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Is the ceiling under it accessible? You might try listening there and looking or feeling for movement while someone walks. Is there plumbing or significant wiring in that floor? Could be more movement than usual due to holes drilled in the joists for pipe or wire passage.

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Indeed. Last of the modern day gladiators. 190mph through cities in the rain. Last form of racing that hasn't been sanitized by the safety nazis. Awesome beyond words. Pure insanity. I like it when they out run the helicopter across the top of the mountains. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-ynRoqDEs

Which is all they're really intended to be. As we saw in that thread a couple weeks ago, even a well designed safe is far from impenetrable.

Racism isn't the correct word, as it's got nothing to do with race. Bigotry is the operative word. And yes, instances of children going against the religion they were born into is exceedingly rare. Some religions accept the notion of secular pluralism, some tacitly ignore it, and some vehemently oppose it. The vehement/violent opposition is where the problems arise.

A fine underfolder. I'd like to have one.

Her holding a Glock. :)

Have one of the leather guys here make you one.

And these are the reasons why the standard answer to the much asked question of... "what carry gun should I get?" is always ... "The one you shoot the best."

Had the 262 been deployed as an attack aircraft in any numbers with trained pilots and reliable engines, it would have dominated the skies. But with none of those being reality, it was too little, too late. The P-51 vs the 190 was a pretty even match, performance wise. The edge was with the American pilots who typically had much more experience and will to fight. This is a really good book that gives considerable insight into the Luftwaffe toward the end of the war..... http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0425255735/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1457050706&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=a+higher+call+by+adam+makos&dpPl=1&dpID=51YHGJz%2BQlL&ref=plSrch

Much as we might like to believe it, the ISIS leaders aren't stupid. Would they care that tens of thousands of their own died? Not a lick. Would they blame it all on the west? You bet your ass they would. "Look at how the monument of the west collapses and murders our innocent women, children, and infirm..." And it would only get worse from there. In addition to being the worst disaster of its sort, it would also be the biggest propaganda coup of all time.

Why? So innocent people will die and ISIS can celebrate it as a failing of western society?

    The P-40 was a low and slow plane like the BF-109.  Speed is life in a dogfight and the  P-51 had a good 100 mph advantage as well as 10k ft ceiling advantage.  The 30mm cannon on the German planes was devastating and outgunned the Allied planes, but the speed and altitude advantage of the P-51 was too much to overcome. 

I don't mind mowing and like my yard to look nice.  But, I've learned over the years that if your neighbor's yard has weeds, yours will too.  There's simply no way around that, other than paying the chemical people to come spray it regularly.  I've also learned that the weed/feed fertilizer just makes the weeds grow faster.  Mine is green and it grows and that's all I really care about.

30x30?  No grass.  Make a flowerbed.  Plant low maintenance, shade tolerant perennials such as hosta, ferns, bleeding heart, coleus, spirea, astilbe,  etc.  They'll fill in and choke out the weeds in a few years.  Mulch it in the spring before everything comes out and it's pretty with essentially zero maintenance all summer. 

Check out these collections of photos from WWII.  http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/categories/world-war-ii/   The Atlantic has a ton of great photo collections.  http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/categories/

Here's one Muslim charity... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_Foundation I only know it exists through my work.

AIM Surplus has good stuff from time to time.

    Thanks, I've read that the Makita is a good one.  I've got a Makita circular saw, and it's great.  I'm on the fence as to corded or cordless.  I really wouldn't use it that much and it seems like every time I need to use my drill, the dang battery is dead so I have to wait an hour for it to charge.  At this point, I think dealing with an extension cord would be less annoying than batteries that are always dead when I need them. 

I've got one of their 20 gal compressors.  It's ok.  It's fine for airing up tires and such, but even though it's a 20 gal tank, the tube exiting the tank into the regulator is only 1/4" so it doesn't supply enough air to run my air impact.  It runs my air ratchet fine, runs the die grinder intermittently.  The low pressure switch is set much too low, at about 60 psi, so it runs way down before it kicks on to fill back up.  It leaks oil (not oil-less motor).  It blew the head gasket after a few years, but that was fairly easily fixed.  If used a lot in the summer, it'll over-heat.  I wouldn't buy another one.   That said, I'm in the market for an electric impact wrench.  Anyone care to recommend one?

Name a war that wasn't won by simple attrition.

I carry either my .45 on my belt or .380 in my pocket, whichever is suitable for the situation.

    A friend has a little camp cup with lid that the beer can stove fits in perfectly.  Keeps the can from getting crushed and is functional for cooking stuff in.    Neat little survival stoves aside, I've got cans of Sterno stashed all over the place.  They're cheap, convenient, and they work.

    That movie came to my mind as well.  I've got kids and the opening of that movie sickened me in the same way as this story.  And honestly, I didn't watch the video.  Didn't want to.    I know there's sociopaths/psychopaths in every society, but taking away all references to religion of any sort, this is just completely inhumane.  To prey on the completely helpless and then celebrate it?  That's just incomprehensible.  If the "peaceful Muslim" world doesn't vehemently denounce this...   

My plan is dryer lint mixed with some magnesium shavings. I'll put a bit of silicone grease on the threads to help keep moisture out. That stove is neat, but kinda complicated. This one is really simple. I've made several and they work great. Use HEET in the yellow bottle as fuel. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ui8t3pivqtk