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Thursday, March 8. 2007

QQQ

... if there's one thing I've learned in nearly four years of blogging, it's that defeating the logic of an argument does not defeat the argument.

Eric at Classical Values

Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 13:03 | Comments (18) | Trackbacks (0)

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IMO,that's because they're not "arguements".

gaghdad bob calls them "mind parasites".

put another way:

"you cannot reason someone out of
ideas that were arrived at irrationally".

or einstein's formulation:

“We can't solve problems
by using the same kind of thinking
we used when we created them.”
#1 gumshoe on 2007-03-08 13:27 (Reply)
Crisply put, Gum.
#2 BD on 2007-03-08 14:18 (Reply)
Then there's the purpose-driven lie.

Like the Lancet article that asserted the number of Iraqis killed in the war is actually 12 times higher than the UN and DoD numbers.

Lancet used deniably-flawed extrapolations, and did it in order to create a bully talking point for Hollywood, academia, Democrats, and other various & sundry numbskulls and/or liars.
#3 buddy larsen on 2007-03-08 15:45 (Reply)
deniably-flawed extrapolations...gosh i think I had some of those when I was a teenager....boy they were fun...but now I'm a man and must put away my childish toys....so now it's just lie,lie,lie,deny,deny,deny.

Ok ,here's one for ya....I inherited my father's 1943 Colt 911A1. I had fully intended on firing it but I thought I'd do some research on it etc. Well it looks like the darmn thing is worth about 5-7 grand...do I shoot it, sell it or vault it away? If I shoot it it'll need some new springs etc which will ruin the value. What to do What to do?
#4 Habu on 2007-03-08 16:06 (Reply)
Do you have a scanner? If you do you can lay the pistol on the scanner and email a pic to some of the gunsel sites and see what you get offered on a sort of auction basis. My 1911 is also worth in that range and i shoot it. what's a few hundred bucks off the value anyway?
#5 buddy larsen on 2007-03-08 16:23 (Reply)
Good idea Buddy...my soul says keep it and shoot it since he carries it in three wars it's more than just a gun.

I'm glad you shoot yours..damn it I'm gonna shoot mine too!
#6 Habu on 2007-03-08 16:40 (Reply)
Besides it'll hold/increase in value. Sell and what, slap a burglar with your certificate of deposit? Give him a paper cut maybe? Just don't let it pit anywhere. Damn damp leather holster did a number on mine one time when it was stored too long. Peeses me off royally.
#7 buddy larsen on 2007-03-08 16:54 (Reply)
Habu:

You keep your Daddy's guns.

I kept my Grandpa's guns - and used them - until they were all stolen. They should have been under lock and key instead of leaning in a closet.

Heirlooms, that one cannot place a value on.
#8 BD on 2007-03-08 17:18 (Reply)
BD, boy I bet that hurts every time you think of it.
#9 buddy larsen on 2007-03-08 17:31 (Reply)
Don't replace the springs, Habu. Just keep it as it is. Then go and guy yourself a new Kimber or something, stick on a little tacticool Surefire light or a Crimson Trace laster, buy yourself one of those mini-safes that fit in the nightstand drawer, and you are all set.
#10 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-03-08 18:05 (Reply)
Not "guy" but "buy" - keys right next to each other, et cetera, and so forth.
#11 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-03-08 18:07 (Reply)
And "laster" is "laser" he said, stumbling away sheepishly...
#12 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-03-08 18:10 (Reply)
But "tacticool" is in fact tacticool.
#13 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-03-08 18:12 (Reply)
Hey, one outta three ain't bad
#14 buddy larsen on 2007-03-08 18:20 (Reply)
BL: A big ouch, and not just for sentimental reasons. There was a matched pair of Purdeys in there that he had bought in London in the early 30s. I am sure someone somewhere loves them.

S: Love those Surefire tacticoool lghts. (I think it's spelled with the three o-s). Got one.
#15 BD on 2007-03-08 18:25 (Reply)
Yikes. Don't want to know the stratospheric heights that a matched pair of Purdeys would bring. Too bad. That is quite a loss. And here I'm just aiming for a small gauge Parker or LC Smith. 'spensive enough for this kid.

Actually, I'm also waiting for Tony Galazan to come out with an RBL in 20 and 28 gauge.
#16 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-03-08 18:32 (Reply)
Jeez--matched purdeys--a couple hundred thou maybe.
#17 buddy larsen on 2007-03-08 21:39 (Reply)
No, not that much. But you wouldn't sell them unless it were a dire emergency. Most of his guns were regular field guns except for his tournament Trap gun.
#18 BD on 2007-03-09 06:15 (Reply)

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