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  I think that had a lot to do with their price point.  People willing to pay double the market value for a high end AK have a tendency to be picky, and not unrightfully so. 

Congrats!  Kids change everything.  For the better.  Mostly.  :)

Cool.  The map shows them just off Chapman Hwy in South Knoxville.  Looks like they're a manufacturer only and sell through distributors.  Look to be fairly high quality with the associated price tag.   Factory direct pricing sure would be nice.    http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-rifles/ddi-waffen-milled-ak47-u-folder-rifle-detail.html?Itemid=0

That's awesome! I've been trying to think of some sort of simple, reactive target for my son to shoot with his BB gun. This should perfectly!

Cool.  :up:

    No argument there.   I just got a little of the "talking out of both sides of our mouths" vibe.  Not pointing any fingers, just an observation. 

Heh. My dog when I was a kid would eat several yellow jackets per year, every year. She'd chase them around snapping at them and eventually there would be the yelp, followed by the fat lip for several days. After the first few, we figured if she wasn't smart enough to figure that out, she deserved it. If you're going to be stupid, you'd better be tough.

Forgive me if I'm missing something here... It's ok for any yahoo who can pass the HCP test to carry a loaded gun in any sort of manner and sit across from you and your family at a restaurant, or full up their car with gas at the next pump.... but it's not ok for a group of people serious enough about it to spend significant time and money to participate in a sport that improves their skills to stand around carrying loaded guns? Do you also wonder why cops feel the need to disarm a person carrying lawfully during a traffic stop or other encounter?

    You ain't kiddin'.   Jamaica might beat it though.  Italy was bad too, but nowhere near the lunacy I saw in Jamaica. 

  FTFY.

    Depends on whether you believe the "shoot me first" theory. 

    Excellent perspective here.  Thanks.

    Indeed, fantastic movie.  Given the option, I'd much rather have subtitles than over-dubbed.  Crouching Tiger is one that immediately comes to mind as being horrible when over-dubbed. 

Saw another one yesterday while getting the kids an ice cream cone.  It was somewhat comical as well, though in a different way from the one I saw the other day.  To each his own. 

      Scruffy looking nerfherders, thank you very much.    :)

I saw a guy open carrying in a restaurant at lunch last week.  The image it presented was rather comical IMO.  I saw a few folks notice, but no one did more than roll their eyes or shake their head.  This restaurant is frequented by detective types (cops not in formal uniform) and National Guard folks.  Even my wife said "really?". 

Think Jedi's ever did bayonet charges? My little one decided his light saber needed a bayonet. :)

    I seem to recall reading somewhere that the above is part of the reason for the full length forearms on many old guns.  They knew there was plenty of variation in the ammo.  They may not have fully understood barrel harmonics and such, but had plenty of empirical data of what worked the best. 

    In his car, he said that at some point.  Car with a toddler in it, no less. 

Cool.  Heirlooms come in many forms.  Things that connect us to times long past can have great intrinsic value.   It looks well used, which is the best kind IMO.  The angled pattern on the blade makes me think it was made from an old file, which would also explain the short tang.  I'd also get some mineral oil, tung oil, or walnut oil for the handle.      btw... did you get the Boker catalog in the mail?  Some cool stuff in there...

    Sounds good to me. 

    Sure it's the car driver's fault for hitting him.  At the same time, your friend was in condition white while waiting for the light.  You can't ever be in condition white when riding a motorcycle, bad things happen too fast.  He didn't take simple and reasonable steps to save his own life, and that's his fault.  I refuse to accept that my continued existence is at the mercy strangers, most of whom can't walk and chew gum at the same time.  Making sure I stay alive isn't their responsibility, it's mine.  Everyone is trying to kill you all the time.  Let your guard down and they just might do it.  That's life in the saddle.          I can say from personal experience that it hurts more when you hit things at 60 mph than 35 mph.  But it's also true that people fall off the couch and die.  Given no other info, there's only speculation that he might have lived if going slower.  I never said the driver had no responsibility.  The guy was riding like an idiot and it cost him his life.   I guess I'm a callous bastard because I don't have much sympathy.  90% of what went wrong was his choice. 

    Sarcasm doesn't always convey well in written form.

When I see that, this is the first thing that comes to mind... Hut, hut, hut, hut http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2quc-iQ96R0