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Cool Picture! Thanks for sharing.

My wife and I qualified with a Smith and Wesson K22; NOT whet either of us carry.

If you're hunting whitetail deer, I think you are wasting money on premium ammunition. The first ammo I'd try is 150 grain Remington from Wal Mart. It is usualy a consistant performer, and reasonably priced. If you are going to hunt elk, moose, bear, etc., I'd move up to a heavier bullet, and maybe consider premium bullets as well. In my opinion, you'd be better served to buy the cheaper ammo and practice with it, than to buy expensive ammo and not want to shoot it.

I have a selection of shotguns, but the one most used to shoot informal clays is my wife's 20 guage Beretta AL391 Urika. It shoots great, and recoils little. My Browning double gets fondled a lot, but after a few rounds, it gets laid down in favor of the soft shooting Beretta.

You get all that figured out, and I'll bet we can scrounge up some business for you.

I'd suggest you go to a hardware store and but a complete kit, and stop fooling with Wal Mart junk.

I don't have an LCR to use for a pattern. If you think it'll fit, I'll send you the top one free of charge. PM me with an address.

I just finished these for a fellow forum member. One OWB, and one IWB. I thought they turned out rather well and wanted to share. I've had them both on, and they are quite comfortable and very concealable. I'm not a big IWB fan, but this one works great. I might have to make one for me. He had a great idea.

Erik, If you ever find yourself near macon county, I'll let you put a mini 14 through it's paces. I might even turn you on to some vintage Winchesters and Savages. Bring the LCR when you come.

I'm looking for the all of the above option to click on. I favor rifles to handguns, and own several of each. I have some shotguns as well.

I have an H&R 058 Topper 20 guage, which is the same gun. mine also has a 30-30 barrel. I wouldn't get rid of it for anything. For what it is, it's a great gun!!!

Thanks for the updates.

I never really looked at it that way. I'm not sure I agree, but it is something to consider. Thanks.

My children are often drafted into helping some of the slower students, grading papers, etc. I don't see that as fair to my children. Do you?

YOu've made several good points in your last post, buttonhook. No Child Left Behind, as I see it, is a failure. How do we get rid of it? You are probably correct, also, in saying that I should go to our schools and offer to volunteer. I was not aware that a person could do this. I've always gotten the impression that I should give them money and stay the heck out of the way. The only knowledge I have on the subject is first hand experience. I don't wish to give the impression that I know a lot about it; just what I've witnessed. I guess I'm lucky, as both my children are straight "A" students. Their problem is that they aren't challenged, and become bored waiting on the children who have learning problems. I don't think my children should be neglected because they aren't learning "challenged".

Very well stated. I couldn't agree more.

I never lumped ALL teachers into this group, but the vast majority fits in it nicely. If you'll go back and read, you'll se I made the statement that a quality teacher should make six figures. This will never happen as long as you let a union lump all of you together. Now this just pegs the B.S. meter! Name one instance in which "the children" were considered in any union push. What can I do? Also there are less than 20 kids per class here. No offense taken. I enjoy a good discussion. I would appreciate it if you'd drop all the union rhetoric and have an actual discussion about this. Our public school system sucks. I do not blame the teachers. You are correct in saying that government regulations are crazy! WHat can we do about this? DOn't say support a union, because there's been a union for years, and the school system has gotten progressivly worse. It isn't the answer. If you have any serious ideas, I'd like to hear them, as I'm irate at the condition of our schools. I support our few good teachers, and would like to see more of them. I'd also like to see them rewarded. One more question for you on the subject..... What, in your opinion, would be the best way to evaluate teacher performance?

I don't give them a zip code or phone number if asked at a store checkout. The clerk usually rolls their eyes in disgust, or looks at me like I'm insane. If anything else is said, I ask for their address and phone number. That usually gets them to stop and think about it.

Unless she has a vault full of it, it's probably worth more in the cool factor of having it than what you'd get exchanging it for dollars. I have coins I inheirited from my grandfather from several different nations. I'm unsure of where he got it. I believe some of them are silver. They are neat conversation pieces.

This is probably what I was thinking of when I thought it had expired. Thanks.

buttonhook, I work for the state as well. I haven't had a raise since you have. If it gets to the point where I think i'm not being trated fairly, I'll simply leave and do something else. I don't get on an internet forum and cry about it. I don't tell everyone what a hero I am, and that I'm being mistreated. I will leave. If you like teaching, teach. If it is as bad as you say, there are a world of other opportunities out there waiting for you. My youngest son has a wonderful teacher this year. My oldest son had a wonderful teacher in kindergarten. That's it! The rest of them haven't been worth the air they breathe. The entire time I attended public school, I had maybe one decent teacher. I've heard that old "if you can read, thank a teacher" crap until I could puke. I was reading proficiently before I entered kindergarten. I can say that I learned very little in the thirteen years I wasted in public school. My children both attended a private preschool at a Methodist church, two half days a week for most of a year. My oldest son is in the sixth grade, and he learned a lot more in that preschool than in the entire time he's attended public school. Guess what? That preschool didn't have a union. Buttonhook, Please don't think I'm simply picking on you, you may be a fine teacher; I don't know. I've heard these same old NEA/TEA talking points; word for word since I was five years old. Surely they could write some new ones every so often. The thing is that all of us have sacrifices to make. I'm willing to bet that there are very few, if any here who simply punch a clock, stay there 8 hours, punch out and go home.

It is a stupid law, and pizzes me off, but I don't get upset at the person who actually asks for your I.D., as they are simply doing what is required of them. I am upset at the stupid politicians who enacted the law. If it's that important at a restuarant or convenience store, wouldn't you want to do it at a liquor store as well? I though I read somewhere a while back that the law had expired or something. I haven't been able to find that again to verify it.

Somebody got a tax refund check!!!!