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I have bought a many of things, and I have sent a many of things through the USPS, I have no stories.  I guess the law of it will happen is certainly going to catch up to me.  So I must be at high risk since it has not happened to me.

My wife would want one of these for herself, she says I am a know it all person! 

It was 68 just moments ago on the wife's minivan outside temperature gauge.  It is slightly breezy.  My weather rock is dry, and is moving.  Quite warm to the touch. 

I was in Pigeon Forge yesterday, this one for sure makes me go hmmmmm, not for what I saw, but for how the entrepreneurship idea hit the owner: [url=http://s963.photobucket.com/user/runco0318/media/goatsontheroof_zpsd552665d.jpg.html][/URL]

I guess this guy needed his brother's keeper, then all would be all right.

Does this mean Apple I-phone production will not be met this week?

Dag Jim! On March 1st, it was 65 and beautiful, and today maybe a little cloudy, but nonetheless mid 60s, but tomorrow freezing rain, snow. Gees................ :surrender: [url=http://s963.photobucket.com/user/runco0318/media/weather_zps4de75a58.jpg.html][/URL]

One thing about guns, you never just have a only one gun!  You will buy another!  Welcome.

I view books as directional guides only.  Classifieds here, Armslist, Gunbroker, is the real market.  I mean the items that actually sell, not the asking prices.  I am sure most folks run across that occasional gun that they have no idea what its worth.  The book will get you in ballpark, but the market is actually what a buyer is willing to pay.    I have always read the classifieds of guns, and just about anything else for years.  Not always to be looking for something, but to understand and try to have a memory of certain things.  So when I come across something at a yard sale, a gun show, a flea market, or just a buddy, I can spot a deal if I see one.  My problem is I do find deals, and I do buy.  I really don't need it, and I usually don't sell it.   :screwy: 

I am 46 years old, and I am still in a state of hmmmm over this: [URL=http://s963.photobucket.com/user/runco0318/media/chickenoregg1_zps747ac813.png.html][/URL]

See post #9 in this link: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/76125-knoxville-show-feb-22-23/

One good thing about it being so small, not to much torque will be on it.  I am the master at breaking bolts, rounding nuts, and stripping threads.  I have many easy-outs, but you have to drill a hole in the center of the broken item for the easy out to grab.

Before I got married, I test drove some items, that didn't pan out.  Is this any different?  I also never read any magazines at Walmart or the book store either! 

I purchased my Thumler's Tumber Model B from Stainless Tumbling Media about a year ago, http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com . I caught the stainless steel media on sale at Midway, ebay has some good buys for media too. Then I use local walmart for my Lemi-Shine. Why I chose a tumbler over a vibe bowl, just about every other person who started out the vibe bowl and dry media route on most message boards that I read made the same comment, wished they had went the stainless media route. One of the reasons I lurk on message boards is to learn and not make the same mistakes as others. As an alternative, every now and then you can find a cheap barrel type cement mixer that will do the same job either on craigslist or at Harbor Freight http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=cement [URL=http://s963.photobucket.com/user/runco0318/media/cement_zpsa0db8718.jpg.html][/URL]

Tag for myself.  Thanks for posting.

It is extremely rare anymore for me to buy from a brick and mortar stores for anything including most durable items, not just gun items.  Nothing against them personally, they just can't compete with the changing market place.  It is 10x easier for me to click buy it on a trusted web site, use a coupon, and have it on my door step in 2 days.  Sorry, I just can't give extra money to a business just because they have a store front and they live in my town.  I have too many bills, too many wants, and not enough money.  I have to smart shop all the time to make the ends meet.     I recently in the past 60 days bought the Aimpoint Pro delivered from Optics Planet for like ~$367 with a special Facebook coupon, and free shipping.  From what "little" research I did, I could only find $409+ tax as the best store front price.  So $449 at the retail store, vs $367 for the same item,  hmmmmm this is a no-brainer, or at least with my money, its a no-brainer.  My :2cents:

Thanks for posting.

Tonights episode "Bulletproof" was about guns and vests, with a little liberal spin.  Anyone catch it?   BTW this is one of only a few TV shows I watch period.  Been watching since 2004.   http://www.cbs.com/shows/ncis/?ttag=tv%3bncis

I hear those guns are very light? 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/25/california-couple-finds-10-million-in-rare-coins-while-out-walking-dog/?intcmp=latestnews

I found this interested article on TTAG. If 2012 doubled over 2011, I wonder what 2013 did triple? http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/02/chris-dumm/atfe-report-ar-15-manufacture-doubled-2011-2012/#more-299423 https://www.atf.gov/sites/default/files/assets/pdf-files/afmer_2012_final_web_report_17jan2014.pdf Because we’re a few months into 2014, the ATF has just released their annual “Annual Firearms Manufacturing And Export Report” for the calendar year…2012. It’s a year late and a dollar short, so we’re lucky that good news can (in this case) wait . . . So what’s the good news? It’s that the manufacture of AR-15 pattern rifles more than doubled from CY 2011 to CY 2012, to a paper number of over 825,000. I say ‘paper’ number because that 825K doesn’t include any AR-pattern pistols like this PWS MK107. And it also doesn’t include any Ruger SR-556s like this one. Or any of the ARs manufactured by Remington or Bushmaster. If these manufacturers were included, as well as AR pistols, the number would approach an even million. Nearly one million ARs produced in a single year.The year before Newtown. And we all know where that number went after Newtown. It is pretty awesome, if you’ve been saving your pennies to buy one. I’m flooding you with pictures of ARs because they’re flooding the market. The sky-high Panic prices of early 2013 are long gone, and entry-level Modern Sporting Rifles can now be found for about $600, which is roughly the same price as in November 2012. AR Magazines have dropped back down to pre-Panic prices, and CTD doesn’t dare advertise a single GI magazine for $125 any more. The price of 5.56 ammo hasn’t quite come down off the ledge yet, but it’s getting there. We won’t know for another year, but my prediction is that 2013 will prove to be an even bigger year for AR manufacture than 2012 was. I don’t see another 100% year-on-year increase happening, but it would be nice to see 2013 being another million-plus year for the single most popular rifle design in America. Keep up the good work, people. The more ARs that exist in private ownership, the more trouble Shannon Watts & Co. will have if they try to ban them.

I guess I will be a little patient a little longer!   Story on Fox today:   http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/25/major-bitcoin-exchange-website-goes-offline/   A major bitcoin exchange has gone bust after secretly racking up catastrophic losses, other virtual currency companies said Tuesday — a potentially fatal blow for the exotic new form of money.    The website of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox was returning a blank page Tuesday. The disappearance of the site follows the resignation Sunday of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group seeking legitimacy for the currency, and a withdrawal ban imposed at the exchange earlier this month.    At the risk of appearing hyperbolic, this could be the end of Bitcoin.'   Prominent members of the Bitcoin community — including San Francisco-based wallet service Coinbase and Chinese exchange BTC China — sought to shore up confidence in the currency by saying Mt. Gox's collapse was an isolated case of mismanagement. They said it had abused users' trust, but did not offer details on how.   "As with any new industry, there are certain bad actors that need to be weeded out, and that is what we are seeing today," the statement said.   Documents purportedly leaked from the company lay out the scale of the problem. An 11-page "Crisis Strategy Draft" published on the blog of entrepreneur and Bitcoin enthusiast Ryan Selkis says that 740,000 bitcoins are missing from Mt. Gox, which roughly translates to hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of losses, although figures are fuzzy given Bitcoin's extreme volatility.   "At the risk of appearing hyperbolic, this could be the end of Bitcoin, at least for most of the public," the draft said. In a post to his blog, Selkis said that the document was handed to him by a "reliable source" and that several people close to the company had confirmed the figures. Reached by phone, he declined further comment. The Japanese government, meanwhile, has not announced any formal investigation.   The scandal may cost customers dear.   At the Tokyo office tower housing Mt. Gox, bitcoin trader Kolin Burges said he had picketed the building since Feb. 14 after flying in from London, hoping to get back $320,000 he has tied up in bitcoins with Mt. Gox.   "I may have lost all of my money," said Burgess, next to placards asking if Mt. Gox is bankrupt. "It hasn't shaken my trust in Bitcoin, but it has shaken my trust in bitcoin exchanges."   Mt. Gox CEO Karpeles did not immediately return several messages seeking comment. A security officer at the office tower said no one from Mt. Gox was in the building. Tibbane, an Internet company that Karpeles is CEO of, still has its name listed on the building's directory.   "I have no idea" where they are, said Burges, the trader. "I'm both annoyed and worried."   On bitcoin exchanges, the currency's value has fallen to about $470 from $550 in the past few hours, a figure already down more than 50 percent on the price of $1,200 per bitcoin reached on Mt. Gox three months ago.   The disappearance of Mt. Gox could be fatal for Bitcoin, which was started in 2009 as a currency free from government controls. Bitcoin's boosters say the currency's design make it impossible to counterfeit and difficult to manipulate, and the virtual money has won an eclectic mix of die-hard fans, including libertarians, tech enthusiasts and adventurous investors.   But the currency has struggled to shake off its associations with criminality, particularly its role in powering the now-defunct online drug marketplace Silk Road. Only last month another member of the Bitcoin Foundation, Vice Chairman Charlie Shrem, was arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport on charges of money laundering. Authorities have been taking an increasingly hard look at Bitcoin and related virtual currencies including Litecoin, Namecoin, Ripple, and countless others. Some countries, including Russia, have effectively banned the currency. In other jurisdictions, authorities are weighing whether to try to tame the marketplace through licenses or other mechanisms.   Even if Mt. Gox doesn't drag Bitcoin down with it, there's fear that the exchange's demise will push officials to take an even more skeptical stance. "I think this is disastrous from a (regulatory) standpoint," Selkis, the enthusiast, said in a message posted to Twitter. "The hammer will now come down hard."

You too!  My wife wants her parking space back.