TGO David

Actually... You're seeing the result of the fact that some posts in the threads may have been deleted by moderators. We can still see them, but you can't... but the forum doesn't know that.

Precisely why I haven't done it. I enjoy things too much.

Air-dry finishes just don't do it for me and I've yet to find one that will hold up to daily abuse. I still believe that the best results come from something heat cured. Norrell's moly resin, Cerakote, etc. I'd love to be proven wrong about this because I've got a ton of other uses for a good air-cure product if one exists.

I'm pretty sure you read it right... he probably does make his coffee in the vacuum cleaner. People like that shouldn't be trusted. I really wish we had a local shop to support in Smyrna. Hell, I wish I had the money to open one and stop working for the man. It's actually something a buddy and I keep throwing back and forth as our escape route from corporate America.

So you'll match up to $50 for however many TGO members donate? Generous.

Yes to both. I tend to wear fleece jackets and just layer. I don't like the "swish swish swish" sound that softshell makes.

By the way... I've ordered some of this guy's stuff before and it's usually VERY good. Terroir Select Coffees

You're lucky I've had a cup or I wouldn't even be replying to this coherently. It'd just be a random sequence of obscenities punctuated by shoves, punches and growls.

Sure. But didn't he also agree to pay them whatever they needed so long as they just saved his home?

So by this thinking, we all should hope and pray we never have a wreck or other personal emergency on our way through this part of the state... because if we haven't paid our $75 ahead of time, we're screwed. Or would a traveler just be taken care of au gratis rather than be forced to watch his car burn to the ground? Like I said... slippery slope. Seems that the decision was made to make a point.

It's pretty well known that people should never, ever mess with me before my first cup. It's essential for both my happiness and their continued respiratory cycle.

Ok so what I'm gathering here is that ... It's ok that the fire department let this guy's home and all of his possessions burn to the ground to make a point. This fire department has no societal obligation to do the right thing; it has an obligation to extract $75 from you ahead of time, in exchange for which it will perform certain duties. Public safety is therefore a commercial endeavor and therefore if you don't pay, you suffer. Am I reading this right? Do any of you taking up for the FD in this case not have the slightest twinge in your gut that maybe, just maybe the wrong decision was made here and that the people responsible for that decision are complete a-holes? Because, you know... it seems to me that a FD should exist to serve and protect, not to charge and to collect. I guess I'm just old fashioned that way. I kind of expect more from people who go into certain vocations.

All I'm saying is it takes a real son of a bitch to watch another man's property burn to the ground over $75. You can let that hit you however you want it to. Paid, unpaid... doesn't matter. People on TGO love to talk about the "slippery slope" in various arguments and I'm telling you, the slippery slope here is that this sets a dangerous precedent. Do you want some douchebag asking you for a credit card before he extricates you and your family from an overturned vehicle on I-24? Do you want him walking past your vehicle because it's got Knox county plates and you're overturned in Davidson county? I say bulls__. Volunteer or paid, these jerkoffs were on the job and their prescribed duty is to protect life and property. You can sort out matters of $75 AFTER. If I'm ever drowning in a flood and some jackass public safety representative pauses to rescue me to verify that I've paid my $75 to his town, I'm dragging that SOB under with me and choking the **** out of him with my last breath. Wrong is WRONG and I can't believe some of you are defending their actions. What they did was absolutely shameful and reprehensible. Further, I bet it didn't convert the homeowner to a future customer either.

A__holes.

October 10th.

Sounds like a lot of fun. Hopefully you get some takers.

Same. Warming up my Canon 7D and 24-70 2.8L for this. If someone tries to mug me I'm hiding behind their no-carry sign. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

Crazytown isn't a good place to take up residence either. Our government has enough overt ways that they're trying to eff us. I don't need to go looking into the shadows if I want to be concerned that they're up to no good.

That's Plan B.

Two questions... 1. Anyone know if it's posted? 2. Anyone know if they allow cameras?

Meh. Anyone who has even a rudimentary understanding of radio knows that the conspiracies ascribed to this are complete bunk.

FOXNews.com - 911 Tape Released in Mexican Pirate Attack on U.S. Couple This stuff is getting old. Their government is almost as corrupt as our own [see what I just did there?] so I don't put much faith in the idea that the US will ever cough up the balls to actually do anything about it.

True enough. The threat of unemployment has thus far kept me from being very creative. I just use my aircard and my personal laptop during lunch, that way I'm on my time using my resources. They can't exactly police that unless they want me to start going completely off-campus for lunch, which would put them in a hurt since we're short-staffed as is.

I've got it loaded on both my iPhone 4 and my Droid X. It's my go-to for checking in on TGO when I'm stuck behind our corporate firewall at work.