Dennis1209

Scary and sad.   Here in the U.S. and globally we're well past the historical time line for another pandemic. If you reason it out we're less prepared and more vulnerable today than decades and centuries ago. There's no way to prepare for it because it could be any of dozens of plagues from Spanish flu, Avian, Ebola, etc., natural or man-made.   With the global population at over seven billion and the vast majority of those living in cities and urban settings... The speed it can travel from one Continent to another is now measured in hours instead of historical months / years. You get the picture.   Modern technology and medicine will do nothing to slow the next global pandemic at all. By the time it is identified it will have spread beyond control and in the process of mutating. Any attempt for vaccines will be futile since by the time it is identified, a vaccine is invented / manufactures & delivered, it will have most likely run its course.   That's not even taking into account the percentage of first responders and medical professionals that will be at the most risk of contracting the plague. Our next global pandemic is a 100% certainty and will spread faster than anytime in history. For economic and political reasons, our borders will not be shut down until it's much too late.   Man, this is scary!

I believe I would enjoy this program a little more if the home entertainment system had Smell - A - Vision.   With all the homes / business's they looted for food, you would think they might run across a bar of soap or two? Also noticed the zombie's G.I. tracks don't seem to work after gorging themselves?   How does Darrel continue to have an unlimited supply of arrows (bolts) for his cross bow and rick can't get a decent OWB holster anywhere for his Colt Python. Instead of trying to find safe haven somewhere, a trip to the CDC, etc.... I'd be like the kid in the candy store and making my rounds to Galco, Milt Sparks, Wilson Combat, Remington, Winchester, Colt, Trijicon, Kimber  :up:

I thought it would be simple to just change out / swap a plastic main spring housing for a metal Wilson Combat on my Kimber. Nope, needed fitted.

I can't tell you how many times my nose grew 6 - 18 inches when trying to sneak a new gun from the truck to the safe, or giving it it's initial cleaning or admiring it and got caught.

Would their mom's name be Gemma and their dad Teller :up:

With enough condiments, seasoning and spice... I suppose you could force about anything down your gullet including but not limited to armadillo.

The good Lord divided the land from the sea, the urban from the country, the East from the West, up from down and the hillbilly red neck from the city slicker for a reason.

I've though long and hard on this matter myself.   Speaking for myself... Should an actual life or death situation ever occur for me (God forbid) I would most likely have to make that critical decision to draw and fire in a split second. For me, especially at my age, my brain can't process all the required information before the big bang(s). In public or around others, there's a lot of information to process in a split second that will be a life ending or life changing event.   Sometimes it's just better to keep it holstered and keep your cool even in a life & death engagement. I think I'd rather be dead than spend 25 years in prison, especially after watching all the "Locked Up Raw" programs on MSNBC :stunned:

  This time last year I put an expensive 15 pound ham in the smoker for about six hours to impress my family on my cooking abilities, even made tater salad!   Six hours later we ate dried ham jerky and tater salad. How was I suppose to know you don't put a pre-cooked ham in the smoker for that long :rant:

Here fishy fishy fishy...

Just one word...

I live on top of a hill with two large red oak trees right next to the house, well, just one red oak tree now.   A few years ago I was sound asleep when suddenly I found myself stuck to the bedroom ceiling. After considerable effort un-gluing myself from the ceiling, removing my soiled tighty whitey's and showering, I suspected lightning hit the house.   The next morning at first light I went out to inspect for any damage. A large tree limb hit the roof and caused damage and you could see the path of the lightning going down the tree where it blew the side of the tree off and killed the tree. Being 4 yards from the back deck it was a $500.00 removal job because I didn't think it wise to call the insurance company and ask if I fell this tree and it hits the house, am I covered.   Since this incident, in addition to my G-19 and Surefire flashlight, I've added a paint scraper for better removal from the ceiling and a spare "Depends" on the night stand.   If lightning striking that close to your house and doesn't wake you from a deep sleep, you don't need ear plugs at the range, you read what's being said on your T.V. and your spouses hands and arms make all kinds of funny symbols when he / she communicates with you! Then there's that bright white light that completely penetrates the curtains, eye lids and brain even in a deep sleep.

I was in the same boat, pun intended!   Sold my 20 foot fiberglass bass boat with the 200 h.p. Mercury ten years ago after a bad fishing trip and "another" severe sun / wind burn. That was the trip that culminated in my basil cell melanoma.   Funny thing, all of a sudden I had more disposable cash after getting rid of the boat and the wife started talking to me???? Go figure?

Mine expires in September and received my renewal form in May.

The public rail bus system "Metrolink" is CCW un-friendly as is Busch Stadium and most of the area attractions.   The traffic on the Interstates / major roads during rush hour(s) can be really bad.

In nature the weak and mentally defective get weeded out pretty quickly by their peers and nature. Bugs Bunny doesn't give up a portion of his hard earned carrots to provide the Road Runner with free mental care and medication for life. Our advanced PC society needs to revert back a few decades or so to the days when society had a little common sense administering lobotomy's free of charge for the incurable violent mental defectives. Or a one time liberal dose of free electrons at tax-payer expense.   When was the last time you heard of a successful cure for a defective violent felon that required no further treatment or medications? Our prisons are filled with violent incurable mental defectives with release dates. There's more of them on the loose than identified, caught, tried and imprisoned, and that's scary.   When the rabid skunk, bat or raccoon is camped out by your back door, what percentage of society will dip into their wallet and try to get the animal cured. Whether or not society believes a defective should be held accountable for their violent crimes, the results for the victims and families are no less tragic.

I guess that answers a question I had on the majority of snakes I see around here. Looks just like the one pictured but has off white dots sprinkled around. A few years ago one slithered by me standing still and it had to be an eight footer. Honest Injun...   Another one we have around here I often see looks like the King snake but it has "ripples" down its back? I'm guessing it's maybe a rat snake.

Yea they're adaptable. The country yotes around here are still shy and elusive, they probably know my neighbors and their gun habits. Seen them in subdivisions where they seemed tame and bold.   I hear them really close at night on occasion yapping up a storm. Looked it up and apparently their pack yapping means they're making a kill. In the five years I've lived here, only lay-ed an eyeball on one coyote on a cold drizzling morning in the back yard.

I use to fish every weekend and every vacation day for years and almost cost me and my buddy our marriages. I found that tournaments were to much like work, and if I wanted to work I'd just go there instead of fishing. I found you could actually make a living going to work? Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he spends the rent money on boats, lures, motels, bait, beer, fuel, repairs, license...   I eventually found crappie fishing more relaxing and enjoyable compared to bass fishing. IMHO crappie taste better than bass and the action is usually better and limits are liberal. On those days when the testosterone levels were high, I'd relax in the boat trying for a lunker cat fish.   Ah, the good ole days!   Biggest fish.   Crappie: 2lb. 10 oz. (Three pounds was always my goal) Bass: 9 lb. 7 oz. (Lake Fork, TX. with a shinner) Striped Bass: 15 lbs. Cat Fish: 25 lbs. (Mississippi River) Bluegill: Much bigger than my hand

  If the blast off the cardboard target doesn't part your hair and you don't see gun powder residue on the paper, move forward and repeat. That's how I practice with my Ruger LCP .380

  The moving man... That's what he enjoys doing. Your job is to sit back, slug down a few brew's and enjoy the show. Sometimes it's better than a UFC or Bellitor event :popcorn:

  Getting a safe bigger than you think you need can't be stated enough.

Wow Raoul...   I guess the adage, "with age comes wisdom" is true! Glad it turned out the way it did. A testosterone dump has got me in a few scrapes in my younger years. Now I require testosterone therapy just to take a whiz :stunned:   Thanks for sharing.

  The above gets my vote. Got mine from his Nashville store delivered and very happy.

Sup H.P.   I got out yesterday. Unfortunately, I must have had a batch of bad ammunition. It either went "bang" and nothing hit the paper or the bullet hooked left or sliced right. Hit to a non-threat and failure to nuetralize is still ringing in my ears. Sure beat cutting four acres of grass...