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Y'all need to head east and visit TC's Grill, Hot Rod's, Becky's Grocery, and Litton's.

So you've given more than 6 months notice.... careful you don't pick a fight you can't win.

So I'm not the only one...

My wife switched me to Arm and Hammer and it actually works noticeably better.

I don't care that my being offended offends you. My offendedness is of far greater importance than yours.

I'm offended by your use of the term "engineered".

It's just that time of year. Folks get persnickety in the dead of winter and the heat of summer.

I'd say ammo supply is the issue. 1000 rds of 8mm is heavy. And that's barely a minute of firing. You'd need a truck loaded with cases following the squad around, and then it's not exactly a "light" machine gun anymore.

I have suspicion that the utilities here have some sort of bill leveling process. There have been several occasions where I expected horrendous utility bills due to extreme heat/cold, but didn't get them immediately following the event. The bills were higher, but not double or worse. Then the bill stayed higher for 1-2 months after before falling back to normal. We also gotten unusually low bills, so the averaging effect goes both ways. So that tells me either they're intentionally leveling the bills or they only check the meters quarterly and spread the offset out over the period. I have read that utilities in areas where cost is much higher than here do similar things.

One young'uns birthday before Christmas, then Christmas, then the annual healthcare pay cut, then VD, then the other young'uns birthday. And I bought a new set of tires too. Yay.

One of each, 2 of many, 3 of some...

That's what it looks like to me. Sounds suspiciously like the voice of experience....

In. Thanks boss.

Mindset once the fight begins. And understanding that from the average citizen's perspective, the fight doesn't always have to begin, and how much better that is.

Don't see foxes like that anymore.

Heh... I already am harder on him because he's the older one. The younger one's fire is likely due at least in part to "little brother syndrome" as well. He works hard to keep up with big brother in addition to being small for his age. I think sports are important for kids, particularly boys. Mine are both fairly competitive, but their reactions to failure are very different. The older one needs lots of positive reinforcement. I'll admit to that requiring effort on my part as my upbringing was that success was both the expectation and it's own reward, and there was always "room for improvement". I try to channel Mr. Miyagi or Yoda and give them the "do or do not, there is no try" speech when it comes to sports. It you want to sign up, fine. But if you're in, you're in to the end. No whining and no quitting. Even if you stink at it now, hard work and perseverance will get you there. Trying to spin that in a positive light isn't always easy for me. To one of @Hozzie 's points ... some people have an innate ability to stay calm while others are prone to panic or condition black. My m-i-l and my wife to a (thankfully) lesser degree are the latter and it drives me crazy. Sometimes I feel like I have to under-react to situations to compensate for their over-reaction.

I've gotten my kids both slip-joint and liner-lock pocket knives. Neither are anything exotic. They like the slip-joint knives but the scouts require locking blades.

I'd recommend watching it in segments. It's a lot to process in 2 straight hours, hence no questions from the audience at the end. I watched it in 4 roughly 30 min segments over about 8 hrs. The breaks give you time to think. And I'll add, I'm not sure one can "develop" his mind set. Either you're born with it, or not. Perhaps it's in there and you just haven't found it yet, but it's got to be in there already. I say that because I see it in my boys. One is a fighter. He gets intense and "in" the moment. It's in there, and I suspect the work will be to teach him to use it. The other just isn't a fighter. His first instinct is to deflect, distract, disengage. That's not meant to be negative in any way, it's just his personality.

I have one of these, it's been great. https://www.amazon.com/ThruNite-Ti3-Max120-Lumens-Flashlight/dp/B00LUO028U I've also had good luck with the Defiant brand lights from Home Depot.

Wow. He's... intense. Very interesting and informative. Thanks.

Never a good day when the magic smoke escapes.

Good ole Lucas, the prince of darkness. I'd take it. It would be great for taking the kids to/from school.

Prayers for you Doug and the surgical team. Dad had triple bypass a while back. Good as it may be for you, try not to laugh too much. And whatever you do, don't sneeze. Heal up fast.

Jump in, get involved, be the bad guy. Not to be too critical, but mom isn't getting the message across. Hopefully they'll both thank you later.

The area is reasonably shooter friendly as long as you own the property and your neighbors don't mind the noise. There are very active pistol shooting leagues at ORSA. http://orsaonline.org/index.asp Getting an invite for a membership shouldn't be an issue. Gun shows? Meh. Only if you like paying way too much to walk around looking at the same overpriced stuff, most of which has little to do with guns. The classifieds here on the other hand, will bankrupt you if you're not careful.