Return of the Booth Babes: The 2007 SHOT Show
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Call Things By Their Proper Names
Being a card-carrying (but not an AARP card) geezer, just about everything irritates me, but here are three things that really get my aged goat:
When I say “thank you” to some young punk and they reply “No problem.” Kid, the response to “Thank you” is “You’re welcome.”
When I call our IT department to tell them that my Mac is not working and four hours later, some geek calls me back to ask me what my “issue” is. I do not have issue; issue is kids. I have a problem.
When some shooters, trying to be clever, refer to the .257 Roberts as the “.257 Bob” and to one of the Weatherby rounds as the “such-and-such Roy.” Let’s call things by their proper names. The English language is in bad enough shape as is. The Roberts was invented by Ned Roberts, whose rank was Major, and if you had called his brainchild the .257 Bob to his face he probably would have shot you in the foot.
I can’t wait until some jerk calls the .35 Whelen the “.35 Townie.”
You say "Thank you"? Yet another surprise.
Posted by: Cory | June 15, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Should you not refer to your "Mac" by it's proper name?
(Hint: Macintosh)
Another totally worthless commentary Dave. Keep up the crap!
Posted by: wally | June 15, 2007 at 10:39 AM
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this blog. Good manners were drilled into me by lots of hostile, (to me anyway), nuns at an early age. On the other hand, when will you develop a new cartridge named the 459 Pissed of Petzel? Some would have fun with that.
Posted by: PbHead | June 15, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Geez, Dave, they're really on your case this morning. Must have been a tough week for em. And he's not kidding about the nuns. I spent nine fun-filled formative years with em. I think I have a flat spot on the back of my head where Sister Atilla The Hun kept slapping me for God-knows-what. (He does, too.) And PbHead has a great idea! I think you really should come up with a "Pissed Off Petzal" (POP) cartridge. Everyone else has one, why not you?
Posted by: Dumba** | June 15, 2007 at 11:07 AM
Dave, Let it go. Time passes and things change. There are tatoos, bad music and routine body piercings. If these miscreants who call things by inappropriate names have the bigger part of their act together, such as honorable employment, support of the second ammendment, and are nice to children and puppies, I am willing to overlook minor faults. There is much to be pissed of about, like HR Clinton. This isn't worth the grief.
Posted by: Robert W. Sprague | June 15, 2007 at 11:17 AM
I now see adults are using up terms like "my bad", "awesome", and "dude" in their everyday language.
Growing old is madatory. Growing up is clearly optional.
Posted by: Steve C | June 15, 2007 at 01:34 PM
Men don't give "Nucks", they shake hands. We say thank-you, please, hold the door for women and children, don't kick puppies (cats are optional) and don't abreviate. It's part of who we should be. Society is too damned rushed anymore.
Dave, the POP cartridge is a helluva an idea. How's about a quarter bore?
Posted by: Rob Lowe | June 15, 2007 at 02:49 PM
Dave: My 1st choice for the "POP" is a 7mm, 2nd would be a .25 caliber and 3rd would be a 6.5mm. But PLEASE, NO .30 !! There are too damn many of them already. Run with this. It's your only chance at immortality.
Posted by: Dumba** | June 15, 2007 at 03:34 PM
Dave,
Add my name to the long list of folks who agree with your editorial comment. I heard a 50-ish man talking about giving "props" to someone. Sounded rather ridiculous to me. Yep, don't call my .35 Whelen by any other name.
Signed the original poster known only as "Mtnhunter" before hijacking monikers became so popular in order to stir up crap.
Keep up the good work.
Posted by: WA Mtnhunter | June 15, 2007 at 08:05 PM
.35 Townie? You really, really don't want to give them any more ideas than they'll think up themselves. Its bad enough as it is, thank you very much.
Posted by: Dan | June 15, 2007 at 11:26 PM
Mtnhunter you don't have to change your name. The impostor besides being obvious by her ridiculous comments has a link. If you scroll over the name mtnhunter when posted by the impostor it provides a link which interestingly enough leads back to field & stream.com.
Posted by: Dr. Ralph | June 16, 2007 at 08:14 AM
Dave, I agree w/ you on the cartridge. By the way, I saw you interviewed on The History Channel the other day. Nice suit! Anyways, all though I don't know everything about guns, I have a very tough time when I"m at a gun show and hear some of the things that come out of some people's mouths. I'm not talking about,Dude or anything, I'm talking about thier lack of knowledge on guns but thier willingness to spout off w/ total gibberish about cartridges and guns to thier usually younger audience. Now, since the younger audience listens to it, now you've got more idiots! Oh well, maybe I'm being too hard on them, but5 it still ticks me off!
Posted by: michael | June 16, 2007 at 09:42 AM
Being a bit of a curmudgeon myself, I share your feelings about manners and proper terminology....but commit some of the same sins, no doubt. Tell you what: let's just take those pimple-faced kids shooting, and befriend them into articulation and accuracy.
My vote for your TOD [Ticked off Dave] cartridge would be a 6.5, in a mountain rifle...similar to the Mannlicher Schoenauer classic. Have one of the bullet manufacturers come out with a 160-165 grain boat-tail spitzer, and many of us will buy it.
Thank you for the conversation!
Blueridge
Posted by: Tom Fowler | June 16, 2007 at 01:19 PM
Now Dave, I remember your F&S article where you had Boddington, Van Zwoll and Lane Simpson helping you out with one of your articles. You slammed Van Zwoll real hard about his use of old rifles and scopes. Getting old is just a good excuse for being a wise ass.
Posted by: JimmieD | June 16, 2007 at 02:49 PM
Round for the POP should be .600 Nitro Express! THAT WILL THE YOUNG PUPS to mess with geezers. (An ALOOF member)
Posted by: moishe goldstein | June 16, 2007 at 08:00 PM
Good Manners and common sense never killed anyone. This bunch of com-onners is enough to make a good man cry. I strive to be a peaceful individual and respect others opinion, but now-a-days it's very difficult. In this day and time, I have this strage thought of a auto break-down on the road and a load of hippies or worse stop and may give me a hard time. Thats why I carry my 38 when I got my pants on. Where I grew up,. we never had a key to lock our home doors, now the house is locked even when home as well as my auto's. As a rule a firearm is nearby me all the time where legal to carry, This generation may be book-smart, but common senses is lacking a lot.Does not cost a dime to be polite and say thank you and you are welcome.I had my butt busted a few time for not doing so,but now the parents are just as bad.
Posted by: Rocky Mtn Hunter | June 16, 2007 at 10:45 PM
Nothing wrong with getting cranky as you get older. It comes naturally with the realization that everyone coming up behind you is making the same mistakes you did and to add insult to injury they don't listen to a bloody thing you say anyway.
Posted by: John B. | June 17, 2007 at 01:36 AM
Dave, I read your stuff because I LIKE it! I mumble and grumble from time to time. That comes with being 50 or over...I think! My grandson is watching me like a Hawk! Everything I say, he copies. It makes me SO careful to say, "Thank you, Your Welcome and such" If I hit my thimb with a hammer, I dig down DEEP for a good word to use. One I don't mind hearing ALL DAY, and next week.
I really do not care what type of round you come up with. I bet I like it!
Keep up the good work. This Old East Texas Redneck likes what you do.
Posted by: Gerry H | June 18, 2007 at 02:48 PM
Wow, with all of the dumb things going on in the country right now, complaining about the way ignorant people talk is the only thing that you can think of that ticks you off. You talk about speaking correctly and having good manners when what you posted is probably one of the rudest things I have ever heard. Instead of acting like a jerk, why don't you act like the professional that you are and politely correct them. Get off your high horse and remember that when you were a kid there were just as many older people out there complaing about the way you talked and acted.
Posted by: Ken | June 18, 2007 at 08:19 PM
Good luck getting help with your IT "problem"...especially if your going to be a prick about it.
Posted by: northtowntv | June 20, 2007 at 03:04 PM
... and, Dave, it is .45 Colt, not Long Colt, if you please ....
Posted by: Michael | June 21, 2007 at 03:52 PM
Funny how the 'older' generation complains so much about the 'younger' Hell; if we had done our proper diligence in raising this generation, rather than abdicating that chore to inept schools and the God-forsaken idiot box we might have less to complain about.
Now onto guns; I was surprised at the omission of the .25-06 as at least a runner-up in catagory 2 for Varmints and Big Game. The .25-06 offers a good selection of factory ammo and rifles for a very good cartridge. Was this intentional as some rifles in the caliber tend to be picky about ammo they shoot consistently?
I should also beg to differ on how much fun one can have hunting Groundhogs in the woods; try a .22 handgun such as my Ruger MK-II, wait untill about mid August so they are tender in the pot and provide great tune up hunts for the upcoming season.
Posted by: SilverArrow | June 23, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Sorry to double up but I forgot a point last night. I AGREE Totally with DEP on the .17 and .20 calibers. A trap in search of a mouse, IMHO.
If you want a quieter, adequately powerful centerfire varmint cartridge here are two. The wonderful .22 Hornet and the venerable .222 Remington are underrated by the ballistics crowd but feared by woodchucks everywhere. Both are easier on the ears and shoulders and one can find rifles and ammo in either chambering almost anywhere.
Posted by: SilverArrow | June 24, 2007 at 08:25 AM
Hey Dave,
Ever heard of the 6.5 Gamelarkeby Express? (check P.O.Ackley's book)
Posted by: Michael | June 26, 2007 at 03:22 AM
'loads of cops...buying throwaway guns' If they can 'throw them away' doesn't that underscore illegal sales. Your cheap shot at the police implying criminal activity and maybe even murder makes me want to vomit. Where do you park your car?
Posted by: larry | June 27, 2007 at 05:48 PM