I didn’t really want to post this after putting up the last post, so I held off until today. I would like to look over the founders’ list of grievances with the King in detail at a later time, but thought it prudent to hold off on that until I could get a coherent list together. I’m not trying to do that as a political stunt, more as an azimuth check on how our government is currently treating us, without regard to political party. On reading the list, I thought it would be interesting to use it as a litmus test of sorts on the current government climate.
That said, here are a couple more things from the market that I thought might be interesting. First, we have a sorely mistaken individual who, after realizing the error of his ways, re-thought his travel arrangements. Thus, “What’s wrong with this picture:”
For those not ‘getting it’, note the placement of the fuel can relative to the exhaust pipe…
He reconsidered his arrangements, and re-tied the jug on the other side of the bike. Still not the most advisable mode of transporting what appeared to be about 20 liters of fuel, but hell, it’s Iraq. Next, since SFC Shuck has been on leave, I’ve been the .50cal gunner. Of course this means a gratuitous Ma Deuce picture. I’ve got Port Arms down, maybe with some work I could get Present and/or Shoulder Arms with that beast as well…
(For those unaware, the M2 weighs 84lbs)
Next we have another dust devil, however I was able to capture this one on video as we pulled out of the market. [2015 edit: can’t find the video, uploaded a still shot…]
Lastly, massive props to my little sister, who took it upon herself to try and stitch the images from the gas station. She noted the color disparity between the images, which I blame partly on the auto white balance, and partly on the lack of a lens shade for some of the shots. She’s a graphic design artist by trade and training, and thought I’m a pretty good photoshopper, she probably put that together in less time than it took me to write this paragraph, and waaaay less time than I put into building a similar but less squared-away version. So, here’s the shot she sent me:
And you think getting gas is bad in the states…
P.S. I think I figured out how to get the Declaration post to stay at the top for awhile, we’ll see if it works…
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