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Full Story of Roy Benavidez In 1965 he was sent to South Vietnam as an advisor to an Army of the Republic of Vietnam infantry regiment. He stepped on a land mine during a patrol and was evacuated to the United States, where doctors at Fort Sam Houston concluded he would never walk again and began preparing his medical discharge papers. As Benavidez noted in his 1981 MOH acceptance speech, stung by the diagnosis, as well as flag burnings and media criticism of the US military presence in Vietnam he saw on TV, he began an unsanctioned nightly training ritual in an attempt to redevelop his ability to walk. Getting out of bed at night (against doctors' orders), Benavidez would crawl using his elbows and chin to a wall near his bedside and (with the encouragement of his fellow patients, many of whom were permanently paralyzed and/or missing limbs), he would prop himself against the wall and attempt to lift himself unaided, starting by wiggling his toes, then his feet, and then eventually (after several months of excruciating practice that by his own admission often left him in tears) pushing himself up the wall with his ankles and legs. After over a year of hospitalization, Benavidez walked out of the hospital in July 1966, with his wife at his side, determined to return to combat in Vietnam. Despite continuing pain from his wounds, he returned to South Vietnam in January 1968. On May 2, 1968, a 12-man Special Forces patrol which included nine Montagnard tribesmen, was surrounded by a NVA infantry battalion of about 1,000 men. Benavidez heard the radio appeal for help and boarded a helicopter to respond. Armed only with a knife, he jumped from the helicopter carrying his medical bag and ran to help the trapped patrol. Benavidez "distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely valorous actions... and because of his gallant choice to join voluntarily his comrades who were in critical straits, to expose himself constantly to withering enemy fire, and his refusal to be stopped despite numerous severe wounds, saved the lives of at least eight men." After the battle, he was evacuated to the base camp, examined, and thought to be dead. As he was placed in a body bag among the other dead in body bags, he was suddenly recognized by a friend who called for help. A doctor came and examined him but believed Benavidez was dead. The doctor was about to zip up the body bag when Benavidez managed to spit in his face, alerting the doctor that he was alive.(see medal citation below) Benavidez had a total of 37 separate bullet, bayonet, and shrapnel wounds from the six-hour fight with the enemy battalion. Benavidez was evacuated once again to Brooke Army Medical Center, where he eventually recovered. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism and four Purple Hearts. In 1969, he was assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas. In 1972, he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas where he remained until retirement.On February 24, 1981, President Ronald Reagan presented Roy P. Benavidez with the Medal of Honor. Reagan turned to the press and said, "If the story of his heroism were a movie script, you would not believe it". He then read the official award citation.

Anytime we loose someone it is a sad occasion but your friend will be remembered every time you shoot beautiful gun.

I think they do stuff on purpose just to piss traditional conservatives off. I'm rather sick of it too.

Then there's this great tweet.

    This is truth...... but you should be able to make it home from the dealership without it falling the fuck apart  :devil:

  The funniest thing about the whole Jackson thing is he dismantled the main bank, then the treasury puts him on the $20  :bowrofl:

  Well, while I think Jackson was a murderer,  there is an ongoing effort by the left to produce non-white and non-male historical figures of consequence and cram them down our throats.    There were some awesome folks of color and women, but their roles were still relatively minor in the grand scheme of things (count the number of black signers to the declaration or constitution and let me know the total?).    There were not really that many of em in the revolutionary war and even the civil war had just a handful.     Racism and sexism of the times limited the roles these folks could have.   That limitation is a documented fact.   This means they were not in any way, shape, or form the primary source of our history.   Its an ugly history that way, but trying to dredge up minor figures and force schools to teach about them instead of the major players is idiotic.     That is what gets on our nerves.  Real heroes and major players are marginalized while minor players are given months of study --- because the left is obsesses with race and gender over substance.

What about this is so aggravating to conservatives? Not trying to be funny, I genuinely don't understand why so many people are fired up over this.

So, earlier this week after eating a nice Indian Buffet I weight 246 lbs, that's the most I've ever weighed. So, I decided to lose weight. I set a goal at 200 lbs. How am I doing it? 1) I'm using MyFitnessPal to count calories. You input your current weight, etc and then set a goal. I told it I'd like to lose 2 lbs a week. Thus, it set my calorie intake at 1900 calories per day. You then input your food as you eat it. If it is something with a barcode you can just scan the barcode and it is likely in the database. Otherwise you can search for it like, "apple", or whatever. Most restaurant food is in the database as well. As an interesting sidenote, if you have an iPhone 5s or newer it automatically counts your steps. Check your "Health" app for this. Well, MyFitnessPal can automatically read this data and adjust your calorie intake. For example, yesterday I ate 1,731 calories of my 1,900 goal, but I walked enough to burn 366 calories, so I could have eaten another 535 had I wanted to. All of the math and adjustments are automatic. 2) I have a FItbit Aria. It is a smart Wi-Fi scale that automatically logs your weight. I have it tied to MyFitnessPal so when I weigh MyFitnessPal automatically updates my goal progress. This is just purely for motivation and obviously not really required. Also, if I were making the purchase again, I would probably get one of the Withings scales instead because it integrates with Apple's Health directly. I think Fitbit has made the decision to not integrate with Health. EDIT: I just realized that you can go and give MyFitnessPal permission to access and write Healthkit data such as "weight" so the scale purchase would now be a tossup based on price. Thus, the data should push from Fitbit to MyFitnessPal to Apple's Healthkit. I was also able to link two badges to my signature that automatically update. If I go and weigh right now, it would update the badges that you see. That's just an added little bonus for motivation and conversation. Different things work for different people. Things that help motivate me? When I "complete" a daily diary in MyFitnessPal it gives a status update. For example, yesterday it told me "If every day were like today... You'd weigh 224.2 lbs in 5 weeks". As you all know, 5 weeks goes by in the blink of an eye. To weight that in 5 weeks if I continue this trend is very motivating. Exercising is addicting and motivating! I know after a nice 3 mile walk I feel motivated to try and continue the trend towards better health. Even a short 1 mile walk is helpful to do this. For me, eating foods that are easy to account for (like inputting "apple" into the MyFitnessPal app) helps me stay motivated. To see the estimated amount of calories I am eating it is easier to control portions and intake. If you throw a bunch of ingredients in a dish and then eat 27.193% of the dish, it is hard to estimate the calories and as such makes it easier to fudge and eat more. I like trying to leave a few hundred calories left over at the end of the day. This helps you if you ended up underestimating your calorie intake elsewhere. Now, I'm not starving myself. I'm just watching calories and choosing more carefully where they come from. I'm trying to increase the amount of exercise as well. So far I feel great. It's just sticking to it and trying to avoid binge days where you throw the entire system out the window.

i've perused this forum for a good long while as a non-member- gleaned some really great information off of it over the years. i'm from New Hampshire, was born and raised in New York. Spent a little time when i was young down in pigeon forge. recently with new yorks political climate my friends and i have been making choices to vote with out feet. a good few of us moved up to New Hampshire, 2 guys moved down TN (round about nashville) i recently joined up to ask a few memebers some questions about an FFL near knoxville that i have doing some work for me. it would be impolite of me to not post an introduction. Thanks dane  

Free edible wild plants class in Crossville, TN On May 7 1:00pm CST. Class is limited to 15 people. Be prepared to hike a mile or so. We will have the class rain or shine This class is already full, will have another one in early June

ggwilde's amazing posting about  Roy Benavidez made me remember this story.  I didnt know AIC Pitsenbarger, but I had friends that did, and were there in country at the same time as PJs.   Bear in mind that this guy was an Airman First class, which is an E-3, and was only around 21-22 at the time.   Its rare that a sister service would push hard for someone from another service to receive the Medal.   William H. Pitsenbarger: Bravest Among the Brave Vietnam War Veteran FACEBOOK TWITTER LINKEDIN PINTEREST PRINT 6/12/2006 • DWIGHT EISENHOWER, VIETNAM   Although it happened more than 35 years ago, a group of Army veterans of the Vietnam War still consider a young Air Force enlistee, a recipient of the Medal of Honor who gave his life to save theirs, the most courageous person they have ever known.     ‘He was the bravest man I’ve ever seen, and I saw it all,’ said Martin L. Kroah, Jr., who served two tours in Vietnam, one as a Special Forces officer. He was talking about Airman 1st Class William H. Pitsenbarger, an Air Force pararescue and medical specialist from Piqua, Ohio, who had voluntarily left the relative safety of a helicopter to descend into a brutal jungle battle to treat and evacuate wounded soldiers in 1966. Pitsenbarger was credited with saving nine lives, after several times refusing to be evacuated himself, during a fight in which 106 of the 134 troopers were killed or badly wounded. Soon after the battle, his Air Force commanders nominated him for the Medal of Honor, but he did not receive it. An Army general recommended that the award be downgraded to the Air Force Cross, apparently because at the time there was not enough documentation of Pitsenbarger’s heroic actions. Pitsenbarger, on April 11, 1966, at his own request, descended 100 feet on a winch line from a Kaman HH-43 Huskie helicopter into a dense jungle valley and alighted in the middle of an encircled company of U.S. Army soldiers. The besieged troops were members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry of the 1st Infantry Division and were under attack by VC about 35 miles east of Saigon. Regarding Pitsenbarger’s actions, Daniel Kirby of Louisville, Ky., who had been a Company C rifleman, commented: ‘I was stunned that somebody was coming down to put themselves in that situation. It’s hard to believe that someone would voluntarily come into that battle and stay with it. He had to be the bravest person I’ve ever known.’ After landing, Pitsenbarger gave first aid to the wounded, decided which men needed to be evacuated first and strapped them into a wire basket called a Stokes litter. He helped get nine GIs lifted out of the battle and flown to a nearby field hospital. He refused evacuation himself several times in order to try to save more wounded men. Then his helicopter was hit by enemy fire and nearly disabled. Before leaving the area, his pilot, Harold D. Salem of Mesa, Ariz., signaled for Pitsenbarger to ride the litter up to safety. Again, he refused and waved the chopper off. Kroah, of Houston, said he remembered Pitsenbarger being lowered through the trees at a time when’small-arms fire would be so intense that it was deafening, and all a person could do was get as close to the ground as possible and pray.’ Before long Kroah had been wounded five times and was flat on the ground. ‘On three different occasions I glimpsed movement, and it was Pits dragging somebody behind a tree trunk or a fallen tree, trying to give them first aid,’ he recalled. ‘It just seemed like he was everywhere. Everybody else was ducking, and he was crouched and crawling and dragging people by the collar and pack straps out of danger….I’m not certain of the number of dead and wounded exactly, but I’m certain that the death count would have been much higher had it not been for the heroic efforts of Airman Pitsenbarger.’ Kroah added that the battle was so fierce that his own Army medic was frozen with fear and unable to move and that one of his fire-team leaders, a combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War, curled into a fetal position and wept. ‘For Airman Pitsenbarger to expose himself on three separate occasions to this enemy fire was certainly above and beyond the call of duty of any man,’ said Kroah. ‘It took tremendous courage to expose himself to the possibility of almost certain death in order to save the life of someone he didn’t even know….He had a total disregard for his own safety and tremendous courage.’ For the next couple of hours Pitsenbarger crawled through the thick jungle looking for wounded soldiers. He would drag them to the middle of the company’s small perimeter, putting them behind trees and logs for shelter. At one point, said Charles Epperson, of Paris, Mo., Pitsenbarger saw two wounded soldiers outside the perimeter. ‘He said, ‘We’ve got to go get those people,’ and I said, ‘No way. I’m staying behind my tree.’ It was just unbelievable fire coming at us from all sides. But he took off to get those guys, and I could see him trying to get both of them and having a hard time, so I ran out there and helped him drag them inside our lines. He was an inspiration to me,’ said Epperson. Fred Navarro, who was seriously wounded, said Pitsenbarger saved his life by covering him with the bodies of two dead GIs, shielding him from more bullets. ‘We were getting pounded so bad that I could only lie on the ground for cover. Pitsenbarger continued cutting pant legs, shirts, pulling off boots and generally taking care of the wounded. At the same time, he amazingly proceeded to return enemy fire whenever he could,’ said Navarro, of San Antonio, Texas. F. David Peters, of Alliance, Ohio, had been in Vietnam only two weeks at the time of the incident. He recalled that he was terrified when he was told to help Pitsenbarger during the firefight. ‘I don’t remember how many wounded were taken out when we started taking small-arms fire,’ said Peters. ‘I remember him saying something to the [helicopter] pilot like, get out of here, I’ll get the next one out. His personal choice to…get on the ground to help the wounded is undoubtedly one of the bravest things I’ve ever seen,’ said Peters. Johnny W. Libs, a seasoned jungle fighter who was leading Company C that day, said he’d never seen a soldier who deserved the Medal of Honor more than Pitsenbarger. He recalled telling one of his machine-gunners, Phillip J. Hall, of Palmyra, Wis., that Pitsenbarger was out of his mind to leave his chopper for ‘this inferno on the ground. We knew we were in the fight of our lives and my knees were shaking, and I just couldn’t understand why anybody would put himself in this grave danger if he didn’t have to.’ Libs, of Evansville, Ind., also said that Pitsenbarger seemed to have no regard for his own safety. ‘We talk about him with reverence. I [had] never met him, but he’s just about the bravest man I have ever known. We were brave, too. We did our job. That’s what we were there for. He didn’t have to be there. He could have gotten out of there. There’s no doubt he saved lives that day.’ Hall said that Pitsenbarger’s descent into the firefight ‘was the most unselfish and courageous act I ever witnessed. I think of him often now,’ he added. ‘That thing never leaves my mind totally. He did actually give up his life for guys on the ground that he didn’t even know. And he didn’t have to be there. I know he made the conscious decision to stay there.’Salem said that Pitsenbarger had volunteered to go to the ground because the soldiers were having trouble putting a wounded man into the wire basket to be lifted out. The helicopter pilot recalled telling Pitsenbarger that he could leave the chopper only if he agreed that, when given a signal, he would return to the aircraft. ‘As we were [getting in position], I said, ‘Pits, it’s hotter than hell down there; do you still want to go down?’ He said, ‘Yes sir, I know I can really help out.’ He made a hell of a difference. We ended up getting nine more out after he got on the ground. He is the bravest person I’ve ever known,’ Salem said. Near dusk, as the VC launched another assault, Pitsenbarger fought back with an M-16. Then, Navarro said, he saw him gethit several times as he made his way toward what Navarro thought was another wounded man. Pitsenbarger was shot four times, once between the eyes, and died on the spot. The next day one of Pitsenbarger’s best friends, Henry J. O’Beirne of Huntsville, Ala., a former Air Force pararescueman who had served with him and been his bunkmate, recovered his body. ‘He was an ordinary man who did extraordinary things,’ said O’Beirne. The man called Pits by his friends was born and raised in Piqua, a blue-collar town of 22,000 on the Great Miami River in west-central Ohio, about 30 miles north of Dayton. Pitsenbarger was an only child. His father, Frank Pitsenbarger, said that his son had never been afraid of anything. His friends remembered him as an adventurous youngster who would climb the highest tree or scale the tallest building. Judy Meckstroth, who worked with him at a local supermarket when he was in high school, said he loved to play poker, was a ladies’ man, won dance contests, and showed concern for other people, both young and old. Meckstroth added that he was ‘ornery and fun-loving. You didn’t dare walk into the back room because he’d hide behind boxes and jump out and scare you to death. But I never heard anything bad about him. It was nothing to have 10 or 15 girls in the store on weekends; they’d come in to buy a pack of gum just to see him. But he wasn’t big-headed about it. He was just good-looking and had a real magnetic personality.’ Bob Ford, a retired Piqua assistant fire chief who knew him most of his life, said Pitsenbarger had two other loves: baseball and playing soldier. ‘There were lots of war movies then, and we played soldier in the streets and alleys all the time. He lived a block away from [a park] and there were always pick-up baseball games,’ he said. Veterans of Company C felt so strongly about the 21-year-old airman’s heroism that they–along with his former Air Force colleagues, his high school classmates and his hometown chamber of commerce–worked for more than three decades to see that he finally received, posthumously, the nation’s highest award for valor. On December 8, 2000, Pitsenbarger’s father was presented with his son’s Medal of Honor by then Air Force Secretary Whit Peters in a ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Looking on were 10 of the Army veterans whose eyewitness testimonials had persuaded the Pentagon and Congress to approve the award Pitsenbarger should have received in 1966. Also present were several of his school classmates and some of his Air Force friends, all of whom had worked to get him the medal. Of the December Medal of Honor ceremony, Bob Ford said, ‘It was a very sad thing, but a happy sad.’ Pitsenbarger was the first Air Force enlisted man to earn the Medal of Honor since the U.S. Air Force was established as a separate service in 1947. In 1945, in the era of the U.S. Army Air Forces, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress crewman, Henry Erwin, was awarded the medal for saving his crew and aircraft on a bombing run over Japan. One other Air Force enlisted man received the medal for heroism in Vietnam. John Levitow, an Air Force load master in Vietnam, earned the medalin 1969, three years after Pitsenbarger was killed in the action for which he was posthumously awarded the medal 35 years later. Levitow himself campaigned for Pitsenbarger’s medal and contended that the deceased airman should be considered the first Air Force enlisted recipient in Vietnam. Levitow died exactly one month before Frank Pitsenbarger was presented with his son’s Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor ceremony in Dayton was emotional for all who attended. ‘There wasn’t a dry eye in the house,’ said Cheryl Buecker, who went to Piqua Central High School with Pitsenbarger in the class of 1962. ‘I was proud the community helped accomplish this,’ she added. It was only after the ceremony that details of his courage were made public. Toward that end, W. Parker Hayes, Jr., a historian with the Air Force Sergeants Association, had tracked down the Army veterans who had served with Pitsenbarger. Hayes said that in the 1990s an array of people had approached the association seeking help in honoring Pitsenbarger, including O’Beirne; Salem; Dale L. Potter, of Enterprise, Ore., a chopper pilot who also flew rescue operations with Pitsenbarger; Paul D. Miller, another pararescue specialist; some Piqua residents; and members of the Piqua Chamber of Commerce. All had wondered for years why the Medal of Honor had not been awarded to Pitsenbarger. Buecker and classmate Bob Ford said they had begun talking about the issue 20 years earlier at a class reunion planning meeting. ‘We’re a really tight class,’ said Buecker, noting that they held a reunion every five years and always put up a ‘memory board’ carrying obituaries of classmates, along with news clippings and letters from living classmates who could not attend the reunion. ‘At each reunion it seemed like there was something new about Bill to go on the board,’ Buecker added. In fact, more than a dozen military facilities around the world have been named for Pitsenbarger since his death. In the early 1990s, the classmates started a campaign to convince the Pentagon he deserved the medal. They talked to aides of their congressmen and wrote letters, but did not get very far until 1996. Then they, along with the chamber of commerce and some Air Force pararescuemen, joined forces with Hayes and his fellow historian, William I. Chivalette, at the Airmen’s Memorial Museum, operated by the Air Force Sergeants Association, near Washington, D.C. Hayes and Chivalette did exhaustive research on Pitsenbarger’s last mission. Hayes collected statements from the Army veterans in 1998 and 1999, and a medal nomination package was sent to the Pentagon. On October 6, 2000, Congress approved a bill that included awarding the Medal of Honor to Pitsenbarger. The 1962 class of Piqua Central High School had also felt it was a shame that his hometown had never honored him. In 1992, Cheryl Buecker and her husband Tom, who was president of the 1962 class, persuaded David Vollette, president of the Piqua Chamber of Commerce, to join their effort. In 1993 they got the town government to change the name of Piqua’s 67-acre Eisenhower Park to the Pitsenbarger Sports Complex, with a granite monument and bronze plaque, paid for in part by donations from ’62 classmates. ‘We had a deep desire as a community to see something happen. We knew [Pitsenbarger’s] father was hurt that he didn’t get the medal,’ said Cheryl Buecker. Tom Buecker said that in 1991 he had discussed the medal with aides of the area’s U.S. congressman, Representative John A. Boehner, but nothing much had developed from it. The Bueckers said they did not know the process or what was needed in Washington, or even if it was possible for someone to receive the Medal of Honor after so many years. In 1996, Chivalette went to Piqua to gather material to write a monograph on Pitsenbar-ger. During his visit, high school classmates and chamber of commerce members mentioned their efforts for a Piqua memorial and the Medal of Honor, and the Bueckers discussed the process with him. In writing his monograph, Chivalette be-came convinced Pitsenbarger deserved the medal. He researched the case until early 1998, when he turned it over to Hayes, since he was leaving for a new job with the Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall in Alabama. Meanwhile, the Sergeants Association had been separately contacted in the spring of 1998 by Air Force pararescuer Paul Miller, who also sought help in trying to obtain the medal for Pitsenbarger. The Airmen’s Memorial Museum assembled a nomination package, with helicopter pilot Harold Salem signing the recommendation. Retired Maj. Gen. Allison C. Brooks of Sequim, Wash., who was in charge of Air Force rescue units in Vietnam in 1966, provided an endorsement, and Representative Boehner recommended approval of the medal and sent the package to Secretary Peters. On April 7, 2001, Piqua held a community celebration of Pitsenbarger’s life and heroism, marked by the unveiling of a replica of an Ohio historical marker. There also was a fund-raising dinner for the William H. Pitsenbarger Scholarship Fund, established in 1992 by his father and his late mother, Irene. There is now talk of putting up a statue of Pitsenbarger in the town square. For his father, friends, classmates and the town of Piqua, the ceremonies helped bring what seemed to be a fitting end to an almost forgotten episode of the Vietnam War. ‘It brought closure for me, and I think for the whole town,’ said his father. The article was written by Lacy Dean McCrary and originally published in the June 2002 issue of Vietnam Magazine. For more great articles be sure to subscribe to Vietnam Magazine today!   The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1963 has awarded in the name of the Congress the Medal of Honor posthumously to: A1C WILLIAM H. PITSENBARGER UNITED STATES AIR FORCE for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty near Cam My, April 11, 1966: Rank and organization: Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force, Detachment 6, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Bien Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. Place and date: Near Cam My, April 11, 1966 Entered service at: Piqua, Ohio Born: July 8, 1944, Piqua, Ohio Citation:   Airman First Class Pitsenbarger distinguished himself by extreme valor on April 11, 1966 near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam, while assigned as a Pararescue Crew Member, Detachment 6, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron. On that date, Airman Pitsenbarger was aboard a rescue helicopter responding to a call for evacuation of casualties incurred in an on-going firefight between elements of the United States Army's 1st Infantry Division and a sizable enemy force approximately 35 miles east of Saigon. With complete disregard for personal safety, Airman Pitsenbarger volunteered to ride a hoist more than one hundred feet through the jungle, to the ground. On the ground, he organized and coordinated rescue efforts, cared for the wounded, prepared casualties for evacuation, and insured that the recovery operation continued in a smooth and orderly fashion. Through his personal efforts, the evacuation of the wounded was greatly expedited. As each of the nine casualties evacuated that day were recovered, Pitsenbarger refused evacuation in order to get one more wounded soldier to safety. After several pick-ups, one of the two rescue helicopters involved in the evacuation was struck by heavy enemy ground fire and was forced to leave the scene for an emergency landing. Airman Pitsenbarger stayed behind, on the ground, to perform medical duties. Shortly thereafter, the area came under sniper and mortar fire. During a subsequent attempt to evacuate the site, American forces came under heavy assault by a large Viet Cong force. When the enemy launched the assault, the evacuation was called off and Airman Pitsenbarger took up arms with the besieged infantrymen. He courageously resisted the enemy, braving intense gunfire to gather and distribute vital ammunition to American defenders. As the battle raged on, he repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to care for the wounded, pull them out of the line of fire, and return fire whenever he could, during which time, he was wounded three times. Despite his wounds, he valiantly fought on, simultaneously treating as many wounded as possible. In the vicious fighting which followed, the American forces suffered 80 percent casualties as their perimeter was breached, and airman Pitsenbarger was finally fatally wounded. Airman Pitsenbarger exposed himself to almost certain death by staying on the ground, and perished while saving the lives of wounded infantrymen. His bravery and determination exemplify the highest professional standards and traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Air Force

If it had to be a woman, I'm fine with Harriet Tubman.  Her role in history being minor or major is a personal opinion, nothing can discount the deeds she did, and the lives she saved.  I'd even argue that for a black woman in her time, her accomplishments are even more impressive considering what she had to overcome.   Would you rather wait 20 years and have Hillary's face on the $20?

I don't really care who's on the currency. Harriet Tubman was a very noble human being. Sacagawea was hotter, but whatever.

Here is the single most important thing to weight loss. That is whether you can or cannot exercise. Only eat the suggested serving size and weigh it out. I was as guilty as anyone in thinking a 1/4 bottle of salad dressing is a serving size. Or that the ready made lasagna dinner is a serving for two rather than seven. Once I started actually weighing my portions the weight came off. I lost about 40 pounds in 12 months. My wife lost 70 in that same year.

We are going down fast as a nation. What got us here is not good anymore.

Thank you for introducing me to the MyFitnessPal app!!  Looks like I started my journey to lose 40lbs as of today!!

I have a take-down like yours and went with a BSA Sweet 22. Great scope for the money. My Son likes it.

Hopefully Guns'n More will eventually grow into a shooting range, class act folks.

Hey possumslayer, you might want to go somewhere else for brownie baking classes

This is a great idea my grandmother who passed away last year on her 93rd birthday got the biggest kick out of me and my son calling her every Wednesday afternoon just to check in it made her week just talking to her for a few minutes

"place my financial information at risk" ????? LOL.....better spend that $6.38 wisely !

I don't see why you couldn't carry.  Are the tour bus folks running your carry on bags and you through metal detectors and X Ray machines?  If they are not doing that, I don't see how they would know just like any other place.

There's only one real solution here.....take it back and buy a Toyota  :taunt:  :hiding:  :whistle:

For a short period of time I worked in consumer affairs at Nissan. In cases like this, we would often offer an extended warranty to "restore faith" in the vehicle and brand. Also, depending on the case, a service program (oil changes for a year or two, etc) might be offered. I agree, you may not be "entitled" to goodwill. However, a major part falling off your BRAND NEW vehicle should warrant some gesture on behalf of the manufacturer, imho. It will also show up in their financials eventually. High goodwill costs will put pressure on them to find problem areas and work to "stop the bleeding."

This^^^ Check on her once in a while.

Heres my VZ58 at work the other day. Its got a side folder so its pretty compact. Added the MRO to it also. At the time I had no intentions of using an arm brace but when added the MRO had to have something the cheek to. [url=http://s738.photobucket.com/user/llsvegas/media/IMG_4054.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s738.photobucket.com/user/llsvegas/media/IMG_4056.jpg.html][/URL]

Attourney letter and small claim action will definately get the job done and may be necessary. I'd go that route, too. I think I would also try the more immediate route of getting a personal number for the guy though so I could call him often just to say, "hey buddy, where's my stuff?". Spokeo shows an additional US Cellular number and AT&T landline in addition to the Verizon Wireless business number listed. Just an idea to get n touch...

Great day in the woods. Doubled with my buddy last year on 4/20 and pulled it off again today. "So he cocked both his pistols, spit in the dirt, and walked out in to the street."

So I had some friends visit last week as I posted above. On the way they stopped at Woodford Reserve and took a tour, and brought me a gift. This is only sold at the distillery. It's smooth and sweet on the front with that traditional Woodford oak and spice in the aftertaste. Very good on my opinion.

Definitely keep us posted on this.  We may all need to report the site is safe.  

I followed Microsoft's instructions and submitted a report to them that their Safe Screen warning is erroneous.  I would go out on a limb and say that someone has reported TGO as "unsafe" as a malicious act meant to harm the community.  I'm reading reports of other gun forums experiencing the same thing.   The really fantastic part about this is that in order to file this report with them, you have to visit the site from their browser.  They do not provide a link by which to report that your safe is site from, say, Chrome or Firefox.  Really classy of Microsoft.  Hold you hostage to installing Windows 10 and using the Edge browser to fight their claim against your site.   After submitting the fact that the site is NOT malicious in any way to them, I was shown a screen that said clearing TGO is purely up to them and that the request may or may not be granted at a time of their choosing.  I honestly suspect a Class Action lawsuit to be filed against Microsoft for, in effect, harming the business interests of many web site owners, and providing very limited recourse with no guarantee of satisfaction.  If it happens, I'll gladly pile on my claim against them.

Thank you for posting this. I have been on a weight loss journey myself and was in need of something like this. I started the low carb,high protein diet In March of 2015 and by thanksgiving I had lost 90lbs. Then thanksgiving rolled around and I started loosing me grip. I have now put back on 25 of the 90 so this is very helpful.

I would also caution against using anything other than an oily rag to clean it and preserve it.

While the circumstances are unfortunate that pistol is a wonderful treasure and testament to your friendship. High Standards are the gold standard for American semi-auto .22's. That one looks like it just came out of the box! Treasure the magazine as well. Originals are somewhat hard to find and ridiculously priced. Only shoot standard velocity ammo!

Man oh man.....what a fine mess. I feel for you and I hope your able to get this straightened out.

      You do know that Hamilton was a Founding Father, right? 

if anyone should be removed it should be Hamilton.    On US Money it should be founding Fathers and Presidents.,

and if you are here for good you should know that like me you are a Damn Yankee

I drive to the OK Corral now. I refuse to pay the price to shoot at the indoor range plus buy their ammo. I like being able to draw from my holster and shoot my pistol.

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We had an '01 TJ for a little while. I loved my old Willys jeeps, but I have never been so glad to get rid of a vehicle as I was that new one. Guess I just don't get the "Jeep thing". :lol:

  Yep! Although I do enjoy being active I am not an exercise buff. That leads me to reduce calorie intake and that app is perfect for managing that!     I too am not going to let those charts rule my life. It would/will be a night and day difference if I get down under 200 lbs. I'll go from there to see if I should drop another 10 or 20.   Also, lucky you for your company! I know someone that works IT at BlueCross and they have a tracker laced into their shoelaces. I don't know exactly but I think they get payouts if they meet certain goals. I wish!   Pork rinds and sugar free Jello! I too remember gorging myself on a lot of those. I didn't feel great because I wasn't eating healthy but it did takes pounds off. I do remember hitting a plateau around 205 or so (attempting to drop from 220 to 200). A consequence of such is that I still love a whole bag of pork rinds.

fixed it for ya!

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Now I want a 460 Rowland. Thanks alot TGO.

A gift. As long as you don't transfer ownership.

    The term itself aside, ATF considers any purchase from FFL where a person gives you the money up front to buy it for him illegal, whether that person can legally own firearms or not.   See 4473 for specific example between legal "gift" and illegal purchase for someone else.   Note that this recently went all the way to SCOTUS at least regarding lying on the 4473 (the cop who bought a firearm for his brother in another state, even though it was transferred in that other state through a FFL).   - OS

Congrats , I have 5 and don't even like them ! :)