TGO David

Thanks for contributing nothing of value to the thread. Off-topic remarks should be kept in the General Off-Topic forum, not in topic centric forums or threads.

I'd prefer the plain SCT version (link) instead and skip all of the free advertising for BW.

DIKE.

Been here since 7am CST. Full day today and tomorrow. Coming in for a token gesture on Wednesday and plan on being home before lunch. Off after that until January 2nd... but I've got a lot to do over those days. It's good to be the King?

I'm moving this to the Class III forum where it belongs.

The original poster, DaveTN, is for some reason obsessed with comparing apples to oranges. As gcrookston points out in his most recent post, it is easy to find examples of a person doing menial tasks at a pay rate that is not in keeping with the level of education or skill that he brings to the table. The fact that companies have been willing to pay an employee $75/hr because of tenure to push a broom on a Union factory floor is why so many companies are hurting now and why so many people are losing their jobs. I've told my own employer for a few years now that while the annual pay and bonus increases were appreciated, they were not necessary nor were they appropriate considering that my workload had not increased any in the same amount of time. Rather, my workload has actually decreased as the company's business has decreased. Yet pay and bonuses kept going up. In my 2006 annual review with our CEO, I questioned this practice and was told that this was just the way it had always been. Every year brought a $2,000 salary increase and a similar increase in bonus. I pushed the point and asked how the company could sustain this when our operating income was on a downward slide since 2002. The answer was that they hoped things would turn around and that the employees would riot if it ever changed. Well, guess what. The employees are rioting now because they are laying people off. Those of us who do not actively interact with clients and directly generate revenue (i.e. cost center departments) are taking the hit first. Hardly a fair predicament given that the salespeople who aren't selling still get to keep their jobs, but life isn't about "fair". But I digress. Back to the question at hand, are my skills worth what this company has paid me? YES. Was my pay worth the amount of work that I've had to do for the past year? Not really, but my job is analogous to having car insurance. It may seem like you're paying me a lot until you really need my skills. When you do, I'm worth every penny. As for outsourcing IT to India, that trend is dying off. There are a lot of menial jobs in IT that can be outsourced to monkeys if they wanted to do it, but the problem is that you get what you pay for. If you pay a guy who barely speaks English and can hardly communicate well with your customers $0.50 an hour to answer a phone and work through a fip-chart to "troubleshoot" a problem, then you're going to get your money's worth. Once Habib costs you a few hundred non-returning customers or a few thousand in lost income because of downtime, I'll be there to fix it for you. And it's going to cost you quite a bit, but even still not what I'm worth.

Sorry to hear it, man. What a peaceful way to go. I can only hope to be as lucky when my number is called.

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FWIW, I had a Burwell trigger job done on my last M&P 40 back before Dan was as well known and completely covered up with work as he is now. The resulting trigger feel was crisp and broke cleanly like the proverbial glass rod. It felt awesome. BUT... The trigger job made the reset slightly longer, a by-product that Dan was quick to point out would happen because of the way the sear engages in the M&P design, and was even less perceptible than it is with these guns right out of the box. I just had to "learn" where the reset was and program it into muscle memory rather than expect the tactile click that the Glocks have when they reset. It's just one of those things that you'd have to experience dry firing the two brands side by side. The Glock is definitive and easily perceived. The M&P, not so much. But different folks like different strokes, so I'm sure this is just my personal opinion standing between me falling completely in love with the M&P family. As it is right now, I'm just flirting really hard with the M&P.

I'm not sure why your trust in the firearm has gone out the window. If you blow a tire on your car, do you park the car and never drive it again, or do you replace the offending part and continue to enjoy it? Guns are mechanical objects. Anything mechanical will have problems; sometimes the problems crop up quickly, other times it takes years for them to appear. I'd say that if Springfield fixes it and makes it right, shoot a few hundred rounds through it at the range upon it's return and let that re-establish your confidence.

If you have an M&P with a definite solid trigger reset, hang on to it and never let it go. It's a factory freak and likely to become a collector item.

The trigger feels similar but the reset is mushy on the M&P whereas it has a nice solid click on the Glock. I prefer the Glock trigger but I've forced myself to adapt to the M&P trigger. If Smith & Wesson would improve the trigger reset on the M&P family, it would essentially end my pro-Glock arguments. They seem to have addressed all of my other complaints with the M&P as of this current generation. The finish is better and more Glock-like, the mag catch is more solid and this one functioned flawlessly out of the box. I'm very happy with it.

Old pictures.

WWTC = What Would Tungsten Carry. I only had the one M&P 9mm, which I bought thinking my wife would like and end up owning the M&P 9 JG (Julie Goloski) edition. As it turns out, she wasn't a fan of the M&P series but did like the 3914 so that's what she owns now. My Glock 19 is, IMO, the perfect 9mm for me and I was lacking a .40SW so I picked up the M&P 40 to fill the gap.

A few weeks ago I visited Hero Gear and was able to trade my Smith & Wesson M&P 9L for a M&P 40 service model. I've been meaning to post some pictures but things have been a bit hectic. This has become my daily carry in a Comp-Tac MTAC holster during the winter. It's a little bulkier than my Glock 19, but it still hides easily beneath heavier clothing. I figure the .40SW cartridge also has a slightly better ballistic profile for dealing with heavier clothing typical during winter. Anyway... pics...

Congrats. It sounds like you're on the way to a nice side-line business venture. Unfortunately that also means you're now in the category of offering business services, so you need to become an Authorized Vendor here in order to advertise yourself. In order to protect those who have invested in TGO financially, we can't allow you to post ads for commercial services unless you do. Drop me a line and I'll assist with getting you set up as a Vendor here.

Nut scarf.

If I bend the rules for you, I have to bend them for everyone. There is a simple way to bypass the 50-post restriction. http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/payments.php

So I have to do more work because you couldn't search?

So... you knit?

I traded my 9L for a standard 40 a few weeks ago. I've been carrying it lately just for grins and giggles. It's as reliable as my previous 40 was, but I doubt I'll send this one off to Dan for the trigger job. The last trigger job he did for me was nice and smooth but it also made the reset even less perceptible than they are out of the box.

I have a khaki Jumbo and use it for a variety of things in a variety of situations. I've taken it hiking, on trips, etc. Usually with at least a backup gun in the velcro holster and frequently with my Canon 30D DSLR camera and a wide-angle zoom lens in the main pocket when sightseeing.

Options are nice. Not everyone likes to drive the same kind of car, so not everyone is going to like owning the same kind (or configuration) of handgun. S&W is showing tremendous attention to consumer desire and market demand by offering this as an option. This attention to the consumer is what keeps pushing S&W further into the market space previously owned almost entirely by the likes of Glock. I really don't care for a manual safety on a striker-fired handgun. They are quite necessary (IMO) on a 1911-style SAO handgun, so I do prefer them on those platforms. However there are people who think that the additional layer of safety is a nice thing to have and they will buy or refuse to buy a handgun due in part to the inclusion or omission of a manual safety. Whatever floats their boat, I guess.

I really, really like this one.

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