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If you're going to check it, make sure all the straps and loose ends are tied up. All the loops and such are likely to get hung up in the baggage system.

Flea market jerky? Um, no. I like jerky but sometimes it doesn't like me. The store bought stuff is way too expensive and usually way too salty for me. A few coworkers make really good jerky. I'd like to get a dehydrator and make my own.

Kewl! I've always wanted a deuce-and-a-half.

Peanut m&m's, snickers, baby Ruth, ice cream,....

Dogs dig because theyre bored and want attention. They need exercise, go for a walk. Running an electric fence wire just above ground level can get their attention pretty quick.

:rofl: Not that one..... This one... :)

    I agree completely but you really think you'd have the time, much less the presence of mind, to put in earplugs?

I'll agree and disagree with broom... What's the subject? You could better define that by going larger with the aperture for a shallower depth of field.

My assumption is that if they had guns, they would have already been waving them around. Maybe that's a bad assumption as you know what happens when we assume things....

Nice pics. The 2nd one could be a touch brighter, as the writing on the buckel is hard to see. But I am viewing on my phone... As for platform, I use the basic version of smugmug for archiving and sharing. I know they have nice commercial packages that allow people to buy prints and such. The prints I've gotten from them are good. If you want to try them out, PM me and I'll send you a referral discount code.

Come to think of it, Panther Creek near Morristown has some nice, easy hiking trails.  Might be pretty around the lake.

You're correct, BSF is closed too....  :-\   Have a look here:  http://hikingthecarolinas.com/hikes.php

Yes, the weapons were sewing needles.  So far, no charges filed.    http://www.wate.com/story/23554212/students-go-to-hospital-after-classmates-stick-them-with-thumbtacks

As has been alluded to in the other thread.... I feel sure if a couple shots had been fired, the gang would've scattered like roaches when the light comes on.  Unless you're in a war zone where gun shots are normal and people are used to being shot at, I don't think a 100 rd drum would be necessary.    That said, I'm also going to re-think what and how I carry in the car.

    Pulling my fingernails out with pliers.  Betta than sports talk radio!

There are some trails at Big Ridge State park.  Nothing real special, but not bad either.    Frozen Head and Big South Fork have some nice trails.  There's a bunch in the Joyce Kilmer Forest... http://www.main.nc.us/graham/hiking/hiking.html

  Amen.     Life will change a lot, get all the sleep you can now.  Take lots of pictures in the first few months, you'll be so tired you won't remember it without them. 

I guess my dad was better than some, though I do have LOTS of experience holding a flashlight and watching him work on something.  He was always building something, he's been a hobby carpenter my whole life.  I started out wrenching on skateboards and bicycles and learned most of my mechanic stuff working on my and several other people's cars while in school.  We replaced cams, water pumps, brakes, and rebuilt engines and transmissions in the school parking lot.  We even pulled the body off a car and swapped the entire chassis from another car into it over a weekend.  Learned design and fabrications skills building a race car as well.    My parents built their retirement home themselves about 15 years ago.  I'd come home from college most every weekend to help out with whatever they were doing at the time.  Early on during the framing, I recall getting rather annoyed with my usual "hold the flashlight" task.  I said.... "Dad, I didn't drive 100 miles to spend my weekend holding the flashlight for you.  I think I'm a little over qualified for that.  Either give me something to do and let me do it, or I'm gonna go drink beer with my friends."   So from that point, I wired in every wall switch, outlet, and light fixture in that house, built a couple built-in shelves, hung a bunch of trim, and painted until my arms fell off.  I screwed up a few things and had to redo them, but that's just part of it. 

    Crawl under the house and find it.  There's all kinds of interesting things in the crawl space.   ;)

  Given what you've stated above, I think that's a wise choice.  You may end up needing to properly route the vent.  If you've access to the space under the floor (crawlspace), that's not real hard to DIY.  Though it does involve cutting a hole in the side of your house, which has some pucker factor. 

There's lots of stuff around if you're willing to head east.  As mentioned, Coal Creek, Royal Blue, Windrock...  There's also lots of gravel/unimproved roads in the Tellico/Citico areas, Nantahala and Chattahoochee National Forests.  There's Prentice Cooper just north of Chattanooga.  There's the Catoosa WMA area north of Crossville and there's an area I can't remember the name of south of Crossville.  The only thing I can think of closer to you is Land Between the Lakes.

Wow.  I too read most all his books when I was a kid.  Several of them more than once.  RIP. 

btw... good pun on the thread title.  ;)

    This.  Use quality foil tape.  Shockingly, one of the worst possible uses for duct tape is on duct work.    If you're working on the dryer vent, clean it out as best you can.  Dryer ducts should be rigid metal pipe.  Small sections of the flexible metal stuff are ok to fit odd joints, but don't use it for the full length.  DO NOT use that nylon crap they sell at the box stores.    As you well know, lint is an excellent fire starter.  You might be surprised to learn how many houses are destroyed by fires caused by blocked or incorrectly installed dryer ducts.  Once it starts burning, it gets real hot real fast and it very difficult to extinguish before it gets out of hand.      As for other such problems, google and youtube are your friend for instructions.  Ebay is your friend for parts.  Dryers are pretty simple.  Just be wary of sharp edges when you get things apart.  It's almost impossible to not cut yourself while fiddling with all that sheet metal.      Edit... and yes, UNPLUG IT!  Getting hit with 220 VAC isn't a great deal of fun, AMHIK...

    Nope.