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My wife and I got pedicures on Friday in mid town. She insisted that we stop by Makedas for cookies. This is going to sound f*cked up, but I’m from the hood and I try to avoid North Memphis, South Memphis, Orange Mound and especially Frayser at all cost. I don’t even visit friends and relatives in those areas. That being said she wanted those cookies, so I bit the bullet and drove over there. Seems the wife gets a rush out of going to known shady neighborhoods to try the food, because she has me. I’m not a fan of this line of thinking. With the exception of the old style school cafeteria cookies everything else is overrated, and not worth the risk of being near Airways and Ketchum. Insomnia Cookies are much better. I’ve heard of Dolph, but I’ve never heard his music. I haven’t heard of the circumstances surrounding his demise, but you don’t have to be doing anything wrong to get shot in Memphis. You’re playing the life lottery every time you walk out of your door. A situation not unique to Memphis. I live in S.E. Shelby and the SCSD is highly visible and also discreet, so I prefer to stay on the eastern side of the county.

Tucker Carlson inferred this is another move by the left to dissuade folks from defending themselves against the BLM / antifa mob. If found guilty, the definition of self defense is not what I think it is.

Tucker Carlson is a lying asshat and just as bad as the talking heads at CNN.

Give her time and kindness, she will come around. Her past is unknown to you and her future is unknown to her. Be patient and consistent and her trust in you show itself. Her actions, as you have described, are her way of checking you out since you don't know what kind of damage an inbred, brain dead, idjit has done to her. You have the beginnings of a wonderful partnership in her. God sent you a blessing in fur!

Filled my doe tags already for Muzzloader but no buck down on the ground yet. I've let two spikes, four point, and a six point walk. Did shoot this big yote while squirrel hunting the other day. Had to let the ole Savage .22lr eat.

In my view, the best of all possible worlds is a hung jury.. I could also go for the trial judge calling a mistrial. There is no way this kid is guilty of anything other than bad judgement and misdemeanor discharge of a firearm... His life is already ruined. That said; I think he did make the world a better place. He did, in fact, do Kenosha and humanity a favor by takin out the trash; but he has paid a heavy price for it. leroy. leroy.

I ordered a new Ford Maverick truck a couple of months ago. It is in transit and should be here next week. I could have ordered it in a hybrid that gets 42 MPG. I paid $1,100.00 extra to get it with a standard gasoline engine instead of the hybrid. I expect that one day electric automobiles will be the norm but at 70 years of age, I doubt that I will be here to see that day. I think electric cars are still very much in the experimental stage and I will let someone else do the experimenting.

I don't know. I do know he has a history of lying and then winning lawsuits because his lawyer claimed "no reasonable person should believe him". The judge agreed. His sole job is to keep conservative viewers fired up about each revolving crisis which varies week to week. He has zero credibility. He and the idiots on the liberal media outlets are all the same. They are all a huge part of what's wrong with this country.

I always think “Do I really want to clean this muzzleloader when I get home?”. Yep. I’m that lazy.

I am sure I will have another one once the cost becomes "right" for me. I have long been interested in electric vehicles and built an electric motorcycle conversion years ago. It was a blast and outstanding for my short commute. I did not need it to run over 50ish mph and only needed a 20ish mile range so I was able to get away with a fairly light and small battery pack. I was able to achieve 62mph in the final iteration and pushed the range to about 45miles. Since my ride was 9 miles each way that was perfect. Now my commute is 24 miles and primarily interstate so an EV like that would no longer be viable. Something in the ~300 mile range capable of interstate speeds would be perfect though. I would be seriously interested in the F150 Lightning if the cost of a new truck (gas or alternatives) was not so astronomical. I just can't justify a $60k vehicle no matter what is under the hood. I could easily replace my gas car (2012) and my gas truck (2006) with the Lightning and serve 95% of my driving needs. I generally have to laugh at people who complain and resist technological advances. EVs are not being developed in a bubble where nothing else in the world is changing. Power generation will shift, probably slowly, but it will transition to cleaner options. Power distribution (grid) will expand, improve, and be replaced as it "ages" out. Charging centers/station options will increase. Do you honestly think the network of service stations pumping gasoline sprang up overnight when people were saying horseless carriages were a bad idea? There are still places in this country where it is a good idea carry spare fuel if you have less than ~350 mile range on a full tank well over 100 years after gas vehicles became viable. Battery technology has and will continue to improve. There are already efforts to reduce our independence on China/Asia for the elements and compounds needed for battery production. The further development of EVs helps drive all those improvements and changes it does not hinder them. I have raced cars and motorcycles most of my adult life. I love every aspect of speed, power, and the smell of 110 Sonoco in the morning. EVs take nothing away from my love of all things petrol and only add to my interest in vehicle design and development. I will have another EV one day, just not sure how long it will be.

I'm not a fan of total electric vehicles either as someone mentioned. But they are working on 5 minute rechargers. Problem is dissipation of heat from the charger/cable and none of them are pushing that amperage because of it. One of the universities are working out a solution. I would also like to see them go further on a charge. That's not happening yet either. Then if they do, will they put 5 min charging stations all over the country. Can't see that happening. Still need coal which Biden is against. He do have nuke plants and the idiots are against them too. Anyone got $8Gs for a replacement battery when it finally fails? Yeesh. In March I bought a 2021 F150 Platinum Powerboost Hybrid. Complete with all the bells and whistles including an onboard 7.2KW Generator. The thing rides like a Cadillac, yet kicks ass and bet a Raptor in a video race review for power and speed. But other than feeling like I'm driving my couch in total comfort, it gets 24 mpg plus, (usually get at least 25+), no matter where I am. That's 24 city/highway and a 30.6 gallon tank. I'm content to stay at this level. I can care less about carbon footprints, green new deals which are bs or anything of the like. That's mother natures dept and she's fixed what us fooked up humans break......

Yep. Right now, that high tech Tesla is mostly coal powered. Gotta give credit for a high quality lie. Musk is a physicist. He gets it. He's just gonna cash in.

I do find it amusing that the left thinks electric cars are the savior of the environment while also believing that energy is evil. Where do these electric cars get their juice?

Whatever is going on with a jury should NOT be getting outside, other than a question to the judge.

I'm thinking a hung jury. No way this kid could ever get a fair trial because MSM and the liberal internet already convicted him within hours of the shooting. But hopefully there are at least a couple of unbiased, honest people on that jury.

When they make one that can go 600 miles on a charge, run 80 MPH and recharges in an hour, maybe I'll consider it. Nah, not really.

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Yeah, she eats like she's been starved, too! Actually, this afternoon she slowed down a little and actually left some kibble in the bowl. I think she was dehydrated, too. She's showing a bit more energy today than she did at first. I'm fairly sure she has fleas, as she bites at herself quite bit, but I can't do anything about that until she lets me touch her. I ordered a dog house for her. I can see that her adopting me is going to cost four or five hundred bucks by the time I get her shots and have her spayed, if she's not already.

I look at the electric vehicles as just another option for transport. There is some practicality to having one especially when the next pipeline breaks cutting off our supplies or the lunatic’s shut down the Persian gulf again. If you are a multiple vehicle family wouldn’t hurt to have one in the mix. I don’t think they are going to save the world, because every lithium power pack is made with Chinese coal. I currently have a gas burning Ford truck and my wife drives a Honda CR-V. When her car gets worn out, I could see an electric car replacement. Now if they ever get hydrogen motors going, that’s going to save the planet!

Missed a yote Saturday morning. He got under the hill and all i had to shoot at was his head, while he was walking. Yeah, I know a careless shot. But, it was a dang yote, so.

there was a study once that interviewed a large number of pre med students in College and when asked why they had chosen the medical field of study, 80 percent said it was for the money while the rest said it was to help people in need. That about sums up todays situation all around. A must read is "Selling Sickness" . Its old but extremely relevant in whats going on today. Stumbled onto a number of postings about the Swedish study on Covid19 in vetro work. This link has the most quoted info from the study. Seems this varifys the same reason they ditched MRNA Protein vaccines for animals some 18 years ago. Too bad we have to go outside the cash walls of US Pharma to get any new study works. Study Finds COVID Spike Protein Created in Vaccines ‘Hijacking’ Human Body DNA Repair and Adaptive Immune System Mechanisms - Vision Times

If this is true, the very fact that jurors may be considering how they will vote based on possible public reaction to the verdict rather than solely on the evidence presented tells you a lot about the current state of our judicial system.

I saw a funny tweet this morning that said. "The only way Kyle will be found guilty is if they mail the verdicts in at 3 A.M."

Give me a Dodge charger or Cuda with a 440 mag or Hemi keep your Prius to old to change

No I should have clarified. My comment is just in general, not specific to that claim. We're definitely witnessing an ever evolving culture war from both sides. Some of the issues are real and others are just cool talking points to fire up their viewers. I'm just tired of people using TC as a credible source on anything. I've mentioned it a few times now but I'll drop the link again. Rachel Maddow did the same thing. That should tell people how similar these two actually are. "Vyskocil’s decision has become what is now called “the Tucker Carlson defense”. The lies that Tucker Carlson asserts on his Fox News show are not slanderous because any “reasonable” person would know that he lies. He is protected under his First Amendment free speech rights." https://www.courierherald.com/opinion/the-tucker-carlson-defense/ Bonus points here. One recent example to show its spread is exemplified by Sidney Powell, the right-wing attorney, who once represented Donald Trump in claiming that the 2020 election was stolen by the Democrats through fraud. She is using the Tucker Carlson defense in her own $1.3 billion lawsuit brought against her by the Dominion Voting System because, “reasonable people would not accept such statements as true.”

An electric vehicle for me? Only when I have no other choice. I especially do not like the pitiful range that they have before you have to spend 10 hours recharging. I heard yesterday that Ford has come out with some new cables that'll charge you in 5 minutes, but it sounds like a very expensive cable.

And we have subs that can launch from any ocean in the world, like they and Russia do, so it isn't as big a threat as they make it seem, but we should not have been blindsided by the fact that they had it, if our alphabet agencies would concentrate on our enemies instead of parents against CRT, and white supremacist Trump supporting terrorists, we could have been forewarned.

My daughter bought a Hyundai hybrid, now the wife is in the market for one. The Hyundai comes with a great warranty, so should be ok, but I still prefer an all gas motor, so if/when I replace my Tacoma, it will be another Tacoma with all gas engine.

Eh, ever since I learned that they were the kind of company to hire and support murderous federal agents who were part of Ruby Ridge, they ceased to exist for me. That’s one company TN could have done without.

From what I understand, a lot of the raw materials for the batteries come from China so I think I'll pass. The same thing applies to solar panels.

No no no... guns are the original Pokemon. Gotta collect them all.

Thanks to whoever moved this thread to the correct sub forum! Finally got one this morning.

Got this fat little 6 pt last Saturday.

I have a Winchester Model 42 , 3" , full choke, nice shape

There's a lot of ad/ news space lately on electric vehicles. Any of you folks own one or plan too. What's your opinion of them? Personally, I don't really care for the idea, but it's being pushed hard. Discuss...

It would take hours to list the differences. One can take a gas can to a gas station if they run out of gas. Can you do that with electric? No. One can use jumper cables on a gas car. Can you do that with electric? No. Very rare is the time a modern car will break down in BFE w/o having given some sign of it beforehand, IMO. Yes, there's always going to be exceptions. But I'd bet 99% of the time, there's going to be a miss, a stutter, a shimmy, a something to warn a car owner that something is amiss before it chits the bed. Electric? No thank you.

Please point me in the direction of one of his lies. As it stands now he is the best thing on the Fox platform and isn't afraid to say what is on his mind. He nailed it last night.

DING...DING.. DING ... What Mista A J. said...! Check this out: https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/on-the-larger-goals-of-the-left-in-bringing-rittenhouse-to-trial/ leroy.

I have been through about 3 smokers (including a Bradley) before I ended up getting my Traeger. I too do not like to spend my time babysitting a smoker, and the Traeger allowed me the freedom not to do that. The advantage of the pellet over the puck is that the hopper for the pellet holds a lot more wood to burn before refilling, and pellets are ubiquitous unlike the Bradley pucks.

I’m not opposed to driving an electric vehicle once it proves to be economical and convenient for me. They should be low maintenance, quiet, and have fewer moving parts to break. I do not believe they help the environment. I also do not believe we have the capacity at this point to produce enough electricity to charge millions of electric vehicles each night. This is a problem that needs to be addressed now, as I believe electric cars are the future.

Owned a Ford C Max hybrid for 18-24 months. Wife drove it as a DD when she worked ( 4 miles RT). She liked it for about 2 months, then got tired of all the dash/display info, etc., and did not like the 4 cylinder gas engine kicking on/off at times depending on the state of the battery charge. Bitched about it for the rest of the time we owned it. It got 35 mpg city, 40 mpg on the hwy, was fairly comfy. The car had a bad habit of going in to deep sleep mode or hibernation if you did not drive it almost daily (after she retired) . If not driven for a couple or three days, open the drivers door, and none of the dash lights would come on, etc. Totally dead. Had to have it boosted 2-3x's, and bought one of those portable battery packs that's capable of boosting cars/trucks, damn car never went into deep sleep mode after that. Never did trust the car after that, even tho the dealer put 2 new 12v batteries (the starting battery) due to testing bad. Some sort of electrical gremlin I guess. Wife would not drive another hybrid/electric car, I would not mind a hybrid for a grocery getter, etc., but not an all electric one. While I like Cracker Barrel, I don't want to eat there just to charge up the car on long trips. It will be decades before there are sufficient charging stations for "millions" of all electric cars to get anywhere on time. And where will all of this additional electricity required come from, TX almost froze up solid earlier this year, so.. I also wonder how the hybrid F150 or the all electric F150 will actually tow anything, it will just be an oversized family car like most trucks are now. Those batteries will take up payload capacity, so....

If I was in the market for a new car, I'd look hard at electric. Plug in each day to keep it topped up, or once a week (if that) if you have a short commute or rarely drive like me now that I work from home full time. Never needing to stop for gas again on the local around town stuff would be nice. It would be a little annoying on longer trips.Take a Model 3 extended range for an example car. Assume I start out fully charged, that's going to give me ~350 miles. Then I need to find a supercharger to get 80% (280 miles) and that will take about 30 minutes to charge. It would take another 30m to get to 100%, so I'd take the 80% and move on. I recently did a trip to Tampa of about 800 miles each way. I'd have to make two stops to charge up to 80%, costing me an hour and I'd arrive close to empty again, needing another supercharger, or at least a regular charger near my hotel for overnight duty. Compared to ~15 minutes for three stops to fill up my Wrangler, or ~10 minutes for two stops to fill up a car with way better gas mileage like . . . well, about anything except a truck. But to be fair, road trips like that are not super frequent for me, and the convenience of an EV for daily use may be worth the hour or two it's going to cost me in a day's driving on those occasional road trips. It's not just the no-gas thing that would be nice. Think no more oil changes, transmission fluid changes, or coolant flushes, plus fewer brake jobs. No more leaking oil seals, spark plug changes, or any of dozens of other things that can go bad with an ICE engine, transmission, exhaust system, fuel system, or emissions control systems. The only maintenance items on a Model 3 are tire rotation and cabin air filter. They also suggest lubing the brake caliper pistons and testing the brake fluid, but we all know the caliper parts get lubed when pads get changed and fluid gets changed once a decade, if that. I know an electric motor can go bad, and battery packs over time lose their ability to hold as much juice, but overall it's going to be less hassle and more reliable. If not yet, then very soon. I'm more interested in the self-driving side of things than the EV. I LOOOOVE to drive, but commuting and mind-numbing Interstate road trips are not "driving". They ARE the perfect setting for letting the car take over. It doesn't have to be perfect, just better than humans. And it's pretty dang close to outperforming hairless apes applying makeup, eating a McBurger, drinking a $tarbuck$, and checking FaceTwit while attempting to operate a motor vehicle. I know all the legal liability stuff still needs to get sorted, but I for one welcome our chauffeur overlords. . . just not on The Dragon

The new flat trigger S&W is using is amazing. A buddy of mine wanted me to try out a few guns with him, he had his heart set on a Shield Plus and didn't know if he wanted the PC version or the plain one. They have that new flat trigger. It was amazing. I liked it so much that I am going with a flat trigger in the custom Glock/Dagger I am building.

Even back when Armslist was useful, I found the classifieds here to be better. Members here are more responsive to posts and messages, and you can select deals that are within driving distance. Armslist used to be full of ads from sellers who'd respond in a week or so and say "Sorry, I forgot this ad was on here" or "I sold this last week and forgot to take down the ad." Traffic to TGO is more consistent and, well, there just tends to be a higher class of people here. Plus the moderators here will thump the occasional moron who shows up. Cheers, Whisper

Lucky gunner did a nice set of tests using gel blocks a few years back and published the results. Sold me on the Federal HSTs in 124gn.

The last 2 years during hunting season I've passed up a lot of nice young bucks looking for a really big mature one. But after being told I have stage 3 kidney disease I decided to enjoy this years deer season. I told myself I was going to just go hunt and enjoy life and not worry about anything while in the woods. So today I did just that and harvested this beautiful wide 6 pointer with my CVA Muzzleloader pistol. Hunting isn't always about who can kill the biggest deer. Enjoy the hunt because you never know what life can deal you. P.S the bibs are from my fatter days .

Heck yea, hope they give us locals some discounts.