TGO David

Yeah, I want to fix the New Posts icon. It's a bit too subdued for my tastes as well.

Yep - it's for anyone to use provided they follow the rules.

Thanks; glad you like it.

Quick Thanksgiving reply... First, thanks for the feedback - both the compliments and the suggestions for improvement. I actually was up til about 4am (since about 5am yesterday) taking care of an emergency at work, so I had some free time to get the new "theme" to a point where I felt it needed to be released publicly. This lets me get valuable input from you all while I continue to tweak it. I doubt very much tweaking will happen today as I'll be spending it with my friends and family. Second, as I stated previously a version with black text on a lighter background is in the works. Bear with me. It'll be at least a few days before it makes an appearance unless things just click together sooner than that. Answers about how you select the lighter version (etc) will be made clear at that point. Lastly, I am definitely making notes of the other suggestions and will incorporate as many of them as are possible. The goal, as always, is to provide a place you all WANT to hang out. Thanks again and keep the comments coming.

There will be a lighter version coming but it will be a few days at least before that happens. I need to finish building it with the dark theme so that it will be easier to copy my work onto a lighter version.

You know, one of the nice things about the Internet is that you can still visit us here on TGO from all the way over there in NOVA. I hope you'll continue doing so as time permits.

Yep. That's the one. They have a matching top cabinet for it as well. Both of them would look GREAT in my garage.

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Yep! I see what you did there.

Oh wow... my plan may change. I see that Northern Tool has their big Homak 41" rolling tool chests $100 off on Friday. Do want.

What'd she get?

I'm almost afraid to know what pervy things you've learned from Strick. Thanks for the kind words. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving as well.

Ok so... who's going to brave the crazy crowds this Friday for blow-out sales? And what are you hoping to get in the process? I'm probably going to sit this one out this year as I'm actually on call for work.

Thanks for the warm wishes, Raoul. I hope you and the rest of TGO's members have a great Thanksgiving and a restful weekend.

Both. Got a big group meeting here, both friends and family. Lots of mouths to stuff.

I'd recommend going to Lowes, Home Depot or even a salvage store and buying some Formica counter top with backsplash and using that as your work surface. Cleans up great and the backsplash keeps small parts from rolling off the back of the table and down behind your bench where the spiders are going to take up residence. My bench is built with a double layer of 3/4" plywood as a top and then the Formica counter top is screwed down to it from beneath. I've got two six-foot sections end to end.

Unless they have changed the LEM, the first trigger pull is long and spongy and the trigger on follow up shots is lighter and shorter. This does not equal "consistent" in my book. But it's been at least six years since I had an LEM variant HK so the system may have been revised for the better since then.

Poor choice of tactic and it earned you a permanent eviction from the site. TGO is not a democracy but we do endeavor to run it as benevolently as possible. This means we try to have everyone's best interests at heart whenever we make a decision, and that there are expectations from all members in respect to the way they conduct themselves while participating on the forum. Trying to force things to go your direction by publicly subverting the moderators will never be tolerated. In this case, as others have said, your chum Wizzard has ripped off not one but several other members of TGO. That is not going to fly here. If someone rips off the other members, they will be thrown out and we will cooperate with any legal effort to hunt them down and extract the money owed if a member wishes to take it that far. Simply put, we have the members' backs on this and any deal, so every would-be thief needs to take note. As for you, our Code of Conduct clearly states the expectations for those who want to offer a difference of opinion to the Staff or the site ownership. The proper way is to contact us privately. However there is no "statute of limitations" on how quickly we must respond before you take it and make a public spectacle of it. That is never allowed and as such you are no longer welcome on TGO. The true shame of this is that you've chosen to represent a top notch shop in your signature and they do not deserve to have their name associated with your conduct here. I've taken the liberty of removing their info from your signature to preserve their reputation.

Next time you see that guy, tell him he needs to square up some deals he's ripped a few TGO members off on. It sounds like meeting him in person and taking what he's sold you is the only way to get a complete transaction out of him.

Not near as much as I used to. I plan on correcting that.

I've read several firsthand accounts mentioning the same for the various SEAL Teams. The amount of shooting the elite groups do is astounding, and obviously a contributor to their proficiency with the weapons they are assigned. This thread has been a gentle reminder that I need to get back out to the range more in 2012.

Just a random sideline observation, but I believe it is completely possible to slip from UC to CC ... or worse... if you don't regularly spend time keeping your skills sharp. The less often I shoot, the more dull I know my skills become.

I've had one briefly in the past and got rid of it pretty quick. I prefer a consistent trigger pull on a defensive gun. The LEM does not deliver that.

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