{"id":1052,"date":"2018-09-16T22:24:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T22:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:59:19","slug":"fire-stuff-great-comments-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/09\/16\/fire-stuff-great-comments-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire stuff, free stuff, great comments, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, the comments to our blog are pouring in.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve only been doing this for a little over two months, and we have something close to 300 comments on the roughly 90 blog posts we&#8217;ve done so far.\u00a0 We love getting your comments, so please keep them coming.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-32730\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-32730\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"32730\" method=\"post\" 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name=\"wpforms[time_token]\" value=\"1792806595.9765ea8ed40f735500ccc68f14f6c0bb0a37283fcd6f311a0642654a00386ff1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_title\" value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-32730\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Submit<\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\n<p>Sue and I took a ride to the LA County Fire Museum in Bellflower yesterday.\u00a0 They have a cool collection of vintage and historic fire-fighting equipment, including the actual truck used by the Granite Mountain Hotshots team (you might have seen the movie, <em>Only the Brave<\/em>), and the fire engine from the old <em>Emergency<\/em> TV series. \u00a0 It was a cool place to visit.\u00a0 I had the 8mm lens along with my favorite 35mm prime, and it was awesome&#8230;take a look!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12489\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12490\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f2-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12491\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12492\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f4-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12493\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f5-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12494\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f6.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f6-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12495\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f7.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12496\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f8.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f8-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12497\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f9.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f9-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12498\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f10.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> That&#8217;s it for now, with just one teaser photo from an upcoming blog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12499\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f11.jpg 318w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f11-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 85vw, 318px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whenever we post anything gun-related, the hits on our blog go through the roof.\u00a0 Good buddy Gobi told me to get another gun blog up on the wire, so my friend Greg and I sent some lead downrange through the Springfield rifles earlier today.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a teaser photo from an upcoming blog showing Greg admiring a real beauty&#8230;anybody know what it is?\u00a0 One hint&#8230;my Dad paid a whopping $25 for it back in the day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12500\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/G1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"492\" 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