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I honestly cannot remember anything earlier than this and have photographic evidence of me carrying not one but two of these, circa 1974. Some photos you can just... smell. And if you know what I mean, you know what I mean. Sweet, sweet Sulphur.

Just a quick update. "Katy" was pretty much hands-off for five or six weeks. But in the last week she's decided that she wants to be petted pretty darned often. She sticks right to my side on our walks in the woods, and pushes her wet nose into my hand every ten steps or so. She's figured out that her kennel and house are hers, and she'll go in there whenever she wants a break. I fly model airplanes and helicopters, and she REALLY wants to eat one, but so far she's respected my "no's" on that. She's still lean but one can no longer see her ribs and spine sticking up, and the flea collar has done wonders for her biting and scratching. Off to the spay clinic as soon as I can get an appointment, and she's due for a full set of shots. But I guess she's family now and we'll do what we can for her.

Whoever wrote that thinks a lot more of McDonald's, or a lot less of Smith and Wesson than I do.

I bought this gun brand new 25 years ago and used it in Alaska for shooting halibut before you brought them into the boat. This model to my understanding is no longer manufactured. It is a very neat 410 shotgun or shoots 45 Long colt. Has storage in the butt stock for extra shells. It is in very good shape for the length of time that I have had it. The barrel is marked Survivor I don’t know why but for some reason all these years we always referred to this type of gun as a “snake charmer”. My son killed many ptarmigan with this gun strapped to his 3 wheeler. 400.00$ please use email for best response. Proarcaviation@gmail.com

North American arms 22 Magnum revolver, stainless steel construction, five rounds. I think this is the smallest thing you can put in your pocket. 300.00$ email for best response. Proarcaviation@gmail.com

This line had me wiping tears from my eyes. Good stuff.

Well......

I’m stuck at home with COVID as we speak. Myself and two coworkers all came down with it on Monday, presumably due to several recent exposures at work. There have been an uptick of cases that we’ve been transporting to the hospital, almost all vaccinated but elderly or with obvious comorbidities. Of the three of us one is vaccinated and boostered, his only symptom is loss of taste and smell. His wife (also vaccinated and boosted) came down with it yesterday and she is not having as smooth a go as he is. I think she got the infusion therapy today. Myself and the other guy are unvaccinated and having very mild symptoms. I honestly would have thought it a head cold if the other guys hadn’t got it too. So far OTC cold meds are keeping me normal but certainly going stir crazy. CDC changed their quarantine from 10-5 days, so if I’m not feeling any worse by Saturday I get to go back to work. The best thing ANY of us can do going forward is take some steps (big or small) to improve your personal health situation. Regardless of your age or situation, it’s not too late to make some tweaks in your day to day life that will literally pay dividends toward the quality of time you have left. A Doctor once told me (while encouraging me to loose weight) that once we reach 50, we have the body we deserve. From my observations I’d say he was spot on. The majority of medical patients that I personally interact with are 60 and over, and there is a HUGE spectrum of quality of life at that age. We will all pass on some day, there’s no cheating that, but we do have some say in the quality of the days leading up to that.

If Ruger was smart they’d start cranking out Marlin.357’s. Marlin had just retooled for those and started delivering again after years of substandard production and low availability. Surely, I’m not the only one that sees a great demand for those and would actually like to walk into a gun store and buy one at a reasonable price.

I got the chance to buy this gun several years ago and had always desired to have one. I bought it from the original owner that had it for approximately 30 years if memory serves me correctly. It is in the original box with one magazine. I can find no defect on this gun. I have never shot it. Cleaned and oiled and put back in the box and back in the safe. She is looking for a forever home . 600.00$ email for best response. Proarcaviation@gmail.com

One last blade before the New Year, tried to get it done sooner but had other ones to do. Nice hunter for sale D2 blade and Micarta scales, comes with nice leather sheath. $135 shipped. The blade steel is D2, cryo heat treated to 59-61Rc, I feel the cryogenic process really makes a difference in the grain structure resulting in smaller grain size, better toughness and a slight increase in hardness. Holds a good edge but takes a little more work to sharpen. Knife is 8 3/4' long with a 4 1/2" blade, 5/35 thick. Handle is black/green Micarta nicely contoured to fit the hand. Comes with a nice leather sheath which I make. All work is done by me. D2 is not a stainless steel so you need to wipe the blade clean and dry after use. I can say that a good D2 blade really holds its edge. We were lucky enough to shoot two bears the same weekend at our hunting camp and I skinned both of them without resharpening the knife. None of them were even mine!

This is making the rounds on social media right now, but I realize that not everyone here is a fan of Facebook so you might not have seen it yet. I'm posting it here just to share the joy. Nothing that follows after this paragraph is my content. Everything from this point forward, in this post, is the content of the original author - a guy named Logan Alexander Smith. ---[Begin Copy n' Paste]--- So, people ask me a lot about what guns they should buy for themselves, and I tell them that we should just go together and look…but then we compare schedules and it’s clear that’s never going to work out and now we’re at an impasse. So a little while ago I had this idea. This is a list of gun manufacturers, and the restaurant that I feel corresponds to them and their level of quality, social stigma, etc. And I tell jokes. Enjoy! Smith and Wesson / McDonald's This is the standard against which all national food is gauged. You better be nicer than this if you don’t want to be looked down on. It’s a lot of people’s first experience with eating out. And to be perfectly frank, they have a HIGH standard of quality control that is nearly unparalleled. A McDouble you buy in Tulsa, OK tastes exactly like the one you could eat in Chicago, IL and that one will be indistinguishable from the one you buy in Berlin, Germany. Maybe you can’t stunt on your friends by taking them here, but damnit it does its job well and it does it every time. And it does a wider range of things well than most restaurants could hope to balance. From pancakes, to hamburgers, to fried chicken, salads in a big cup, fish, sometimes they have a McRib, and it’s all pretty good. REALLY good for what you’re paying for it. They never really innovate; they wait and see what other chains are having success doing and then copy them (that Crispy Chicken Sandwich tastes a lot like Chick Fil A don’t it…) but when they add something to their menu it is good to go, and it is guaranteed to be up to their standards. Maybe customer service could use some work. Glock / Chick-fil-A Chick Fil A knows ONE trick. ONE. They have fried chicken cooked in peanut oil. You can eat that as nuggets, or on a bun, or whatever but if you eat at Chick Fil A, you’re getting fried chicken cooked in peanut oil. No restaurant in the history of the Earth has been more reliably delicious than a Chick Fil A. They don’t mess up. And if they do, they will fix it for you so fast and so well that no one will ever know that they did. Downside…they’re a little culty about it. Ok, maybe a lot culty about it. And so are the people who love them. And because of that, there are a lot of people who are culty about hating them. They also are gonna cost more than McDonalds across the board. And, not for nothing, they aren’t really gonna be blowing anybody’s skirt up after they’ve eaten there a few times. “You want a pizza or a hamburger? Well, go somewhere else. We do Fried Chicken cooked in Peanut oil. That’s it.” Ruger / Burger King Burger King is pretty much doing exactly what McDonalds (Smith & Wesson) is doing a little slower and with kind of a quirky style. Customer Service is industry leading too. You can have it your way. Burger King is also, like McDonalds, going to be waiting to see what is popular and then doing their own version, but you’re probably going to find yourself liking it a little better. You’re also going to get a wider range of quality offerings out of Burger King. If you want a Cheeseburger that costs a dollar, they got that. But if you want a cheeseburger that costs $15, they got that too. Probably the only big hiccup Burger King is gonna have behind McDonalds is a little bit less quality control. Maybe your bun is a little doughy, maybe your fries are stale, etc. But hey, just go up to the counter. They’ll fix it for you with a big smile. You’re having it your way. Taurus / Taco Bell Taco Bell is delicious, but when you go you are REALLY rolling the dice. Maybe it’s a wonderful meal at an AMAZING price. Maybe the food makes you sh*t your pants and die. Just, definitely check your Taco Bell before you share it with guests. Sig Sauer / Applebee's This is probably the bottom rung that you can really show off and brag about (unless the person you’re bragging to is in the Chick Fil A cult.) You could take a first date here and they wouldn’t bat an eye. And you can spend Chick Fil A money on your meal if you want, or you can buy a $40 steak and really stunt. The problem is…Applebees isn’t really keeping up the quality control or customer service that they used to. You don’t necessarily want to try a new dish at Applebees the first month it comes out. You wanna wait and see what other people had to say about it when they ate it before you decide if you wanna roll the dice. Odds are Applebees is going to take it off the menu, rework it, and put it back on a few times before they get that really good version you’re gonna be happy with. And, not for nothing, if they food poison you, even if they food poisoned you with that tried and tested $40 steak, they’re probably going to try and say it was somehow your fault unless you have some really ironclad evidence that they cooked it wrong. Beretta / Olive Garden This is event dining. This is reserved for your birthday, or anniversary. You’re gonna pay a little more, but they do have a $10 pizza or soup if you just absolutely can’t handle one of their main entrees. This is definitely a dining experience you can show off and look good for having selected. And it’s always gonna taste GREAT. But man, the portions are big. You’re gonna feel it on your belly after you eat here. You might even kinda wish you’d gotten a lighter meal somewhere else instead, even if it wasn’t as fancy. Also, ITALIA FN Herstal / Red Lobster You can absolutely impress everyone you take with you with your choice of Red Lobster just like you can with Olive Garden. But unlike Olive Garden…I don’t know…just never seems like the food you ordered justifies that bill does it? I paid so much…why is this not better? Why does my waiter seem pissed off that I’m here? Why are they so hostile when I bring up a problem? I didn’t get the order wrong, you did, and this dinner cost a hundred bucks. Don’t tell me you weren’t prepared for how many people came tonight, it’s this packed every time I’m in here. Also, FN and Browning are the same company. Heckler & Koch / Ruth's Chris Steak House This is not a restaurant that dirty “poors” eat at, nor was it intended to be. These are for people who don’t need to be told they were supposed to wear a blazer or a dress to dinner, that’s just what they wear every day. If it was feasible for this restaurant to only sell meals from a balcony looking down on everyone who bought their dinner at McDonalds or Burger King they absolutely would, and if the owners could get away with a Genocide of all the people who ordered Taco Bell they’d do it in a heartbeat. (They, *ahem*, have a history of helping with Genocides.) But is the food good? Dunno. I’ve never eaten here. Can’t afford it. Colt / Cracker Barrel If you ask your grandpa where you should eat, he’s gonna say Cracker Barrel. And if you only consider his life experience, he’s probably right. The kind of food they serve at Cracker Barrel was the best food he’d ever had in his life back when he was in the war. It was the kind of food that made the Depression a little less hard on the South than the rest of the country, and when he thinks about his home…he thinks about Cracker Barrel. Downside, Cracker Barrel knows he feels that way about it. So they’ve gotten WAY too comfortable phoning it in sometimes or leaving you standing out in the lobby FOREVER while you’re trying to eat there. You probably could order and finish 7 consecutive meals from Chick Fil A in the time it takes you just to get your hands on a plate from Cracker Barrel. BUT, honest to god, when all the Cracker Barrel employees do the job like they’re supposed to, if the biscuits and drinks and refills are all where they’re supposed to be, when all the ingredients are good and fresh, If the waitress called you sweetheart and gave you that little pat on your shoulder and now the food is on the table in front of you, if ALL of that went the way it’s supposed to…god…there’s just nothing on earth as good as Cracker Barrel. Remington / Waffle House You know there’s a lot of people who look down on and mock Waffle House…but you’ve never actually met anyone who has ACTUALLY eaten at a Waffle House who has a bad thing to say about them. Everybody you know who eats at Waffle House LOVES the food they got at Waffle House. You know people who would pick Waffle House for their last meal with confidence. And, Y’know, like, a lot of criminals work there. Ok, yeah. But where were YOU planning to get a delicious meal at a sit-down restaurant for this price? That’s what I thought. Mossberg / Logan's Roadhouse The food here costs more than Waffle House, and for some reason it doesn’t have that weird stigma like Waffle House does, but man this whole company is f**king crazy. They’re totally cool with you throwing stuff all in the floor, and the line cook fights the managers and the waitresses like he’s defending some kind of title. Half the utensils you use are going to come in a bucket. Everyone you’ve ever met who worked for them sounds like they were a hairs breadth from blowing they’re brains out and if that waitress talks to you like that one more time you’re gonna go back there and hold her legs while the line cook pummels her and… …damn… …these Roadies are good, man! I’m eating here again tomorrow! Hi-Point Firearms / Little Caesars “It’s hot and ready.” “…but is it, like, good?” “We said it’s HOT and it’s READY.” Springfield Armory / Panera Bread So this one is just as culty as Chick Fil A, but on the TOTAL opposite end of the spectrum. And you’re gonna pay twice as much, and is it just me or is everyone who works for this company legitimately offended that I chose to come here? Also, they’re straight up lying about their food being locally grown and ethically sourced. They’ll bend over backwards to make eating here convenient though. You can get food from here no problem, provided you’re willing to pay more, roll the dice on your order being wrong, and then don’t count on getting any assistance fixing it. Walther / Ruby Tuesday You definitely have friends who say this is their favorite restaurant, but you’ve never actually seen them or anybody else eating here. You definitely haven’t eaten here. Someone must be though, cause you see them every now and again. You should really try it, I’ll bet it’s good. ….eh, nah. Let’s just go to Chick Fil A. Kel-Tec / Chipotle There are three kinds of people in the world: 1. People who have never eaten at Chipotle. Maybe never even heard of it. There’s not a lot of them where they live. 2. People who were almost killed by a meal they got at Chipotle and would sooner eat inside of an active dumpster fire than go eat at a Chipotle again. 3. A guy you know from the office who seemingly only eats at Chipotle and if you send him out to pick up lunch…he’s bringing back Chipotle. CZ / Cheddar's Casual Cafe Ok, look. Cheddars is DELICIOUS. It’s so good. But, c’mon man. Nothing is as good as that guy acts like Cheddars is. Reel it in, man. You’re over selling this. Pretty damn good though. Kimber / IHOP This is a restaurant for people who wanted to eat at Cracker Barrel but for one reason or another ended up at IHOP instead. Maybe they have decided they don’t want the stigma of eating at their Grand Pa’s favorite restaurant, or maybe Cracker Barrel was just packed or closed. Whatever the reason, You’re gonna pay the same price, and you’re not going to enjoy your customer service experience. BUT, there are some neat modern additions they’ve made to their pancakes that you aren’t gonna find at Cracker Barrel, and it is a HUGE plus that IHOP is open 24/7 and you never really have to wait for a table. You can pretty much go get some IHOP any time you want it. Random Imported Guns / Chinese Restaurants And to wrap up, any rando imported guns of any kind are like getting Chinese Take out. It could be the most delicious meal you’ve ever had in your life, a plate passed down using the same artistry that has been taught generation to generation down the ages to you. Or you could sh*t your pants and die. And sometimes the same place can serve you the same dish that was delicious the last time you got it and now it’s rancid. And sometimes it tastes delicious for a while and then turns on you later. Dunno. One way or another, you eat it, you’re gonna find out.

They stole them.

In the Bible 7 is a perfect number.

Those were the days. Thanks for bringing up great memories.

I remember the smell and the feel of the "cap" burns on my finger tips, from detonating the caps, by non-traditional means. Do you remember the cap device , that looked like a small missile. I bet these toys are not marketed to today's youth.

I loved my cap guns

I use to have one. You should shoot it. Then you wouldn’t be able to give it up.

Just had a great guy email me this info. Definitely knows more about her than me. Just for your reference, it's .22lr. Standard velocity only is recommended. Unofficially called a "Small push button" - (in reference to the barrel release button). 100 series. Mid '50's production.

Here is something of a family heirloom item. My dad bought this at Fort Ord in '74 or '75 . I came into possession of this bottle in 2018 after my father passed. As part of my childhood, I am glad its not one of the items the step family stole as they worked over his possessions before we got down there. Some keen eye will notice scotch tape around the cap. Yes, there is a story. First the pic for those that dont care to know that story. My parents like to have cocktail parties. Thought it was cute to have me try things. My dad really liked bourbon and 7's. So I got that taste way to early on. Around 1980 I started going thru their booze cabinet after school. It was just regular stuff, noting special. I would eye that beam bottle that sat with a couple other bottles on a display shelf. I had the sense they were off limits so avoided them. Thinking it was just that they were just really into league bowling back when we lived on base years before. But the curiosity of 14 to 15 year old me couldn't take it. Why was it special other than the novelty bottle, which I didnt understand at the time. So 40ish years ago I cracked that bottle open. Smelled it. Didn't smell special. Realized better (waaaay to late!), and put the cap back on without having any. Then of course, dumped in my pants because I realized that I had broken the seal. Well, you cant see it from the front I thought, so I should be good because because I didnt take any and the level of full. Just a few days later I found out just how wrong that thinking was. Mom noticed it dusting since she dusts under things (didnt think of that). And the words, "just wait till your dad gets home". I had not seem dad that PO'd and I got it pretty good. He put that tape around the neck and told me in no uncertain terms what would happen to me if that tape ever showed being tampered with. Apparently these were also something that he had run into back in Vietnam so that was part of the reason he got one later, not just that they were into bowling at the time. Tape is still intact 40 years on. Any value it have had as a collectible was destroyed by me all those years ago as a teen. My wish was that when we landed out here in 2018, we would finally open it in enerst. But unfortunately he passed 6 weeks prior to my arriving. My next trip down to South GA, I plan to take this with me at pour one out at the grave site now that probate and the mess down there is finalized.

Best of luck with your test result. While I agree the media / drug company driven fear around exposure is overdone, appreciate your concern around being an unwilling spreader and trying to ensure you aren't that guy.

Some guy on reddit is the OP.

There is a new-ish state park that looks outstanding called Pogue Creek. Also, if you haven't hiked to the Twin Arches in BSF I would definitely consider that.

Did you see the $1M smash and grab out of Florida? Not guns, high end designer bags. Simply replicating the pattern of Chicago and San Francisco high end retail areas. It seems the thieving criminal element is becoming more emboldened as there are few to no consequences. I'm not an alarmist, but if no consequences, what's the deterrent to stop robbing of passersby, homes, and carjacking? The new spin will be, "retailers aren't doing enough to secure their businesses before, during or after hours." to "he/she should have known driving a nice car, wearing a nice watch / jewelry, or dressed in name brand clothing is a target for the criminal element."

Could stop by Burgess Falls while you're near Cookeville. Then have dinner at Foglight Foodhouse while at Rock Island.

J your giving this thing away Already have one or I would’ve already bought it

If you ain’t sick, you ain’t sick. Turn off the tv and get on with your life. If you get sick, seek medical treatment.

Ruger is pretty good at making things at a reasonable price, so it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility.

Hey Greg, Pickett state park also boasts the first International Dark sky viewing area east of the Mississippi. It has views that are very similar to the areas out west. They have a nice parking area with electricity to charge batteries and about 2 acres they keep mowed for visitors. https://tnstateparks.com/parks/info/pickett

The one I remember looked like a bomb from a WW-2 bomber that you dropped on the sidewalk. Seems like mine is still around somewhere. Wonder where you can buy caps.

There’s one more day left in the year.

Back when I was a boy, every kid had a bunch of toy guns and just about every store carried caps. I well remember the days of "Cowboys and Indians" and playing "War". I remember being about 5 when for Christmas I got a full Cowboy outfit . Hat. shirt, boots and a double holstered pair of cap guns just like that. Anybody remember the Mattel Fanner 50 and Lever guns that had Greenie Stick 'em Caps and "Shootin' Shells"? We had tons of toy guns back in the 1960s. Mattel's Tommy Gun was very popular. I had a toy Browning 1919 machine gun that ran on 2 "D" cell batteries and made sounds when fired. One of my friends had a spring powered Bazooka that fired plastic rockets. Military guns were just as popular as the cowboy stuff. And yet, none of us grew up to be mass murderers. Imagine that.

Yep! I had Buscadera rig with pistols like that. Felt like a bad dude. This would have been some time in the 50s.

you gotta try the right kind.. serious. I was introduced to some of Mrrrrysvilles best a few years back, was good stuff, I will admit.

I did get super lucky on my Trip back from Michigan and found 5 bottles of Knob Creek 12yr for $68 each at a really cool Indiana liquor store....bought 4 of them figured I should leave one for some lucky soul.

Ha,ha! I have the back, knees and joints I deserve at 58. Generally healthy but man I hurt in the morning. Getting fitter is one thing the so called experts won't discuss about Covid. They just push the Vaccines. I'm not against them but feel I don't need it. Funny thing....I was considering getting jabbed just before our leader's "losing his patience" speech. That just turned me off it. That and how so many vaxxed are spreading it now. So many contradictions. Like pushing it on kids. I'd have a lot more respect for them if they stop lying about natural immunity, kids, mask efficiency, over run hospitals, causes of death of so many folks being primarily covid when many of these people had other major health problems and so on. I don't believe the Vaccine conspiracy people except for the money aspect being the driving force now. That and control over us. Finally if overrun hospitals is the main reason to "flatten the curve" then you'd think after all this time most big City hospitals could have upped their capacity by now.

It’s HOT, and it’s READY!

Im intrigued.

I like to think I provide an all inclusive service.

LOL! I've tried a few pricey bottles, but honestly, after training my liver on 750ml bottles with a good buddy, you can't beat The Glenlivet 12 year. 40 bucks, with 2 tumblers and a gift box. Get one of those and a glass of ice, it'll make you a fan.

I was fortunate enough to track down a Marlin Dark 45/70 late last year, after looking for one ever since they released them in 2019. The last two times I’ve taken it to the range I’ve had guys offer more than double what I paid for it. Henry also released a dark line, though I don’t like the look and feel of it quite as much. I’ve been watching several YouTube videos this week about the Ruger/Marlin SBL 45/70s that are already in the hands of the community influencers and it sounds like they are pretty nice. I’ve always had a think for the Chiappas as well, but they are REALLY proud of them.

UPDATE: the sick young lady was sent home today. They kept her overnight, pumped her full of meds and gave her more to take home. She feels like crap, but apparently isn't sick enough to take up valuable bed space. That's a good sign. BTW: she was vaccinated.

Ever been to Fall Creek Falls State Park?

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Drive by a Kroger and get a covid shot.

I do, but it dont like me. My preference right now is either home brewed corn whiskey or Blantons Bourbon

Yup, 99 lbs. It has a built in bale to help roll it around on the back wheels, like a wheelbarrow. Its impressive, just too big for me to lift on my own. Hell, my 1911 is too heavy to lift with one hand anymore

This is Katy. She showed up uninvited about six weeks ago, skinny and afraid to be touched. She's proven to be a sweet, gentle, but worthless hound, and I guess she's adopted us and has moved in permanently. She doesn't like to pose for photos, though.