bersaguy

There is a new law going in effect on October 6th that will be rescheduling Hydrocodone  to a level II now has rocked the medical industry and got a bunch of people panties in a wad. Me included. I take Hydrocodone because of all my joint pains and other pains I now have as i have gotten older and I am now reliving that truck smashing me into that wall and breaking about 60+ % of the bones in my body.   Anyway my doctor would write my prescription with 1 fill and 5 refills and I would go for semi annual checkup every 6 months. No Doctors can write prescriptions for Hydrocodone with refills any longer. You have to have a new hand written prescription each and every month which means trip to doctor every month instead of every 6 months.     I was just there two weeks ago and she wrote me the same as always and dropped them off this morning and my pharmacy called me and informed me that they would be able to fill it once but the five refills are nill and void. So on the 15th or a few days earlier I have to drive 96 miles round trip to get a hand written prescription. According to the Pharmacy and the law the doctor cannot call it in or fax it in but must be hand written each month.   I have looked the new law up and it says in some places it can be fills up to 90 days or 3 refills  and in other sections it says every month which tells me that they have passed a new law and shoved it down every ones throats but does not even know how it works yet............JMHO

If you watch the video a security officer had his weapon pointed right at the guy from the time he came up to the pillar porch till he went through the doors and never shot him. That is totally unacceptable. You can bet had that been the Kremlin the guy would have been full of bullet holes or the leader of any other nation for that fact. The White House should be the most secure house in the country. If he came in my house like he did the White House he would be dead. What if the president and his family were there and the intruder ran into one of the family members or even the President? Just totally unacceptable...........JMHO

My phone is set up where it tells me the name of the person calling and if it is not a name in my phone book it cuts the call off before it even reaches my voice mail. It will ring 1.5 times and if not in phone book it's bye bye. Saves me a lot of phone call answering just  to hang up on them................jmho

Not gonna gloat but Heads are gonna roll before this is over. I don't think the other day when Obama said he felt totally safe with his security force that he was told the truth about how far the guy made it into the house but actually into the living quarters. I think now that he knows the whole story his idea that he trusted his Security may be changing.    And to battleop: I don't have to support the man elected to the office of the President of the United States to have total and complete respect for the office itself. If I was on his Secret Service staff and it came to taking one or more bullets to protect him or any member of his family you can bet i would take the bullets if it kept him or the family member from being harmed.  I would not be protecting Mr Obama or just a person in a family. I would be protecting the President of the United States or a member of the First Family.   Maybe your the one who does not understand and cannot separate the man from the office.................jmho

 Ok my issue with this is One of them could not produce any identification showing that he was in the country legally, and the other had a California driver’s license yet she rented them 1 semi-automatic firearm and ammunition. I would have told them both that when they had local identification she would be more than glad to rent them what ever they wished but until then they could not rent anything and sent them on their way. Then once they left I would put a sign up that reads.   This Establishment reserves the right to deny service or products to any one for any reason what so ever.     When they come in just tell them your full up and won't have any open shooting lanes for at least 3 months. Even if there in not one person shooting in the range all she has to say is they are reserved by members. If they still question the decision point to the sign and send them packing. Brother owns a bar and has that sign above his bar and he has thrown a lot of people out or refused service to them and he has had about 1000 complaints filed against him in courts and not one of them was upheld. The business owner does not need to explain any reason other than because it is his/her business.  Her mistake was she named a certain group of people instead of handling it in a case on case basis. ...............jmho

Well, I reached a point quite awhile back when the first bombing took place at the World trade center that these people were very radical and I began going armed because I figured that it was going to get worse before it got better. My figuring was right on. It has gotten much worse and no better so I will continue to be armed and I will continue to practice more so I can be sure and place my first few rounds where they will do the most damage and remove the threat.................jmho.

I was letting to much crap build up in my place to Tricky and today disposal day. Call Son in law and Grandson and told them to bring the truck. Many things that were here when I woke up this morning are gone for when I go to sleep tonight and I told them make plans for about 2 weeks from now we will be doing this again.Next time Daughter is coming along to tell me the names of the couple hundred baby pictures I have that need to be put in frames and either hang up or put in standing frames I hate it when people either send me or give me pictures and no name on the back of them because a week later I have no clue who they are. All babies look pretty much alike to me till at least age 1................jmho

I have a buddy going through this right now and is looking for someone to kill the deer around his house that are eating his garden every year and cannot have flower beds. He did reach out to all the neighbors that live in the court out by the lake and all of them are in agreement the deer need to go because no one in the circle can have gardens or flower beds. I have not spoke to him recently but I did try and hook him up with one of the deer hunters that lives fairly close from here on TGO but have not heard back from either one of them but my buddy said he will let a hunter use his deck because the deer are not afraid and will walk right up to the garden while he is on the deck.........If I were you Sandman I would get the guy to talk with his neighbors because they are probably going through the same issues...............jmho  

I have not noticed them around Gallatin  YET!!!

Sounds like you guys need a.......................... MAN CAVE!!!!!!! :rock:

Congratulations on your retirement. Make sure you take full and complete advantage of it because you can bet you worked and deserve it now.................. :up: :up:

Thanks, I am just use to seeing him and have not. Guess it is just bad timing. In all honesty I miss his...... :stick:  when I do or say something stupid.

I have told you folks I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer enough times but I will say it again ....... :surrender: Some times I get a little :screwy: and my fingers work before my 1 of only 2 still working brain cells kick in...........so I will correct my mistake by asking has anyone  heard from or seen oh shoot recently?????

I'm guessing that by denying they knew him it might stop people who know better from watching them so close. Ain't gonna happen. Most Americans quite trusting any thing they said on 9/11/2001 and nothing has changed to change anyone's mind that I have seen. I heard a Islamic guy talking to a reporter and he said that many Muslims were killed in the towers on 9/11/2001. The reported looked at him and said so what is your point? The Muslim guy said we are all not just crazy killers and the guy looked reported looked at him and said then you need to tell that to your ISIS buddies because they just wiped out 30,000 of their own people to prove a point last month. The Muslim looked back at the reporter and then just turned and walked away............ :shrug: :shrug:

I think you have a good point but because that part of our nations history is no longer allowed to be taught in our public schools there will always be a certain amount of resentment and racism as long and the Jesse Jacksons , Al Sharptons and organizations like the Black Panthers and the KKK and NAACP of the world are alive to keep driving the ugly wedge between people..............jmho

I think that was placed on applications right after the Discrimination and Desegregation laws were signed because in the laws it required companies to hire and employed certain amount of Minorities so if they were working on getting that balance in their company and they needed to hire a few more minorities it would help the employers get their quotas met. I think theta should have been removed from the applications within a couple years and some companies don't have them on them and some do. Thing is about 80% of all big companies now do all their hiring through Temporary Employment agencies and weed out the ones they want to keep and get rid of the ones they don't based on work performance and can release an employee without fear of suit..............jmho

Ok, just talked to a buddy of mine and you know him yote cause he was the guy in that Mazda Pickup that bought that safe from you and we met you to pick it up. He has an enclosed Featherlite trailer same size as the one your looking to buy. He is a Harley guy and he can put two Harleys and all his gear he takes on road trips and he goes all over the country and has been stopped several times in different states and when he shows them his Tennessee drivers license and they check it out they are told by their dispatchers that Tennessee does not require that trailer be tagged and they give him his license back and send him on his way. I guess it all depends of the officers demeanor as to if he writes the ticket or not but so far Butch has had not tickets issued and he has been towing that trailer for at least 10 years and has gone to Florida which is were he is right now and he has towed to Sturgis several times with no issues............All I will say is good luck with which ever choice you choose......................... :up: :up:

Over the years the African Americans have been known by many different Classes or Nationalities of  people depending on who you ask. i am not trying to start an issue he so please don't take offense by my questions.   When I was a very young man growing up in West Chicago and having a lot of African American friends they were kind of offended if they were called Negro and they became wanting to be called Black so as time passed they were called Blacks And then as time passed by and the Civil Rights movement came and the Desegregation and  Discrimination laws were signed into effect by the President they took a new role as African Americans. Now here is where I get a little confused. If a person is born in America they are an American plain and simple  (well should be anyway).  I have friends that are of Irish descent  that were born here but they are not Irish Americans. They are Americans.   I have friends that were born here that are of German descent and they are not German Americans. They are Americans. I have friends that are of many different nationalities from generations past that have been born here and they are all Americans. I also have some African American friends that were born here and raised here but for some reason unbeknownst to me for some reason cannot just be Americans but must be African Americans.   Now with that said I do have one friend that is a true African American. He was born in Nigeria and is of Nigerian descent and came here as a child at 8 years old and became a legalized American Citizen at the age of 17. He and I were having lunch one day and he was talking about his and I asked him which he preferred to be known as and his reply was I am an American. I was an African and now I am an American were his words.   So now Since that lunch I have always wondered why Africa Americans that have been born here and raised here and educated here don't want to be called Americans but would rather be called African Americans. I ask my friend from Nigeria and he had no answer for the question. He just said he was very proud to be an American............Just seeking input and thought on this issue............................... :ugh:  :ugh:   

has anyone heard from Smoke recently. Last post I read was he would give me more thumbs up if I would split up my posts into sections. I began doing that and have not hear a word out of his since.  Anyone heard from him?.......................... :ugh: :ugh:

Well, I pretty much know what are good and what are bad decisions when it comes to terms of engagement in a self defense scenario. I also have given a lot of thought as to what is a safe distance before the threat is no longer there and is retreating or on the ground moving or not moving. Moving means could still be a threat so you keep your vigilance until the threat is completely neutralized. Many of these decisions are made in seconds or milliseconds and practicing for that and covering all of most scenarios is almost impossible so you try to put what would be the most likely and that is what you base your thought and practice towards. I don't go anywhere near as many places as I did say 5 years ago so if I do become involved in a situation  pretty much know where it could and would happen. heck I seldom get out of city limits of Gallatin more than once a month and sometimes never. Kroger store, Walmart Store, TSC store, Walgreens and sometimes the park/boat launch ramp at the lake near my house to let my Kasey get some exercise. At the Park I remain very vigilant if their are other people there which from now till next Spring won't be many.     

Oh I do agree I am very glad he was there and his shot did what it needed to do to stop the carnage but it just seems that in most cases recently when law enforcement people are forced to use their weapons in up close and personal situations their shot placement seems to be for the most part off the mark. The only one that I have heard of recently was the one in  Ferguson MO and even after being attack by a man the size of a bear and being injured that officer was able to shoot and kill his assailant and they want to crucify him for doing his job. I want to give him a commendation for Bravery for his actions................jmho

If I am not mistaken Red that is Mr. the Old Sears Farm tobacco barn at the Narrows and use to belong to a family named Jackson back when it was built many moons ago. Man I grew up on that river and always loved floating the Narrows of the Harpeth in jon boats small mouth fishing. I think if anyone would like to enjoy reading a little bit of history about Tennessee they would enjoy reading about how that cave came to be. Most folks probably don't know it was man made......... :up:

After what he did I would think no leader of any Mosque is going to admit to knowing him because they are hiding in this country  under the guise of Peace and Love when any American with 1 brain cell working knows better. They have pictures of him dressed in all the Muslim Garb, You have people telling authorities that he was trying to convert them to Muslim faith and can't be workplace violence because he didn't work there any more so draw your own conclusions. I have mine...................jmho

Ok, I have read all these again refreshing myself plus can't sleep but I am also curious about another issue that has been touched on ever so lightly and I want to ask a question about Firearm Calibers. I know most people are either 9MM or 45 caliber folks just by reading posts. Now I on the other hand prefer the 380 and have several of them. 7 to be exact and when talking about where you will most likely want to put your first few rounds in a self defense situation. A lot of folks I have spoke with ask me why I carry such a  small caliber and why I don't have a 9MM or larger. I feel that a 380 Caliber pistol will be more than enough power to knock even a larger man down with 2-3 95gr 380 Ball rounds center mass of his chest which would be my first choice to begin putting rounds. Now with that being said I have spoke with a lot of people that shoot 9mm, 40 's and larger and my question to them is do you ever think that at close range which stats show in most confrontations are 5 yards or less that a larger caliber weapon has a much better chance of passing through your target and possibly striking someone standing behind tour impending target? Is there a time when you can have to much fire power in some instances. I do own a 40 but never carry it. Don't see the need What I do plan on buying and it is on top of my list and that is a Bersa Thunder 380 Plus merely because I want a weapon with more rounds with out having to reload and no need to carry extra magazines as I do now for my Bersa's.............Just wanting to learn more is all.

Heck I don't go to my mail box out at the road any more unarmed. Might run into a stupid guy that brings a knife to a gun fight..... :ugh:  Last few sales I have been to that were not TGO member related sales I was armed and my shot gun rider was well armed and had my back the whole time. I am done buying guns for awhile. I did an evaluation of my safes today and found a couple I forgot I even still had....................... :shrug: :shrug: