Recent content by Paladin

That slide would be one heck of a ride.

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If you're serious about "cutting the cord" on cable TV, below is something worth pondering. I cut the cord 25 years ago and have not subscribed to any paid streaming devices and services since then either. I am very satisfied with the over the air channels I receive with my rooftop TV antenna...

You might want to look into one of the Tablo over-the-air DVRs (link below). They have a two tuner version for $100 and a four tuner version for $140. It can also record the free streaming channels via their app. There are no additional subscription fees over the cost of the DVR. It includes a...

I frequently clean and lube my pistol magazines. This is because I compete in IDPA style matches held at my gun club where the magazines are constantly being dropped onto dusty gravel. This keeps the magazines running free and prevents grit from working its way into the pistol's action.

I used to think that Bigfoot did not exist. I said "used to" because I now have second thoughts after a possible sighting myself. Many years ago, I was driving eastbound through Indiana on the Indiana Toll Road in an isolated wooded rural area in mid-afternoon. I happened to glance down into a...

Klien's Sporting Goods in Chicago is the store from which Lee Harvey Oswald ordered the rifle he allegedly used to assassinate President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. The rifle he ordered from their ad in The American Rifleman magazine was a Carcano model 91 TS carbine. But...

Even safer for you, hold the ladder for your wife.

I highly recommend the video doorbell that I currently have, the Kasa Smart KD110. I provided a link below to the Kasa website which also includes a link, "Buy Now" button, to Amazon where it can purchased for $45. The video doorbell can record 24/7 if you want it to and stores the video on an...

Another reason to dislike electric stoves.

My favorite pizza brand in the Chicago area is Aurelio's Pizza. With my favorite toppings being, pepperoni and banana peppers. Aurelio's Pizza centers its business around the thin crust variety of Chicago-style pizza. They have numerous restaurant and carryout locations in the Chicago area...

Since you're already paying so much for the coffee pods or designer coffees anyway, invest a little more money and buy "Purified" or Distilled water at the grocery store for brewing your coffee. Not only will it taste better, it won't destroy your expensive coffee maker with scale buildup.

Following along this same line of the canary in the coal mine warning for the dumbing down of America are the "Jaywalking" segments on Jay Leno's Tonight show. The display of ignorance of the young people was jaw dropping.

Here's one you probably thought you would never see here, but apropos for the season. My mother's sumptuous fruit cake, perfectly aged in brandy soaked cheesecloth. Also her golden raisin tarts.

The year of that ad should have read 1961, not 1951. That was a typo which I have since corrected. Good catch!