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Don't they realize that as long as they are producing milk, they are not becoming food?

Stick with MSR or Katadyne, I think they are the best. This on http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___88102 is the latest one by MSR and is getting pretty good reviews. It pumps really fast, something like 3 liters per minute. If you've ever used a filter you know they pump really slow and your arm will definitely be tired after two liters. This one also filters just about everything. Not sure what filter cartridge replacents cost. My son owns a MSR miniworks and it is also quite nice, but for it's price, I'd spend a few more $$ and get the other one. I currently have a Katadyn. It is their top of the line model, but many years old. Still does a good job. The thing costs around $200 new, but replacement filters are $170, so I figure I might as well buy something new. Will probably get the MSR above. Also think about how many gallons a cartridge can filter before replacing. You'll find some filters that are very econoimical, but will only filter a few 100 gallons. Could be OK if you're only using it a few times a year, or it would be bad if you're doing the AT and will use it every day.

I like it. But then again I'm color blind and I think Red looks like Green adn Purple looks like blue. Can't tell you how many purple things I've bought. But really, I do like it.

This is truely sad news. Like many others have already said, I too had never met Mars, but I feel like he was a part of my family. I always looked forward to his posts. His wisdom, wit, experiences, philosophies, knowledge all were a key part of what goes on here. While this board will go on, it will never quite be the same without Mars. Mars, may God bless you and your family.

I bought a new rifle last week, and was getting ready to fill out the warranty / registration card, and got to thinking "Do I really want that info out there?" I know Big Brother already has my info from when I made the purchase, but I was wondering how many people actually fill this out, and why or why not.

If you like that, then you'll love this... http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

Man, that is so sad. Pink Floyd is my all time favorite band. I always said, if I was stranded on an island and could only have one CD to listen too, it would be "The Wall". I guess this will ensure that the band will not get back together again for another album. To Richard: Shine on you crazy diamond!

Yeah, I shoot at ORSA. I just got a membership abut two months ago. Pretty nice place.

Well, I was able to test out my idea for targets today. I took milk jugs, filled them with water and froze them. The idea worked better than I expected. The jugs did not go flying all over the place, stayed standing up and the water didn't drain right out. As an added bonus, there was a satisfying spray of ice each time I blasted them. When I finished, I had a couple jugs of finely crushed ice. For my next trip, I'm going to paint the jugs black before freezing the water. I think the ice will be white and show up nicely against the black paint.

Thanks for the great info here guys! Where is a good place to find a used one? I looked at GunBroker and even the used ones are more than I can find a new one at Wallyworld.

I'm planning on going to the range this weekend, and was going to fill some milk jugs with sand. Then I though about filling them with water and freezing them. Has anyone ever tried this? Will they just shatter? I'll let you know. I just put a couple in the freezer.

I love "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist". The producer took all kinds of old martial arts films, cut them apart, spliced them back together and inserted himself into the scenes to make a hillarious movie. IF you want a night of fun stupidity, definitely rent this. Also, what about "Mystery Men" with Ben Stiller. Also starring Pee Wee Herman as "The Spleen".

I thought SOA was pretty good. I caught it on Comcast On-Demand. No Commercials

I haven't bought an AC/DC album since Back in Black. The last decade or so, every album seems to sound exactly the same.

I think Agent is still the best out there, been using it for ever. There is still a lot of music out there too.

If you are into binary newsgroups, there is lot of interesting gun related stuff in the alt.binaries.warez.educational group. If you have a newsgroup server with a lot of retention, it goes way back. If you've never heard of NNTP, then nevermind

Out of the mouths of babes!

I am thinking about getting a 10/22 for plinking around with, but I also want to customize it, new stock and magazine mostly. Can I just get the cheapest one I can find and replace the stock? I found one locally for around $200 with a plastic stock. It's basically the plain Jane model. Didn't know if there were certain models that are better for customizing, or if the guts were basically the same on all models.

OOOH! It just occurred to me, if you take her shopping, you can spend the whole wad on guns, and then use hers when she's not looking.

+1 Excellent advice. My wife wasn't too keen on firearms at first. I took her shooting once because I wanted her to know how to at least fire a gun IF she had to. Well, she was hooked. After the range session, she said "can we go look for one for me?" It's great to have a hobby I can share with my wife.

My son was telling me about a place near Norris Lake that he went to last week. It is on TWRA land, they have campsites with fire rings, all lakeside camping, portapotties. Don't know if it is "officially" OK to shoot there, but he said they were doing it. He said people there were shooting and lighting fireworks, with the TWRA officer present. I'm sorry, but I don't know where it is other than off the Jacksboro exit on I-75. My son couldn't give directions other than saying he just know how to get there. Maybe someone else here knows about it. If not, maybe I can get him to figure out the location using Google Maps.

I tried using water, but with the bottle on the ground, and a downward angle of the bullet, after about one magazine the bottle is empty. I've been using sand, but I think I'm going to mix them together, a little sand and the rest water. This way you get the water spray for a minute, and then you can still keep using them.

I usually take a pack of paper plates. You get like 100 for $1.50, so they are real cheap. Somewhere I found some little orange stickers that I put on the plate, just for something to aim at. If you staple the plate to a backstop so that you are shooting the bottom of the plate, the shadow in the bullet hole makes it easy to see your shot. We have an outside plinking range that you can shoot "stuff" as long as it's not glass and you pick it up when you are done. I usually take some old milk jugs filled with a little bit of sand. There are usually some golf balls laying around too that are fun to shoot at. What is everyone else's favorite targets?

No, you have the Haves and the Won't Try's. If the working man's bills are higher than his income, then he has a spending problem. How many poor people do you know that still have a cell phone, a nice car, cable, yet they complain they can't go to the doctor? We live in the USA, we can do just about anything we want. Got a crappy job? Find a new one. Turn of the TV, spend your evenings learning something new and get smarter for a better job. I mean really, how much does it cost to just exist? $500 rent, $150 utilities, $400 food, $200 gasoline. That all comes out to under $8 an hour by my math. You telling me in America you can't find a job that pays better than that? Or work two jobs? What it really boils down to is disipline. Don't spend more than you earn. Wnat to spend more? Work more.

Actually, studies are showing that this is not really the case. In actuality, the poor are getting richer as a whole. They are able to afford more. Part of it has to do with government subsidies.