Gloom, Doom, Agony & Defeat!

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Man, I like that name......would like to watch (or at least try to see) you Qweeeek Straaaaawwww!!!!
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Sorry...actually, that name comes from when I was young and (not so?) stupid. A couple of us young burger jockeys got off work 'bout 1 am, and as we were wont to do, decided to see who had the fastest motorcycle (where WAS that cop hiding?)!
It was 'bout 15 degrees, we were so bundled up we couldn't hear anything but the bikes, and as I laughed at my buddy wailing out of sight up the hill after I dusted him (straight pipe, taillight "iffy"), I saw a cop whip into the road headed after him.

"Darn-he's going to be in a heap of trouble,” I thought to myself. As I sat at the stoplight pondering his fate, I thought I heard something beside me, and looked at my feet to see a spotlight bouncing around trying to lock onto me-damn cop car had pulled up beside me!
As I was in the car listening to the radio chatter as they hunted for biker #2 (hard to see at night with that iffy taillight, but you could hear that pipe!), I was repeatedly asked (about my bike) "At bike's fast, ain't it?" I replied, "It's smooth" 'bout 3 times before he gave up (I told ya I wasn't SO stupid).

Anywho...he was asked for a description of the bike they were still searching for, and when it came to color, he told the dispatcher "Hell, I don't know...it was your basic blur"!

Jest kinda stuck after that…

Now maybe if I had that old bike back, I could show you a quick draw!
 
About Bill Ruger...

He was a fun guy to know, but only if you knew your stuff. Unlike most top gun company presidents (who were bean counters) Bill Ruger knew guns, gun engineering, and gun building – forwards, backwards and any which way. He built his business without borrowing money, and instead used the profits from past success to tool the next one. He always had time to talk to someone that owned one or more of his guns, and listen to what they had to say. At one time he was confined to a wheelchair, and I watched him sit with a very long line of admirers that just wanted to shake his hand, but he would get them talking, and talk they did while the others waited.

On the other hand he could spot pretentious stuffed shirts and phony self-appointed experts a mile away. After a few words he knew what they were and got rid of them.

He also had a high opinion of himself and his own expertise – which was usually justified because he was largely what he thought he was. One time he came down to see me from either Prescott or Phoenix – I forget which. It was a raw, cold February day, but he came anyway because he wanted to see what I thought about what would become the P-85 – his first 9mm double-action pistol, which he hoped the Army might be interested in. I told him he was making a mistake by looking back at the old Walter P-38 lockwork, which was complicated and expensive to make, and suggested he should look at a more simple design that was striker fired. Of course he disagreed, and it was one of the few times I ended being right. He will without question go down in history as being one of the great gun designers of the 20th century. :cool:
 
Hey Blurrrrrr and Fuffff:

Tnx for two mighty interesting stories.........Now I'll admit that each story was somewhat off of my original theme of "Gloom, Doom, Agony and Defeat".. But you fellers know what????? You've (and all the others that took the time to respond) helped me to accomplish exactly what I set out to do......and that was to get a grin or two instead of all the negative stuff that we read about. And I want to thank everyone for that. It's a great big beautiful world out there but Lord knows at times we need a grin or two. (I checked with the Red Head before I made that statement and she agreed......didn't want to say anything to ruffle her feathers. Y'all know how testy she can become at times)...But after all, I was the real winner......I feel that I made some extra friends that I didn't have before and that is a G R E A T feeling!!!

The Red Head and I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and above all......don't forget the Reason for the season. Without that Reason I'm afraid there wouldn't be too many "grins" out there. Now I have to go get the Red Head a cup of coffee and I'm afraid that she's going to become agitated......I can't ever remember if it's one spoon of sugar and two of creamer or vice-versa!
 
I figure that Mr. Ruger is spinning in his grave to see what has become of his company today. (or at least the engineering part of it)
 
FoMoGo.......

Tnx for the video!!! Actually, I'm afraid that I may have taken a little "poetic license" since that's exactly where I came up with the subject!!! Always enjoyed HeeHaww for some reason. I guess was it because of the corney, homespun, simple minded comedy they displayed and I'm a very simple minded person so we meshed quite well!!!!
 
sorry to hear about your situation; hearing of another recall is making my faith in Ruger shaky; half of the Ruger P345's that I have shot had feeding problems; then the SR9 gets recalled; and now the LCP gets recalled; the older Ruger semiautos of the previous generation were not the most aesthetically pleasing, but aside from the retrofit of the safety on the P85's Bill Ruger's designs were trouble free; give me a fugly P95 with 'beautification' update any day over the SR9!!!

thankfully they haven't tried to polymerize the frames on their revolvers and put mandatory anitdrop hammer blocks that fail to do as they are designed :eek:
 
Ruger P89DC

A few years ago my father gave me a Ruger P89-DC. With a totally open minded view at several brands of weapons out there, and being an avid shooter with a ton of time behind the trigger, I can honestly say (no previous bias) that this weapon was the biggest hunk of crap I've ever owned........

Food for thought.......
 
While Bill Ruger was a great gun designer, he wasn't much of a friend to the RKBA cause. I'll stick with the original article in this case, though I do own several other(more original) ruger products.
 
I think some of you......

........missed the entire intent of this tongue in cheek post. I love the LCP, have a Mark III Competitor that I'll put up against anyother brand. We have a Porsche........yes a Porsche.....that is a fun machine to drive and I love it. I know for a fact that it will top 140mph and still has accelerator space left. (By the way, I'm almost 71 years old and still enjoy life). However it has a/c...heater problems that they're still trying to get solved. However would I buy another one tomorrow.......you bet I would. I realize that problems happen....and if the manufacturer stands behind his product, I'm not about to be a gloom, doom, agony and defeatist......good grief, life is to short go go around with a drooping chin, teary eyed attitude and a bashing, hate attitude. Loosen up, the sun will come up again tomorrow and be every bit as bright as it was today. All bashers go ahead and wallow in your misery.........as for me, I'm going to enjoy the trip as I go......problems...yes,........insurmountable.....no. I attempted to save the bashers some time in my original post by leaving blanks for you to fill in. Wanted to make it as easy for you as I could. Apparently that wasn't enough!!

In spite of all the negativism, I truly hope that everyone did let up long enough to enjoy today.....after all, it was (is) Christmas!!!! The stump will still be there tomorrow for you to mount and shout your negative remarks......Scuse me, but I have got to go crank up the Porsche........
 
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Tnx for the video!!! Actually, I'm afraid that I may have taken a little "poetic license" since that's exactly where I came up with the subject!!! Always enjoyed HeeHaww for some reason. I guess was it because of the corney, homespun, simple minded comedy they displayed and I'm a very simple minded person so we meshed quite well!!!!
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I have to admit that I didn't watch the video, since I'm one of those still living in the dark ages with dial-up internet. But, didn't it go:
"Gloom, despair, incessant misery. . . If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all." (There are days like that.)
 
Don......

That's the one.......HeeHaw with Roy Clark and Buck Owens and the whole HeeHaw Gang!
 
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OleCodger-Thx for the thread-I needed a laugh. It's getting late now but I would like to wish you and everyone else on The High Road a Merry Christmas. As far as the original topic-My P-94 in 40 is as reliable as they come I believe however I don't think I'd buy a new product offering from Ruger (or any other manufacturer) till it has been out for about a year. Of course I've always thought the same thing about cars,trucks and other products. If I do buy something that is the latest, greatest & hasn't had time to go through the teething process yet I guess I'd just have to figure that was the gamble I took when I bought it and be glad the company was standing behind their product.
 
Mike J

Tnx for your response........the grin was the whole intent!! I was justa thinkin'.....you know, the government has all this money that they spend on studying what effect belching cows has on the atmosphere and the rings around the moon.......or is it Saturn??!! I wonder if we could get some of that money, mebee say $15.00 or $20.00 and study the corrulation (sp?) between bashers and divorces!!! Now that would be interesting...I may just apply for a USA Government grant. I''m getting excited about this venture!!!! I'll just betcha that Extreme Bashers have an extremely high divorce rate, Mediocre (there I go trying to use big words again) Bashers have a medium rate of divorces, and the Bashers just learning how to Bash have a minimal divorce rate!! Then we could hire some big shot University Professor with a degree in the sciences to come up with a study guide and a course in Non-Bashing that would be mandatory for all potential future bashers (They're easy to identify, they have this "frown wrinkle" just beginning to appear right above their nose). That way we could cut the divorce rate by almost 100 percent and there would be a lot happier bunch of kids out there!! Afterall, besides a brand new shiny Ruger firearm, there is nothing prettier than a child with a smile on his/her face!!! You know, I'm glad you and I thought of that.......we may just be on to something!!!!!!

Now we need to figure a way to get some more government money to fight the ACLU, ACORN and any other organization or people/animal groups that are against Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!!!

Goooooood Grieeeeef Mike, you just never know what problems one of these threads are going to solve do you!!!!

Have a good weekend and I hope that 2009 is the best year yet for you.....and it will be. Justa keep on lookin' for your share of the wealth....it's about time for it to be spread and I already have a couple of pistols and a new wife picked out.........
 
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Never been envolved in a gun recall until I got a Ruger SR9, no problem, but then got the LCP, a problem. This weapon was carried next to/close to my private parts and it had a FWD problem. Hey, I am old but every thing still works and I don't care to lose it to a faulty weapon. The LCP is gone and has been replaced by a NAA 380
 
Well Chuck,

I understand your plight and if that was the problem as I understood it, I also would be mighty concerned about my private parts and would have constantly worn the bullet proof jockey strap 24/7 that I referred to in my original post. After all what male wants to go around singing soprano? However I understood that the issue was when the pistol was dropped on a hard surface such as concrete, rocks, metal or an olecodger's hard head or was being used as a claw hammer driving 16 penney nails. I never thought about if I "dropped' it into my pocket, it might go bang.....now you might be on to something there. I'll personally contact Ruger and see how hard the jeans pocket must be before there is a potential problem. I will also insert "dropping it into blue jeans pocket, ___________ pocket, etc" into my original post to save time in future posts on this matter. Man, had I known that dropping it into a pocket might cause it to go BANG, I'd had the Red Head left off some of that starch!!! I shudder to think of what the consequences may have been. Thanks for the info!!!!! Now that you mentioned it, I do vaguely remember a couple of newscasts over the past couple of months where the LCP's did go bang when being carried in pant pockets. One guy was fumbling around trying to find his car keys and pulled on the wrong "ring". He inadvertently pulled the trigger all the way back the 2 1/2 inches that it takes for it to to BANG. They never did determine what the other fellow was fumbling around trying to find..........................or as far as I know, they haven't. I'm guilty of watching FOX news almost exclusively and you know how pro gun they are........they probably shoved it under the table...........:D
 
Mr. Moderator Sir:

Feel free (as if you had to have my permission) to pull the plug on this one any time that you see fit. I think it's like a bird with a broken wing......flying in circles. And besides, I have a 58 year old J C Higgins .22 single shot rifle sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co back in 1950 that I need to give a good bashing. It has never failed to fire, always hit where I aimed but I just know one of these days I'm going to have trouble with it and it is about to worry me to death! Think I'll load it, cock it and bang it up against the outhouse door. If it goes bang, I'll report back on another thread. If there is anyone in the outhouse, I'll also report on his reaction...............will attempt not to be too graphic......

It's been fun! :evil:
 
Now I don't know if this is true or not...

but I recall seeing an earlier post (don't remember which High Road-probably .org) where a poster said the recall for possibly going off if dropped was BS-claimed the real reason they were recalling 'em was because there were instances of parts breaking-think it was the same thread that had pictures of broken triggers?

Anywho-not something I really want to hear, but since they've (hopefully) fixed whatever the problems were, I don't really care. If the recall was for parts breaking, you'd think the new parts would have been tested more than normal.

'Course, if this did turn out to be the true story and it ever got out, certain LCP haters heads' would just explode! :what:
 
Hey BasicBlur.....

You mean...like when the Red Head goes from "safe" to "fire" and then pulls both triggers at the same time? If so, that is quite an explosion!!! I've only seen her do that twice and it wasn't pretty sights. One time was when I'd just used the car payment to buy a new Ruger and I won't go into the second time here....would probably start a new bashing party....I can already hear the thundering herd in the background!!!!!!!!

By the way, looking forward to the weekend.......gun show in Little Rock. My biggest problem right now is to figure out a place to drop off the Red Head prior to the show. I've managed to save up some fun money and if she discovers that fact, I'm afraid there would be a third explosion to report on.......

I had decided already that if I bought a Ruger at the show, I wasn't going to admit it here on this thread....was going to say Colt, Springfield, Taurus, Glock, Charles Daley....anything but Ruger. Then I got to searching other posts and all of the aforementioned brand names have bashers/basherlerletts also so might as well go ahead and admit Ruger!!!

Cloudy in Arkansas but still a beautiful day!
 
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