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  When you figure that diesel costs around 50 cents more per gallon the increased gas mileage mostly negates itself there.  Add to that $100 DIY oil changes, fuel filter replacements, a two battery system, injectors going bad, and all the other common diesel issues you will be hard pressed to ever come out ahead.  If you have a need to tow heavy loads on a regular basis, drive a whole lot of miles, or just want to drive a diesel just because then they can work out.  Full disclosure:  I drive a Tundra as my personal vehicle and a 7.3 F-250 as a company vehicle.  As for a personal vehicle I'd take the Tundra over the F-250 100 times so long as you aren't towing large loads often.  I also seem to get 16 MPG in the F-250 regardless of how it's driven (I drive it really easy) or what it's hauling.

I dipped for 13 years and smoked off and on in that time, giving up dip was way harder than cigarettes.  Finally decided to quit on December 18th, 2013.  I had a dentist appointment that didn't go too well so I thought that maybe I should give quitting another shot.  Up to this point I had made up my mind that I was done trying to quit, I just enjoyed it to much.  Well a few days into trying to quit I went to work and a hygienically challenged co-worker was helping me with something, we were in close quarters and he breathed into my face with a mouth full of Grizzly wintergreen, which was my chew of choice.  I just about tossed my cookies right there and heaved several times that shift just thinking about it.  I've not dipped since.  Funny how after all of those years that is what broke me.  I did chew once but decided to cut that out before I formed another habit.  I do smoke a pipe from time to time.  (Thanks to inspiration from that TGO pipe smoking thread, lol.)  But I probably do that once per week or so.  Best wishes on you staying quit Mav.  

I too have always been a Ford guy, but I had owned examples of all domestic trucks over the years.  A few months ago I bought an '04 Tundra crew cab.  Same reasons as you, family.  I don't ever see myself going back to a domestic truck.  Mine had a little less than 130K on it but it is tight.  Way tighter than any Ford I've seen with that mileage.  I love everything about my Tundra except the gas mileage leaves a little to be desired.  But it drives great and has plenty of power, tows good to and is comfortable even in the back seat.  There is something lacking though, it just doesn't have "truck character" to me, not like my old F-150 did.  It just seems more like a car with a bed, that has its good side too though.

  I'll share this since I'm somewhat tech savvy and didn't know about this until a few months ago.  You can right click any image, be it an an email, on a webpage anything else.  Save it in your downloads folder.  Then go to google images and you can do a web search on that image.  If that image has been posted elsewhere there is a good chance google will show you.    I've bought and sold a number of vehicles over the years, internet and otherwise, I've also walked away from a few "smoking deals."  Times are tough, people are not giving stuff away, if something doesn't seem right then it probably isn't, just walk away, more often times than not there is a legitimate listing for what you are looking for somewhere.  

I was glad that he was found not guilty even though I didn't agree 100% with everything that he did.  I see him in no way being a celebrity of any kind.  I believe the way that he has acted since his verdict tells a lot about his character.

I thought that this was a family friendly website?  :bowrofl:   It's been a while since I've visited it but I used to visit a site that had webcams on the Mexican border.  The idea was that you watched the cams and there was a button to alert if you saw border jumpers.  There are also some live game cams online that can be pretty cool to watch certain parts of the day. 

I'm going to make a slight thread jack.  I spend more time outdoors than in, I work in the woods and I'm often in nasty bug infested areas.  Because of the frequency that I have to use conventional bug spray I started trying other things last year because I was concerned about the long term effects of using Off on a daily basis, often several times per day.  With a little hesitation I tried Avon Skin so Soft, I wouldn't use it in social situations and I don't recommend it if you are hunting anything with a nose but as long as you don't mind the smell it works great against ticks, mosquitos, and biting gnats, I'm sure it works on other stuff too.    I also used to coon hunt with some guys that would take garlic pills and swore that a tick wouldn't bite a person with concentrations of garlic in their systems.  I haven't verified it myself but we used to run coons in the middle of the summer and those guys swore by it.  I know permethrin works well, but I'm always looking for a natural alternative to chemicals. 

I'm tired of atheism being shoved down my throat.  I consider myself a Christian and I believe that puts me in a very wide scope of people.  Yes, some of us are nuts, some of us are annoying.  Personally, I believe what I believe, and I believe that you can believe whatever you want, and I'm not preaching to anyone about my beliefs unless asked.  Maybe that makes me a bad Christian, if so then so be it.  I just wish the atheists could accept my Christianity as much as a accept their atheism.  I have friends who I've distanced myself from, not because they are atheists, but because they can't shut up about it.

In said groups I've been seeing phrases such as "BGC required per Facebook rules" basically that tells me that people are continuing to do FTF sales, most likely w/o background checks.  Facebook has no way of enforcing this rule. 

I'm a member of several local Facebook gun trading pages.  I don't know of a better outlet to catch a deal from time to time.  Of course there is plenty of over priced junk to wade through to find the deals.  I was late on the draw the other day and missed a 10/22 for $125.  These gun trading groups are private groups with moderators, anyone can join and the mods can delete users they see fit, not that it is a fool proof system, but neither is TGO or any other outlet for that matter.  Facebook is not evil if you don't do stupid things with it, it's a good tool.  The people that bad mouth Facebook are most often just like the people that bad mouth guns, they are unfamiliar with it and are ignorant about it so in their minds it must be bad.

Can't say that I've never heard of someone carrying a Desert Eagle, however I've never heard of anyone doing it for very long.

No thanks, I've been referred to as a redneck for most of my life and I consider it a derogatory term.  Just because I fish and hunt and work outside does not mean that I should be lumped into the same category as some welfare check grabbing, under educated, sister loving, toothless trailer dweller. 

Never wanted one until I shot one.  It's so far down on my list that I'll probably never own one but they are very good shooting guns.

Very cool rack but at 10-11 years old that dude had to taste like shoe leather.  I thought bucks didn't live longer than about 6-8 years???

My dad retired from the USPS in 2008 after carrying mail for 26 years, no doubt there are some bad seeds out there, but not all of them are.  Rural carriers are probably the worst of the bunch because they are contracted labor that gets no benefits or retirement.  These guys are just your run of the mill $10 per hour employees that we deal with everywhere else.  Even though I come from a postal family I still have a horror story...   Last summer I bought a new camera from Amazon, this was a professional level camera valued around $5,000.  I was waiting on a check and didn't have the funds at hand to make the purchase, dear old dad spotted me the money until I received a check for a job that I had done, so he just paid for it through his Amazon account to make things easier and the next week I sent him the check that I owed him.  A couple of days later dad calls me and says "Why did you send me a piece of notebook paper?"  Well, the envelope made it, the piece of paper that I wrapped the check up in made it, the check did not.  So I get that issue taken care of but in the meantime I get the camera.  I had to go out so I put a 8 1/2x11" piece of printer paper on the door that read in large print "USPS, please leave package next door at 555."  I then went next door t 555 to tell them to ask him to accept and sign for the package for me.  His driveway is a few hundred yards from mine, as we are standing in the street talking the mail carrier comes and brings his mail, I then ask if she has a package for me and she tells me that she had knocked on the door and didn't get an answer.  I asked her if she had seen the large note on the front door and she said she had not.  All lies, since I had watched her blast past my house without so much as slowing down.     And while I'm on my soapbox...  My mail carrier also drives a very unsafe speed down my road, really pisses me off since everyone on this road has small children, and being a dead end the kids play in and around the road a lot.  I've also seen my carrier driving through the edge of my yard, which leaves ruts, really makes me mad.  

Everybody knows that the only caliber that real men carry is .45, God carries it too, in a 1911.  :ducking:

Beer delivery by drone could have the potential to save so many lives.  Think about those guys that have been drinking all afternoon and run out of beer.  If they could get a drone to deliver more then they wouldn't have to make an intoxicated beer run.  We need to do this for the children.

Didn't mean t start such a poop storm.  Just found this article interesting and thought that I would pass it along.  I don't agree with it completely but found it compelling.  If you believe everything that ABC, NBC, and CBS, tell you then keep living happily in your bubble and STFU. 

I look at all conspiracies with doubt but there are some questions that I feel can not be ignored. One of the best points was made in the comments section about there being no wounded, only fatalities at Sandy Hook, if this is in fact true I would have a hard time believing that 26 people were killed and none were injured. http://www.americasfreedomfighters.com/2014/02/24/sandy-hook-game-changer-solid-new-evidence-of-a-cover-up/ Mr. Halbig’s response is demand for criminal arrests of “leaders” involved in Sandy Hook based on rational embrace of the public evidence he explains in the interview: law enforcement parked 1/4 mile away upon arrival. Why didn’t they rush to a heart-wrenching emergency if it really occurred? no trauma helicopters were ordered. This is unheard of for an actual emergency. no paramedics were allowed in the school. This is unheard of. officials refuse to say who declared all 26 people dead. By law, this must come from a doctor. This refusal of so much basic information indicates lies and cover-ups. official narrative claims emergency personnel didn’t find the school secretary and nurse after 4 hours of searching. this “event” included a traffic sign lit with the message, “everyone must sign in.” Officials refuse any comment on this element that would be present for a staged event/drill. porta potties were on site; again with no comment by officials and consistent with holding a staged event. no names were listed for the 26 children and chorus director at the 2013 Super Bowl event in honor of Sandy Hook. The children resemble the alleged shooting victims. It’s unimaginable to not list these names for such a huge deal. no lawsuits filed by parents for negligence against school district. This is unheard of. a shooter with Aspergers would have poor motor skills and muscle tone – how did he carry all the gear and shoot with such precision? This combination is impossible to imagine. 2 homicide investigators threatened Mr. Halbig for making inquiries consistent with his professional duties to learn about this event for future school safety. Newtown Public Schools won’t return any calls. Mr. Halbig says this non-cooperation to contribute information for other schools’ safety is unheard of. the FBI classified the report on Sandy Hook. This has never been done before, and indicates a cover-up of all the evidence that this was a staged event. radio transmissions are consistent in tone and content for a drill, not an actual emergency. multiple weapons reported at a limited crime scene were never found. This is not credible. law enforcement sent a kindergarten girl from the hall to stay at the crime scene of room 8 to be alone with dead bodies. This is a ridiculous claim that demands investigation and answers. no parents viewed the bodies of their children. This is also unheard of. no documents are being released via Freedom of Information Act requests. This is unheard of. trauma services were never requested. This would never occur. tearing down the school is consistent with destruction of evidence, given the HUGE gaps between official accounts and the evidence. there’s zero evidence that a bio-hazard company was contacted to clean blood, bodily fluids, and officials refuse comment. This is impossible. Mr. Halbig’s inquiries of who installed the school security system has been met with silence. This is unheard of to not get this information to improve other schools. Mr. Halbig has the professional expertise to conclude the official story is impossible, and to demand arrests in order for the public to have the truth.

I had my DRZ and a CBR600 at the same time for a while.  It wasn't a big deal to go out to the garage pick one and go ride.  However, a few times I let a trusted friend ride with me and we kept swapping out, DRZ to CBR was no big deal, but going from the CBR to the DRZ you felt that you were 10 feet in the air, it was very odd.

Having a background in dirtbikes has saved my hide many times on the street.  I've owned a lot of different kinds of bikes from Ninja 250s to GSXR 1000s, I have a DRZ400SM that I bought new in 2008 that has a permanent home in my garage, though several bikes have come and gone since I bought it.  You just can't ride that bike without getting a smile on your face.  It's near impossible for 600s and 1000s to keep up with in the tight stuff as well.

Was he wearing a hoodie?

I could spend weeks in that place!

Welcome to the club, be careful, they multiply, I think I'm down to 6 at the moment.

I'm a .22 nut.  I would be proud to own any of those 3.