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OK... my first TGO secret Santa and I'm feeling very humbled...read on to find out why. 1- My SS took the time to research who I am on TGO.... even going as far as to pull up a post I made about "Illegal Christmas Gifts for Guys." He used my own post "against" me... :D Exhibit 1 Then, he included an official stocking loaded with goodies as per the rules :up: Exhibit 2 My "open last" box still pulls at my heartstrings... My SS included the personal note pictured below... Exhibit 3 Under the note was.... Exhibit 4 But the best was yet to come... my SS has gone to the trouble to customize the bible.... Exhibit 5 How cool is that... :usa: I will not post the name of my SS, but I will ask for anybody / everybody to join me in a prayer for his surgery and recovery. TGO..and my SS .... ROCK! :rock:

We are all now dumber for having read that article. The data used to quantify happiness or misery isn't valid. Using commute times implies that a long commute makes someone automatically unhappy, which isn't necessarily true, or high number of unmarried or low number of homeowners. It's bad data used to write a bad article.

Lol. He doesn't know how to use the 3 seashells.... https://www.youtube.com/embed/rBI8uCKi2lI?autoplay=1&FORM=VIRE1&MID=2500&PC=APPL

A liberal friend (wait, I don’t have any liberal friends) acquaintance asked me after the Paris shooting what I thought he needed to defend his home. He has College Degrees I might add! I suggested as minimum: I advised a 9mm, a couple clips, and a box of shells. A few days later, he sent me this picture and asked how to make it work. [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Misc/liberal%20house%20protection_zpswg0utmmy.jpg.html][/URL] any questions?????

My father gave this to me yesterday. Being the ever active tinkerer he is, he decided to put new handles on this one he found with broken handles. It isn't original by any means, but I thought it turned out quite well.

Hey, fellow TGOer. I spotted you in Bellevue Thursday evening on Old Harding. Nice stickers!

I'm using AdBlock, so I don't see a single ad on Armslist.

The large blade has "Stainless Steel" stamped at the base. No other markings.   I don't figure it to be rare unless it was just dumb luck. My dad probably picked it up at an antique store or yard sale a few years back. It's not something he has had for a loooong time. Still, it's from him and it's "Winchester" so I think it's pretty cool.

My secret Santa went way above and beyond also. This is a fantastic gift and i'm amazed by the craftsmanship in these knives. I've drooled over them on the TGO for a long time. I'm very happy to say i now own one. Thanks again Santa--I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Okay...now that's impressive. :up:

When I was younger, say 20+ years ago, I modified everything.  Cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATV, jetskis, guns, myself (weight, working out, hair styles), and etc, but I never modified women, always kept them they way they came (they usually modified themselves).  Anyway where was I, experience has taught me.......................just keep it simple and the way it left the factory.   Reliability means more than window dressing and some performance enhancement gadgets.  Trust me, it may sound cool, may even be cool, but aftermarket items, and DIY tricks, increase the risk of failure and malfunction.  Trust me, I use to hold hands with Murphy a lot, but I noticed Murphy showed up a lot more when I tinkered with something vs. when I left good stuff alone. 

  With Credits.   Hope I didn't spoil anything.  :)

Wow. All I can think in my head is I cannot wait to see SNL and Keenan Thompson make so much fun of this next week.

This thread is worthless without pics...

Whew.  When I saw that header, the first thing I thought was "OMG, they selected Bruce Jenner!"

I don't know that it makes any measureable difference.

i use the dillon ss-600 super swager.  many mango seasons ago i did the reaming by hand.  i trim my 5.56 brass using the possum hollow case trimmer.  i would use what you like the best.  the reason i changed was my hands gave out and the super swager is easy on the old body.

Guilty!   If monkeylizard was too close, I would have turned on the 'back up' lights... they tend to work very well if someone is tailgating me!   There is a slew of us TGOers in Bellevue.

I'm about halfway, too. 5" 40 Pro 40 Fullsize (and 9mm barrel for caliber swap 40 Compact 2 Shield 9mms M&P10 I don't think I'm going to bother with the M&P 5.56 and .22 rifles, as I already have stuff to fit those roles. I also don't care about a .380, but would love an R8! I just got a Smith 638... dunno if I wanna spend double the money on a 340, but they're cool!

Mail truck came today with my Secret Santa gift. Folks this is bad a** to the bone! It's now in my hunting pack where it will remain for the rest of deer season, then it will end up in my survival pack for my canoe and/or 4 wheeler. Thank you Secret Santa! You could not have done better! God Bless and Merry Christmas! The note This is awesome bad to the bone!!! Thank You again!!! Dave S

You know it's funny that you bring that up.  I was thinking the other day about all of the liberal acquaintances that I have and how every one keeps a gun in their house.  Of course most would never dream that it might be a good idea to carry a gun when away from the home.  Most all of these people are way under trained and honestly don't have any business handling a gun.  I guess it was just nice to know that deep down inside a lot of those pinheads do support owning firearms.  I just hope that is in some small way a win.

My wife has told me the same thing.

Well If you take a closer look at the Ruger SR9/40/45 platforms alongside their Glock counterparts you'll understand why they have somewhat of a Glock feel to them. While not a total clone they are close enough to be first cousins. Grip angle and dimensions give the Ruger's an agreeable feel. Additionally for all the ballyhooing of M&P superiority over the Glock platform...follow the same line of though I just mentioned above. In the end most folks who become the biggest fan boy's for a particular striker fired pistol are doing so because that particular grip angle feels better to them. Some though are all about the brand name. Me? I retain the right to change my mind.   

They started last year with the Stainless back side and G10 body, they are fantastic knives This is the very first Custom Titanium model though, They are also making a Aluminum handle model that is much more affordable that I will be doing a 2017 TGO model

Best TGO gift I've ever seen. Huge amount of class and caring, generosity. Wow.

    It was nice to meet you and your better half this afternoon.  Sorry I could not spend as much time chatting as I'd have liked, but as you saw firsthand the place was total chaos.   You got a couple of real nice bottles, and being a vodka guy you will love the Deep Eddy.  And that 10 year old Rip is pretty good stuff too.   I hope you come back by sometime!   And I don't know what got into the boss this afternoon.  About 5pm he busted out all the BTAC we have been holding.  We sold it all tonight.  Made a lot of people very happy.  I did not know we even had it but there was a bottle of Eagle Rare 17 that I sold at about 8 pm tonight.  We even put a bottle of Rip on the shelf just for kicks and giggles.  It did not last 5 minutes, and the nice lady bought a George Stagg too.  Added up to a nice sale.  I think some of the best we had was Sazerac Rye and Thomas Handy Rye.  When did rye whisky get so desirable?  I was able to taste the Sazerac one of our guys bought, it was really nice,  loaded with vanilla on the front end and a nice oaky finish.  But I have to admit it does not stand up to Whistle Pig.  I almost pulled the trigger on a Handy but opted to leave it for the customers.   If I would of had a way to post it here I have given all of you a heads up about it.  NO chance to use a computer.  It was the busiest day of the year.   Whenever any TGOer can stop by be sure to ask for me.

My wife and I stopped by Bob's Package Store today and met Mike357. Super guy...glad we finally got to meet. He sold us some Vodka and Bourbon. The Bourbon that we purchased was Rip Van Winkle...can't wait to try it out over the holidays. Thanks Mike!!! B

I never had any problems with the Glocks I have, so if it's not broke, why fix it?

That has to be a Photoshop, Hillary Clinton hates America.

If there was ever a thread that deserved pictures...

Life is too short to watch that crap!

The better news is Miss Puerto Rico hates Muslims according to the media lol Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

Sadly, I'm older than Star Wars toys.......

I see you have the most elusive M&P-the M&P EAA Witness S&W 10mm :shhh: Mighty fine collection you have there.

The only M&P I have serves as barn protection against carpenter bees. :D [URL=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/SW%20family%20photos/cid__image.jpg.html][/URL]

Sure. It's very special if dad gave it to you. It's a pretty knife to boot. I carry one similar to it daily. Mine has acid etched on the main blade: "Winchester First Production Run 1 of 1000". Stamped on the base of the main blade: "Winchester Trademark Made in U.S.A.". Mine isn't stainless.

A twist with a chamferinh/deburring tool works for me.

    Excellent.  Thank you.

It was advertised on arfcom by defenderoutdoors.com they only had 8. Im so excited it is being delivered tomorrow. 

See if you can bum a backstrap from a Pro model off somebody. They have a much more aggressive stipple on them. I've already given away my spares, sorry. :-(

I am a Bears fan actually. Just can't bring myself to be a Titan fan but would like to see them do better than they do...... :hiding:

PM me your address. I have one of the "shall not be infringed" in my box of stickers. I'll send it your way next time I get to the post office. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

I initially made a trip for a bottle like that, and I drove from The deep woods of Jackson County. But the money that I saved by shopping at Bob's made it worth it. Plus there's the benefit of getting to visit Mike. But Bob's has prices that are so much lower than stores in Cookeville/Algood. Sure I spend $20 on gas but heck, when you buy your stuff for $10 - $20 bucks cheaper per bottle, it works out. It's a great place to shop.

The ones I have are either 40 or 45 grains, and are labeled as Bee for 218 Bee, or Hornet. The Bee labeled bullets are spitzer shaped, and you wouldn't want to load them end to end i a tube magazine, while the Hornet bullets are round or flat tipped like those designed for a 30-30. https://www.sierrabullets.com/products/bullets/rifle.cfm     Sierra makes several Hornet bullets.   There's a gun show in Murfreesboro today. Surely someone there would have them.

I haven't had a truck that I could put manual hubs on in some time but I used to always swap them out for manuals because I always had problems with the automatic hubs.  Sometimes a good cleaning and greasing would fix it when they wouldn't engage. 

No crowd where I was today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's why I would like to carry a full sized scoped rifle. If I can see the shooter; I can take him out. Even in CA I don't think a shooter would be out in traffic shooting for long before he caught a bullet in the head.

Been awhile since I had one of those "pizza dish" systems but don't they have a tone that goes with the signal meter? (higher signal strength, higher tone)  Crank the volume on the tv, open a door/window so you can hear it and align the dish.

This is Comms world. Have not met you but I think we would get along and no I don't own a 10mm.