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    :wave:

Garufa is correct, you have no legal obligation to inform the officer in TN.  The only time I've been stopped, I handed over my DL and HCP at the same time.  Seemed like the easiest way to inform the officer with minimal excitement. 

Welcome! If you've got questions about the area, just holler. :)

Just now saw this post. Apologies if I came across as an arse. I guess being anal and being an arse kinda go hand in hand. Or would that be arse in arse? ;)

    Perhaps he doesn't understand the law.   Perhaps he's thinking of another state that does issue a CCW permit... I think KY and MS issue one, but I'm not sure and I'm too lazy to look it up at the moment.  Or maybe he's just not anal about the nomenclature like we are.  :)

    From what I've read, these functioned like pre-beta samples.            To paraphrase prior conversations I've had....     Manager - "The cost is too high, we've got to implement these changes to get the cost down to our target before launch".  (because I won't get my fat bonus check if we don't)   Engineer - "Those changes haven't been validated.  We need another 8 weeks for that."   Manager - "No, the timeline isn't going to change.  You have to accelerate the validation program."   Engineer - "I can't.  It takes time to produce the hardware and run the tests.  9 women can't have a baby in a month."   <- yes, I actually said that once.   Manager - "Just implement them.  You can smooth out the rough edges later."   Engineer - "It's a lot more than just rough edges...   Launch could be a total train wreck."   Manager - "Whatever, either reduce the cost or senior management will go nuts."   Engineer - "Fine, you're the boss.  But this will probably be ugly."   *train wreck occurs*   Manager - "You idiots!  Can't you do anything?!  I'm sorry mr. senior manager, I have no idea what these dang engineers were thinking not validating those changes...."

  FTFY.     If I were these folks, I'd gang up and file a class action discrimination suit.

    Ask them where one gets this CCW permit as TN only issues a HCP. 

  Easy, "design by committee" combined with program managers that don't know or care how the product is supposed to work and are only concerned with budgets and timelines.    Been there, done that.  :wall:

Mere words cannot convey the amount of awesome in this pic! "Alright, we'll call it a draw." :rofl: As for me, I might carry this from time to time.... And the K-Bar will likely move from the safe to the car.

    Interesting.  There's an ad for it in the most recent American Rifleman I got a few days ago.  I had no idea it was such a lemon. 

    Its population control not hunting, but that's perfectly fine with me.  I'll be honest and say a lot of what others call "hunting", I think is more akin to "harvesting", but that's neither here nor there.    Seems like a great way for SWAT and/or SpecOps guys to practice shooting moving targets from a helicopter. 

They don't call it "carrying a hog leg" for nothing.  I think Mr. Darwin needs to work a little harder on some of those people.    And yes, that song is hilarious!      But thinking a little more.... look at how fast some of that happens.  If you were stupid (or just unlucky) enough to get that close... could you draw and fire accurately before one of those critters got you?

    If I ever build a house, it'll have a berm with an alarm and an over-flow outlet connected to the drain line under every water containing appliance.  Given the expense to fix damage caused by water leaks, I've never understood why houses don't have floor drains under the fridge and in the laundry room at a minimum.  I'd put one in each bathroom too. 

Figures.  First time I ever ordered from them was last week.  I thought the shipping was a touch high, but the fact that they had all the stuff I wanted beat getting it from 2 places. 

Cool (or hot, depending on your perspective). 

If you've never built a rifle from parts before, start with an AR.  It doesn't get any easier.

Ricochets are much more likely with logs.  I understand you said they're rotten, but bullets could still easily skip off the surface.  If it was mine, I'd bury those logs with a dump truck load of fill dirt. 

Cool. I've never really tried archery other than getting the Boy Scout badge. I try to keep an eye out for a deal on a bow.

It's all about the infrastructure. Cars became big in a time when businesses and the government were willing to invest in the infrastructure necessary to realize their goals. Today, we can't even be bothered to repair our crumbling infrastructure, much less invest in something completely different. The payback period is longer than our attention span and the technology is changing much too fast. I've said this a bunch of times previously.... Saving the world won't be popular until it's profitable.

Yes, you probably have a warrant now. Same thing happened to a friend except he misread the date on the ticket. Lucky for him, another friend was also in court that day and witnessed the judge issue the warrant for failure to appear. He called my friend who immediately called the judge's office to plead his case. He did eventually get out of the warrant based on the illegible date on the ticket, but still had to go to court and do traffic school. I'd suggest you call the Decatur Sheriffs office and/or the court house and find out what the story is.

    As I'm the only one with a paying job, that wouldn't go too well for her...

    Manufacturing of the a large number of the sub components (forgings, castings, rubber, plastic, some finished assemblies), just like the auto makers.  While the final assembly may be here, the pieces come from all over the world. 

I just wish I felt like I had a spare $300 to drop on a case of ammo.  My wife doesn't mind me buying ammo, but she does mind when the credit card bill comes due. 

I don't connect to unsecure wifi signals.