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Not really sure, but this could be the source of our sleep deprivation. My wife has nicknamed them the terrorist twins.

It's been a while for an update. Tumors are caused by a cancer. The head doctor sent me to West clinic to be checked out. Since I was having a hard time eating a Petz tube was implanted. That took 4 months, 5 hospital visits for the right doctor to get it done. More doctor and hospital bills. West clinic doctor says I have esophagus cancer. I could get food to where the cancer is located, but not into my stomach. Finally got a Petz scan and a port in my left should for infusions. They started every 2 weeks at the first of December. My first meal I could eat was New Years Day, peas, cabbage, ham hock and cornbread. Tiny bites and lots of chewing to make it fine. Soak the cornbread in the peas made it easier. I ended up cooking 3 pans of cornbread and 3 pots of peas. Friday, with lots of snow coming down I cooked a pot of mild chili and more cornbread. No problem eating, just small bites and lots of chewing. 2- 2 quart containers in the freezer and 2 in the fridge after I had 2 bowls for dinner. I finished off the fridged one's last night. Monday I'll go to West clinic for my 5th infusion. They start about 9 or 10 am and finish about 4 pm. I wear a portable IV pump home and a return visit to have it removed 2 days later. Both days wear me out. I'm not ready to do anything until Saturday or Sunday. The first visit of December I was down to 99 pounds. I'm up 120 today. Weak, I do very little around here and lots of naps.

Dang, man! I'm glad you've updated us, but hate that you don't have better news. Hopefully it'll get better soon. Hang in there!

Birchwood pike is just up the road from me here in Harrison. It has a good deal of diversity as you drive one end to the other. Not too uncommon here in the county where you’ve got some nice homes on land mixed with trailers. It’s a major thru way, heavier traffic than most and has more than its share of crime. just a couple miles away, it’s much quieter without any incident to note. I don’t know if it’s just me, but that mug shot screams crazy old curmudgeon. Doesn’t it? Maybe ahead of the curve at 56.

As long as the Mrs doesn't put things away I tend to know where they are. LOL

This is Anya. I just had to have female to balance the pack.

Safe clean out of ammunition. Freeing up cash for another project. Federal Premium Law Enforcement 9mm 124 gr + p HST. #P9HST3 $450.00 per 1000 rds. Has been stored in metal ammo cans. I doubt you will find it priced this low anywhere else When it’s gone, it’s gone I have 3000 rds available. Pickup between Dickson and Bellevue areas Will ship.

Phenomenal pistol . Wanted to use it as a winter carry gun . i decided to stick with my 2 full size versions as my Shield Plus is just too good of an everyday carry for my fat belly I converted this to the g model (decock only) Comes with box x2 factory 15 rd mags ameriglo Combat style sights stealth decocker levers talon Pro grip tape (cheap game changer from stock texture . the talon grip is like soft sandpaper if you will, good grip but doesn't rub you raw ) shoots like a storm should has some kind of blemish i think i captured at the end of the barrel on the left side (was like that when i bought it from a member here) this is a regular px4 storm not the compact carry 2 located in opry mills area and would like to meet there. $500 please no trades unless its in my favor established members please i will not give out my phone number to new members

Stand by for date, original date won't work. So I want to put together a big event where we can all show off our bbq rigs, eat some good smoked meat, and bang some steel after the meal. I'll smoke ribs, chuck roast and a pig butt on the smoker. Feel free to bring sides and non alcoholic drinks to contribute. Open carry of fancy leather and engraved pistols is encouraged. Bring out your best. After a big meal of smoked meat and sides we can retire to the back field to bang some steel with pistol and rifle. Address will be posted at a later date or sent via PM. It's in Oliver Springs. Please no alcohol or drugs, they have no place around loaded firearms.

2000 rds SPF - Still 3000 rds left- Cleaning out my safes. Decided to turn loose of some ammunition. It’s all been stored in military metal ammo cans. Here I have a total of 5000 rds of PMC 5.56 mm M193 , 55 gr FMJ-BT. I will split this up in 1000 rd lots for $375.00 per 1000 rds Looking to meet between Dickson and Kingston Springs. Will ship with prepayment and on your dime. Thanks for looking!

All work done by profession gunsmith at Lock Stock and Barrel in Franklin TN. LC Smith Custom Grips and Grip Assembly. Bowen Custom front and Rear sights. Bowen cylinder pin, springs and swivel ring. Trigger job, crowned barrel and barrel was turned to remove warning. The gun is immaculate and one of a kind. If you know anything about Bowen custom fire arms their parts are top of the line and set the bar for revolvers. LC grips and custom grip frame are also top of the line. Will send more pics. I got this in a trade with another member on this site. I’m happy for him to make any corrections to anything stated above. Happy to send more pics. I am in Franklin TN. $2,000 cash price Possible trades include Franchi Affinity black Synthetic 28in 12G Ruger SP101 9mm Ruger Red Label Shotgun Ruger bolt action or semi auto rifles in 44 mag or 357 mag Pre-bankruptcy Remington LH 700 in 308. I like Rugers so feel free to put a package together and shoot your shot, but I do not need any Vaqueros or Blackhawks.

@JMA4575I missed this earlier. Please read the classified rules. Do not make offers in the open forum. 10. Haggle privately. If you are a new member and can't send a private message, just post a public reply and ask the author of the ad to contact you. Haggling does not belong in public. It is no one's business what you think an item is worth. That is between you and the seller.

Updated Trades

Mine was an excellent shooter.

Sorry about the Zombie thread, but I submitted my proposal for the district’s firearms education curriculum for next year. Thought I’d share if anyone was interested or has the ear of a decision maker. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1axDVoBD4jDyEKCJ9KsQ5SVfSdkj3wbPH81y_xFeHtfQ/edit

The tumor being gone seems like progress. Prayers sent.

On the last head doctor visit I was shown the MRI taken that morning. The tumor is gone. I can't do much since the wife keeps the house cold. Only 2 places I can stay warm is the bathroom and bed. With the weight loss and chemo I stay cold all the time. I'm sleeping in fleece pants and flannel shirt, on an electric mattress pad set on 5 and under an electric blanket set on 3, sometimes I wake up cold and increase their heat. My son bought an electric heat throw on the first chemo treatment and it help a lot while taking the drugs. My hands stay white and cold, my feet stay cold.

I'm glad you've been able to find things you can chew enough to eat and swallow so you could get some weight back on. It sounds like the chemo days, and the days that follow, are rough & exhausting. I hope the treatments are working and your tumor is shrinking and going away. Please keep us posted.

Selling my SIG SAUER P226 XFive 9mm 5" 20rd OIptic Ready Pistol. I am asking $1995.00 Firm for the handgun. I have a total of 240 rounds through the gun and it is in the same condition as purchased. For payment for the gun I prefer Cash. Sell must happen in the Memphis area. "No Trades Please". Thanks for looking. The Handgun Comes With: Three Sig Sauer 20 Round Magazines Sig Sauer Hard Gun Case with combination lock All Paperwork "The purchaser of the handgun must be a resident of the State of Tennessee, MUST has a Valid Tennessee HCP, and Fillout and Sign a Bill of Sale"

I’ll toss in a free PSA slide with optics cut.

I appreciate that! I’ve had the benefit of shooting a couple R8’s, enough to have one on my bucket list. Haven’t had the pleasure of handling a 327PC yet. I’ll reach out if I ever make it up that way…thank you for the offer.

I have holster mounted to the walls in my cabinet, in the kitchen, and have others stashed in areas we spend most of our time. One is within arm's reach of "Big Red" all the time. Big Red is the name my grandson gave my Lazy Boy. Like I stated I do carry on person after getting dressed. I have these guns for me when I am in my PJs, and for the misses as she does not carry on person although she has her CCP. She carries when we travel in our RV. It is a personal thing, stashing firearms. We are empty nesters. Edited to add; I will say the best thing to do is to harden your entry to your home before anything happens. I have also lit up the outside of our home really well and keep lights on, at night, both inside and outside. All my windows have storm windows plus the house windows have nails on each side of the middle divide that can only be removed from the inside. We also have added hardened Larson triple lock storm doors with substantial locks and double pain glass with the 3M in-between the double glass panes so one can't bust through the glass to enter. All this is done so if a determined intruder tries to force entry, they will need to make a lot of noise so my little yappy dog will wake us and "HOPEFULLY" we will have a little time to prepare. Also installed a driveway alarm that chimes when cars come up our long driveway. This plan is better than no plan at all. It cost real money and takes a lot of labor to really harden one's home. I look at as investment in personal safety, but IMO it is necessary this day-in-time. My experience of being chased/attacked in my front year, by 3 thugs, a few years back, gave me a whole new perspective. Young men beating up old physically impaired men. Don't want it to happen again, if I can help it. YMMV

While I don’t have one for sale. If you’re ever in the Clarksville area let me know, I’ve got a TRR8 and a 327PC I’ll let you shoot at Tennessee Gun Country. Great revolvers, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed if you can find one.

I usaly carry these two, custom Karambit that a knife maker on another forum that I belong to, D-2 Steel and custom etched blade finish and a Spartan Harsey Folder.

I hope no one takes this wrong and I am not trying to be argumentative. But, other than OC being your right and for some wanting to promote fear in the ‘Karens’ I really want to understand and am interested in your reasons for a preference to OC.

Staging is intimately personal, and has a lot of factors. As a general rule I would want to stage one in the bedroom, one each in the two rooms you spend the most time in. Another consideration I suggest is to make sure all authorized family members can run each weapon type effectively. I don’t know your personal situation, but my wife is familiar with ARs and Pistols. Therefore, an AK pattern gun wouldn’t be in the rotation.

I'm working out a staging plan. I'm considering hidden shelf type pieces and magnet mounts. I'm never far from a couple as it is but one never knows.

Message/comment for more information or photos. FTF sale, must be TN resident, 21+ yo, ID, eligible of purchasing, and able to sign a bill of sale, For Sale or Trade: Marcolmar CETME-LC 2.23/5.56 12.5" to 16" P&W, Welded Top Rail, Marcolmar x RS Regulate Handguard (Includes original parts, STANAG magazine & manual) No longer available/in production, only 640 made. - $3,000>$2,700>$2,500>$2,200 https://www.marcolmarfirearms.com/shop/cetme/green-cetme-lc Zastava M70 Tiger Maple 16" 7.62x39, Zastava Side Rail, ALG AKT EL Trigger, VG6 Brake, Krebs Enhanced Yugo AK Safety (Original Magazine Included) - $1,500>$1,250>$1,150>$1,000 Zastava M92 Alpha 10" 7.62x39, Zastava Quad Rail & AFG, CNC Warrior Folding Brace, Zastava Night Brake, ALG AKT EL Trigger, Krebs Enhanced Yugo AK Safety, Echo93 Hogue AK Grip Plum (Original Furniture & Magazine Included) - $1,500>$1,250>$1,150>$1,000 Arsenal AF-M-47W AK47 7.62x39mm Waffle Circle 10 30rd Magazines (4) - $150>$120>$100 Zastava AK47 Polymer Magazines (6) - $100>$80>$70 Zastava AK47 Steel Serbian Magazines (LRBO) (3) - $75>$50>$40 Bulgarian AK-47 7.62x39mm 30-Round Steel Magazines (10) - $250>$200>$175 1k Rounds of BVA/Vympel 7.62x39 - $550>$500 In regard to trades, I am interested in: Colt Python 6" Marlin 1894SBL IWI Galil Ace Gen II 5.56, Tavor X-95 5.56 Beretta PX4, 92 Sig Sauer P210, P220 H&K USP 9T or 9C, Mk23, SP5 Eotech XPS2 or EXPS 2 10mm Handguns 2011

Sounds like a lot of work

He gets around, few years eariler

Pictures help a great deal-

Offering an early production Remington Rolling Block rifle as indicated by the metal tipped forearm. This is a No 1 1/2 Sporting model rifle with the early steel tipped forearm configuration. The caliber is 32 rim fire. Early E. Remington & Sons Ilion , N.Y. As shown. Serial number 6666. Octagon barrel. Bore is lightly frosted with strong grooves and lands. Walnut stock and forearm are in excellent condition with a few expected dings and dents. Stock and forearm appear to have been professionally refinished. $850.00. Reasonable offer considered. Must be Tennessee resident. Must be at least twenty one years of age. Must have Tennessee DR or CCP. Pick up in Crossville, no meet me’s. Interested in Colt SP1’s, WWII 03’s, M1 carbines, WWII Japanese pistols, P 38.

Reading this was great entertainment. As always I don't care how you carry, it's about the person. Are you responsible, do you train, do you have proper equipment. I see concealed carriers that do it wrong, as well as open carriers. I shake my head at both. If you are aware, and you should be I'd bet you can guess who's carrying. I do both and yes I have a retention holster(level 2) for open carry, id say 85% I conceal carry. Carry how you want, don't judge those that do it differently then you. Do I recommend someone have an cheap unreliable firearm no, but if that's what they can afford I get it. I hate the way my wife shoots, but it works for her and she hits. Anyone who say their way is the only way, good luck.

I find OC to be a slippery slope. I can think of a couple of reasons the right to OC is important 1) in some states simply printing is considered open carrying, and if open carrying isn't legal in that jurisdiction the person can be charged. Legal OC prevents this. 2) in certain circumstances I prefer to OC but I'm not likely to encounter others while doing so, such as hiking and back country camping. So while I believe the right to open carry is important, I don't believe in doing so in public, which is tricky because I also believe that we will lose freedoms we don't exercise. Also, the last thing I want to deal with on a grocery run is some opinionated Karen, that is offended by the presence of my firearm. She will make a scene and I'm not going to educate her, or change her mind. If you are into those kinds of confrontations then open carry may be for you.

I don’t think it’s any more complicated than simply the fact that they are not allowed to do so. If the law were to change there, as I believe it should, you would likely see an initial explosion of the OC zealots doing their thing. But after a while, good sense and social stigma would result in an in-state of affairs as you have here, or nearly everywhere else in which it is legal and tolerated.

OC is like showing your cards when playing poker….makes in harder to win. secondly, it’s like a gay pride T-shirt, it’s offensive and I don’t care or want to know.

People who open carry are going to be the first person to get shot when trouble comes

When I first started carrying I was a proponent of open carry for all of the reasons your friends have mentioned. The longer I carried, and the more experience I gained with firearms the less desire I had to open carry. The only benefit of being allowed to open carry at this point is if at the end of the day of range Larping I just want to get home, I can just get in the car and go and not worry about it if I have to stop and get gas or something along the way. Otherwise, there is no benefit to advertising that I have a firearm on me . my view at this point boils down to this. Should you have the right to open carry, yes. Should you open carry, no.

I think open carry is dumb and FAR too often the only people I see open carrying have some sorry, poor excuse for a holster and usually a cheaper handgun to go with it - all which tells me they are probably new, not very trained and/or experienced in actual practice/training. I saw one person at a family event open carrying a LCP, seriously!? Also, it screams "look at me, I have a gun, this means I'm xxxx". Plus if a situation comes up where you need a firearm, they have possibly already given away one their best tools - the element of surprise. If I was a bad guy going to rob or shoot up a place and saw someone open carrying, I'd just off them first then start the mayhem. And another thing, it probably makes anti-gun people more nervous and fearful for no real gain. Better discussion in my opinion, why would someone open carry? I'll give them comfort, but throw a button up or vest over it you got your comfort and concealment.

I see open carry from time to time, and honestly, I wish those folks would conceal. We all know that LOTS of people are uncomfortable seeing a sidearm strapped to a hip. My preference is concealed for few reasons: I don't want to call undue attention to myself. I don't want to cause worry to others. I don't like the idea of being the first target if some nutcase decides to start shooting inside a store that I'm visiting. I carry unconcealed when I'm walking in the woods and often on my own property. But in every other circumstance I want to be as discrete as possible. I suspect that a sizeable proportion of those who carry openly do so just because they can, not because it fulfills a necessary purpose.

As I get older, I am enjoying shooting the old guns more and more. Especially those that use black powder. This is a reproduction of a Sharps 1874 in the "Gemmer" style with the cleaning rod running beneath the barrel. It is chambered for 45-70, has a 32" barrel and is crazy accurate. I have just added the venier tang sights and look forward to seeing what they add at longer distances. While I have fired some factory loads through it, it works best with the black powder loads that a friend of mine creates. He has all of the equipment to cast and load all calibers and the process that goes into finding just the right grain of bullet, the primer and of course, the amount of powder is just a fascinating thing to work with. I have a lot to learn, for sure.

Id love to make it a complete .5 credit course in the high school Broken up by Week (Block Schedule): Mindset and Defensive Skills History of the Second Amendment Basic Firearms Safety TN ECP Course Defensive Handgun TCCC Medical Course part 1 TCCC part 2 Carbine Basics Shotgun Basics

“For the smoke to clear” that was too good to pass up wasn’t it?