deerslayer
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I was looking for the 150 marker on one hole when a voice inside my head said, "Hey numbnuts, it's a par 3." Yeah I have a long way to go.
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I haven’t played golf in several years until this week. I got my shoulder rebuilt earlier this year and was curious to see how it would react to swinging a club. I played nine holes earlier this week and was sore as hell, so me not being the smartest kid in class, I went and played again. Sore again. I think my days of 300 yard drives are finished and my putter wasn’t working, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would like to get back into it again, but between my daughter’s soccer team and my addiction to competitive shooting, it will be tough to do.
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2 hours ago, TGO David said:
@MacGyver, do you want to make any further statement about the recent banning? I thought it was pretty clear where the gentleman went over the line with constant racist / xenophobic statements and you seemed to address that in your previous post before he was banned, but maybe I'm just assuming too much.
Maybe I missed something or a comment was removed, but MacGyver’s post seemed to be directed at a different member (not the guy who got banned).
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1 hour ago, NoBanStan said:
Didn't i read somewhere that there were peace talks about dividing up territory and letting Gaza have its own country, but Hamas refused because it meant that Israel would exist?
Arafat turned down that offer back in 2000. I wonder where things would be today if they had signed on.
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Sounds like flu, but the first time I had covid, it was pretty much the same as flu (except I temporarily lost my sense of smell). The second time was a headache and scratchy throat for a couple days. My daughter’s friend recently had something similar to what you describe and she was covid negative/flu positive.
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I've seen some videos of the attacks and I now think most of this thread is largely irrelevant. Whether or not Israel is legitimate or is an apartheid regime or stole land from the Palestinians or lived there first or Netanyahu knew about the attack - none of it matters. Beheading civilians with shovels and raping grandmas and abducting toddlers is probably going to net a result somewhat different from whatever Hamas had hoped to achieve. I doubt Hamas and Palestine and perhaps Iran exist much longer and I bet Israel doesn't give three flying monkey sh*ts what the UN or Amnesty International or the rest of the world thinks about what they are about to do.
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42 minutes ago, btq96r said:
War, huh. Yeah!
What is it good for?
Absolutely noth...oh wait, yeah, I see it now.
Not sure about the rest of them, but General Dynamics just had a layoff.
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2 hours ago, Links2k said:
When it comes to Israel, I’ve always had an issue with the formation and expansion of a nation on someone else’s land. Pretty much how I feel about the formation of our country, and the treatment of natives.
I see no issue in taking land from a neighbor who attacks you and keeping it to prevent more attacks.
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12 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:
True, but the Jews living there weren’t enforcing an apartheid ethno-state at the time. That tends to change the dynamic a bit.
It is a broad brush because the subject is broad. I’m not attempting to single out Israel as being especially evil or anything, simply speaking of practicalities. You just can’t set up an ethno-state in the middle of a large non-ingroup population without keeping them fully under the thumb. Look at the history of European colonization and the end of that era for example after example of how it goes. I may not support the concept of Zionism, but I don’t blame the Zionists for understanding the assignment.
To bring it closer to home, look at the history of this nation as it relates to the native Americans. Native tribes had to be thoroughly subjugated to allow for the creation of what became the United States. Folks get squeamish talking about it these days, but it is empirically the truth.
*When I refer to Zionism and Zionists, that’s not an antisemitic shorthand for “the Jews”. I’m speaking of it in the definitional terms of it as a nationalist movement. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism
Equating criticisms of Zionism or Israel with antisemitism or hatred of Jewish people as a whole is a reductive position that I think harms the ability to substantively discuss the issues involved.*
I know you’re not antisemitic, but I feel “apartheid” state is over the top. Israel’s security situation is unique and drives most of their policy. They released Gaza once, only to have Hamas take control of it and here we are. Releasing Gaza or the West Bank is suicidal for them. Historians can cite 1000s of years of events to support their claims on whether or not the state of Israel is legit, but the bottom line is they are surrounded by people who want them dead and they have to do what they have to do if they want to stay alive.
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48 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:
Attempts for Israel to be at peace will never succeed because you can’t conquer territory in the manner required to form a nation within the post-WWII rules based western order. It’s entire design has been setup to prevent that. At the same time, Zionism, if it is to be successful, requires the full subjugation or expulsion of any dissident minority people groups along with the understanding of potential antagonist entities that there are zero restraints on retaliation to attacks.
I’m no student of Zionism theory and I don’t have blue and white star of David flags in my flower bed, but I think you are painting with a pretty broad brush.
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44 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:
In an attempt to right the wrongs committed against Jews in Europe, Europeans took land outside of Europe that had belonged to folks who weren’t guilty of those wrongs. Land they had been on for over a thousand years. I don’t see how that situation will ever work.
Imagine if your neighbors had a family living in their home and killed half of them. Then your other neighbors went in and kicked their butts and afterwards came to your house and said, “hey, we know you didn’t have anything to do with that whole mess but these folks said they used to live here before they got evicted a long time ago. You’re gonna give up half your house to them. Then over the next few years your new housemates took over more and more of your house.
To be fair, the original UN plan was a two state partition and there were already quite a few Israelis living in the house.
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I naively thought back in 2000 that the beginning of the end of this problem was finally taking place. Israel offered a two state solution that Arafat and the PLO had been yelling about for years and after some heming and hawing, Arafat rejected it. It wasn't perfect, but it was far and away the best opportunity the Palestinians had ever received. I think Arafat showed his hand (we will fight unless Israel doesn't exist). After the deal fell apart, Arafat's popularity increased and Israel's president lost in the next election to a guy the Palestinians regarded as a war criminal. That alone told me it was a good offer from Israel and the Palestinians were never serious.
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You could carry appendicks.
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1 hour ago, Grayfox54 said:
All else aside, I just found the Pee Wee character to be really annoying.
Even my dad could tolerate Pee-wee Herman, but he got fighting mad every time I turned on Beavis and Butthead.
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38 minutes ago, Grayfox54 said:
Always sad to hear somebody passed. But I never did like him. Do y'all forget when he was arrested and why?
Exactly what I was thinking. I don't think I would want my daughter hanging around with him.
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Nice shootin'
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5 hours ago, monkeylizard said:
Too hot in the daytime, but getting some great sunset drives in this:
We've had three Miatas. One of the funnest cars ever built.
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2 hours ago, Erik88 said:
It's wild to me how few people are interested in this. We just had 3 highly decorated former military members swear under oath to some incredible things and the world did a collective shrug. And for once we have bipartisan support for the truth. It appears we have factions within our government that are accountable to no one and are operating without oversight. They are keeping information from us that will shape human history and people are more interested in Hunter Biden's plea deal.
Maybe these aliens realized we're not even worth visiting.
Count me as one of the uninterested. If there are aliens and they have visited Earth, then they are far and away more technologically advanced than we are and could turn us into crispy critters if they so chose. Hopefully, they don't. Whatever the case, there's nothing we can do about them, so I'm more interested in the goings on that we can control.
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Yesterday was another rough storm, but I don't think it was as bad as the weather folks thought it would be. They were talking about 80mph winds coming, but I don't think we got that this time.
Supposedly MLGW has ben slacking on trimming limbs near power lines and poles the last few years. I don't know, but it used to be common to see them trimming. On the other hand, the big storm a couple weeks ago loosened up a lot of stuff that is now barely hanging, so we shouldn't be shocked when the next storm knocks the power out again.
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45 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:
Been hearing this since the M&P came out way back when. Glocks are still selling.
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1 hour ago, Fourtyfive said:
I have a CZ TS 2 Orange, does it even compare?
Probably not, but the TS2O is a lot more expensive.
A quick glance at GB has Rival-S guns for $1300 or so. Back in the spring, they were $900 locally. At $900 I would grab one, but $1300 is too much.
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It is stainless-ish color. A real hard chrome finish on guns usually comes in satin or polished, but neither is car bumper chrome. I think the Rival-S frame is cerakoted.
If you see a Rival-S black or chrome, I would grab it - they are kinda hard to find. I’ve shot a couple and was highly impressed. They are not as tacti-cool as others if that’s ypur preference, but they are definite shooters straight out of box and a better value than several other recently hyped guns.
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35 minutes ago, pop pop said:
I have a stash of primers. What should I expect to sell them for. A reasonable price. I have magnum and regular pistol primers.
Edited to add; What do they sell for in stores. These came from The Reloaders Bench, in Mt Juillet and I purchased them back when they were not hard to find.
The going rate seems to be around $75/1000. One local store recently had them for $5.50/100, but with a limit of 200. That’s not worth the gas.
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15 minutes ago, chances R said:
Take a look at the Canik Rival -all steel. Really nice and with some heft.
...if you can find one.
Any golfers?
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I recognize you in those pics. That's awesome.