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If this has been posted before, I missed it, so forgive me. I thought it was hilarious and wanted to share it. A Pastor bought a Donkey and decided to enter him in a race. The donkey won. The Pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again and it won again. The local paper read: PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT. The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the Pastor not to enter the donkey in another race. The next day the local paper headline read: BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS. This was too much for the Bishop so he ordered the Pastor to get rid of the donkey. The Pastor decided to give it to a Nun in a nearby convent. The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline the next day: NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN. The Bishop fainted. He informed the Nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey so she sold it to a farm for $10. The next day the paper read: NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10 This was too much for the Bishop so he ordered the Nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild. The next day the headlines read: NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE. The Bishop was buried the next day. The moral of the story is . . . being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery and even shorten your life. So be yourself and enjoy life. Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and just cover your own !!! You'll be a lot happier and live longer!

Thank you I’m of two minds about it. On one hand, I want to hurry up and get back to work. On the other hand, I want to get this over with. If I come down with the ‘Rona now, then I can no longer think about it anymore. I am young enough, and healthy enough, to not have any of the high risk factors that I’m honestly not worried about getting it. The odds are very, very low that I would die. My job is a higher risk for killing me than the ‘Rona. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I get out of my depth here pretty quickly - but one of the antibodies Immunoglobulin M develops very quickly after infection - but is not long lasting - maybe lasting weeks in the system. A second antibody immunoglobulin G develops later and is somewhat more durable and longer lasting - lasting months or years in some cases. It is still unknown as to what protection these antibodies will offer against reinfection. Because of the above questions as well as the chances for both false positives and even false negative in some cases, it’s generally recognized that a current Emergency Use Authorized serological test is more of a curiosity than an actual diagnostic test.

That's a gen 2 rail. Is your charging handle ambidextrous? My gen 1 is not. It's kind of table stakes - but it's not unheard of to get a bad heat treat on a batch of pins.

I appreciate the sites that have the “show only in-stock items” option. When you check that the whole page is empty and you don’t have to dig around to try to find anything.

Outstanding brother!

We've been here before. This too shall pass. Saturday was the first time in 2020 that I've shot. I'm conserving what I have.

If you haven't already started taking vitamin D3, you should start immediately and take a 20,000 IU on day 1 and 5,000 IU daily after that. Some people are advocating 50,000 IU on day 1. Good luck.

Updated "Christmas Story"

Lol, that is why I will shoot a deer for friends but they have to get it processed (or do their own) because it is not only labor intensive, but it takes some time, time which I could be hunting.

The work begins at the pull of the trigger. LOL Nice deer Greg, you can't eat them ole horns anyways, make nice hat racks though.

1911 guys reading this be like:

Had a great time in Ohio with family - I can’t begin to tell you all how grateful I am...what an amazing group of people you all are...thank you and God bless!!!

I'm quite sure he doesn't. Salvation is by faith, not by works. Relinquishing control is hard, i struggle with that every day. The choice is yours, all you have to do is ask.

What are you loading for? Trap and skeet, or hunting? I only recommend Lee to those I don't like. Mec is the way to go. The one to get is determined by what you're going to do. Trap and skeet are high demand on shells and shot size. 2 3/4 - 3 Dram and 7 1/2 to 9 in shot size. Hunting goes to 3 1/4- 3 3/8 dram and shot size goes nuts from there. 7 1/2 for birds, 6 to 5 for rabbit [ hard to find ] and expensive as all get out. Then there are slugs. You can cast your own. The biggest thing is different size shot and wads. Mec has low production presses like the mec jr, and production presses like the 9000. Even motorized and hydrolic units. What's your poison, what's your friend? Bonnie and I shot trap 3 days a week. So we loaded 2. But shot was $5.50 a bag then. Now there's only one plant [that I know of] for shot. We think it's a little back door gun control. I've got two presses in the basement. Both Mec jrs.. One 12ga one 20 gage.Both are taking up space.

I’ve used a MEC 600 Jr quite a bit and it blows away the Lee Load All. I picked up a second one used for $60. They are not fast—I can load maybe 100 rounds an hour, but there is no case prep/cleaning and gaging like there is with brass case cartridges. Whatever the extra cost is over a Load All, it’s worth it. I’ve had mixed results with adjustable charge bars and would avoid them. What gauge do you plan to load? Not sure about current birdshot prices, but at $5-6/box, it’s tough to save much for 12. On the other hand, you can save a ton on .410 and to a lesser extent on 28 and 20. I’ve loaded more 20 ga. than anything.

MEC 9000G if you can find one used. Problem now is the cost of lead. Has to be below $30 bucks or so a bag to really make it worthwhile.

That tip is sheared off.

I really prefer to do my own. I guess I'm picky.

Alleycat, God hates no one. His word says he loves all and wants all to come to Him through faith in His Son, Jesus the Christ. Read your Bible and allow it into your heart(The Mind). Christ worldwide invitation; (Matthew 11:28-30) Come to Me, ALL who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you. and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My load is Light. Each persons choice to make. The way God intended it. Edited to add; Bigun, you allowed nature to take it's course concerning your 3 precious loved ones. One does not make those decisions easily or play God when making this kind of very hard decisions. Take comfort in that. I said it earlier, euthanasia is a completely different situation.

I've had the flu before. Always my senses returned to normal. Not this time. It doesn't appear I'll ever have a return to normal. I always had an acute ability to smell and taste. Not anymore. I've lost 20 pounds from prior to the illness. Good thing is I can now drink cheap bourbon and not give a ####.

I know some won't agree with us but I agree with you. Being sick (with anything) stinks but I'm tired of thinking about it. Part of me wants to get it over with. My wife and I just got back from Mexico 7 days ago and it appears(so far) we managed to not get Covid. We took as many reasonable precautions as we could. Apparently flying is safer than one would think. My wife is convinced we had it the first few days of February when returning from New Orleans because we had all the symptoms except for loss of taste.

I ordered the Jagerworks B.R.O.S. a couple months ago before it was actually available. I finally received it a couple weeks ago and I like it. It truly allows you to ruggedize the SRO.

Not for the last decade based on the game results. UT fans won't admit it but Vanderbilt is a bigger rival than Florida, Georgia, or Alabama the last ten years. 105 November 20, 2010 Nashville Tennessee 24–10 106 November 19, 2011 Knoxville Tennessee 27–21OT 107 November 17, 2012 Nashville Vanderbilt 41–18 108 November 23, 2013 Knoxville Vanderbilt 14–10 109 November 29, 2014 Nashville Tennessee 24–17 110 November 28, 2015 Knoxville Tennessee 53–28 111 November 26, 2016 Nashville Vanderbilt 45–34 112 November 25, 2017 Knoxville Vanderbilt 42–24 113 November 24, 2018 Nashville Vanderbilt 38–13 114 November 30, 2019 Knoxville Tennessee 28–10

Nope. Its a wannabe that wasn't.

They need to fire Vanderbilt and put Memphis in the SEC.

There is evidence suggesting the Kung Flu has been in circulation in the US in 2019. Several people with similar stories. The sense of taste/smell issues are unique to this illness.

Nothing to brag about, but I haven't seen a good deer where I hunt this year. I bought a new dehydrator, and want to see if it works. My patience ran out around 7am this morning.

You’d think it would be consistent, it ain’t. I spent enough time behind the counter at a gun shop to learn that. So I can’t help you with a why, just an idea of the what.

The Amish don't have internet or network news, so they are pretty well insulated form this.

You don't have to worry about the vaccine altering your DNA because it doesn't. As opposed to the traditional method of weakening a virus and then introducing it into your body so that you mount an immune response to a specific protein found on the virus, the DNA and RNA vaccines introduce genetic sequences of the virus into your body. Certain cells then use that genetic material to produce the targeted protein, which then stimulates the the immune response. The cells do not mutate (i.e., change their own DNA). There are actually a host of reasons why DNA and RNA vaccinations are a lot safer than traditional vaccinations. In my practice, I vaccinate cats daily with a recombinant DNA rabies vaccination. The traditional killed-virus rabies vaccination has a 1 in 10,000 chance of stimulating tumors (presumably due to the additives needed to stimulate the immune system to respond to an inactivated virus). The "new" vaccine (which has been around for at least 20 years) is much less likely to have any side effects because the they can pare it down to the most essential components necessary to stimulate an immune response. It is also just as effective as the traditional vaccination. The same principles will translate to the coronavirus vaccination, and I am hopeful that one day they can make other coronavirus vaccinations for human colds and potentially FIP (a nearly 100% fatal disease in cats caused by a coronavirus). If the coronavirus vaccination was available to my family today, the only two things I would consider is efficacy and safety. If I looked at the numbers and saw that adverse reactions were no greater than any other vaccination, we would all four get the vaccination. Realistically, there will be hundreds of thousands of people around the world who will get it before my family can get it, so there will be even more safety data available by that time. I am an essential worker in Tennessee, but I live in Georgia, so I don't know how that will effect when I get vaccinated.

I'd love to see all elected officials nationwide having to take it before using it on innocent people.

Amen brother.

Warren tended to be spot on.

After having to make the decision three times I can tell you it's hard to do. When my mother had cancer she said she didn't want to keep up her treatments. They were painful to her and she had been told they would do no good. She said she would keep taking them if I wanted her to. I couldn't ask her to go through that for me. It was a tough decision. My dad had a stroke and we had never talked about it. So it was totally on me. Both of them I had to make the decision and you second guess yourself for years. When my wife was at that stage I had a talk with with both my children about and we agreed no machines to keep her alive. It was totally my decision but I didn't want either of them to be upset with me over it. It was all so hard to deal with I had a living will made and my wishes are known to both kids. and the have a copy of it.

Well, I'm convinced that God hates me. I do as much good as I can, but I'm not a good person by nature. If I do choose to take my life at some point, it's only because I want to save lives not take them.

It get that, but it just irks me that other people, or government, think that it's their place to even comment on such a personal decision let alone set conditions on it.

Personally, I'm gonna blow off work tomorrow, grab my better half and the dog and head to White Top Mountain. I need a little mental health break. My boss said it was OK. Of Course my boss is a real ass. Did I mention that I'm self employed???!!! All y'all hang in there and take care of yourselves. This too will pass.

Personally, I feel that the choice to end your life cannot be more personal, and it's nobody's damned business if you make the choice to do so - particularly the government's. Some will say it's the family's business, but if you're selfish enough not to consider them then their opinion doesn't matter to you anyway.

I've read the Bible numerous times, and nowhere does it say that. Can't talk about Muslims, Mormons, etc. It does say that it is "appointed once unto man to die" so you can't die before your time, and no matter what, you can't surprise God.

We have a friend who just was notified she had cancer, from going in to get checked to now being given just a few days to live, all in a span of just two to three weeks. Her daughter told us she is tired of fighting so I suspect she will go soon. For her, I'd support euthanasia, instead of going through all the pain and suffering, and the indignity of having everything done for you in the end. It should be a no brainer, when you have a terminal disease and only a short time left, it should be legal to choose to die on your own terms. We have discussed this at length in our family, we don't have DNRs, but have expressed our feelings that if we are being kept alive artificially and the quality of life is just not there, then we will make the decision to let that person go. DNRs are a bit too restrictive IMO, they won't even do CPR, which would suck if your heart stopped and all it needs is a jumpstart, with nothing else wrong.

I haven't read much about it, but my biggest question about the coming vaccine is what is the plan for an end game? Will this vaccine be like measles or polio--one dose and good for life? Or will it be like a flu shot--different every year and always needing to be adjusted or redeveloped? If it's the latter, are we facing lockdowns and mask mandates for the rest of our days? Are people ok with this?

I think folks are getting fed up with all this. Videos and photos posted on social media late Saturday in California showed a strong turnout for what was billed as a "Curfew Breakers" protest against Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest coronavirus mitigation orders. Images showed demonstrators -- many with American flags or Trump 2020 flags -- reveling in what seemed like a New Year's Eve-style celebration. Passing vehicles could be heard honking in support. At a simultaneous rally in San Clemente, Calif., demonstrators were seen gathered around a fire, with members of the crowd tossing protective face coverings into the flames. "Burn that mask! Burn that mask!" crowd members were heard shouting. After Newsom issued his order, several California sheriffs said they had no plans to enforce the curfew. "We've got a lot of things to do, including taking guns away from gang members, stopping narcotic trafficking, and saving children from internet predators," Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said during a video briefing Thursday afternoon, according to Fresno’s FOX 26. “We’re not gonna make criminals of normally law-abiding citizens.” https://www.foxnews.com/us/huntington-beach-protest-expected-against-californias-coronavirus-curfew

My patience with Guarantano has expired. He best be gone.

I've owned a 4" blue Ruger Security Six for many years. Great gun! I've had a 2.75" model on my wish list for more years than I care to count. The darn things are hard to come by and often sell at ridiculous prices. About a week ago, one popped up on the local Armslist. I sent the guy an e-mail, but unfortunately had to leave for a doctor's appointment. By the time I got back, it was gone. Likewise, I found a nice blue one on GB just a few days ago. It ended up selling for way more than I was willing to give. But this morning I finally scored! Another one popped up on Armslist. Surprised me because two in as many weeks is unheard of. In fact, these are the first Security Sixs listed in over a year. I texted the guy, we made arrangements and I came home with this. It came with Pachmyer Grippers on it. I hate those. I dug around in the wood pile and came up with a set of factory targets. The pic doesn't really show it, but they're rough as a cob. Oh well, they'll do until I can find something better. I really would have preferred a blue gun, but beggars can't be choosers. I'm happy with it! Anyway, I hope to get it to the range soon. Range report pending.

I Have been doing a lot of research on HAM radio as of late. I’m going to be getting my license in the not too distant future. Get a programming cable and download the Chirp software(free) so you can program your units. Find out what channels the local emergency services use, assuming they aren’t already on digital trunk systems, and program those in if you want to listen to them. Also find out what channels the civilian emergency folks in the area use so you can utilize them in case of dire emergency. Regardless of how you program them, even if you program them for FRS or MURS channels, it is illegal for you to hit the transmit button without a license. They transmit at a power level you are required to have a license to operate.

Stop the Bleed Knowing how to patch holes is as important (if not more so) than making them.

Effective April 8, 2020, all rules and guidelines for using the TGO Trading Post are now found in this article. Please always refer to this article for the most up-to-date guidelines.