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Here's our first attempt at canning. In the past, we've just frozen what extras we had but we recently got a hand-me-down pressure canner to we decided to give it a shot. 3 jars of Roma tomatoes, 6 jars of salsa, 7 jars of sweet pickles, and 4 jars of chow chow. I think we're gonna have a ton more maters before they're done, but we're gonna have to get more jars. We've only got a few left.

If that's a few, how many is a lot? .

Stay loose on the bars. If you can't flap your elbows, you're too tense.

That looks like a newer version of the one I have. If it works out of the box, it should work fine for a good while.

My 3 ton Harbor Freight jack has lasted through something like 15 yrs of oil changes, brake jobs, starters, ... The trick to making them last is only use them for lifting, jack stands are for holding. I'd guess most any modestly priced jack will be made overseas.

And I'll add.... Find a good mentor. Worry more about the skills your riding buddies have than how cool they look. Take the rear brake lever off the bike and ride it for a few weeks. Practice threshold braking... Start at about 50 mph and squeeeeeze the front brake lever until the tire starts to howl. Feel the forks load up. Hold it there and downshift until you're nearly stopped. Accelerate and repeat until you can do it smoothly and quickly. The point is to not develop the habit of stomping on the rear brake. Nothing will get you into trouble faster.

First, I hate the term "biker". I'm not a biker, I'm a motorcyclist. Otherwise, what they said.... Get good gear with armor. Like walking? Get real riding boots with ankle protection, not cowboy/work boots. Like wiping your arse yourself? Get real riding gloves with gauntlet type closures so they stay on when you don't. Ride like everyone is trying to kill you, because most of them are. After a few months riding, marvel at how much you never noticed driving.

Do I recall someone here having thornless blackberries? If so, what's the skinny? I've got a jasmine on a short fence row that died and I was thinking of replacing it with a thornless blackberry.

"Keep your toes behind the yellow line" takes on a whole new significance.

Nonsense. I want one of those AR-1,000,000's he mentioned. That would be awesome!

I suspect your friend is referring to the trivial differences between mil-spec guns and commercial spec guns. Otherwise, what they said.

Why not upgrade DV or make it upgradable to a felony?

Thanks for the links, hadn't seen those before. If only they came in purple...

I'd thought of getting/making a kubotan for my wife. After i posted that it occurred to me that it's legal to carry a Scottish Claymore but you need a certificate to carry a stick? Only in TN....

I can't help you with tac2, other than to say I've not heard bad things. But I have a related question, if I may.... What defines a club or baton that requires a certification? What I've found in the law is exceedingly vague ( shocking, I know). For example, is a kubotan considered a club? How about a flashlight with a striking bezel?

Just fyi... Lots of power steering systems use transmission fluid.

Sounds pretty good to me. I'd remove the references to political parties and only say politicians. Using the party names will immediately cause many to take sides without considering anything you've said. I'd also remove the word "rap". That's gonna cause many to jump on the racism bandwagon.

Yep. Depends on how good the soil is now, how much yield you want, how much work/money you're willing to spend on it. The UT Ag college does free soil analysis. You send in a sample, tell them what you want to grow, and they'll tell you what to do. https://ag.tennessee.edu/spp/Pages/soiltesting.aspx ok, it used to be free...

I figured that's what you had in mind, but you're still gonna have to deal with how corn depletes the soil. Think about rotating the corn with soy beans.

Welcome!

If you're going on a 2 week rafting trip with no resupply opportunity, and expect you and all your stuff will get dumped in the river more than once, that's the cooler for you.

Keep in mind that corn is a major nutrient hog. If you intend to continue to plant it in the same area, you'll have to amend the soil regularly.

Tough call. I can't decide. How about "if you could only have 10?"

My parents use this, it works reasonably. http://www.liquidfence.com

It's a slippery slope that boils down to whether due process is a "right" or not, which I suspect will end up in front of SCOTUS before its all over.