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Looks like the guy from Fast'n Loud.

So during the process of building my TGO AR, the complete 16" upper arrived and was installed before I received the stock. So technically I built a pistol, then made a rifle when the stock was installed. So I can legally turn it back into a pistol. Had the converse happened and the stock been installed before the upper, I'd have "once a rifle, always a rifle". Correct?

Exactly. I've got a cheap knife in the console in both cars, bikes, first aid kits, tool boxes, etc. None of them are particularly nice but if I get in a jam and need a knife, they'll work and I won't care if I bugger them.

    Clean it?  Nearly impossible.  My previous house had that crap.  Best we ever came up with for cleaning was one of those swiffer duster things.  It'll knock off lots of little pieces of the stuff.  Well.... it does that if you're me and pissed about having to do it in the first place.  Painting it isn't easy either, use a heavy nap roller and be prepared for little pieces of it to get stuck in the paint and roller.    The guy who thought textured ceilings were a good idea needs his peepee whacked.  :stick:

If you're changing the color, forget about "1 coat coverage".   I painted my whole house when we bought it with the Lowes Valspar brand paint... 23 gallons of it.  We painted everything but the ceilings and I wish we'd painted them too.   It was fine paint and has held up to 2 little boys pretty well.  I went with Lowes because I had about $400 in gift cards saved up.    edit... I did not prime the walls, we just cleaned them with windex and a rag and painted over the existing paint.  I only primed a few areas where I had to do some sheetrock repairs. 

  I hope they're covered with a couple feet of dirt.  Bullets bounce off wood. 

Solidworks is easy to learn and was my favorite, but there's some things it just doesn't do very well.  It guesses and/or approximates sometimes and doesn't tell you that.    DraftCAD2001.... heh... I was using GeoMOD in 1993.  There's a reason it was founded by a guy named Dr. Lemon.  Seriously.

The sad part is that AutoCAD and Inventor have been updated numerous times.  They make it look like other programs, but its still way too complicated and cumbersome.  Inventor is incredibly powerful.  If you know how, you can create (quantified and precise) 3D geometry in Inventor that's simply not possible with other packages.  That becomes important when you're working with quantitative analysis models, but not everybody does that.  Plain ol' 2D AutoCAD is what I use more often than not when just sketching stuff.  And that's only when it's too complicated to draw on a sheet of paper.  :)

I have a somewhat confused opinion on this subject....     Bow season should be long bows and compound bows.  A crossbow with a scope?  Nah.  Other than visually resembling a bow, it's a completely different skill set and more akin to a rifle than a bow.   Muzzleloaders... Somehow the modern in-lines seem too "high tech", like they're not "in the spirit" of something like a flintlock.    That said, go hunt with whatever you've got.  The regulations are WAY too complicated and licenses are too expensive.  You can only shoot this many of this sex in this area with this weapon during these days with this license...  sheesh.  KISS, y'all know what that means. 

In addition to what prag has posted.... Go see your local Red Cross.  Most everywhere offers a (typically free) first responder training class.  While not specific to gun shot wounds, it great general info on what you should and sometimes more importantly, should not do.    http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/program-highlights/cpr-first-aid     I took one specific to motorcycles a few years ago from these folks: http://roadguardians.org/

I've done my fair share of actual "drafting", even had a class in college for it.  I've also used several different CAD packages and AutoDesk Inventor is by far the least friendly.  I keep threatening to get a t-shirt made for our tool designer.  It would read.... "I don't have tourettes, I use AutoDesk."  :)

    Yes, just hand mark up the drawings with the changes you want.  I'd make a copy of the original paper and mark them up neatly (use a straight edge, etc.) using a RED pen.  Sign and date the changes.  Unless they're really extensive, I wouldn't worry too much about getting the actual drawings re-done.  Any competent builder should be able to deal with that.  It's normal for stuff to change during the building process anyway.     And yes, without the original CAD files changing the drawings electronically is going to be very akin to doing so with a pencil.  I'm quite sure the architect knew that when they told you.  I'd bet the CAD files are significantly more expensive than pdf's.   

I'm in.  Regular blade #13 if available.   Merry Christmas to me. 

I'm not sure that modifying an architectural blueprint that's in pdf format is going to work.  If they look like what I'm accustomed to seeing, you'd likely need the drawings in CAD format to do the editing.  I've got full Adobe on my work computer so I can edit pdf's, but Adobe isn't really set up with the tools necessary to do proper drawing changes.  It can be done, but it'd be somewhat of a hack job... something that could also be done using MSPaint or similar software. 

Mustaches on guests?  That's awesome!  I'll have to remember that. 

Yep, a nazi marked K98.  Cool old rifle.  The wood looks to be in pretty good shape but the metal is kinda rough.  As for value, I'd just surf gunbroker, armslist, etc. and look for similar rifles.  I'd say $300 range.  Maybe a little more since I assume it doesn't have an import mark. 

    The elf... yes, coming up with 24 consecutive G-rated ideas can be difficult. 

There's tons of info and pictures online to help identify and authenticate all sorts of guns. If you take clear, close-up pictures of all the markings and note exactly where they are on the rifle, you can usually determine a surprising amount of detail. I'd love to see some pics of it. :) The most common rifle is a K98 Mauser.

I just leave the drain open all winter so it doesn't fill up.   It still holds a little water, but not enough to cause problems.  Mine gets only a couple hours of sun in the morning this time of year.    That said, someone remind me to open the drain when I get home tonite....

    Garbage foods... anything that comes in a box or plastic.  That's pretty broad, but not far from the truth.   Start reading the ingredient list on the packages.  If there's more than about 6 ingredients, it's probably junk.  Look for words like "enriched" or "hydrogenated".  Look for really long words you can't pronounce.  Google them to see what that is.    Start reading the nutrition numbers on the package.  Look at the calories, sugar, sodium, saturated fat, and cholesterol and their % daily value.  If one serving (which is likely a lot smaller amount than you think) has a large percentage... that's not good.    Those sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits aren't the greatest thing either, the oatmeal is a much better choice.  The majority of restaurants post the nutrition values of their menu online.  Some of the results may frighten you...   A McD's sausage egg & cheese...   550 calories, 12g saturated fat (61% of your daily intake), 265mg cholesterol (89% of your daily intake), 1320 mg sodium (55% of your daily intake)... in a single biscuit.  Not including the hashrounds or whatever else.  Yikes.   http://www.eatthis.com/home

If you can't dig a hole or flatten a hill to get the dirt, you'll probably need at least 2 dump truck loads.  The size of the hill is depended on the distance you'll be shooting.  Longer range = bigger berm. 

Getting two adult dogs to play nice can be a tough row to hoe, particularly if they're both the same sex.  Been there, tried that. 

As others have said, some people are "dog people" who have some understanding of their behavior and how the deal with them, and some people aren't and view them in the same way others might view a bug.  Cops reside in both of those categories. 

Um... no.  It's not even Thanksgiving yet. 

I carry my P3AT in a DeSantis Nemesis holster in my right front pocket.  It prints a little with some pants but not at all with others.  I don't really care.  As your wife said, most people will think its a phone or something.