RUB Jokes

[Neonred 3,444]

we are headed out to Best Buy tonight to take the plunge! Alla was there before her classes today and says she found some good deals on the TV, a Home Theatre system, DVD player and a "piece of furniture" for all of it. We will see.

Then I have to call DirecTV.

I hope DirecTV is better than Dish Network. At our vacation home a few hours away in the FL Keys, I went with Dish Network to get more content for less money than cable. More damn ####### that is not worth watching. Sure enough the first night we had the dish we had a typical summer FL rainstorm and lost the signal for two hours. Not sure I made the right choice. The only plus is I now get Speed channel.

[slim 1,514]

Too early to switch to guns and pie?

It's never too early to switch to guns and pie!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

well we did it! Bought an LG 47" TV, a Blue Ray DVD player and Home theatre sound system and a stand for all of it. I was up late last night setting it up. Awesome picture and sound (with DVDs) I called DirecTV today for service. We will get a DVR which is connected to the internet so we can use the DirecTV cinema feature (similar to NetFlix)

We get all the movie channels for 3 months and we will choose after that what we want to keep. I haven't had real TV for almost 10 years. I turned it off when I went to Ukraine and never hooked it up when I returned. I had TV in Ukraine but rarely watched it.

I don't miss it much, but we do like movies and I will probably DVR "Mythbusters" and "Top Shot"

[AKguy 1]

Congrats!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Congrats!

Oh, and I don't know all too much about this stuff, but it is an LCD TV 1080p. we looked at all of them and this model seemed to have the best picture. I was not so impressed with the plasma TV and the Samsungs, while the ones I had seen before were impressive, when we saw them right next to the LG they seemed "dull". The colors in the LG were just noticeably brighter.

The plce we bought it was called "Electronic Superstore" and had the best prices we found. They had a "home Theatre Room" set up that let you try, literally, dozens of speakers and sound systems and sit on a sofa in the middle and try them out. The sound system we bought, certainly not the most expensive by any means (Sony) sounded as good as any whch cost much more. Alla is always concerned that the voices be clear, not that the sound is "loud" but that it is "clear"

Edited February 17, 2011 by Gary and Alla

[AKguy 1]

Yeah, they don't typically know how to set up a plasma for some reason at the stores. Any how, good deal on your purchase.

I'm not so much into surround sound right now as I'm in an apartment since selling my last house. But you can bet that it will be on the top of the list come new home time. That and a bigger screen... Anna wouldn't let me get the 65" and put it in front of the fireplace here... Why do fireplaces always have to be in the perfect TV spot??

[~Johnny~ 27]

Hey ummm what happened to the RUB jokes? I was rolling for a while with jokes and vids and then something happened and it's Blu Ray, LED TVs and Sat TV...

I mean that dude with the manhole cover, I wouldn't believed it if I didn't see...

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hey ummm what happened to the RUB jokes? I was rolling for a while with jokes and vids and then something happened and it's Blu Ray, LED TVs and Sat TV...

I mean that dude with the manhole cover, I wouldn't believed it if I didn't see...

welcome to the RUB forum! It often veers into just about any topic. It is the best sub-forum by far in VJ. More reason to marry FSU chicks!

I have an excellent and very funny Russian "short story" (don't know what else to call it) and when I get the chance I will post it here. Classic!

[slim 1,514]

I will probably DVR "Mythbusters" and "Top Shot"

Those two are on my DVR. May I also suggest "Sons of Guns" (Wed. 9:00 and 9:30 on Discovery) and "Justified" (Tues. 10:00 on FX) just for a little shooters relief.

For fun, DVR "Wipeout" (Thurs. 8:00 ABC) to see what it's like when Americans play Japanese-style game shows... and get messed up!

when we saw them right next to the LG they seemed "dull". The colors in the LG were just noticeably brighter.

They don't adjust them right at the stores. I actually had to mess with several different models for the better part of a few hours until I found the right one. Regardless of which one you get, it'll look better than no TV at all!

I mean that dude with the manhole cover, I wouldn't believed it if I didn't see...

There are a lot of funny things like that in FSU. They may not all be on video, but they definitely exist.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Those two are on my DVR. May I also suggest "Sons of Guns" (Wed. 9:00 and 9:30 on Discovery) and "Justified" (Tues. 10:00 on FX) just for a little shooters relief.

For fun, DVR "Wipeout" (Thurs. 8:00 ABC) to see what it's like when Americans play Japanese-style game shows... and get messed up!

They don't adjust them right at the stores. I actually had to mess with several different models for the better part of a few hours until I found the right one. Regardless of which one you get, it'll look better than no TV at all!

There are a lot of funny things like that in FSU. They may not all be on video, but they definitely exist.

Got DirecTV today! I am watching TopShot right now. I do not plan to watch a lot of TV but Alla says we will watch a movie later...she picked up "W" at the college library. Should be interesting. She says "the box says he was one of the most controversial Presidents, is that true" I said "I guess you could say that" She says "I just thought he was stupid and didn't speak English well"

The FSU is such an incredibly interesting place. I have only been able to sum it up by saying that it has a lot of "texture"

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Awesome! They are having a shoot off with the Thompson M1928 SMG! I favorite gun of all time! I had one for a few years and sold it for a big profit. I still regret it, but it was a deal I couldn't refuse.

I love that gun, but it is difficult to shoot well and as small as it "looks" is has a long length of pull and is very heavy, especially with the drum (I had 20, 30 and 50 shot drum mags)

The most fun with it was shoting stuff in a stock pond at the family ranch. Even if you didn't hit anything it was fun to watch all the splashing!

[slim 1,514]

Awesome! They are having a shoot off with the Thompson M1928 SMG! I favorite gun of all time! I had one for a few years and sold it for a big profit. I still regret it, but it was a deal I couldn't refuse.

I love that gun, but it is difficult to shoot well and as small as it "looks" is has a long length of pull and is very heavy, especially with the drum (I had 20, 30 and 50 shot drum mags)

The most fun with it was shoting stuff in a stock pond at the family ranch. Even if you didn't hit anything it was fun to watch all the splashing!

The dude from that shoot off (Jamie) is one of our Appleseed instructors. He's new to the project but said in one of his posts over on our forum his Appleseed instruction helped him get selected for the show. He said it even helped him with the rapid fire because the cadence used was similar to what we instruct.

It was obvious the Tommy was too big for Athena. From the very start she was at a disadvantage but she still did pretty well. A gun that heavy is made for big ol' tough guys with a little mechanical know-how. Back in those days, guns like the BAR and Tommy could be mail-ordered. Imagine that! $125 and a Tommy gun shows up at your door. SWEET!

[SMR 368]

Top shot has a season two?!? My day is now better. Thank you.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The dude from that shoot off (Jamie) is one of our Appleseed instructors. He's new to the project but said in one of his posts over on our forum his Appleseed instruction helped him get selected for the show. He said it even helped him with the rapid fire because the cadence used was similar to what we instruct.

It was obvious the Tommy was too big for Athena. From the very start she was at a disadvantage but she still did pretty well. A gun that heavy is made for big ol' tough guys with a little mechanical know-how. Back in those days, guns like the BAR and Tommy could be mail-ordered. Imagine that! $125 and a Tommy gun shows up at your door. SWEET!

In Texas the Thompson was marketed for cowboys/ranchers to kill coyotes and other "varmints" including two legged cttle thieves. The Colt "Monitor" which was a civilian version of the BAR was marketed for the same purpose.

The Tommy gun I had was the M1928 but originally had the horizontal forearm which I kept, but I also bought a verticle finger grip type to go with it. It looked more "gangster" that way! It was made by Savage Arms, who contracted with Auto-Ordnance to make them

My Dad was a drill sergeant/firearms instructor after serving his combat duty in WW2 and they trained with the Tommy Gun, along with the M3, until he retired in 1954. They were still in use at the beginning of the Viet Nam war. He could shoot the thing better than anyone else, but it is difficult to shoot well, just tons of fun though.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The dude from that shoot off (Jamie) is one of our Appleseed instructors. He's new to the project but said in one of his posts over on our forum his Appleseed instruction helped him get selected for the show. He said it even helped him with the rapid fire because the cadence used was similar to what we instruct.

It was obvious the Tommy was too big for Athena. From the very start she was at a disadvantage but she still did pretty well. A gun that heavy is made for big ol' tough guys with a little mechanical know-how. Back in those days, guns like the BAR and Tommy could be mail-ordered. Imagine that! $125 and a Tommy gun shows up at your door. SWEET!

One would also imagine that the crime rate would have been much higher when anyone could have machine guns delivered to their door..but NO. Other than a few highly publicized incidents the crime rate wasn't really very high and pretty safe unless you were competeing for alcohol distribution.

The St. Valentines Day Massacre and Little Bohemia were nothing compared to Virginia Tech or Columbine...you know, in the "gun free" zones.