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  • Wyldman

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    den·i·zen

    ˈdenəzən/

    noun

    formalhumorous

    plural noun:*denizens

    an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.

    "denizens of field and forest"

    synonyms:inhabitant,*resident,*townsman,*townswoman,*native,*local;*More

    BRITISHhistorical

    a foreigner allowed certain rights in the adopted country.



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    Sometimes I think I'm weird that I love data destruction so much...
    One time we had to destroy a bunch of CDs, but no one could find the protocol to do so. I convinced my supervisor that the most efficient way to destroy them was to microwave them. That was fun. I tossed them in the "non-paper" bin that Iron Mountain picked up so they got shredded off site as well.
     

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    One time we had to destroy a bunch of CDs,...
    I used to love my on-site CD shredder. It worked a bit like a sausage grinder. Feed it a CD, crank the handle, and little bits of silvery plastic flowed out the bottom. Beautiful!
     

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    Moonpie always sets up early with so much great stuff.

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    He's just too organized. The guy brought his own rifle rack, fer goodness sake!

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    And everybody needs a look at all that great stuff.

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    Look...and paw through. :)

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    Some folks, on the other hand, show up just to make us all feel inferior. I don't know whether I have greater style envy or greater beard envy.

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    Naturally, there's a little prep time.

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    Then some folks get down to shooting. Or entertaining the dog, whichever is applicable.

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    And other folks get down to missing. :) (It's just well-deserved payback, though I'm not sure if it's payback for messing up the flow of my photo essay or the injuries inflicted by that insane pepperbox pistol of yours!)

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    Before lunch, the dueling tree was fun to watch. My semiauto pistol only comes with 5-round magazines, so I demurred. I wasn't the only one. There was always a good audience watching from cover.

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    Or watching from a little closer.

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    Practice time flew by.

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    Then people got serious.

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    And some got careless. Leave it to an RSO (me) to walk forward of the firing line during the shooting. :)

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    Lunch was great. I actually got very little. I made the mistake of putting my plate on my chair. 30 seconds later, one of the dogs had eaten most of it and smeared the rest all over the chair. :)

    The line wasn't bad at all.

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    As usual, most people found a place to sit.

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    Other folks proved adept at the classic cocktail party strategy of eating, standing, and talking all at the same time.

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    Some managed to show off their God-given grace and good manners for the camera. (Yes, she's such a good sport she actually volunteered to pose like that. Props to 'er.)

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    To cap it all off, we were constantly serenaded by a group of entertainers who somehow could not figure out what "Shut the bloody hell up!" means. What dumbasses!

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    After lunch it was raffle/giveaway time.

    An impartial party must be employed to draw numbers, of course.

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    Many prizes were available.

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    This seemed to generate quite a bit of interest.

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    This was particularly true amongst those who needed to make selections.

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    There was even a bit of follow-on commerce though, as an old Luddite, I can't pretend to know what was happening. :)

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    As the day wound down, there was a group photo where everyone showed perfect muzzle discipline.

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    Then everybody broke ranks and continued with the perfect muzzle discipline, of course.

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    Eventually everybody left, leaving the range to the true owners of the place.

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    With many thanks to everyone who was there, JD and kin, Jimmy for your special kindness, and everyone else - that concludes the pics I took. Even though they were going to be late getting posted, some folks asked for them so I figured I'd oblige.

    Hang on. There is just one more...:)
     
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