MacGyver

I've kind of got a project in the back of my mind to do some subsonic stuff for the .338 Federal - it does use .308Win brass.   I'm not sure what it get's me that my 338 Spectre doesn't - as 250gr at 1040FPS is the same regardless of the parent case.  But, .308 brass offers more space to work with, so in theory you might get a little wider selection of powders.

The Ruger P-series has to be one of the ugliest guns ever made. That said, their reliability seems to be inversely proportional to their beauty. I don't know that I've ever known anyone that's had one that has ever had a single problem. They seem to run like tops.

The shut one down on Abbott Martin Rd. in Green Hills earlier this year:   http://www.wsmv.com/story/24683503/police-raid-4-nashville-businesses-in-prositution-case

Surefire's batteries have historically been private labelled Duracell's. So, not only are they generally a decent price, they're also a great battery. You can probably find a cheaper battery, but I don't know that you'll find a quality battery any cheaper.

Stamps are specific to the device.  So, you'd purchase a device through a dealer, fill out the paperwork, pay the fees, and try to be content with the suppressor sitting in the dealer's safe for a while before your paperwork comes back and you are able to take possession it.

We don't use the same term to describe it, but in fact our courts have long held that one Congress cannot "bind" the hands of a future Congress.  It's actually making its way through the courts again right now, as the ACA contains language that tries to do exactly that in a couple of places. Section 3403 of the bill stipulates that, "it shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.”   The more I think about it, though.  This disparity really sums up pretty well what is wrong with our political class.  Any single Congress could make a decision to move towards solvency (so long as they also have a President on board or a reliable two-thirds consensus).  The vast majority of the folks who get elected are smart enough to know that they system is fundamentally insolvent.  Yet, they make the decision to strive towards a goal where they have to know going in that they're not really going to do anything about it.  In fact, they're going to participate in the charade.    I don't know how any of them sleep at night.

At 40, I'd happily sign up today to let them keep what they've squandered so far and to let me out of the deal.   But, that's the very problem.  They simply cannot even consider letting anyone out, because then they pyramid that they've got resting on our heads tips over.   Mac, it's certainly not relevant here, but your Weimer Republic comment brought this to mind:   [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k[/media]

When it comes to Social Security, only two things are certain:  Math.  At some point, a large portion of the population is going to get screwed.  You can try to push it off, but a day of reckoning is coming. All main-party politicians - Republican or Democrat will do anything possible to avoid having to be the responsible voice in the room.  They'll hold hands and sing campfire songs before they admit that we'd send people to jail in any private sector business for doing what they've done with Social Security. So either you're going to have the political class grow up and do the responsible thing (which is not ever going to happen) or you're going to have the political class pretend to look away and feign surprise as we skip towards a European-style socialist state that consumes a growing percentage of the wealth that it claims to help create.    We've got the consumption part pretty well squared away in this country. We probably also have a moral responsibility to ensure that those who are currently of retirement age (or close to it) don't have to eat dog-food during their golden years.  I'd much rather see local communities, churches and families step up to fill this gap.  But, without sane voices in the government and a plan to wean the people off of the government teat, there's no incentive for anyone to have those conversations.   Strange place we find ourselves in.  Empires are hard. 

That brought a smile to my face...

So glad to hear that your condition is improving!  We'll keep you in our prayers.

I read an interesting article last week about a coming collapse in whiskey availability due to the new-found popularity amongst the hipster crowd and the fact that they - along with other new consumers worldwide are consuming at an unprecedented level.  Basically the consensus was that it was going to take some time for the makers to equilibrate to the new demand, and when you've got a product that's production is measured in years, it's going to be an issue.

TN doesn't require a tag for recreational trailers, but I went ahead and got one anyway.  GA and NC both require them, and even though I would have loved to have saved the money, I really looked at it as a safety issue.  No one ever gave me a ticket, but I've been pulled over to "check" in some places where it was difficult to pull over safely without dropping a wheel off of the pavement into the grass, mud or who knows what. Then, I'm trying to get back up to speed and merge all while pulling a 21' boat.  It's just a pain.   It was worth the $12.25 to not have to deal with it.

That's sweet!

It's sad, too, because these are accidents that can truly be avoided.   Hunt smart, y'all!

The local VA office has the capability to do them.

The only voices I see in this thread are white ones.

Everything has a price.  I wear a pair of 501's just about every day.  I find that pocket clips on knives do more damage to my pants than do my holsters, though I typically carry a j-frame in a kydex pocket holster.  It'll eventually cause a permanent "print" - even it it's not a gun-shaped one.

Unfortunately, you never seem to have to look too far to find crazy these days...

Cool!

This one's done.

I always thought he was Bluto, too. But it seems like aloof the cartoons we've watched lately have him renamed.

My kids watched Popeyes for the first time a couple of weeks ago. They all thought it was funny, but my three year old was belly laughing at Popeye and Brutus.

I got to fly with my grandfather back in 2003. He had a bunch of combat missions in one as a pilot over Europe, and then flew hundreds of missions in an H model dropping life boats over the Pacific. He was 83 years old and on a walker due to breaking his hip, but the evening before was commenting on whether or not we'd have to pull ourselves up through the hatch like they did when they had a full load. The next morning, that plane pulled onto the tarmac at John C. Tune with its Pratt and Whitneys roaring in all their glory. He tossed his walker to the side and walked up to that plane like he was 20 again. The pilots were as honored to have him on board as he was to be there. They put the navigator's chair down and a space for him in the cockpit. On the taxi out and takeoff roll you could see his head and the pilot's turning in sync as they both went through preflight checks. To the day I die, that will be one of my most cherished memories.

Man, I'm sorry to hear this.  The older I get, the more I miss all the family and friends that have passed on before me.   Y'all will be in our prayers.

This guy seems to be stepping up his campaign:   http://www.alan.com/2014/09/17/armed-open-carry-activist-walks-outside-nashville-high-school-wearing-bulletproof-vest/   Here he was yesterday prancing around in front of Hillsboro High School.  I know he lost his job.  I wonder if he's still married?  His decision making paradigm is increasingly looking like that of someone who has nothing to lose.