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I married the perfect women. Compassionate, caring, the best mother to our son, sweet, funny, smart but the most important title is that she has, and will always have, is the love of my life. I can honestly say without her I would not be what I am today or where I am. And through all of it, including the bad, she was right by my side to take care of me, protect me but most of all love me unconditionally. And I can never repay her for all she has done for me or endured on my behalf. And so another wonderful year begins with the perfect person for me, my best friend, my soul mate

3 weeks ago I posted about my Dad going to the ER and amazingly pulled off a comeback. He went to rehab but was later helicoptered to St. Thomas in critical condition. Those old lungs were just worn out and he said no more. Never went on the vent, went out on his own terms. This Saturday he would have been 88. He was sleeping a lot on his last day, my sister turned on the Lady Vols basketball game because he loved the Vols in spite of his sleeping so much. He woke up and told her Channel 11, ESPN. He drifted in and out but saw the Vols come from behind for an overtime win, closed his eyes and died later that night. We thought it would be appropriate if he had gone with the final buzzer. The last thing he did was give the keys to his truck to his granddaughter. That gave him as much pleasure as it did her. RIP Dad, you were the best.

Marquis Men.... imagine they're made up of a bunch of soul/rock crossover musicians led by a dude named Mark. They could be Marquis Mark and the Funky Bunch!

Is it true that most Crown Vic owners like this buy their cars because they've had so much experience riding around in the back of one in cuffs?  :)

Paddy  and Mick are two Irishmen working at the local  sawmill.  One  day, Mick slips and his arm gets caught and severed by the big bench saw.  Paddy quickly puts the limb in a plastic bag and rushes it and Mick to the  local hospital. Next  day, Paddy goes to the hospital and asks after Mick.  The nurse says,  "Oh he's out in Rehab exercising." Paddy  couldn't believe it, but there's Mick out the back exercising his now re-attached arm.   The very next day he's back at work in the saw  mill. A  couple of days go by, and then Mick slips and severs his leg on another  bloody big saw.  So  Paddy puts the limb in a plastic bag and rushes it and Mick off to Hospital. Next  day he calls in to see him and asks the nurse how he is.  The nurse  replies, "He's out in the Rehab again exercising." And  sure enough, there's Mick out there doing some serious work on the  treadmill. And very soon Mick comes back to work.   But,  as usual, within a couple of days he has another accident and severs his  head. Wearily  Paddy puts the head in a plastic bag and transports it and Mick to hospital. Next  day he goes in and asks the nurse how Mick is.  The nurse breaks down and cries and says, "He's dead." Paddy  is shocked, but not surprised. "I suppose the saw finally did him  in." "No," says the nurse, "Some idiot put his head in a plastic bag and he suffocated."  

The state senator in the second paragraph has it figured out that people with the handgun carry permits are not the ones to worry about wherever we carry, whether that is in the capitol, a store, church, or a school.  We are the ones that paid the money and went through the process to be legal and should be trusted. 

Well, their is a silver lining to this idiocy..Anyone dumb enough to lay on the floor, put a cinder block on their chest, and then let someone swing an axe at it definitely doesn't need to be procreating anyway.. :)

I have had the pleasure of introducing myself to a few of them once or twice. If I remember correctly one was a TDOC prison guard in uniform when I arrested him.

  As well it should be. Bless her heart, If this becomes law with the statehouse amendment intact, poor little Sherry Jones will be cowering under her desk for the rest of her term of office.

There's a good joke in here somewhere for a Pontiac but I better not........

The TICS unit is closed on those days.

:rofl:   You can't be pulling stuff like that this early, some people are likely to have an aneurism if they haven't had their coffee yet.

Apparently people will pay stupid kinds of money for most anything.

After watching gran Torino again I laughed when I saw this, guy was playing music through a loudspeaker in his grill that sounded like a bag o bobcats getting beating w a stick. He raced to every traffic light getting cut off by the Latinos at every red one. I heard this was a local gang but they seemed to stupid to have any organization at all.. Introducing : The crown Vic boys:

Words not needed.......   http://imgur.com/gallery/JF96qk1

With the warm weather egg production is up a bit, getting 18 to 24 eggs a day. [URL=http://s896.photobucket.com/user/redintn/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0331151838_zps9vtfogps.jpg.html][/URL] Today this was waiting for me in the nest boxes! The little one was layed on the ground, had been there a bit before I found it. Brown and blue weights 2.5 ozs, the big white eggs comes in at 4 ozs!!! :woohoo: [URL=http://s896.photobucket.com/user/redintn/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0401151846c_zpszydk78if.jpg.html][/URL]

Three  desperately ill men met with their doctor one  day to discuss their  options.   One was an Alcoholic, one  was a Chain-Smoker, and one was a Homosexual.   The  doctor, addressing all three of them, said, "If  any of you indulge  in your vices one more time, you will surely  die."   The men left the doctor's office;  each convinced that he would never  again indulge himself in his vice.   While  walking toward the subway for their return trip  to the suburbs,  they passed a  bar.   The  Alcoholic, hearing the loud music and smelling the ale, could not stop  himself. His buddies accompanied him into the bar, where he had a shot of  whiskey. No sooner had he replaced the shot glass on the bar, he fell off  his stool, stone cold dead.   His companions, somewhat shaken, left  the bar, realizing how seriously they must take the  doctor's words. As they  walked along, they came upon a cigarette butt lying on the ground, still  burning.   The Homosexual looked at the Chain-Smoker and said, "You  know if you bend over to pick that up, we're both dead."  

I know it must feel hard for him to pass, but reading what you wrote, is about as peaceful and pleasant a way for it to happen as you can hope for so close to 88 years of age.  His handover of the truck keys to his granddaughter is one of the cooler things I've read in a while.

Sorry for your lost. I will say a prayer for you and your family. God's blessing Joe

What makes her even more awesome is the fact she likes guns and really likes shooting. She was the one who pushed me to finally get into the NFA world and build, or buy, a silencer. And since then she has been urging me to get a machine gun as well but it is out of the budget for now. She loves her guns and has almost as many as I do. She isn't like a typical women, which I absolutely love about her, because she doesn't like to shop. She is the voice of reason when I start making foolish decisions.

I'm longing for the day Google fiber is available. I can't wait to call Comcast and tell them to cancel. The conversation with the retention department will be fun...

One of these days I'm going to learn to not get on the internet on April 1st.

I sent this today. I hope it helps! Subject: Senate Bill 1171 To Senator Bo Watson: Dear Sir, I’m sure you are aware that the criminal element of our state and country abide by NO laws and they feel they are entitled to, borrowing from the Bible, “do that which is right in their own eyes”. They even seek out gun free areas to commit many crimes, knowing that their prey is unarmed and vulnerable. Signs and warnings that bar firearms from any area of our cities, parks, or recreation areas have no affect at all on these criminals. This fact places every law abiding citizen at risk to bodily harm or even death at the hands of these criminals if attacked while abiding by these laws in these areas. While some choose not to arm themselves and take the risk, others like myself, have chosen to ready ourselves and prepare ourselves to protect our lives and our families from harm if, God forbid, we are forced into the situation of self-defense. Therefore, I am very pleased of the passing of House Bill 995, sponsored by Representative Mike Harrison (R-9) and Representative Tilman Goins (R-10), which would allow a person with a handgun carry permit to carry a firearm in any state, county, or municipal park, or other recreation area and would remove provisions allowing local governments to prohibit carrying in parks by resolution or ordinance. The current law allows for a patchwork of firearm regulations throughout the state where a law-abiding Tennessean with a valid Handgun Carry Permit may unknowingly and unintentionally break the law. As I stated in the beginning of this letter, current law does nothing to address crime and only impacts responsible, law-abiding gun owners. I am now strongly urging you to vote FOR the companion bill of HB0995 which is the Senate Bill 1171, sponsored by Senator John Stevens (R-24), will be heard on the Senate floor on Wednesday, April 1. Support the lawful citizens of our state that have chosen to stand upon our Second Amendment rights to protect ourselves and our families in the event we are forced to defend ourselves and those we love. Thank you,

You also need a Tactical Archer turtleneck and fingerless gloves

I have been making my own dog treats for years. My dogs love them and there is nothing in them that I wouldn't eat. Whole Wheat Flour, eggs, peanut butter, honey, milk, and baking powder, bake them in the oven. This way you pick your own products and know what's in them.

I see what you did there. ;)

Difference in width and weight even though they are near the same size. Plus can't really do a good pistol whipping with a poly pistol.    :rofl:

They would be affiliated to the Crown Vic Boys.   Now the Chrysler Fifth Avenue Dandies and the Impala Playas, those would be the rival gangs.

It is sitting in some sort of gallery somewhere I am sure. I have seen similar idiotic things for sale in galleries.

  Except they don't breathe, so no breath. ;)   Oh, well, I mean it is a zombie saga. I just think a bit of pseudoscience thrown in for the "rules" would enhance the suspension of disbelief.   Fortunately, I get as much from the human parts (both among group members and their opponents) to enjoy the series without nitpicking the logic of the zeds. The writing and character development is really good enough that I think the series could have survived without the zeds at all -- just our heroes dealing with the good and bad humanoids left after some great cataclysmic die off that wasn't even zombie dependent to have happened.   - OS

  That is about like one of the theories I have said in the past (can't remember if it was here).  It is the Komodo dragon effect--their bite is toxic not because of venom, but because of the sheer amount of bacteria in their mouth.  Walkers could have similar toxic bacteria, which could explain why a bite eventually kills you.  It could also explain the variability in how long people are sick before dying.  Morgan even mentioned that one of the first signs of sickness was the incredibly high fever.  It is not that the bite transmits the Walker germ, but rather it is a source of other infection.  If we wanted to speculate further, it would be that the bacteria in saliva is unique and not found in other body tissues, hence why you can get a face full of blood, guts, etc.  A somewhat similar real world application is rabies--it is almost exclusively transmitted through saliva (the virus travels along nerves and then moves into the salivary gland).  However, you could also be exposed by brain tissue into a wound, so it is not a complete analogous disease.   I know this can't explain the whole deal; for example, was saliva ever dripping into Rick's face?  But in terms of suspension of disbelief, it goes a long ways.  One of the important things is that everyone is already infected; so the only thing that needs to be explained is why bites are worse than any other exposure to Walker body fluids.  This is in contrast to fiction such as 28 Days Later, in which any body fluid infects you.  The Walking Dead would be much harder to excuse if they weren't already infected.   There is a chance that the cannibals' reactions were due to them not knowing that everyone is infected, but you would have thought they would have that figured out, unless they happened to smash the head of anyone who died and never saw a natural-dead person re-animate.  Maybe they ate them too fast before the dead could rise.

These types of incidents aren't rare, sorry to say.  You can Google enough examples to see that easy enough.  What is lacking, IMO, is accountability.  Fourtyfive, thankfully it seems like this was a straight knock, but too often, these are done with no-knock warrants, or served no-knock style regardless of what the warrant says.   Think about how some of us would have handled it.  A loud pounding at the door when I'm not expecting anyone, or anything...I get my gun before checking the peephole.  Do it at night, or before I'm awake in the morning, and I'm for sure going to think home invasion and respond in that mindset.  Too much potential for trouble in my mind.

WTF, I have a gold mine in my wood pile, and it is at a far less price.

  Marquis Men.........rival gang..... :rofl:  :rofl:

This is such a dangerous scenario that can cost innocent lives. I cannot believe the target area is not 100% verified in triplicate by several team leaders in these situations. It happens too often IMHO.

Never knew there was a Boy Scout merit badge for Atomic Energy.

I'm so sorry to hear this.

That is what he is implying. He owns his own, and they keep trying to charge him.

The CMP recently announced that they had a few IHC M1 Garand Rifles that would be available for order and a small quantity of Field Grade rifles would be placed in the CMP stores on Thursday 3/19. I happened to be near the South Store on Saturday and decided to stop by when the store opened to see if any of the IHC rifles were still available. There were only about a dozen or so left, but I was able to pick one out from the leftovers that was actually pretty nice for a Field Grade. It has a few minor dings (a little bit of character) but still looks good overall. Someone apparently tried to remove the rack number, so I may give the stock a BLO scrub to make that look a little better. The metal looks very nice with only a few very small light rust spots. And the barrel measurements are MW 2+ and TE 3+. I think I'll keep it. [emoji3] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  That's jumping the gun. Has to pass both house and senate in an identical format. The earliest the House can take it up is Monday the 6th.   I suspect Yarbro added that amendment as a poison pill, not realizing the conservatives would say "sounds good to us!". Or he could be smarter than I give him credit. If the bill as amended gets through the House, that will make it more likely to see our RINO governor pull out his veto stamp. If he does that it goes back to the legislature to override it. Given the vote tally this time around, a veto is not really anything more than the governor expressing his displeasure. The override should be a slam dunk, but you never know with a bunch of politicians.     X-post with Worriedman

I'm so ready for this day to be over...

When putting back food for an emergency, low fat and sodium are not a priority. Quite the opposite. If I have to last a while, I want calorie density. And sodium is a necessity of life as well. Just get enough water to keep it balanced. I'm one of those whose home is in the hills. Unless I know you or you have some valuable skills, ammo and food, don't plan on bugging out to my home. I don't have a bug-out bag. I have a get-home kit.

Got to keep the narrative alive! I don't know if this man died from head injuries or not but I can guarantee you, the media doesn't care. Kentucky State Police officers were called to KY 38 around 5:49 p.m. They say a 2004 Yamaha motorcycle operated by Morrice Petrey, 35, of Evarts, was traveling east when he crossed the center line and struck a 1997 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Lloyd Fleenor Jr. Petrey was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner’s office. Officials say he wasn’t wearing a helmet. Fleenor was not injured. The crash remains under investigation. RIP Morrice! http://wate.com/2015/03/31/harlan-county-ky-man-killed-in-motorcycle-crash/

Cats are known to do that.

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SB1171 now on the Senate Floor calendar for April 1 - likely they will substitute and conform to the amended HB0995.  Heard the same thing RE Haslam's intentions - wonder if there was a backroom deal for this one that also touched on the resurrection of Insure TN (noticed that Crowe and Sen Health Cmte passed it yesterday) and/or Common Core (the amended bill simply extends the current situation another 2 years, and leaves the CC door wide open)...  My dislike for the cesspool formerly known as the TN Gen Assembly grows more intense every day.

I love my phantom.  Its the steel model though and its heavy.  Really heavy.  If I get another rifle can, its going to be the Saker.