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My son was taking a jab at me. We used to wrestle, now it’s reminding me of his youth every chance he gets. There was a time when I thought a thirty year old was ancient.

Thanks. That’s why he was doubting it’s validity. He said it looked like a poorly copied made up word document. I googled the story for him. He was in doubt because he said old people aren’t known for having the most trustful sources of news. The story I found was two days old from News3.

Do you have a source for this? Disregard. Google settled the disagreement with my son.

Agreed. If some want to move the goal post again and have the feds handle the presidential election we may as well go all the way and get rid of the electoral college and elect the president by popular vote.

Outstanding brother!

That’s awesome. Congratulations and happy birthday!

Get well soon ma’am.

Sounds like you two are in good spirits. Get well soon!

I’ve been purchasing guns for a long time, and I’ve never had to send one back for warranty work until recently. I wanted to install a Surefire flash hider on my Springfield Armory 300BO pistol. When my gunsmith removed the original flash hider we found the threads were galled and the crush washer looked like it had been welded to the barrel. My second issue was with my Sig P365XL optics ready NRA edition. The screws that hold the optic cover in place were stripped and almost installed sideways. I contacted Springfield and they sent out a return label while we were on the phone, and I had my pistol back in about ten days. Same for the Sig. They sent a return label while we were on the phone, and I got my slide back in four days. Great customer service from both companies. I had heard so many horror stories about service returns and wait times that I never wanted to send a gun in for warranty work. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I just wanted to share some good news.

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I’m on Facebook and Twitter, you wouldn’t believe the videos of some of the local gatherings that I see daily.

I agree with you, but I also think that Biden will attempt to pass a relief bill that will help small businesses and the poor instead of corporations. That’s the right thing to do, but Moscow Mitch may stand in the way as usual. We can keep half assing our efforts against this virus and deal with it for years, or we can put on our big boy pants, bite the bullet and do what see working for various other countries around the world. Steven Mnuchin still won’t tell where a great deal of the last stimulus money went. I have my opinion, but I don’t care to spend my evening arguing.

The world is in new and unknown territory with this virus. Therefore everything we try to fight Covid is trial and error. I would rather go through extremely minor inconveniences until we can contain the virus and come up with a reliable vaccine as opposed to continue denying the lethality of the virus while people suffer, die or have to live with lifelong side effects of having contracted the virus. Wearing a mask is a minor inconvenience. Every time my son complains about something I remind him that young people his age are serving all over the world in conditions that suck. The small sacrifices the country is being asked to make are nothing. Yet here we are. Does everyone who gets covid have to die for this to be a “legitimate” pandemic?

I trust the subject matter experts. I also trust the doctors and icu nurses who are begging people to wear masks. We give lip service to front line medical workers, but can’t do one simple thing that may make their work lives easier.

Prior to going to the DMV make an appointment online. It will keep you from having to wait in those long lines. The wife and I drove up, there was a long line and people were sitting in lawn chairs. We told the lady at the door that we had appointments for Real ID, she let us in and we were finished in about 15-20 minutes. When we left, the same people were waiting at the door. It feels weird having to have a star on my ID to travel in the states.

I received my two flashlights today. Impressive torch.

My last two were also super fast. They had the little IPads that you use to input your information. By the time I got back to the register and spoke to a couple of people, I was approved.

I’m a Surefire E2D guy, but I just ordered one of these. I tried to order two, but they said they only had one in stock. edit: I just went back and it allowed me to order another.

I initially felt the same way.

Great movie.

I don’t have an answer for you. I don’t think the politicians on either side have a clue. Their focus as usual is on money. I do trust that through trial and error the scientists are trying their best to solve this virus. Like others have mentioned, I don’t believe we will ever know the true number of infections or Covid-19 related deaths. I don’t hold a grudge against people who don’t believe we have a real issue, but I wish they and the people who believe it’s a common courtesy to wear a mask would stop bashing one another. It’s like arguing politics and religion, nothing gets accomplished. Last night I was touched for the fifth time since February by this horrible virus. One individual had a week long hospitalization and recovered. One individual had a multi week hospitalization and recovered. He was featured on a local news story. One individual showed symptoms and had to quarantine for two before testing negative. One individual died last month. It broke my heart. The final individual passed last night. Two friends and three relatives. It’s like liking in a dream. It’s puzzling to me that not everyone in the country aren’t willing to make a few sacrifices for a short amount of time to see if we can starve this virus out of existence. It’s embarrassing to think that we are a country that considers itself a world leader, but the best we can come up with to fight this virus is a Hail Mary try at herd immunity. I believe like everything else, our level of concern for the virus is based upon how much it touches each of us as individuals.

So do I, because I don’t believe he’s infected.

Good point.

You can’t test positive for a liberal hoax. Seriously, I don’t believe it. I think his advisors wisely want Trump out of circulation for a while for his own good.

I think that he is a kid who was placed into a bad situation by irresponsible adults. I would never willingly go anywhere near a protest, especially a protest that has the potential to go south. If I were that type of individual and I decided to take my son along, he would never leave my side or he would have been assigned a buddy to stay near at all times. As I have had more time to think about the situation, I’m certain it was a nightmare for him and he was panicked out of his mind. I just can’t get over the fact that he was there voluntarily even though he had a right to be. Nothing good happens at a protest after dark. Let the cops do their jobs or let the president send in the feds or national guard, but there is a lot of potential liability inserting yourself into a protest/riot to protect property. The only exception for me being ones home.