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During a run to raise money for the Pat Tillman Foundation, a 95 year old WWII vet came out in full uniform to cheer on the folks running past his house.  You can guess what happened next...   :usa:     http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/good-sports/201403/408k-race-san-jose-world-war-ii-veteran-salute-pat-tillman    

A man boarded an airplane and took his seat. As he settled in, he glanced up and saw the most beautiful woman boarding the plane. He soon realized she was heading straight towards his seat. As fate would have it, she took the seat right beside his. Eager to strike up a conversation he blurted out, "Business trip or pleasure?" She turned, smiled and said, "Business. I'm going to the Annual Nymphomaniacs of America Convention in Boston " He swallowed hard. Here was the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen sitting next to him, and she was going to a meeting of nymphomaniacs. Struggling to maintain his composure, he calmly asked, "What's your business role at this convention?" "Lecturer," she responded. "I use information that I have learned from my personal experiences to debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality." "Really?" he said. "And what kind of myths are there?" "Well," she explained, "one popular myth is that African-American men are the most well-endowed of all men, when in fact it is the Native American Indian who is most likely to possess that trait. Another popular myth is that Frenchmen are the best lovers, when actually it is men of Jewish descent who are the best. I have also discovered that the lover with absolutely the best stamina is the Southern Redneck." Suddenly the woman became a little uncomfortable and blushed. "I'm sorry," she said, "I shouldn't really be discussing all of this with you. I don't even know your name." "Tonto," the man said, " Tonto Goldstein , but my friends call me Bubba."

Phone call to Corp offices and was given a Reference # and was told that this situation is being emailed (per my request) to the regional, district, and loss prevention managers and I will receive a call from some one in a day or two to let me know what they find out. So we will see what happens.

Damn straight a 40 can shoot through an engine block. [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JMH42/media/40mm_zps4a5596ca.jpg.html][/URL] Oh, I thought he ment 40mm.

I was killing time this morning so I decided to go in for my dose of dissapointment of not getting 22. I went back to the gun counter and a saw 50rd boxes of 22, 2 box limit but hey 100 rd for $5otd. I asked the guy at the counter if that was all the 22lr they got in, He said "yeah we haven't seen bulk 22 for a while". I took my 100rd and started looking at some guns and 2 guys walked up and started chatting up the guy behind the counte like they were old friends. I didn't think anything of it until I heard one of the guys asked "do you have it back there" they were wispering as to hide what was going on. Then the guy behind the puts up a Bucket o Bullets and a box of 1000rd box of M-22. I heard the tal on make a comment on how much these get online and the all got a laugh from that. I got pretty pissed right then and there so I snapped a pic of the guys he was talking to(see below)The tall one in Green and the girl in the . he handed them over the counter they walked up front. I went and found the manager and told her what happened and she seemed pretty upset about it and immediately went back to the gun area. I don't know if she actually talked to them or if anything will come of it but I think I might stop spending money there for a while. It is 4 hours later and I am still pissed. I will say I don't know if they came in before me and it was being held behind the counter for them but I suspect if he was lying to my face that was probably not on the up and upI am sorry if these guys are members here but this is more of a bad mark for Academy. I blurred the face of the guy that had nothing to do with this.

  I would highly recommend you don't use David as an example.  He is very well-respected around here.

Following our group buy last year, a lot of people have asked if Cross Machine Tool has any plans to manufacture .308 receivers. I'm thrilled to get to announce this to you guys, but they're right around the corner, and they look every bit as good as their AR-15 pattern receivers. I've just finished building a pre-release set, and I've got to say that I am beyond impressed at the quality of the receiver set. I've built a lot of ARs over the years, and I've not built on a platform with higher quality. I'll get some pictures of the finished build up in a day or so. I'm still waiting on a flash hider. But, in the meantime, here are some quick preview pictures: My build consisted of the following parts: ALG Defense parts kit and QMS trigger - I've got to say, this is a great trigger for the price .308 front pivot pin DPMS .308 rear takedown pin .308 dust cover Midlength gas tube ICE Arms Low profile gas block ICE Arms .308 Bolt carrier group Magpul MIAD grip Magpul CTR stock Blackhole Weaponry 18" 1:11" polygonal rifled barrel AAC 51T Brakeout Flash hider muzzle brake BCM Gunfighter 7.62 Mod 4 charging handle Knights Armament URX 3.1 7.62 Rail Adapter System - this is why I was looking for the wrench last week I haven't had the opportunity to put more than a half dozen rounds through it, but am looking forward to really dialing it in for accuracy over the next few weeks. We should be THRILLED to be having these built here in Tennessee. So join me in congratulating CMT and moreover - Start saving your gun money!

So the other day I had a co-worker of mine walk by and see me looking at some 9mm ammo online. Then he stated that I should get a .40 because that's the best. He started rambling about this and that..blah... blah. Then he said that it's the best because the local Police use it. He said, " The PD uses .40 because it can shoot through an engine block and stop a car and a 9mm can't do that." And I had to just keep my mouth shut on at that point. Any further conversation would be useless! I don't dislike .40, just thought the whole engine block thing was hilarious!

I'd rather have a fellow argue caliber than argue gun control.

I don't get these email chains sometimes...   There's enough false information added to them that the whole email gets dismissed when the underlying data tells a story that's plenty damning in it's own right - maybe it's that for the first decade of this study, it was under Republican administrations?  Anyway - I'd encourage anyone to spend some time with the original source document:   http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/the_work_versus_welfare_trade-off_2013_wp.pdf

No but i did know 15 minutes could save you 15%........

I am sure I have had something or other lost by the USPS at one time or another but nothing stands out.   what does stand out are two instances of excellent service.   About fifteen years ago I mailed a package to Chicago from Boca Raton.  Just regular mail,  it arrived the next day.   And last year my 90 year old alzheimer's Dad mailed a birthday card to me.   I wish I still had the envelope to post a pic of it.  It was addressed to Mr. Mike ( no last name at all) my address only had part of the street name,  my town was there but no zip code.    Some how it found its way into my mailbox.   There had to be several postal employees who went above and beyond to get it to me.  He did have a return addy sticker so the easy way out for a handler would have been to return it. But no, somehow it made it from Cincinnati to my house.  All I could figure was someone at the Corryton PO figured out the street name and my letter carrier must have recognized a Cincy return address from previous mail Dad had sent me and knew it was mine.   The old man died back in September, it is the last piece of mail he will send me.  Wish I had the envelope but I still have the card.   The USPS gets a thumbs up from me.

thanks fellas. you guys can make a grown man get misty eyed. All seems to be well. The docs here seem confident that it is not neurological in origin. Doc will send us to Ophthalmologist at a later date.

Those appear to be high capacity sleeves of assault cookies...

well I will have 2 cases this weekend in Knoxville but I only sell it to tgo members does that make me a bad guy to everyone else

I actually would have rather seen a photo of the store clerk than the buyers.

I will take Lionsfan's word it happened.

David wouldn't bull*hit anyone about it. Won't sell it to me? Fine, just don't go around pissing down my neck telling me its raining.

I got one that is now a SBR. It's incredibly fun to shoot but definitely jumpy. I run CNC Warriors 4pc brake which really helped with the blast but adds some length.

Very appropriate here...

Lmao! I just pissed myself. I can't believe I got tears in my eyes. Thanks white wolf I needed that. I thought him and the last dude were gonna fight for sure.

This X1000 Medical marijuana wasn't always so easy. People went to jail/prison for what they were doing. The difference between now and then has a bit to do with the administration not choosing to enforce federal law, it's got more to do IMO with the millions of people who "kept calm and smoked on" if you will. We CAN put the power back in the states hands, but it might mean being ok with criminal status and all the fun prizes that go with that. A price most are (reasonably so) unwilling to pay. It also means that more states have to pass similar laws and the people of those states must also be comfortable with being criminals. You can't just pass a state law that defies federal law and expect it to just protect you. You have to work at it and exercise that law every chance you get. And if course, someone has to be first, both on an individual level and a state wide level. Long story short, you want the Tn firearms freedom act to actually mean something in 10 years, start getting arrested today. Of course, IANAL, this is nothing even close to legal advice, I do NOT recommend violation of any state or federal laws. Even the stupid ones.

I'd love to hope we will at some point, but I know that CMT is going to have a lot of demand keeping them busy as soon as these launch.   I know that no one has unlimited funds - I sure don't.  But, I would tell our members not to wait on a group buy if you're interested in one of these.  They're going to be offered at a great price point.  Support one of our vendors and keep some of your gun money in Tennesse!

Everybody knows that the only caliber that real men carry is .45, God carries it too, in a 1911.  :ducking:

And they use a .22LR to kill 12 foot alligators....

  I don't think management anywhere will look too kindly on employees making side deals and lining their own pockets on the companies' time, premises and inventory.  The ones that wouold permit it don't need my business or anyone else's for that matter.

I'm sure this happens everywhere. Maybe a perk of being an employee, but there is no excuse for lying...Ever!!!!! If your holding it for friends, grow some balls and say so.

Sort of. In old (French or Spanish, I can't recall) decks, they commonly added names to the 4 kings. Those listed above were the most commonly used, but not the only ones. IIRC, it varied by deck manufacturer and they stopped doing it a few hundred years ago. There are also other names and symbols for the 4 suits that have fallen out of use for the ones we use today. Batons = Clubs, Swords = Spades, Coins = Diamonds, Cups = Hearts.       ETA: Holy crap, I have some useless knowledge.

There was a guy at the gun store practicing his draw and shoot from the hip western style today with a .40 he was considering.  Makes you really nervous seeing that.

  That's the price you pay to stick to your guns.   I've not and will not be back in Dick's even if they are giving stuff away.

Done! http://www.armslist.com/posts/2769304/knoxville-tennessee-ammo-for-sale-trade--22lr-bucket-o-bullets-and-1000rd-m22   Figured putting it up without bashing them in the title would get more view, and maybe these guys will see this and know there pic is out.   Edit: Fixed, thanks CZ

I still cannot understand the apparent opinion among lawmakers, etc. that I - as a person who can legally carry as many fully loaded firearms on my person as I have places to put them and can legally do so in most public places - would be transformed into a bloodthirsty maniac by the presence of a single >4 inch blade stuck in among all those firearms.  The length limit needs to be dropped, completely, but HCP holders should have been immune from those restrictions all along.     It is sad to think that we saw more significant, positive changes to weapon and self defense laws with Naifeh as Speaker of the House and a New Jersey Democrat (Bredesen) in the Governor's office than we have seen since Republicans gained the House and the Governorship (official adoption of 'no duty to retreat' and other 'Castle Doctrine' based laws, carry where alcohol is served and so on.)  In every election, from local to national, we hear the old mantra, "You'd better vote Republican if you want your self defense and gun rights protected and advanced." Seems like this is simply a good case in point to show that is just more political BS.

  I liked it, too, and agree with many of your points.  I do have to say that I wasn't at all surprised at the 'reveal' of Daryl's past.  In fact, based on things he has said in past seasons, I would have been surprised if it had been any different and really didn't get all the trying to guess what he did, before, that other members of the group were doing.   As far as the crying scene, as I said in a discussion on another forum, it isn't like Daryl broke down bawling then went and ate a pint of Ben and Jerry's.  Like the tears he shed when he had to stab Walker Merle in the face, I saw them more as tears of rage and frustration rather than tears of fear or sadness - very much in character for Daryl.  Further, with his own dad being an abusive piece of crap, Herschel by contrast was still trying to be a good father even after the world went to hell.  In a way, Daryl lost a positive father figure when he died just like Beth and Maggie lost their father in truth.  Daryl's own, blood kin are all dead and he had to put down his brother not too long ago.  Now he has lost his surrogate family - people who, for the first time in his life, saw him as having some real worth as a human being and because of whom he could feel a sense of self-worth (like when the one kid came and thanked him for bringing the deer for them to eat, calling him 'Mr. Dixon') to the same sick, psycho bastard who killed his brother.  You also have to consider that, while Beth had been sipping at the moonshine, Daryl was slugging it back so he was probably drunk by that point.  For those reasons, the crying didn't bother me, at all.  Deciding that both of them should get wasted in a wide open, falling down remnant of a house with walkers nearby on the other hand was not something I think Daryl would do.  Not keeping some of the moonshine for possible, future use (as an antiseptic, etc. if nothing else) rather than using it all to start the fire was also not a very good decision, IMO.   I also saw some correlation between Daryl's emotional reactions and those shown by Michonne in the previous couple of episodes.  After losing her family, Michonne more or less shut down, started leading a couple of walkers (her dead boyfriend and his best friend) around on a leash and more or less just wandering from one place to the next.  When first leaving the prison, she fell back into that pattern but rejected it when she slaughtered the walker group she was wandering with, including her two new 'pet' walkers.  Much the same, when they realized that Sophia was dead, Daryl shut down.  He removed himself from the group (he set up a little camp on the farm off to himself) and coped by lashing out at Carol, Dale and anyone else that tried to comfort him or talk to him.  He never shed a tear for Sophia any more than when Merle was lost from the rooftop.  When they first had to flee the prison, Daryl seems to have tried falling back into that pattern.  He wouldn't grieve, seemed to be operating on automatic pilot and at first lashed out when Beth tried to talk to him but then he rejected that pattern when he shed those few tears and let Beth know that he felt like he failed by not being able to save everyone, stop the governor and protect their home.  His tears weren't a sign of weakness or even 'getting in touch with his feelings', IMO.  Instead, they were Daryl deciding not to give up on living no matter how much it hurt.

I thought sure Beth was wanting something besides a drink for the first time

Buddy, that's a sure sign of something creeping up on you.  But for the life of me...I can't remember what it is.

I wouldn't know if walmart had .22 stacked to the ceiling as I haven't been in the local store since last year.  If they want to allow a few professional buyers take it all, there is no reason for me to go there.  When I'm traveling across the state I may check the stores in every few weeks but I don't waste time going to the local walmart.

 Something to think about  :shrug:                             OBSCENE SALARIES ...   THE WORK ETHIC WE INHERITED GROWING UP HAS FALLEN PREY TO THE 'WELFARE' SYSTEM’   The Cato Institute released an updated 2013 study (original study in 1955) showing that welfare benefits pay more than a minimum wage job in 33 states and the District of Columbia. Even worse, welfare pays more than $15 per hour in13 states. According to the study, welfare benefits have increased faster than minimum wage. It’s now more profitable to sit at home than it is to earn an honest day’s pay.   Hawaii is the biggest offender, where welfare recipients earn $29.13 per hour, or a $60,590 yearly salary, all for doing nothing. It is very interesting, when most areas of the budgets whether National or State are subject to cutting the welfare system seems totally immune and actually provide increased benefits almost annually.  A lot of this is the 47% that Romney referred to when running for the Presidency and that Santa Obama counted on to win the last election.    Here is the list of the states where the pre-tax equivalent “salary” that welfare recipients receive is higher than having a job:   1. Hawaii: $60,590 2. District of Columbia: $50,820 3. Massachusetts: $50,540 4. Connecticut: $44,370 5. New York: $43,700 6. New Jersey: $43,450 7. Rhode Island: $43,330 8. Vermont: $42,350 9. New Hampshire: $39,750 10. Maryland: $38,160 11. California: $37,160 12. Oregon: $34,300 13. Wyoming: $32,620 14. Nevada: $29,820 15. Minnesota: $29,350 16. Delaware: $29,220 17. Washington: $28,840 18. North Dakota: $28,830 19. Pennsylvania: $28,670 20. New Mexico: $27,900 21. Montana: $26,930 22. South Dakota: $26,610 23. Kansas: $26,490 24. Michigan: $26,430 25. Alaska: $26,400 26. Ohio: $26,200 27. North Carolina: $25,760 28. West Virginia: $24,900 29. Alabama: $23,310 30. Indiana: $22,900 31. Missouri: $22,800 32. Oklahoma: $22,480 33. Louisiana: $22,250 34. South Carolina: $21,910   As a point of reference the average Middle Class annual income today is $50,000, down from $54,000 at the beginning of the Great Recession. Hawaii, DC, and Massachusetts pay more in welfare than the average working folks earn there. Is it any wonder that they stay home rather than look for a job. Time for a drastic change. America is virtually bankrupt.                                   ____________________   Are we ‘nuts’ or what?      How do we un-do this type of stupidity on the part of      Americans?  This is pure lunacy.   But wait … it gets worse:        The salary of a retired President is $180,000 For Life.           Of course the list of other benefits is enormous.        The salary of a retired member of Congress (i.e. House           and Senate) is $175,000 For Life.  Pure stupidity!   And … It gets worse:      The salary of the ‘Speaker of the House’ is $223,000           For Life.        The salary of the Majority/Minority leaders is $193,400           For Life.   Now let’s do some comparisons:        Average salary of a teacher …….. $40,065      Average salary of a soldier           deployed in Afghanistan …….. $38,000   Now check this out compared to one of the richest members      of Congress:        Nancy Pelosi will retire as: 1.    Congress person at $175,000 For Life. 2.    She has retired as Speaker of the House at  a salary $223,500 For Life. 3.    When she retires from the Minority Leader  she will receive $193,400 For Life.      This means Nancy Pelosi one of the richest members      of Congress will eventually retire on $591,900 For Life      including FREE medical which is not available for a      US citizen … you know the taxpayers who contribute      to Pelosi’s obscene benefits.  And now understand, she      is just one of the hundreds of members of Congress      that floats in and out every year receiving these huge      benefits.   Don’t you think that just maybe we the people have found where budget cuts should actually be made?  And the US Congress at the recommendation of the Obama regime wants to cut our military capabilities but still retain their unwarranted benefits.       =        

  Is the the electronic music foundation or the Etheopian media forum?         We have been free range americans for so long, who can tell?

The guy at Academy was breaking a store policy to give an unfair advantage to those 2 guys.The manager at the store even stated that was a clear violation of store policy and I got the same response from the person at the corporate office. If David chooses to sell just to TGO members that is his right because it is his business to run they way he wants. Now if David had a rule set in place for his business that says you can't hold items for friends and family and he did I would have a problem with that.   I am more upset at Academy than the two guys and I would not have posted the pic if I had not seen them in there back when the stuff was up front or they had not made the joke about how much these go for online.

A ground war between superpowers is not even an option. We will stand by and watch as Putin does whatever he likes.

I was in retail management for 10+ years and I know the second Loss Prevention gets called it will get looked into and I bet even if they don't reprimand the employee it will put a stop to it. You never want to be on LP's radar.    Tanker- I will suggest that to them.

  Have the girl scouts sell .22LR ammo, problem solved. They would make a whole lot more money than selling cookies.

Admiration time while we wait for some decent weather. All me range boys are getting cabin fever too. Here's Phoebe...

  I'll do you one better. Lets keep the possibility for obtaining a HCP for cross-state compatibility, initiate constitutional carry in TN, and then make it illegal to use a firearm to do something illegal. Win-Win!   In high school in one class we had a "conversation" that was based on the fact someone stabbed someone with a swiss army knife on school property. The teacher was asking "what could be done" to prevent things like that happening in the future. I told him that they should just make it against the law to stab someone, and he responded that it already was.   I responded with "And a lot of good that did".

Threeeighty's are cool !

I support this stylist's decision to voluntarily disassociate with someone and decline to provide their services to a potential client.

Those classes are a week long hence the added expense. They end up being about $300 a day . But considering the classes I'm offering in 2014 are priced at  $350 for 2 days that is still kind of high...plus the ammo expense and it starts getting really spendy.   Most "normal" folks have a hard enough time freeing up a weekend to do a 2 day class much less a 5 day class. That would mean taking a week of vacation for most folks. How many wives would be all excited about spending vacation that way? 

There's a world of difference between believing everything the media tells you and believing anything from that crackpot article. With that said I'll gladly STFU and take my leave from this thread. Guess I'll go back to my bubble. :rolleyes: