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30 Days of Night The Grudge Carrie (with Sissy Spacek)

Thanks, guys. Didn't plan to go to Ober Gatlinburg anyway, and now I won't fo' sho'! And there are plenty of other places there that will be happy to take my money, I'm guessing, so I will avoid Mama's and The Alamo. EDIT: Just sent Alamo and Mama's emails stating my intentions to spend my money with their competitors.

I have a couple of ST's and they are comfortable, but still not as comfortable as my K&D Thunderbird Defender. Retention on the ST's is hit and miss. Maybe you'll be lucky.

I personally prefer leather over hybrid.

Trail's End popcorn is some of the best popcorn available. The cheese popcorn is one of my weaknesses. The fundraising program is intended to teach the scout the importance and satisfaction of self-reliance by paying his own way. Parents should be involved in the process, but should not do it for them.

My neighbor said his German Shepherd wouldn't bite, but we knew for a fact that it bit the UPS driver. I NEVER trust a "guarantee" that a particular dog won't bite or attack.

The secret to IWB carry is having enough room in your waistband to comfortably accommodate whatever weapon you're carrying. If it's not comfortable, you won't carry it. It may mean buying pants a size bigger.

I'm surprised they didn't call them "armor-piercing" or "cop-killer bullets".

"I Would Love To" by Steve Vai

Going to Gatlinburg Friday and have never carried there before. I searched the forum and all I could find in the way of postings was for the Alamo Steakhouse. Anyone know of any other eateries I'll have to stay out of?

Drew, are you sure you're only 23? You are wise beyond your years, my friend.

This woman defines "White Trash". Notice also that it was the husband who apologized in the follow up story. I'm willing to bet that wifey has no regrets.

Got two pits across the road from me, so I am always armed when I'm outside. They have always been *****cats, but I don't let my guard down.

"I'm OK - he's not" The Punisher

What's interesting to me is that some here wonder why the FD let the man's house burn over $75 but make no mention of the fact that he didn't think his home was worth a measly $75/year. Until he needed help, that is.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS!!!

I read it to mean that he would match either StrickJ's donation up to $50 or the first one who puts up the money. Not everyone.

I don't see where CK1 claimed to be omniscient. All he did was gave his opinion, like everyone else here.

Would you accept a check from someone you didn't know for a firearm unless you could verify the funds before releasing the firearm to him? Yes, the man could have written them a check, but how did they know it was any good? Part of the reason for paying in advance is so that your payment can be verified. Had the county made that provision, then it would have been viable. But they were very clear up front about the requirements. Either you pay the fee up front, or you are not entitled to services. It really isn't any more complicated than that. The fact remains that this man did not consider his home to be worth a measly $75/year. Sorry, but I don't see where anyone else is to blame. To quote the knight in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, "he chose..... poorly".

Chumponomics « Hot Air From the article: The understandable emotional response to the plight of Gene Cranick is exactly the kind of leverage politicians use to impose chumponomics on us. It’s just not fair that the poor man’s house burned down while firefighters stood idly by! But there are reasonable questions to ask, once we set emotions aside. Why doesn’t Obion County have its own fire department? Presumably it was more cost-effective to lease fire control services from South Fulton. Why doesn’t Obion County tax its residents and pay South Fulton on their behalf? Because it would cost a lot more than $75, once a typical government bureaucracy got involved… and you can bet that fire protection fee would quickly vanish into a morass of other taxes, blending into a bloated pudding that soon made it impossible for anyone to know how much they were paying for any given service. Allowing its residents to pay a voluntary $75 fee to South Fulton was the most inexpensive and efficient means for Obion County to provide fire protection to its residents… assuming they acted like responsible homeowners, instead of crybabies and chumps. If we expect maternal government to save us from ourselves in all circumstances, we had better be ready to pay the high cost of our day care. Most of that bill will be footed by the dwindling number of people who remain productive and responsible, despite the absence of logical reasons to do so.

But Martha McCallum is hotter.

No one said it wasn't a disgrace. Should they have been able to help? Absolutely. But the fact remains that the man chose not to pay the annual fee. He brought it on himself. The county nor the FD had any responsibility to bail this man out of a situation that he created.

That's exactly correct. The man who refused to pay the $75 lost his home because of a few dollars. It was HIS decision.

The man's life was not in danger. You're talking about something completely different when you bring someone's life into it. Until you check your emotions, you won't see the truth.