There are disadvantages to living on several acres out in the country.
It's a long walk to the shops. Fast Internet can be a problem. If you're having a heart attack, the ambulance may come too late.
But on the other hand, there's this.
(I'm sure I've linked to videos of anvil shooting on previous occasions; hell, the pastime's even had its own TV special now. But if anything deserves a repost...)
Some might suggest that standard anvil patterns have a hollow in the bottom because it saves a little weight and a little money, and has no effect on the all-important hammer-bounciness of the top surface.
Others know the real reason.
4 September 2012 at 7:18 pm
At this point, after being a silent reader for a couple months, I just have to say thanks for the amazing stuff you're throwing around on this blog.
4 September 2012 at 8:54 pm
My initial reaction? "Cool!!"
My wife heard me, looked over my shoulder to see what I was excitedly responding to and, true to form, said, "Why on earth would you want to do that?"
Well, my dear, if you have to ask you'll just never understand....
5 September 2012 at 10:06 am
It's like printing a picture of your cat on a supermarket receipt. Someone in the comments didn't get that, either.
Or insanely expensive adding machines that work far worse than a $2 calculator.
Or, of course, my extraordinarily attractive knife switch.
5 September 2012 at 8:14 pm
Sounds like she wouldn't understand why my first thought is that "Shooting anvils 200 feet in the air" would be even more fun trying to hit them with shotguns.
Not sure how you'd know if you hit it though...
6 September 2012 at 11:11 pm
You slather it with cheap red (or whatever) paint, then see if the shot has scraped the paint off the metal. It's an awesome idea, by the way.