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Speed cameras are a joke, as are speed limits on a good portion of roads. The biggest problem that I have with speed cameras is that there is no way to face your accuser and contest the ticket. I've gotten out of the majority of speeding tickets that I have gotten from actual police officers by pleading my case in front of a judge. There is no avenue for defending yourself from the accusation of the camera, the camera says that you are guilty so you are guilty. I don't want to live in a country where an electronic device decides my guilt or innocence. Driver education is fundamental, it's not speed that causes crashes the majority of the time, it's distractions and incompetence. Do we not all know of a piece of road that is a speed trap? I can think of several 4 lane highways where there is no cross traffic and not lots of businesses or houses yet the speed limit may be 45 through that stretch, you can travel the same road for a few miles and everything is the same but the speed limit is 65. I try to stay within 10 mph of the speed limit if there are chances that it could be patrolled, I don't feel that I'm endangering myself or anyone else. As a society we bow down to the speed limits and we do not question them. (Some speed limits I can agree to, 70 on the freeway works, because most people are moving 80 or so, move it up and triple digit speeds will start to become common, American drivers are just not ready for that.) Why should we never question a rule imposed on us by our government? Will we take this same mentality of "don't question the rules" when the government decides to remove our hunting rifles from our possession because they hold more than one round, or they don't like the caliber?

I usually open carry when I'm fishing (IWB.) Mainly because I'm wading and it helps keep my gun dry as opposed to my normal pocket carry. I usually carry in my pocket. The other day there was a lot of people around and a lot of them looked pretty hippy/ gun hating like. I tied a bandana around my belt loop and tucked it over the butt of my 642 and no one could see it. Even talked to a guy for about 20 minutes and he didn't notice. (I wasn't wearing a shirt btw)

Went out for just a couple of hours Tuesday evening. Didn't see the first trout but I caught three nice small mouth. Kept the two largest for me and the girlfriend. Rolled one up in aluminum foil, had it stuffed with butter and seasoning, it was pretty good. The other I fileted and cut into bite sized chunks, rolled in seasoned flour and fried in butter, chewing was not necessary, some of the best fish I have ever had. Headed out for a few hours this afternoon!

We had one that was missing a front leg one season, saw it several times around the house. It still got around pretty well and looked healthy otherwise.

Okay if train horns don't work I'm thinking those little deer whistles are a scam.

I got that long 1 mile trip, about to take it here in a little bit and wet a line. I'm going to have a hectic work weekend since I'm in the tourism industry. Gonna get a few hours of therapy before I start the work weekend late tonight or in the early morning.

Not sure about the entire area between Knox and Chatt but I know that Rural Metro serves Knoxville and a good portion of the surrounding area.

That's a cup of coffee I would like to try!

Correct me if I'm wrong and I may be, but was DAC not owned by Gail Kerr and her family? The Gail Kerr as in the gun hating Tennessean columnist?

No need to be in the company of a legal guardian. At 17 he can drive himself to hunt, just needs to be sure guns are unloaded and guns and ammo are stored properly. Don't believe hunting license is even necessary as it is legal for minors to partake in recreational shooting as well.

I've fished all my life. Since adulthood it seems that every coupe of years I get really into fishing, and then for whatever reason I get out of it. This past weekend I took inventory of my supplies, bought a few new lures and put new line on. Was pressed for time while fishing with the girlfriend Sunday evening but I was off on Monday and headed out alone for a few hours of solitude, man was it great. I've lived in this house for 2 years. The last time I was into fishing was right before I moved here, I stopped because I moved, I was really busy with work, and wasn't familiar with the local waters. Well I found out yesterday that I have a great trout stream a mile from my house. Caught a 14" rainbow on an ultralight and I'm hooked again for sure! Saw lots of really nice trout but only managed to land that one. I'm going to spend more time fly fishing in the near future as well.

What the crap man? I thought I was a tough guy for passing a 5mm. That is insane. You should sell the mineral right of your body to a mining company.

I've been battling stones for a few years now. First time I ever got one I thought that I was dying. I hate going to see a Dr. but when I got that first one I drove myself to the ER. Now I know what it is and I don't panic I just prepare. When I feel one coming on and take this as you want, I start drinking lots of beer, as much as I can really. I usually go for Budweiser 55 because it has a low alcohol content so I can drink more of that than normal beer. Ingesting that much liquid and with the alcohol being a diuretic you will have a stronger and more frequent stream which can help push the stone out, the anesthetic effect of the alcohol doesn't hurt either. If you absolutely can't stand the pain you can always drink more as well, after all that couldn't be as bad for you as the morphine they give you in the hospital. The other thing that I've found that helps me sometimes is riding a dirtbike, it seems to jar everything around and can knock a lodged stone loose, if you don't have a dirtbike maybe try running or jumping rope, neither of which sounds appealing when all you really want to do is lay in the fetal position and scream. Take my advice as you want, I'm no doctor, just a guy that suffers from kidney stones. Oh yeah I've tried the olive oil and lemon juice thing as well, usually a shot glass full 50/50, seemed like maybe it helped a little. Best of luck, I feel your pain.

Hogs and rabbits are impressed at the rate at which this POS reproduces.

I think it depends a lot on your local county clerks office as well. It seems like some days you could walk in there with a paper napkin with "title" written on it in crayon and they would give you what you want, other days it seems you have to jump through hoops to renew your tags.

Got a buddy that buys the cow on hoof from a local farmer and has it slaughtered. Sounds pretty appealing after thinking about all the trouble it is to raise the cow. Can't remember what he pays but I think it comes out to a couple of dollars per pound after the meat is packaged and everything. Feeds a family of four for a year for $750.

Always enjoy Mr. Venola's column in the back of G&A, he writes good articles too. Hope this is some sort of misunderstanding.

I've been down this road in several different situations. In TN if you don't have a title or an MSO you pretty much are not going to get the vehicle registered. I'll go out on a limb here and take a guess that you are looking at dual sports or motards that began life as a dirtbike. If not you are looking at red flags for sure. If you have a MSO and it DOES NOT read "For off road use only" you should be able to get a title. I have a converted dualsport that began life as a dirtbike, it never was registered. I didn't get a title or an MSO with it, I've tried everything to get it titled but it's not going to happen. No big deal since I bought it as a dirtbike anyway, just thought it would be nice to get it tagged.

Welcome, I used to live in that area, beautiful country up there.

Commercial snake repellants are a rebranded common chemical that you can buy for much less, I just can't think of what it is at the moment.

The Patriot Guard Riders do a great thing. I have a friend that is a PGR. He told me about Westboro showing up to a soldiers funeral in Algood. PGR intercepted Westboro's plans and arrived in the Walmart parking lot where they were supposed to convene. The sheriffs department told Westboro that they didn't have enough man power to protect them if the PGR decided to attack them. Westboro quickly got back on their buses and got out of there.

Yes Kruchnik that's how it seems with the gnats. You can not enjoy being outside. If you are moving they aren't bad, forget sitting on the front porch in the morning and drinking some coffee though.

Or tape it to a brick.

I had thought about getting an antenna before, I only have time to watch a significant amount of TV about 2 months out of the year so I refuse to pay for satellite. Unfortunately I live in a very remote area. The antennaweb site had this to say about my location. Sucks, I clicked the mountain top right behind my house that is about 1/2 mile away (the way the crow flies, probably a 3 day hike, LOL) there's about 10 stations available up there.

Link doesn't work, I think this is what you were talking about though. http://www.antennaweb.org/