MacGyver

I just finished watching The Pacific last night. Amazon had it for $39, so Santa decided I needed to have it. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Everyone should watch this series, as Hanks and Speilberg have done a great job with it. A lot of people initially complained that it was not as good as Band of Brothers. It was certainly different than Band of Brothers, but I thought it was every bit as good. Where the first series had the natural story of the men of Easy Company, The Pacific focuses more on a few individual men in the 1st Marine Division and their stories throughout the war. If anything, this series shows how different this theater was from the European Theater. They may as well have been completely different wars, and the creators did a great job showing that. If you have not seen this series, you really ought to get yourself a copy, or at least throw it in your Netfilx queue. You won't be disappointed.

Love that bear mount, Erik. That's pretty cool.

Nice review. Thanks for posting. Glad you enjoyed the class. Your first defensive pistol class is definitely an eye opener.

Wish I had seen that one first. Then I wouldn't be hearing Japanese voices in my head while folding my shirts.

Really? He's declared bankruptcy what, like 46 times now? Maybe he's a good fit, then. At least he'll be familiar with the process.

For a company your size, it probably doesn't matter, and frankly, you seemed to have answered your own question.* Assigning static IP addresses is not hard, but DHCP through the router should work just fine for you. * Make sure you lock down the router, and consider making your available DHCP pool match the number of physical devices you have to increase your security.

One of my goals for this year is to be able to do some of my own thermoforming for simple kydex stuff. Knife sheaths, pocket holsters, etc... My reaction is always kind of like Erik's. Everytime I spend $60 on a holster, I think, "Seriously? I know I could do this." Knifekits.com has some good quality tools for pretty decent prices. I figure my $200 is going to be offset pretty quickly. But stay off of CountyComm. I don't want you griping to me about how you blew your whole morning, and found all this stuff that you had no idea you needed so badly.

Knifekits.com has kydex and concealex, which are both thermoforming plastics in 1ftx1ft sheets for a couple of dollars a piece. If you've never been there, it's kind of like CountyComm. Be prepared to waste some time and spend 50 bucks.

The SRK would be a great first project for someone wanting to press their own kydex and roll their own. Since it's concentric and only really has one fold, you could likely get away with a heat gun, an old closed cell camping pad and a couple of pieces of plywood.

Raven Concealment makes one, and it's a good one. That said, it will cost you almost what the blade did. Raven Concealment Systems A lot of guys also carry them in Spec Ops Combat Masters as well. It's got the benefit of a pocket on the front to carry some other kit. I used one with a Rat RC-5 for a couple of years with good success. COMBAT MASTER

I wouldn't discount it. The mind can play some wild tricks. But, I can attest to having seen the post-use break outs.

The SRK has always been a good, reliable blade. The sheath does suck, but it's a far cry better than what they used to ship with, and there are some good aftermarket versions. I've got a buddy who used one as his primary blade for more than a decade until he cleaned out some poison ivy with it. Now, despite repeated cleanings with all kinds of chemicals, he breaks out every time he touches it. Congrats.

Seriously? I don't know about that. I'm all for anyone who steps up to take down some of the barriers that the state has erected between the average citizen and their Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Hopefully it's a first step in a personal progression, but regardless of whether it represents a start, or it's the only class someone ever takes, I'll count it as a victory. You've got women coming out of that class who are one step closer to being able to legally defend themselves and their families than when they went in. Kudos to this group for sponsoring this class. That's pretty cool in my book.

That's pretty dang cool...

This would have been a lot better post without the obfuscation of the facts by trying to make a joke out of it. LEO's have a hard enough time without everyone having to search for the particulars of an encounter. Just saying...

OnTarget in Murfreesboro is plenty NFA friendly so long as you follow the rules appropriate to any live range. It's indoors, so you're limited to 25 meters, but they allow all of the above.

I'm really stretching to see how this thread could possibly yield anything of value. And, I'm really not seeing it. Clearly this man has some issues between him and owning a weapon, and I really don't seed where CCA is anything more than tangentially involved. This thread's on thin ice. Watch where you skate.

Man, that's rough. I hope that next season will be better for you, and bet that by then, you will have had ample time to forget this year.

I'll certainly try one out.

Hmm. I've got a P99 AS that I absolutely love. It's been through more than one defensive pistol class with me. I've got a PPS that I'm equally fond of. This one really does nothing for me.

Make sure when you get it, that it is true mil-spec 550 paracord. Usually the term mil-spec doesn't mean much, but in the case of paracord you want the real version with 7 inner strands. Last time I was in Friedman's, it was specifically for paracord, and theirs was a knockoff. There is an army-navy store behind the fairgrounds that has the real stuff. Anywhere from 50 ft. hanks all the way up to entire spools.

I'd love one too, Jamie.

Sounds like an all around nuisance.

Are the armadillos in Tennessee like the ones in south Georgia that are known to carry leprosy? I know they're pretty well reviled down there.