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Sweet! I want one.

My wife knows the combo to one and knows where the key is to the other one. I've nothing to hide.

Yep, nice folks.

Welcome!

Do they still taste good when they get that big? Love me some catfish, but have often wondered if the taste gets bad beyond a certain size.

Rasheed is huge, that's for sure. My uncle lives in the original houses on that road... definitely not the BIG ones. I remember visiting as a kid and the road turned to dirt a couple houses past his. We'd walk down to the creek and play in the water with their dog, there was nothing out past there. When they paved it and started building those humongous houses, we'd periodically get pictures of the progress from him. He said they spent 3 months landscaping the back yard of one house before they dug the footers. Couldn't fit the heavy equipment between the houses to get to the back yard after it was built. Seems silly to have a 10,000 sqft house within spitting distance of your neighbor, but to each his own.

My wife got to meet June Carter. She was working at a garden center in Kingsport. June showed up to get some flowers. My wife said she was really nice, though no one made a big deal about who she was. Johnny was with her but stayed in the truck. This was a year to two before he passed. I met Richard Simmons in the Knoxville airport. A coworker and I were on our way to Italy for business. The terminal was nearly empty and I was reading a book. The gate attendant hollered "HELLO RICHARD!!". We looked up and sure enough, he came walking down the terminal. He was really friendly and did pictures with whoever wanted. A friend of mine met George Lopez in an airport just before his TV show started. My friend was walking from one gate to another and stopped dead in his tracks. George was sitting there reading the paper. My friend just walked over and said ..." excuse me, are you George Lopez." He replied..." Hell no! I hate that dirty mexican bastard!" He waited just long enough for my buddy to begin to freak, laughed and said, "Of course I am. Have a seat." My friend sat down next to him and they chatted for something like 30 mins. He said George was really nice and even funnier in person. Rasheed Wallace lived down the street from my uncle when he played for the Pistons. My uncle said the doorbell range one afternoon. He opened the door to find Rasheed on the porch dressed in khaki's and a golf shirt. Rasheed stuck his hand out and said "Hi, I'm Rasheed Wallace, I play for the Pistons. I just moved in down the street and wanted to introduce myself to my new neighbors." They chatted briefly and he walked through the yard to the next house down. Barry Sanders also lived near the same uncle, but he wasn't particularly social.

My trigger had neutral engagement, but it had so much creep I called it a "two breath" trigger. I couldn't hold my breath long enough to pull it all the way. Pull it 2/3rds ... breathe... pull it the rest of the way. The Kivaari trigger job makes it a 2 stage 4-5lb trigger. Stage 1 is practically zero effort. Stage 2 has just a bit of movement before it breaks. Reset is much shorter too. http://www.kivaari.com/SKS%20Target%20Match.htm For $65... hard to beat.

I agree, falling on your gun hurts regardless of location. But for most folks, there's a lot more ...um... padding around the sides than in the center of your back. Broken ribs, bruised kidneys, or appendix are one thing, but a damaged spine is an order of magnitude worse.

Love my Yugo. The barrel is not chrome lined. The only thing I've ever shot through it is various Wolf milsurp, and it eats that stuff like candy. It's a real smooth shooter, well balanced, easy to handle, if a tad heavy. The flip-up night sights are mostly novelty, all they do is switch from traditional notch sights to white 3-dot sights. Some folks don't like the grenade launcher stuff. I think it's neat. Novelty, but neat. One of these days I'll get a golf ball launcher for it. Expect 3" 100 yd groups, less if you're lucky/good. It's a battle rifle, not a sniper rifle. Beware tacti-cool or other bubba'd conversions. Some work, some don't. Be VERY wary of home trigger jobs. They can be prone to slam fire. Cock the hammer, bang the butt on the ground hard several times and check for hammer fall. If it does, that must be addressed. The trigger on mine was terrible (half mile or so of creep), had it reworked by Kivaari and it's very good now. Also added Tech Sights peep sights, which are excellent. In good (original) shape, I'd guess its worth about $350. Though I'd only let mine go for that under duress.

Could be. Like I said, no biggie. Just seems a little odd.

I used SOB carry right up until I slipped and fell. I landed more on my butt than on the gun but it hurt like hell. It made my hands tingly for a while afterwards I and was sore for a couple weeks. Couple that with slow draw and simply not being comfortable with retention, I moved to 4:00 and/or pocket carry.

True. I'm sure I'll be getting into that with my little ones in the coming years.

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$200 for that is an excellent deal. I'd buy it in a second. Take the extra cash and buy a good lens. Read this...

Just depends on where you can find the best deal. Pay tax on local purchases or pay shipping online. No extra fees, ammo's just heavy. This is a neat site for online shopping... http://gun-deals.com/ammo Depends on personal preference as much as anything. Some guns/people abhor the cheap, steel cased stuff, some love it. There's very little corrosive AR ammo out there to worry about. Depends on the rifle, barrel twist, length of barrel, distance in question, etc... Half the fun is figuring out what yours likes best.

I too had to take a few of those nonsense courses during my engineering degree. They're just a "check in the box" course. You don't really learn anything. Simply memorize what you have to, regurgitate it on the test, and forget it as soon as you walk out the door. If you've not formed a core belief structure by the time you're in college that enables you to determine that these things are total nonsense.... then I don't feel real sorry for someone who gets sucked in. I too had a very liberal US history professor in college. He'd always try to give his slant on things, and I'd frequently point out his errors. He was a good sport about it and we had some entertaining discussions during class. I found out that his son was my high school classmate, which explained a lot about his son...

Along those lines... I typically click the "mark all as read" at the end of a surfing session. Since the introduction of the new classifieds section (though that may be coincidence), when I come back and hit "new content" I get several pages of threads I've seen. The thread titles in the first couple pages are bold, which I assume means they're new, but that's followed by several pages that are neither bold nor new. Previously, I wouldn't get those unbolded threads in the results. Not a big deal, just curious if I'm missing something.

As it has always been, the winner writes the history books. Same thing applies, be it the wartime winner or election winner. Academia has long been the liberal's realm.

The albatross by Louis O. was an amazing shot. It certainly got very interesting toward the end. Very happy that Bubba won, he seems like a great guy and is really fun to watch. Would've been a thrill to see Freddie hang in there, but it wasn't to be. I've always liked how effortless his swing seems. I try to emulate his tempo, it makes me slow down.

Trailer lights? Who needs trailer lights? This is Tennessee....

No NFA involvement necessary as far as I'm aware. It's just pistol. A really loud, fire breathing pistol.

Both speed and quality of the glass itself. I bought a Canon Rebel DSLR for work which came with the kit 18-55 lens. I bought the 60mm macro lens at the same time as that's mostly what I do... take pictures of small stuff. I really never used the kit lens until a couple months ago when I needed to take pics of a big machine. I put the kit lens on and took pics. When I looked at them on my PC, they were horrible... grainy, fuzzy, ... just bad. I retook the same pics with the 60mm lens and the difference in quality was staggering. I'm not talking about the $1500 lenses, nor even the $800 ones. You can get very good, general purpose lenses for $300-$500... This body.... http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800850449-USE/Canon_2756B001_EOS_Rebel_XSi_Digital.html plus this lens... http://www.bhphotovi...f_4_5_6_IS.html and this lens... http://www.bhphotovi...3_5_5_6_IS.html is a little more than the kit and you'll have much better equipment.

I'm a Canon guy, but there's really not that much difference. A friend who's a much better photographer than I, put it this way.... Nikon makes better cameras, Canon makes better lenses. I'd stay away from the package deals. They look like a great savings right up until you realize the lenses are crap. There's just no substitute for good glass. Keep an eye on B&H Photo's used equipment store. Good deals appear from time to time. You should be able to pick up a body and much better lenses for about the same price as that package. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Digital-Photography/ci/6387/N/4294246666

Similar to this...? If I happened across a cheap 91/30 with a bad bore and/or really crappy wood, I'd make one of these...