Grayfox54

The State of Tennessee hates Memphis. State government pretty much ignores Memphis unless they can get a photo op out of it. Can't say as I blame 'em. Most of Memphis hates Memphis. But they do have a great zoo!

Here in the southwest corner we got heavy rains and high winds. It was raining sideways here for a while. I've got a few fair sized limbs down, but nothing serious. Interesting to note that the leaves that were pretty much covering my front yard are are all gone.

Yep. The Babe was known to be a very active hunter.

What's the current state of history classes in Tennessee? I've read where many states don't teach anything before the end of WW II anymore. The war isn't even included. Who here has kids in school now and can tell us? Way back when I was in High School ( late 60s-early 70s) there were 3 required history classes. Each class was the full school year long and went into quite a bit of detail. 9th grade: Tennessee History 10th grade: American History 11th grade: World History. To be honest, I've forgotten most of it. But I was required to learn it back then.

Yep. Memphis City Schools just threw in the towel rather than face the truth and the possible charges that might bring. Unfortunately many of the old MCS school board members got elected to the new expanded Shelby County School board. Now Shelby County schools suck. Quite a few of the smaller towns in Shelby County have since formed their own School systems. My city, Bartlett, did just that. So far its working out very well. BTW: I can tell you exactly when Memphis started going to crap. Jan 1, 1992 when Willie Harrington was sworn in as the new Mayor. Willie considered the city his own private kingdom and ruled with an iron fist. He did as he pleased and anybody who dared to buck him was quickly put in their place. This A hole served 5 terms and the city has gone straight to hell ever since.

I remember the TV show and how it led to stardom. They did some really good music. One thing I always liked about them was their sense of humor. Probably the silliest rockers ever.

Monkey lizard I give you credit for approaching the subject with logical thought and common sense. But sadly i must point out that logical thought and common sense don't fit in today's world. Now its all about emotion, feelings, not being offensive to just about anyone and building a fantasy perfect world. The average person fussing about all this is neither logical nor has common sense and simply won't listen to either. Sad ain't it?

I was born and raised in Memphis. It used to be a great city. It saddens me deeply to see how far its fallen.

Possibly just a fluke. I've noticed that when loading ammo that OAL can vary a thosandth or two from round to round. Could be that particular case, bullet, dies, the press or maybe you just accidentally short stroked the ram a hair when seating that one round . That one just came out a tad bit on the long side. Might not ever happen again.

Well if we're gonna fess up, I'm not a fan of Christmas anymore. In fact I dread this time of year. But not for any of the reasons already mentioned. I have my own reasons which I'll just keep to myself. Half Grinch and half Scrooge. I'm a Grooge.

I don't think Mississippi or Arkansas would want it.

So many people want to make such a big deal out of the fact that Nathan Bedford Forrest was a founding member and Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. He indeed was. The original purpose of the Klan was to preserve and honor the traditions and lifestyle of the Old South. What everybody seems to ignore is the fact that when Forrest saw what the Klan was turning into, he quit. His last order as Grand Wizard before leaving was for the Klan to be disbanded. Unfortunately, that order was ignored.

No, but you can by changing textbooks, class instruction and basically never mentioning it to school kids. All part of the dumbing down of America. All this woke crap is getting out of hand. If history disturbs you, makes you mad or even frightens you, that's a good thing. Learn from it an don't make the same mistakes again.

That's why mine has a butt cover.

Oh geez, the snowflakes get offended over anything. Give us a break. If Santa was smart, he'd up armor his sleigh and mount belt fed weapons.

I've known for a long time the democrats were stupid and crazy. I thought the republicans had at least a bit of common sense. But after all that's happened since Covid came out, I now know I was dead wrong.

Yeah, that statue was terrible and a disgrace to Forrest. However, the man deserved statues. Forrest was considered by both sides to be the greatest cavalry commander of the Civil War. There used to be a very good statue of him in Memphis. But the history haters had it removed several years ago. I've said it many times. The worst mistake you can make in the study of history is to judge the past by the standards of today.

Most people don't know that sildenafil (Viagra) originally started out to be a heart medication. But during development researchers discovered this strange side effect it had. It was quickly decided that there were already plenty of heart medicines.

A lot of folks use and like steel cased ammo. I'm not one of them. There are lots of stories out there about it doing lots of bad things to guns. Mostly connected to the varnish coating the chamber of the guns its used in causing extraction and ejection issues. Years ago I bought a case of Wolf steel cased .30 Carbine ammo because it was cheap and I didn't know better. Dadgum stuff broke the extractor in my rifle not once, but twice! I've never had any problems with brass cased ammo. I'll never use any steel cased ammo of any caliber again. But that's just me.

Sounds like it would make things hard to forget.

I have the Browning version. Absolutely wonderful rifle! Shoot It! You'll get a "kick" out of it.

The Biden administration is trying hard to build a back door gun registration scheme. I've received several e-mails from various 2A groups about this. Apparently, being illegal doesn't bother them one bit.