The wild social whirl of the island. Never a dull moment... We had a visit from the police this lunchtime. Yes, you all suspected it, didn't you. He's not really a dull sf/fantasy author cum self-sufficiency nutter. He's really a power mad cultist from Borneo/a power mad scientist from North Korea set on word domination/selling dangerous hallucigens/all of the above. Well, you're out of luck. He merely came to talk about going for a dive (and probably to check on the fusion reactor I'm building, to help with my power madness... nhaa haa ha... evil cackle). Anyway, we did what good country coppers do, talked about fish, and boats and diving and guns, for the purpose of shooting wallaby. I may have a lead on someone who can put scope grooves into my old Lithgow. Then a little later we cut some wood, and stoked up the fire and went off to the meet the doctor and family party. I think he'll do fine, and his wife and kids are sweeties. They're keen on the outdoor life, and fishing and diving, and we're glad to have them.
James has just been charging his mobile on the camera jack, which did not work too well for either, so tomorrow I must see if I can get it to transfer pictures.
That's one thing I like about the newer smatphones. Except for apple who insist on being different, they all use micro usb cables for both the computer connection port and the charger port. Same for the kindles and most ereaders. One port means you can't mess up and common port means you can share adaptors or buy a cheap generic if you loose them.
ReplyDeleteOh and if traveling internationally you just need to buy a thumb sized outlet to usb transformer since the rest stays the same. Once again a standard comodity part.
Soooo much easier than 5 years ago when every modle, much less brand, used a different cable and transformer. Thank you to the EU for making an ultimatum of standerdize or we thebeaurocrats will pick it for you!
My phone is sadly quite elderly, and the camera jack quite similar
DeleteWhy don't you look at a "tactical rail"? There are many different types for shotguns. They don't require any machining of the weapon. I don't know if there is one specifically for your weapon...but it might be worth a bit of an internet hunt to see.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually for 1946? (it has the number 1000 and a few - so it was VERY early) Lithgow Slazenger .22(so it's a real Aussie gun) - The stock encases the barrel barring the top, so it's not really practical to fit anything to it. It's very quiet (has a heavy breechblock,) very light, and very reliable. Would be a good poacher's gun which makes it nice for the vehicle (not noisy or bulky) and for shooting wallaby.
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