Practice . . .

. . . makes perfect.

Well, not quite perfect. There's more than one hole, and the head shot is a bit off center. But, it'll do for an old guy out of practice.

I haven't done much pistol shooting in the last few years, so I've begun to practice a bit. My hand isn't as steady as it used to be, but for rapid fire at 7-1/2 yards, this target wasn't too bad. That's eight shots in the "X" ring, and one tossed upstairs just for the heck of it.

To our European and U. S. liberal firends . . . sorry, but we do that kind of stuff over here. And, luckily, our armed forces men and women don't need to be shown which end of a weapon is the business end.

Shot with: Custom M1911 Colt . 45 ACP

Dumb luck . . .

. . . or amazing skill.

I'm guessing it's a little of both. According to the news, there has NEVER, repeat NEVER, EVER been a crash like this where everone walked away. 155 out of 155. 100%. Perfect score. Amazing!

Then there was the talking head on Fox news opining that it was easier to land a plane on cold water than on warm water. The cold, according to Mr. Journalism Major Perfect Hairdo, made the water much more dense, allowing the plane to slide rather than grab the water and break up.

Considering that water at 30F is only 0.19% more dense than water at 72F. That's 19-hundreths of a percent, folks. I'm sure that made a lot of difference . . . not!

Stick to journalism, my friend. Science ain't your domain. Really.