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A U.S. Marine Colonel was about to start the morning briefing to his staff. While waiting for the coffee machine to finish brewing, the colonel decided to pose a question to all assembled. He explained that his wife had been a bit frisky the night before and he failed to get his usual amount of sound sleep. He posed the question of just how much of sex was "work" and how much of it was "pleasure?" A Major chimed in with 75%-25% in favor of work. A Captain said it was 50%-50%. A Lieutenant responded with 25%-75% in favor of pleasure, depending upon his state of inebriation at the time. There being no consensus, the colonel turned to the Private First Class who was in charge of making the coffee and asked for his opinion? Without any hesitation, the young Private First Class responded, "Sir, it has to be 100% pleasure. The colonel was surprised and as you might guess, asked why? "Well, sir, if there was any work involved, the officers would have me doing it for them." The room fell silent. God Bless the enlisted man.

Yesterday I became an NRA life member! I shot my .223 Wylde AR that I built for the first time! And I picked up a Daniel Defense DDMV4 that I won. Despite this being my first AR build (and my first AR ever owned), the gun ran like a champ. I only put 30 rounds through it because I was on my lunch break, but I'm very pleased! I didn't shoot the DD yet. I'll play with it this weekend, but I don't think it's going to be as nice of a shooter as my build, but it sure is pretty to look at in Tornado Grey.

I don't even like having the dealership sticker on my cars.

Got this from another hunting site. Pretty funny, but sad actually, that this is what we are dealing with.

I wish it were so Greg, I really do.

Shameless plug... one of the nice things that I intentionally designed into the TGO decals is the fact that at a casual glance, they don't look like a gun-related decal. There are so many Tennessee tri-star decals out there that people just see it as one of those unless they are really paying attention.

It's funny, because it's true.

My car has zero stickers on it. I want to be invisible when I drive or I'm parked somewhere.

Who cares? It's a beautiful CZ. Just buy it.

--- most of first paragraph redacted. I realized after reading the responses while NOT doing a dozen other things that I believe I missed the sarcasm font on a couple responses. My apologies!--- Disagree with their choice in musical direction versus your personal taste, cool. I don't really like the Beatles very much. There. I said it, haha! More than the fact that I am a big fan of all their music (seriously... all of their music. Even St Anger has grown on me through the years!) I am SO over this election and these absolute turdsacks of candidates we have left at the bottom of the trash pile. Johnson too. And that's hard for me to say. I truly believe one has to be mentally ill to enthusiastically support any current candidate. Please note I said ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT. I understand the "well, this one's less spawn-of-satan-pure-evil than the other" argument. I don't begrudge anyone for feeling that way. I'm feeling just about hopeless with politics right now. This shirt feels like all I can do. Even more than how much I love Metallica, I dislike what's going on and this is my statement of dissent, er whatever.

That's what blew my mind. I'd rather completely strip an AR than completely strip any of my pistols, especially the Ruger Mark 3.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War

I wear a watch all the time but more for the day and date than the time. Comes in handy for keeping appointments than any thing else. Last one I bought cost $14.00 at Walgreens 12 years ago.

I just spit coffee on my monitor....................Was not expecting the Privates answer at all but he was correct...............

did in fact laugh out load at this one

Me too! I gave the dealership thousands for the car... not to be their driving advertisement. I make that part of the deal when I buy a car. If there is any dealer sticker/emblem on the vehicle, it must be removed before I pay for it.

This has no bearing to the greenies, there is still a shortage of poor polar bears, many of whom have to struggle to find a piece of ice to hunt from. Pay no mind to the ships getting stuck in the ice either. More money, that will help! Oh, and corn in your gas, need more of that too.

I posted over in the new members introduction forum. But I am asking this because i'm leaving Kalifornia for Tennessee. I've been over regulated and immersed in communist bs for so long I don't know how normal Americans in free states buy guns. Basically here I have to have a permit, FSC card they call it. Only handguns appoved by CA DOJ (not even Colt Government 1911's are on the list). Only 1 hangun purchase in 30 days, 10 day wait to pickup. Long guns as many as I want in 30 days, 10 day wait. Of course, no standard capacity magazines, bullet buttons (but not for much longer, mags will have to fixed only) etc... Tell me of the free process that I'll be gladly joining soon? Do you guys cash and carry most guns or is there any kind of wait on background checks?

Here's my latest new toy. It's a Turbo RBLP 22 rimfire benchrest rifle. The barrel is a Shilen Ratchet with a Hoen tuner, stock is a McMillan Edge and scope is the new NF 42x I shot this group Saturday evening playing around with a mid barrel tuner I installed (not pictured) its 10 shots at fifty yards.

I work from home so I can just run up to the local range on slow days and take a little extra time at lunch.

Well that was a face full of cold water and a letdown.

You just have to love the bs claim that Chilhowee Park isn't a park. What I would really like to see is this whole thing absolutely bite Knoxville and other cities/counties/municipalities that are trying to pull this crap right on the tender part of their collective ass. Instead of, "We can ban guns at Chilhowee Park because that park isn't a park but instead is a, " public assembly, entertainment and educational venue used for civic events and by contractors for special events like the Tennessee Valley Fair," being allowed to fly wouldn't it be great if the state legislators said, "Okay, y'all want a pissing contest? Well, then, here you go..." and proceed to pass a law removing any and all restrictions from any and all facilities managed, funded, marketed or otherwise overseen by any city or county government or any other local municipality including public assembly, entertainment and educational venues used for civic events and by contractors for special events like the Tennessee Valley Fair (yeah, I think it would be awesome if the state legislature put their exact words in the new law.) In other words, saying, "Okay, if you want to be asshats about it by saying that Chilhowee Park isn't a park and you can ban guns just like at the Civic Coliseum then we'll simply remove your authority to ban at the Civic Coliseum and other, similar locations, as well. There, problem solved."

Just how reliable can this data be? Have you seen their "partners" list? https://safetennesseeproject.org/partners/ Possibly just a little biased...

Metallica is my favorite band hands down. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

Very much this. His lyrics speak to me, more so than any other band I listen to. I'm an unashamed fanboy, St. Anger is great. The raw emotion in songs like Unnamed Feeling appeal to me. It's very personal. For whatever reason, my ear has always followed the rhythm lines. I certainly appreciate solos but when the rhythm section is locked in and cooking, that's where it's at. I tried to play bass at first but switched to guitar because my fingers were way too short. And I'm a total hack. I can read music (former band geek) but tab books are the best I can do. I'd love to be able to just kinda play whatever's in my head, but haven't ever been able to pull that off. I took lessons for a while and really enjoyed it but life got in the way. Maybe I'll make my rock star bid when the kids are grown...

The Knoxville fair is in the bad part of town and less than a mile from the really bad parts of town. No way I would be caught after dark anywhere along Magnolia without a gun. When they tell people not to bring firearms the criminals are listening. It is an indicator when LE run stings the entire week of the fair to minimize the exposure of the patrons to the criminal element that is normally operating in the area.

Me too

This is how I buy of sell guns. Ask for or show my HCP or TN DL. Exchange cash for gun and walk away. If they do not have a HCP I ask if they are a prohibited person. If it is a complete stranger and not from TGO I do a few more things. I write their number on my hand, I also write their plate number on my hand and I generally audio record the transaction. No way I would ever give someone all that information. You are right, there are bad people out there but with their copy of the BoS they can do even more damage. I cannot think of a valid reason for that information. LE will already have all of that by the time they come knocking on your door. I would think becoming a victim of identity theft is a more realistic threat than getting in trouble because some jackwagon decides to break the law using a gun you sold to them.

You're doing it wrong.... After you close the deal with the saleman, ask to talk to someone in marketing to discuss your advertising rate. They'll be really confused when you put a contract on their desk and say "if you could initial here next to the rate and sign here, that'd be great."

Okay, so I finally got up to 95% caught up with this. If you're one of the new guys, you need to register for ESPN Fantasy if you don't have an ESPN account already. @XxthejuicexX PM me your email address so I can get you re-added to the list. Everyone else should be able to view their team page, edit their draft settings, and do the rest of the pre-draft stuff. Please reply in this thread if you can't do any of that. I scheduled our autodraft for Thursday morning. Luckily there aren't many good players in the Jets/Bills game, so the fantasy impact if you can't log in before kickoff should be minimized. Shoot me any questions you have. Thanks.

Maybe we should reconsider training combat bears, ya know, just in case.

I knew one of us would crank up ! Bass player here....

Used to do some work for a doctor that had an office in a bad part of town, he had bio-hazard stickers on every window and door. Never once got broke into, no he did not have bio-hazards in the office.

It is a good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read that, I laughed so hard it would have come out my nose! I'm double glad it wasn't soda, don't ask me how I know carbonated beverages feel especially weird making a nasal egress.

Friedman is a freak of nature, but Mustaine is an absolute monster in his own right. Keep in mind he plays some fairly complex stuff and does it while singing, often in different time signatures for vocals and guitars. I always preferred Hammet though, people like to rag on him now, but people forget at the time he was doing some real cool stuff and incorporating techniques that lots of people saw as mutually exclusive. I have heard it posited (and I agree) that if you can learn the first three albums you are well set for learning anything from classic rock, classical, country et al. Not that you would be PROFICIENT in them, but it would be pretty easy to build off that skill set in many directions musically. Hetfield, dude is a machine, writing and playing. His rhythm is scary good for someone who never learned alternate picking . I kid, any rock band would be thankful to have someone help hold things down the way he can, plus he can write, plus he can sing. Dude is an MVP IMO. MettalicA was the first band I actually thought spoke to me musically and lyrically, everything else up to then was just bubble gum, not that theres anything wrong with that either, but they opened the door for me and showed me music was much more than just background noise.

In this day and age if you advertise via decals or bumper stickers what you have, what you like, or what your political preferences are, you are setting up yourself for theft or vandalism.

When I have to leave my laptop is in the car I leave a handgun lying on the dash. The gun is easier and cheaper to replace than the laptop. Just kidding. I have always thought it was common sense not to put Gun/NRA stickers or pot leaf stickers on a car.

There was a rash of trucks being broke into and guns stolen in Cleveland not long ago,all the trucks had gun stickers on the back window.The article mentions gun shows also.I used to buy,sell, trade at gun shows often in Chattanooga,Knoxville,Nashville loop.In the 80s/90s the big shows in Chattanooga and Knoxville were at the Trade Centers downtown with parking in a multi level parking area.I know of several robberies in those garages including one guy who got a serious concussion in Knoxville when he was hit from behind.

The less you telegraph about yourselves and family on your vehicles the better because it becomes a mobile FB for those who would wish to profit by such indiscretion. I regularly see vehicles that tell me how many people are in a family, where the children go to school, where people work and worse. If I were a terrorist or criminal it would be easy to pick likely victims. But then people are going to be people and not be bothered by thoughts of badness happening to them and there's'.

The Lodge factory is in South Pittsburg just outside of Chattanooga. They do have an outlet at the factory, but I don't know how the prices and selections are.

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Unless I know someone, and I mean actually know them, not internet know them, I'd want a bill of sale with enough information to point an investigator in the right direction. Since I'm aware most people would be wary of a bill of sale that provides this information in a private transaction, I make sure I don't buy a gun unless I'm willing to hold onto it until it becomes someone else's property through the execution of my will.

You can take the gun with you as soon as you pass the background check. It takes me longer to fill out the form than it take the background check to come back. I can't imagine living with all the rules California has. I think that a valid carry permit should serve as a background check .

I have no problem giving a Bill of Sale with my DL Number and address. I feel there is no more risk to me by giving him this info than he is taking from me potentially misusing the gun that is in his name.

So am I. But I do watch the time a bit. Like to know when the wife is due so I can fake looking busy.

Pure gas station Wilson St in Lebanon, they have 93 Octaine Ethnalol free, My Harley Davisdon loves it!

Just wait until they learn about casting!

I too grew up hunting small game ( squirrels, rabbits, and groundhogs ) just to have a little meat on the table, as Dad always put it! Now I hardly ever get a chance, and most of the younger folks see it as just a bunch of nasty animals or rats with long tails. What they don't know is that they are delicious and great for building a social bond with the old man! When will they learn to skin and eat something without going to Walmart for those microwave packaged bits of "almost" chicken?

My condolences to all the worker bees in the thread, and don't mean to gloat, but the best thing I've found about being an official geezer is healthcare. My BC/BS Advantage Plan is da bomb. - OS