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I remember growing up eating Government cheese, and big tubs of peanut butter. I was real fond of the navy beans in the white cans, and I had to be near starving to eat the green beans. I do not agree with the boxes of food. From a logistical standpoint it is a nightmare, delivery, dietary constraints, etc. What I do agree with is an approved food list just like WIC. Ground beef, milk, blocks of cheese, fresh fruit and vegetables, or canned. I do not agree with soft drinks, candy, junk food etc. It is too easy to (legitimately) spend all of your monthly allotment on Mountain Dew and Doritos at the first of the month. Then you and the children have nothing to eat my the middle of week two. I personally think that mandatory classes on money management (with provided day care,) and job training skills (again with day care) would go a lot farther. I understand that it is hard for folks to find jobs that fit. There are a lot of variables to it all. My wife hates her job. She is underappreciated and overworked. It pays well, but it is demeaning. She wants to leave it. However we have no family and the cost of child care for our daughter is outrageous. Her job allows her a shift that is opposite of mine. Meaning that outside of emergency circumstances, we don't have to put our daughter into daycare. My wife stays at a job she hates because of that. Now, lets take our tax bracket out of the equation, and one of the parents. Hell, let's add a child or two. Now, how is a parent supposed to work at a realistic rate of $15 an hour, pay rent, buy food, keep gas in a car, lights on in a house AND pay for childcare? Much less get an education to better themselves? It is easy to lay the blame on them for poor choices, or society for the new norms. That isn't helping. There needs to be a total revamp of the system. Subsidized child care, hell, that in itself would create jobs, would be a huge boon. With the amount of social programs out there now, training programs would go a long way to fixing what is broke. Accept the fact we are a consumer nation now and not a manufacturing nation. Train for service jobs. Until there is a total overhaul of the welfare and education systems, there will not be a change. College is not the answer for every child, regardless of the cost/ability to afford it. I have a rather high IQ, I did poorly in school because I didn't care. I was lied to and convinced that college was the answer. I carried a 3.75/4.0 GPA with perfect attendance. I was eligible for a $20k a year job upon graduation with well over $40k in debt. I was a lucky one. Right now we offer training programs with my company, two years, at $14+ an hour and $60k a year average upon completion. That means that realistically a 20 year old kid can be debt free, with a solid career, earning $60k a year. We have 500+ in our company. <10 under 25. Something needs to change.

Oh, I am so sorry you own that, I tell you what, let me send you the address of my FFL and I will be happy to dispose of it for you...

I think this should disprove a lot of the 'this is a recent thing.' School shootings, and mass shootings have always happened. Modern Mass Media makes it seem like a new trend. Yes, the bodycounts are getting higher, but contrary to popular belief, 'the good old days' are just a myth.

https://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/106070-12-yr-old-shooter/

The elderly woman I helped at the range had bought a Bersa .380ACP that day, exact same issue. She bought at the store we took the class at. I told the instructor that whoever sold it to her should be fired.

I tip a standard fiver for most things. Ten for delivery. Twenty for a meal over $60 at a fancy restaurant.

I was at Walmart and they had the .50cal cans at $8.97 a pop.

In TN the instructor looked at my target and just wrote 100% on it. In Kentucky the instructor laughed and called me cocky (20 shots at 10yd anywhere on the target.) I rolled it out to 20yds and did a mag dump and reload on a 3" group of headshots in something like ten seconds. The rest of the class was loving it. I was the first person to test out, less than a minute into the range portion. I then spent the rest of the two hour range time helping an elderly lady learn to shoot. She also passed with a perfect score of center mass. I did explain to the instructor that I was a ringer, since I have been coaching my daughter for many years as a successful competitive shooter. Personally, I think it is all a money game. I appreciate the effort put into explaining the laws, I think that should be done for anyone interested in carrying. The shooting portion of it just a dog and pony show, they stack the test to where it is practically impossible to fail.

It was vented, it just wasn't vented out of the building per his original post. That means the traps were useless as the gasses came right back up the vent. To run it properly, it needs to be vented through the roof (or at least out of the building above the flood plain.) If your former employer wanted to cheat, he could put a pro vent on it. I am a professional plumber, and there is no end to the hack jobs and jokes I see on a daily basis.

Glock 19. It was my only CCW for a long time. Long enough that I bough multiples. My Micro Eagle is my EDC now, but only because it is invisible given my circumstances.

One of the articles I read mentioned the ammo guy stating that he sold tracer rounds to Paddock. He probably shot the tanks with the tracer rounds, thinking the phosphorous would ignite the fuel.

Why would you have to replace the rear end? The driveshaft is what connects to the rear end, so as long as the splines/yokes are correct for the transmission and the rear end, it all bolts up at the proper length. You might have to have your driveshaft modified, but your rear end should be fine no matter what. I have seen Ford rear ends in Toyotas.

I ran a 250 plate on a small block Chevy back in the day. The entire rotating assembly was forged and it cost me a lot of money. While it might be true for folks running 500+ shots to have custom pistons for that purpose, I don't think it is required. I haven't heard of moving the rings down (there is a lot I don't know) but I have heard of using dished pistons to decrease C/R. Just like any form of forced induction, too high of a C/R can lead to detonation and your shiny inside bits escaping the engine in a very nasty manner. N2O is forced induction. I don't think that 100 shot of the giggle gas will be enough to explode a built 2.3L Lima. I don't recall if you said you were going turbo with it or not. IMO properly sizing a turbo would be better than spraying it, however, a proper sized turbo with spray will mitigate lag.

Try as many guns as you can. Revolvers aren't a cure-all. There have been many things pointed out in here. I have been shooting all my life, and I love a good single action revolver, but I tend to shoot my double actions revolvers in single action to ease the mile long twenty pound pull. If hand strength is an issue, look at an old tip up barrel Beretta Tomcat or similar. You can get then in .32ACP, which is a nice gentle round. The benefits of a tip up barrel are that you don't have to rack the slide to chamber the first round.

I am glad you are home Doug. It wasn't the same around here without you. I know Darby missed you.

I paid a pretty penny for an ambi extended latch from BCM, but it was a purpose built fancy short rifle that is fully ambi. I use the cheapies for most of my other rifles.

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Nice first post, but as seen above, you are wrong.

They shut us down and sent me home for the night. I am going to try and enjoy a three day weekend.

I have grabbed a few from Academy in years past, I can't say if it was those or not. But $10 a can is my limit. I have a dozen or so. If they are the same can I have, they are GTG.

1911 ergos and straight back trigger pull with consistent striker fired action. Meaning a nice straight, crisp trigger pull that feel the same every time, without the need to carry cocked and locked. I see a lot of benefits to it, and I have been interested in one since they were first announced.

I had a friend that had a bottle of Lucas smoke, for when it all escaped from the wires.

My daughter is nearing that age. I have rage reading this. I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, and OH MY LORD, I could have some fun with an eighteen year old legal adult without crossing the line of unlawful detention or assault and get my point well across. That doesn't make any of these thoughts or worries easier to digest. I ride that fine line between Rodney Atkins and a full blown crazy outlaw biker. Say the word and I can come down to the Tri-Cities for a weekend and we can stay legal and instill the fear of god in some cats.

My cars stay in the garage. Work paid for all the tools in my van. My piece stays in my pocket. Insurance would pay for it all. Pretty simple equations to me.

He is in my thoughts, as well as those of my family. I have shared his story with my wife, heathen and my girls (Bandit and Brigand.) If he needs anything, post. Even if it is just some down home items to make his hospital stay better.