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Congrats! As Dolomite said, most people wouldn't notice if you were on fire, much less that you're carrying.

All I can offer is thoughts and prayers. I've seen what cancer can do. She's young, strong, and still has a positive attitude. Hang in there.

Very true. Sometimes it can be difficult to see the forest through all the trees.

Leave the gun, take the OC spray.

Nice.

Got pics of the holes? Good close-ups. I'm curious.

A friend had an ingenious way of dealing with such things. For him, it was motorcycle parts and the conversations typically went like this... Him - Hey hon', I bought a new exhaust for the bike. Her - Oh yeah, how much was it? Him - $1800 Her - WHAT!?!? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR F__ING MIND?!?! Him - Calm down, I'm kidding. It was only $900. Her - Oh.... well... I guess that's ok. He said he learned that it didn't matter if it was $500 or $5000, she'd always get pissed at the amount. But if he made it appear as though it was a good deal, the actual amount suddenly didn't matter so much.

Get that chronograph. It's the best way to know for sure what you've got.

Welcome!

Been there, had stuff stolen. My wife left her car unlocked at her parents' house a couple years ago. Lost our radar detector, multi-tool, phone charger. I was just glad they didn't damage the car. I think one of the neighbors had security cameras and got photos, but we never heard anything from the police. Reminds me that I really need to do a video inventory of the house and review my home owner's coverage.

Agreed. Neat stuff but $10 to ship a $20 item?

That poor, poor Garand.

I too started out with the cheap stuff. Then I discovered micro/craft brews.... mmmmmm. The "pick 6" at the grocery store is genius! Why drink 6 of the same beers when you can have 6 different ones? This is my favorite beer time of year... all the fall seasonal brews and Octoberfest stuff, it's great! Edit... and I've converted my wife too. Years ago she hated beer. I found a couple craft beers with a chocolatey taste and that was all it took. Our tastes are pretty similar though I like darker stuff, as long as it's not bitter.

If you've got kids, get a couple small, single LED flashlights. I was reminded last night how much fun kids can have with something as simple as a flashlight in the dark.

That's awesome. I need to get my boys out fishing.

Wow! I never would've guess you could fit that much in such a small bag. Impressive!

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

Agreed, but I think your numbers are a bit optimistic. $100M lottery... Lump sum payment is about half.. ~ $50M less 40% income taxes = ~ $30M in your pocket. Which is still a huge amount of money. There are some people who will spend every penny they've got regardless of how much that is. I recall reading somewhere that people's spending habits are pretty well fixed by 18 yrs of age. Savers will be savers and spenders will be spenders regardless of how much (or little) either one has.

Its the pressure wave that's doing the work. The heat is a byproduct of the near instant change in pressure. The energy from the sudden, large pressure reduction is dissipated as heat. On a microscopic scale, yes the temp gets quite high. But the duration of the high temp is so short and given the mass of the fluid, there's very little bulk heating.

The "zombie" bees have a parasite that eats them from the inside out. The bug injects it's eggs into the bee. When the eggs hatch inside the bee, they begin to eat it. Kinda like Alien. The population of honey bees is dropping dramatically. Please don't kill them for laughs. Kill all the wasps and yellow jackets you like, just leave the honey bees... well, be.

Right, think rocket torpedoes. A sub launched missile is ejected in a similar fashion. It goes through the water surrounded by a pocket of air.

From here: http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/Sitka-Gearslinger-p926.htm Honestly, that's tiny. A typical backpack is in the 2000 cu. in. range. You might be able to cram that much stuff in it, but it'd be jammed full and most of it wouldn't be easily accessed.

Don't fight back my arse... I'm not sure how it happened officer, but he fell down the stairs 5 times right before you got here....

I spoke with a guy who's an NRA Highpower national match competitor. He goes to Camp Perry every year and shoots way more than most people, well over 1000 rds per year through his NM AR. He decided to put all this cleaning stuff to the test. He said he cleaned the rifle thoroughly on Jan 1 and didn't clean it again until he following Jan 1. The only thing he noticed was how much time and money he saved not cleaning it 50+ times in a year. No change in accuracy. I figure if anyone would notice a change, a NM competitor would.

Cavitation is simply boiling water. The motion of the prop creates some very high and very low pressure areas. When the pressure in the low pressure areas drops below the vapor pressure, a bubble forms. When the bubble moves to a higher pressure area, it collapses. The pressure wave caused by the collapse is what does the damage. It's similar to a clap of thunder. You can do it with your hand in a swimming pool. Stick your arm in the water at least to the elbow and shake/rub to remove any bubbles that may be stuck on your hand. Hold your hand flat, fingers together and push your hand through the water as fast as you can. You'll see bubbles form. In essence, that's cavitation.