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Ernest T. Bass

Merry Christmas BersaGuy and everyone else on TGO.

Praying for a speedy recovery and light symptoms.

Praying for you. My btother inlaw was diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer in March. He gets regular immuno therapy as opposed to chemo due to the late stage of the disease. He is still hanging in there and has actually improved some. Hoping they can get you fixed up.

I know several people that I will show this to that say he is only after guns that no one should have anyway. I jokingly told one that I was going to get a machine gun next. Her response was "at least it's not an assault rifle".

Funerals can be very costly or somewhat reasonable. Not sure about pricing these days. My Dad asked for cremation. Total cost for that 5 years ago was right at $1,000. He told me several times in his final years that old age made a person not afraid to die and he was ready when his time came.

Good for you. Merry Christmas to you.

Prayers for an excellent outcome.

It Snowed Last Night.. 8:00 am: I made a snowman. 8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn't make a snow woman. 8:15 - So, I made a snow woman. 8:17 - My feminist neighbor complained about the snow woman's voluptuous chest saying it objectified snow women everywhere. 8:20 - The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and moaned it could have been two snow men instead. 8:22 - The transgender man..women...person asked why I didn't just make one snow person with detachable parts. 8:25 - The vegans at the end of the lane complained about the carrot nose, as veggies are food and not to decorate snow figures with. 8:28 - I was being called a racist because the snow couple is white. 8:30 - I used food coloring to make one of the snow couple a different color and be more racially inclusive. 8:37 - Accused of using black face on the snowman...snowpersons. 8:39 - The middle eastern gent across the road demanded the snow woman be covered up . 8:40 - The police arrived saying someone had been offended. 8:42 - The feminist neighbor complained again that the broomstick of the snow woman needed to be removed because it depicted women in a domestic role. 8:43 - The council equality officer arrived and threatened me with eviction. 8:45 - TV news crew from ABC showed up. I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snow-women? I replied "Snowballs" and am now called a sexist. 9:00 - I was on the news as a suspected terrorist, racist, homophobe, and sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during difficult weather. 9:10 - I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services. 9:29 - Far left protesters offended by everything marched down the street demanding for me to be arrested. 9:45 - The boss called and fired me because of the negative association with work that had been all over social media. 10:00 - I cry into my drink because all I wanted to do was build a snowman... Moral: There is no moral to this story. It is what has happened to our world. We need to get back to: LOVE ONE ANOTHER copied and shared

It won't happen overnight but if you do the rehab religiously (especially the stretching) you will be a new man.

My "store bought knee" is 8 years old and has been a blessing. Surgery was done in October of 2012 and the following April I did a 100 mile bicycle ride. Since then I have logged just over 50,000 miles on the bike and on my last xray it showed no wear. I had a rented ice machine for a few days after going home which my insurance paid for if I remember correctly. you should check into that with your surgeon.

RIP Michael. Good music in Heaven.

I saw Roger Moore on a talk show years ago. He said he was with his son in a restaurant when Connery walked in. His son said "Look, it's the real James Bond".

The Tennessee state parks offer 10% discount on camping for Tennessee residents and 25% for seniors age 62 and over. I have been taking advantage of the new policy this year with my travel trailer. Tim's Ford and Natchez Trace state park are really nice campgrounds for RV camping, we did some great bicycling and kayaking right from the campsite. Most other state parks are good too. https://reserve.tnstateparks.com/

I have a Bauer .25acp and a Keltec p3at that fit into my cycling jersey pocket and I don't notice them being there for when I am riding my bike. A weirdo stopped me while riding alone once in the middle of nowhere just to ask me if I carry a gun when I ride. I assured him so by reaching into my pocket without pulling it out and he decided to move along.

I hardly ever turn the TV on anymore. No such thing as news these days, just propaganda shows. I do watch Young Sheldon and This Is Us. That's it. No sports anymore either. Spoiled brats getting political and raking in more money than they can ever spend thinking it makes them smart or something.

Switchblades are legal in Tennessee now so I guess it's ok to use it while sticking up a gas station.

I put them on my FNS9 Compact. Quick target acquisition for a self defense situation and plenty accurate enough for that purpose. I don't plan on any long range shooting with that gun anyway but it's better at distance than I thought it would be.

I have enough ammo that I'm sure they will get to me before I could ever use it up

On any given day I will have between 1 and 5 working on my feeders. Last year I consistently had 4-10. Hoping to see more activity as last year when they really started good in mid June.

Check this hornet exterminator out. Of course it will do that to hummingbirds too. https://gfycat.com/shadowyhandmadecalf