peejman

Winter is my favorite time to hike.  I don't get soaked with sweat and don't have to carry as much water.  No leaves so you have better views.  It's very quiet.  Can't stop for long because you get cold.  And best of all.... no snakes or bugs! 

  Get a battery tender and a quality battery.  I went through 4 walmart batteries in 3 years in my bike.  Forked over the cash and got a Yuasa.  It's been in there for 5 years.

Looks nice.  Other than the patina on the blade (which looks really cool), it appears to be a fairly normal kitchen knife.    How long is it and where's the balance point?

  Ding!    I'm sure the county lock-up is no picnic, but why not work detail or community service, ... something useful.

Am I the only one who can't see the pics?  I can see the one Erik posted, but that's it.

    Only if any individual can call in to perform the check.  If you make a licensee do it, someone would have to pay for it.  Even if they set up some sort of flat rate system... $10ea... that the government would reimburse the licensee.  That $10 is still our tax money. 

    I was close...

    I grew up mostly that way as well, though I guess you'd consider it the suburbanite version.  Having just looked at the map, our normal play range was a good two square miles around the house.  Dad built me a tree house in the back yard so I really did have a fort.            Same here.  :)           Hills.... wow.  I spent lots of leaf raking money in that place.        .... Sorry for the thread hijack     :hijack:

Nice!  I need one of these.

A friend suggested a similar idea as a possible solution to the proclaimed "gun show loop hole".  You must pass a background check to gain entry into the show and you get a wrist band.  The cost would be part of the "cover charge".  Then even if you wanted to sell outside the show, you have ready access to a background check.    What you're proposing reaches a bit further and I don't disagree with it in principle.  However, I do share the opinion that its nothing more than a tax.  The SCOTUS ruled Obamacare was a tax and hence illegal, how is this different?. 

    My legos are all old-school, back when you had to use your imagination.  Now they make all these fancy formed and moving parts....   :yuck:

    Nope.  An excellent way to get the kids engaged in applying classroom theory to something real.  Wish I'd gotten to build something this cool in school. 

I'll take that as a compliment. It's actually in my parents attic. My 5 yr old saw it and the rest of my GI Joe stuff at their house before Christmas. When his little brother gets bigger they'll both get the GI Joe stuff and about 40 billion legos. heh... I also have one of these... and one of these... among other things... :)

You mean the Night Raven? I still have mine from the '80's.... :) The thing I can't figure out with both Iran and North Korea.... What's the fascination with land based ICBM's? Don't they realize that's 60 year old technology? Don't they realize they're easy to detect and shoot down these days? Why waste so much time and money developing something that borders on militarily irrelevant?

    Um, who cares?

The "Jaws" one is hilarious.

:woohoo:

Good ole compressible flow.  Amazing what you can do with a little math & physics.    Edit... I'm surprised they published the dimensions of the nozzle.  That takes all the fun out of it. 

Saturday is probably better than Sunday for me, but I think I can do either.

Nice idea and reasonably priced for what you get.  Its just automotive led strip lights, you can find them at any auto parts store.  The 8AA batteries give you 12V to power them. 

    Mine too.  My wife is very much a book lover and would go bonkers when our son would tear up a book, regardless of what book it was.  At 5, he doesn't tear up books much anymore.  He's moved on to more expensive things...   His little brother isn't quite so bad.

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  Interesting.  Mine doesn't seem to care.  But regardless, definitely verify the ammo works. 

This is our dog. We believe she's a mix of blue heeler and dalmatian among other things. In retrospect, that's not a combination I'd recommend. She's been a handful to say the least. We got her from the shelter as a very sick puppy 12 years ago this fall. While the tag on her collar says "Opal" (as in black opals commonly found in Australia), she has many, many names. I have a pet name for her (yes, a pet name for a pet) that I think describes her more accurately than simply Opal.... rottenuselessgoodfornothinghunkofstinkingdogflesh. Say that 5 times fast. She also has the distinction of having jumped off the Look Rock Firetower. We think she was after a squirrel or chipmonk. Apparently they climb trees better than dogs.

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