deerslayer

Haven’t heard that but I don’t doubt it. Batteries don’t last as long when it’s cold. I’ll stick to my fossil fuel burner

I would find a Steel Challenge match.

The name doesn't ring a bell, but I hate that he's gone. RIP

Is his TGO username also IronHandJohn? I’m trying to figure out who this is.

Makes me want to go EV shopping

Some folks don’t give three craps about what is supposedly cool. And I didn’t get offended. There’s capitalism and socialism and not much else in between unless you want to throw in socialism’s cousin fascism. What do you suggest we should try?

Makes sense. Around here, a lot of people are blaming MLGW for the water problem. I’m no water engineer, but an unprecedented number of pipe ruptures (on private commercial property) apparently led to an overall decrease in water pressure, which contributed to more freezing. Single digit temps will do that. What is odd is that that we had two or three days of single digit temps last February when it snowed, but I don’t recall as many ruptured lines. Could be the timing - businesses were closed for the holiday weekend and ruptures weren’t detected as quickly as they normally would. I spent Xmas playing with ruptured lines at work, but that was due to some recent idiot procedure changes and some ill-advised budget cutting. It was avoidable, but some would blame the government.

Most people would be better off if they quit worrying about what others have, quit waiting around to be lifted up, be thankful for what they do have, and instead of plotting and praying for the downfall of someone better off than they are, maybe study the path that person took and what makes them tick and possibly learn how to be more successful themselves. What a novel concept.

Again, I’m not convinced that is true 100% of the time. Damn, here I go becoming an idealist.

I suppose that could be one explanation and that may be the scenario more often than we realize, but I don’t believe that to always be the case and that government by default is evil. I’m no flag waving fan of government, but without it we have anarchy and anarchy will bring us a new government run by people who don’t talk like us and find our ideas about freedom quite peculiar. So government is a necessity and we need to make it work.

How much does this person have the right to make?

I’ve never understood the whole “we have to grow the city” mentality. Higher housing costs, more congestion, and longer drives to work have never struck me as progress.

It’s our own fault because it’s easier to accept it and go back to watching football. My favorite movie line is from Terminator 2 “No fate but what we make.” I despise cliches like “everything happens for a reason” and “it wasn’t meant to be.” They imply that we are helpless and have no control of our lives. Not many are willing to take a stand based on principle or vote with their wallet. People bitch about wokeness, then turn around and post on Instagram or Facebook and order everything on Amazon because it’s convenient and support the very people enabling wokeness. People are more concerned about NFL playoffs than they are about what their kids are being taught in school. We reap what we sow.

Naw, they would be better off with him receiving a change of status. Assuming he's convicted and the family stays informed, he'll start getting parole hearings in six or eight years and be out in 12 or 15. That wears on a family if they keep up with the guy while he's locked up.

Pass

I know the two are unrelated, but she isn’t convinced.

There is a camera at 64/Germantown that will send you some hate mail every time you run the red light. Ask my wife how she knows

YEP

And doesn't need to be excessively loud. So no .357, 10mm, or comped/ported gun for me.

Hopefully all the dot fans are practicing weak hand/strong hand. Without some substantial practice (with either setup), the dot can be harder to find than a front sight.

One of life's great mysteries is why, when I have a 50-50 chance of inserting a USB plug correctly the first time, I insert it backwards 100% of the time.

This is getting some attention from some state AGs: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/guns-texas-fedex/2022/12/01/id/1098747/ https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/montana-ag-concerned-fedex-ups-may-be-tracking-gun-ownership-white-house.amp