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This one followed me home today. 2013 with 8050 miles on it. It should fill a niche nicely!

That's interesting. I've always avoided even a smidge of zinc in my lead pot, and never considered casting with it. Have you recovered any fired rounds? I'm curious if they remain intact.

I think it was I who was confused. The news article I quoted was from Cumberland county, and didn't mention that either driver was a deputy. The story that Greg mentioned was from Macon county. Apparently these are two separate incidents. Sorry about that!

This from the Crossville News website: Two people were killed in a head on crash early this morning on Lantana Road about 11 miles south of Crossville. According to THP report, 51-year-old Randal Bartley was driving south in the northbound lane of the highway. 52-year-old Alfred Dishman was driving north in the northbound lane. The two vehicles crashed head on killing both individuals. The crash happened around 4am.

Cool! I didn't know that site existed. Thanks for sharing, and good luck to the OP selling that barrel.

And what a HUGE problem that is! I grew up during the Viet Nam war, which disabused almost everyone of the notion that our government was truthful, but I think the major news agencies were trying to get it right. Now they are trying to push their own narratives and agendas. We may as well read Tass or Pravada (and I actually do). And even when the news tries to get it right, they often get it wrong. I spent a lot of years volunteering with my local fire department, and three quarters of the time the news coverage of events of which I had first hand knowledge got many of the details entirely wrong.

Yeah, it ticks me off, too. As an aside, I sold a motorcycle to an out of state buyer last year. A few weeks ago I got a letter from the state asking me why I was no longer carrying insurance on the bike. So the insurance companies are notifying the state when people drop their insurance. It shouldn't be such a tough thing to suspend registration on uninsured vehicles.

And many of them have a serious drinking problem, as well.

I'd go get an estimate, then contact the at-fault individual and see if he'll come up with the money. But I find it doubtful that anyone who drives without insurance will be good for the couple of grand that repair will surely cost. I'd give the guy a fixed, short time to come up with the money, and if he does then I'd just deal with it outside the insurance company. If not, I'd go to my insurance company to get it fixed and sue the at-fault guy for the out-of-pocket costs, and maybe for the whole amount. My insurance company, Progressive, has some accident "forgiveness" depending upon how long you've been a customer. Does yours? It sucks, but insurance companies seem to care about CLAIMS, regardless of fault. You're better off avoiding a claim if you can, but are you willing to be out the cost of the repair if the at-fault fellow fails to come through? Driving without insurance should result in immediate loss of license and confiscation of the car's plates, in my opinion. Now you're stuck dealing with another man's mess. Sorry about that! And good luck!

I own an ancient Garmin hand-held GPS and it still works very well. It's quite basic in that there is no topography or landmarks actually in the unit (ancient!). But I can mark my truck when I get out of it, head out into the woods, and can easily find my way back to the truck again. If I find an interesting body I can mark it and name it and go back to find it another day. I know the newer units are FAR more capable, and whatever you choose is going to work well for you. I bought another GPS made specifically for dirt bikes. Again, no built in maps, but it lays a "track" that allows me to explore a network of trails and old logging roads without having to remember ever turn I've made. Whatever GPS you decide on, you're going to like it. I'm pretty comfortable in the woods with a compass, but there havebeen times when I've come back out to a road that I know my truck is parked on, but don't know which way on that road the truck lies. The GPS entirely removes that uncertainty. And you can mark a fishing honey-hole, too.

Man, I love my straight razors! But I use mine for shaving, not as a collection. GLWS!

I'm thinking that your clutch may be dragging just a bit, or maybe you're not pulling the clutch all the way in when you try to kick it over in-gear. I kick start my bikes in neutral, although I would do it in-gear if there was some good reason. My GasGas trials bike takes a little ritual to start when it's cold. Gas on- full choke, kick it over three or four times. Choke off, throttle open, kick it over two or three times to clear the cylinder. Choke on, throttle closed, starts on the first or second kick. It helps if I'm wearing a green t-shirt and face to the east.

I caught some pile perch from the ferry dock in the San Juans (Washington) when I was a kid. I filleted them and my mother popped them into a hot skillet and then started to scream. Worms were coming up out of the flesh trying to get away from the hot oil. I never ate a pile perch again! In fact, it's kind of turning my stomach to think of it now!

I'm curious about the value, too. I have a Win 70 Featherweight in 30-06. Mine's been carried through the woods and isn't so pretty as yours, but it's among my favorites. I bought it new in 1980, I think.

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Are there any high-performance riding schools in the Knoxville area? I used to live half an hour from a track (The Ridge, in Shelton, WA) and did quite a few track days and schools there. I hope that when the Cumberland County track opens I'll be able to do some track days there, but who knows when that will be? I saw that there's a class advertised at the Pole Cat training center in Fayetteville, but I haven't had a reply after trying to contact them a couple weeks ago. I'm getting a bit too old and fat for a race school, but I always have benefited from the classes I've taken and would like to find another one not too far away. I was tempted to go to Birmingham for the California Superbike School, which I've taken before, but that one is pretty darned pricey. Any suggestions?

This guy paid us a visit about half an hour ago. Judging from the deer-feeder, it's just about as tall as me when standing on its hind legs. I think I've seen this fellow before out on the road. Not a great pic because I was standing in the kitchen shooting through the window and screen, but you can see him.

When I moved to TN four years ago I stopped at the local Sheriff's office and asked the same question. They told me that I can shoot on my own property (20 rural acres.) I regularly shoot out behind the barn, but before I began I spoke with my nearest neighbors, all of whom also shoot on occasion. The guys on this forum are a great resource, but speaking with your county sheriff makes more sense than taking the word of a stranger on the internet.

Here in Crab Orchard, just NE of Crossville, we got some wind and rain, but nothing remarkable. We DID get a tornado warning on the phone, but the wind was never worrisome at all.

OK, I'm going to go off-topic here because the talk of the M14 reminded me of a story. I worked at a Naval shipyard in Washington, and after 9-11 the ships posted guards while tied up at the piers. Women are serving on aircraft carriers, and one night I saw a young woman who probably stood about 4'11" in her boots standing watch with an M14 slung over her shoulder. The muzzle was above the crown of her head, and the butt was darn-near dragging the ground. She probably wondered what tickled me to the point of laughing out loud, but I just couldn't image that she'd have been able to shoulder that rifle and put an accurate round down range.

What Bruen actually says is that the government that wants to uphold a gun restriction must look back into history to show it is consistent with the country’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation. There has already been considerable confusion among the lower courts as to what, exactly, that means, and I'm confided that SCOTUS will have to revisit that decision. Lower courts are looking at exactly the same questions and coming to differing conclusions. I agree with you that government does not grant rights, and have made that argument many times over. But the Bill of Rights only lists SOME of our rights, The Tenth Amendment makes it clear that any rights not specifically granted to the federal government are retained by the states or the people. Further, the Constitution has always allowed for penalties to deprive citizens of some or all of their rights. As you pointed out, capital crimes were punishable by death, which is the ultimate deprivation of rights. And the Bruen decision mentions "law-abiding" citizens over thirty times. At all events, we've not heard the end of this one. Bruen was written to address New York's carry laws, and the court did a poor job of telling us how it applies to other situations. I'm sure it will be clarified further in the future.

Though I have read, re-read, and studied the Constitution, I'm anything but an expert. But conviction for the commission of a crime carries penalties that deprive the criminal of his rights. The most obvious is his right to liberty, but there are others as well. My personal take is that it's just fine with me if the penalty for certain crimes includes imprisonment, a fine, AND the forfeiture of the right to keep and bear arms. A person who commits armed robbery just once should never, ever be allowed to touch a firearm again, even after he's served his sentence. I also think that anyone who commits voter fraud should be forever stripped of their right to vote. I know, I'm a hard-ass in this respect, but it makes sense to me that the penalties for some crimes should be severe.

I'll leave the value judgement to others, but those who have committed crimes in the past don't deserve the trust that those of us who have been law-abiding enjoy. I doubt that many who are convicted of committing a crime are caught on their first offense, and recidivism statistics show that those who get our of jail are likely to reoffend.