MacGyver

Do we have any more documented evidence of this most recent bash Beretta thread then we do any in any of the others of late? It seems like we’ve got plenty of, “I know a dealer who says” but it doesn’t go any further.

Yeah, me too. I texted him earlier - hoping to hear from him soon.

No issues on Office365 getting confirmations.

Talked to him today. Slow progress. Heart is good. Hoping to go home soon. Prayers are very much appreciated.

I’ll try that A01 when I get a chance. I’d be hard pressed to switch out my ThruNite Ti3. That thing is amazing for the price.

Yeah, they’re fine. I mean, it’s an ammo can - not a Pelican case. Use it for what it’s intended and you’ll be fine. I wouldn’t stash any fancy lenses in them. Gaskets seem fine. I wouldn’t try to raft the Colorado with them. They stack well. Drop them full and they’ll dent - just like the originals.

The Costco and Academy cans are functionally the same - I’d guess they’re coming off the same line somewhere. I doubt any of them are made domestically.

Texted with him a little bit ago. He said they’re unhooking all kinds of stuff and are talking about sending him home this weekend. I haven’t been able to go by because one of my kids has the flu - and there’s no way I’m risking taking that up in there. That said, his spirits seem good and he says he’s feeling okay.

@MrsMonkeyMan2500 made me aware that we lost a member this week - @Mikefite. It appears that he had a heart attack while driving, and was killed in the accident: http://www.wsmv.com/story/37220689/police-one-person-killed-in-i-40-crash While I've not seen an official obituary, many of you are no doubt familiar with his amazing work as an artist - some probably proudly wearing his tattoos. There's a reddit thread here. We'll post more as it becomes available - including possible ways to donate to his family that meant everything to him. Your thoughts and prayers for his family in the coming days are appreciated.

Beaufort is the place to stay while in the area in my opinion. They've got some great smaller places - including some great bed and breakfasts.

One of my daughters got her first knife this year. She chose an old school slipjoint sodbuster. I’ve got several GEC models, and I’m always amazed at the quality of their builds. There’s something to be said for a good high carbon steel, too. Despite all of the amazing powdered super steels these days, it’s good to have a blade that is easy to get super sharp and will take on some character over time.

GEC is turning out some truly great blades these days. They’d be tough to compete with. I hate to see a maker go, but I question how big the market space for non-tacticool knives that seem to have eaten the world these days really is? Since the free market doesn’t much care if you live or die, I expect this is the end of the line for them. Maybe someone will buy the brand’s name in an asset sale, but that sure won’t soften the blow for the folks losing their jobs.

In 2002, the ATF shifted from reporting up through Treasury to reporting through the Department of Justice (under the newly created department of Homeland Security).

Wowzers! Sorry to hear about the relationship. And the accident. Sounds like your heading in the right direction, though. Glad things are looking up. Door is always open in Tennessee!

Magtech is fine ammo for most use cases. I've shot a ton of it over the years. Seems like you ought to be able to do better than that on pricing, though. I just paid $118/420 for lake city M855 on stripper clips. Seems like there was a rebate through the end of the year, but you still ought to be able to do sub-$300/1000 shipped for M193.

I was thinking about you the other day! Glad to hear things are going okay. Don’t be a stranger.

Doug is out of surgery. He’s not out of the woods yet, but is doing okay right now. They’ve got the breathing tube out. Right now they’re worried about stroke risk and some clots. We’ll know more tomorrow, but be prayerful he can get some rest and begin the process of healing.

I will. All it’s needed so far is a light stropping and it’s unbelievably sharp. So, I can’t imagine what a mirror polish would do. I’m pretty impressed with this M390 steel. I like this blade so much I’d almost like to order another one.

I’ll post as soon as I hear. Assuming all went well, surgery should have finished up a little bit ago.

I won’t post his number here, but if you’ve got his number, shoot him a text. I know it would lift his spirits.

I’ll let Doug tell the story of how he came to quit smoking when he returns. It’ll get your attention.

He seems squared away for the moment, but I’ll apprise if there are changes.

A lot of you know @bersaguy. He’s had some incidents over the last week that are going to require surgical intervention tomorrow. I got to go by and see him this afternoon. He’s in great spirits, but the triple bypass surgery he’s having tomorrow afternoon is serious. He could use your prayers over the coming days. I’ll update as soon as I hear tomorrow, but in the meantime, keep him in your thoughts.

MAC address filtering on the router is good. If the device isn’t approved by you - it doesn’t connect to the network. We have a rule in our house. No devices in bedrooms. Period. All phones (my wife and mine included) get charged in the main area of the house. That makes it convenient to check it. I sat with a parent of a 13 year old a couple of weeks ago - trying to find her after she had gone missing. We were looking at her Instagram account from a forensic perspective - a secondary account she had opened after her parents found her previous one and shut it down. This one had been open for just over 24 hours. There were 11 people she knew following this account. There were 1089 anonymous followers - in under 24 hours - many of whom turned out to be sex offenders - including the person we eventually found her with. We’re not going to put the internet back in the box. It’s here to stay - yet it is still remarkably immature. You’ve got to find a framework where you help your kids figure out that consumption - what’s okay, what we need to limit, and what we need to avoid at large. Theres something else that I find myself saying with parents a lot when I lecture on this topic. “Our kids may or may not listen to us, but they never fail to emulate us.”

I’m going to say this as someone who has worked more assault cases than I can remember. Snapchat does not belong on a 14 year old’s phone. Full stop. You’ve got someone else delivering her a device, she’s googling how to get a SIM card and lying to you and your wife about it. There’s more going on than you know - and she’s in over her head. Our kids are always going to be smarter than us about technology. You’re not going to get out in front of that. But, we’re smarter than them about life. You’ve got to come to some type of understanding. It’s possible to recover some Snapchat data depending on the version and the particulars of the device, but it’s unlikely. You should consider blocking access to the camera, uninstalling any social apps and then locking the device so that she can’t install new apps. I’d make sure you have geolocation turned on as well. We’ve used it to find more than one teen - most of them before it was too late. If you do find out that this is an adult, you should consider getting law enforcement involved.