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Best price I've seen recently on a T-53 was Bud's. With shipping (if you have a C&R license) it's $130. If you have it shipped to and FFL it'll be even more.

I like the idea of one, but not sure if I'll pony up the dough.   I'm putting a LER scope on a Mosin. If I like the setup, I could definitely see a Ruger in my future.

The practice of promoting/graduating students despite their performance is the reason a HS diploma is barely worth the paper it's written on nowadays.   I think the quality of educators has only slightly diminished. I believe the real problem is two-fold: 1) parents aren't involved (as several others have mentioned) and 2) the education system is mired in red tape, artificial standards, and budgetary incentives.    The first problem is only compounded by the growing number of single-parent households. God bless single moms. Many can do a fine job without a husband, but let's be real...2 sets of hands/eyes/ears/incomes is better than one.   The second problem is an ongoing failure of the gov't to find it's own ass with both hands. Everything they try to fix just becomes worse and damn near irreparable.

:shake: These new laws will really cripple the activities of gangs and other criminals.  :shake:

if there's a college somewhere in the U.S. that she is capable of graduating from, a diploma from there is as worthless as used toilet paper

  As a zombie purist, I agree. Seems Hollywood is playing fast and loose with the term "zombie".   Whatever you call the rage/virus infected "zombies" they are scary as hell and I, for one, want no part of them.

[url="http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/16003-alabama-adopts-race-based-standards-for-school-students"]Alabama Adopts Race-based Standards for School Students[/url]   For once, Jesse, Al, and their ilk should be throwing a hissy fit over something. This is the most racist thing the Federal gov't has come up with since Affirmative Action.   For example: the article says 93.6% of Asians, 91.5% of white, 85.5% of poor, and only 79% of black students have to pass the new math standards. Only special needs children have lower standards than black kids.   Sounds dangerously close to saying a black person's diploma is only worth 4/5 of a regular diploma to me.    

  I've only had one cup of coffee this morning, please excuse me. My filter is not on yet.

  Heck yeah!!   "in case I catch somebody stealing my cows/tree stands...I also keep a shovel in my truck for burying the bodies" LOL

Welcome GuitaRx. Enjoy that Lee Turret press and if you need help setting it up or have questions, you've come to the right place.        ...and some people with better taste. :)

I agree, overall good movie. We as the movie-consuming public have to get over this "it's not like the book" thing. You'll never find a good producer/director that wants to work on a film where there's no creative freedom. If all movies were rigid copies of the book, there'd be no great directors, only good/bad authors. I, for one, am thankful the movie wasn't like the book. The book was cool and I like the perspectives, but that would make for a terrible and boring translation to film. The way they did it in the film was pretty darn good. I saw it two weekends in a row...once with friends, once with family. I didn't hear any complaints from either group on the way out of the theater. I'm looking forward to WWZ II to see the sweeping crews do battle with the zeds. Also, to see the zeds in the cold and/or water. Mostly the Battle of Yonkers, though. Leaving it out of the first one gives me something to look forward to.

This is pretty darn funny....   Basically, a teacher split class into pairs and had one start a story then the next adds a paragraph and they go back and forth.   http://themetapicture.com/a-prime-example-of-men-are-from-mars-women-are-from-venus/  

I'll chip in for a bus ticket to Canada or Mexico.

  OMG...that's too funny. All I could think about when I was reading it was this scene in Men In Black where Will Smith shoots little Tiffany instead of the monsters.   [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRXNNqNfQBs[/media]

  I'm with you on this one, man. I'm scared what I might do if someone (including a cop) kicked in my door and shot one of my dogs.   I love my dogs JUST EXACTLY as if they are human members of my family...you mess with my dog, you're messing with my family. I'd defend them just like I'd defend my wife/kids.

There's an interesting show on one of the "make you smarter" channels called Brain Games. One of the things they demonstrate uses a series of 100 pictures of random things. They cycle through them rapidly and ask what images stuck in your mind. Hardly anything did.   The next time they cycle through about every 10th or 15th pic is a spider or a snake. You "see" them and only them regardless of how fast they cycle the pics. Their explanation is that the brain is awesome at identifying threats. Our brains have "learned" that spiders and snakes are dangerous and it is constantly scanning for them via our subconscious.   Similarly, we learn to tell a friendly dog from one that is more likely to bite using visual cues and behavior markers. I see some types of profiling the same way. A guy in a hoodie lurking in a dark alley is way scarier than a guy in a 3-pc suit in that same dark alley.

I had the same dilemma last fall when I was truck shopping. GM and Chrysler didn't make my long list due to politics.   The Titan, Tundra, and F-150 stacked up pretty even on performance for what I needed. So, I ended up picking based on looks, comfort, and aftermarket parts availability. It got real easy at the bargaining table when price came into play. The F-150 was CONSIDERABLY less expensive.

      In the Nashville/Mid-TN Area these are 2 of my favorites too.    For something different, but completely badass...Thida Thai in Smyrna. I'm a Thai food junkie and have tried it almost every restaurant in the area. This one is the bomb (94% thumbs up on UrbanSpoon).   http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/47/1458574/restaurant/Nashville/Thida-Thai-Smyrna

I'm not an AR pistol fan to begin with, but I try to keep an open mind. I asked myself, "self, if you didn't think AR pistols were awkward and ugly enough as it is, would you give this a try?"   My answer was "hell no!", which I thought was rather rude. I need to work on my people skills.

I definitely notice seeing more tattoos than I used to, but not sure what to attribute it to. I do know that there has always been a public stigma against it. I knew this going in, so I made sure all of my ink could be discreetly covered by short sleeves and long pants. I refused to let my personal affinity for tattoos affect my career opportunities.   I agree that too many people don't think this through then complain that society is not being fair when their ink/piercings keep them from getting the job they want. I think you need to make sure you have the kind of job where that doesn't matter BEFORE you start making permanent decisions like this.    Also, they aren't cheap that is true. So, when I see a welfare mom covered in ink or a dirt poor guy with thousands of dollars worth of ink, I also question their priorities. On the same note, I know plenty of folks whose car could use new tires or house could use a new roof that can't wait to show me their new 1911 too.

Spots, you have good taste, bro. Luv me some Merrell shoes.

I'm definitely with you about the corruption of all kinds in this case from day one. The media tainted both the jury pool and the politicians. The politicians tried to railroad Z for a scapegoat, rigging the prosecution. The judge allowed the prosecution leeway that I've never seen/heard of and denied common sense evidence that would have helped the defense. Yet still, after all that, a hand selected jury listened to this rigged trial, sifted through the BS, found evidence/truth in the testimony, and rendered the right verdict. Maybe "restored faith" is a bit too strong, but I'm sure we agree this verdict is a thin silver lining at least.

Glad to see the jury got it right, weighing the evidence against law instead of falling for the emotional ploy. SOME of my faith in our legal system has been restored, but not enough to go back to calling it a justice system.

OMG...one of the comments referred to the weapon as a "sixcooter"!!!

That is NOT what I was expecting to read about. How would you like to be the officer who had to disassemble the firearm? Good thing they snatched this up before she could hurt somebody.:rofl: