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Casual or professional? I've contemplated doing so as a hobby/casually. Like most things, I'm certain its more work than one thinks, and the economics don't always work out.... a friend started breeding blue heelers, and had several get returned, so now lives in a house with 6 dogs and doesn't breed them anymore. I have successfully converted hobbies into $$$. Not get rich money, but I was able to sell/trade enough corals that my Saltwater reef tank was budget neutral. That was a couple hundred bucks every month for those outside the big glass boxes. From my hobby I was doing anyways. Ditto with gardening/landscape plants. I have a 2 yr old intact male Belgian Malinois from a breeder in Maryville. Not AKC, but well regarded in EastTN (supplies several local agencies). I'm considering adding a female. Back of the napkin math says 5 pups a year? I paid $1k. Yes: vet bills, food, losses, returns, time, etc. I'm still having a hard time seeing this as a money losing potential? Help talk me out of it! Thanks. - Kevin

Ya know, I get the idea and where you're coming from @leafinthewind. The problem is thats a very naieve view of how the world IS. Take off the rose colored glasses man. Most people are a$$holes! We're talking about ammo, not food! And despite the trend in society at large, nobody reading this is in imminent life threatening danger. You can argue wether action A is morally permissable, but nothing in this life is obligated to follow your definition of moral (regardless of the consensus). If someone charges price $###.## for a product and someone else pays it, why are you even in the conversation? The internet is a fascinating place because nobody ever gets punched in the mouth. You can flame people about any old thing that chafes you the wrong way that particular morning, and never have to atone for it (case in point!) I learned a looooooooong time ago to write out missives just like yours, and then delete it. Does nobody any good, least of all you. What you're doing here is essentially arguing that capitalistic pricing of ammunition is amoral. GTFO. You'd rather live in a country where the goobermint dictates what a 'fair price' would be? We have those places, you can go. If two private parties want to exchange goods and/or services its none of my damned business. Period.

Shudder... don't forget to put the seat down!

Take off Hoser. I'll give you a personally guided tour of EastTN for two-four of Export. Gawd, its been a while since I had any of the good stuff.... Ontario? Forgive me if I missed it in the thread, kinda skimmed it once I saw you're from the great white north! Buffalo born and bred, moved down here about 5 years ago. Your description of the politics tells me you'll like it here. Though its getting purpler by the day... Chattanooga is a little bluer than Knox IMO, Nashville=big city. Not as big as Toronto, but all the same issues. Never been to Memphis.... for good reason. Weather is a lot warmer, Nashville feels like the South. EastTN is like a really hot and really long summer. Gets nicer earlier, stays nicer longer. If you/wife likes gardening, you're in luck. Internet=civilization. The more rural, the less access. Suburban areas are all wired for high speed (DSL or cable), fibre beginning to show in some places. Knox airport will get you to a hub, few direct flights around the SE. There are some smaller regional airports, but you'll be in a Cessna. You can drive to Atl-Hartfield in about 3-4 hrs, there are also shuttle/limo services that do airport runs. Nashville also has a large airport, is about 3-4 hrs from here. EastTN (Tricities, Jefferson County, etc.) Has some gorgeous Mountain views... I've seen cow pastures along I-40 with million dollar views, if thats your thing. Lots of lakes/water due to TVA dams. I've been very happy with the move down here. If you can get over the border I'd say take a week and drive down. Was serious about the tour, I'd even settle for Golden. LOL! - Kevin

Relax folks, he's one of us.... LMAO. Welcome. I can see already you're going to get along just fine! Where in Southern Canadia? I escaped here to America from WesternNY about 5 years ago. Should have done it years before.

Its all about the West Side in Knox-vegas.... Third recommendation for the ORSA club, was a member there for a few years, fantastic place. If you shoot once a month, its worth the $$$ to become a member. Great facility, multiple ranges of every flavor (skeet, pistol, rifle, steel), and great people! Bench rifle range available to all members out to 200 yds, beyond that you need to join the High Power Rifle club (free), and access to longer range targets (up to 1000yds) is limited to certain days/times. My first year I was able to join without a sponsor, but I'd wager someone here would give you a tour and sign your application. We just need to verify all that Kalifornia Kraziness got dropped off at the Mississippi! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!

Very well said Darrell!

I've heard good things sbout Gunnys out there in Mrrrrrrrville. I shop at Frontier Firearms.

Our place here in EastTN had a well when we bought it. Pump blew, replaced it and 60' of pipe, guy said pump was 80 ft down, water was at 60 ft. When we built the house, on advice of the bankers (and the missus), we ran a line to city water at the road. We use the city water in the house, the well is used mostly for irrigation, but we do drink from it. Tastes pretty good. I like it better than city. I'll second the Reverse Osmosis (RO/DI). Used to be all we drank, I miss having my filter plumbed right next to the kitchen sink. If I were in your shoes: Budget 500-1k for a home water filtration system. Don't buy any carbon filters or softeners, RO and DI, with a bladder tank, and one of those spigots next to the sink. Can run a line to your fridge, too. DIY with Guest fittings from big box store is pretty easy to do.

Carrots, brocolli, leeks and turnips are coming up. Beans went in yesterday in between storms. Trying some pseudo-raised beds this year: terrible soil here, ammendment isn't conducive. I dig out about a foot down, use waste as a border around perimeter. Backfill with quality topsoil, I get about 18 inches depth to grow into. Of course the plants can go further, but its chert and clay, so I suspect these will be essentially like raised beds. So far I have 1 setup last year that ran garlic over-winter. Put in a new one for onions, and another one elsewhere on the property for berry bushes.

Funny story.... In my past life as a Prepress wizard extrordinaire, I was working at an MBE print shop downtown. Only 2 white guys in the whole place (the estimator and me)..., that was the shop where I came across the photo I'm currently using as my avatar! So a bunch of the guys would get lunch from some bodega down the street every Friday. Real home cooked soul food, 10 bucks, got a big styrofoam clamshell filled with whatever they made that week. Driver walked around at 11:30 taking orders from everyone in the plant, I'd stop for a sniff, sometimes it was interesting, smelled good, sometimes. One day Kameron our driver asks "wanna try some?" Me: Smells good. What is it? Kameron: Ox Tails, white beans and rice with greens. Me:...... Kameron: (holds up forkful) Me: Nah man, white folks don't eat that part of the cow. They were all rolling on the floor laughing. Ya know its funny, out of all the jobs I've had and places I've worked, I experienced the least amount of racial tension while there. We'd cut up all kinds of jokes and stereotypes about each other, nobody got offended. Good times!

One brick at a time!

Sorry for your friends loss. History I believe will not be kind to this period of time. The things that have happened astound me. I literally, find myself at a loss to put the magnitude into words. The future I both welcome, and shudder at. The only way out is through, many of us here will not survive. May God have mercy on our souls.

Part of the problem is your two requests are mutually exclusive. Most high speed service is distance limited, either due to technology limitations (dsl) or cost of cabling (fiber). Rural = distance = putting wires on lots of poles (or underground, etc.). If you truly want rural AND speed, you may want to search for a nugget of privacy near a main road, route, college, civilization, etc., and budget for running a line to your property at your own cost. You may be able to do point to point microwave, but again you'll be distance limited to proximities of larger cities.

Ropes, pulley, buddy? Saw a neat drill with a .22 where they let a dozen balloons go in a stream and the shooter was downstream.... current provided plenty of randomization, looked fun!

ORSA has a steel range, goes out to 100 yds, 1st targets at 50 yds I believe? Was there one time with my son, another gentleman came and went down to the other end of the range with something big and fancy looking that made an awesome THUMP when he shot. Think it was 7.62 rifle. My son claimed he got some shrapnel first and I didn't believe him, thought it was a bee sting. Then a few rounds later I felt a sting on my cheek and there was a little blood. We packed up and left quickly. I dunno if he was banging the 50s, 75s, or 100s, but he was a good 100 feet down the row from us? Heck of a rifle, we stood there watching for a few minutes.

Thick wall PVC. I like the idea of motor oil, but any wood or plastic may be ill effected? Aren't there commercial products and bags available (gunsock?), that could be used to place inside the tube? I'm a big fan of layered protection. Multiple water proof bag layers inside a sealed PVC tube. If one layer fails, there are multiple others. Retrieval may prove difficult... how long of a tube? Multiple units lashed together? Some way to attach it to something (run the chain up on shore?), even just a float (duck decoy?) to mark its location? How long do you anticipate storage? Could plan to retrieve it (semi)annually to ensure sedimentation doesn't become a problem. Might be better served by burying it in dirt, perhaps under a new bush/flower bed? Get some cheap bulbs (only grow down about 9 inches) and some mulch, looks like landscaping. K

Haha, guilty as charged, I'm no doctor. I also didn't give any medical advice. I attempted to clarify a point in the discussion: the mRNA gene therapy being pushed as a 'vaccine' is anything but. Its hard to have a cogent conversation when people misuse language. Can't have a talk about sports cars with a prius owner that thinks its a sports car. Its simply not possible if everyone doesn't agree on the language? That's why this whole debate is useless, we're talking passed each other by not understanding what we're saying to each other (due to ignorance or misuse). The advice I offered is about life, not medical in nature. You probably shouldn't inject yourself with something put together by the same people who have publicly stated they want you dead.

Awesome stuff mamcdonald (hey, I'm a McDonald, too!) I especially like the old Korean pics, don't see many of those.

Calling them "vaccines" contributes to the propaganda. They are not anything like a traditional vaccine, they are mRNA gene therapy drugs adapted from cancer treatment. They trick your body into producing the spike protein found on the Kung-flu virus to help your immune system recognize and attack it. That's right, it causes your body to create a protein and attack itself! And it spent less time being developed in the lab than toothpaste. ... what could possibly go wrong? To give you ~80% immunity? For an illness you are 99.7% likely to survive. Once you're outside the nursing home/immunocompromised club, I can't fathom why anyone would.

I won't debate the facts surrounding this topic as there is quite a bit of mis/dis/mythinformation out there, and frankly, let's be honest, anyone here who ISN'T a doctor, should just STFU? Beating each other over the head with our preferred version of the truth will not convince anyone to change their opinion. Trust me, I've tried, no amount of truth or facts will matter. For me, its all very simple, and requires no expert opinion or medical knowledge. I could not have said it any more succinctly than Vox Day: If you wouldn't have a glowing target tattooed on your forehead, you probably shouldn't submit to genetic therapy by people who openly talk about their desire to reduce the human population.

I used to watch boxing with my Dad when I was a wee lad, took forever to understand it... Hagler was a beast. He was a good fighter. The sport will miss him.

Hahahaa, too true! It sounds similair to the way an old friends house was situated on his property. Hillside ran into the back of his house. It sounds like a couple french drains and gutter/downspout work should fix the problem? Couple grand, max, they're easy to install DIY (happy to help another EastTN TGO'er). If the retaining wall is being rebuilt, it ABSOLUTELY needs a drain installed behind it. Big 6" MF'er, backfilled with 1" or larger stone maybe 2 horizontal pipes if its a tall wall (any deadmen?).... If you're going to excavate the exterior wall to install drainage, got some comproco or like product (roofing tar...) on the outside surface. If you're going to rip the drywall off, Dry Loc paint on the inside as mentioned. Either of those should do the trick, both would make it bullet proof. Diverting and moving the water away from where you want it is the key. Weekend project if you've got a couple strong backs and cold beers.

Personal feelings about the issue aside, I commend you for being honest and transparent about it. Adapting ones opinions to new and updated information is a good thing. Not being too stubborn to change is a positive personality trait in my book. If my Dr. said "do it now dumbass", it may impact my opinions on the issue as well (tho I doubt that). That being said, I share Greg's fear, that this will be used to control and manipulate the population at large (already is/has). You can bet your bottom dollar your movement and access to all sorts of things will be curtailed based on acceptance of the vaccine.

I hear them out on Watts Bar. My cove has a lot of bird activity. Baitfish are about. Tomorrow will be busy. Think the fishing will pick up in a few weeks. Waning moon.