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There are numerous studies showing that transgendered people are fourfold (or more!) more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety than those who are content to stay within their biological swim lanes. Of course, every good statistician knows that you can use statistics to sell a lie, so there are also studies that chalk the aforementioned depression and anxiety up to the way that transgendered people are treated by the rest of society, and not to the fact that those people suffer from other things that caused them to want to put off their natural gender identity and "become someone else" as an escape or coping mechanism. To me, when we seek to justify aberrant behavior through confirmation bias, we have stopped trying to help someone recover and have become guilty of enabling. This usually is followed by a patchwork of psychotherapy that seeks to ease the pain rather than heal the wound. Treating symptoms versus treating causes. I'm sure these statements will be super unpopular with some people. The truth is pretty offensive at times.

People are messy, complicated, difficult, and panicy in groups. Why do we have all these fancy (and expensive) electronic nannies in vehicles today? ABS, stability control, auto-brake, etc... Because it's easier to program a computer than to train a person.

I believe that in our pursuit of solely allopathic remedies we have forgotten millennia of knowledge about natural medicines of our ancestors.

Thank you for conveying my thoughts more clearly than I’m able to do. I have probably should have said it was a sign of mental illness instead of just calling it mental illness. I have read that the suicide rate among that community is many times higher than the average. One could make the argument that society not being accepting of this causes the increased suicides. It can also be argued that suicide is another sign of mental illness. I did not post what I did with the intention of belittling anyone. I was only stating what appears to me to be an obvious thing that everyone seems to want to tiptoe around. I do not feel like that is helpful to anyone in the long run. Not the individual; not society in general.

My dad is 66. His generation was taught to suck it up. Talking about your feelings was considered a sign of weakness. I agree that we may have coddled younger people too much but I think there has to be a balance between that and how we stigmatized this in the past. My dad lived with depression most of his life and didn't go talk to anyone until he was almost 60. That was a mistake.

PSA 16" 5.56 Stainless Mid-Length in excellent condition, $575

Nashville McKay's is way better than Knoxville. Another on the list is small but sometimes you'll find some really unique stuff is "Cool Stuff Weird Things" on the corner of Charlotte at 49th. It's only about 5 blocks from The Great Escape so if you go there, you may as well check this one out too.

It's been a little over 3 months and I am happy to say that she is pleased with the knives. We had a discussion about hand wash, dry, air dry, then back to block. She is doing well with this and so are the knives.

Yes. Circumstances should not be an excuse for a fundamental lack of moral character, but it has permeated our society. On a much lesser scale, I see it at work. One of the big dogs is not a nice person. He treats most of his employees quite poorly... fear and intimidation are his primary tools. But after a few years, a lot of people have normalized this poor behavior. They know and accept that they're going to get cussed out or threatened. They just shrug it off. It creates undue stress which gets passed on to others and before long that snowball rolling downhill has become an avalanche.

Sorry to hear about your loss as it is terrible to see a home burn. Glad you and your family got out. I was a volunteer fireman for the Donelson-Hermitage Fire Department for 5 years and I saw a lot of loses but our response time was so good we saved many homes that lost maybe 1 or 2 rooms and were able to rebuild. I learned a lot while I worked for them. 2 things the Chief pushed hard on people was smoke detectors and Fire Extingushers in every home and know how to use them. I put my fuse box out with one of the ABC's I have all over the house.

A few years ago, we lost our whole house due to a fire. We were in a rental for about a year and it sucked. So, I'm really glad this story wasn't worse for you and thank the Lord nobody got hurt.

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I'm far from any expert. Hell, I'm probably a bit crazy myself. What I'm seeing is a fundamental difference in the way kids are raised today. When I was a kid we were taught that life is hard. Its up to you to make the best of it. We were taught that there ain't no free ride. You gotta work for what you want. We were taught that actions have consequences. You mess up, expect to pay the price. It wasn't so much "get over it" as it was "deal with it". Today's young people were raised in a "no child left behind" and "everybody get a trophy" world. They're given unreasonable expectations that life is all peaches and cream. They actually believe that life is supposed to be "fair". Then when they become young adults and suddenly find themselves having to face the real world on their own, they're completely unprepared for it. Life didn't turn out the way they wanted. But they have no clue as to how to fix it. So they become angry, depressed and blame everybody else for their problems. Has there ever been a mass shooter/killer that wasn't mentally ill? But instead of dealing with the difficult and complex problems of mental illness, its so much easier to blame an inanimate object, the gun. Gun control is about the appearance of addressing the problem. Not actually dealing with it. And that is the gist of the problem. Everybody knows mental illness is running rampant in this country, but nobody is willing to take the time, money or trouble to address it. Its a damned difficult thing to try to deal with. Liberals especially will never admit that their policies have contributed to the problem. Its all about looking like you're doing something rather than actually doing anything. Perception and politics over any real effort.

The few stories I’ve heard about psilocybin have been very favorable. Like marijuana, big pharma will bribe our politicians to keep this substance from reaching its full potential.

For me it all started with the coddling of kids and everyone wins a prize mentality. We created this mess by our own doing as far as I am concerned. It’s now coming home to roost.

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I like any and every 2A win, even if they are limited or temporary. Judge issues an injunction declaring the dubious parts of the CA Roster unconstitutional. https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/03/20/federal-judge-issues-injunction-against-ca-microstamping-requirement-and-other-aspects-of-unsafe-handguns-act-n68616 What's the roster you ask (short version): 22 years ago the gun grabbers took the long play approach toward a defacto ban by preventing any newly made guns from entering CA by adding unreasonable requirements to be 'safe'. This left only older legacy models 'certified', with them counting on the manufactures sunseting models in-favor of newer 'unsafe' (in the eyes of gun grabbers) designs. They did not count on makers knowing where their bread gets buttered, keeping lines of legacy guns available for sale in CA. One of the reasons why Gen 3 Glocks are still made among other things.

Exactly right. Then they are certified to the roster. The other piece of ‘all that needs to be done’ that precedes the certification is that the AG and his anti gun admin need to give up and not appeal or fight the ruling. That minor like detail could be a problem.

90s too

With those particular features zapped, all that has to be done by my understanding is for a sample to be sent to the CADOJ for drop testing and then paying the fees if that correct then really, only folks who want a Sig might be still left in the cold.

That was the first movie I remember seeing him in also Fox. I was never a fan of his though. I always thought he acted like he had a huge chip on his shoulder in real life. I also think he was involved in his wife's murder.....JMHO

SOLD!

If doesn't work out, I'm a back up thank you

I'll take it!!!

Yes dogs are great for sure and I taught her to come to me if and when a detector starts beeping and she did come to me and start barking to wake me up. The ones I have all over the house operate on batteries and when a battery gets weak the unit chirps and I can't hear the chirp but when she comes to me and gets my attention I know what she wants and I replace all 8 batteries because I don't know which one is bad.

Well according to the electrician the main issue was age for the overload because it was the main breaker that caught on fire. He said due to the fact that it was the breaker that was put in when the house was converted from a garage to a house 20+ years ago and last summer a new Central heat and air unit was installed and the main breaker should have been replaced at that time. He said he has seen the same thing many times. He said any time someone adds a new large appliance to their home they need to replace. He said in was in the teens Sunday night and the heat unit was working to hard on the old breaker. He said he was surprised this did not happen back in January when it was down near zero.

Dogs are great, glad you’re OK Doug.

Sorry to hear that. Any idea what caused it? Loose connections perhaps?

We didn’t lose this knowledge last week.

This handgun dates to 1985. It has a 2 power Leupold on it and is sighted in at 50 yards with 190 gr hard cast. Included are 2 speed loaders from 5 Star and the original rear sight. I am using the 10 mm for hogs so this one doesn't get any exercise $800 I made a very bad decision years ago and let a Bisley in 44 mag go with a bear hunting friend. He will not even think about replacing it. Always interested in one, Just in case. Open to trade offers, just don't know what I think I need

Very commonly, we talk about if a homeowner is "underwater" with the value of their home against the mortgage they're in. I think we're going to get more familiar with talking about the owner of that loan being underwater with the return on capital. The banks and Fed have nobody to blame but themselves for this. The ramifications from about a decade of free money orgy via ZIRP is long overdue. It's going to be turbulent as we've seen over the last few weeks, but it's time to take the crap you can't avoid after a night out at the steakhouse.

Unfired S&W .460 XVR Magnum/Ammo(4 boxes 200 grain) - Both brakes included (seven31..61seven..73eight8 if you’d rather text) Trades considered: Pre Lock Smiths, Colts, 20 gauge & 28 gauge shotguns. Maybe Others ..

Sorrow, but the answers are above my pay grade. Seriously though, I’d rather see more people seeking treatment than avoiding treatment to avoid ridicule. There are some f’d up people running around who need treatment, but aren’t seeking treatment. Healthy mental health should be normalized. Here’s an example. I watched a video earlier today of some young Memphis terrorist (car thieves & burglars) and it reminded me of a conversation I had a decade ago with a friend about young people from bad neighborhoods having ptsd. Their behavior is not justified , but growing up around gunfire, beatings, robberies, avoidance of authorities and rape can definitely have an effect on the psyche. In some cases it becomes ingrained as normalcy. When you couple those issues with being labeled weak or crazy, a person’s mental well being can definitely suffer. In essence, I get what some may see it as coddling or paying too much attention to the mental well being of others. That being said, I believe we are a society playing catch up on the concerns of the psychological health of the public. Many of us on TGO are hard men and women because of our upbringing. It’s a badge of honor for most. We are a product of our times. Some things couldn’t get done without hard men and women. Doesn’t mean that there aren’t some scars on the brain.

Vet them through buyer/seller feedback here on TGO. Never meet after dark, if you can at all avoid it. Always meet at a well populated, well trafficked location. Most police stations and sheriff's departments are perfectly fine with you using their parking lot for this. Some even have designated parking spots FOR online sales handoffs. Discuss with the buyer/selller ahead of time if anyone else will be present so that there are no surprises. GO ARMED. Be ready to use it if you have to. Don't leave it in the car, in the glovebox. Keep it on you. LISTEN TO YOUR GUT INSTINCTS. Be willing to drive away if ANYTHING feels off about the setting or the situation at all. The possibility of resulting negative feedback or hurt feelings are completely inconsequential. Your instincts exist for a reason, so trust them. And one last tactic: I have, in the past, gone to a rendezvous and taken my own backup with me. Another person who I knew I could trust to handle the situation if it went sideways. They were armed and as skilled or more so than I am. I circled the lot and let them out nearby so that they could monitor and quickly respond if things got ugly, but far enough away from the rendezvous point that they weren't easily spotted. Basically, learn to think like a predator. Think like a bad guy. Think about what you would do if you were up to no good, and then think about how to circumvent that.

In this case judging by the pics provided it had zero to do with the door and 100% to do with the operator and his "plan" lol.

I've been doing this work for 40 years; the longer I do it the less it seems I know. Here is a fair "10,000 foot overview": https://www.health.com/condition/depression/8-million-americans-psychological-distress I have never seen anything affect our collective mental health like COVID. People who were minimally functioning and got through the day by going to work, coming home, and going out in public went into two years of isolation. The levels of anxiety and depression skyrocketed. Two years of massive life changes challenged everyone's perception of life, normalcy, and safety. Add political unrest , family strife, etc. and we have a greater level of triggering events with fewer and safe places to express oneself For many people "family" is not safe anymore.. People who were not functioning well got worse, many who thought they were "well" were found to be "unwell." Substance abuse has also reached new and scary levels during the pandemic. And we are all trying to figure out what "normal" is again. The one good thing that happened during COVID was that insurance started paying for telehealth which it never did before. Allowing people to do therapy from home has been a help to all. At this point I still do more therapy online than FTF. On the other hand, there is not enough mental health available. In the Nashville area therapist wait time is 2 - 4 months; 6 - 8 for a psychiatrist for medications. As a culture we still do not make it easy for others to seek help; many are stigmatized by friends or family to seek help. While some will take a blood pressure medication when their PCP tells them, if a PCP suggests a medication for depression others will respond by saying "I'm not crazy." Please do not misunderstand my thoughts: I am not saying I am "right" or have all the answers. I'm just trying to do the best I can with every client, and most every client is more challenging now than they were in 2019. And at the end of the day, it's a matter of personal will. How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but the light bulb really has to want to change . . .

I am not a mental health professional, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn last night. What I do have are some doubts about this statement. Over the last 30 years or so we have dramatically destigmatized mental health problems, and as a society are far more accommodating of them than we ever have been in the past. During that time, it seems as if the general mental health of folks has only declined. We’re not getting any better the more options and availability of treatment that there is. We’re only getting worse, much worse. On some level, I wonder if we’re simply getting more of what we accommodate and accept? i’m not calling in to question your expertise or credentials, simply making statements of generalities based upon my observations. What I don’t think is in question at all is that as a society we are obviously doing something very, very wrong.

Paying someone to move a safe is cheaper than a trip to the emergency room.

Very sorry this happened, and I pray the bentleman is ok. However, my pitiful size/weight recognition skills wonder if that 2000# assessment is a wee bit off. I have one that appears to be about that size. It's 56 x 48 and was just under 1000 #. My brotherinlaw and I moved it off an open trailer and sat it up safely. But we had rollers, a hydrolic lift jack and blocks to sit it on. All we had to do was push and shove to get it placed on the blocks. That was 20 years ago though. I wouldn't even think of trying to move it now. Too old, too slow, and way too paranoid of getting hurt again.

Thanks for the well wishes. Had my first meeting with PT this morning. Lots of hope Moving slower on everything, trying to use left side as much as possible, typing is very slow but I keep correcting.

Bay Area Rapid Transit, if I correctly recall.

1911=.45

Thanks for all the input. I ended up ordering a set of Henckles. We will see if that suits her.

My favorite is Taylor’s & Company Devils Anse in 357.