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I renewed mine by mail a month or two ago.  I just filled out the form and mailed it with a check.  The check likely being the most important part. 

Hope you got some road time in this weekend. I got to chase the little one around the yard for about 20 minutes.

Wow. There's really some sorry people in this world. He'll get his.

Been there a bunch. My kids love it. Plenty of rides, shows, and games for most all kids. Typically some good live music being played. Various crafts people making stuff (blacksmith, leather smith, carriage shop). Yep, it's expensive (food, parking, souvenirs, ...) But no more so than any other similar park. Very crowded at the typical times (weekends, holidays, etc.). I don't mean to offend anyone, but Splash Country can be white trash central. Some things can't be unseen...

Nice knife. How is that belt attachment supposed to work?

That's exactly what I first thought... Burl. Very nice!

Harrison Bay Eagle Cam (near Chattanooga)....    http://harrisonbayeaglecam.org/

Has much less to do with the relative hardness of the holster as it does the worn slap out-ness of the holster and lazy/cheapness of it's owner for either not recognizing the problem, fixing it, or both. 

    Agreed.  He's a very accomplished pilot.  Engine failure immediately following take-off is just about the worst case scenario.  I'm impressed that he got it turned around and found a soft spot to put it down.  Those airplanes aren't very good gliders, I'd bet it was falling like a rock. 

Yep. Should be fine by tomorrow afternoon.

    :rofl:       Rustoleum, Krylon, ...  whatever.   Accuracy may improve a bit with use as the lead from the bullets should fill in the pitting to some extent. 

A broken Glock...  :stunned:    :screwy:     :panic:      :cry:     :)   I presume they'll just send you a new slide. 

If you guys have other suggestions on how to keep bermuda from coming back, I'm all ears.  I've found nothing else that works. 

  Yes, asphalt.  I don't know about dirt drags.   This works for me...    http://www.mtdragway.com/

Back in the day (aka... 15-20 years ago), Buffalo Valley and I-40 (Crossville) dragstrips would let ATV's run on "test & tune" nights if you just wanna go play.  They weren't allowed to bracket race.  I think I-40 is closed though.  Probably best to call and ask.   http://www.mtdragway.com/  

    That's basically what I had in mind.  Note that there's a newer model.... http://www.amazon.com/Dolica-GX600B200-Proline-60-Inch-Aluminum/dp/B004XC3GWU/ref=dp_ob_title_ce   I had this one in my wish list, which looks pretty similar... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002W0N7VA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=18VLFA99FGJOY&coliid=I1COW9LE2OWSJ0     I got a fairly nice Manfrotto 190XB for work.  It's quite sturdy and does everything I'd like, but it is somewhat bulky.  At $200, it's also on the pricey side for my purposes. 

Bermuda is golf course grass and it doesn't grow waist high, consider yourself fortunate.   No amount of hoeing or pulling will kill bermuda.  Keep it at bay for a few days?  Yes.  Kill it?  No.  And bud clearly knows more about this than I do.  I have a very specific mowing pattern to minimize the amount of clippings blown into the flowerbeds.  I just wish I could keep my neighbor from blowing his clippings into my garden. 

    Indeed, very nice!       Let's talk gear for minute...   Anyone want recommend a decent tripod that's not massively over-priced?  I know, I know....  $1000 camera on a $20 tripod...   I would like something that will sit reasonably low.   Weight isn't a big concern. 

    Depends on the kind of grass you have and how long the roots are.  Sod cutters only take a couple inches.  If the roots are deeper than that, the grass will come back.  I have a bermuda/fescue mix and the bermuda was by far a bigger PITA to get rid of.  You could try covering the whole area with several layers of newspaper to try and smother out the grass, then just till it in. 

Clearly you guys don't have kids that like transformers. We just had an Optimus Prime birthday party a couple days ago.

:rofl: Sweet car (other than the paint job)! This one belongs to a friend...

    You can rent a tiller for generally less than $100 for a weekend.  That's a 6 year payback and you don't have to store it, maintain it, and climb over/around it the 10 months/yr you don't use it.  If you've got a barn and a huge garden, that's one thing.  I have a garage that's already jammed with stuff.        I used the stuff that kills everything.   Round-up, Spectracide, etc...  Some may claim that it leaches into the soil and may harm what you plant later.  I didn't have that problem.  The newer chemicals aren't supposed to leach beyond the spray area.   I try to use minimal chemicals, but after the total PITA that big flowerbed was, I didn't care and wanted it all dead.  :death:   You're probably going to miss the early plantings (broccoli, greens, carrots, etc.).  Its just gonna be too wet to get the new space ready until it warms up and dries out a little.  I think it was nearly June before I got stuff planted.  I have another small space that I put the early stuff in and saved the hot weather crops for the new space. 

    I'd thought about bumping this the other day....     I created a new (but small) garden patch last year... here's what I did:   1. Do the "call before you dig" routine.  Even if you know there's nothing there, it's CYA.    2. Mark it out and spray the whole area with your preferred brush killer.  Spray it again 2 weeks later.  Then spray it again after another 2 weeks.   3. Scalp it with the mower, as low as you dare.   4. Procure your favorite soil amendment.  I used home produced compost plus a couple bags of it from the store.  The soil test is a good idea... https://ag.tennessee.edu/spp/Pages/soiltesting.aspx   5. Rent a decent rear tine tiller and go at it.  This works best when it's dry, else it becomes a sticky muddy mess.  Expect to make 2-3 passes to get it as deep as it'll go.  Spread the soil amendment as necessary and till it in.  Unless you're really lucky and have wonderful soil or are the size of an NFL lineman, wrestling the tiller will be exhausting.  If you're doing a big space, finding someone with a tractor tiller/rotavator might be worth the money.   I don't recommend buying a tiller unless you just want one.  Good ones are expensive.   6.  Plant.   Our garden produced reasonably well last year.  The spot was in the middle of the yard and weeds/grass were manageable.  Several years ago I built a big flowerbed and rented a sod cutter to remove the grass.  Not worth it (for me, the folks I gave the sod to were happy).   Grass came up everywhere.  Took 3-4 years of spraying and pulling to finally kill off most of it.    Keeping the deer out....?  Good luck.  My parents live in the woods and Dad had to build a 6 ft chicken wire fence all the way around his garden.  Mom's since found some deer spray that seems to help.  It's expensive and smells awful until it dries. 

    I an email today from Midway with SS109 at $550/1000.  Up $150 from a month ago.  :rofl:    :shake:

Seen that one before.  Fake I believe.  Notice how the balls bounce off the back stop with very little energy in the first couple shots.  Then the last one comes flying back at full speed?  I don't think so.