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That's horrible. And what is it with school bus wrecks these days?

Pricey for sure at $1850.   Wonder how they "maximized the accuracy" given that the bullet diameter in typical bulk ammo varies significantly.

  :popcorn:

    Good thing it's neither racism nor a hate crime.  Because that would be wrong...   :shake:             Linked in the fox article...   http://www.kmov.com/news/crime/Homicide-investigation-underway-after-man-hit-in-head-in-south-St-Louis--284248091.html     And yes, getting out of the car was the last thing he should have done.  Not to make light of it but..  "Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now..."

  ORSA has a 1000 yd range, but you have to be or know a member and have to qualify to shoot the full distance. 

Put a coffee can or a small bucket under the drain tube coming from the valve. In my experience, once you open that valve it'll never seal right again and will leak occasionally. And speaking of that, y'all see the myth busters where they disabled the valve and blew up a water heater? Yikes! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jbreKn4PoAc

Fair enough. I'd like to think that something useful might be done with the pelt (assuming it had a decent looking pelt) but I don't know how much getting it tanned would cost. I wouldn't want to spend much on it.

Skillet left out to rust?!? :O

Nice. Chambering?

I'd hit it with compressed air. And keep in mind, American Water Heater makes water heaters right here in Johnson City, TN.

This. And if there's not an easily accessible valve on the inlet, add one. You could get fancy and add a bypass loop too.

  You're welcome!  :)

    It's just like putting a straw in your glass, putting your thumb over the end and pulling the straw back out of the glass.  The liquid won't drain until you remove your thumb.   The water trying to exit the tank from the drain is pulling a vacuum on the house plumbing.  You've got to open a valve to let air replace the water in the pipes.  If there's a valve on the outlet from the tank, you need to open it.  You also need to open the hot water tap (faucet, shower, whatever) nearest the tank, perhaps even all of them, depending on how your house is plumbed.      And this thread has reminded me of 2 things... 1) I haven't flushed my water heater in a while.  2) The term "hot" water heater still annoys me.  If the water is already hot, why are you heating it?  ;) 

Right.  It's effectively aluminum rust.... aluminum oxide.  It's the reason why the cloth comes off black whenever you use metal polish on something aluminum.    TMI alert:  Aluminum is one of those nifty metals that does what's called "self passivation".  When bare alminum is exposed to air, the oxide layer that forms is much harder than the aluminum itself and solid so it completely covers the aluminum and prevents further corrosion.  The whole process typically happens within a few seconds of exposing bare aluminum to air.  However, the oxide layer is exceedingly thin so it's easily scratched off and the process starts again.    As stated above, the cleaner has etched the aluminum pot and removed that oxide layer, only to have it return in a much greater thickness because of the residual cleaner on the surface.  If he really wants the black gone, a scotch-brite pad will take it off. 

  Yep.  Always figured I'd shoot a 'yote if I saw one while hunting something else, but then there's the classic "dog chasing car" question...  Ok, I got it.  Now what?

  +1.  After the 5th it got downright annoying. 

When has an online "door buster" type sale where supplies are "limited" ever worked? I guarantee the web geeks at Buds knew it would blow up their system but their bosses laugh all the way to the bank. It's worse than eBay snipers. A bunch of people inevitably get butt hurt, but at least no one got trampled.

Right. I wouldn't consider someone who thinks a $300 shotgun isn't top shelf a gun snoob (:D).

Cool. Would be much more cool in a rifle caliber.

Classy.

Best price on Stihl probably at your local farmers coop unless you catch a sale at a big box store.

Nice. Being able to sharpen a knife reasonably well is pretty satisfying for me. I think most any of the sharpening systems are at least a 9 on a 1-10 scale. I only got the Smiths because I had a Dicks gift card and that's all they had. Using it for a while has improved my freehand sharpening skill noticeably. Instead of making edges more dull, I can now make them less dull. :D

Meh. If you've got kids, you've already got the germs. It's inevitable.

Just a fairly basic Smith's system with a strop to finish it off. Helps a hack like me cut a decent edge.

Agreed. I'll try most anything... Haggis, yep. Kimchi, yep. Horse, yep. The stuff I won't eat has been confirmed and reconfirmed. And add shashimi to that list. It just tastes like raw fish (and I like fish). Yuck.