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Very cool Dave S!

I'm in the same boat.  I'm attempting to change positions within the company.  I like the company that I work for but my particular position simply requires more time than I want to give.  Maybe it's because I've had some really good employers in the past, I just don't care for the attitude some employers have where they act like they own employees and don't care of their employees have something else they had rather be doing, like spending time with family.

The Bobbitt.

There are plenty of self centered people out there that would do anything imaginable if they think it will get them ahead a little, we call a lot of them politicians and there are plenty more willing to roll over for a dollar.

With this cold front rolling in I'm really regretting not participating in archery season.  I think anyone that has a half decent spot should see some deer this weekend.

Dead serious, sorry I don't believe everything NBC tells me.   I also don't put it past our government to blatantly lie.

That's what I was wondering, the ATF would need a starting point.

I listened to news radio for a good part of the day today.  At one point I heard a recorded press release from the ATF special agent in charge of the case and she was talking about the shooters firearms being traced, she used this term, "traced" several times, she stated that they had traced some of his firearms and were in the process of tracing others.  I don't know about yall but I'm kind of thinking that the tin foil hatters that said that they believed that the government was using 4473's as a defacto registration may have been right.    I'll give props to the local sheriff up there, he is refusing to release or say the name of the shooter so as to not give him any attention.

I thought that exact thought today.  Some say I'm a crazy conspiracy theorist, I say they are crazy for not taking the conspiracy into consideration.  I've said it once and I'll say it again I don't think what we were told happened at Sandy hook was what actually took place at Sandy Hook.  I'll say the same about several other shootings as well.

  I haven't ridden since I moved back to middle Tennessee.  The bikes are either gone, are for sale, or will be for sale after I finish one that is a project.  Drivers are way worse here than in East Tennessee, not saying that the ones in East Tennessee are good, part of the problem here is that there is more traffic volume.  That issue paired with the fact that I have to travel an hour to find a decent road did it for me.  There is no way I would commute the 8 miles to work, too congested, too many people not paying attention. 

They have been off of my list since they posted.  Waffle House is just one of those places that you DON'T visit without a gun.  There are a bunch of weirdos and drunks there so you never know what could happen. 

I believe that they already have though I could be mistaken.  Seems it was a hospital or some other medical entity in the Chattanooga area.  I'm not a tobacco user but I fully support someone else's right to use tobacco so long as I'm not inhaling their smoke or getting spit on.

Very frustrating.  If the name of the game were choking we would be national champs.

I saw tons of deer today driving out to the boat after work and from the boat to home.  

That's just un American.

Good luck everyone!  I had too much going on this summer to get any archery practice in so I'm sitting out archery season, it just wouldn't be fair to the deer to go out without proper practice.  I will be hunting black powder though and I'm really looking forward to that.  I'm still getting my gun dialed in just the way I want it but I'll be ready before the season starts.  I'll be watching this thread tomorrow at work, hope to see some pictures.

Step 1:  Buy a stripped lower receiver, a mag block, and a rifle kit from Palmetto State Armory (they have one right now for $299) you will also need magazines and an optic or iron sites.  This is EVERYTHING you will need to complete this gun, the only other needed item is ammo. Step 2: After you have all of these items search Youtube for videos about assembling an Ar-15, trust me there are plenty.     Tool wise you will need a punch set, some small  needle nose pliers, Allen wrenches, and a vise.

Looks like a job for zebra print or the Hello Kitty pattern, I'd go with zebra print as the Hello Kitty stuff is outrageously expensive.

Duct tape, you need duct tape.

If I were the buyer in the transaction that you describe I would expect to pay $40 give or take less than I would otherwise expect to pay for that particular gun due to the background check and transfer fee that I would have to pay.  A bill of sale, verification or residency and asking the buyer if they are legally able to posess a firearm (get that in writing if you want) should cover issues that you may encounter.  Then again I'd probably be more willing to go through the transfer process than give a stranger that much personal info.  As a buyer I'd rather not go through any paperwork that I don't have to. 

I've switched to NAPA for parts.  I've had too many bad experiences with Advance/Auto Zone/O'reileys. They are still good for air fresheners and seat covers though.

That sucks.  I already have that T-shirt though.  Let me ask you, how many bikes have ridden by you and either waved and not stopped, or not even bothered waving for that matter?  I was stuck on the side of I-81 for about 2 hours last May with a blown out rear tire and literally dozens of bikes passed me and not a single one stopped to offer help.  I think  it was even more insulting when they waved and didn't stop.  The "brotherhood" ain't what it used to be, used to if you saw a bike stranded, you stopped and helped, period.  My personal opinon is that East Tennessee is a major motorcycle destination and the tourists don't want to interupt their vacation by stopping to help another biker, that and too many self centered A-hole professionals RUBS (rich urban bikers) are out there. 

I guess this has been in the works for a while.  I know a guy that took a job with Remington in Alabama several months ago as an engineer.

There is a season and poaching is taken very seriously.

I broke down and bought myself a new Minn Kota trolling motor for my boat last week.  It replaced a Motorguide that came with the boat and had certainly seen better days.  I did some research before my purchase and found people had a lot of bad things to say about each brand and not a whole lot of good things to say about either one as well.  It seems that Minn Kota and Motorguide are the two big players in the trolling motor game so I went with the Minn Kota because it was a little less expensive and I've had decent luck with them before, though it's been a while and things may have changed.    So I mount up the new motor and commence a weekend of fishing.  For those familiar with the hand controlled Minn Kotas many, including mine have a handle that tilts.  This was an important feature to me because I keep it tilted all of the way up and use a handle extension because I prefer o stand when I fish.  Right off the bat I notice that the motor is extremely weak in reverse and not that impressive in forward, though every now and then it seems to hit "high" gear but not consistently.  It doesn't always turn off when the handle is in the off position either.   So this afternoon I call Minn Kota customer service, I'm told that this is a known problem when the handle is tilted all the way up.  WTH?  What kind of company puts a feature on a product and then lets it out the door knowing that something simple for them to fix, yet complicated for the customer to fix doesn't work as it should?    Seeing as I've already thrown the packaging away I don't see returning it as an option, however I don't believe that I will be buying any of their products in the future.  Just thought I'd share to keep any of you guys from running into the same problem.