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I've been kicking around the idea of participating in a few online matches just for fun and bragging rights. Now that I have a few different rifles to pick from, it would be more fun. There's the semi-auto Marlin 60 with open sights, the bolt action CZ 452 Lux with iron sights, and the scoped bolt action Savage Mark II. Since making the purchase of those sand bags, I'd have the option of shooting from rests or the rare offhand game as well. I've also got the capability of printing off the official match targets and now there's a store that carries the right stock of paper to do it on.
Problem: I don't have a gauge to score the target, nor do I know how to.
But thanks to Joe Haller from RimfireCentral.com, I'll be figuring it out pretty quickly once I get my gauge in the mail.
CHANGEI needed to obtain a money order to drop in the mail today to Mr. Haller, so I went to a store to get one. The total came to $6.46 and since I decided I didn't want a bunch of change and one dollar bills back, I opted to give the cashier a $10 bill, a $1 bill, and fifty cents. This way, I'd get back a $5 and four pennies.
(I'm sure you might see where this is headed)
She looked at the money for a second and started to hand the $1 bill back. I said, "No, please take it out of $11.50 so I can have a $5 bill back."
She said, "It's only $6.46, this is too much money."
Me: "Yes, I know that...but when you ring it up out of this, I'll get $5.04 back. I don't want a bunch of ones and change."
Her: "It's not going to work that way because you gave me fifty cents, too."
Me: "I know. The forty-six cents will come out of the fifty. The six dollars will come out of the eleven. I'll get a five back. Please just key it in your register."
Her: (looks at me like I'm growing an extra nose or eye)"*sigh*, OK, but it's messed up."
She rang it up and guess what! My change was $5.04. She frowned all wrinkly foreheaded at the register like it malfunctioned and then shook her head and shrugged her shoulders.
Hardest fiver I've ever gotten back in change. Ever.
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"The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. Oh joy! Rapture! I got a brain! How can I ever thank you enough?"
Now lets sing that lil ol song !
I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain
And my head, I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
I'd unravel ev'ry riddle
For any individ'le
In trouble or in pain
With the thoughts you'd be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln,
If you only had a brain.
Oh, I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore,
I could think of things I never thunk before
And then I'd sit and think some more.
I would not be just a nuffin'
My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain.
I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain--Whoa!
Anon, I think Annie is a smart cookie. I don't know why you think she needs a brain. Seems like she has one.
You expected something different from the Crown Jewel of affirmative action, the post office?
Anon #1, I'm a fan of the movie- minus the flying monkeys.
Anon #2, That's debatable in relation to caffeinage.
Anon #3, Nope...not the post office. It was a store that sells them at the service counter. The post office wouldn't have blinked or thought twice...they're zombies you know!:p
It is sad that someone with so little ability in basic math can even get a job running a cash register. I had a similar incident at "a fast food establishment" when the cashier entered the amount tendered before I was done digging through my pocket for the change. She got aggravated and had to get a calculator to figure out my change.
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