MacGyver

Once it goes on the registry - it's an NFA item from then on out unless you go through the process to take it off the registry. It doesn't really matter if it (the upper) has been pinned and welded or not. If (the lower) was registered as an SBR - it needs a form 4. If you're talking about buying a rifle from a shop that isn't already an NFA item and has a pinned and welded upper - then it's not a SBR and a regular 4473 would be fine.

I love the old part of Florida. It’s grown up a lot - but it still retains some of the old Florida feel. In that part of Florida, paddling the springs is a lot of fun. You’ll be out of prime manatee season, but it’s still fun to paddle the crystal clear water. Salt Springs isn’t far far. Crystal River is a lot of fun if you’re ever on the other side of the state - but it’s probably 100 miles from St. Augustine. It’s worth it though. My kids would get in the car right now if I told them We could go paddle the springs.

Last year I told my kids if they wouldn’t whine about getting their flu shots - I’d let them spend the $10. Smartest parenting decision I’ve made in years. They walked out of there with a case of Mountain Dew, a flat of Mexi-Cokes, and the largest jar of Nutella I’ve ever seen. They make a good sandwich at that deli counter.

For what it’s worth, if you know anyone who’s going to get the vaccine, but hasn’t yet - just send them to Publix. I had my second shot yesterday. It was super easy. No wait, super efficient. I doubt you even needed an appointment, but you can schedule a time online.

I got to shoot some one time on as a part of a “pro” shoot at a range with a whole bunch of ordnance professionals from different organizations/agencies. My favorite target of the day may have been tannerite strapped to 20# LPG tanks at 1000 meters. There was no question as to whether you hit it or not.

GE has been re-shoring some manufacturing over the last decade or so. It’s been a long slog. Once you lose that capacity - whether individually as a company or as a nation - it’s really hard to get it back. All that to say - I hope the next decade looks better than the last one.

You didn’t ask - but I might square away the I/we thing before I contemplated making any major life decisions. The cash offers from corporate buyers isn’t limited to the big cities. It’s increasingly everywhere. There’s not a lot of kicking the tires in this market. You’ve really got to be ready to move.

Fresh corn tortillas - much like fresh flour tortillas - shouldn’t even really be compared to their packaged cousins.

GE was once one of the most fabled manufacturers on the planet. They made everything. Like so many companies - one of which your wife is intimately familiar with - their management team decided they could make more in financial engineering than actually making product. They were wrong. It's a shame. That capacity is really hard to get back. We had a similar experience with two top of the line GE appliances that were in our house when we bought it. Both the washer and the dryer continually had problems. When I would repair it - every time it was like it was the person on the assembly lines first day on the job or their last day on the job. The quality control was terrible. There were literally zip ties that were so tight they ate through the wiring with the vibration of the machine. I don't know that I could be talked into another one. That said, the best oven I've ever had was a contractor grade gas range/oven from the mid-nineties. That thing held temperature more consistently than any oven I've ever owned since. It probably didn't cost $150. I'd love to have it back.

You should definitely make Caracasville at the Farmers' Market your first ones. You'll be hard pressed to find a better example. If I recall, Friday - Sunday lunch hours.

As far as fast food goes, I’ll take chipotle all day long. For seven or eight bucks you get two meals out of stuff that started as whole ingredients this morning. When I’m traveling, I dig the breakfast sandwiches from Starbucks. Again, whole foods and pretty tasty. I could eat the sausage, egg and cheese on an English muffin every day. I don’t know what sort of magic is in those ovens they use - maybe @RED333could tell me - but man they get those things hot fast. If I want a burger that I’m not cooking myself, it’s Hugh Baby’s here in Nashville. A good burger, fries that taste like they’re cooked in beef tallow (like the McDonald’s of old - millennials, I’m sorry you never experienced these), and good shakes.

Remember the last part of tariffs is ffs.

It ought to be noted - and this should get a lot more coverage - 14 days after your last vaccination, you are well protected against serious disease and are quite safe. You don’t need a mask to be protected from contracting a serious of Covid-19. And, what’s more - there’s a growing body of evidence that suggests that you’re not going to spread the virus to anyone else either. There was quite a bit of risk associated with the disease - but we’re just not awesome as a society about assessing risk. Once you’re vaccinated - the risk to you is quite minimal. That said, I expect to be wearing a mask through most of the rest of 2021. Two reasons for that: 1. Most of the businesses around me require them - and nobody making an hourly wage needs to deal with all that. 2. Were I to lose the mask right now - all the Brentwood soccer moms in Target would represent a far bigger risk to me than Covid-19 does.

Brentwood turkeys were at contact distance tonight on my evening walk:

Actual residency is the requirement.

There's already been a bit of a production delay with the J&J vaccine - turns out supply chain logistics during a global pandemic is hard. But, here in Tennessee, they've been telling people to keep their existing appointments. The state has enough of the Pfizer vaccine to offer that as an alternative.

It should be noted that the pause is the system working exactly like it’s supposed to. Side effects get attention - and guidance modified if necessary. I personally hope the review will be expedited. This particular blood clotting issue - similar to the Astra Zeneca issue (they use the same delivery mechanism) that caused the pause in the UK is serious, but extremely rare. The number of cases detected is statistically below the background noise level for the population at large. Meanwhile, we’re still losing 750/day to the virus. There are no easy answers - but the messaging on this is going to be critical.

That tape is the bees knees. It’s kept lights stuck to my kayak forever. Do note the “permanent” part of the description though.

I don’t think it would matter whether I had stocked up or not. I’d throw rocks before I paid a quarter apiece for primers.

How's your 5G coverage been?

I do know someone who got to have fragments picked out of his hand because he just had to shoot the old rohm .22 his grandad kept in his tackle box all those years. Luckily he shot the .22 first because he had a .38 from his grandad too.

That’s a neat piece of family memorabilia. My only advice would be to shoot it sparingly. The metal alloy on those wasn’t much more than basic pot metal. It’s really soft. It work until It doesn’t - and your options are pretty limited at that point.

I had a situation one time changing a water heater where I turned the water off at the street, cut into a line, and found out that the water company's valve was broken and wouldn't close all the way. Water came pouring in - slowly - only about a gallon a minute - but it was a giant headache. SharkBite made a permanent customer out of me that day with their slip couplings. And, from that day forward, there's not a place in my house that can't be isolated and drained if the need arises. It probably cost a couple hundred bucks and an afternoon to retrofit. But, the goodwill it's saved me over the course of my marriage was totally worth it.

I am what I am. But my hose bibs sure as heck don’t leak. Truthfully, when I needed to replace the existing ones, the price of good freeze proof bibs was enough that two good quarter turn valves was less expensive. When winter comes around, I can just close the valve under the house and then open the one on the outside and drain that section of pipe. I’ve got good access to get under my house with basically standing room underneath - so what works for me may not work for someone else.

I know some folks have been iffy about the vaccine. But, I’m thrilled every time I see someone get it. I’m tired of losing folks to this.