We decided to pull a prank on a coworker who was away on vacation and I think it turned out ok. 😉
Luckily I had some packing saran wrap (when I moved the movers left it at my house) so yeah we did all the small items on his desk, keyboard, mouse, pens, etc and it was a lot of fun! Too bad I’m off on Monday so I can’t see his reaction but I’m sure it’ll be priceless.
So last week I picked up a copy of the book No Easy day by “Mark Owen”, it’s a first hand account of a DEVGRU operator who was on the Osama Bin Laden raid last year and it certainly was an interesting read. I enjoyed reading about how he made it past DEVGRU selection and about the other missions he completed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I think it was also the first book I’ve read in about 10 years, too bad it was so short and at ~300 pages I was able to finish it in just over a day. Oh well it was fun, I don’t know if I’ll read another book though it just feels like a waste of time. LOL I’m sure I’ll get some flak for that comment but so be it.
So let’s start at the beginning shall we…
On Saturday morning Cindy called and told Maggie she’s going to drop by with about 20 minutes notice, I was kind of peeved at that because I hate surprise drop ins but whatever. I asked Maggie if that meant we were going to lunch, while she assured me we were not I knew we it would happen. At around 12PM they decided to go for lunch (as I predicted) and Maggie seemed surprised that all the near by restaurants were busy and would take a long time to seat a party of 8. We lucked out at the second restaurant, it was a dim sum place and it only took about 15 minutes to get us seated.
A bit later in the afternoon I left home to pick up Jason & Mario so we could go play airsoft at UA and when we arrived at around 3-3:30PM, it was already quite busy. There were lots of newbs so it was pretty easy hunting over all and as the day progressed more and more people showed up. I got to grenade countless people with the Madbull AGX attached to my PTW CQBR and that was a lot of fun. I was testing Jason’s lower and it performed flawlessly for me, I went through over a thousand rounds so hopefully it’s good once and for all. Sigh for such an expensive gun you figure Systema would get its motors right, if it goes down again I’m going to tell him to just get a FCC like Stephen.
The Spanish guys that Mario and I slaughtered a few weeks ago showed up later and as usual when they were hit they complained like there was no tomorrow… I try very hard never to complain about being shot (even if I get hit after I’m dead) as we’re playing a game where we’re shooting projectiles at each other. It’s also not my fault that they don’t know how to pie the corner properly but whatever I enjoyed killing them.
At around 7:30PM the owners turned off the lights so the three of us busted out our PVS-14s though it wasn’t a huge advantage because there were too many people so we couldn’t stalk. Still I found it a bit frustrating/comical when I was shooting one of the Spanish guys (I know who they are based on their gear) while he was engaging someone else and not in cover from my angle yet wasn’t calling the shots. Not only could I see him clearly with the PVS-14, when I had him lit up with my PEQ box and could see the BBs bounce off him his body and hands (he shook his hands after being shot)…
We left shortly afterwards, even though we were not at UA long, the games are always fast and action packed so it’s quite a work out.
On Sunday the weather was awesome so I took advantage of it and cleaned out my car, mowed the lawn for the last time in 2012 and raked the leaves. I also played with Brandon a lot, hehe I just love how sweet his voice is but then again all young children have cute high pitched voices.
Other than that I didn’t do anything else but relax which was very nice, heh too bad I have to go back to work today as I wouldn’t mind another day to be lazy. 😉
Even though I picked up a LBT 6094B vest for my birthday, over the weekend Maggie was encouraging me to buy a new gun and well temptation got the better of me. 😉
On Saturday afternoon I went to Toronto Airsoft and purchased a Madbull AGX grenade launcher. Yes I know I’ve had many grenade launchers in the past but there was always something about RIS mounted M203s that I never like, I guess it’s because a real version doesn’t exist and finding a barrel mounted M203 in Canada is difficult. The AGX is RIS mounted but it’s as close to the M320 as it gets for now and the Iron Airsoft M320 is not available in Canada yet. May replace the AGX with that later but it’s not something I’m concerned about at the moment.
Anyway with the outdoor season wrapping up, I figure some extra firepower wouldn’t hurt in CQB situations though now I need more 40mm grenades lol. My PTW CQBR is now freaking heavy but that’s alright indoor games are always fast so it’s not like I have to lug it a great distance. Can’t wait to use it, will probably go to Ultimate Airsoft this coming weekend. 🙂
Brandon was sick yet again over the weekend so we didn’t do too much. On Saturday, I took care of the little guy while Maggie and her mom went out to go grocery shopping. In the afternoon we just hung around the house as it was raining and pretty miserable. Maggie bought this Chinese internet TV service (kind of like Netflix) and her mom has been addicted to this soap opera. LOL once I get her computer hooked up, I think I may move that box to her computer so she can watch that so we can use the TV.
On Sunday I went to play airsoft, Jason was hosting a newbie game for some of his coworkers so I went to play and give him some support. I got into a bit of an argument with Shawn in the middle of the day, we were not suppose to slaughter the newbs and I felt he being unsportsmanlike. I felt bad a bit later, I understand he doesn’t get to play much but still it’s not how I would have handled things. Oh well it happens and friends can have disagreements right.
At around 3PM my PTW was giving me some issues so I called it a day. LOL perhaps it’s not a good idea to disassemble the hop up to rebuild the night before a game. 😉 Oh well I’ll figure it out later and wasn’t in the mood to play with it when I got home. On a more positive note the LBT 6094B was great and was super comfy all game.
Played with little B the rest of the day and watched The Walking Dead with Maggie at 9PM. God that show had a lot of promise but it’s getting so damn stupid. Am I the only one who wants Carl to die?
Anyway back to the grind and it’s freaking busy at work!
So a couple of days ago I received my new LBT 6094B vest and you can imagine I was dying to transfer my load out from my repro vest. Well it has been done and here it is!
The only piece of repro gear left is the Flyye admin pouch, I was thinking about replacing it with an Eagle but meh it’s not high in the priority list. I absolutely love that even though my vest is loaded up pretty well (4 mags, 3 grenades, 2 smoke grenades, first aid kit, 3L hydration, radio, PVS-14, etc), it’s not bulky at all (unlike when I was wearing the CIRAS or Wasatch) and I can play CQB with it pretty effectively. Um well I should be able to, I used the TMC 6094A with the same load out so there’s no reason the LBT would be any worse.
The shoulder pads on the LBT are much more comfortable and I can’t wait to test it on Oct 21st when I play Jason’s n00b game at Ultimate Airsoft. 🙂 Sigh if it were in Coyote Brown it’d be better but tan works and it’s real.
A couple of weeks ago, I told Maggie that I wanted to order a real LBT 6094 vest for my birthday (on Nov 17th) to replace my repro TMC 6094A, I love the form factor and figured why not… She agreed to let me get it so I ordered one directly from LBT. Earlier in the year Jason ordered a real LBT 6094A and it took two months for him to receive it so I figure if I ordered my vest at the end of Sept, I may get it in time for my special day. 😉
Well when I got home yesterday, low and behold my vest arrived! 😀 Along with a few things I ordered from eHobby too…
I decided to get the LBT 6094B as I wanted the ability to put four mag pouches up front instead of 3 but I noticed I also screwed up and ordered the tan version instead of the coyote brown. 🙁 Ahh well it’s a real vest and once it’s a bit dirty it’ll be darker. Also pictured is my new Xcoretech airsoft chrony, my Guarder died a couple of years ago and I’ve never been happy with the Madbull chronies… Hopefully this is the last one I have to buy.
Toys are fun, too bad I have to go back to work tomorrow lol!
Sigh the last day of a long weekend is always bitter sweet… This morning I dropped by Jason’s place for a very quick drop off/pick up, I gave him back his 07 PTW lower and picked up my old foam plates and repro mag shingles for another project I have on the way. Later I cleaned the house up a bit in preparation for Brandon’s return today and Maggie and her mom’s return tomorrow.
Afterwards I decided to edit some of the videos that I took over the weekend and to my horror, it looks like I didn’t copy over the data from my Contour HD properly from Saturday’s game. 🙁 I could have sworn I saved a copy onto my computer but when I checked the folder this morning, nothing was there. Pretty bummed out about that because there were some great action footage, I also tried undelete software on the memory card to no avail. Here are some videos from Sunday’s game, not as much action as it was mainly games with Mario and I, for some reason I didn’t record the footage of us kicking the Spanish group’s ass…
I picked up Brandon at 3PM today and man I can’t tell you how good it felt knowing I can bring him home. When I opened the door to my parents house, from about 20′ away I see Brandon yell “Daddy!” and he ran as quickly as he can towards me. I should have known that would be his reaction and recorded it on my Blackberry, damn what was I thinking…
Anyway he’s home safe and sound, I’m so happy to have him running around again. While I did enjoy my freedom over the weekend, I definitely missed the little guy very much. I miss Maggie too but I know she’ll be back tomorrow so it’s alright.
Back to the grind, trying to enjoy the last hours of my long weekend.
So this morning I got up fairly early so I could get a hand at fixing a few things around the house, heh I’m getting handier now that I don’t have a condo corporation to rely on for fixing issues. Thankfully now Brandon’s door doesn’t squeek which sometimes wakes him up when we close it.
At around 11:30AM, I picked up Mario and hit Ultimate Airsoft again, lol Maggie and Brandon are gone so I’m going to take advantage of it and play as much as I can. 😉 For the first 2 1/2 hours it was just Mario and I and even though it was always 1 on 1, we still had a great time. We did a crap load of pistols games and I swear if Mario shot more he would have kicked my ass, luckily though he is a precision shooter which allowed me to always put a whole crap load of BBs his way down range. Some of the games were really suspenseful as we took advantage of the entire UA field.
Later a couple of kids (14 & 15) came while I was a bit apprehensive at first, they ended up being pretty good shooters. When it was them vs us (they wanted to play together) we slaughtered them but then again it’s not much of a surprise or anything to be proud of I guess. Later Mario and I each teamed up with one of the kids and those games were pretty darn fun. At around 5PM, a group of 5 Spanish speaking players came so it was them versus Mario, the two kids and myself.
While we were out manned, the two young teenagers followed direction pretty well and the four of us played together as a team while the other guys played as individuals so it was pretty easy pickings. Unfortunately for the other guys, they were slow to acknowledge hits and I made it clear to the kids on my team to fire for effect so I guess we over shot them. They complained a lot but I just brush those things off, hell we’re playing a game where we’re shooting BBs at each other after all… After another 2 1/2 of kicking ass Mario and I called it a night at around 7:30PM. The Spanish guys were getting a bit bitchy and I didn’t want there to be any conflicts as if I continued playing, I would keep shooting till they call hit. I expect the people I play against to do the same for me and never have I complained about being shot… Anyway enough of that, I had another great day of airsofting and that’s all that matters.
Took a lot of video today as well and will post it up on Youtube shortly.
Unfortunately my Surefire lens got shot and shattered, it’s still in place and there’s a good focus spot but it’s only a matter of time before I have to replace it. My replica Aimpoint M2’s kill flash was shot through, the optic still works but now there’s a BB between the kill flash and front lens. Pictures of my gun suck because they were taken with my BB.
I have a feeling that the damage may have been done on purpose during the last game as we were wiping the floor with these guys pretty badly. Oh well I can’t prove it and it happens, I understand that whatever I bring to the field may be damaged and/or broken, so is the life in airsoft right. Added a couple of pictures of Mario and I, taken with his Samsung gNote.
It was nice to hear from the owners that they thought Mario and I were amazing teachers. He mentioned it after we swiftly disposed of the Spanish team with the kids, it’s easy to be a good teacher if you have good students and I have to give credit to the teenagers because they performed quite well.
So yesterday I picked up Jason and we headed over to Ultimate Airsoft for its official grand opening and boy was it busy! You have to use field BBs at UA now but the prices of its BBs are very reasonable, $10 for 1000 rds of red coloured BB Bastards in 0.2g, though if you buy 10 bags it’s only $8.50 so Jason and I split 10 bags. Most of the games were very simple skirmishes so nothing to speak of there too much, I was testing Mikey’s PTW lower with my upper and his gun performed flawlessly so I’m happy with that.
LOL I think the highlight of my day was when I kicked this large wooden door in, someone was bracing it with their body on the other side (which is against the rules) and held that position even after I told them it was not allowed so I gave the door two hard kicks and entered to clear the room. 😉 I took a lot of video and there are some pretty cool shots but I’ll have to upload it later because since I have nothing planned, I’m going back to UA at noon this time with Mario. Hey I love airsoft right…
Jason and I wrapped things up at 4:30PM, I had to leave early because I had to go and celebrate my grandmother’s 92nd birthday. She’s a very sweet lady, it’s always nice to see her and she absolutely adores Brandon. 🙂 I am sad though because her mental and physical decline in the last couple of years has been very dramatic, she was a very independent senior up until her late 80s but something seems to have changed in the last couple of years… Sigh all we can do is enjoy the time we have together and I always try to let grandma play with Brandon as much as she can.
Dinner was at this Chinese restaurant at Market Village and god I absolutely hate that place, too many Chinese people! The food was rather bland but whatever I didn’t choose things and it was fun to see all the family.
Today, more airsoft is scheduled and after that who knows. 😀
