monkeylizard

I'm good at telling them apart. Except Hyundai. They copy other designs so much that they look like a Mercedes or a Toyota from a distance. They're getting better about making their own deisgns, but they still look like copies to me.

From the article, it looks like he was a patron.

Yes to the first and the second.   We do....they don't.

  Thanks. Aside from the side-bar in there about pro vs anti, it pretty much confirmed what I thought.

Here's what we'll be seeing on our November ballot:   It reads to me like it's giving carte blanche to the legislature to permit or restrict as it sees fit, so long as it doesn't run afoul of any SCOTUS decisions. Given our current legislature, that would seem a boon to the pro-life camp and a big setback for the pro-choice camp. If I'm reading it right, this seems short-sighted by the pro-life camp. The (R) party (presumably one which would enact pro-life legislation) has a very solid hold on both houses today. But it wasn't that long ago that the (D) party (presumably one which would enact pro-choice legislation) was in charge. But I also understand strike while the iron is hot. They may not get a better chance to enact sweeping legislation under a blue legislature for a  long time once this current climate changes.   It also feels a bit like playing dirty-pool because of the vagueness of the wording. Specifically the last part about the circumstances. It says they can enact legislation, not that they will  or must. I suspect it was phrased this way intentionally to get the undecided/moderates to vote for it, e.g. "It says right there that rape, incest, and the life of the mother will still be protected, so I'll vote yes."   What I'm looking for is some input on what the proposed amendment would actually do. I'd prefer not to beat the dead horse of pro/anti abortion, but I have a suspicion it will come up. I'm looking for more of the philosphical approach to government and what this amendment does to that. If the legislature is made through free and fair elections, then they should be representative of the will of the majority of the people. If the laws (or any issue, though in this case specifically abortion) swing one way or the other over time, then that is indicative of the will of the people changing. On the flip side, this amendment appears to give more power to the government than it currently has to regulate the people. If we were to  replace "abortion" in the amendment with "hand-load ammunition for personal use", does that change how we view this amendment?  Should it? Is this truly a single-issue item, or is it indicative of a larger move by the legislature to assume more power? Changing the constitution is a pretty big deal to me. Once it's in there, it could be hard to get it out if we voters find out we didn't get what we thought we were getting.   Thoughts?     Again, please try to leave the pro/anti abortion out of it as much as possible. I'm really looking for some conversation on the legal language of the proposal and what it could actually mean long-term.

  I think Caster's point was that a genny is a poor choice for a true TEOTWAWKI event. It's not a viable long-term solution. A genny is a good solution for short-term power outages of a few days or maybe a couple of weeks. They have a lot of good things going for them  like portability, low cost, and simplicity. In the event of a true SHTF scenario, you'd need a more comprehensive energy strategy, such as solar panels and deep-cycle batteries. If you had a properly-sized setup like that before a SHTF you'd be in good shape. The normal power outages probably wouldn't matter either. You may not even notice them as your power may never go down, depending on the solar/battery setup. Most homes use very little electricity apart from a handful of major appliances and HVAC. Except for people who do laundry and roast a turkey at 2:00am, the batteries would be sufficient in most cases.

  You know what they say.....     Pics, or it didn't happen.

Those definitely aren't Jewish peppers.

  If you're doing a fixed-install whole-house setup then portability won't be your concern. NG would be the way to go.   I'm still thinking about converting my Honda EU6500 to a tri-fuel system where it can run on gasoline, propane, or natural gas. Then I can have my gas line tapped near where I want to put it and connect in a cut-off and QD hoses. Then it's still portable with either a gasoline or propane tank, but I don't have to keep rotating gasoline. Now that I have become a master at removing the carb (though apparently not at diagnosing problems) I can ship it off to CMD for the conversion. It's strong enough to power much of what I need. It won't run the HVAC, microwave, or range, but it can power pretty much the rest of the house. Gotta do a transfer switch and that won't be fun because where I want to put the genny when it's running is nowhere near the main panel box.

An update on that Honda eu6500 carb I was having problems with....   I took it out and cleaned it. Put it all back together. Not much better. Decided to call it a day so I took it off again (probably the 4th or 5th time that day) and took it in to Howard's Honda in Donelson. They cleaned it up and I put it back on with fresh gaskets. When I turned the fuel supply on, gas was flowing all over the place. I thought the float was stuck and not pushing the needle up to stop the flow, but that wasn't it. Took it apart a few times trying to figure it out, then took it back in the next day. Talked with the tech there and discovered that I'm an idiot. I had the fuel supply and fuel drain lines backwards. He gave me a word of warning that I had probably dumped fuel all down in the cylinder which would also get in the oil, so I needed to change the oil. I did so and mounted the carb properly. It started, but still ran rough.   Took the whole thing in (what a pain to load that beast in the back of the SUV) the next day. Once he heard how it was running, he started asking all the right questions. I had replaced the dead battery with an aftermarket one and added a battery tender at the same time. The slightly larger battery size along with the wires for the battery tender were restricting the airflow. He said they're super-sensitive about that. He tucked the wiring up nice and neat and voila! It's running like new. It was probably never a problem with the carb at all.   I was reminded of a sign at my old mechanic's shop: Repair rates = $50/hour. If you watch = $75/hour. If you help = $100/hour. If you tried to fix it before you brought it in = $200/hour

  The problem is that he needs 2 more to make that bottom row line up properly.  :up:

Botach FTW.   They have updated their site to not allow Paypal as an option on these (and they say why). I ordered at 12:21p. Got a shipping notice at 3:22p. Even Ray Rice can't beat that.

Someone outside of west Africa was bound to get it at some point. I was thinking of those places due to their being busier international hubs than us (even busier than JFK in NYC) along with their proximity to western Africa. I suspect there are more flights from west Africa to Europe or Dubai than direct to the US.    I still don't think this will be a major health crisis in developed nations. It's certainly a psychological one that can have other social and economic impacts, but from a pure infection/mortality count, I don't think it's something to get worked up about from the big picture. But like I said, to the one laying in bed bleeding from every orifice, it doesn't matter that they're statistically insignificant to the greater population.

The only thing that surprises me about an isolated ebola case in the U.S. is that there wasn't one in London, Frankfurt, Paris, or Dubai before it came here.

  Discovery has at least one empty time slot where a gun show used to be.                     Too soon?

I caught an interview on NPR with a doctor who worked with Dr. Rick Sacra, the US doctor who was transported to Emory. He said they're all pretty sure that he and the sick nurses contracted it outside the ebola ward. Probably while treating other patients suspected of "normal" diseases over there like typhoid, dengue, malaria, etc. who actually had undiagnosed ebola. In other words, they were probably infected the same way most others were infected: through contact with early-stage or misdiagnosed carriers.   There are unintentional side-effects to the way they're trying to isolate ebola over there. Patients suspected of ebola are placed in an isolation ward with other suspected patients. Most of them probably have malaria, etc, but one or more will likely have ebola. That means that in the confines of the isolation ward, they all end up with ebola. In short, if you go to the hospital with a non-ebola fever, you will probably be exposed to ebola in the isolation ward. The people have figured this out, so they quit going to the hospital. That means ebola, malaria, typhoid, etc. are all on the rise due to spreading exposure and lack of treatment across the spectrum. Add in the crazy people who are saying the government is conspiring to gve ebola to anyone that goes to the hosptial and you quickly spiral out of control.   We'll have some ebola cases here in the US, but our advanced medical system, public sanitation, and superior ability to do real isolation (plus the fact that witch doctors aren't covered under most plans) will keep this one from being widespread here. That will be of little consolation to the handful of people in the U.S. who will end up in the hospital bleeding from their eyes.

  As long as you don't start emphasizing it and pronuncing it with a hard E like graduates from THE Ohio state University (aka the Harvard of Central Ohio). I work with one and it gets old fast. 

  Can I build a machine gun as long as I promise to only shoot it in single-fire mode?

    and.......here's your sign.  

BCM = Bravo Company = http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/   Good stuff.

I know it's getting a little dated, and as others have said the PO parking lot ruling would only apply directly to US court district 10. I think it's important to note that the ruling specifically cites Avon, CO's post office as one which does not deliver mail. The plaintiff had no choice but to disarm if he wanted to receive or send mail. That's a very specific situation that's not common at most PO locations around here. I doubt that even in District 10 states that the ruling would be broadly applied to all PO parking lots. It's a fairly narrow ruling, AIUI.

Sneak on board one of those unmarked white w/red stripe passenger jets and check out Area 51. Report back here if you find aliens or Jeff Goldblum.

  Easy enough...Get a 1965 Colt Python.

  This! OMG This!