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Where is the "sympathy line" for some of you? Two people, whose greatest fault was naivety coupled with idealism, were brutally murdered. They may not have been smart in proceeding as they did, but they certainly did not deserve to be brutally murdered.

Some of them are just plain funny.

There are two extremes. One is clearly detailed in this article; The other extreme is those that do not leave their home city because everywhere else is "unsafe". I hope I"m closer to the middle, but fear I'm probably more cautious that that. I'm not telling anyone how to live their life, but I do think people should be carefree enough to enjoy reasonable travels. However, any reasonable person should be able to observe that traveling through ISIS territory as these did would be foolish. The couple in the linked article were too idealistic, too naive, and probably too attention seeking. They wanted to be able to claim on social media, to friends and family, etc that they were the ones that went and "proved" that ISIS/Radical Islam was not a problem. Well, they made the news alright. I do feel sorrowful for them. It doesn't sound like they were bad people, had bad intentions, etc; They just had a different world outlook and died because of it. Hopefully their deaths are not in vain, hopefully someone with a similar viewpoint to theirs will see this and reconsider certain viewpoints.

Greetings! Perhaps you'd like to become a Vendor here at TGO? If so, contact @TGO David for details. Posting your website in the first post on TGO seems dangerously close to me in terms of advertisement.

I have had great luck with the "International Shipping Program" that eBay offers. You ship the item to eBay themselves (the location is in Kentucky, so it's even close!), the fill out customs forms, etc and ship it overseas to the buyer. You only pay for the shipping to get it to Kentucky, the buyer pays eBay directly for the international shipping. If you do it this way, I think eBay removes the option for the buyer to claim "item not received" because eBay sends and tracks it. Again, most sellers would never fall for the above scam. But if someone was a new seller, I could see them panicking and sending to the address in the message because they really, really wanted to make the buyer happy. That doesn't mean all of these mail forwarding services are scams or only scams. Could legitimately be used, or could of course be used for scams. When I called eBay, she seemed very pleased that I reported this guy. She took a few moments off the line to type up some report or something, and then came back and thanked me. His account showed banned just a few hours later. Yeah, it sort of took me by surprise as well. They were smart about it, in the sense that he selected the item in the message so the message titled was literally "x member sent you a message about item y". Then, in the message, eBay referred to him as "the buyer", because apparently when a buyer contacts a seller they always refer to them as "the buyer". That wording alone could throw you for a huge loop. Ultimately, as long as someone always goes through the same motions of going to the selling tab, selecting the "Ship this Item" button, and not changing the address in PayPal, they'll always avoid this scam. However, it does serve as a warning to verify usernames when replying to messages. I had responded to the fake buyer before I realized he wasn't even the buyer.

For some reason I find delight in learning about scams. Well, I am rather quite aware of how most of them work. However, today there was a new one that I had never seen before but in reality it is genius. I was selling a MacBook Pro on Ebay via an auction. One thing I noticed throughout the entire 10 days it was up was that 2-3 different "high bidders" were brand new with zero feedback and located internationally. One or two of them were in the "Russian Federation" and one of them was in the Dominican Republic. Well, I decided not to worry about it unless one of those people won the item. Today, the auction ended and I noticed the buyer was located in the United States! I was very happy about this and didn't think anything else of it. About 5-10 minutes after the auction, I received a message via Ebay from the buyer. Here it is in it's entirity: hey thank you so much for the auction. please make sure that it will be packed carefully cause I don't want it to get damaged while transit. thank you again and good luck! Here is the address! Name: Giorgi NarsiaAddress : 8 McCullough Dr. U170248City: New CastleState: DEZIP: 19726Country: USA My first thought was "oh crap", this is going to be a problem transaction. I responded, politely, telling him that I would of course package it appropriately, told him he needed to pay for the item before he shipped it, and that I would only ship to the address listed on the PayPal account for the transaction (for those that do not know, if you do not ship to the address in PayPal it is unlikely PayPal or Ebay would do anything to help you as the seller. Always, always, always ship to the PayPal address). I thought about it a bit after sending, and thought that I'd just check the listing to see what address the buyer had, hoping that the buyer would have that above address as their PayPal address. If that were the case, then it wouldn't be a big deal, right? Well, this is when I briefly got very confused. I noticed that the member that sent me the above message was listed as "Russian Federation". This couldn't be, I had already celebrated that an American had won the auction! I clicked onto that member closer and saw that he had zero feedback! I was confused. Did the original buyer cancel the auction because they changed their mind, and Ebay defaulted to the second highest bidder (possible). No, giii-0 (the member who sent me that message) had nothing to do with my auction, period. The person who actually won the auction is in California:) What giii-0 did was "watch" my auction, just like anyone can. Then, as soon as it was over, he sent me the above message. I suspect he sends a message similar to that to dozens or more members a day as soon as their auction is over. If he sends it to 100 people and one person sends their product to the listed address, I'd say he did ok. I called and reported it to Ebay. Lets just say, he isn't a member anymore. https://www.ebay.com/usr/giii-0?ul_noapp=true The problem is that they will just create another "new" account, just as you can see he was a member for less than a month. Out of curiosity I googled that above address, it seems it is some sort of service that forwards packages out of the country, etc. In case anyone didn't read everything, here's what would have happened had I "blindly' followed that message. I would have shipped the MacBook Pro to that address, they would have forwarded it (likely to Russia). The original buyer would have claimed "Item not received" because I never actually sent it to the correct buyer. Ebay would have instantly taken the money from me and given it to the actual buyer. Russian scammer #95829 would have had a 100% free MacBook Pro, minus whatever small fee they have to pay to have things forwarded. I enjoyed learning about this time of scam, but sad that people likely fall for it.

https://thetakeout.com/man-fills-water-cup-with-soda-and-things-go-unnecessari-1828305245 My only question, how is it that they are charging him with a felony robbery charge? Is it because he allegedly assaulted the employee (kicking him) and/or because he resisted arrest/etc? I'm not saying the guy is innocent in any means (or smart), but isn't felony robbery a bit steep?

Sorry, never see a racist gang? Go read into the Crips, Bloods, Latin Kings, Skinheads, etc.

Seriously, give it a shot. I think you'll see some cool stuff pop up in the Chattanooga area. Most members are willing to drive a bit for a transaction, so if you are open to driving to South Pittsburg to meet people from Nashville or conversely towards Athens to meet people from Knoxville, you've got most of the state covered.

I'm sorry that this isn't the cornucopia of personal firearm classifieds you had hoped for. With that being said, I have bought way too much, and also sold a decent amount of stuff, via the classifieds here on TGO. I live near Chattanooga. There are busy times and slow times. Summer tends to be a slow time, people don't stay indoors as much. Winter, things pick up. Again, between Cleveland, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, I think this side of the state is very well represented in what you speak of. Just keep in mind California's population compared to Tennessee's population. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=califronia+population&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tn+population&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 If that's the case, should it surprise you that there would be more activity there? Also, I instantly trust as seller instantly much, much more on TGO than dealing with Armslist.

So, two thoughts. That would mean the difference between having a bad day and having a really, really bad day. Also, I have heard multiple times from multiple people that getting show while wearing a vest feels very, very painful. As if the strongest person ever punches you in the gut or something. However, I've also heard that it isn't much at all. These people have cited Newton's Third Law, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Their logic goes something along the lines of if getting show while wearing a vest hurts, shooting the projectile in the first place would hurt too. I'm not really sure. I don't care enough to find out myself. (Reno 911) However, by all accounts, this seems to be real:

Recently, I have been in contact with Eric from the Solo Stove company. I have been attempting to setup a "group buy" for us. As such, he sent me one of their stoves for photos and review. Solo Stove makes a variety of wood stoves, from small backpacking models such as the "Lite" all the way to the largest "Bonfire" model. My sample was a "Lite", and that's what I'm reviewing today. Even though it's a "backpacking stove", I was quite surprised when I received the box. It indeed was small, and very, very light! They include a pouch to hold everything together and to keep it away from other gear in your pack. Assembled! If you count removing the center section, flipping it around, and inserting it into the top railing of the bottom piece. It goes together incredibly quickly and then stores back within itself for storage. I was excited, so I tried it on a wet day. Most of you probably know how much rain we've been getting recently. Smoke. That means it isn't hot enough. Yet. Honestly, it was a bit difficult to get going good since everything was so wet. I cheated by adding some dry paper towels. If I had dry tinder or took a bit longer to shave some smaller pieces, I could have done so without the paper towels. Cast Iron. It's for winners. A modest single serving of butter. The finished product? A tasty fried egg. So, overall, I love this stove. I haven't yet tried it again, but it is seemingly all stainless steel and very well made. With dry tinder, I'm sure it will be set ablaze quickly and easily. The design is somewhat similar to a "Green Egg" grill, it allows airflow from the bottom (those round holes seen in the above photo) to fuel the fire and then the heat pulls everything upward. The size is perfect for 1-2 people. Of course they make a pot (I think the 900 size) that holds the Solo Stove Lite perfectly. Admittedly, the cast iron skillet I used was too big and heavy. It worked, but it would have been easy to tip the thing over if you weren't extremely careful. Also, of course the cast iron took a very long time to heat. A stainless or titanium skillet would have heated in no time once I got the fire going. Overall, I think this product is wonderful for what it is. I'm still working with Eric in an attempt to get us at TGO a "group buy" discount code. Hopefully I can update this post soon.

https://www.scribd.com/document/385106977/tnwebsite17-183887#

Never heard of this site or the gentlemen that ran it, although if he was in Chattanooga he was practically my neighbor. You have to find joy in a website that hosts something such as this: Looking through many of his pages, it's easy to see the webpage itself is outdated (even probably for 2011 standards), but my oh my did he spend a lot of time creating pages. There are so many links linking to other parts of the site, which in turn are just collections of links to lengthy articles. I'm impressed.

Wow. This really happened in 2013? That was five years ago. I remember meeting and dealing with Tanker for the first time back then... That was five years ago!

Tanker bought a Tisa. Didn't like it. Posted a bunch of stuff. Got banned later for some other stuff (unrelated). Now every time the date equals Pi x (the previous days stock market gains) divided by @TGO David's post count, someone comes and resurrects this thread. If it were possible I would mark it on my calendar, but it is an unexpected event:) I hope it never gets locked. I hope it lasts forever.

Wow. I'm most impressed with how Cohen is able to keep a straight face.

I’d bet the steak that anyone complaining about he cauliflower would like the cauliflower. Fresh garlic. It was great. My Wife is like a witch in the kitchen; Everything she throws together is amazing.

Well, we are both on the ketogenic diet. And we both loved them, maybe as much as actual potato’s.

Ok, I kid I kid. Cauliflower “mashed potatoes”

Just got finished cooking some steaks for my Wife and I. Delicious!

The "N" word bit cracked me up too, as if that was a good idea for him to be filmed saying. What cracks me up most of all is how enthusiastic Spencer was about everything.

I would have honestly believed that some of these politicians he is screwing with were in on it. However, once I saw the same politicians filing lawsuits and then Spencer resigning, I'm pretty much on board with the story that they are all simply being fooled. Really? Dropping one's pants as an attempt to disarm a terrorist? They would just shoot you.

I bet someone finds it funny, just like the inverse of me betting that some members here at TGO would not find Cohen's latest stint entertaining but rather insulting. My point was, and is, simply that I can find humor in things regardless of political stance. I don't have to agree with you to laugh at certain things, even if you are doing them for political reasons. The fact that Cohen was able to persuade, almost with zero effort at all, Spencer to lower his pants and act in the above manner is hilarious. It shows a sad side of our political system, regardless of whether Spencer had an (R) or (D) next to his name.