peejman

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My wife is the same way and we're both animal people. Your wife did the right thing. Much as we love critters, the kids are more important.

I don't carry real often at home. If I've been out, sometimes I'll leave it on. But I don't strap one on first thing in the morning.

    I've heard of crap like that happening, but I still have a hard time wrapping my head around it.  Its just beyond my comprehension.   Can you imagine turning that kid loose, alone, in Vegas?  "The Hangover" would pale in comparison. 

Well said.    It's like nipping a few runners off the kudzu vine.  It may make you feel better, but you didn't really accomplish anything.

My oldest started kindergarten this year and while my wife takes him to school, I've heard of no such thing.  Sure wasn't that way when I was a kid either.  I pass 2 schools and several bus stops on my way to work.  The only time I see parents at the bus stop is when it's really cold and the kids sit in the car while waiting.    A quick search of TCA (49-6-2118) only shows some regulation about dropping a kid off at a stop other than their normal stop.  Nothing I can find regarding a parent having to be there.  It does state that the "Local Education Agency" (LEA) can adopt policy that is more stringent than the letter of the law, so perhaps it's a local thing.  A call to your local school board might resolve that.    Regardless, tell the helicopter moms to back it down a notch or two.        edit... some further googling tells me that most areas have a statement that says something like "parents are responsible for the supervision of their children until the bus picks them up and after it drops them off".  But it doesn't specifically say a parent must be present.  Meaning... if some crap goes down at the bus stop before/after the bus, it ain't our problem.    I did find this for Atlanta area schools that does state a parent must be there....  http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/Page/28916  

    I'd only shoot at a bear 200 yds away with a .30-30 if I knew for certain that I could hit the vitals.  Google tells me that bullet energy is 30% less at 200 yds compared to 100 yds and 50% less than muzzle.  If you can get inside 100 yds... sure. 

I'm interested but can't commit one way or another at this point.  While I have gear for it, if it's gonna be real cold and/or wet, I'm not going.  Current forecast shows it warming back up but with a chance for rain. 

Here's a weather forecast that will give you an idea of the temps at various elevations in the mtns...  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MRX/RTPMRX

He won't have to worry about being a better gardener.... that much gasoline will certainly kill all the nearby plants.    This past sunday we were walking down a nice trail around a lake when I happened to see a little boy yellow jacket getting busy with a great big girl yellow jacket.  While their union was ultimately unsuccessful, they enjoyed their last moments.  :)

The .30-30 and/or .44 Mag rifle are adequate for deer if you're close (<75 yds), but marginal at best for bear.   I'd get something like a .308, .30-06, 7mm, etc. to do a better job on the bears. 

    7am?  It's only 50 miles from one end to the other.  You could ride to Robbinsville and get back to Tellico while they're still serving breakfast.  And it'll be really cold up high.            Meh.  It's a road.... there's left turns and right turns, some uphill and some downhill.... ride a comfortable pace, keep it between the lines and you'll be fine.  It might take you 30 minutes to get from one end to other, but that's better than a helicopter ride.    Relentless is a good description.  The more difficult turns are typically marked with a big dot painted in the road and/or "SLO".    The skid marks that lead off in unfortunate directions are also a hint. 

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I can't even find one for my wife to lay hands on, much less actually shoot it. 

    Yep.  Skydiving planes... they have gauges, sometimes a few even work.           Yep.  Walnut shells are a common blasting media used to clean parts.  Trouble is, the media gets in every little nook and crevice in the part and tends to require considerable effort to ensure you remove all of it.    A little google-fu tells me the pinion bearing in the forward rotor transmission failed due to lack of lubrication.   The oil nozzles were clogged with walnut shell debris that wasn't properly removed when the transmission was previously cleaned.   https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/769/769.F2d.115.84-1446.html

Note the date on this story is June.

We were up at Indian Boundary Sunday.  There's some color but certainly not peak yet.  The weather forecast has it pretty cold through the weekend which should help bring the color out.  It'll be plenty chilly at 5000 ft.  I'd be up for it but I my son has a b'day party saturday.     And if, by chance, you're poking along at 30 mph in a 45 mph zone passing pull-off after pull-off and the guy in the mini-van behind you starts getting annoyed....   finally taking a pull-off without using your turn signal, rev'ing your motor, nearly hitting a parked bike, and giving him dirty looks when he goes by really doesn't make you look cool, regardless of how much black leather you're wearing.  It just makes his wife laugh at you.  Just sayin'....

    No.   A commercial aircraft is about as air-tight as your house.

    The only bobcat I've ever seen in the wild was chowing down on road kill on the side of I-26 late at night in Unicoi County.    As for aging them?  Can't really do it visually once they're full size.  I think teeth are the best measure but if you get that close a live one, you've probably got bigger concerns.  :)

    Sounds like you're in good shape then.  I just didn't want you sitting alone in front of youtube trying to learn it (like I did).      Wish I could find more time to play.

Nice work!

My wife took banjo lessons for a few years and got reasonably good at it.  Then we had kids...   I strongly suggest you take a few lessons before you get too far into it.  It's a whole lot easier to start out with good technique than it is to fix bad technique later.  AMHIK....

I've had shoulder problems, my left in particular, ever since high school wrestling.  While I've dislocated one several times, I've never done it while sleeping.  Over the years I've learned simply to not do some things, be real careful doing others, and I've learned some exercises that help a lot with regard to joint stability. 

My 552 Speedmaster has feed issues with most any unjacketed lead bullet.  They jam up when loading a new round and it mashed the bullet enough that it's useless.  It aggravating, but I've learned to look for only bullets with some coating or just live with it. 

Decorative nickel plating is probably 0.003" or less thick. A friend of mine has a home plating kit and has done a handful of small car parts. According to him, just follow the directions and it's pretty easy.