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Channellock claims their pliers and screwdrivers are 100% American made, while they claim their sockets are made in Taiwan and wrenches are Spanish. I assume they are telling the truth. I started having problems with Craftsman pliers years ago (while they were still supposedly American made) and got a couple Channellocks. I never looked back. All their stuff is affordable (a bit more expensive than the cheap Chinese stuff, but way cheaper than Snap-On etc.). I am no mechanic and use them for basic stuff (screwdrivers/sockets/pliers/wrenches), but they have held up well. I think they fill the role of old-school Craftsman tools.

Hand tools are one example - it's easy to flip over the package and see where it's made. Used to be, there were American made options that were more expensive but still affordable, but now it often comes down to China or sky-high American stuff. Channellock tools are an exception, but some of their stuff is made in Taiwan. Some tools in Lowes, Home Depot, etc are made in Taiwan. I'll take Taiwan made vs. Chinese eight days a week.

I sometimes go out of my way to avoid buying anything Chinese, but sometimes, it's unavoidable. Occasionally, China makes superior stuff.

Except cars lol

I bet a lot of Americans would pay 10% extra. The problem is that American made goods are probably typically much more than 10% extra.

My friend’s father is 88 and still works full time. Two guys I see at the range a lot are 79 and 84 and can probably do anything I can. The 84 year old guy told me women over 50 can’t keep up with him. I didn’t ask for details. These three fellows all have two things in common - they have always stayed moving or into something and they are not overweight. On the other hand, my uncle could have lost a pound or 50 and he just flipped channels after he retired. He ended up with cancer, diabetes, bad knees, heart trouble, and lots of other stuff. Genetics and injuries often play an uncontrollable part, but as I get older, I plan to keep these observations in mind.

Speaking of tv…

We had two animals (for lack of a better term) at work who got kicked out of the Po Folks on Summer Ave. I’ve never seen humans eat like those two. Po Folks had an all-you-can-eat chicken special and after an hour or so, refunded my two co-workers and asked them to leave because there was a church youth group due soon and if the pace continued, there would be no chicken for them. They may have eventually been single-handedly responsible for the demise of Po Folks.

JB Hunter Fred P Gattas Woolworth Woolco TG&Y And I remember when Target sold guns.

Most of the big shipping companies cover loss up to $100 with no extra charge. Additional coverage incurs a fee. I don't know how much your ammo was, but SG probably ate the cost of it minus $100. You may be fortunate that they refunded your money at all. They could have refunded you only $100, since you didn't purchase additional insurance. Some smaller companies will tell you it's between you and the shipping company. Ebay sellers are bad about this. I'm not saying this is right, but it happens every day.

I don’t care to see Nichols getting pummeled, but I would be interested in bodycam or dashcam footage of whatever he was allegedly doing that got him stopped in the first place. I suspect we will see that on Dateline in 10 or 15 years.

Along with gun, bullet, powder, charge, OAL, etc, write down the temperature (when chronographing). Some loads will slow down or speed up depending on the temperature.

Apples and oranges. If drug users pull out drugs and start using them, that is illegal whether they are in your place of business or not (at least around here). If it becomes legal to use, I bet you can still ask them to leave. After all, there are “no smoking” “no drinking on premises” and “no shirt no shoes no service” signs. On the other hand, possession of a gun itself is not automatically a crime.

I think that is essentially what the bill accomplishes as written. I would rather see resources and attention spent on this instead of, or at least before long gun carry. This needs to be in place BEFORE long gun carry is ever passed. After permitless carry passed, gunbuster signs went up all over the place. If long gun carry is passed and gangsters start strutting around Wal-Mart with AKs, I expect a BUNCH of businesses will post and the “removal of the offense” ship will have sailed forever.

I took my wife’s uncle for a ride in ours. He was about 6’2/325 and wore 30” length pants. He was basically a torso. His chin was flush with the top of the windshield.

We have had three and they absolutely sucked in this stuff. But I sure would like another one.

I confirmed that my driveway was still slippery yesterday morning

This! On Jan 31, the ortho guy rebuilt my shoulder. Torn labrum, torn subscapularis tendon, ruptured long head bicep tendon, some bursitis-related bone spurs causing impingement in the acromion area. Lots of pain doing anything overhead or behind my back. Toward the end, I could barely get my wallet out of my back pocket. I did a LOT of PT, but can now do pain free pull-ups and can throw a football 25-30 yards (not that I have any need to). My only regret about the whole thing was waiting as long as I did. The "you should put off surgery as long as possible" theory isn't always true. If they are cleaning up impingements and not making heavy repairs to the big parts, you should bounce right back. Good luck!

If I ever buy another deer rifle, it will be a Bergara Ridge B-14 6.5 Creedmoor. I’m a Bergara and a 6.5CM fanboy (sorry Handsome Rob). I like the B-14 and it’s already threaded. I could get a gunsmith to thread my A-Bolt, but I don’t trust anybody to do it and I don’t really want to monkey with the A-Bolt anyway. But my next deer hunting trip will include the .243 A-Bolt.

Light drizzle here and in our parking lot this morning I slipped on pavement that looked harmless. May be interesting this afternoon…

Even though I haven’t deer hunted in years, I bought a Browning A-Bolt II in .243 a couple years ago. I’ve wanted a .243 for years and thought I was going deer hunting with a friend, but the trip fell through. The A-Bolt shoots pretty nice, but I haven’t put together any handloads yet. I’ve never had trouble finding a variety of factory hunting ammo. I have a freshly rebuilt shoulder that feels pretty good, but I may never shoot my .30-06 again. The little A-Bolt is handy and I would like to see how the .243 does on a deer.

I don’t remember these alerts from the past, but today it said to delay using large appliances. But the climate cult people say we need to drive EVs and ban gas stoves.

If you seek adventure, take a Mazda Miata out in the snow and ice. I love Miatas, but they are death on wheels in this stuff.

I drove in 2wd this morning to see how bad it really was and to get an idea on how things would be for my wife a couple hours later in her FWD. i never felt the need to go to 4wd, but she ended up staying home.