MacGyver

If we're talking other Vietnam movies, I think We Were Soldiers is the most powerful to date.

We left some of the best of that generation over there. It's kind of neat watching my dad now. Since he retired, he's gotten really involved in veterans advocacy issues down in Atlanta. He had such a hard time when he came back, but now it's almost like a switch has flipped. He remembers how he was treated and does his best to make sure that nobody suffers through that now. I remember when he was first starting out, they had him talking to a ton of veterans just coming back. He didn't think he had that much to offer or that his story was that interesting, but as it turns out the part of interest was that he made it. He transitioned back into society, had a family and now at 65 years old is still alive. I don't know if he'll watch it or not. He still occasionally wakes up in the jungle and I guess has learned not to turn over some rocks.

I'm looking forward to this.

My Boy Scout camp growing up was Bert Adams Scout Reservation in Covington, Georgia where they filmed a lot of the show. I can attest to the fact that there were a bunch of trashed chargers out there.

You're not likely to find better for soaking up recoil than the S&W - maybe download it with some low recoil .38 Special rounds. That's going to be similar in recoil to a .380 coming out of that small frame Bersa. She's going to want something with a steel frame to soak up recoil. Maybe she could go to an older .32 Smith or something?

The scary thing is that this storm is currently 400 miles across. It's right at 400 miles from Tallahassee to Miami!

There are things you can control - and things you just can't. The older I get, the more wisdom I see in taking care of the things you can control - and leaning on insurance for the stuff you can't. I'm certain there are a bunch of folks in Houston who wish they had left before the storm - and are in exactly the same place now regardless of the fact that they stayed. Mind you, all of that comes from my middle class perspective having options and means to leave. There are a lot of places in the path of this storm where that's not going to be the case.

There is one road out of the Keys - US-1. Dropsonde measurements from earlier today are being verified, but a reading of 226MPH was recorded. I learned one thing on a search and rescue crew back in the day. If you wait until you know you need to leave, you're way too late.

The takeaway on "Category 6" is probably more relevant to south Florida than it is in the Caribbean islands it's about to hit first. For south Florida - the impact of a storm of this size would be devastating in both damage from the wind and the storm surge and flooding that is sure to follow. But, that's in the US, with modern building codes - and those in south Florida have been strengthened over the years to try to lessen wind damage from storms like this. In places like Cuba, Haiti and most of the leeward islands it would all but wipe them off the map.

As a native Georgian and an engineer, I pull for Tech when I can. My wife is Bulldog born and bred, though. So, I have to be careful if I want to sleep inside.

I pulled 9 kids from 3 to 13 behind a boat all weekend long. Once the rain cleared out mid Saturday morning, they were in the water despite an air temperature in the low 60s. My favorite may have been a six year old - who despite showing me that she knew all of the hand signals - only ever gave me "go faster" sign once in the water. I didn't get in the water a single time, but the joy a kid finds the first time they get up on a board is priceless.

Having that hard of a time against North Avenue Trade School doesn't bode well...

Riding around in my dad's old MG listening to Katy Lied on 8-track is one of my earliest memories. I'm not sure there is another band that made music quite like Steely Dan.

I feel like some of the rule changes over the last few years - both in where you can fly and how you can get trained has made it hard to fly. Have they changed rules so that someone else can ride in an experimental aircraft? Paramotors are pretty safe, but a lot of people would still be nervous learning without an instructor alongside.

Man, I'm sorry to hear that. Sounds like you were lucky to know him!

The interesting thing about the SPLC is that it doesn't really matter how we feel about them. If we were to get listed, there are some of us - because of the nature of our work - just won't be able to one out to play anymore.

As close as I can tell - and someone please feel free to send more if you have it, the Oath Keepers email is referencing this guy. Full transparency, here's the email Oath Keepers sent out: https://www.oathkeepers.org/urgent-call-to-action-texas/ - note this links to the Oath Keepers site - so be advised if you're at work. And, this shouldn't belittle what the Cajun Navy group is doing at all - those guys are doing work that our federal agencies aren't capable of doing right now. And, they've distanced themselves from the guy making the claim of being shot at.

Okay, @Randall53 sent me a link to a report from a Louisiana ABC affiliate with the claims from a Cajun Navy volunteer: http://wgno.com/2017/08/28/cajun-navy-coming-up-with-new-plan-after-looters-shoot-at-boats-try-to-steal-them/ Though the main Cajun Navy group seems to be distancing itself from the guy making the claims: http://wgno.com/2017/08/29/update-cajun-navy-says-no-shots-fired-at-rescuers-statements-made-by-another-rescue-group/ I'm going to open the thread back up, but with a strong warning. This rhetoric is inexcusable. Period. Using a potentially made up story to link a group of hypothetical criminals to a people who disagree with you politically is dangerous. Especially when the post imagines violence. Oath Keepers is already listed as a hate group. Try visiting their website from your office. You know what'll likely happen? Nothing because it's blocked by your employer's internet filter. But, your internal IP will show up as visiting sites affiliated with hate groups. We'd like to keep TGO off of those lists. Appreciate your help.

I'm closing this thread because I don't like the direction it's going. If someone wants to send me evidence from a reputable news source I'll open it back up.

I like the ones you can recharge in the oven - seems like I do around 250 for several hours. I've had some for years. I don't know about how many or how much. I'd guess your use case will dictate that. Just check them pretty regularly. They're cheap enough in bulk that you could probably afford to use more than are strictly necessary if you're worried about it.

I've used a lot of lasers. I've never been happy with any filters that aren't inline venting directly outdoors. Excited to hear what you think about the glowforge. It looks like a neat setup.

Congratulations!

I get that. There are many times these days when my first reaction is to put on a suit, but then I don't. It's for the simple reason that if I walk in wearing a suit people are going to think someone's getting arrested. The world is increasingly casual.

I was given a piece of advice as a young man when an aspect of my job involved some things that could be particularly dangerous. My mentor's advice to me was, 'always tie your shoes." What he meant was, before you go into this thing that could potentially kill you, take the time to make sure you have your junk together. I kind of look at a suit the same way. It's a process of getting ready to go do what I'm about to do. Frankly, there aren't many people outside of my wife that I feel a particular need to impress these days. But, I'm considered an expert in my field - and I'm expensive enough that you probably deserve to see me in a suit It's different now that I'm in my forties, but as a younger man in the business world you're always being judged. Early on in my career a company that I started got acquired by a security agency. My team went to New York and I spent my first morning there getting fingerprinted about 300 times for all of the clearances, agencies, etc. My new boss took me to lunch, and after lunch he handed me a business card of a tailor on Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan. I'll always remember his words to me. He said, "we know you've got the skills for the part - we want to make sure you feel like you can look the part." The tailor measured me for three suits and seven shirts. They paid for them. To that point in my life, they were hands down the nicest suits I'd ever seen - much less had. The tailor then sent me for shoes. Man, I loved those suits. I've still got one of them to this day, and I occasionally break it out. Just because. And because those jackets had some cool tricks up their sleeves, too. Literally.

I don't disagree with the last part of this one bit. All I would add is that a man ought to be able to clean up and put on a suit and tie when the occasion calls for it. It might be weddings and funerals. It might be a job interview. It might be trying to impress some young lady. Whatever. I wear a suit a couple of times a month these days. I'm in jeans most days - and am happy if my guys do the same. Our rule is when you're with a client, you look the part. That means a good suit. Regardless, when I put one on my wife never fails to comment how good I look. The other takeaway from that is if you need a shirt ironed in our house - I'm the one you need to see.