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I thought I'd bring this thread back to life with a little report...   I built a new semi-raised bed garden this spring, it's about 2 ft wide x 30 ft long. I wanted more garden space and after a very poor yield last year, I got the impression that our other garden space needed a break. Due to nearly non stop spring rains keeping the area too wet to till, I got a late start getting things planted. I was finally able to use a lot of the compost from my compost barrel (see the first page of this thread). The compost came out black as diesel oil and seems to have helped noticeably.   :up:    We planted 4-5 varieties of tomatoes and it looks like we'll have a great harvest, they're only just now getting ripe. The cherry tomatoes have come in first and I've got more of them than I know what to do with. I'm expecting plenty to freeze this year. :yum:   Next is okra and it's growing fine but it's got a couple more weeks yet before we'll get any.   We planted broccoli much later than recommended, but we had the seeds so we planted them anyway. While they've come up and grown fine, it seems all they really did was provide food for the caterpillers. The leaves look like swiss cheese and out of 6-8 plants we got one solitary head of broccoli smaller than a coke can. I pulled them up yesterday and tossed them in the compost. I may try one more time, but so far I'm 0 for 3 with broccoli.  :shrug:   We planted some lettuce also much later than recommended, but it's done great. We got more lettuce than we knew what to do with and it continued to produce through the heat up until a week or two ago. Actually it's still there and growing but the lettuce is bitter now. Guess I'll pull it up too.   The snap peas didn't do anything. The plants started growing fine, then turned brown and died after about a month. I don't know what happened, they did fine last year.  :shrug:   The green beans didn't do well either, though I think that's our fault. I think we got pole beans instead of bush beans and since we didn't put up anything for them to climb they got completely overrun by the zuchinni right next to them. I got one handful of beans the other day after digging them out from under the zuchini.   And speaking of zuchini.... while the plants have grown about 3x bigger than we expected, we've only gotten a handful of zuchini. Hopefully they'll continue to produce for a while yet.   The cucumbers have produced more than we can eat but the plants have turned brown over the last week or so. I expected the plants to last longer than this. That's it for the new garden bed.   In the old garden bed we planted some pumpkin seeds saved from last year's Halloween pumpkins at my 6 yr old's request. Surprisingly (to me anyway) they've grown into a rather large pumpkin plant. No baby pumpkins yet so we'll see what happens. We also planted a green bell pepper and chili pepper there because we ran out of room in the new bed. They're doing fine and I'm impatiently waiting for some home-made salsa.  :yum:    How's everyone else's garden doing this year... ?

Sounds a lot like the doorbell training we went through with our dog.  It did eventually reduce the reaction to just barking instead of utter mayhem.  While not necessarily the end result we had in mind, we considered it a moral victory. 

I said stone but it's really a coarse diamond sharpener. The only "stone" I have is a fine Arkansas stone. It does take rather a while to reprofile one. I'd guess upwards of 100 passes per side, but it's worth it as the next time only takes a few passes with the fine diamond, stone, then strop.

    When I sharpen a knife for the first time with my Smith's system, I have to start with the coarse stone functionally re-profile it and work my way up.  The angle on the blade almost never exactly matches my sharpener.  Subsequent sharpenings don't require the coarse stone unless I've buggered it.    Just by the appearance of the blade, it looks like steel that's been tempered.  Normally you only temper the back/spine of the blade so has some flexibility while leaving the edge hard so it'll get real sharp and stay that way.  It's possible it may have been over tempered and the edge isn't particularly hard. 

I'm no expert but I'd call that a camp knife in the style of chef's knife with a drop point.  The offset between the handle and the edge allows you to slice through stuff without mashing your knuckles, which is really handy when cutting stuff up in the kitchen. 

Stealth knife.  Just don't lose it. 

:rock:     :rofl:     :up:

    I agree with this to the extent that there should be some personal responsibility when things go sideways.    I'm an engineer who fixes aircraft engine parts.  If I make a bad decision that results in someone getting hurt, the FAA won't let me hide behind my employer, they'll haul my arse to jail.  Why is that not the case for the above?  It can be argued that the officers on the raid are merely the minions following orders, and I'm ok with that, but why aren't the guys who gave the orders personally responsible?  If I am, they should be too. 

    I'm a bit on the fence with that suggestion.  If you suspect she might be recoil sensitive, then yes I'd start with a .22.  If you don't think she'd care, I think starting with a .22 can induce some recoil sensitivity.  They get used to the .22 which has no recoil, no muzzle blast, and no noise.... then you put a bigger gun in their hand that has all 3 (even a sissy gun like a 9mm  ;) ) and suddenly they're afraid of it.  It's a matter of developing their expectation of what's "normal".   I'm not saying to start with a .357 snubbie, but if a full size 9mm is "normal", that makes everything a lot easier.  You just have to know the person and have some expectation as to how they'll respond. 

    Heh... not my dog.  She destroyed two "indestructible" crates. 

Anywhere in the black counts and if you can't do that, you don't really need to be carrying a gun IMHO.    I will add a couple things...   if you have romantic interest, tread lightly and be very patient.  If she gets frustrated, stop immediately.    Instead of mindlessly making perforated paper, make up some games to keep it interesting.    If her hands get tired and she can't hold the gun still, take a break.    Try dry fire practice... set a piece of empty brass on the slide (if a semi-auto) and have her practice trigger pull until it doesn't fall off. 

    Indeed you have.  Effective July 1, all restrictions on knife carry were removed.  Any type, any length, with the exception of places like schools and such.    And to address the above... I'm not aware of age restrictions either, though that may be buried somewhere in the TCA. 

    We've given our dog Valium (vet Rx) in the past to help settle her after she's had a seizure (canine epilepsy).   It worked, she conked right out. 

    Heh... I'm not so lazy after all and found this...   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/79761-metro-pd-encounter/?p=1162965   thanky.  :hat:   And I'm glad that changed... it never made much sense to me, though that applies to lots of things.  :)

Forgive my ignorance and being too lazy to look it up....    Does this change the laws around loaded/round-in-chamber with long guns?

The kids like fireworks except for the really loud ones.  Ear muffs seem to help with that.  Our dog won't wear ear muffs  :lol:  and gets so worked up she destroys things.  Like door frames, curtains, and porch screens.  It's made me grow to dislike fireworks related holidays because we can't go anywhere.  :-\

Cool idea.  $15 shipped seems a little steep but not outrageous. 

Agreed. I think perhaps we have different ideas of what constitutes a drone. I'm not referring to something like a Predator, I'm thinking of the little RC planes or quadrotors. They could easily do a number of the tasks a regular helo does at drastically reduced cost without endangering people.

  No reasonable use for drones?  You'd rather they spend $2000/hr of your tax money on a real helicopter?

It would indeed. I vote me. :)

I'm a die hard fan too, I like their whole catalog. I saw it in the theater and my only complaint was the lack of volume. I didn't have to yell directly into my wife's ear to be heard, so clearly it wasn't loud enough. :) It's a strange plot/story with strange characters and themes and a strange end.... so similar to every video they've ever made. I still think the rider would be the coolest Halloween costume ever.

    Yes, I work near the airport, our building is in the pattern.  They fly over almost constantly.    It's not uncommon to see a P3 or an E3.  Here lately I've seen a couple Harriers, which I find exceptionally cool.  We've also seen T-38's and T-45's, and even the odd F-18 or EA-6B come and go.  Haven't seen a V-22 in a long time but they've been around and they do make a strange sound. 

My wife has a Pistol Wear belly band.  She says it's very comfortable but concealment isn't quite as good as she'd hoped.  Seems to work best when worn pretty low. 

Holy crap!   I think I'd wheel that thing out and park it in the driveway. 

I hope there's some satisfactory resolution of the cause.  Prayers for the family.