DaveS

Refrigerated about a week to week and a half just like any bacon. Frozen, for quite some time. It's cured like a ham is and will last a while. They don't last that long around here for me to really find out.   Dave

Looking good Madk0w! I liked your recipe better than mine. The black pepper adds a lot to it! Dave

Good info..thank you for sharing!   Dave

I'm a retired FF/EMT. Read the questions very carefully. Also, my test last year had a lot of patient assessments type qiestions on it. Maybe be something to stay on top of. Good luck to you. Study reparatory rates and child birth type questions. By now I'm sure the test has changed. Again...GOOD LUCK!!   When do you take your "practicals"?   Dave

Whoa...whoa....ain't nobody cooler than Johnny Cash!!!    Dave

I hope it wasn't road rage. If it was, that means someone driving around out there is willing to shoot someone over it. Being parked on the side of the road is kinda weird though.   Dave

Maybe next year we need to put some rules in place NOT to send sharp things to each other. I received a knife type gift as well (I'll leave it at that). Just saying.....   Dave

We're here for you bersa, ramble all you want. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.   Dave

Robert; I guess I have to agree here with you. I guess I am asking for a perfect world , and it most likely isn't going to happen.   Dave

I understand that every student can't be ran through metal detectors when coming in the school first thing in the morning. Most of the problems I see is after classes start and the exterior entry doors are locked. At that point, there has to be away to stop a person from coming into that school with a shotgun or AR or deer rifle or whatever. I agree to armed staff, what I don't agree with is how easy it is to walk through those doors armed.   DaveTN; no disrespect taken. I do not want to see anyone lose their rights. That was not my intent. Disarming the bad guy at the door is. Most schools here have 2 SRO's. I'm not going to post here where they are or what they do. One in the parking lot can't stop anything inside. One inside isn't where he needs to be in my opinion.   Very little can be done to protect the kids outside of the school. Someone made the comment about shootings in the mall. We choose to go to the mall and accept all inherent risks and dangers of doing so. The State, County and City requires our children to attend school with no choice (except maybe home schooling), and they should be able to do so without fear, and the same government has the responsibility to keep them safe.   Maybe I just don't understand, and the schools are doing all that can be done. But I still ask myself how these punks get into the school with long arms. I guess I'll have to wait until the movies come out....   Dave

Absolutely R_Bert is was a good response. In that 120 seconds an innocent teenager was shot in the head and is barely clinging to life. To her parents and the rest of us with kids in school, that is way too long! The shooter should have never been able to get in school with a SHOTGUN! I hope I don't have to keep saying that. Parents that have kids shot while at school, and us parents who worry about those things, are getting pretty tired of the lame azz excuses on how this keeps happening in our schools. Something has to be done to stop them BEFORE they get in the school. Simple.   Dave

I agree OS...how many school shooting happen outside compared to inside? I don't recall too many outside. I could be wrong, but I can only recall a couple where a student or students were shot outside of school. Kids have a lot of places to run while outside compared to a crowded hallway. We can't stop a drive by shooting of students outside, but we damn sure can stop them from getting inside.   Dave

Maybe not Robert, but at least someone could sound an alarm or something. Be there to attempt to stop a tragedy and any intervention is better than nothing. Maybe ask me why I'm there, who am I picking up and maybe escort me to the office so I'm not wandering the hallways. My argument is, don't let me inside those doors armed! There has to be a way to stop it! I wish I had the answers, but I don't.   Dave

I almost said Sabre Heliport at Campbell.   Dave

I couldn't get through the gate with a pair a nail clippers back in July when picking my teenage daughter up when her flight came in. Kids bring guns into school in their backpacks every day and are ratted out by their class mates when they show them off or drop them on the floor. How does that happen? Our schools are safe? Stop it at the door, it's the only way!   Dave

How many times have you gotten on a plane or into the passenger area with an AR or Shotty? Apparently its easy to walk into a school with one...I'm not going to name the school, but I went to a school not that long ago to pick up a family member. I walked in the first set of doors, pushed a button on the wall, a buzzer sounded and the door lock clicked. I opened it, walked into a crowded hallway totally unchallenged by anyone. I asked a kid (no adults were in sight) where the office was. I walked down the hall to the office, still unchallenged by staff or SRO. How safe is that? What hell could I have raised with 2 semi auto handguns? I should have never been permitted into that hallway and damn sure not with two handguns, an AR or Shotty. That is the part I don't get. Why was I not checked at the door? How hard is that?   Dave

Not sure Daniel. How about having one access door for entry, and maybe an SRO at that entrance with a walk through metal detector. Yes, it will cost money, but what price does each of us put on our child? At what point do we realize that teachers/staff need to be armed, and there is a need to keep the bad guy from getting into the school with a gun to begin with! One minute of semi auto gunfire in a crowded hallway is one minute too long for a response from staff. An armed gunman with any semi auto rifle with a 30 round mag can bring down the wrath of hell in just a few seconds on a bunch of innocent kids. STOP THEM AT THE DOOR!!! Arming teachers will not work alone and other measures have to be taken. Armed teachers should be the last line of defense, not the first. The first line falls at the doors.   Dave

I'm not going to say "what, when or where", but I guarantee I can walk in the doors of just about any local school USA, between classes when the hallways are full of kids, and walk just about anywhere unchallenged and maybe not even see the SRO, and few to no staff members. If the SRO is at the other end of the school, and no staff member is in sight, how many of our children could be taken down before staff could respond to the scene, locate the shooter and return fire. How many kids? Solution? Don't let me in the school with a shotgun! Simple solution.   Dave

No one should be able to get into a school with a gun. No matter how fast the SRO's or other staff can respond by returning fire, how many children/staff would have been shot? It needs to stop at the door. Once the shooter is inside the school, it's too late in my opinion. It's a damn shame that passengers at the airport are safer that our kids in school!   Dave

My point is, HOW did the shooter GET A GUN IN THE SCHOOL to begin with? That should not have ever happened! You have an innocent teenager barely clinging to life because of it.   Dave

Nice buck Jonathon! There's some nice bucks starting to show up on here. It's warming up some this week so I'm going to get out a bit.   Dave

So sad to hear this. I love his music!   Dave

WOW...what are the odds? SAFETY at all times folks!!!!!   Dave

A Ranger prayer sent!!!   DaveS

A year later, and yet another school shooting and in Colorado to boot. Nothing has changed since Sandyhook  to protect our children!   Dave