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Send it to me on loan for the next 35 years and I will make sure it works when you get it back ;)

I give up.

I can't grow a full beard. Can I get help if I have one of these?

Glock, Springfield XD, or S&W M&P.  Point and shoot.

I'm not a Glock guy, but will gladly tout them as one of the most reliable handguns on the market.  The stated 4 year lifespan is BS.  Half the cops I know aren't gun guys/girls and put their minimum few hundred rounds downrange to qualify each year.  They aren't wearing any gun out.  For 99% of modern service pistols you'd have to put over 10,000 rounds down the barrel before even thinking about having a possible problem.

Yeah I used to have a Craftsman 1.5" box end wrench with a 15" overall length. It would definitely do the trick.

I was looking at those as well, but haven't put my hands on one.

Nice!

  That YGA is a hog of a knife!

  Mark, did you leave much ;)  Seriously, how much did he get in?  I need some 9mm bullets in a bad way.  I'm down to 500 bullets and those will be gone in the next few weeks.

Give him a call before you go as he does everything by appointment. Be sure to go see the grove of 50' specimens while you're there. The culms are about 3" in diameter. Awesome!

Don't believe everyone.  A well managed bamboo grove is beautiful and very containable.  The clumping variety still has rhizomes that "run", but they are all connected to the mother plant.  The plant sends its runners out far enough to send up enough shoots to support the plant.  With that said, a clumping variety doesn't mean it's not going to get to be 20' around, it will.  What is good about a clumper is that you can sever the rhizome and the extended plant will die.   Then there is the running type.  This is still a manageable plant, or you can let it take over.  If you have a specific area you want it in you must develop a containment system or you'll have to constantly cut rhizomes.    So how to contain it?    Natural barrier.  Pond, cliff, road.  There is one side, then you have to figure out the others.   Well it depends on the area you are putting the plant.  If you have grass all the way around your potential grove, just make a plan to mow it each week when you mow the grass.  The rhizomes will try to shoot up, and you'll mow them down with the rest of the grass.    Let's say you want to plant it along a fence with your neighbors yard on the other side... you have to create a containment system unless either A) your neighbor likes the bamboo and doesn't care to mow it, or B) you just want to piss them off.  There are lots of ways to do this, but a common way is to dig a trench along the fence at least 15" deep, but no need to go to 20", and use thick rubber lining or cut strips of corrugated roofing for the barrier.   The rhizomes only run at 15" deep.  You could trench all the way around your grove and do this same thing.   The other trenching option is to dig the same 15" trench and fill it with sand.  The rhizome will go through the sand, but it is very easy to take an 18" spade and go all the way around your grove once a year.  This will sever the rhizomes from the mother plant and keep it contained.   If you want to get some great advice and good plants, call the Alamaville Bamboo Company.  He is very reasonably priced and has many selections for you to choose from.    http://abcbamboo.com/

Ted, I bought one of the rain barrels from Lowe's and it has been great.  I just cut my gutter and put a piece of corrugated pipe to dump it in the top.  There is a screen on the top to keep the crud out.  In the winter and spring I leave a soaker hose hooked up and laying in the yard with the valve open to let it empty.  It doesn't take much rain to fill up a 50 gallon barrel, so that's why I leave the soaker in the yard.  Then in the summer time I move the soaker to the flower bed and shut off the valve.  Then when we don't have rain for a while I just open the valve and let it soak the bed.    http://www.lowes.com/pd_304422-50741-RB502PK_0__?productId=3056257&Ntt=rain+barrels&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Drain%2Bbarrels&facetInfo=

Dickerson Pike empty this morning.

What are the details about the tournament?  Scoring, squads, etc?

8:30am Dickerson Pike.  Pretty much empty, but there are three boxes of Winchester value pack (100rd) .40 cal. 

  I don't think buying three boxes is hoarding.  I went through 2.5 boxes today for the Steel Match in Dickson........ yes, I suck that bad :)

OMG, you have to check out some of his other videos   http://www.youtube.com/user/fxhummel1?feature=watch

  I'm not saying reloading accidents don't happen, but I'm more worried about the noob with a gun and box of factory ammo at the shooting line.

  Sort of taking your comment out of context to point something out, and not trying to hijack the thread, but has anyone watched the Netflix House of Cards series?  No spoilers please, I'm only on episode three.  We're liking it.   Point being, we're being ruled by the "ruling elite", and just as frankmako commented, unless you've got some serious cash, the common man has no chance of getting into office.  Watch the show. It portrays the Washington elite.  But it's no act.  That's really what happens.  A good friend of mine was a "coffee runner" for a while for a Michigan senator and he said the whole government is built on backroom deals and backstabbing to advance their career.  Their jobs have little to do with the people they represent.

  +1

meep meep.... love it. Felt like I was 8 again.

  I was wondering the same thing.

At the rate ammo is going, I may have to get back into 3-D target shooting again.

What do you guys think about the test/ranking over on bladeforums?   http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/793481-Ranking-of-Steels-in-Categories-based-on-Edge-Retention-cutting-5-8-quot-rope   Excerpt... edge durability   Category 1 CPM-S90V (Military and Para 2) (60) CTS-20CP (Para 2) (60) M390 (Mule) (60.5) Category 2 M390 (60) CPM M4 (62.5) CPM-S90V (59) (Manix 2 with 30 Degree Micro Bevel) CPM-S60V VANAX 75 (Kershaw Tilt) Category 3 Vanax 35 (59.5) Category 4 ZDP-189 (65) CPM-154 (62) ELMAX (60) CTS-XHP (Military) (60+) Super Blue (61.5) CPM 3V (Big Chris) Category 5 S30V (60) VG-1 CPM - D2 (62) N690 ATS-34 (59) CPM-S35VN (59) N680 ELMAX (58.5) Mule D2 - Dozier K2 Category 6 INFI 154CM (61) 14C28N   Category 7 VG-10 S30V (58.5) AUS-8A SG-2 5160 (55) 13C26N X-15 440C (Big Chris) Category 8 H-1 420 HC (Buck 110) Category 9 CTS-BD1