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Both are administered out of the SS office and are something that an individual pays into unless they are disabled from childhood. I'd hardly call them freeloaders. I actually have a disabled adult daughter who worked and paid into the system until she became disabled who can't get disability because that system is just as hard as the VA system, (deny until they die), so I am a bit offended by your statement.

We're all going to get a dose of it if people don't wake up. Funny thing is, 100% vax participation would drop the death rate to damn near zero. So, "compliance" is actually the best way to fight these damn control freaks. They gotta have dead bodies for their BS to fly. I didn't get the shot because old braindead-in-chief told me to.

He's out of the hospital. Thanks for asking.

I had reason to visit the Cumberland County hospital on Monday afternoon and I was shocked to see a packed waiting room, people were warehoused in there until a bed became available upstairs. The poor staff were running pretty hard. But I saw two problems that really should be addressed somehow: One floor was entirely vacant due to lack of staffing (I was told), and ER's are misused by people who don't have insurance and know they can't be turned away. But even with short staffing and a packed waiting room the staff saw me right away and got me taken care of, so the system has some safeguards in-place. In these times, our medical community are, quite literally, lifesavers.

This is what’s known as a ####ing hint.

@E4 No More how's the 21 year old on the ventilator doing? He's been on my mind. My dad has done surprisingly well with COVID. He's looking forward to getting out of the house. It didn't really hit his lungs real hard like it does some people. I'm guessing that antibody treatment he got helped.

If you are working or using your money to pay someone to do your work for you, you are not a freeloader. Everyone else is…

Or people who are on the gvt dime and clog the system because EVERYTHING is life or death.

Those politicians only improve one thing... their own personal wealth. The parties have different mechanisms, and the same outcomes. I'm tired of feeding these bastards. And YES, I am drawing SS money that I PAID IN. I will be dead way before I get what I paid in, much less any interest.

I will take my wedding over that one. I was still active duty in San Diego, the future wife was still in TN. We decided to do the chapel thing in Gatlinburg. We rented a B&B up in the mountains for the guests. I had Sailors coming in from CA, OR, WA and MI. The B&B was basically three houses and three hot tubs. Lets just say the civilian guests of my wife didnt mix well with the Sailors that I served with. We had a great three days in the mountains before we fly to Hawaii for the honeymoon.

There are many choices - it's a blend between French and Indochinese and can be quite varied. It , of course has similarities to Thai, Chinese, but is it's own thing, too. Seafood and beef are usually two big features as well as pork. Ban Xeo is really good. Sometimes called a Vietnamese pancake, it's actually a crispy rice-flour crepe with with Nuoc Mam (fish sauce). Nuoc mam is one of the distinctive attributes of Vietnamese food. It's pretty tasty stuff, by itself and even though it starts with fermented fish juice There are a whole bunch of Pho dishes which is beef with noodle. Some Vietnamese restaurants have a lot of charcoal-grilled meats and seafood serve over rice vermicelli with Nuoc mam. I eat it with fish. And yes, they do great fish at some places - whole steamed fish (or fried) with Nuoc mam is wonderful. They also have both Spring rolls (fried) and Summer rolls which are uncooked and often filled with basil and dipped in peanut sauce (and of course nuoc mam). And if you like your caffeine like me, go for the Vietnamese coffee. It's espresso ground strong spiced coffee with sweetened condensed milk. I forgot to add, there are often some wonderful huge bowls of soups, too. I'm glad you are open-minded because it's best to step away from the comfort-zone and discover new things, especially with food!

Jusst got back did not see any shooting but only stayed a short while a two leased fields in Wilson Co and they were too crowed for me. South one almost need FWD to get in to parking. Info is on TWRA Wilson Co. they are leased so no WMA permit needed. Last time I hunted in a crowd some kid put pellets into two people on low birds . That was at the old public field behind the Hermitage before it was closed,birds would come in fifty at a time and you could limit out in 15 minutes. I like the Oct&Nov season better as the birds from up North are corn fed and much bigger and nobody Dove hunting. Hunted a private farm in Williamson Co. for years and would get a few now and then,but the opening day I was out of town the group got about 400 birds in a half hour limited out and went home. There was a small patch of bushes that they dove into and would feed and leave under fire,some kind of ripe seed? I seen that happen in the yard one time the mutt got a whiff and dove in and about a hundred Doves flew out.

So if you can't see those bushes, give it a pass?

Vietnamese food, by 5 clicks!

Sorry to hear it, Mike.

Lost another 20+ year friend to this crap again this morning. I wonder when folks are gonna realize that if you die, you lost. Not that complicated to me.

Shooting about 20 will do that. Still hopeing for a bison to show up, LOL.

Lighten up Francis! YOUR politicians suck. MY politicians suck. And NONE of them could manage a 7-11 without running it into the dirt. The government just isn't all that useful, given their complete lack of ethics. I need to go back to drinking.

Got the cath out Monday and doing well. Not a lot of pain at all. Cath was a real bother. Now hoping for good results. Dr said we will know in a month. Got some residual swelling but should go away in 2 to 3 weeks and things will be back to as normal as possible. So far, I would recommend the Resume procedure and for sure if good results happen.

A buddy from my Army days runs a gunsmithing shop in Central Texas and did his magic on my late Grandfather's ole Colt he use to slip in his pocket coon hunting. I think it turned out great.

So many post and I just do not have the time to post in every thread. WELCOME Please stay a bit, post as much as you can, first round on the FNGs, make mine a 3006. If all the FNGs give me just 1 round I will not have to buy or reload for a good bit!

That surplus stock had some quite unsightly holes in it that needed filling. They’ve been sufficiently filled.

I done did it.... Sig gave us the P365. Then the P365xl. Then the 356 on the xl frame & called it the 365X. Well, I went t'other way. Considering that it's the grip length that makes a pistol more, or less, concealable; I built up an XL slide from parts & installed it, along with a Holosun 507k x2 RDS, on the standard frame. P365L? Recoil & muzzle flip is noticeably reduced, although accuracy hasn't changed at 3,5,7 & 15yds. Not that that's an issue. The 507 is going to take some getting used to. Right now, I'm noticeably quicker on target with irons, but once shooting the dot is much easier to keep on target. Range time definitely needed here. Regardless of name, it suits in an AIWB holster better than the shorter version, has a far nicer 'in hand' balance & all in all, is a far groovier package (that can still take 10, 12 & 15 round mags) If you ever see me selling it, come round & smack me around a bit.....

I'm so glad that worked. It works real well when it does.

Had very little pain so far.

Is there an Asian grocery store that isn’t good? Seriously. If they’ve got a plate lunch, I’m in.

Thanks. I was planning on adding some OTC medicine, Bandaids, and such to the kit as well. The wound wash is a good call that I obviously forgot about. I am actually a chiropractor that hasn't practiced the trade in 21 years, but I still retain quite a bit of knowledge and thus I am bound by Good Samaritan laws to help at an accident scene where I can. My wife, on the other hand, knows little about it, but I am encouraging her to to view videos as to how to use the items in the bag and also gain knowledge on CPR although I doubt she's physically capable of performing it on someone including me. She has no cartilage in her knees and couldn't stand the pain to administer CPR to someone on the ground until paramedics arrived. If it were me on the ground I would hope that adrenaline would help her out, but I'm not counting on it. She'd probably be limited to applying a pressure bandage or slapping a seal on a sucking chest wound.

It's a trip. You could spend an hour in there just trying to figure out what everything is. If nothing else, it's the best place to get Sriracha sauce. They sell great big things of it way cheaper than anywhere else.

LOL! That’s awesome! Everyone can’t say they’ve put on Muck boots while surfing on the roof of their car. She can…and has the video to prove it!

It's GOOD to live on high-ground!

At least I can help you with my pay in because Ill never get anything out of it. Enjoy it comrade!

Just now lucked up on bullets. Found 200, Hornady 300 gr JHP bullets on GunStop Reloading's site. That's enough to fill the 200 Starline pcs. of brass I already have. Happy camper!

only reason I even saw it was my brother had one and had wheelie bars on the back to keep from turning it over.

That's a pretty good set up for the layman to have. No need having a bunch of stuff you don't how to use. Depending on what your/your wife's medical history is might add a small medicine pouch. Baby aspirin for chest pain, benadryl for mild allergic reactions. Maybe a Sawyer extractor for snake bites or insect stings. Bottle or spray can of wound wash. I'm an RN/medic so I carry way too much stuff in my truck but you have a great kit.

Greetings from East Tennessee

I'm so sick of leeches & thieves.

It's a loan , pay it back!

Both.

That's so good im jealous haha.

Those people are known as IDIOTS. My office has a bunch of old farts in it (so am I), so when someone comes to work sick, they endanger a lot of people there. And not just with COVID, but the flu or any other tranmissionable virus. My two cents, get the jab. If you aren't sure about the Phizer or Mederna vaccines, then go get the Johnson & Johnson. It's no different than the vaccines, you all got as a child. All three are easy to find in the Knoxville area. My wife got the Johnson & Johnson and our youngest, got the Phizer on Friday.

And let me say. I AM AGAINST MANDATORY VACCINATION This is American and you have the right to choose what is right for you. however if you choose not to get vaccinated Please stay Home if you get sick

Disingenuous-not candid or sincere.typically by pretending that one knows less about something then one really does. REALLY!!!!! while it is Very true that most never need hospitalization, studies show about 3% do and I believe that number is terribly high the vaccine is proven to reduce the need for hospitalization. And those that felt the need to defer getting it are the very ones that are filling the ICU’s and taking up valuable resources. I was a nurse and paramedic for 20 years and I am very sincere when I say that the vaccine is helping save lives

Our 2 children got their first shots this afternoon. Now should have 70% immunity. Need other shot, after one month, for possible 90 to 95% immunity. Most of the people who are passing away have not been vaccinated. My other 2 daughters have been fully vaccinated, including my wife and I. Get the shots! We are working on our twin 17 Y O s, and hope they get it. Our Rutherford County schools are rotten with coved right now. Their mother is trying to get them Phyzer now. Other two vaccines are not approved for under 18.

My wife is an ICU nurse. At this time all but 1 of their patients are COVID positive non vaccinated and on vents. while it is indeed unsure of the long term side effects of the vaccine. We know for sure the long term effects of not getting the vaccine and have a bad case of Covid

Had both Moderna shots at the VA, and will get the booster when available. To me not getting the shots is Russian roulette.

I believe that while high or low shots generally are the result of uncontrolled breathing, shots to one side or the other of target are normally related to trigger pull technique.