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60 minutes of my life I won't get back, back-to-back episodes that did very little for me.  Well, Maggie is pregnant, no suprise there.  Deanna going around shell-shocked, confirmed my suspicions, she was a Democrat while in Congress.

I finally got a weekend off after 7 straight 7 day weeks at work. I took the wife and hook up with my MC brothers and we did our annual USMC birthday party and Veterans day celebration and I got a mini vacation with my wife. You guys have a beautiful city and Beale Street is amazing. All the Patched brothers The cake, talking to some boot Marines after their ball, me and my sweetheart Sent from behind the anvil

I stay inside. :lol: :lol: A brick house is great at repelling wind.

Phil, your location lists you as living "somewhere in GA". I am a resident of Memphis and a contributing member (two levels above basic membership) of the zoo. I am asking you to put your stick away and leave this bear alone. You don't stand to actually suffer any inconvenience if it turns into a pissing contest. I DO. Currently it is an unenforced and unenforceable policy with no signage. I'm ok with leaving the status quo as is. If a local decides to engage this issue I will discuss with them tactics and why I feel the way I do, but at least they have some real skin in the game. As it stands now, you don't. To be blunt, you are simply an interloper, and an unwelcome one at that. Please walk away from this issue and leave it to those of us that live here to handle our own.

  That summary will save people some time if they just read that and skip watching the episode.  Last night was a wasted hour.

Congrats you motherfucker.

My first thought after reading the title was, why would they wand people going into a seed and feed store?   I haven't seen many seed and feed stores that are open that late and that have bouncers but then again I'm from east tn.

...In just a little over 6 months. Now that family and all know, I had to announce it here. I'm just a tad proud, ya see. I am a bit nervous, admittedly, but it's more wanting to be the best dad I can than anything. Here's the announcement my wife and I sent out. I think my new gun angle is everything has to be SBR'd...you know, so the kid can handle them easier! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow, good net skills teecro!

  I keep wanting to say, who cares what it looks like because it has a Cummins! :up: 

Boy that's really ugly change to what was a nice looking pickup.

Looks pretty cool but I honestly think I would like it better if you had just wrapped the shaft all the way up to the bottom of the hammer head and left the hammer head, itself, exposed. In some ways, I also think that would be a little more 'stealth', believe it or not, as someone seeing it might think 'neat idea for a cane' rather than 'he is trying to hide that hammer head for some reason.' Plus I think that bright, shiny ball peen hammer head makes an attractive handle. Someone with engraving skills (meaning someone other than me, for sure) could really make such a handle look super nice - and much less 'weapon like' - with just a few, traditional type details. Looks like I am not the only one to think of engraving a hammer head. I was envisioning something exactly like this and was a little surprised to find that someone had done it (found on the Internet - not my pic.) Now, imagine this as a walking cane handle (not sure but I think this one is still simply on a hammer type handle.)

The 17 is a decent platform, I had one for about a year. I bought the vltor setup, geissele trigger and the ggg charging handle - I say all that to say I tried to make it where I would like it.  I didn't ever get to that point. Like comms said the reciprocating charging handle is a pita and the barrel profile once warm does nothing for accuracy.   I sold mine and bought a LMT LM8MWS - same price range but it has been awesome out of the box since day 1.

Mazel Tov! I recently left a career of 16 years across three company merger/acquisitions myself. Its hads sometime to realize that your skills are unique and valuable - when its what you do every day it seems "normal" My new firm paid me a significant increase for those same skills which my prior employer had been slowly cutting benefits, increasing cost shares on benefits and very tiny raises. Sometimes its just time to move along.

Guess they don't want that #1 pick next year.

90 days are over with. I got a 10% raise on Friday.   I was rather stoked.   We are hitting all of our growth targets as previously established. In addition I have cut the percentage of error from 3% to less than 1% on all entered work orders.                     And I have also become the go to guy for pricing guns. Nearly everyone in the company  is an outdoorsman. And apparently last year, they gave a rifle away at the Christmas party.    So I am pretty confident that I am where I belong. I am in a private company where I can talk one on one with the owner, who I report directly to, I get constant confirmation that I am doing a good job, and everyone else enjoys the same hobbies as I do.   Oh, and I am making more than I was at DPSG, by a large percentage.

I do love silly statements like this. It's what makes the "caliber war" threads so entertaining. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So does this mean they will be releasing some of the 92 bazillion rounds of 40 call ammo they bought last year? It's surplus now, so we should be able to pick it up cheap. Right?

When I handle the M&P guns I always feel and see hints of cheapness. I don't put them on the same dependability level as Glock. Just my opinion. Several departments have abandoned the M&P line. Admittedly, some have left Glock but they still dominate the market.

Little seen film, Marie (or Marie: The True Story), is on TCM tonight at 10:15.   This is the deal about how Ray Blanton was brought down in the parole part of the corruption scandal, with Fred actually playing himself -- he was Marie Ragghianti's, real attorney at the time, and this was how his acting career began.   Problem is, I want to see Trump on SNL too.Maybe I'll just catch that with On Demand another time, as I don't see any listings for the movie again anytime soon.   I've never seen this flick, but rated 6.7 on IMDB and Ebert gave it three stars:   http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/marie-a-true-story-1985   And a part of TN history.   - OS

  Sadly, dental insurance hasn't caught up with medical. Although given the BS high deductible medical plans now, I think we are taking a step back across the board. There are some really excellent dental plans out there, but it is all about what employers are willing to pay to get them. Delta Dental of Tennessee has some amazingly great coverage and then they have plans that just plain stink. I think BCBS is one of the worst. It's basically about what someones needs are. What coverage percentages they offer and a persons over all oral health. Sadly, there is a lot of incorrect facts out there when it comes to dental care/needs and I can't tell you the number of times I have had someone tell me they would rather the tooth be pulled than saved because they didn't want to pay their 50% copay meanwhile they're carrying a Louis Vuitton purse and have a brand new iPhone.    I'm 33 years old and I had adult braces. I looked like an idiot but I paid $2500 to fix what my single mom couldn't afford. My smile in my wedding pictures is closed mouth because I had pink and black braces. I was damned sure if I had to have them, I was gonna go full out nerd with them. Season colors and all. I think if our government got out of the way and let the people handle their own business, we all would be better off. But in the meantime, we're probably stuck with crappy coverage. Schnider Electric, Ozburn Hessey and Metro Nashville were some of the best plans I ever saw. Just in case anyone is looking for a new job. LOL

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You're correct. TSU has a excellent hygiene school but no dental to my knowledge. I would be very careful of a Meharry grad. I've had the "pleasure" of working with 2 in the past. Not the sharpest drills, pardon the horrible pun.

Next up in 2025. Shift to 45!

Nicky, I've sent several patients to a few different places by word of mouth referral. I have a list of dental resources at the office I will look at in the a.m. to see if I can be of any help. I'm not certain I can be with the possible procedures it sounds like you need, but it can't hurt to check out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I miss my old Titan.

good catch Tee. I had my suspicions as well, OP and I went back and forth via PM for the better part of a few hours when he posted this. I typed out multi paragraph responses, he would send back one or two sentence. It got really old really fast, but, I don't want to be the kind of guy who tells someone in crisis to pound sand, so on and on the game went.     OP, if you are reading this, go piss up a rope.

Some date back to 2013   http://community.policeone.com/ask-c...ion-right.html http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Parenti...l/show/2014681 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/foru...who-is-in-jail http://isitnormal.com/poll/should-i-...n-jail-214490/ http://www.thelaw.com/threads/should...situati.57188/ http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...it-to-visiting http://www.city-data.com/forum/paren...er-mother.html http://www.huntingchat.net/forum/sho...ir-mom-in-jail http://forums.menshealth.com/topic/s...e-officer-said http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f...o-jail-116093/ http://www.corrections.com/forums/7/topics/17739 http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/lo...-who-jail.html http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/thre...n-jail.151965/ http://www.survivalistboards.com/sho...d.php?t=404110 http://www.offtopicz.com/threads/is-...in-jail.78783/ http://www.handgunforum.net/general-...ls-better.html http://gingerbread.org.uk/forum/mess...x?TopicID=8084 https://www.reddit.com/r/ExCons/comm...other_in_jail/

  RE:   The posts above by FTE (... #48...) and CZ9 (...#49...)....   The number 49 post...   No... The ammo guys make out no matter what... Ammo consumption stays the same assuming personnel levels stay the same.... The gun manufacturers sell new guns to replace the old guns specified by the agency...   Always remember these truths: ... Not buyin somethin always saves money... Buying something new always costs money... It works at your house, my house, and the gubmt's house... It's a universal truth...   RE:  The "new pistola thing"... I've got a Smith model 13 three inch heavy barrel... It was the "new" FBI gun in the late seventies... I like it a lot... I remember them changing from the Smith 13 to the 9mm, then settlin on the 40 after playin with the 10mm, now back to the 9mm... That's a change of 4 pistolas over the course of 35 years... About every nine years, someone gets paid...    RE:... Where does the money for new gubmt purchases come from...? The government never saves money, they spend money... Where do they get the money...?   From you and me of course...   The number 48 post...   RE:... As to the "detailed rationale" thing...  Of course they gave a detailed rationale..It's a standard requirement that gubmt and most big businesses use to justify new purchases.... The "detailed rationale" was to bolster the specs narrowly enough to get the product they want to get... I used to make a pretty good livin providing "detailed rationale" for capital equipment and construction services contracts... That's how they do it...    Think about it... It aint a conspiracy theory on my part as some have opined; it's a change from one caliber to another that is one mm different... .355 to .401.... The ballistics are strikingly similar...   Again; it ain't about a better pistola, it ain't about better "terminal ballistics", it ain't about "advances in bullet technology"; it's about someone gettin paid with your money...   Your mileage may vary...    leroy

Memphis and Chatonooga are my favorite TN cities to visit.

You are legal carrying at the zoo, so why contact the zoo and ask?  We are extremely lucky we got this park law passed in the middle of opposition from the more populated cities in the state.  I'd lay low for a while and conceal carry in places like the zoo.  Concealing means it is out of sight and out of mind.

I have owned one back when I was a stupid Private - and also carried one on a few assignments. Its a cool gun - SOCOM and Call of Duty status, turns heads at the ranges - whatever. However - there are better semi auto piston driven 308 rifles out there - that are more rugged, weigh less and do not have that stupid reciporcating charging handle. If you want to turn heads, sure get one, however that investment of cash can go towards a REALLY nice AR10, or even a FAL copy and you would still save money. I was unimpressed with it, the piston system is nice to keep the barrel cool and mitigate SOME recoil but firing that big thumper F/A or rapid it has a tendency to walk itself towards whichever side you set up the CH. Save your money - Id rather have a nice M1A, and I am not a big fan of that platform either. Piston driven tech is not some great invention. Im not a master marksman but having owned an ACR and SCAR 17 - I sold them both and still have a regular AR. NOT worth it - my $.02 Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

Some people just have to :stir:

Referring back to the original post regarding the quick mart in Franklin near Publix.   I visited the Williamson County jail multiple times when working with a young guy that earned multiple felonies by stealing in order to pay for drugs.  He's been doing well for several years now.   So, back to the quick mart in question.  Williamson County is one of the most upscale counties anywhere.  I was surprised when I learned that they have murder suspects in custody more often than you would think.     That quick mart is on the corner of Royal Oaks and Riverside Drive.  Going up the hill on Riverside from the quick mart, you pass Einstein's, Starbucks and then go straight into a hotel parking lot if you don't turn 90 degrees on Riverside.   The young man I referred to was in that hotel when the he was arrested.  My thinking is that if one person who was whacked out on drugs was hanging out there that there would be more.  If I'm correct, then it makes perfect sense that a derelict was hanging out at that quick mart as it is only about 100 yards away.     I think of quick marts as being more likely to have derelicts than places like Starbucks.     I wanted to post this as many of you live down there.  I would never had realized that the nicest communities have a dark underside if I hadn't been working with that young man.

Very disappointed in The Saints.

Haha, do you own homework. :) It's been too long ago and I don't care.    My original point was that the military and Feds tend to choose calibers based on certain criteria that is questionable at best. That leads me to believe that it's not about the so-called data as they claim and cite, but other things that they are afraid to admit, like cost, contracts, etc. I simply pointed out the Feds switched from 9mm to .40 based on the Miami shootout "data" and are now switching back based on some new "data". I think both are red herrings. Evidently the Feds get caught up in the caliber war "data" just like forum posters do.

  That's the way I see it; the golden rule.  This isn't a situation where they are going door to door asking for serial numbers, it is simply a courtesy and may save your ass if something goes haywire with the stop.  What happens if they run your plates or ID and make a mistake, name came back for a felony stop or something... then you go to get out of the car and your gun prints or see it between the seat or whatever.  That's a bad situation.   Stuff happens and the police make mistakes too, you can do as you wish, but any time they pull me over I tell them I'm carrying and the worst thing that has happened many moons ago was one ask me to keep my hands on the steering wheel as he went back to run the numbers.

Maybe Big Al Gore had a hand in helping them organize it. Seem like his style. lol

  The 223 AND the 9mm made sense for the military. More rounds = more hits, and the old stuff weighs twice as much. As much crap as our guys have to carry now, 308 would be a horrible choice for the average combat guy.   And... the guys in the Miami shootout would have still got their asses kicked if they were carrying 40... by one of those weak ass .223's

That's a whole lot of venison he let run off...

  Well there you go... you don't even need to carry your gun.   :cool:

Just not enough healthy choices for Bear these days. [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JMH42/media/Fast%20Food%20for%20Bears_zpsfd7oekam.jpg.html][/URL]

I worry about some people . . .

  My guess, he's turned and following his fathers footsteps. Every sith needs an overlord right?

I knew there had to be another from Parrottsville :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StGwhUC4Z-o

But you are more than capable of doing most things because you are level headed, don't get too worked up about things and can actually think, reason and solve things.

Louisville, Blount County here. 

I'm not Knoxville but it is the largest city nearest to me as I'm in Sharps Chapel which is in Union county; we do most of our shopping in the north Knoxville Halls/Crossroads area....