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Linda Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in-laws and while there went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Later, her husband noticed her sitting in her car in the driveway with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head. He became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Linda's eyes were now open and she looked very strange. He asked her if she was okay, and Linda replied that she had been shot in the back of the head and had been holding her brains in for over an hour. The husband called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Linda refused to remove her hands from her head. When they finally got in, they found that Linda had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head. A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered. Linda is a blonde, a Democrat, and an Obama supporter, but that could all be a coincidence. The defective biscuit canister was analyzed and the expiration date was from 2008, so it was determined to be Bush's fault.

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt pocket/purse-sized Tazer. The effects of the Tazer were supposed to be short lived,with no long term adverse affect on your assailant,allowing her adequate time to retreat to saftey...?? WAY TOO COOL!!! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home...I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it against a metal surface at the same time, I'd get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs. AWESOME!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what the burn spot is on the face of her microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two AAA batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a secone) and then thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself againist a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong? So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and Tazer in another. The directions said that: A one second burst would shock and disorient your assailant A two second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; and A three second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting batteries. All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference (loaded with two itsy, bitsy AAA batteries) pretty cute really, and thinking to myself, "no possible way"!! What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side so as to say, "Don't do it stupid", reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny lil ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad...I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and ..... HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WHAT THE ....!!!! I'm pretty sure Hulk Hogan ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs! The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room. Note- If you ever feel compelled to "mug" yourself with a Tazer one note of caution: There is NO such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by violent thrashing about on the floor!! A three second burst would be considered conservative! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. *The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. *My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. *My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. *I had no control over the drooling. *Apparently I had crapped in my shorts, but was too numb to know for sure, and my sense of smell was gone. *I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head, which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for my testicles and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return! My wife can't stop laughing about my experience, loved the gift and now regularly threatens me with it! If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!  

If only he'd worry himself with stuff that concerned the office of the presidency rather than people he thinks act "stupidly".

I'm glad he is focused on the important things. 

Star Wars Doh! moment.

If the wife and kids want to go shooting, I will sell you a brick (325) of Federal AutoMatch for what I have in it. $20. I am also in Springfield, so I'm close.

Some used to say that about "hoarding" .22LR, too.   - OS

The "adults" of this country really need to stop taking out their frustrations on the children.  Beating the crap out of each other is part of growing up.

Here is how they choose to spend money. Pay guards to close open air places that really probably don't need monitored much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKWVCv8uWDI  

  I LOVE my country, it's the government I'm not too crazy about.

I have learned from experience that if someone tells you to watch a video and to turn up the sound, that it is ALWAYS best to watch the video on mute first then watch it again on normal volume, then if necessary on loud.

I'm a huge Redskins fan and have been forever. I asked my Indian wife if it was offensive to her and her people just last week. Me: Honey, does the name Redskins bother you, or your family? Wife: Huh? Me: The name, offensive to Indians? Her: Whatever, I'm trying to read. Leave me alone.

Don't know about my fellow TGO'rs BUT this pack needs to be mine. :D http://www.nrastore.com/nrastore/ProductDetail.aspx?c=4&p=SA+494&ct=e

A tough looking group of hairy bikers are riding when they see a girl about to jump off a bridge, so they stop. The leader, a big burly man, gets off his bike and says, "What are you doing?" "I'm going to commit suicide," she says. While he doesn’t want to appear insensitive, he also doesn’t want to miss an opportunity, so he asks, "Well, before you jump, why don't you give me a kiss?" She does, and it is a long, deep, lingering kiss. After she's finished, the tough, hairy biker says, "Wow! That was the best kiss I’ve ever had! That's a real talent you’re wasting. You could be famous. Why are you committing suicide?" "My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl…

Hey, Barry O.... how about a nice big cup of STFU?

Non believer here as well.  Tempted the spookables in many places they are said to be about but I guess they are just scared of me :shrug:

Well no, I don't think it is a matter of defending the ACA, it's a matter of the information being accurate. I see a lot of stuff floating around out there to get people pissed off about the ACA that isn't true. The ACA is bad enough on its own, and damaging enough to our economy and small business, and unconstitutional to boot. When we use arguments that are easily debunked we lose all credibility and take focus off the actual problem. Kinda like when liberals argue for gun control using misleading statistics and outright lies. We should be able to win the debate with truth and logic without resorting to distorted facts and lies.

  Hookers and blow aint cheap.

So I finally added one of these back into my kit. They are amazingly multi purpose. If you dont have one I suggesg you get one or 5. They make great head wraps, scarfs, face mask, water filters, makeshift sling packs, and I could go on. Anyways here is mine as a head wrap. And I hope he doesnt mind, here is bigbabysweets wearing his Tapatalk ate my spelling.

ok, I forgot this one..  and it is stupider than my other ones.   Back a few years ago we had a gathering of folks every week at our house.  All of them were young -single/married early to late 20s w/ a couple of us 30's folks.  Some of them were dog people, but none of them had ever hunted dogs.   One night as we were eating food and settling in, someone said something about our e-collar for Lucy (weim, great retriever when it is 60deg or cooler!).  A couple of the women shrunk back in horror at the thought.  "A shock collar!?"  oh the horrors.   Since Lucy.. and the collar were within reach, I was quick to reassure them that I had used it on myself (hands) ... and it was only for reinforecement of what she knew - not punishment.  To further make my point, I picked up the collar, put it on my neck (which I had actually never done before), turned it on and hit the button.   Now... in the seconds that followed (slo-mo, please), I never felt a thing - no pain, no sting, nothing, BUT  the electronic stimulus violently contracted all of the muscles on the back, left side of my neck, and as my head flung uncontrollably left over my shoulder, my lips and tongue flopped about... and the slobber that slung off my lips hit the ground at about the same time as some of my friends - who were literally dying from laughter.  yup.  didn't see that one coming.   If I had been watching, it would've been one of the funniest things I'd ever seen... only I wasn't watching. ... I was twitching, and slobbering.  

Easy solution. Just carry them both.

I think the main reason the AR community doesn't worry much about head space is because it's set by the manufacturer rather than the end user, and no manufacturer that didn't consistently do it correctly wouldn't be in biz long, either because folks quit buying or they were sued to death.   All the more reason to use bolts from reputable source I guess, as that figures into it too.   - OS

As far as I'm concerned it can stay shutdown until the next election.  Won't happen but what will happen is that the longer it goes the more we'll see just how petty big O and the democrats can be. Barricading parking lots of private tourist attractions, blockading open air attractions on DC, removing pump handles from water supplies along a bike route... on and on and on. Eventually all this will mount as the BS it is. Had mr. O crafted and submitted a budget to start with this would probably be completely different, but he didn't and the more it drags out the better.   The other thing that irritates the crap out of me is when everyone decries that the ACA was passed through congress fair and square. Well, I guess you can call it that, but if I remember correctly it was passed on Christmas eve near midnight or some other such shenanigan. --- same way the Federal Reserve system was pushed through congress in 1913 or whenever it was. They do this crap under the cover of darkness and when they think the fewest people will be watching. They are all a bunch of cockroaches and deserve more than just being voted out of their positions of tyranny, tar and feathers would be more appropriate.

When no one wins.....everyone looses.

i make my own.  better that way.  the price of store jerky is high. 

  First time I saw one of these it was on my old Envy phone and the volume was at max, damn near put it through the dry wall...

What? For the smoking deal they are giving us on a limited/special edition TGO upper and lower?  :stunned:

THE FURNITURE IS EITHER CRACKED BUT USEABLE OR THE FURNITURE IS BROKEN AND WILL NEED TO BE REPAIRED/REPLACED.   I don't know anything about those kind of parts, but $350 for broken parts sounds steep.

I think you are a TROLL!!! I hate you, you suck. :rofl:

I like Hi-Points for when I'm down at the lake. They hold the boat real steady like, just gotta make sure the cord is strong enough.

  Too bad they didn't determine the ACA to be illegal as well.

My wife is still scared of ghosts. Sometimes when we hear one of our kids on the monitor talking to themselves and pretending I tell my wife it's the ghost of a little girl who "just wants to play". Freaks her out every time.

All hail the Google. Hope this helps: http://appleseedshoot.blogspot.com/2008/03/six-steps-of-firing-shot.html   Do you have a free-floated barrel on your AR? If not, a sling for support will likely hurt more than help.

I was about to get all excited, thinking these were old .38spl revolvers. That would have been much more awesome. :/

I'm of the same mindset as David on this, don't believe in them. Your going one of two ways in the end. I know a lot of people swear on their life they have seen them, my moms one of them. I used to work in an old antebellum mansion that had been turned into a country club. It was used in the civil war by both sides. Had been a headquarters and hospital. Many, many people had seen all kinds of things. Late at night after close and no one was there it was as creepy a place as you could imagine. I was the last one there a lot and had to go around the place and in the upstairs which was all the old parts of the house. Never saw a thing.

FNEG, the real answer is some of us have been around long enough to have started preparing back in 94. Many more woke up after the shortage in 08. That was when I really kicked it into high gear. I began reloading and buying as much ammo as I could. I went from eating out everyday during lunch to brown bagging it every day. All that savings went into purchasing components or ammo.   I did get a bit caught off guard by the 22 thing. I'd slowed down on shooting 22 and let me stock get a little low. The short term end result for me is that I shut 22 shooting down completely. Not optimal but I decided to preserve what I had. My head is on a swivel every time I am in the fun store. I will replenish up to what I need to get through most anything.   I'm not preaching even a little bit here. I have friends that got caught out in 08 and they didn't stock up for this event. Now I am shooting and they are not   Have fun with the wife and kiddos, Mark

I realize this thread is really about Obamacare, but there appears to be some misunderstandings about how employer health coverage is priced. This is an area I have practiced in for many years, even ran several big employers' self-funded plans for several years. If you have coverage through an employer that is larger than 100-200 employees, the likelihood that Obamacare has much effect on your rates this year is very small. Employers of any real size get pricing that is mostly driven by the amount of healthcare claims paid on members of its group. Every year, the employer actually sees what its claims are (broken down in GREAT detail) and how those claims compare to the prior year's claims. From there, it is a simple mathematical exercise. Yes, that is pretty simplistic, but that is it in a nutshell. There are differences in profit margins, administrative expenses, and provider discounts from one carrier to another, but claims (and more appropriately, expected claims in the future) is the ultimate driver of premiums. The other factor is the amount of the premium paid by the employer. If the employer reduces its contribution (or doesn't increase it to cover the higher premiums), you have that adding to your own cost.

  And nothing has really changed. The "Big City" still tries to run the lives of everyone and we are all slaves to the government......think your not just dont pay any taxes at all and see how quick your freedom disappears.

My man Warren Haynes and Joe B at the moment. They burn this one up.   http://youtu.be/KX14smq21HE

From what I understand they are not prosecuting yet because they are investigating to see who started what, because the initiator(s) is/are going to be responsible for everything, including the paralyzed man that was ran over.   Also, the guy that was ran over has multiple arrests and was recently arrested for driving on a revoked license (revoked until 2017).  He hasn't had a valid license since 1999 and has never had a motorcycle license.   The guy that beat up Lien has 21 prior arrests.   Lien's wife called 911 four times in 8 minutes and the operator could hear the bikers beating on the car.   http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Biker-West-Side-Highway-Video-Attack-Paralyze-Spine-Driver-Beating-Mob-Motorcycle-226289001.html

I'm pretty sure you and I pay for it as well. My health insurance went up $150 a month to "help" pay for obamacare. As far as I'm concerned them bundling in the phone is part of the deal. Someone is paying for it and that someone is us. The government gave them the loan to provide the service, and who pays for that? We do

Of course it's worth it. It ain't about the money. In the long run it wouldn't be worth it to burn their houses down and piss on the ashes, but it's what I'd do if they terrorized my family like that.

Ah, but of course. Here's an obvious Vol fan, so I guess that could work too. :) - OS

Correction "negligent discharge"

Idiot.

When you are tightening down the hot wire that came loose on the back of your dryer, make sure to unplug the cord from the wall. There's a but of voltage running through them wires, and it hurts.   -TMF _____________________________________________________________________ :tinfoil:

Perhaps when we get a timeline for delivery we can set up regional build parties so that folks with tools can show up to give folks the ability and training to DIY. I have beer when I build mine, as a rule.

Made a video about it last night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHaCItbmTxM

You can't predict zombie outbreaks but I would look around October 19th.   We shoot some kind of match first and third Saturdays and fourth Sunday Steel matches every month.