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  1. You're right, I agree. It irks me to no end, because it isn't a "Right", it's a service you pay for. I can still recall sitting around the dinner table one night as a child when my Dad was working at a difficult job, Mom kept telling him to quit, it's not worth it, they went round and round, and finally he said, "It's for the benefits".... I knew what he meant. He meant the healthcare insurance he was providing for his children and family. Now every freeloading turd on the planet wants free food, free housing (and they want the place in the suburbs w/ a white picket fence and 2 honda's in the driveway, don't you stick me in some brick building in the inner city!), and free trips to the Dr's. And politicians argue that it's cheaper than dealing w/ them in the emergency room (which they take an ambulance to (also free, natch), because they got a splinter in their big toe). ... Sorry, got me wound up on a tangent there. Though it brings up another point. All this talk of politics and everything that's going on today, it skirts the real issue: The have-nots want what he have's have! And they figured out they can vote their way to getting it! This will have consequences, and it ain't gonna be pretty.
  2. Ditto what peejman said. I started w/ orangish brown clay.... dump truck full of compost from Monterrey Mushrooms, dunno how many bags of peat moss, and countless contributions from my horses... it's dark grey soil now, not brown clay. Takes a couple years tho, can't do it all at once.
  3. Rented a tiller this weekend and tore that Sh*#! up! Added 3 beds for berry bushes, can't count how much peat moss, and a big contribution from the horses as well... Was worth the 65 bucks. Started Garlic and beans, will probably get some tater's in this weekend if it ever stops raining!
  4. Absotively! That's one of the (many) things wrong w/ the medical industry these days. The money incentive is too corrupting. It's not about curing the disease anymore, it's about treating the symptoms. Anyone else notice that trend? I've had personal experience w/ Gastro-intestinal issues. Here, try this pill. No? OK, take this one instead. Rinse, repeat. Don't teach the patient to deal with the cause (stress), treat the symptom w/ something consumable. It's more profitable than a cure.
  5. Be sure to let us know when something on the topic hits your inbox! LOL!
  6. Welcome to this side of the Smokies! Ditto what @peejman said. I get up there for work sometimes and it's gorgeous! Johnson City, Greenville, that whole stretch along 81, just 'purty. - K
  7. What's even worse, is they'll send the parents home w/ a script and little Johnny will learn to just pop a pill and make all his problems go away. ... and people wonder how we got here? Taking drugs to solve all your problems is fine so long as you buy them from a guy in a white lab coat, apparently.
  8. May be looking to hire a CDL route driver in the Knoxville area. Anyone possessing a Class A or B license, interested in a good paying job with good benefits, home every night, shoot me a PM, and I'll share the details. - Kevin
  9. Good to know (about the tires)! I've been using "Tim's tires" down the road in Harriman. Amazing prices, honest service, not a far drive from there, may be worth checking out next time. - K
  10. LOL! I bought a chunk of land here in Kingston. Paperwork said: 14.5 acres, deeded 17.2 I asked the attorney at close, the seller, the tax clerk, the realtor.... everyone, nobody could tell me what that mean. FINALLY met the GIS guy at the courthouse, he said someone, somewhere in the past sold that land as "17.2 acres", but when we measure it, it's 14.5. Sigh... I did walk the entire property w/ the seller, he showed me the posts from TWRA that define the corners, and said "it is what it is". They've got higher priced lawyers than you can ever afford, but if you want to fight them on it, be my guest. That being said, give me a Private Message jwinter, we're getting ready to start building, and the bank requires a recent survey. Apparently it's cheaper if I do it BEFORE the tree's leaf out (wooded lot near Watt's Bar lake in Kingston). - Kevin
  11. Yeah, ummm... I'm assuming you have a competent real estate attorney working on your behalf (you should, they're cheap). (S)He can answer the question knowledgeably (hopefully), and aid in drawing up any contracts of easements, or other stipulations, to be notarized, and signed at the closing. Personally, I would try to avoid the situation as much as possible (purchase the land, move the building, etc.) Just asking for trouble. That's not to say it can't work out, but... Just my 2-bits.
  12. I've had good luck with "SpiderWire" in the lighter tests. Though I think that may be primarily monofilament.
  13. Man, don't get me started.....
  14. Bah, curmudgeonly old fart like the rest of us!
  15. Aye, third! Go right down the line, try everything you can. One of them will just feel right. As has been said, it's important that she feels comfortable with it and carries/uses it. Technical and caliber considerations are almost secondary. A 7-shot 380 on her hip is better than a 45 in the dresser.
  16. I've had good luck at Frontier Firearms, and Fighting SheepDog boasts a flat-fee that's affordable.
  17. Going to Cookeville w/ a work-truck, leaving Knox about 11. Call me on the new cell# if you need to, will be out of pocket rest of the morning.
  18. That's great Prag! I grew shell beans for the first time this year, dried them, stored, and used them a half-dozen times cooking various meals. It was a success! This year I plan on planting far more beans, drying and storing again. I may even try a few varieties. I also grew rice, but have run into a roadblock trying to de-hull it. No easy way short of investing in a mechanism, aka grain mill, and I just can't justify the $$$ yet. Would be better served putting up a couple cases of bullets, but I'd digress. It is however great to hear that 6-8 year old dehydrated produce worked will. I probably have some stuff in the back corner of the freezer that age as well! - K
  19. Exactly. How many times is there a shooting in a residential area, cops interviews dozens of people, nobody saw nuthin. The guy that gets shot, didn't see whodunnit. You, me, and officer McGee know that's a crock O' BS. See Something, Say Something! Little Johnny was over there hanging out w/ his crackhead friends the other day, and I saw some other kids breaking into the basement of the abandon house a couple hours before and.... NOW the cop's have a lead.
  20. While not liberally correct, frankly I'm glad to see the situation becoming what it is in those parts of the country. You can make up news stories, hire 'experts', and have all kinds of propaganda, but for the average person, facts are facts, they believe what they see. You are now seeing some elements of these communities (aka Baltimore) coming forward and saying they want more police presence, they don't want the police to step back, and the activists and protesters who pushed for reduced police activity in the community did not represent nor speak for them. I say, you reap what you sow. You stood there in silence when the officer knocked on your door and asked if you knew anything about the gunshots that happened across the street last night. You stood there in silence while neighborhood kids conducted drug sales in the open. You stood there in silence while prostitutes walk up and down your street soliciting customers. You stood there in silence while bands of thugs played 'the knockout game' in tourist parts of your city. You stood there in silence.... until it started to affect you personally. Well, it's about damned time you stood up and said something. Sorry to see it took you so long. You knew what needed to be done to fix the problem before, you just weren't willing to do it. So it had to get THIS bad before you could break your silence. Now stand up and say something the next time someone asks if you know anything. It's YOUR community, YOUR neighbors, YOUR police, YOUR problem, YOUR chance to fix it. ... And hey, show of hands, how many people think the crime situation factored into the decision for Discovery Channel to relocate their HQ to Knoxville, vs. moving the Knox operation to Baltimore?
  21. TDAmeritrade has some great software (LOVE Think or Swim), Sogotrade has the absolute lowest prices I've seen (3-bucks per trade), but no human help. Fidelity is pretty good, my current employer's account is over there.... ... If you're looking for "active" investing, I'd say TDA or Fidelity. Index funds? Vanguard is top-notch. if you're looking for investment advice, you don't need another broker.
  22. Yeah, I can relate. Piled the kids in the car and told them it was going to be a family day today, no X-Box, we're taking a hike in the woods. Brought the dog, was fun (granted, wifey was on board w/ the idea, YMMV).
  23. Man, I do Knox to Johnson City for work all the time, it's nothing! You could make a day of it. Leave early, hit Knife Works in Sevierville on the way back, pick up some Ammo and a new toy! His class is very similar information you could find in a book on the topic, but there's something quite useful about seeing, finding, and touching the plants in their natural environment. I've gone twice, and would like to go again, as the plants change from season to season, and with most skills, fades quickly if not used. Betcha you could find another TGO'er to split the gas with. It's worth it IMO. Having been to the class, I'd drive 3 hours to take it.
  24. As a matter of fact..... If you attend our very own @Highwalker Wild Edible Plants class, he will show you some, and allow you to dig them up and transplant into your area. That's where I got mine, and dug some of them up about a month ago! There weren't many, they're small tubers, but I cleaned them up, mixed them in with the potatoe's I use to make my world famous potato leek soup, and they were pretty good! Reminded me of a cross between potatoe's and water-chestnuts? Slightly nuttier flavor. Might have been because they weren't cooked as long as the tater's, regardless... you don't get quite as much bang-for-your-buck as a plot of spuds, but they do make a nice flower, spread readily on their own, and could easily be planted guerilla-style, without most people even noticing I'd wager. Again though, another one of those things you would have to do months or years in advance. I highly recommend Highwalker's class either way. Besides being a friendly host and good instructor, it's a nice walk in the woods in a gorgeous valley in Eastern TN.

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