsically useless, be my guest.

But a thermal optic?

Feel free to correct my thinking, in Comments.

Update:  Clearly, according to my ahem propertied Readers, I’m showing my Suburban Bias.

My apologies to one and all.

Killings

Gun/Ammo Tests, The Gun Thing

Cassie McBride at Ammo.com runs the numbers, and produces this intriguing little chart (among others):

The only issue I have is that there’s no mention of whether the lethality was affected by the number of boolets per fatality — i.e. how many died as a result of being shot more than once.  Whatever, I’m pleased to see a tidy 2:1 ratio for the .45 ACP and likewise for the .357 Mag, albeit from a lower base.  (I know, these are murders, not Righteous Shootings.  But given the source, I don’t think the fuzz would make a distinction anyway.)

But wait:  surely Massachusetts’s strict gun laws should make any murders unlikely or even impossible?  Or are they telling us that all the above murders were committed by licensed gun owners only? [/sarc]

Browse the whole article for full reading pleasure.

You Asked For It

Feminazis, Manners

Here’s one that could cause a Schadenböner:

A clip shared on TikTok  has prompted a battle of the sexes as increasing numbers of women argue men should give up their seats on public transport so they can sit down instead.

The video, which has been liked more than 1.4 million times, was filmed on TfL’s Central line and shows a whole row of men sitting down on the tube, while a row of women are standing in the aisle and holding on to poles.

[Another] user posted a clip that also showed a whole row of seats taken up by men on a Jubilee line train, while she and her other female friends stood on the side.

She wrote in text over the video: ‘Men used to go to war for us and now we can’t even get a man to let us sit down on the train.’

My own feelings on this are quite explicit.  I always stand up and offer my seat to a woman — always have, always will.  It’s how I was brought up.

However: I was also brought up during a time when women were ladylike, gracious and always grateful when a man surrendered his seat to her.  It was an acknowledgement of manners, rather than a matter of divine right.

However, young men have been brought up today in a time when men are savagely browbeaten and instilled with the mantra that women are not the “weaker sex”, are equal to men in every respect (even though they often aren’t), and equality reigns supreme.  And their attitudes reflect that:

One TikToker said he would only offer his seat to pregnant women or elderly people. ‘You equal woman can stand up just like I would if there were no seats,’ he added.

Another wrote: ‘Full grown adults expecting other full grown adults to give them a seat for no reason.’

Completely understandable.

So you womyns won’t get any privileges just because you’re a woman, then, because that would be sexist.

You feministicals wanted to live in this world, so STFU when it’s not always to your advantage.

And I apologize to my long-suffering Lady Readers, none of whom (I suspect) are women like the above womyns, would always be properly appreciative of the occasional gentlemanly gesture, and might indeed be even more dismissive of the Modern Womyns than I am.

Quote Of The Day

QOTD

“If France is really so determined to see a Palestinian state, I’ve got a suggestion for them: Carve out a piece of the French Riviera, and create a Palestinian state. They’re welcome to do that… but they’re not welcome to impose that kind of pressure on a sovereign nation.” — US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

Huckabee was an inspired choice for ambassador.