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I'm glad for him, truly. But I know you know that it was bad to worse for a lot of others.

I understand that some folks are making money off of COVID. Some directly, like the big pharma...others indirectly like the insurance companies who had a lot less claims to pay out in 2020, and those who benefited when work from home went big (Amazon, Zoom, Microsoft). On the inverse, a lot of companies took it on the chin like the airlines, hotels, food service industry...so it balances out somewhat. I readily admit government stimulus tipped some scales here. What I was trying to say is, as a society, we've been able to understand and keep diseases at a manageable level where they are aren't a threat to everyday interaction writ large. COVID shut everything down because we didn't know anything for sure in the beginning aside from how contagious it was, how it stayed in your system for a few weeks, and for some it kept them in a state where productivity wasn't happening. The common cold, while transmissible in many ways similar to COVID only takes you out for a day or two, could be mild enough where you just need a day or two at home and you're better. Whereas COVID infections last for almost two weeks, with some varying degrees of how it hits you, and possible lingering after effects. Cancer, hideous as it is, isn't transmissible person to person so it's a completely different medical discussion.

Cancer and the common cold don't shut down commerce, or overwhelm the medical system like unchecked COVID threatened to do. The economic motivator was to get this virus to controllable levels where life could get back to normal so businesses could get back to it without restrictions, and tax coffers can start to get their cut as well.

I think some creative thinking will be needed. A lot of office spaces could be refurbished or simply torn down to build up residential apartments. An area like Brentwood already has the capacity to absorb the population flow since it would simply be converting them from daily commuters to work into residents. Not saying it's a complete solution, but the losses could be mitigated over time.

Big fan of Troy products. Have one of their quad rails on an AR of mine. Good pickup for the state and a good market for Troy to experiment/expand their offerings if they want to let the guys at Fort Campbell try some things out. Also a possible first step if this helps show S&W where they should go in the event Massachusetts forces them to move. With as big an operation as they have, I don't think they do it unless the legislation leaves them no choice, but they need to be looking at options and Tennessee makes a good one.

That additional $30k could max a 401(k) at $19.5k, an HSA at $3.6k ($7.2k for family), and have money leftover. Wonder how many who get the opportunity to take it would be thinking like that.

I'd take the $30k in a heartbeat. I'm already back in the office 3-4 days a week by choice. I'm okay with some measure of work from home to allow myself flexibility when I actually get to cracking on some projects like data cleaning and analytics, but for the most part I function better in the office than at home, and being central in the office allows me to see and talk to folks coming and going on their 1-2 days a week. That gives me a much better handle on what's actually happening in the organization.

Maybe we actually need to have infrastructure week?

That's a lot of trucking about to get rerouted if this is a thing.

I think the benefits well outweigh any negatives. Protecting the integrity of the site is always a worthwhile goal.

I filled up in White House on my way back to Nashville on Saturday. Given that I don't drive more than about 10 miles a day, I should be good until this blows over. The amount of things we've moved to a digital environment where they become susceptible to these kinds of attacks is scary. I don't want to regress back to the 50s, but we need to consider what absolutely needs to have potential attack vectors via the commercial internet and act accordingly. The military runs separate networks classified information, and I think it's time to consider a structure for critical infrastructure like this if we don't have something in place.

I'm very forgiving of when people can't make a scheduled appointment. I'm not forgiving if they don't communicate it. Life happens and I understand that, but a text, DM, or email takes but a moment. Like putting your grocery carriage in the space for them instead of leaving it to hit another car, it's one of life's little decency tests that everyone should pass.

Well past the point where I think I'm invincible, I've taken the wisdom of Sir Davos Seaworth from Game of Thrones when he said, "nothing f**ks you harder than time". Hoping the best outcome for you comes to pass.

***MODS, PLEASE DELETE*** I still miss the edit button being next to the quote one.

For my SBR, I made a sling that's pretty much a low rent copy of the Viking Tactics Sling. Having that easy to adjust length makes using the sling for a support hack super simple. I never got into the QD points...guess I'm paranoid about the sling popping off at the wrong moment. While I embarrassingly admit I experimented with a three point sling for a bit (the frosted tips of slings), for probably 80% of my time in the Army across four deployments, I used an M-16 rifle length sling on an M4 carbine. I connected it to the forward sling attachment point with a few inches of clove hitched 550 cord (aka: parachute cord) to make it less rigid and wore it over my firing shoulder, under my non-firing shoulder. The extra length was for getting it around my body armor with enough room to move it to the side if I wanted space in front of my arms while carrying anything wearing the body armor. Back at the base without full battle rattle on, all that length meant the rifle hung not unlike a sword, but it was just fine for me and feels comfortable to this day.

They really want the lower courts to do the cleanup. Roberts is clearly aware of how the court is seen as a public institution, and he wants to make sure they can't be accused of deliberately looking for 2A cases to wedge gun rights through. Hence, we get the occasional rulings where they have to be rerun through the circuit and appeals courts with the newfound precedent. It's imperfect, but progress all the same. Gun rights in the last 20 years have come a long, long way with the sunset of the AWB, Heller, & McDonald. A lot of times we fail to look at the big picture when focusing on the absolutism side of it.

When an outlet like Vox is prepping anti-gun types for disappointment, that's a good sign. Although the plaintiffs asked the Court to rule on a broad question — “whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit ordinary law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense” — the justices announced on Monday that they will only resolve a more narrow question: “whether the State’s denial of petitioners’ applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment.” Nevertheless, this narrower question is still broad enough to allow the Supreme Court to rewrite a decade of Second Amendment precedents, to unwind a consensus within the lower courts that permits many gun regulations to stand, and then to allow those lower courts to complete the process of dismantling other gun laws. https://www.vox.com/2021/4/26/22364154/supreme-court-guns-second-amendment-new-york-state-rifle-corlett-shootings-kavanaugh-barrett Cautiously optimistic this could be another good step towards protecting 2A rights from burdensome regulation for another generation.

I got my first dose there yesterday. Super easy like you said. I made the appointment online a few days ago. Day of, I walk up to the pharmacy counter one minute before my scheduled time, confirm my info, and get jabbed within three minutes. My second dose was scheduled for the appropriate time after my first when I did the online booking, so that's already on my calendar. The only downside is there wasn't a $10 gift card like they give out with the flu shot. I always use that to get something from the deli for free when that time of year comes around.

I would amend my earlier post to clarify "I'll take it" can be in the thread or via PM. However, I do think the seller should update the thread with a pending status as soon as able, which would be after reading the PM as a courtesy to others.

I agree the first "I'll take it" should have the opportunity. Buy saying that comes with an implied understanding that the money is available, and you're agreeing with whatever the seller posted about the conditions of the transfer (location, ID, ect). If someone isn't ready to move now, they shouldn't get to hold up the seller from moving to another and making the sale.

Lots of risk, even in "standard operations". Hoping against odds we get some good news.

Stopped in there once for lunch after a meeting in White House. Just had a sandwich, though. Decent place, I'd go back if I was a local or if it was on the way somewhere. Glad they made it through the pandemic as well. They seem to be a pretty good local business.

NH rednecks are the equal of their cousins in the south in all things that matter. They just have funny (to you) accents, and a higher tolerance for the cold built up over the years.

Yup. Usually 11a-2p on Friday and 11a-3p Saturday & Sunday. They do pop up locations every now and again during the week as well around the area.