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Literally got nothing this year. I told all of my family not to get me anything because I was spending all their gift money on toys for the children's hospital.. And that I did. Bought more this year for them than any other year. Hope it helped some of the families out.

These were made from farrier's rasps as requested by the customer. The first picture is what each blade started from. They all had Arizona Desert Ironwood handles with SS Loveless bolts as well as epoxy. The rasps had to be normalized, worked, then heat treated and tempered. The block is made from walnut. Thirteen pieces make up the block then glued, jointed, sanded, stained and finished.It took the better part of a month working part time to finish the set.

The tobacco grown in TN isn’t generally used in cigars. The majority of what is grown here is used in Smokeless tobacco, such as Chewing tobacco and moist snuff. However, the “dark fired” grown around Clarksville is also used as a condiment tobacco in many pipe tobacco blends and a couple of cigars. Most popular is the Drew Estates cigar “Kentucky Fire Cured” line. These are quality cigars with some dark fired tobacco. A less known cigar is the “Kentucky Cheroot” by Avanti cigars. Avanti makes mostly low end, machine rolled cigars similar to Swisher Sweets. The Kentucky Cheroot is a different animal. Think of Clint Eastwood westerns... this is what Clint would smoke. I like them. I keep a box around for occasional smokes. They are made of 100% Tennessee and Kentucky grown tobaccos and have a sweet, smokey flavor and I feel like a gun slinger when I smoke them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I didn't see one posted, so i thought I would fall on the knife I had a good haul this year Savage 320 20 gauge.. Galco leather paddle holster for my lcrx.. Fancy gun cleaning kit.. Fancy(i think expensive) cologne.. and lots of ammo..

Christmas came late this year.

The wait is finally over! One down, ten more submissions to go. Dead Air Wolverine PBS-1 Form 4 Trust - 1 RP F4 Submitted - 11/9/16 F4 Pending - 11/28/16 F4 Approved - 12/14/17 Tax Stamp Mailed - 12/19/17 Tax Stamp Received - 12/27/17

I have debated on whether or not to get involved in this, I decided that I should probably put forth my input. Ok, first, let me comment on Photoshop vs. Lightroom. It isn't about "which one is better", but rather "which one fits what I'm doing". Lightroom - Commonly referred as "used to adjust pixels". Technically, more so a DAM (Digital Asset Management) than an image editor. This is always my first step in "editing photos". I may shoot 1000 - 2000 photos in assignment, Lightroom is the catalog that I dump them into, tag, sort through, flag, etc. It is excellent at "adjusting pixels". What this means is that you go and shoot a photo of your family and then you can very easily adjust the colors, exposure, sharpness, etc. Yes, more recent versions have added in "photo editing tools" such as blemish removal, etc, but it typically is not the best suited for that sort of thing. Lightroom is my overall favorite photo related program. You can apply adjustments to a batch of photos (if you shoot 100 photos in the same room with the same lighting, you can adjust the white balance on a single photo and them "copy" it to the rest. Would you rather do this or adjust the white balance in all the photos manually? Also, it is the bee's knees for exporting; You can set all sorts of presets for exporting and then export 1 photo or 10,000 photos and have it generate certain file size, types, etc. Photoshop - Commonly referred as "used to move pixels". Instead of adjusting pixels, think of Photoshop as what you use when you want to move them. What I'm talking about here is generally things like blemish removal, cloning, liquefy, dodge/burn, etc. If you want to take a photo of your grandmother and make her look 20 again, here is where you would do it. While I might be able to "speed edit" a photo in Lightroom in under a minute, you might spend hours on a single photo in Photoshop depending on what you wish to do. It is immeasurably multitudes more powerful than Lightroom for manipulating photos. Now, personally I hate that direction that Adobe is going. I bought Lighroom 6 outright and still use it. I haven't touched Photoshop in a while. However, in my opinion the monthly $9.99 "Photographer's Bundle" that gives you Photoshop and Lightroom is an excellent deal. Now, let me speak on alternatives. GIMP - Cross Platform (Windows, Mac, Linux), FOSS (Free Open Source Software). I used this for years when I exclusively ran a Linux machine. GIMP is very powerful. It isn't exactly easy. It attempts to be a Photoshop replacement and does mostly a decent job. Like I said, not necessarily easy but it is free. I'd say it is worth installing regardless of what you plan on using long term. Pixelmator/Pixelmator Pro - Excellent entry level editor on Mac OS. Does not do anything DAM related, strictly for editing. I believe only the "Pro" version handles RAW files. Wonderful lightweight program that I sometimes have used for performing very quick tasks. Worth a look. Affinity Photo - Very nice editor on Mac OS/Windows. Currently, I'm trying to make this work for me as a full replacement for Photoshop. I do all the quick adjustments in Lightroom and then export the image to Affinity Photo and then save it back to Lightroom for cataloging (automatically happens, no big deal). In my opinion, much speedier than Photoshop as it is a newer program from the ground up. Takes advantage of a lot of Mac OS technologies (Metal, for example). Free trial available, I'd save give it a go. My advice? Either $9.99/month Photoshop + Lightroom from Adobe OR Lightroom 6 (standalone purchase) + Affinity or Pixelmator/GIMP depending on platform. Now, Affinity is supposed to release a DAM sometime upcoming. Although I love Lightroom, I'll get rid of it in an instant as soon as a true alternative pops up. Overall, in my opinion, Adobe has lost direction and releases updates way too slowly and is riddled with bugs. It's become too bloated. I yearn for a true alternative but at the moment no true alternative to Lightroom exists in my opinion.

Hey...let's not get insulting here! Taurus is better than that. They can at least sell some guns. lol

Very tasteful. I would say that you have outdone yourself, but I don't think you will ever outdo yourself. I just don't think there's a limit to the talent.

Lol. I bet that paint would burn off the barrel in no time. I like blued steel and wood furniture most of the time. My man card is perfectly safe.

I just found this site but it's much too late at night for me to try to make sense of it. http://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-photo-editor

I got several things including a new lead sled. My favorite are my new Nikon 7s 10x42 binoculars from the girlfriend. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

My 9mm carbine runs great as long as it is fed brass cases ammo. Anything other than brass, and it likes to jam in the first 2-3 rounds. I have 2 of the 20 round magazines. Shot indoor idpa style matches with it. Aside from the charging handle loosening and the ammo issue noted above, I was pleased. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welp, the new scatter gun goes bang sufficiently Bird shot.. Buck shot..

Cheap prices on a cheap gun aren't a bargain. If I don't have confidence that I can depend on it 100%, then I don't need it. Many years ago I had an AMT that could have cost me my life if I had needed to depend on it. Never again!

Drink driving, opioid overdoses, & bare hands have each killed more people in the last few minutes than everyone guns combined on TOG. Gun violence is a drop in the bucket compared to idiocy & addiction. I recently read that on a national level CCW holders commit fewer misdemeanors and felonys than Police officers. Most of us belong to one of the most honest demographics in the country.

This is about as far into the article as felt the need to read.

I got a rock

The 3 B's.... boots, books, and booze.

You should give it a whirl. It's the one hobby (aside from poker) that pays for it's self.

I have always preferred Marlins but Winchester’s have stronger actions. If you want to goober up a lever action with a scope then Marlin is the way to go.

I think we used to have a member here who went by that as his screen name. Might still. It's such a great word. Edited to add... Yep, he's still an active member! @Schadenfreude

I was always curious about the duo of Bonnie and Clyde and was curious and to what type of guns they preferred. I new Clyde was fond of the BAR as a long gun and Bonnie was a shot gun person in long guns. I have seen several movie remakes of the story of Bonnie and Clyde but after doing some research was very surprised to find out that there was no Tommy guns used when they killed Bonnie and Clyde like in the movies. It was later stated that Bonnie and Clyde were both actally killed by the same rifle calibre and very possibly the same shooter. Here is a link that tells the story behind the Remington 8 rifle used. http://jamesdjulia.com/item/lot-1170-historic-remington-model-8-rifle-used-to-kill-bonnie-and-clyde-57943/

I call it stockpiling calories...