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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I think the varmints being targeted were rats and/or snakes.
In other words, cleaning up the local lawyer population.
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glennPattonInThePubAGAIN wrote: if you remove the rifling the accuaracy goes out the window (I think), surely not something you (at I) would want in a pistol to shoot varmints!
IIRC John said something about shotshells elsewhere; for those you want an unrifled barrel.
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But still, derifling a Webly is a crime, surely it would cheaper (& safer) too buy a junker shot gun! 
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Ah Ok, personally I wouldn't want to trust any mods I made to a firearm, but if the neck is red enough...
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: In other words, they ruined the rarest of all the Webley pistols.
Perhaps at the time, (seemingly quite some time ago), required functionality was more pressing than something to hang on the wall, OIOW there were a lot of varmints around, and not so many people looking to buy old and out-of-date guns (or scrap steel seeing as no ammo fitted before the mods).
I'm sure as a child you received toys that were quickly unwrapped, played with, thrown about, smashed into each other, buried in the sand pit.... that had you left them in the box today would be worth hundreds of dollars and eventually thousands to your grandchildren.
Still angry? Go and take a look in the mirror.
Sin tack
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I was never a child.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So you are an endoparasitoid? (Like the Xenomorph in Aliens....)
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I got my first US driver's license on a Mustang. I did not own a car and couldn't rent one (did not have a credit card yet). I got a driving school instructor's car - paid him for an hour's lessons, but instead of lessons, basically rented his car for an hour. I was surprised he allowed a random brown foreign stranger to borrow his car just like that, although he did accompany me to the test location, so he did verify that I could drive. So yeah, sorry rather off-topic, but I just remembered when you told your story. Not as interesting as yours I guess. 
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Nish Nishant wrote: I was surprised he allowed a random brown foreign stranger to borrow his car just like that
Why should your being brown skinned matter? But cool story nonetheless.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Well, it intensifies my foreignness (at the time).
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I hear ya. I feel foreign myself sometimes even in my own country.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I feel like I'm surrounded by foreigners...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Depending where you are in Texas or California or Arizona, you are surrounded by foreigners...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I can relate. I also prefer Ford. And my biggest wish is to get my hands on a Mustang. Unfortunately, my wallet doesn't think it's the best of ideas at the moment...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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When I go to the local foreign car dealer with my wife, people stand around taking pictures of my wife.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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They'd take pictures if it was one of these: [^]
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I'm thinking to open a second career as freelancer, preferably online...
I Googled around and found some sites, that may help, but would like to hear about your personal experience and tips...
Thanks!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Depends how bogged down you want to get in work.. I had the same idea a few years ago, but it just ended up taking over my life.
I've been reading this book and although some of it is a bit gimmicky, I'd say he's correct in where we should be heading in life (i.e. working less - or at least more efficiently - and enjoying life more). I read this one recently too which changed the way I approach ideas.
All in all, I've decided that I'll concentrate on non-tech business ideas that take very little of my time outside of work.
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I'm not sure I understand you here... I'm not looking for developing a business idea, but find some contract work - online mostly - that I can do for living...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I'm not looking for developing a business idea, but find some contract work - online mostly - that I can do for living...
You've used two different terms:
1) Freelancing
2) Contracting
There's a big difference between the two. I've done both (at the same time and apart), but now I focus solely on contracting 9-5 Monday to Friday. Freelancing on the other hand had me working 7 days a week from 7am to at least 11pm (and more often way after midnight).
Contracting and freelancing are both (technically) business ideas. In both cases, you will usually be the owner and director of a registered business. You'll agree contracts, perform services, issue (and chase up) invoices, collect and pay taxes and have some kind of payroll mechanism. All of which takes time (aside from the actual coding).
My advice was - if you already have permanent employment - to either a) quit your permanent job and go contracting, or b) keep your permanent job and find another way to make your fortune (one that doesn't suck every hour of your life away for too little return).
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: You'll agree contracts, perform services, issue (and chase up) invoices, collect and pay taxes and have some kind of payroll mechanism
Damn I remember those days when cash flow/income was like a roller coaster. I enjoyed the work but the admin killed me.
Changed to 9-5 contracting 20 years ago and have not looked back. I'm now looking at transition to retirement, who wants a part time 63yo developer specializing in WPF  .
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Yeah, it was enjoyable.. I even got to the stage where I had a couple of developers working for me, but I made the mistake of being too involved in the actual coding work when I should have been stepping away from that. That and all the admin work, plus getting a continuous flow of work in became overwhelming in the end.
9-5 contracting seems to end up paying more, needing less effort out of hours and allows me to look at other avenues (non tech related).
Mycroft Holmes wrote: who wants a part time 63yo developer specializing in WPF
I don't know how much Xamarin work there is out there at the moment, but it's not that different to WPF.. 
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I've tried a variety of those sites. I had high hopes for this one, but quickly realized the majority of job listings are in languages like Ruby.  Of the other ones I've sent my resume to, none ever responded. My experience searching Dice, SO jobs, and others for remote work, same thing -- never a single response.
So, at the end of the day, I come to the same conclusion I always have -- if you want to get into freelancing, it's the people you know that can help you find a project.
Also, not sure if you work full time already, but if you do, freelancing (or, more accurately, moonlighting) can be very difficult not only because of the extra work you're putting in, but most clients don't work when the moon is out, so communicating can become a conflict of interest, etc.
On the other hand, I have a great relationship with a client 3 timezones away, which means that when I get home at 5 PM, it's only 2 PM where he works, and he frequently comes in on weekends. Plus, I've arranged my current "sit in a drab windowless cube" contract to be only 3 days a week, so I have 2 full work days to do other stuff.
One other important thing -- my resume reads like a time traveling Marc-clone multiverse. Work spans years, has gaps, has simultaneous jobs, etc. Once you start going down that path, realize that any potential future employer is going to see that as a red flag, particularly doing multiple jobs at once. They want you in a cage, they have security/IP concerns, etc. They do not want free birds.
Marc
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