Ambulance Driver Files A Day in the Life | Kelly Grayson
Now that I’m home and the whirlwind of activity is over, I have time to post on the past week’s activity.
Monday, I had The Ex drive me to the airport, whereupon I left The Silver Bullet in her care for the next week, since the tranny on her Family Truckster shit the bed. Once at the airport, I submitted to the usual tender ministrations of the Too Stupid for Arby’s Transportation Security Administration drones, and aside from the body cavity search by a very large and sweaty woman with a moustache and a lazy eye, made it to Boston relatively painlessly.
That evening, we had dinner at Jake’s Dixie Roadhouse. Jay G, Weer’d Beard, Borepatch, TOTWTYTR, Aaron the rocket scientist, Libertyman, Zeeke42 and Medic Matthew were in attendance. Much tasty barbecue and alcohol was consumed (but not too much), conversation was lively, and various gunny and political topics were debated.
And with apologies to Jay’s AAR, the real Quote of the Night was this one from Weer’d Beard:
“Actually, if you’ve ever watched Home Improvement, it’s pretty obvious that Wilson swung both ways.”
Gotta keep on your toes at these things, folks. You never know where the conversation is gonna go.
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Tuesday morning dawned bright and fair, and TOTWTYTR and I drove to Harvard Sportsmen’s Club to meet the others for a day of recoil therapy. Unlike the name implies, we saw no one at the club wearing polo attire, and there wasn’t a croquet mallet to be found anywhere.
There were, however, enough firearms and gun nuts in attendance to take over a small third-world country.
Or Boston, whichever.
A few of the pistols brought by our host, Ross.
And just a few of the rifles...
Don't know who brought 'em, but we all shot 'em.
Borepatch airing out TOTWTYTR's sweeeet Enfield.
Comrade G. getting his Vasily Zeitsev on.
That's a fair amount of money converted into smoke and noise!
One thing our hosts pointed out illustrated the idiocy of gun laws in Massachusetts, and made me thankful, once again, that I live in a free state. The following pic violates the law in Massachusetts that states that only licensed gun owners may transport ammunition, or any components thereof:
How'd you like to have your gun rights denied because you got some brass stuck in your boot?
That’s a felony in Massachusetts.
Kinda makes you question the law that denies convicted felons the right to own a firearm, doesn’t it, when committing a felony can be so absurdly easy?
At one point, our range host wandered down the firing line to the steel popper plates and politely, but firmly, reminded Jay that full-auto weapons were not allowed at this section of the range. Imagine his surprise to discover that Jay’s bullet hose was nothing more than his Remington Nylon 66.
One of our cohorts remarked that if Sarah Brady knew a Nylon 66 could be fired that fast (although not accurately – This is Jay G. we’re talking about, after all), she’d immediately push to outlaw it. Naturally, this led to a video opportunity to metaphorically massacre a whole litter of Sarah Brady’s kittens:
And of course, no Northeast Bloggershoot would be complete without a Jay G. bayonet charge. This time, he’s skewering a Barney target with a 12 gauge Mossbery shotty. Forgive the vertigo-inducing sideways video, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out how to rotate it:
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In all, it was a wonderful time with some great guys, and a much needed respite from work and deadlines. Thanks again to Jay and Ross for putting on this shindig, and to my borther from another mother TOTWTYTR for putting me up for a couple of days.
Coming soon, the EMS Today AAR. Stay tuned!