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All listed are good options. Fighting Sheep Dog gets my vote. They are vendors here, and unless it's changed transfers are $20. Plus side is its owned by a couple and Rachel the wife runs the counter so she will be able to deal with a female presence which should be less intimidating than your average testosterone fest. Sent from the backwoods

I grew up in the blacksmith shop. You should see some of the rediclous stuff my dad helped me crank out to play with. He made me a wooden broadsword when I was 6 or 7. By the time I was 9 I had a fullsize, hand forged sharpened one lol. Handmade spikes and throwing stars, knives by the dozens. My idea of something cool to watch was filling a soup can with gas and tossing in an 1800 degree piece of scrap steel from a few feet away. I was to close once and when it went off my ass hit the ground. Dad told me to get up and quit acting like a girl. We did all kinds of fun and dangerous stuff. Dad was and is also heavily involved in Martial arts, which was great for discipline, but when I was a kid my rough housing usually involved a lot of judo throws, arm bars and chokes. I would probably spend time in juvenile hall for the fights I got into due to some of the injuries sustained lol. Sent from the backwoods

A good multitool, I run a Leatherman MUT. I'd suggest a heavy camp knife over a machete for local terrian. A machete doesn't hold a light to a 10-12" bladed camp knife or Khukri. Pair it with a 3.5" bladed fixed blade and you have an amazing do anything combo. Sent from the backwoods

I read this on another forum a long time ago, and it is still one of the funniest things I've ever read. Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little bad-ass compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor will take 6 close range rounds before it goes down? Tough sumbich. That got boring, so being the 10 yr. old Dukes of Hazzard fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up T-shirt doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming arrows all over the place. Keep in mind this was 99.999% humidity swampland so there really wasn't any fire danger. I’ll put it this way- a set of post hole diggers and a 3 ft. hole and you had yourself a well. One summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming arrows into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I happened to look over towards the carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid (ether). The light bulb went on. I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I figured it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner. Let’s face it…to a 10 yr. old mouth-breather like me ether really doesn't "sound" flammable. So, I went back into the house and got a 1 pound can of black powder for muzzle loader rifles. At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a little bit around the ether can but it all sorta dumped out on me. No biggie, 1 pound of black powder and a 16 oz can of ether should make a loud pop kind of like a firecracker, You know what? Fight that! I'm going back in the house for the other can. Yes, I got a second can of black powder and dumped it too. Now we're cookin'. I stepped back about 15 feet and lit the 2 stroke soaked arrow. I drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. Upon releasing the arrow I heard the sound of a car door closing as the arrow sped its way to my target. In what can only be described as the slow motion frame by frame advancement on a VCR, I turned to see my dad getting out of the truck. SHEET…he just got home from work. As God is my witness it took 10 minutes for that arrow to reach the can only 15 feet distant. I see my dad walking towards me with a *** look in his eyes. I turned back towards my intended target just in time to see the arrow pierce the starting fluid can right at the bottom, right through the pile of black powder and into the can. When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I don't know if it was the actual concussion from the blast or the 235 fighting decibels of sound that laid me out. I do recall a milliseconds glimpse of the violence during the initial explosion and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering 1 foot above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a low layer of a dust based fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, ants, earthworms and a crawfish or two. The daylight turned purple. Let me repeat this...THE FIGHTING DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE. There was a big Sweetgum tree out by the gate going into the pasture. Notice I said "was". That mo-fo up rooted and ran off. So here I am, on the ground, blown completely out of my shoes with my Thunder Cats T-shirt shredded, eyebrows singed with my dad on the other side of the carport having what I can only assume is a Vietnam flashback. ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOUR BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE GOD DANG IT…CEASE FIRE!! His hat has blown off and is 30 ft. behind him in the driveway. All the windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a slow rolling mushroom cloud about 200 feet over our backyard. We had a Honda 185s 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard. The fenders are drooped down from the heat and are now touching the tires. I wish I knew what I said to my dad at that moment but I truthfully don't know - I know I said something. But I couldn't hear, my ears were ringing so loud I couldn't even hear inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either...not that it would have really mattered. The fact is I don't remember much from this point on. It's all very foggy. I said something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp pain, blacked out, woke later.... this happened for an hour. I remember at one point my mom had to give me CPR. And I do recall hearing dad say something to the effect of “bring him back to life so I can kill him again”. But I’m told I was just hallucinating. Thanks mom. One thing is for certain...I never had to mow around that stump again. Mom had been *****ing about that thing for years and dad never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled business. Dad sold his muzzleloaders a week or so later, we got some new windows, and that quad I'd wanted for some time. And to this day I still have some sort of bone growth abnormality either from the blast or the beating, maybe both. I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into archery. It's a good discipline and will teach them skills they can use later on in life. Sent from the backwoods

I'm not as old as some of you are, but dangerous stuff still happens. When I was in automotive school at 17 we would fill two liters half full of gasoline. Drill a hole in the cap, pop in a valve stem from a tire and pressurize the bottle to 100 psi. Sprinkle gas on it, draw a trail and light it. It makes a big pop and huge fireball. Sent from the backwoods

OSOE is great stuff. I don't know about dealers, I order direct from his website. There is usually a wait time if you order an odd color combo. Don't be an idiot, follow the instructions, and don't order then start sending emails the next week asking for updates. John will cancel your order and put you on blast on facebook. He's a good guy, he just doesn't deal with bullshit. I ran an SOE Mookie War Rig light, 8 mag setup and loved it. When I switched to a .308 battle rifle I ordered up a Micro Rig in .308 and ran it. My first order took about 2 months and my second took about 3 since I ordered them in OD which isn't a high volume color combo. His gear has a cult like following and for good reason. I have also run BDS gear and they offer a complete custom setup usually shipped within 6 to 8 weeks. Their gear is also top notch. Sent from the backwoods

Actually arming the recruiters will give them a fighting chance. We have been at war for over a decade. Most of our recruiters are veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq. If they have the ability to return fire, at least they might stop the shooter from taking out as many people. It tends to affect ones aim and concentration when rounds start coming back towards them. So while there are crazies everywhere and the best thing you can do is remain alert and ready, we need to be able to take action after we have identified a threat because we were alert and ready. Sent from the backwoods

Notice they don't protest at an Outlaws MC funeral. They are going to get a real rude awakening someday when somebody who has no fear of being sued stomps one of their people's guts out. Sent from the backwoods

There is no pistol training in Marine boot camp. I saw pistols issued, normally they would be issued to SNCO'S and Officers, as well as some pilots. Some air crew carried them, though when I was doing AO on my last deployment we were issued M4's, while the pilots were issued M9's. Sent from the backwoods

I'm all for it. I would have much preffered just being issued an M9 and carrying it with a duty belt and holster. Guard duty officers and Staff NCO'S carry on duty, and of course the gate guards are armed. I will say I do not want to be issued my rifle and have to deal with it all day. I was a helicopter mech and AO and trying to work on a helicopter and keep up with a rifle would be a complete pain in the ass. Also, just a side note, the men who were killed were Marines. It's a personal pride thing for us that we never call ourselves soliders, we are always Marines. Sent from the backwoods

I'm paypal all the way. A couple years back I took a couple knife orders. One gentleman paid with a MO and one with a check, both mailed. I never received them in the mail, and ended up in a time crunch trying to get their items mailed and sent after being paypaled the money, and I have no idea how long it took the one customer to get his MO money back. I'll use PayPal everytime I get the chance. Sent from the backwoods

If it's a Shovel head or older and it's not leaking oil, it's empty. Helicopters leak like a sieve. Every bird on our flight line had large stains underneath it. We used to always tell guys not to panic unless it stops leaking. Sent from the backwoods

I've always found ancestors amazing. I want to map ours more extensively someday. My uncle mapped a lot of it. My family name Duncan is scottish. I a Scot-Viking-American. I have Scottish roots with a small amount of Cherokee on my dad's side, and Norse, Scott and Cherokee on my mothers. I think I'm gonna request a new title on paperwork of Nordic American Sent from the backwoods

People amaze me. Lots of badass once they are away from the scene and anymouse on the phone. I've had a few try that crap, especially when on the bike. I ride aggressively to keep from being run over, (no not swerving, running like hell or passing jn bad places). Lots of them will give me the finger, brake check etc. I usually just wait to their at a redlight, roll up beside them and invite them to pullover. I've only had 3 take that invitation, and 2 of those drove off immediately after I stepped off the bike. The third got out, realized I was serious and got back in and locked the doors. If your man enough to say it in a locked car, be man enough to say it to my face. *yes I realize my actions are inflammatory and will probably land my ass in hot water someday. I'm just not much on ignoring a-holes anymore. That's the reason they are such big a-holes is because they have been ignored since they were 3 and learned to use negative action to receive attention. Sent from the backwoods

Find someone who can do dousing or water witching to come out. Have them give you a list of past references. I can do it, and so can my dad and Grandpa. If at all possible have it dug with an old school chug drill. This seems to break the sounding rock and gives more gallons per minute flow. My Grandpaws found his well with a cherry fork, it 62 feet and has 58 ft of water, he found my dad's and it's 78 feet with 70 ft of water. Someone who's good can find great water. Sent from the backwoods

Unless it's a base model Impresario or something I'm not thinking of, neither of those will work as 99% of Subaru ' are all wheel drive. Should be two half shafts directly off the Trans in the front, and a short enclosed drives haft to a rear chunk, and a half shaft to each rear wheel. Been awhile since I was under one. Interesting side note, if you pull the center differential out of a wrx transmission, gut the clutches then weld it together the car will be rwd only. And a 300 whp, turbo charged wagon is more fun that is probably legal...... Sent from the backwoods

Yeah probably would have broke a finger. I heard it hit and considering my pipes, that means it hit freaking hard. Sent from the backwoods

Lmfao. 650 lbs, it's on a motorcycle Sight glass on the front master cylinder. It leaked most of the brake fluid in the cylinder all over my right glove. Sent from the backwoods

So when you ride and drive half running junk you learn your fair share of tricks. Let me preface this by saying I've been to automotive school, I'm ASE certified and I spent 5 years in the Marine Corps as a helicopter mechanic. So I know the right way to do it. But sometimes you need the cheap and fast way to do it lol. Last night on the way to work my master cylinder got hit by a gravel from a truck and it put a hole in the already rotted sight window. So this morning I pried out the rotted sight window, and then the retaining ring. Drop in a dime against the oring, tap the retainer back in, then seal with super glue, which for some reason is brake fluid resistant. Anyways, thought I would share as this might help someone in the future. And don't fret, I have an eBay special master cylinder on the way so this one isn't permanent, but it'll hold for a while. Sent from the backwoods

Failing that, try crawling under it with it scotch ed and the parking brake on, disconnect the shifter linkage and see if it will shift at the transmission input rod itself Sent from the backwoods

Most Subaru have a Park postions bypass. I grabbed this from another sight and your manual may cover it also There is a shifter release that can be used if the car is stuck in Park. I had a 99 that did this under similar conditions. You can try this, it requires taking off the parking brake cover and lifting or removing the shifter cover. First remove the two screws under the arm rest that secures the parking brake cover, then remove the cover. Gently remove the shifter cover, pulling up and back if I remember correctly. Once the shifter is exposed you will see a small hole at the top of the shifter closest to the driver, that is a shifter release, put a screwdriver and push down while moving the selector lever from Park to Neutral, Sent from the backwoods

I hate it when the updates include layout and format changes. Why do they need to change it every time I get comfortable. Tapa talk rolls out a new version every few months now and I have to relearn everything. And Facebook seems to just get slower and slower with each update. And I don't have much time for games, so every time I wanna play Xbox it has a new update. Sent from the backwoods

You no longer need a HCP to carry a loaded firearm in vehicle. Long gun or short Sent from the backwoods

It would be much worse. Think of the casualties from a full scale conflict using muskets and cannon. Imagine that same amount of force going after each other with M1A1 Abrahams, Cobra and Apache Attack helicopters, belt fed medium and heavy weapons and M4's. A force on force battle between to similarly equipped military units would result in horrendous casualties in minutes. Sent from the backwoods

Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Sent from the backwoods