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I've never seen a knife that jams before I kid, I kid. I'm a big 1911 fan. This is one very nicely done piece.

It appears that although her accuracy was somewhat lacking, it was effective.

TLDR... Captured in Evansville, Indiana. She shot herself, but failed to kill herself during her capture. https://www.al.com/

My previous post was somewhat tongue in cheek. I have a neighbor (curmudgeon) who prefaces everything he says with something to the effect of "Those idiots from your generation..." (Mind you some of my peers that I grew up with have grown children, so it's not like I became an adult last week). I just looked at him one day and said "why did your generation raise so many worthless kids?" that was almost a year ago. He hasn't spoken to me since. I'm good with that. Truth is, I know people who are retirement age that never contributed anything noteworthy to society, and I know people who are not yet 30 who have built successful businesses, provided jobs for others, and contribute very substantial amounts of money to worthy causes. I kind of wish this mentality that people have more or less worth because of what decade they were born in would just go away.

This generation thinks milk comes from the store.

You know I'm a Toyota guy. Looked at several 200k+ Tundras before my last purchase and drove several that I would have never thought had that kind of mileage. One of the downsides to a Toyota is that they are so durable that you will likely get tired of driving it before you wear it out. We currently own two and I have owned others in the past. The maintenance costs on all of them have been exceptionally low.

There is more to life than 80 hour weeks. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. And at some points in my life I had nothing better to do than work long weeks and save money. I have zero desire to put in more than 50 hours a week again, ever. All that said, here's what I can't figure out. Everyone is drastically understaffed right now as evidence by higher pay for non skilled labor than had ever been seen. Yet I know of no one who is not working now who was working 2-3 years ago, and haven't spoken with anyone who does. Where did everyone go!

Here's an annual article. I trust snopes about as much as I trust Casey Anthony to watch kids. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2006-10-01-deputy01-story.html

https://youtu.be/yyJ_HXJLSzw

Will be in Shelbyville via Murfreesboro on 4/11 if that entices anyone. Will also be in Murfreesboro the 12-14th.

Comes in wood stock and includes synthetic Monte Carlo stock. Included are 160 rounds of ball ammo and 6 entire rounds of soft point hunting ammo. This is my last remaining Mosin, so I gathered up everything I could find. Buyer must be Tennessee resident and legal to purchase. I'm in Lebanon but travel to Franklin weekly. I also have travel plans this month including I-24 t towards Chattanooga, I-65 to the Alabama State line, Memphis, and I will be in the Jamestown area next weekend. $450 not interested in trades. No pictures really available, can provide upon request.

Been carrying for about 18 years now. First carry gun was a Glock 23. Carried it for a couple of years and picked up a S&W 642. That was my primary for nearly a decade. Then picked up a Taurus TCP which has gotten more carry time than anything over the past 8 years or so. Also heavy in that mix were a Glock 26, a Kimber 1911, and a Kimber Micro 9 that currently sees quite a bit of carry time. I found out quickly that I'm more likely to carry a gun that is easy to carry. Honestly, I despise the .380 round, but it beats the .45 that I don't want to mess with. If I'm carrying a .380 I'm usually either going to be in an area where I expect no trouble, or I have a bigger gun close by.

I've found that cilantro does much better indoors.

I'm intrigued. Studying up on the Umarex Hammer 50 cal. Anyone have one of these, or similar? It's been a while since I looked but I think it is still illegal to shoot deer with air guns. Could probably get away with shooting pigs though since there are no regulations on pigs.

I thought they were stupid and said I'd never buy one. I inherited one and can now confirm that, yes, they are stupid.

I have a Judge that I find to be rather useless. I have never had a good reason to shoot a snake, but I have a rat problem in an outbuilding (all the more reason not to shoot snakes). I've killed a bunch of rats with the Judge, but it has an effective range on rats of about 4 feet using .410. make sure your are wearing eye protection at those distances, I caught some shot ricocheting to my face last week. I find the grouping using the 45LC out of the Judge to be less than impressive.

FYI Parsons Branch Road is set to reopen, article doesn't list a date though. https://www.wate.com/news/smoky-mountains/parson-branch-road-in-smokies-to-reopen-5-years-after-damage-to-trees-made-area-unsafe/

Agree. A lot of it depends on the mower. My FIL has a steep ditch in his yard, I don't even flinch when I cut it on my Hustler. My old homeowner grade Ariens would have been all over the place. The Hustler has a wider wheelbase and is a lot heavier. The fact that it has a ROPS probably gives me a little more confidence as well. Point being, if you have a slope, some ZTRs are better than others on slopes.

Unless we're talking about Burmese pythons in the Everglades, we realty don't.

I've had a few zero turns. I'm my opinion they are absolutely the way to go. I had an Ariens Zoom 50, that lasted about 6 years, but I was cutting 5 yards for about a year of that. I decided to move on to something else when small things on that machine (starter, safety switches, etc) started going bad. I am not a fan of Kohler engines at all. The Ariens had one and the John Deere I had before it had a Kohler. Both had leaky valve covers, and I had to replace the starters on both. Also the frame on the Ariens snapped in two where the frame meets the casters. I was able to weld it back together. Last year I bought a new commercial Hustler Fastrak 54" with a Kawasaki. And I have zero complaints. I went with Hustler because a neighbor had one that was absolutely abused and it took the abuse well. I bought it with the intention of not having to buy another lawnmower for 30+ years. Things that are must haves for me when lawnmower shopping: - fabricated deck - suspension seat - Kawasaki (or at least not Kohler engine) - parts availability I was going to go the Bad Boy route, but walked into my local dealership and was repeatedly lied to and I did not receive good customer service by a long stretch. Our Hustler dealership had closed down, but I found that another local shop had picked them up. I won't blast the dealership by name, although I received great customer service on the front end, I had a really hard time getting some accessories that I purchased with the mower. The accessories were not in stock and had to be ordered. It wound up taking a couple of months to get my stuff, and a heated conversation with the service manager when they tried to charge me pickup/delivery fees and shop labor to install said accessories after my salesman assured me that the machine would be picked up, dropped off, and the accessories installed free of charge. I also never received the complimentary set of blades that the service manager promised me. Great machine, horrible customer service experience.

Haven't been there but I do know of a couple of guys who legitimately guide pig hunts for wild pigs. I would rather be hunting free range game than something in a fence but I do understand the challenges associated with hunting pigs in Tennessee as that's what I spend 90% of my hunting time doing. I'd be glad to pass some info along to you if interested.

I know it. I don't comprehend a lot of the content of @xtriggerman's posts, but I sure do admire his ability and work.

I understand being able to find one person that could be convinced that this is a $10k gun because what a single person is capable of never really ceases to amaze me. But to find multiple people who continued to bid after the price of this gun was well above "market value" is what blows my mind. But then again I need not to have to look back further than the 2020 presidential election to find large groups of people making poor choices.

Wilson County this morning. I'd say we got 2-3 inches. Took Lily out to feed the chickens, ducks, and turkeys. No one was interested in coming out of the coop, not even the ducks and they usually love this kind of weather.

I've done the squirrel elimination thing a couple of times. Shoot on sight seems to work pretty well. When I was a kid we had a neighbor who was eliminating the squirrels with a pellet gun. Before he started it wasn't uncommon to look out and see 15-20 squirrels at a time. By the time he was done you couldn't find a squirrel in that neighborhood. Had them get in an attic once, which scares me as a little chewing on the wrong wires and your house could burn down.