Strange Shells 5
At least he’s trying?
Here in Texas, I’ve seen this often enough that I wonder if you COULD make it into a stable revenue stream. Gramps dies, grandkids have an estate sale, there are boxes of really odd ammo in there for $5 apiece. Of course, to make this work, I’d have to find the TIME to do this.
Ugh. Busy weekend. Hello, new readers!
Pimpin’ for a friend: Hedgie Hates. This friend owns a hedgehog that we babysat (hedgesat?) while said friend was deployed in the military. The comic is based on the very same hedgehog. Hedgehogs, as far as I can tell, are accurately portrayed here. They have no love. They merely hate. They hate everything. They literally seem to have the personality of Hitler. Bite, kill, maim, destroy. And poke. They are quite pokey. Anyhoo, just giving out a shout. Looks like Shark will update the comic once a week.
Regardless of how you feel about the trial, I think we can all agree on one thing: George Zimmerman is a shitty painter, and at this point he’s gone to Palin levels to try to stay topical. And honestly, considering the situation that earned him fame in the first place… I find it suspect that he wants more attention.
I’ve had this ridiculous song stuck in my head for the last few days, and I’d like it to stop, please.
European Hedgehog is also known in several armies as ”sentry’s Nr. 1 enemy”. They make more noise than any other woodland animal and there were numerous case of some young soldier standing guard at the base or depot in the middle of the forest emptying his mag into darkness, thinking that a bear or a boar was coming at him.
AHAHAH the electric six EATS YOUR BRAINE!
American Ammo Pickers! Coming this fall on the History Channel!
…and so you inflict that song on us, your poor, innocent, defenceless readers!
The earworm must propagate.
Heh…
You called us “innocent”… *snicker*
SHARE MY PAIN, BITCHES
Misery no longer just loves company. It insists on it.
We note, here, that Zimmy didn’t WANT all that attention. If he can recoup some lawyer fees because people are dumb enough to buy his paintings, more power to ‘im.
Valid point.
George Zimmerman doesn’t have his own slapdash reality TV show yet, so he hasn’t reached Palin levels. But give it some time.
Oh god, please, no.
Oddly, hedgehogs can be really sweet, affectionate pets, but they take a lot of time and attention when they are young to get them that way. They almost never get that level of attention in this formative time, and it’s debatable whether it’s actually worth it. I think it’s safe to say that they mostly just make terrible pets, almost as bad as George Zimmerman is a painter. đ
I C WUT U DID THAR
Well considering that the trial was ridiculous(when all of the Prosecution’s witnesses are actually witnesses for the Defense, I’ll call it ridiculous), the fact that he even went to trial at all was simply due to pressure from political figures. He never wanted the exposure. But because of the trial, he got saddled with a massive court cost for a legitimate self defense shoot. I’m not going to go inviting Zimmerman to be my friend or anything, because he’s a jackwagon. I don’t even like him personally, but heaven forbid I end up needing to use a firearm to defend against someone beating the crap outta me, I would hate to be forced into the media circus that was his trial. I don’t envy Zimmerman. But his “celebrity” was not his choice, and maybe if he can sell his “art” to pay for his legal fees, after all that isn’t such a bad thing.
It’s better that he’s selling paintings than trying to become a self-defense guru.
Exactly. He did nearly everything wrong up until he fired his weapon. At the point he used his firearm, he was legally in the right. But he gave up a lot of tactical advantages all along the way. About the only thing he did right was to contact the police.
If I got caught in an analogue situation, I would probably stop doing comics and fiction, and try my damnedest to fade the fuck out of the public spotlight. I sure as hell wouldn’t try to capitalize on the situation with shitty paintings.
The inevitable settlement from various networks over their malfeasance would make that easy…
Simple matter of cash. He has none. And when he tried to stay out of the spotlight, they hunted him down. If you can’t get out of the spotlight, love it. And they’ll eventually get tired of giving it to you. Then you can get back to living your life.
I won’t deny it; I love that song, but the earworm is terrible.
Re: getting that song out of your head, replace it with this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahHsozuh33o
n00b.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw7EJ_mTmdM&list=PLCUDCzVseBcSxzLhipDhD7G-d0w3ch3tA&index=3
Also:
http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar
Come to think of it, whilst we’re discussing Joel Veitch and Rathergood:
http://www.rathergood.com/laibach
I think Omar could identify a bit, especially when discussing Comrade Mosin Nagant.
I don’t know whether you could make a sufficient revenue stream with ammo alone, but lots of people make a living by buying from estate sales and reselling. Most of them specialize in a small area of products, rather that buying up everything and trying to find a market for it. So in theory, it would work, if you specialized in guns, ammo, and related equipment (excess powder?).
Also, it has the advantage that by the time Gramps dies, all of his ammo is rare. Someday, 5.56 NATO will be an obsolete cartridge that fetches $6 (2013) per round from those few people that still have an old AR-15 platform rifle.
Hard to do the estate sale thing in the firearm field. There’s LOTS of amateurs who scour estate sales for any mention of guns, ammo or outdoor ANYTHING, and show up to every advertised sale that mentions guns or accessories. The last one I went to, there were over 100 private parties there to buy guns and ammo. Two private collectors picked up virtually anything of value, and only paid a little more than gun-show retail prices in the process. Collectors, not dealers. By the time they got done bidding, there would have been zero margin left for any dealer. I asked the auctioneer about the gun advertising, and she said that it usually doubles the attendance at an estate sale or auction.
Also, as a dealer (which youâd better be, if youâre going to try to make a living selling ammo), good luck trying to get your insurance to cover you when you try to SELL ammo picked up at an estate sale. Is it factory new, or reloaded? How can you tell? How was it stored? Is it in safe condition to fire? You will also find that many gun shows will not allow reloaded ammunition to be sold (most wonât, in my experience), and youâre not going to be able to tell them that it isnât. Youâll also find out that, if another dealer complains about you, you wonât be coming back to that show, and lots of dealers are self-appointed police for rules infractions and will tattle at the drop of a hat just to thin out what they perceive as âthe competition.â
What are you going to do when some shooter puts the .257 Roberts ammo you sold him into his rifle and destroys it? It isnât marked .257 Roberts +P, but thatâs how the former owner reloaded it and itâs not safe in your buyerâs rifle. How about the 5 boxes of 45LC that some handloader loaded up to shoot in his Ruger Redhawk at just under .454 Casull pressures, and your customer tried to shoot in his SASS pistol? Both of those examples were safe in their proper guns, and the former owner (whoâs now deceased or in geriatric care with memory or cognition problems) knew what was what, but YOU didnât. What happens the first time you miss that the stuff headstamped .30-â06 is actually .270 made up from â06 brass? Or is â06 Ackley Improved, and your buyer puts it into a rifle that would fail the go/no-go test and chambers it anyway?
You will find that people who have experienced a âKaboomâ or a situation where their breech velocity exceeds their muzzle velocity can be quick to anger, and slow to forgive.
Just my $.02 worth. YMMV. Void where prohibited, taxed, licensed or regulated. Contents may have settled in shipping. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
FormerFlyer
With Zim, what fame he got makes him utterly unemployable. Realistically, what are his alternatives?
Wait, actually, he shouldn’t be selling crappy paintings. Selling obscure ammo might fit better.
And now we know….Uncle Omar wants a cool $1,238,400.00 for the shop…hope that includes the current inventory !
He should become an MMA fighter. The line of people who would pay big to beat his ass would be around the block.