Ooe yofukuten world tour 2009-2010

[Mr HaGa]

Another update. It was a nice windy fall day, and I had my day off. Decided to go for a little wilderness hike in the morning...

[Mr HaGa]

In the afternoon, I went to shoot some motherfucking guns. At this here firing range. Nice place.

Guns, ammo, and... Snack bar? What the fuck?

Had to do some basic safety studying first before I popped my cherry. Never touched, let alone fire a gun before in my life.

The place was actually a real dive, but it was the only place in town that allowed high caliber stuff... Owned and managed by this dude...

He let me hold his gold plated Desert Eagle, big fucking handcannon...

I wasn't allowed to fire it. I did fire this one though... AK 47

My man Jim, who was nice enough to let me play with his toys and mentor me a little...

My turn...

Didn't do too bad. The grouping to the upper right are Jim's, mine are the ones further out...

[JayDC7]

flew into lincoln the other week, i agree its an asshole, but hey, you get to fire ak's

[Medine]

you just reminded me that i need to go to my local shooting range and practice my 2nd amendment right.. wish i could rep..

[Mr HaGa]

Personally, I would kill the jeans this bint is wearing before worrying about Osama or the other dude...

Anyway, next we shot the Glock .45

After that, a .357 which was my favorite of the bunch. Used two different kinds of ammo but I forget what exactly...

[Mr HaGa]

And then... Saved the best for last.

This is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and will blow your head clean off.

Absolutely fucking brutal shit. My ears are still ringing, my arm is still numb and my hand is still hurting from the kickback... Not fun to shoot really, but quite an experience nevertheless. Don't know if I'll ever feel the need to do this again though, maybe denim and old movies are enough for me as far as hobbies go...

Anyway, paid our respects to the dead soldiers on our way out...

Some shit the owner had sitting in his display case

Thanks for lookin

[Broke_folk]

Great updates Mr. Haga. Keep'em coming.

[SLAB]

americans and their guns, absolutely crazy shit :-)

wish i could fire an AK once

[Tiro]

gold plated Desert Eagle, .44 magnum and nice jeans in one update = +rep

our jeans are looking good in that pic... can't wait to see how they'll turn out when it's my turn

[rufio]

Is that a Dunderdon jacket? If so, what size? Been thinking of picking one up.

[Mr HaGa]

^Nope, not Dunderton. Veronique Branquinho...

Thanks everyone!

[setterman]

After that, a .357 which was my favorite of the bunch. Used two different kinds of ammo but I forget what exactly...

Looks like they had you shooting some .38 Special (much less expensive to shoot, and a lot less noise and recoil). They probably had you put some .357 Mag ammo through the gun too. Did you notice any difference between the two types of ammo you shot?

FYI, a gun chambered for .357 Magnum can also safely shoot .38 Special and .38 Special +P. A .38 Special bullet doesn't measure .380", it measures .357". The reason a .35 cal bullet is called a .38 dates back to late 1800s and various changes made to the bullet used in the old .38 Long Colt cartridge. Anyways, the .357 Magnum cartridge is the same as the .38 Special, it's casing is just .135" longer, so it holds more powder (thereby making it a "Magnum"), and can't be chambered in a gun that's chambered for .38 Special. Guns chambered for .357 Mag are built to withstand the high pressures that cartridge generates. If you could fire a .357 Mag in a gun chambered for .38 Special, the gun would blow up and try and take your hand with it.

Anyways GREAT posts in this thread! Keep up the good work!

[Mr HaGa]

^yes, that was exactly it, .38 special and then .357 mag. The difference in recoil was quite substantial. The .38 special was pretty laidback compared to all the other stuff we shot. Still sore from that fucking .44 magnum, that was a monster...

[setterman]

^yes, that was exactly it, .38 special and then .357 mag. The difference in recoil was quite substantial. The .38 special was pretty laidback compared to all the other stuff we shot. Still sore from that fucking .44 magnum, that was a monster...

I've shot a friend of mine's .41 Mag once. That was enough for me. I have no desire to shoot a .44 Mag. I've been beat up by enough firearms that I know there's nothing macho about recoil.

[Mr HaGa]

Not much going on today... Another package was waiting when I got home...

More movies. Stocking up for the cold long Nebraska winter. This one I pre-ordered 2 or 3 months ago, forgot all about it, so it was kind of a pleasant surprise...

It was pretty late when I got home so I made a quick dinner. Marinated some chicken cut into strips in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, shallot, green onion, mustard seeds, cubeb pepper, oregano... and some more stuff I forget...

While the chicken was in the oven I threw together a vinaigrette

Cut up some cucumber tomato green onion olives... Forgot to buy bell peppers and red onion, ah well...

Crumbled some of this... I love cheese, any cheese really...

Again the pics come out like shit... Anyone got some food photography tips, please let me know...

Watched the adventures of Avon & String and Bodie & Poot and Bunk & McNutty while I ate...

Never noticed till I saw this pic, gotta do something about those wires, looks so sloppy...

Anyway, that's it for today...

[aho]

damn, I wish I could cook like Mr.Haga!

[Mr HaGa]

Damn, I wish I had a view like aho's!

[aho]

^To be fair, it's my girlfriend's view and I'm no longer in Chicago...

[mpcec]

Haga you into Frank Borzage at all?

[Mr HaGa]

I haven't seen much of his work, he is ridiculously neglected when you look at what's available of his on DVD, so not really many opportunities to see his films except if you live in NY or Paris or where they still have places that do retrospectives of that kind of cinema...

[redX]

if you want to take nice pictures of your food, don't use a flash or the interior light setting on your cam, as you can see this gives the whole thing a blueish hue. turn it off and let the more warmer yellow/orange light of your lamps do the lighting.

nice updates haga enjoying it alot even if i'm not part of this

[Mr HaGa]

Thanks, I'll try that. Most of those food pics I took were taken when it was dark out, and all the lamps in my house are the energy saving ones, which don't really create very good lighting for photography...

[tvshooter]

Great updates Haga! You're really doing this leg of the tour justice man. Will rep you again when I can.

[pomata]

your dishes look very tasty mr.Haga!

[Mr HaGa]

Thanks guys. Sorry for no Saturday updates, I had a really rough day at work and when I got home I didn't do anything but empty a bottle of wine while sitting in the dark listening to Stan Getz records... I should have some more later today though!

[frideswide]

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wine, you mean?

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[connor]

the 44 mag is a punisher for sure... with better form it doesn't hurt so bad though. it does leave me sore still.cool updates

[pomata]

wine + Stan Getz = wellness

[Mr HaGa]

All right, another foodie update. Mrs HaGa and I walked to this little soup place for lunch. Normally I meet here there every Saturday over my lunchbreak, but yesterday I was doing a performance evaluation for one of my staff that went 1.5 hours longer than planned and missed our lunchdate...

Very strange place... Owned and managed by hippies, needless to say...

They have all these old toys all over the counters for some reason, including an awesome collection of Mr. Potato Heads that I forgot to take a pic of...

The food is excellent, and the whole city knows it. There's usually at least a 30 minute waiting line.

The cheese scones are second to none.

I had some chipotle mac & cheese

Mrs HaGa had the Moroccan tomato peanut soup...

[Mr HaGa]

This afternoon, downtown... Very gray day...

The old, rusting industrial part of downtown.

All these old warehouses are being converted in "quaint shoppes", overpriced restaurants and loft apartments for the hip and rich... Same thing basically happened everywhere else during the 90s. They're a little slower here...

I went to the "antique mall", which really is just some regular block where there happen to be a 3 or 4 antique and thrift stores. I was looking for a nice jewelry box for my wife's birthday, and for nice quality vintage stuff for me...

I didn't really find anything interesting except for this, thought it was kind of cool, 1938 US army ankle spats. I might have bought them if they were bigger.

I'll try to get some more denim shots later this week, I think the jeans are coming along nicely, and wearing them to work has stretched them out nicely, I think the waist is at 35.5-36 now, the upper thigh at 13-13.5...