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I don't doubt working from home will become much more prevalent, but I have already experienced a couple downsides. Susan is now working from home and has limited access to things that used to be right outside her door. I call Susan (who is across town or in another city) and ask her if she can put her hands on XYZ item. Now she works from home, so she calls Johnny, who is not in our department and really has no idea WTH Susan is talking about and doesn't really have time for her, but he is on location. Johnny may or may not give Susan accurate info. Plus, Susan's home internet is not as good as it was at work. After a while, I learn who Johnny is and why there is a delay and sometimes just bypass Susan. She cannot do some of the odds and ends that she used to do and is a little less valuable. If I worked from home, the fact that someone in India or the Philippines can possibly also do my job from home would be in the back of my mind.

I would take the 30K in a flash.

I’ll take OSHA/code enforcement over Bolshevik construction engineers.

Joseph Stalin could have it built in three months. Of course he would first round up OSHA and code enforcement and give them all 9mm headaches.

Yeah, looks pretty fresh.

Paying for it is not the issue - the current administration comes out with $2 trillion spending plans like they are chump change. The problem is that truly needed infrastructure upgrades will be smothered by green new deal type wish lists.

Infrastructure has little to do with roads and bridges nowadays.

It is definitely a perishable skill.

Maybe he intended to shoot them if they continued what they were doing or followed through on something they had threatened. There isn't enough video available to fully understand the incident. At what point is it ok to point a gun at someone? Cooper's rule mentions not pointing your gun at anything you are not willing to destroy, but that's not the same as not pointing "unless you were going to shoot it." If you never point a gun at someone unless you are going to fire, there would be a lot more police shootings. How many crimes are avoided by some civilian displaying or pointing a gun at a bad guy without firing a shot? Some practicioner may be able to wait at low ready or even remain holstered and deal with an immediate threat, but not everyone is able to put that off. This guy does not look like a practitioner, but that doesn't disqualify him from being able to defend himself.

Been a while since Attack of the Clones, but this is still relevant:

Darth Vader shoots an Open gun at a USPSA match...

I have seen Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. Nothing else. My nephew loses his mind every time I remind him of this.

I got a shot yesterday and my shoulder is sore but I have no other symptoms. Not a Covid shot, a cortisone shot for a lingering rotator cuff problem. At least that's what they said...........................

I suspect that some of the victims of the riots in the past year might not agree with your first sentence. The problem is that nobody truly knows what situation to expect whenever they walk out the front door. Anything can happen anywhere, anytime.

A little off topic, but somewhat related. Lawlessness in Memphis has increased in the past year, especially on the interstate. Just about every time I am on the interstate, I get the paint blown off my doors by someone (in cars, not on crotch rockets) doing WAY over 100 mph, probably 120-130. I am used to drivers occasionally blowing by me even though I'm doing 75-80, but this is something new and completely over the top. The cops' hands are tied due to no-pursuit policies. I'm not sure what flavor of d-bag thinks he can stop interstate traffic for a bunch of 4-wheelers, but I imagine anyone who ran afoul of this group would want more than a revolver. https://wreg.com/news/dangerous-reckless-driver-records-what-he-calls-wild-funeral-procession-on-i-55/

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I don’t doubt it, but sometimes it sure looks like it has picked up a LOT of contaminants.

I’ve changed my own oil since the 90s after a dealership left my oil filler cap on top of the engine. I change approximately every 5k and have used nothing but synthetic on my 06 Tacoma and the wife’s 13 4runner. Maybe overkill, but boy the oil is blacker after 5k than after 2k. I guess I’m just too old school to let it go 10k. The Taco is a joy to change the oil; the filter on the 4runner is a royal PITA. $89 for a 5 qt oil change sounds like robbery. The local Toyota dealership wants $72 for a 6.5 qt synthetic oil change on the 4runner, and even that sounds expensive to me.

My favorite scene:

I have to replace some fence at my mother’s house soon and shopped lumber this weekend. I was pleasantly surprised. Treated 2x4x8s were only $7.50 or so and a 4x4x8 post was $15. They had some 6 foot treated pickets that looked a lot better than any other treated pickets I’ve seen in the last 15 years and they were $2.67 each. I was happy with what I found overall because a friend told me to expect $10 2x4s and another friend told me to expect an empty lumber section. The job will cost about $600, which is twice what it would have been not too long ago, but it could be worse.

A couple questions— What kind of gun are you shooting? Polymer auto? Stock trigger? Can you track the front sight throughout the recoil impulse? Could be a couple things going on. If possible, post a pic of your grip. How do you press the trigger? We need to press straight back and a lefty pressing at even a slight angle (left-front to right-rear) can send shots right. Too little trigger finger can sometimes exacerbate this. Does it get worse with increased target distance? A quick trick is to put some weak-side thumb pressure on the frame. Does this help? If so, it may indicate a not-quite-straight-back trigger press. You may have developed a slight flinch. Do you shoot right when shooting a slow group or does this problem show up when you start shooting faster? Can you follow the front sight as it lifts and settles back in the rear notch? Most people can’t. If not, do you quickly re-acquire front sight as it settles? A drill to help avert a flinch is to fire a precise shot and follow or re-acquire the front sight as it settles, prep the trigger, focus on the sight picture, but don’t fire a second shot. Some would describe this whole process as simply firing a shot, because follow through and setting up a second shot is all part of the firing cycle. Whatever we call it, it can gradually train away flinches.