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That is what I have lost so far and plan on being in the 150 range by my birthday in June.   Been eating ~700 calories a day and nearly zero carbs as well as limiting fats substantially. I can't exercise so it is diet only for me and seems to be working. I have also cut out all caffeine and any sort of processed foods. I cook fresh food for every meal.   After years of 230+ cholesterol and adding a few pounds a month it was time.

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Yep! Between the background checks for Hazmat endorsements and the ever-increasing medical card restrictions, being a truck driver is quickly turning into a giant pain in the ***.

  I like your message but I am not so sure of the broad brush.   I love my family but I am not killing and dragging retarded bodies off to the woods to move my family in.  I still have to look them in the eyes.  I live within the confines of a Golden Rule.    I agree the people in the prepor episode to be naive.   I am not striking a match that my loved ones will be ashamed of.  And I like to think my best friend will find another way than murdering my family in their sleep.  I'd really rather die.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/12/shoot-or-dont-shoot-police-scenarios-prove-eye-opening-for-civil-rights-leaders/     It was a split-second decision.     A distressed man with a baby in tow was pacing back and forth in a manic state and shouting incoherently. The responding police officer calmly addressed the man in an attempt to calm him down and defuse the situation, but the man suddenly pulled an object from his side and lunged toward the officer. Instinctively, the officer raised his Taser and squeezed the trigger. It turned out the man was armed with a knife, but the "officer," who was actually the firebrand African-American activist known as Quanell X, acknowledged he would have fired whether the assailant had a knife, a spoon or an empty hand. “I didn’t even see it,” said the leader of the Houston area Black Panther Party, who was taking part in a training scenario in an attempt to understand what police officers go through during high-pressure situations. “It could have been anything in his hand, and I still would have used force to stop him. “It all happened so fast," he added. "You don’t know what they could have in their hand.”   Quanell, a former Nation of Islam member, is one of at least two black activists to take the police training tests. Both he and Arizona activist the Rev. Jarrett Maupin came away from the experience with a newfound understanding of the pressure on police officers, not to mention a new message for black youth who come in contact with law enforcement officers. “I walked away with a few things,” Quanell said “Many of these officers do not have adequate training and they should not be patrolling by themselves. Having backup would stop them from being skittish and firing their weapon. “Also, we have to teach our community that, even if you disagree with the officer, do not try to litigate with them on the spot," he added. "Live to see another day. Don’t let our pride get in the way. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up.”   Quanell, who has been critical of police in Texas, as well as in Ferguson, Mo., where the shooting of an unarmed black man by a police officer last August touched off rioting around the nation, took the test with the police department in the Houston suburb of Missouri City. In four scenarios, he had to instantly decide whether to use a [paintball] gun, a Taser or hold his fire. In another scenario, Quannel fired at a man during a routine traffic stop in which the suspect moved toward him, ignored an order to halt and reached behind his back  “I actually fired six times,” Quanell recalled. “I always questioned why officers fired so many shots in these situations. After going through the training, I think it’s very hard for an officer to know how many shots they fired when they are in the moment.” Quannel said he submitted to the test because he “felt it was the right thing to do.”  The same sense of obligation prompted Maupin to go through a series of real-world scenarios in January with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, as reported on by Fox 10 Phoenix. Maupin led protests in Phoenix after an incident there in which officers shot an unarmed man who allegedly fought with them.   Maupin was also surprised by what he learned during the exercise. “It was tense,” Maupin told FoxNews.com. “They had eliminated backup as an option. I tried to navigate it as best I could.” In one scenario, Maupin responded to a call of two men fighting. “What’s going on today, gentlemen?" Maupin said to the suspects in the live-action scenario. "What are you doing?" Despite his respectful greeting, one of the suspects rushed him, prompting the preacher to draw his weapon and open fire. “I had no intention of shooting them,” Maupin said later. “I can see how these situations occur. There is a level of fear that exists and the people who are often afraid are often the ones who are armed.”   Maupin said stressful situations still don't justify excessive force by police. But obeying cops is "a matter of survival," he said. “I walked away with a renewed sense of compliance in any situation,” he said. “There’s no shame in it. “I encourage all civil right leaders to take this training,” he added. “I know there’s truth to the other side." Law enforcement officials credited both men for taking the simulations and putting themselves in the shoes of police officers.   “I think it’s great,” Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said to FoxNews.com. “The leaders of many of these groups, people in general, those that are high profile, are always criticizing the police. Maupin proves the point when he went through the training that you would get a good idea of what officers go through.” Arpaio said he has extended a standing invitation to Rev. Al Sharpton to come to Maricopa County to complete the exercises. “I’ve only heard from his people, who said, ‘We’ll look into it,’” he said.

I have thought a lot about this as well, I sometimes have to go into bad areas. As much as I have thought as to what I would do I still do not know. I do keep my head on a swivel, drive around the building once to look for trouble and act on what I see. I have called the customer when I see what I think does not look right and let them know what is going on. It is a scary world, punks or thugs (what you call them) are my fear, some being so young and the group so large there is no way to tell what might happen. My advice, look close, drive around and look for "trouble". I wont get out of the car if I see more than 2 or 3 in a group. Leave the area as fast as you can, call me a scared y cat, I dont care, I want to wake up on this side of the grass.

I'm guessing it had these...

The only thing a 19 has over the 686 is it's blue.  As much as I love 19's I'd keep the 686....it's a better gun.

The Pig doesn't need a crush washer, since it doesn't need to time to a certain orientation like say a birdcage flash hider.   The only reason to use one is if you're anal enough to want the markings to line up in an exact certain place.   - OS

Some guy will really appreciate all their hard work. My forecast? Some man who was just like any other man, now finds himself with a deathly ill wife and two two starving children in a post apocalyptic hell on earth. He happens upon this group of wonderfully stocked and prepared dipsheets and armed with a simple little revolver and his his freshly seared conscience, he slaughters this entire family. Mops up the blood, drags their retarded carcasses off to the woods about a 1/4 mile down and moves his sick and starving family right on in. Now, that might be a bit of silly fiction BUT, these people are beyond deluded. They have obviously never considered a REAL man's resolve when his family is on the brink of death because a real man that loves his family will strike the match that sets his soul to burn in exchange for their well being. Never underestimate a man that loves his family. He might be the best friend you've ever had but he stab you in the throat while you sleep before his family starves and dies.

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Propaganda follows.  Tasty, tasty propaganda...     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAbNvZ2QHVg&feature=youtu.be   The PMAG 17 GL9 is a 17 round Glock 9mm handgun magazine featuring a new proprietary all-polymer construction for flawless reliability and durability over thousands of rounds. High visibility anti-tilt follower, SS spring, easily removable floorplate for cleaning, Dot matrix for mag marking, ridged floorplate edges for better grip, 17rd indicator windows. Drops free loaded or unloaded. The same boring reliability you expect from an OEM magazine. MSRP $15.95    

I treated my old natural "raw" leather to a treatment of Neatsfoot oil. Not the compound ,but the real 100% pure Neatsfoot oil . It turned it a nice light brown. I like it . Here's a picture of it with my RIA fullsize . It was originally a bright whitetish creame color . [url=http://s768.photobucket.com/user/tercel89/media/m7_zpsjxnuqyyj.png.html][/URL]

I picked this Colt up today for I consider a very nice price, but the grips do not seem right. The Colt site do seem to indicate that they did ship with smooth Walnut grips, but I'm no wood expert and have no idea from a pine to an oak. If they're not the originals, I'll probably pick up a set of repro's but still hang on to these. No telling when they were made or how long they've been on the pistol but the screws seem to indicate a LONG time. Serial number dates this back to 1935. Any Colt experts around here that can help me out with identifying these grips??? Thanks in advance. No... the serial number isn't 3939. It's 3939XX for safety sake.

Looks good... i like the darkening on the tan leather that the neatsfoot gives...   leroy

Put it on the inside and you'll turn your holster into a dishrag.

I40 has become awful! It took me over an hour Wednesday to get to Hillsboro Pike off 440 from I40 at the Hermitage exit. I think I left at 7:15am and got there after 8:30am. I left a little earlier today and it was a bit faster, but still took around an hour. For reference, that's normally under a 30 minute drive in normal traffic for me. I hate driving in to town from here.

  No Chinese fire drills for you, stop-drop-and roll

We can always set up a quick man vs. man.

EAA are nice guns as well patterned like the CZ75 but a lot cheaper. Every EAA I have owned has been 100% reliable and very accurate.

What was worse is that I was bragging about my new mag extion that I paid less the $20 for. Had about the same thing happen once with a cheap $4 surplus 1911 mag, the floor plate detached after the first shot and dumped all my rounds out the bottom, that would be a major bummer in a gun fight. Lesson learned, don't go too cheap.

Hey I shot that gun before...

cz75 fits that bill,full size,all metal,and last time i checked not much more than the eaa witnesses. i have 2 75s one ive owned for 14 years and the other like 6.so i would say you couldnt go wrong with the the cz.

  I'm 6'2", overweight at 225 or so, but certainly don't look defenseless either to most anyone I wouldn't think. But certainly, after the fact, your various ailments would almost certainly figure into the equation more than mine.   And btw, contrary to the "don't ever pull a gun unless you pull the trigger" talk, you don't have to do that. It's clear that many incidents are defused all the time by the mere presentation of a firearm. Though of course you should be mentally prepared to use it if you pull it, doesn't mean that actually pulling the trigger is always necessary.   - OS

too funny...when the last shot bounced off the goal and still hit him, I almost peed

it's bad when the holster looks nicer than the gun lol

Looks good. Maybe a touch long for it though, unless that's my Terminator Longslide 45 you got hidden in there. lol

  I learned the pure art of sarcasm from the over three decades of exposure to the expression of opinions (both spoken and written) coming forth from Chief Warrant Officers.   CWOs are the High & Distinguished Masters of sarcasm in the most indirect way.  They have the skill and abilities to tell someone/something to Go-To-Hell and have them/it look forward to taking the trip.   The closest I have ever come to such a high level of verbal gibe and taunt is my well-know and often voiced contempt, resentment, ridicule, mockery, and outright scorn for IDPA Rule 3.2.2 - Tactical Sequence.  :yuck:   I trust an Outlaw Match would have no such ridiculous engagement method.      

:squint:  :stunned:    I hate loading pictures.......   Ahhhh.....THERE it is!!!  Now that's some great looking leather. Good job!  :up: 

This thread has me missing my AFO2 that I had a few years back, The next Non Protech automatics I pick up will be a pair of AFO2 knives One black and one satin, both plain edge

I got them today, THANK MUCH, so if anyone sees a little blue Isuzu P'up with a NRA and TGO decal on the back window in the Newport area that's me.

    FTFY.  :)

The Amish are not going to let an outsider just go live in their community.  It's still not the same though.  They have the infrastructure to make it without electricity we do not. We are dependent on it.  If there is an EMP we are immobile, they hitch up the buggy to the horse and go, just like they did yesterday.  We have no lights in our house, they light a lamp, because that is what they have always done.  If you want to see how much we are dependant go flip the main breaker on your house and take the battery out of your car for 3 days.  Without major preparation it will not be easy.  Most people in today's society are going to freak out when the TV doesn't come on and their modem doesn't work, let alone when they have no AC, their refrigerator doesn't work, and they have no hot water.  With an EMP thrown in the possibility that our cars won't work and we are really screwed seeing as so much of America lives so far from areas where we get things.   There is a whole plethora of problems to face that most of us haven't even given thought to, I too will recommend One Second After it will make you think about these things.

More likely .308 or 7.62x38. Heavy safari rounds are harder to come by over there than you might think... you have to go into heavily secured gun stores and present id. However, there's a crap ton of military surplus floating around. It'd be pretty trivial for a poacher to buy ammo off a soldier or the "police". One other note: the rhino that are left these days are pretty docile. Black rhino are very aggressive, but they are almost gone. The white rhino I've been around are about as aggressive as domestic cattle... pretty sure the poachers can get very close... they don't need to be terribly accurate.

Damn... So I am guessing the cartridge would go in the "cylinder" like a revolver and line up with the (most likely un-rifled) barrel and into the kaleidoscope silencer with that sweet ass drill handle vertical grip? I would almost pay to see this thing in action.

I whole hardheartedly agree, if you draw benefits (other than disability, SS, SSI, etc...) for being unemployed/underemployed then you should have to work a minimum of ten hours a week of community service. I do think that everyone should be given a year though, total, across life. Because no one knows what tomorrow brings.   The only exception to that would be if you were currently attending a program for job training, or high school equivalency. 

No offense taken, I knew when I made these decisions the consequences. The big difference is the education and two decades of experience I bring to my field. I am not exactly a snot nosed punk like most think of when they think of a tattooed and pierced person.   However, things are much less drastic than you might think. The big thing is that your generation is retiring and is no longer the generation making all of those decisions. My generation is now the generation is or will soon be completely running things. I don't know what these so called 'Millennials' will come up with to be drastic, but I am sure they will, and myself and my heavily tattooed peers will glare down at them because it was not how we did it when we were that age. That is not to say that everything was wine and roses on my first day of work, or my second. It might even have taken a year or more, and several promotions before I got the biggest dog in the kennel to realize that I wasn't a moron. Guess who tells him what to do now?     Now at the end of the day the big question probably comes down to whether or not it bothers me. I know a lot of folks like to go out and do stupid things, then stand around and play the victim when they don't get what they want. Me? Not really. I have thick skin, because I don't really care. I have a great job, a great family, a great dog, a great things going for me. If someone wants to judge me based on my appearance, that is most likely someone that I would choose not to associate with anyways. I go to work, I go home. My hobbies keep my solitary. After all, lets be honest, I am an abrasive SOB and I ain't exactly friendly looking. Which is kind of the way I want it.   I think it also might have something to do with my raising. I have mentioned it, I didn't grow up on the right side of the tracks. I am a self made man, by the skin of my knuckles and sweat of my brow. When you grow up that poor and dejected tattoos and piercings are rank, and uniform, for all of the oxymoron there, you know, being different and all. I think I might have been ten when I got my first one. But hey, you live in the trailer park behind the projects outside of Fort Riley in the early `80s and you would make bad decisions too.   I guess the reason I get riled up about it, and I do, is that I don't like to stereotype, or be stereotyped. Not that we don't all do it, but that it is wrong. That and for the majority, I don't regret any decision I ever made, right or wrong. Because of those decisions, I am the man behind this keyboard right now, that you can't see. Cause I am really a dog. And I know how I got here, and who I am.   But that is enough off topic.   The point though, I ain't butt-hurt, I don't typically get butt-hurt. But I do like a good discussion.

  Sorry, I just don't live in that world.

  Don't take this personal bro; but if ya don't want folks to look at ya funny or to laugh don't look funny... I ain't stereotypin ya; i don't know ya other than by your posts in this community...   You can look any way ya want... I can laugh or be polite at first meeting... You have the same option...     You may be the best manager ever, and have success in your profession; but i can assure you that in some professions, how you look is important... I retired from a very responsible job in engineering and project management in 2006... None of the people i worked with or interacted with; be they engineering, construction management, operations, legal, or accounting folks; who had to interact with other folks looked like you have described yourself... Some of the men and women had tattoos im sure; but none of them looked like they had fallen into a barrel of fish hooks or had been hung from their ear lobes...    Ya can think and believe what ya want; but folks doin the hiring have eyes and they can see very well... Don't believe for a moment that lookin like Quequeg in "Moby Dick" is the mainstream... It ain't... Further than that, there is no "inalienable right" for people you don't know to refrain from making decisions concerning you based on how you look... They may be polite and not laugh, but they aint blind...   You may find this reply a bit offensive... It ain't meant to be... Ya can also be assured first impressions matter... Physical appearances are part of that "first impression"...     You have the right to look any way ya want, just as i do... I (...and others...) have the right to make judgments based on those looks; and many do... You put yourself at a disadvantage when you make certain appearance choices... If you are willing to accept that disadvantage; im ok with that...    I would suggest that ya think a bit about this little epistle... There, in fact, are those who you might term "appearance bigots" that may hold your personal appearance against you... I won't hold against ya on a personal basis because i've got a bit of a history with ya reading (...and agreeing with...) some of your posts here in this community... Others don't know you; and may not want to know you based on your appearance... It's sad, but true...   leroy 

How come none of your guns are purple?!

Damn...what an abortion.

I can't tell the difference anymore.

Based on what you described you likely want to live southwest of town within 10 miles (east or west) of the I-65 corridor, likely south of 840. That will put you... 1. Close to Spring Hill 2. Close to Owl Hollow / CHMR outdoor range 3. Close to Strategic Edge in Chapel Hill 4. Close to Cool Springs for shopping, dining 5. Quick access to SR-840 to hit Rutherford Co if needed Basically somewhere in this area: Or you might try Fairview which is still reasonably close to Spring Hill thanks to SR-840, but further away from all of the other things I listed.

  Oldogy... I like this one... Recently, i've changed my approach on the hog ring and piercing thing... I used to smile and act like it wasn't there...Now, i take a close look at it like it's a problem and is hurtin the wearer; then i politely ask if they need it removed... I always tell 'em that i have my pliers in my fishing tackle box and that i'll be glad to get the hook out... Strangely, i've had no takers, but plenty of polite "no's"... Its great to watch the reaction...   leroy, "...hook removal jhadist..." and old time fisherman...

Hard to beat at that price, you did good!

These are good for the price:   http://aliengearholsters.com/   I especially like the free shell trades for life in case you ever change weapons.

"Ferguson police testing new device aimed at reducing fatal police encounters."     A device that does this same thing is already in place. It's called a Parent that teaches their children to respect authority.

Actually it sounds like an excellent idea I am all for it and I would propose that all criminals have their illegal firearms fitted with them. Really you cant fix stupid.

Nice set of wooden Rossi .38 grips, I bought them hoping to put them on my .357 but they are to small and since I got them really cheap I figured I would pass them on to anyone who wants them GONE