Capbyrd

My GSG5PK is SBR'd and I honestly wish i had the GSG5P. The K is really really short.

Unless the model was made to easily convert, it’s a real pain to mess with electrical. Avoid bikes that aren’t already street legal.

Cool. I have a vortex strike eagle 1-8.

Did you ever decide on something?

I fell in love with Exile Cycles back when biker build off was a thing. Their fat bloke model has fat front and rear tires and I love that look. I know it's not a dual sport but it's awesome just the same. The TW200 is kind of a dual sport version of that bike. Simple and fat.

It's possible but unlikely. I would expect to have to pay closer to 2500-3000 for something that doesn't need a lot of work. I don't know what your skill level is, but if you are already a rider with some experience, you should go to the BMW school and check out their Off-Road course. They have a one day and a two day version. And you can use one of their bikes. The BMW adventure bikes are really good bikes. It's a bit different from a dual sport but you will still get a ton from their class. https://bmwperformancecenter.com/motorrad/schools

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im currently working at Watkins and 51 and the streets in Frayser absolutely iced up. Our parking lot was frozen solid. Raleigh streets looked dry. It was weird

This may have been changed. I can't find the code now so maybe it was rewritten. My mistake.

If you do not have a permit, you cannot carry in restaurants that serve alcohol. If you do not have a permit, you cannot carry in parks. If you do not have a permit, reciprocity does not apply to you. That's as simple as I can make it. There is more but that covers the major differences that people care about.

I don’t have to ask. They volunteer it the information. They are proud of it. Sure, they work a lot of hours. They also have a ton of time off. More than I do.

I was without for about 24 hours and came back online this evening. I was lucky. MLGW had to wait for the work crews to clear damaged trees before they could get started. Now that they have, the numbers have been dropping all afternoon. I think it peaked around 136k out and it’s currently around 96k.

show me a W2. I admitted that is the advertised base salary in my area. I also said that there isn’t a single officer in that department with that number on his w2. Keep ignoring me all you want. You won’t change my mind until you show me a w2. Then I’ll eat my words. Every last one.

Nope, that's a whole tree. Rough.

Yes. If he joins the military, he can get an Enhanced Carry Permit if he is either active duty or has an honorable discharge.

I wasn't able to sleep last night. My power finally gave up (it had flickered all day long) at 8:45 last night for good. It went off for a few hours at 3:40 but came back on for an hour or so before going back out. We've been without since. Dealing with the cold isn't terrible. The inability to sleep is. To be honest though, I'd rather they get power back on to everyone that really needs it though before they deal with my sleeping machine.

Again, that’s base salary and nowhere close to the number on their W2 at the end of the year. I will never concede that they are just woefully underpaid as to be poor. Sorry. That’s not the world that I live in.

Cops always complain about how much they make but they are never honest about it. Most of the cops around here that I know have routinely received w2s for six figures. They make better money than the majority of the city does. I'm sorry, but I'm tired of hearing how underpaid they are. They aren't. They volunteered themselves to do that exact job usually for less money than they currently make. They aren't victims when it comes to money. If you want to have an honest conversation about what they are tasked with daily, lets do that. But money doesn't need to be involved in that conversation.

I don’t think there is a single cop in this city that makes only 45k a year. They are paid better than that.

There is some truth to that but it's an oversimplification. There is some wisdom to be gleaned from the "hard times create tough men, tough men create good times and good times create weak men" statement. That's part of what you are saying. The other side is that we have a better understanding of mental illness and how it affects people. A great example of this is the female orgasm. At one point, that was considered hysteria and an affliction. But science advanced and we developed a better understanding of things. This doesn't discount the problems with society like dependencies on meds and dietary issues and stuff like that. Just pointing out that it isn't as simple as saying people today lack toughness.

does this apply to the men who dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Yes. Some mental illnesses manifest themselves that way. Mental illness doesn't always require a person to be incoherent or rocking back and forth. He could be schizophrenic and under the impression that he was working for the government (i.e. John Nash, subject of the film "A Beautiful Mind").

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I don't know about everywhere but at least here in Memphis, the club based repeaters not only have back up power available but we also have backup repeater sites.

Couldn’t tell you.