From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 20:42:51 MST
--- "Michael M. Butler" <mmb@spies.com> wrote:
>
> >> The interesting thing (at least to me) is that if something
> >> built this way breaks, there is no way in hell you are going
> >> to be able to fix it.
> >>
> >> Interesting, it means you could run the printer all night
> >> printing out palm-pilots and then go out the next day
> >> and use them for skeet practice.
>
> Not unless you're wealthy enough to be a sporting clays enthusiast
> (for those unfamiliar: "sporting clays" has been described as "golf
> with shotguns" and it's a pricy hobby for, e.g., well-to-do plastic
> surgeons).
I'd have to dispute this, Mike. I know a broad swath of people from
various socio-economic stations who are clays shooters. One is the cook
in the cafeteria of the local community hospital. His shooting buddy is
in fact a heart surgeon (top doc there, in fact), but I know fellows
who are ski area managers, coaches, farmers, landscapers, engineers and
semi-student mechanics/computer nuts.
Shotguns (side by sides, over and unders, or semiautos) can be had for
under $500 if you hunt for them, and a round of clays can run from
$40-60, so it is in fact a more affordable sport than skiing or
snowboarding (or computer gaming).... but I digress....
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