bersaguy

It was on the news for the past year that the Antarctic Ice pack was getting bigger and it is the Northern  Ice pack that is suppose to be melting so with that knowledge I just wonder why they went south instead of north. The story about following some guys expedition 100 years ago does not hold water with me.....................However it does hold a little Ice with me.............. :up:  :up:  :rock: 

Gosh , didn't think this question would receive such a reply but glad to see how many folks do give. I have always been one to share if I have it to give or help if I can help someone. I have to go back through all these posts now and make a decision on where I go next. Thank all of you for your posts as it has given me many options.......................... :up: :up:

I would like to have someone point out the guns worth $50,000.00 each?  I already realize they had blown the glock prices out of site but I honestly don't see a $50,000.00 gun on any of the tables unless they are talking about the Joe Biden one in the lower right hand corner of the big table?????

I have always been one that will try and help people that are truly in need. Been a long time now but shortly after coming from Service and close to Christmas  3 different families with about 11 or 12 kids of all ages suffered house fires and lost everything. These fires were all on same night and all within 10 miles of each other. I heard about it on the radio on my way to work at it just seemed like I could do something to help. As I drove onto work parking lot it hit me cause my boss was a U-Haul Rental Service along with operating an Exxon Station. As I went is and got a cup of coffee I asked the boss if I could rent the biggest truck on the lot and he told me yea and because we are a dealer we can get a dealer use rental. I pulled the truck up on the corner of the lot and called the radio station and all I told them is that the truck was located at the address of the station and if anyone wanted to help the families they could bring things and put them in the truck. The radio made sure the ages and sexes of all the kids was known. I had a 24 foot truck almost full by noon and not with any junk but all nice stuff including almost new appliances nice furniture and lots of nice clothes. The radio station was hammering it home all day. By about 2 o clock I had to move that truck and put up another. U-haul call the Shop and told my boss to just write the contracts on both trucks up as dealer use and would not cost us anything. There was several folks that called the station wanting to give appliances but had no way to haul them so yet a 3rd truck was out now picking up all the stuff locally with to guys from U Haul doing the work. That night the radio station managed to locate all of the adults from the 3 families and all three trucks loaded with everything they would need to replace almost everything they lost except for the personal stuff lost. The Nolensville Community Center was opened up and that is where everything was put until the families could arrange to get a new house to move the stuff to. The Gates Rubber and tire manufacturer in Goodlettsville brought full wrapped Christmas Presents and it was a delivery truck full of gifts and each gift was marked with boy or girl and the age the gift would best suit. No , I didn't go to deliver the stuff. I let U Haul and a few of our station employees deliver the stuff and bring the trucks back to our location. i did what I set out to do and once the trucks were full my job was over and I went home. The only thing I required of the radio station was my name was to never be mentioned. I was just called a good person that cared. I don't figure it matters much now since it was Christmas 1975. In all honesty I thought I might be lucky to get anything in one truck. I realized that day what it really meant to be an American and just how much being an American means. Many times I find it hard to believe I still live in that same America................jmho

I send a check every month to the Sumner County Humane Society or just go buy several big bags of dog food and deliver it their door. I try to buy puppy food, adult dog food and adult cat food each month. I don't think the employees eat the food so I feel it goes to the animals. They may take some home for personal animals but if they are going to steal they will steal..........jmho

I don't think anyone that works in a  charity funded program should earn 300K a year. I don't care if they are married to it. Now I am leaning more towards Fisher House but not committed to any yet. Still waiting to see what more folks think but thanks for the stats sheets. Helps a lot. I already give to St Judes each month and have since January 2013 with my last cola raise.

A buddy of mine passed this phone on to me when he got his new one. I do know that it is Verizon DROID X2 and it has a charger and it is only 6 months old and apparently works great. My buddy is a tech nut and always has to have the newest stuff soon as it comes out so he sometimes will get a new phone every couple months. Anyway, he passed this phone on to me and told me I could take it to the company I use and they can flash it and I could then use it with my phone company. I guess that is probably true cause he has never lied to me about anything else. Thing is I don't like or want anything other than my simple flip phone that I have and use. Now even though the phone package I have allows me to use all the bells and whistles all I use my phone for is a text ever so often(seldom) and then voice mail, Call waiting, voice mail and making and getting phone calls. Now with that said, I really have no use for this fancy phone and would like to sell it but have no clue what they even are worth. Can someone here please enlighten me on what a phone like this is worth? Not really trying to advertise it for sale but more just trying to find out what it is worth and is it worth even selling? any input would be appreciated. [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Misc/PictureorVideo069_zps45359567.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Misc/PictureorVideo071_zps8aa6e489.jpg.html][/URL]

Believe it or not they had a very nice news story on CBS news at 5:30 and they were very forth  coming with the real reason for the trip and admitted it was to seek information on the Global Warming and Ice melting. I guess by now they have plenty of information to research and if they can't move because of that MELTING ICE they should have plenty of time to talk about it cause they are not going anywhere anytime soon. I think I read somewhere that the U.S. Military has agreed to send some of our Naval Ice Breakers down to rescue them as our Ice Breakers are better equip to do the job than the private ones are that tried. I say leave them there and if need be fly in supplies and drop them near the stuck boat and that is all the help I would send.................jmho

Ok , looking for input into which charities folks here might donate to. Every year when I get a cola raise on my Social Security I try and find a charity to donate it to. The issue is I don't trust 99% of them. I have done a ton of research on them and about 90% of them don't do right with the funds that are donated. Most of them only end up giving 5 to 8% of the money donated to the actual people and the rest of it goes to administrative people. In other words most of them are crooks per say. I use to give to Red Cross till all of that stuff that took place on 9/11 donations when millions of dollars were unaccounted and disappeared about the same time the director quit her job and I guess she retired comfortably. Anyway, Last year in January I made the decision that I would send my raise to St Judes Childrens Hospital because I know where that money goes. It goes to the kids and the families of the kids and some to research. I want some suggestions on who some of ya'll donate to and trust. I have been giving  a lot of consideration to the Wound Warriors Organization as I believe the money may be used mostly to help  the soldiers and not much to administration. Have any of ya'll done any research on them to see how up and up they are?  Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.  

Well, I remember hearing about it on several news stations. There were quite few children killed when the Russian troops stormed the school. Some of them were thought to have been killed by somewhat friendly fire as the dirt bag cowards used the children as human shields thinking the troops would not shoot. Like you said , Here we would still have been negotiating, In Russia they take care of business. Now with that said, I don't agree with that type of assault just like I never approved of Waco and Ruby Ridge. When and where innocent children are involved there needs to be a much different approach..............jmho

If anyone remembers to swift action Putin took when they captured that school some years back there were some children lost in it but all the bad guys where killed. I'm sure it is because he is helping the Syrian leader and it is that guys enemies that are doing it. You can bet Putin has a shoot to kill order out now for anyone that even looks like they might be up to something out of the ordinary.................jmho

I don't really think it would really be a new show. It will be the same old show we have been watching since the elections in 2008. O has been ducking his responsibilities since he took office.  Since he got re-elected we are now watching re-runs...............jmho

Ok, since you have all the cleaning supplies SH, next time i come in you better get them out cause even from a distance I saw a lot of great things in the cases to drool and slobber all over...................... :up: :up: :yum: :yum:

I can't afford to go unless I can catch a matinee and normally I won't go alone so I just wait till they come out on netflix and get them then. World War Z was almost just like same theme as the movie "I am Legend" with Will Smith. Both hero's looking for the cure to zombies.  If you pay very much attention Hollywood has lost all of it's writing talents for creating new stuff and with the newer technology they are just taking most of the better old movies and redoing them with the new technology. I kinda noticed that back when they redid Star Wars and added a new beginning to the original version. Just like all these Hobbit movies. Before "Lord of the Ring' who knew what a Hobbit was? They show you all of the Lord of the Ring series and then start making movies to explain where Hobbits came from and how the power of the ring came to be. They do all of it backwards or start in the middle and work both ways............Oh well, if netflix gets them, I watch them, if not I don't.................jmho

Well, in my opinion which ain't much,I think just about every household that has a firearm in it has at least 1 or more 22 rifles from single shots to semi auto's and most of the have a 22 pistol of some type. Reason being both the guns back years ago could be purchased fairly cheap in about every department store in the country. Sears, Montgomery Ward, Western Auto, and the list goes on. Ammo was also very affordable. I remember buying a box of 50 22shorts for 49 cents and longs for 59 cents. What has really surprised me is Shotgun shells have not really been effected and like to 22's if there was a 22 in the home their was at least 1 single shot or double barrel shotgun in the house yet ammo for them has been readily available for them in all gauges. I think people began hoarding 22ls because when they did they were cheap and they knew about every home has one or more in them and they could profit from it later which is turning out to be a fact.......................j,ho 

In my particular location I live in a cottage that is completely concealed from the highway by the Duplex in front of the cottage. I like to have my front door open during the day so just lock storm door. All of my friends know to call before they stop in. If someone knocks on my storm door even during the day I go to the door with some type of gun in my hand in clear sight. Normally they say, sorry thought someone else lived here and exit pretty fast without me saying a word. At night now with my new lighting they are lit up like a Broadway stage and seldom every make it to the front door but just turn and leave. Like I said all my friends that know me call before coming or call while sitting in driveway before getting out.

I am getting to old for the 60 watt bulbs in my house and just stepped up to the 75 watts and back when I was making fishing baits I had three 8 foot florescent double bulb fixtures in my pouring room. Now as I got even older and wanted more out door lighting I had a buddy of mine put up some great out door motion sensor lights and they light up just about my entire yard and I love them. I can pull in my driveway at night and I back up to my door and it use to be hard to see but not any more. Everything is well lit..........I don't think you can have to much lighting when you get older except when your asleep and then I want a dark house...........jmho

would never believe it was the same gun. Great restoration for sure and something to be proud of..............jmho

Well, I got to meet hipower and steelharp last evening for a short time and they are both great guys for sure. Got to see a few guns , well got to see a lot of guns and didn't get to close to the glass cases because I did not want to slobber and drool all over them so stayed back an looked.  Just to let both of you know it was a pleasure meeting both of you and hope to be able to do it again soon.    Bersaguy

Lets face facts folks. The only reason they brought Phil back is because the rest of the Robertson's told A&E that is Phil does not come back neither do they. Blood is thicker than water or money, especially when you already have plenty of water and money. A&E didn't have much choice. It was either bring Phil back or lose the whole show. I am glad to see a family stick together and hold to their beliefs.........jmho

Well, one thing is for sure. She has a very dedicated protector. Dogs of most any kind have a instinct about babies and somehow know that they need protection..............jmho   Great video!!

Since I don't have a wife I can't do the two person thing unless I take a buddy with me and I normally don't go alone so when we approach the sporting goods section we split up and buy separately getting the purchase limit x 2. If you and your wife would have separated just before entering that sporting goods area you both would have got 3 boxes. That is one of the ways to play the Walmart game and it works most times............jmho

I wish I could be that way when selling items but I have an issue of when I am selling anything I point out all the flaws it has and then let the person make a decision if they want to buy it or not. I was taught as a child that your reputation is who you are and I want folks to leave my home with a good taste in their mouth if they have purchased something from me that I told them if the item had any issues I didn't hide them............jmho

Yea, they can monitor some of the largest internet and phone services out there and keep all those records in memory but yet cannot build a website to get that POS ACA website to work. I guess it must have to do with priorities and the ACA website was just not high enough on the priority list................. :rofl: :rock:

my list is way to long to remember everything I don't know............. :stunned: :stunned: :stunned: