bersaguy

The only business I go into that I do disarm is the Post Office if I am shipping off packages of baits to customers. I am working on figuring out how to get them picked up at the house so I don't even have to go there. If I approach a business that is posted like I said earlier. If my concealed gun is not welcome neither is my money.

I think everything Chrysler is building in RWD now but not sure. If I was 30 years younger I would own a Hemi Challenger or Charger even though they are not true Hemi's they are still sharp looking cars and have that 70;s appearance. They also offer the 100,000 mile warranty with them............jmho

Prayers sent to the family and sorry for their loss and yours................. :( :(

My dog Kasey gets Jacks Link Beef jerky or Jacks Link Turkey Jerky. Buy bulk bags for her at Sam's. She does not get any dog treats because they are almost all made in China. .....   Do they even make Duck Jerky?.......... :shrug: :hiding: 

How many of you know that there are people out there who own cars that don't even know they are front wheel drive cars.  I could not count the times over the years that I have seen so many front wheel drive cars with snow tires on the rear wheels. I actually dated a girl (for short time) that drove an Acura and we went to the store one day to buy a few groceries and she wanted to go in her car so we did. When she opened the truck to put the groceries in, there in the trunk was four 50 lb bags of playground sand. Two on each side. I asked he what they were for and she said added traction in winter. I bit my tongue and didn't say anything right then. Over supper I asked her how long she had owned the Acura and she said two years. (Remember when i said dated for a short time)  I was polite when I explained to her that she needed to figure out a way to get those bags of sand under her hood because her car was a front wheel drive and she was actually decreasing her traction by having the sand in the trunk. Never got invited back for dinner any more and the poor salesman that sold her the car, all I can say is I hope he had moved on or was his day off when she arrived at the dealership to find out why in the hell she was not told she was being sold a front wheel drive car? Oh yea, I did get to ask her before I told her about the Acura what kind of car she owned prior to that and she said Toyota Camry.......... :shrug: :shrug: 

i have to agree with you 100% on this Ugly. I also admire many , not all but many mechanics/technicians that are willing to work on the automobiles and trucks manufactured this day in time. The manufacturers are doing their ultimate best to make them to hard and to expensive for most independent repair shops to repair them. They are actually trying to drive the Independent Shops out of business so they can get all the repair work done at dealerships. This trend began about 30 years ago and had been continuing at a good pace. That is where the idea of the 100,000 mile warranties came from. No one has a reason to take their vehicle to an independent shop as long as it is covered under the warranty.  That is also where the idea of leasing vehicles rather than purchasing them comes in. During the lease period you are required to bring the cars back to the dealers for any and all services beyond oil changes or new tires and many require you to bring them back for that also. It's not that they are building better vehicles than they did back 30+ years ago. It's that they want all the repair service also. Kind of like cornering the market so to say.......jmho

If you don't mind my asking, What kind of brand of truck do you have.  I am wondering because I have never heard of it costing $700.00 to replace a timing belt. Now with that said if it was a timing chain and not a timing belt then yes it may have cost about $700.00 dollars because in many cases when a chain is replaced the timing chain sprockets are also replaced due to excessive wear. Just being curious and not trying to be offensive..... :ugh:  :ugh: 

I have found over the years I have been on forum sites whether it is a fishing site of a firearms site. When they first start out small they are easy to keep up with all the members and most times folks are poking and joking around at each other. As others learn about the site they come and join and as that happens the atmosphere of the site changes as it grows. Pretty soon the moderators are busy just trying to keep a safe control of where the site is going and then pretty soon things have to take place like took place last week when some members had to be removed and the sites actually become a full time job for moderators just trying to maintain some type of order. The older members that were there in the beginning liked the old atmosphere when every one kinda knew everyone else and when that changed many drift away. They still come and lurk but seldom post. Like I said I have seen this happen on fishing site forums also...........jmho

I had a buddy bring me 5 quart bags of filets yesterday and give them to me because he didn't have room in his freezer for them. Love friends like that...... :up: If you were up this way I could put you on a few spots on Old Hickory Lake but don't know anything about your area for Crappie.

Yea, it is cheaper to buy a new one. All of the ones I have come from ABC Fire Service Company and if I have to discharge one they will actually come by the house and exchange it for a full one and they are more affordable than you may think, but then how much cost can you put on the safety of your family and home? Just by having that service my home owners insurance gave me a 20% decrease in my homeowners insurance which off sets the service cost quite a bit.

Happy Easter to all    !!!!!!

Glad to hear things are safe for you now and your wife woke when she did. I have a policy of checking my 4 Smoke and Toxic Gas detectors when I change the month page on my calender each month. If it does not respond quick enough I install a new battery. If it still fails to respond quick enough I replace the detector. Also as a tip to all who depend on the detectors, I use to press the button to test them. Not any more. I will light a piece of rolled up paper till it is burning and then blow it out ad hold the smokinng paper beneath the detector and make sure the smoke turns it on. I have had them work with the button and not work with the smoking paper......just a tip I learned to do. I also have 30lb ABC Fire extinguishers in every room right under the smoke detectors. I check the gauges on them once a month also. I look at fire departments like I look at police departments. When seconds count they are only minutes away and fire waits on no man...........jmho

Well after reading all the fine posts here I have zero desire to even think about going to another show. I don't think I read one positive post in the thread about the gun shows being held this day and time. Last one I went to was pretty much like most folks said and that was in December 2009 and they had a big picture of the President that was elected in November 2008 and under the picture it said Gun Salesman of the Year. I don't know but even what I know about him 6.5 years later I thought the picture was in poor taste.I will leave it at that on that part. The show did have a few fairly reasonable items and I did purchase some ammo and so did my buddy. I also purchased a holster I had been looking for to fit my Llama. Last show I have been to. Was going to go to one in Hendersonville a few months back and it got cancelled. I knew it was cancelled and i told my buddy it was not gonna happen but he insisted on wasting his gas to go over and see an empty parking lot. Was a nice day for a ride anyway. I quit going to fishing expos when I could buy cheaper at retail stores and same reason I quit going to Gun shows...............jmho

I commend your company sir. Yea,it is an incentive to work faster and and my son is the same way. If one of his techs has a comeback do to poor labor or mistake this fix it on their time with no pay. If it comes back because of a defective part from Oreilly's Auto parts the O'Reilly's pays the tech's labor and replaces the part under waranty. There are not many parts stores that will pay labor for defective parts but that was a deal made by me back long before O'Reilly's was O'Reilly's and it was Mid State Automotive and because of the volume of parts my shop purchased from them O'Reilly's held good on the agreement. Another thing about my son is he is a hands on owner meaning he works on cars every day that they have enough business to keep the techs busy and will take the headache jobs and gives his techs the easier ones. That is why both of his techs have been with him since year after I left in 1991 and made him manage it. He hired both of them right after Graduation from Nashville Auto diesel College as both of them worked for him part time while attending the school.  Like I said. I commend your company for doing what is right by your mechanic/techs.

some times it just takes a certain little push from an outsider to create that little spark of curiosity and once it happens they take to it like a duck to water and then you realize you created a monster......... :rofl:   My second wife hated football because her first husband watched it but would never explain the game to her. When I was watching a game one day she came and sat down beside me and every time she would ask a question I would answer it. Here first question was what is a 1st down and I told her and the more she learned the more she wanted to know. Soon my house interior was turning orange here and orange there and I had a full blown UT NUT. I lost her in 1997 but I did fill one of her biggest dreams not knowing I was going to lose her but I got a buddy to loan me his season tickets he bought every year and even got to borrow his Chalet in Gatlinburg  for the weekend. She was excited that we were going to the mountains. I sprung the game on her after we got there. It was the same year Needem Stadium did their seat addition and when every began stomping their feet the whole place shook and you thought it was an earthquake. Sorry for going on so long but glad you got your wife included in your interests and hope she continues to enjoy it...... :up:  :up:  :up:  

Are you a new car dealer? If so and you still  pay your mechanic/technicians flat rate you are a dinosaur and I commend you for it. My son has two employees besides him and my grandson and he pays 50/50 labor to his two tech's and his shop rate is $62.00 per hour so his two techs earn $31.00 hr. book time for every job they do and because the business has been in operation 3 generations it stays busy. If they can beat the book time then they can make more money. Thing is beating the book time on cars made after 2000 is hard. My son does good by his employees by making sure the shop has the latest technology equipment available for them to work with and does not expect them to buy $3,500.00 scanner/programers  but does require them to have their own good selection of hand tools to work with..

I think you had a right to be upset but after all, it was their fault. They could have shown you a  little more respect but then that goes on a lot these days. In many cases it is just negligence which in your case that is what it was. I was an ASE certified Master mechanic for 35 years before retiring due to health reasons but I had told myself back in early 80's that when cars i worked on got smarter than me I would quit working on them. They actually reached that point in 1989 but I held out one more year because i was working in my own business and had a son and grandson working with me. I turned the business over to them in 1990. They are still working on these new cars and when I listen to my son talk about what it costs in new equipment just to be able to diagnosis the problems it sends chills down my spine. They do all types of repairs but specialize in Transmissions.  I was not aware of the fact til he showed me a new scanner/programer he had recently purchased  just because about 4 years ago the manufacturers put electronic control solenoids in  the transmissions and if the had to be rebuilt after the rebuild was complete and tranny was back in the car he would have to hook up this scanner to the cars on board ALDL computer so it could reprogram those solenoids to the cars computer or it would not shift properly. It was either spend $3,500.00 and buy the scanner/programmer or have to send every car to what ever manufacturer Chevy, Ford, Chrysler etc etc and pay them $200.00 for 15 minutes work for dealer tech to hook up their scanner to do it. Last time I was at the shop a customer was picking up his VW beetle they had built the tranny in. I could not believe it when the guy handed them a cashiers check for almost 4 grand just for a tranny rebuild. The guy was very nice and thanks my son for doing it for such a great price. After the guy left I asked my son about it and he said we fixed his car for a $1,000.00 under what every one else wanted. Now with all that said I know you have reason to be upset and I would have been also had I not known what these mechanics go through to work on this junk the make these days. There is no way I would ever work in a dealership this day in time with all these companies offering 100,000 mile warranties and the mechanics pay scales have changed in most all dealerships and your not paid book hours any longer. Your paid an hourly wage at a set figure and there is no way to make more by beating the book times any more................jmho

Who honestly believes there is going to be a Zombie Apocalypse in the first place??? In all honesty, zombies!!!! a walking dead person? Dead people just don't walk or crawl..................jmho          Well, except in Hollywood that is.  :rofl:  :rofl:  I have watched the Walking Dead maybe twice and cannot get into it like many folks do................. :rock:

It looks like in many cases it results in Alzheimer's  and I would guess if some of those people were testing they would test positive for some level of it.......jmho

heck talk about lax in booze laws , in Illinois you can walk into a gas station/market and buy beer or a 1/5 of Jack Daniels along with smokes and gas. I was doing that  back in 1990 when I would go visit a buddy of mine I grew up with. Don't know if it has changed any since i have not been back since my buddy passed away from Agent Orange Cancer around 2000. He fought it hard and it would go in and out of remission and finally when he got old he said he was done fighting and when it came back he didn't fight it. 

  That is kinda funny because the guy also gave him about 25 or 30 rounds of 32 ammo with the gun and I told him the ammo may be worth more than the gun and he laughed. 

 I had a buddy stop by a little while ago and he had a gun he was wanting to sell. Right now I cannot afford to drop any money on another gun but I told him to get back with me over the weekend. This was a boat anchor and I could not believe a 32 Caliber could weigh as much as this gun did. After he left I went and done some research on it because I didn't recognize the brand. It is a Lorcin semi auto 32 caliber made in California and they had everything except a sterling reputation. They had more lawsuits against them than McDonalds When he calls me back on the weekend I'm gonna break his heart. He loaned a guy 125.00 and the guy didn't have the money to pay him back and gave him this fine piece of American Technology instead.........I have a feeling he will own this gun for a long time unless he is lucky enough find someone that wants to just buy it without checking it out..........Anyone else heard of this company before?

Gosh many interesting theories of what he actually did with the Nagant and I have no clue as to what those guns are capable of so won't say yea or nay as to what I believe cold be achieved with one. I do know there has been a few remarkable shots made by the modern day snipers shooting in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan. A few up to a mile with the Barret Rifles. They are documented shots made by some very good shooters with very good firearms. What was the main reason for those shots was it was Sniper against Sniper. I know what the Canadian Soldier was shooting which was the Barrett. I have no clue what his enemy was shooting but what ever it was it seemed to be a good gun with long range abilities and in the end it came down to who would be the one to make the mistake. Turned out to be the Taliban Sniper that died from his mistake. Here is a video of a sniper in action in Afghanistan. I have no clue how long these shots are but they are head shots because you see head parts and head turbans flying through the air after the shots. Click on picture and it will take you to my photo gallery to view it. [url=http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc190/softbaitmaker/Misc/Videos/50cal.mp4][/URL]

Back when my wife was alive there was only two kinds of music. Mine and hers. Mine consisted of oldies but goodies Rock-n-Roll and hers was anything Country related.  We both had our places that we could listen to what we liked which if in my truck it was Rock n Roll and in her car it was Country so depending on what we drove would depend on which music we listened to............. :up: :up:

Well welcome to the site first off.  If your hands are registered I bet it's kinda hard for you to walk in anyplace posted and be legal if the term weapon is on the sign. To answer your question on hand to hand with gun out. Why would you need of even thnk about that when you have a gun in your hand and the situation is in control or your going to have to shoot the perp or you can holster your gun and kick his butt if he does not surprise you at 10 feet away and pull his gun and just shoot you knowing now you have one and end up taking your gun and wallet when he exits?  A lot of scenarios to that question but myself. I would stick with my gun or guns...............jmho   :up: