I hope you don't find this rude of me, but I have a personal question to ask...

[geegee]

If I were to stop by your home tomorrow, and after a friendly THR type of chat over coffee, and after you showed me your firearms, if I had to then excuse myself to use your,ah...facilities, what reading material could I expect to find in there to keep myself occupied?

To be fair, here's I what inventoried a few minutes ago:
1. The Wilson Combat Catlogue 2003 (a timeless piece-who could ever tire of looking over those pictures and read the snippets describing some of the finest firearms in the world?)
2. The Colt .45 Auto Pistol (the little orange pamphlet, by Desert Publications. No time is ever wasted reading the pages of this one)
3. Guns Magazine (photo's by Ichiro Nagata, for when my eyes are too tired to read anything too lengthy)
4. Tactical Knives (I'm often conflicted:am I a knife guy who's into guns, or a gun guy into knives? No matter-this is arguably the best knife mag out there)
4. A.G.Russell Knives Catlogue (great selection of collectibles, EDC's, and tacticals)
6. Russell's Catlogue for Men (an upscale selection of gifts-kind of knifeworld meets Sharper Image)
7. Investment News (I do have a job after all, and what if my boss calls me and catches me offguard? I need to be able to say something halfway intelligent)
8. The Palm Solutions Guide (my Palm Pilots over the years have provided many ways to streamlife my life, as well as tie me up for hours at a time, as I try to fix my last "hot synch" problem

So there you have it. That's what I'd offer up. And you? geegee

 

[Preacherman]

Right now, vol. 2 of "The Darwin Awards"!

 

[Spieler]

Okay, I'll bite.

Depending on which facility I directed you to, you would find a mix-and-match of the follwoing publications:

The last two or three issues of Combat Handguns, Guns and Wepaons for Law Enforcement, and American Handgunner. In addition there would be the latest issues of ARMY and STATE magazines, all solicited and unsolicited firearms related catalongs such as from Bushmaster, Tapco, Major Surplus, Brigade Quartermaster, etc. Although not currently in the rack, I sometimes pull out an old issue of Soldier of Fortune and give it a re-read, especially issues in which Peter G. Kokalis reviewed some new wonder weapon that has since either been relegated to the dustbin of firearms history or has gone on to become a standard. The Oct/Nov? '84 issue in which he reviews the Glock 17 which had not yet begun to arrive on US shores comes to mind.

Knock, Knock, "Hey, are you done in there yet dude?"

 

[HeavyHaul]

You would be woefully short of reading material in my "loo". If you want reading material, you got to take it with you. I have lots available on, under, and piled around the coffee table. Guns, knives, cars or women, take your pick.

Bill


P.S. yes, I am single, and have no one to pick up after me.

 

[gun-fucious]

i had a copy of "The Black Rifle" in the downstairs facility but my better half moved it

Other locales are well stocked with paintball magazines, American Rifleman, Wired, Shotgun News and Bovard's "Lost Rights"

 

[Mike Irwin]

Upstairs (which you would probably never see as downstairs is the "nice" crap hole for company ):

Cartridges of the World, 7th edition

The latest Invention & Technology magazine

A book on combat aircraft of WW II (can't remember the title)

Restoration Hardware catalog.


Downstairs...

Reprint of the 1921 Francis Bannerman catalog

Several back issues of National Geographic, specifically those with paleoarchaeology or interstellar exploration

Several OLD issues of Buns & Whammo magazine from back in the 1980s when I was still getting it regularly


My bathrooms aren't big, so I don't keep a lot in there.

 

[Moparmike]

Scientific American or Discover.

Usually, whatever you find interesting on the cleaning supply labels under the sink.

 

[ed dixon]

So literally in the main wc? Probably The Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Pennsylvania Fish and Game, and some celebrity mags my wife made me buy to keep up with the J-Lo/Ben-Lo dramedy. Seriously, I keep most of my gun mags and (monthly) catalogs next to the bed in what my wife calls my "ditty bag." Also THR threads that I've printed and want to ruminate on.

 

[sm]

Well I flunked this test I see.

Schedule of classes for Fall 2003
Schedule of classes for Spring 2003
Schedule of classes for Fall 2002 ( different school to boot)
(anybody else notice a pattern here)
Cliffs Notes" Creating Your First Page" ( still sealed btw)
Things to do list, which I lost and therefore stuff still needs to be done
Here ya go... how about the empty soap box from Dove?

Just look at my shower curtain...it has Ducks on it...if you're gonna be awhile just dig around and read the back labels on vitamins , shaving creme,...etc.

Hey -at least it's clean and not cluttered

 

[andy]

You wouldn't find anything in my bathroom. I think reading in the john is gross (no flame intended).

 

[Legionnaire]

Sorry, you'll have to bring along your own reading material. But I do have Cooper's Commentaries loaded in my Palm.

 

[IRONFIST]

The question from the thread-starter got me thinking, so I actually went in to the bathroom to check...

1. Last months and the months before issues of "Playboy"(free subscription)

2. "The worst-case scenario emergency Handbook"(another free handout)

3. 2 old issues of the "Shotgun news".

4. An old paperback called "Warship", about the siezure of an Aegis missile cruiser off the coast of Vietnam.

5. A "Frost cutlery" cheap knife catalog.

6. A "US Cavalry" catalog.

7. A Stephan King novel "The Stand"(read this about a billion times, so much that the first and last chapters and the covers have fallen off)

8. A library book called "The masters of Doom" about the video game industry(havent started it yet)

9. An older issue of "Redbook"(for my wife)

Thats about it. I did have a book about knife making, but its at a friends house right now.

Michael

 

[veloce851]

LOL ... Usually just a Blue press (I like the articles )
The latest SureFire catalog
SportRider, Motorcyclist, Fast Bikes
and maybe a gun related mag... unfortunately they are all too expensive.

Now if I could afford the several flat screens I'd like, you'd have access to a true I-Loo
Since I've often thought of putting an internet terminal in there

and yes I'm a single technoGeek

 

[Mike Irwin]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this...

I've used the "facilities" at Moderator Mal's place.

Mal, you get some fascinating reading material, dude!

 

[hansolo]

Throne library

My wife and I live in a doublewide(!)with ONE bathroom Wife is NOT into guns, shooting, military or law enforcement.

I try and discourage other aXXes than ours in the loo, so I don't hide mystuff. I just did an inventory:

Massage & Bodywork, American Spa, Massage Therapy(Wife is a message therapist).

American Rifleman(Aug. 1999), current SGN, Current SWAT Magazine, Cabela's Shooting catalog(2003), AARP Magazine(Old Phart Monthly);
The other hundred or so shooting-related mags and catalogs are stuffed in my closet, under the bed and take up a drawer in my dresser.

As much as I love a nice 1911, to read most current gun mags, you'd think the only handguns in production are Glocks and 1911's

BTW, andy, if "...reading in the john is gross...", what do you think of the bodily functions? .....reading is my laxative.

 

[hksw]

Various catalogs from Cabelas, SOG, Century, InterOrd, Midway, Brownells, etc., William C. Dietz Deathday (currently reading), old issue of Small Arms Review.

 

[Wildalaska]

1. Cosmopolitan
2. Lucky (the Magazine of Shopping, my wifes fav magazine)
3. Shotgun News
4. The Golden Bough, abridged version with new notes
5. Various magazines in Japanese. I only look at the pictures. Stuff is expensive over there btw

Wildreadscerealboxes(notinthejohn)Alaska

 

[4v50 Gary]

Many Collectors' Grade Publication books.
Books published by George Shumway on flintlocks.
James Whisker books on flintlocks & percussions.
Bailey's books on British Military Flintlocks and British Miltary Long Arms
Blackmore's books on British Longarms & British Pistols
A couple of books by W. H. B. Smith.
Books on powder horns & powder flasks.
George Chinn's series of books on The Machine Gun.
Books on Civil War Guns (William Edwards, Joe Bilby, W. Stewart, MacCaulay, etc.)
Bruce Canfield's series of books - autographed of course
Gunsmithing books & factory armourers' manuals
Books on specific mfgs (Remington, Marlin, Winchester, S&W)
Books on sniping (many of Senich's works, Chandler Bros., etc.)
Books on sharpshooters, sharpshooting & sharpshooting units
Of course, some Gun Digests & Shooters' Bible & equivalent oversized blackpowder books (Black Powder Digest, Blackpowder gunsmithing, Lymans, etc.)
...and many, many other books on guns of all types.

Military History. Books on ships & naval battles. I even have the entire set of Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Started buying them when I was in 4th Grade. Books on airplanes & books by the men who flew them. Books on tanks. Books on generals or military leaders. About two hundred books on the Civil War.

BTW, my books are scattered in three rooms with no reading material in the toilet. Toothpaste tube and bottles of medicine are about the only thing you'll read there.

 

[jsalcedo]

Cabelas catlog, reloading resources catalog, Dillon blue press (no comment)
Encyclopedia of ammuntion by Ian V Hogg About 10 issues of GUNS and American rifleman.

Upstairs has about 10 issues of 1970's vintage guns and ammo and a cheaper than dirt catalog.

and I still find myself reading the shampoo bottle...

 

[Carlos]

OK, just went in and cleared the reading shelf in the 'loo.' This will be presented in reverse order of stack and will be as much as a surprise to me as you:

STATE OF OREGON )
) ss.
County of Gunboob )

1. Major Surplus & Survival catalog
2. Cabelas Master Catalog Fall 2003.
3. Cheaper than Dirt June 2003
4. Acoustic Guitar, August 2003.
5. Guns & Ammo, July 2003.
6. Harbor Freight flyer
7. Harbor Freight Summer 2003 catalog
8. Army-Navy Surplus, Major Surplus & Survival
9. TechnoScout Father's Day 2003 catalog
10. Brigade Quartermasters catalog
11. Ham Radio Outlet Summer 2003 catalog
12. Another Guns & Ammo mag
13. Midway USA Affordable Gunsmithing Cat #2 - 2002
14. Century Arms USA catalog
15. TheSportsmansGuide Camping catalog
16. Samco Global Arms, Inc. catalog
17. Mother Earth News, March 2002
18. Mother Earth News, April/May 2002
19. CenterFire Systems catalog. "Hey, Yugos!"
20. Sportmans Guide Shooters catalog

Pathetic. Just summed up my whole life right there.

Where's the darned Bike, AimSurplus, Southern Ohio Gun, Dillon catalogs for the last year (yes, serious, they make great gifts). . .?

Signed: Carly

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this _____ day of July 2003.


_____________________________
SEAL OF APPROVAL Notary Public of Oregon
My commission expires: __________

 

[Black92LX]

all you would get here is the newest catalog from Griot's Garage.

 

[Shag]

Sport Compact Car
Combat Handguns
Mens Health
Cosmo


Shaun

 

[geegee]

The latest SureFire catalog

Gotta admit, that catalogue was so good it was taken from the throne room to my briefcase, where it was read on a long plane flight.

2 old issues of the "Shotgun news".

No good-too unwieldy and cumbersome, due to the tabloid size. They keep falling over from the basket and mess up the entire selection.

Usually just a Blue press (I like the articles )

A fine selection. I'm onboard with that one, and they often make the starting rotation.

A "Frost cutlery" cheap knife catalog.

'Nuff said.

Well I flunked this test I see.

Yes, you did.

A book on combat aircraft of WW II (can't remember the title)

A fine addition (I'm a WW II aircraft fan myself)

solicited and unsolicited firearms related catalongs such as from Bushmaster, Tapco, Major Surplus, Brigade Quartermaster, etc.

My Bushmaster catalogue actually resides on my nightstand (love that Bushy! )
Anyone else? geegee

 

[Pebcac]

Various Anne Geddes pictures and the Nicene Creed in one, bathroom product labels in the other.

I'm married, if it wasn't clear by the library catalogue above. I have to bring my own literature to the reading room with me.

 

[digex]

Wow, you guy's magazines are more exciting than my whole life! I have a couple of computer catalogs, harbor freight catalog and a crutchfield catalog in mine. Kinda sad, really... I need to subscribe to some more interesting reading material.