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Pocket carry is really convenient. It's easy and nearly invisible unless you wear tight pants. I'd also like to get my hands on a Security 9. So far, my occasional looks have come up empty.

Indeed. The property they bought is just down from where I work. By their initial plan, they should be a full production by now. The property is overgrown, so draw your own conclusions.

Indeed, that's exactly what happens. Pressure washer to the rescue.

I was at that one too. Excellent show.

I so wanna go to that show. The weekday night just makes it awfully difficult.

15 yds? More like 2 yds. It's a "get off me" gun. I rarely practice with it using a 2 hand grip. I assume I'll either have a little one by the other hand or be pushing someone away.

Every smoker is a little different. Half the fun is learning what works best with yours.

Found this not too long ago, hadn't heard of it before. It's pretty good, reminds me of Knob Creek with a touch of Jack Daniels. When I said that to one of my friends, he immediately coined it, "Jack's Knob."

It's all in the presentation. "Hey boys, wanna cut stuff up with the hatchet? "

While I'd pay money to see it, where'd you get 8 million psi?

Anyone get damage from the storms last night? Weather goob said 80mph winds in some areas and Crossville looked particularly ugly. A friend lives there who I haven't heard from yet. Not much other than some rain and a good light show at our house.

Why not? Mine wife does. It's yummy. Turkey noodle soup with smoked turkey stock is a winter staple. As is bean soup made with smoked ham stock. We've got maybe a dozen cool whip containers of stock in the freezer.

Because that's what marketing/sales people do.

For the most part, it really is that simple. The fun part is finding a rub you like on various meats and finding out how much smoke flavor you like. Pork is usually the most forgiving, so it's easy to start with. I like to get a pork loin, inject it with Allegra marinade (there's several versions), rub it with McCormicks Pork Rub, and smoke it for about 4 hrs until it hits temp. Poultry is next... hard to best smoked turkey on Thanksgiving.

Where marketing and engineering collide.

So something north of 80,000 psi and 5,500 ft/s. interesting.

Based on my limited understanding and my parents and in-laws experience, Medicare is pretty good as OS says. The problem is that its not sustainable. The baby boomer generation (which my parents are part of) will likely bankrupt it or drive costs up beyond that of other private insurance. My parents and in-laws both delayed some necessary procedures because they were MUCH less expensive using Medicare than their employer provided insurance. My parents insurance was mom's public school teacher plan and my F-I-L worked at Alcoa for 40 years. I pay $5000/yr for my employer plan with a $4200 deductible and $10,000 max out of pocket. And the customer service sucks. While i still don't necessarily like the idea of a national healthcare system, its a bit hard to believe it could be much worse.

Gotta try on shoes first. Sketchers are fine otherwise.

I know a few gun hating tree huggers, though I hesitate to lump the 2 together. So far they're vastly outnumbered, but they're also a noisy lot and more move here every day. The city of Louisville (that's Lewis- ville) recent enacted an ordinance prohibiting the discharge of a firearm within 100 yds of a dwelling, road, etc.. https://www.wbir.com/mobile/article/news/local/louisville-tenn-gun-ordinance-passes-restricting-where-people-can-shoot-a-firearm/51-572962848 Most all the "cities" prohibit it as well, but shooting on your own property is permitted outside the city limits. Neighbors that don't like the noise will be your primary issue. The further out you get, the less likely you are to have issues. I hear people shooting near my house all the time. I have no issue as long as the bullets don't hit my house... which they have in the past.

Similar to MIM - Metal Injection Molded and common metallic sintered brake pads. Lots of stuff is made that way. The guy who got tired of throwing away all those metal chips from machining and figured out a way to make money using them. Its a good product when used in the proper application. It's kinda like concrete.... Tensile strength isn't great, but works quite well in compression.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Sales tax... just mentally add 10% to the price of everything. Crime... not bad depending on where you are. Traffic... can be terrible, depending on where you are. Bugs... buy stock in OFF. There's plenty of gun shops around. Signs matter here, except where they don't. It's way more complicated than it should be. The typical penalty is being asked to leave. Legally you can be charged with a misdemeanor that can result in HCP privileges being revoked. Don't be a jerk and you should be fine. You're allowed to keep a loaded handgun in your vehicle without a permit here, extention of castle doctrine. I'm not aware of a rifle/pistol definition other than as defined by BATFE. Expect to melt during your first few summers until you get used to it. Its the south, culture can be noticeably different. Don't tell us how much you like it here, and in the same breath, tell us how we're doing it all wrong, and you'll get along fine. Chattanooga has plenty of touristy stuff to do/see. What do you like?

$14 for a liter of concentrate that will last you a lifetime? Not really. It's meant for industrial cleaning tanks that hold 400+ gallons of solution. I used it in a 3-4 gallon ultrasonic tank for a specific project that lasted about 4 months. We used less than 1/4 of the gallon of concentrate we bought and cleaned about 1000 parts about half the size of a typical pistol slide. Simple Green should work fine too. Any sort of alkaline, non-foaming soap will work.

We use this in one of the ultrasonic cleaners at work. The 1 liter will last you a long time. https://www.coleparmer.com/p/cole-parmer-micro-90-cleaning-solution/504

This season is going ok so far. As usual, my one jalapeño and cayenne plants have made more peppers than I know what to do with. The okra is in full swing. The cucumber was going great until the weevils got it. I pulled it up this morning and will plant another. My zucchini was great but rotted at the base all of a sudden. Got another one planted. My tomatoes are absolutely loaded with green fruit. Seems like theyre taking forever to ripen. Got 2 pickings from the green beans, pulled them up and will plant more. The snap peas didn't do much. Got barely a mouth full. The spinach was great while it lasted.... too hot for it now.