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There's nothing wrong with the system except the poor quality of voters.

    ---------- Forwarded message ---------- [Battleship] > > During the 3-1/2 years of World War 2 that started > with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 > and ended with the Surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, > "We the People of the U.S.A." produced the > following: > 22 aircraft carriers, > 8 battleships, > 48 cruisers, > 349 destroyers, > 420 destroyer escorts, > 203 submarines, > 34 million tons of merchant ships, > 100,000 fighter aircraft, > 98,000 bombers, > 24,000 transport aircraft, > 58,000 training aircraft, > 93,000 tanks, > 257,000 artillery pieces, > 105,000 mortars, > 3,000,000 machine guns, and > 2,500,000 military trucks. > We put 16.1 million men > in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, > invaded Sicily and Italy, won the battle for the Atlantic, > planned and executed D-Day, marched across the Pacific and > Europe, developed the atomic bomb, and ultimately conquered > Japan and Germany. > > > It's worth noting, that during the almost exact amount > of time, the Obama Administration couldn't even > build a web site that worked.  

Amazing what can be accomplished when there is a common goal. Today we have a two party system which only results in keeping us divided in order to enrich themselves.

I have long ago concluded the 2 party system just points the finger at the other party and they do pretty much the same sorry, greedy job if you can call it a job. I would much prefer no parties and if there were 20 men running for POTUS, let the man with the best ideas win. As for the the comments of Essone, my son and dil are going to start home schooling my 2 oldest grand children and teach them properly the things of history that needs to be learned and not forgotten. I don't know if any of you have seen Jesse Watters on Bill O'Reilly asking questions but it is ridiculous. He asked some college kids when did Columbus discover America and got answers like 1944. And we have to ask ourselves why we have stupid politicians, well we have stupid voters, or would that be ignorant voters?

That and a nation-wide conviction that the only important things in American life are what time the Mall opens and when the next version of the IPhone is coming out. A lot of folks today think Pearl Harbor was a singer on the Grand Ole Opry who wore a hat with a price tag hanging off of it and have utterly no idea that it could happen again. World War II should have taught us that ignorance can be a terminal affliction but didn't, at least not in the generations who didn't have to fight in it.

I am finally upright and mobile after two weeks with a NASTY viral respiratory infection.  The past three days I just slept... had to recoup my strength.   I'll be wearing my kahki TGO hat with color logo on it, kahki shorts, black polo and will be there with my wife and daughter.  I'll also have a stack of TGO decals with me.  If you find me and tell me who you are on the forum, I'll give you one.   :)

I noticed folks giving away NRA passes in TGO classifieds and I dont get it ,are you that cheap ?   The show is free to any NRA member,if your not a member and you want a free pass its counter productive Join the NRA and get on board ,fight the fight !!!!!!!!!

Actually, I have no idea who this fool is.....  apparently he is famus.   But the popo noticed him.   http://www.local8now.com/home/headlines/Hip-hop-artist-Nelly-arrested-in-Tennessee-299472001.html

For a lot of these groups as of late it has to do with money, making it that is, and that includes pro gun groups. They seen an opportunity to make a buck and jumped on it.

As much as I think Bloomberg is a douche and don't agree with his viewpoint, I can't back the idea that a husband would give his wife an ultimatum based on not agreeing on guns.  I suspect anyone that into guns probably knew when they got married a general idea on their partners viewpoint on the matter, whether it be full on anti, indifferent, or pro.  People can also change their mind.     I would speculate any deadline is just an excuse to cover up a bigger issue in the relationship.  It's a partnership, not a dictatorship.   If you think what he is doing is ok, we will have to agree to disagree.  There are bigger things in life than guns.   If he believes in the constitution so much, he should also believe in his wife's right to express her opinion on the matter, even if they disagree. 

I hear a lot of horror stories lately about customer service. I'm not aiming this at you, but I think you'd be amazed at the current quality of the average customer today. If all a person deals with is idiots every day, they soon forget how to treat a genuine human being when they run across one.

My wife just got a call.....she entered the Remington ladies only giveaway today and won. She has to be at the Nashville Armory tomorrow to meet several female shooters, and won a new RM380. That will probably be a few hours so I am going to the NRA convention again I guess.

We went Friday and left at about 2p and went over to Pub 5 for lunch. I've been there several times and the food is great. Anyways, the 21 year old waitress was all bubbly and asked if we were in for the conference. I said yes and commented that everyone in the restaurant probably was. She said it had been busy and "all of your people have been really nice." LOL I just laughed. She was completely innocent and sincere, but it stuck me as really funny. What did she expect? Did she think it was a KKK rally?

I've had this Matrix Aerospace lower built for months, and actually built several rifles while saying "Gonna finish the pistol next" every time I finished another rifle. LukeE got a kick out of me telling him that several times :) I bought the buffer tube off a guy at work, so can't remember the name of it, but it's nice enough. Upper is 10.5" PSA upper, Radical Firearms BCG and BCM Mod4 CH. Grip is Magpul K2. I picked it because several people on here and other forums said they liked them on pistol setups. I'll figure out if it will stay after I shoot it a few times. Still needs a rear sight and I'm gonna figure out what kind of red dot to run. I imagine smaller the better. Any of y'all just run irons on the pistols? I assume without being able to brace it (if I had a Sig Brace when you could shoulder them) irons may be harder to shoot with on pistol setup. But I think someone said we are still okay legally speaking to shoulder the buffer tube as of now, that correct? To me it seems almost as short in my hands as I figured the 7.5" would have seemed. I really like it and can't wait to shoot it for the first time.

Well went down to Nashville to see the big show. Jeez never seen so many people in my life at one place. I hate crowds but wanted to see the exhibits more.   Got to talk to folks from Sig, Beretta (got to handle a new M9A3), EEA, Ruger and Armscor (the 2 main guys were there). Lots of nice folks and more brands than I mentioned but trying to see most anything took time to work your way toward it. So many vendors with interesting items.   Lots of give away stuff but I don't collect.   The guys from Armscor were really nice and we talked about the new 22 TCM ammo, pistols and rifle. They had all on display. I think that a 22 TCM may be in my future when components for reloading get more available. I want a rifle and pistol.   The crowd finally took its toll on me and I had to leave.   I found a place on 4th Avenue to park for $7.00 for the few hours I was there, better than some that was charging $11.00 per hour! I had fun but have had my nuff of people to last me 2 years.   Saw a lot of folks carrying today. Some were OWB and most IWB. Quite a few were printing pretty good, seems their method of carry was turning the grip of their firearm out away from their body. Wearing tight Tee shirts or other type shirt did not help. I expected to see some gun control folks but did not, guess they are too smart to get ignorant around that many firearms people.

  I kept talking to the lady at the Palmetto State booth. That said, a buddy of mine is a bartender downtown, apparently the palmetto state guys went out saturday night and when a guy at the bar bought some food for a vet, they gave the guy an AR.... Classy all around

The same fungus was found in our house during the home inspection. The rep for the company said this is very common in most parts of Tennessee, due to the humidity. The previous homeowner had the issue resolved before we purchased the home. She paid $400 to have it cleaned up.

The picture appears to be fungus IMO. When you wipe across the spores, if it smears it's active, if it brushes off it's inactive. Pest companies can spray to help kill the fungus that's active.

Every one of those officers deserve an award, promotion, and a raise for not killing every one of those dirtbags. 

If our government ever decides to disarm the populace and civil unrest or worse arises I expect we'll see a lot more than US Gov't troops in place to subjugate our populace. I won't try to predict the future and am suspicious of both Gov't and anti Gov't groups.

I almost got no.3 this morning about 8:00am. He came in to one of my wingbones. He was at about 50 yards and I couldn't see him. A smart guy would've not moved his head to look for him................Apparently, I'm not a smart guy.

  Unless you're in a canoe.

The ability to fondle so many different weapons is awesome. There are great prices on t shirts and hats. Lots of free swag too. I'll be there today for sure.

I was in Nashville several days last week but didn't get to the NRA event due to traffic and work.  The large number of people attending the event should send a message to the antigun liberals in Nashville and around the Country.

I note that the twinks over at the Tennessean are losing their mind over NRA.  This morning, they are blaming the NRA for sex-trafficking. (I refuse to link on their click-bait)

Literally what I saw... What is so hard about complying? Nothing good ever comes from fist fights with LEO... even if you win, you lose.

One of the police was shot in the leg as he fought to maintain control of his gun .  The police shot one of them and shot and killed another - looks like they didn't have a choice.   That could have taken a different turn - with multiple dead officers.  Funny that the perps were a family Christian band.   It's like those people were on one of those illegal drugs where nothing stops them.  Not tasers, not getting whacked in the head with a baton, not anything.  It looks to me like the police showed  much restraint.

If these young people would just speak English, us old people would know what they were saying.

Get pissed all you want but the second you do ANYTING intentionally to instigate the other person, other than honking the horn, you are the instigator. By law a horn is only to be used to avoid an accident. It is not there to tell the person in front of you that the light is green or because you think they are going to slow. Yes, I call people names when they do idiotic things on the road but that is as far as it goes. I know I would bear the majority of the responsibility of I did something to intentionally provoke another and something went real bad.   And as Cruel Hand Luke said you need to figure out if what you are going to do is worth it. My wife gets onto me all the time for automatically assuming the worst but that probably keeps me from doing stupid stuff.   I will say the one thing that really, really bothers me though is drivers who cross the center line in a curve and forces us off the edge of the road. We will hit the horn every time that happens if we can. I even told my wife I want to install a "panic" button attached to a 170dB air horn but my wife said it is not a good idea and she is probably right but I cannot imagine a more satisfying thing that scaring the living crap out of the driver that just scared the living crap out of us.

I had a near collision over on Old Hickory Blvd headed to Charlotte a few years ago.  THe guy was pretty pissed but HEY, not one hit anyone and poop happens.  He honked and flipped me off and then followed me for a long ways trying to get me to pull over.   Back then, there was a large Police department on that end of Charlotte.  I pulled right in there to see what he wanted.  Funny he didn't feel the need to follow me anymore.           Never, ever put yourself into a position of conflict.  Look like a puss, so what?  ALWAYS actively seek the path of least resistance.  

Proper thing to do? Probably not flip off someone over something so trivial.

LOL Yeah....It's on your's too.

As I understand the only inquiries that affect your score are "hard" inquiries.  When you apply for a loan, credit card, etc. the potential creditor makes a "hard" inquiry. Checking your own credit shouldn't generate a "hard" inquiry.   I am a slow typer.

No, I haven't done anything. I thought about having some additional plastic moisture barrier put down, but haven't gotten that far yet. The rep said it would probably be another several years before it may need to be done again.

He did it, -19!   3 holes left, 3 pars will give him all time lowest score of 269. To put that in context, Tiger did 270 back in '97 and course has been lengthened significantly since then.   - OS   edit: Well rats. Bogeyed the last hole, so missed the outright record.

dehumidifier or a heater or chemistry absorb (damp rid etc) might help.  Spray with bleach/water mix will kill it for a while, as will paying for professionals to do the same with whatever mix they use.   This does not look to be too bad YET.   The big thing is that some types (probably including this one) are eating/decomposing the wood by growing on it.  If you let it go so long that the wood is compromised, you have a big expense to fix it.    *because* you are selling, I would get a pro to do it.   And no, fixing a problem is not an issue for resale.  Document the issue, document the steps taken to fix it, and it should be fine.   An issue for resale would be if you did nothing and their inspector found all the wood to be half rotted thru.

The Ultra line of Rock Island 1911s look really nice. I spent quite a bit of time at the NRA show at their booth. I was very impressed by their pistols. The small graphic on the gun sure beats their old roll marks.

I didn't see anybody else today , had my hat on .....

  I worked at Lowes after retiring.  I know about the customers, their opinion of "Lowes idiots", and the some of the Lowes employees' opinions of the customers.  There were idiots on both sides.   edited to add:  And not a few assholes too.  :D

Unreal! :meh:   Hope all those LEO's made it out OK and got some extra paid vacation or something for that BS! 

Took a guy this morning that had never been turkey hunting before. He didn't have a gun or anything, so I let him use my gun and I planned to just call. Well, having shot a couple birds already this year, I had depleted my spare shotgun shells I had in my vest. I forgot to grab another box this morning, so we went into the woods with 1 gun and two shells. I managed to call the boss away from the flock about 7:30 and my buddy closed the deal at 40 yards. He whispered, "there are two more gobblers coming." So he handed me the gun and I busted the second bird at about 45 yards. Another great morning in the turkey woods. My buddy is fired up about hunting now. :)

I bought a small one off Amazon by Tectronics. It was only about $69 but had a lot of great reviews. I have had it about 6 months now. It records very plainly even in darkness and records sound if you need a record of what everyone is saying. So far, I have been very happy with it.

  Are you a new member, just getting a number? You probably can still get in...I think.   If you are an old fart member like me, just show them your membership card, or an address label from a reasonably current American Rifleman magazine.   Since I never got anything I was a little worried, but I walked up to the desk, and there must be 20-30 people checking guys in, showed them my card and was gone in under 4 minutes.   And that was with them asking if I'd like to upgrade my life to benefactor membership status.

I doubt anyone purchased anything just to see Sarah Palin.

I here you...groovy

I'm guessing they don't cover Roman numerals in school anymore , huh?

Unfortunately, greedy, inbred, mouth-breathing assholes don't get it.

  They will have to carry me out.

    The thing to remember is the "almost" part.  Nothing happened.  Call it a win.     Glad to read you did not take criticism personally.   I used to be a hothead behind the wheel,  age is the great mellower.  :)   Biggest lesson to learn here is never ever flip someone off.  Nothing good has ever come from that.  

The permit class is a joke. There was a woman in my class that had failed the range test once before. She was a horrible shot and I would fear for my life if I were in a situation where she decided to defend herself and others with me around. The instructor was nice and informative. He urged everyone to continue training but the majority of them probably went out and bought a nylon holster and called it a day. At the risk of sounding like I'm rooting for the other team, it would definitely make me more comfortable if I knew that more training was involved in getting an HCP.. Or at least stricter range qualification.