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Cool pics. Any chance you could get on top of one of the taller buildings nearby for a higher angle? Or perhaps better yet, take it from a boat in the middle of the river.

They will do that very thing in short order. Same thing with mice in the house, for whatever reason they like to chew the insulation off wires. If you've found nests, check your wiring (home or car). The cat litter trick sounds like a good one, pour a border around each vehicle. Or just get a farm cat.

Prayers sent. Hope it goes well.

You should've told me sooner! Apparently I'm slow as I've had to re-learn that a time or two.

Our local farmer's co-op will sharpen a chainsaw chain with their fancy machine for $5 off the saw. It takes maybe 15 minutes. When the last sharp chain goes on the saw, the other 3 go to be sharpened. The last machete I sharpened (which has been a long time ago) I did with a belt sander. Just don't get it too hot.

Nice machine work. How much did you remove?

17 in one day?!? Dayum. I had problems with them in my attic and garage shortly after we moved in. I found they were eating the bird seed and dog food. They were chewing through the bags so I bought big plastic containers for that. I got a few using peanut butter in traps. My most effective trap turned out to be my recycle bins. Seems the mice smelled the the little bit of food residue still on the containers and crawled in the bins. Unfortunately for them, they couldn't crawl back out. Unfortunately for me, I didn't discover this until a couple weeks later when it was time to empty the bins (P-U!). I got 6 that way. I was a bit surprised to find evidence of cannibalism.

Nice!

Honestly, there's nothing you can do to improve your mileage significantly in that vehicle. The best thing you can do is buy the lowest octane you vehicle runs reasonably on. Using higher octane than necessary actually make mileage worse if anything. Make sure your tires have an adequate amount of air pressure. The sticker in the door jamb should be the minimum air pressure. The tire side wall has the maximum. 5 psi in air pressure can make a significant difference in rolling resistance.

If they have the same energy and both stick, the car moves exactly the same amount. Energy is energy whether it's mostly mass or mostly velocity. If they bounce off, it gets a touch more complicated. If someone really wants to know, I'll do the math. Coefficient of restitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He goes straight from the bath to the changing table to get lotioned from head to toe. Lots of people have recommended Aquaphor. For whatever reason, it never seemed to soak in and stayed greasy on him. We tried Cetaphil and it worked, provided we applied it 4-5 times/day. 3-4 tubs/month gets expensive. The CeraVe seems to work as well or better than Cetaphil when only applied twice a day. You might try it on your daughter. Initially we avoided the oatmeal lotions because of the skin test results that indicated he was allergic to oats.

We celebrated my little one's first birthday the other day and it reminded me of this thread. His eczema is much better now. He still has splotchy outbreaks in various places (mostly his face) from time to time, but it's heaps better than it was 6 months ago. I've learned a few things during that time as well.. Dermatologists are much more aggressive with treatments than pediatricians. The steroid-based stuff (derma-smooth) that the pediatrician told us to use only on a very limited basis (which wasn't really working), the dermatologist later told us to use quite liberally. That seems to have gotten him "over the hump" so to speak and past the horrible, whole body outbreaks. I've done some research into the the non-steroid stuff with the really scary label (elidel and protopic) and found that the really scary label (applied by the FDA) is not supported by the medical community. That eased our fears considerably. Eczema -- Eczema Treatment -- Elidel and Protopic Elidel and Protopic Drug Warning The skin and blood tests to help identify what was causing the outbreaks appear to have been useless. The skin test said he was allergic to eggs, carrots, oats, peanuts, and one other thing I can't remember. We've since proven all but the peanut allergy to be wrong. The only reason we haven't proven the peanut allergy wrong is that he's not old enough to have them yet. I did rub a peanut on his skin and there was no reaction, so I'm fairly confident he's not allergic to that either. The blood test results were inconclusive. So those appear to have been a significant waste of time and money. After having tried nearly every over-the-counter lotion, cream, and ointment we could find and several prescription products, we've settled on the cream form of CeraVe. While not exactly cheap, it's a whole lot cheaper than the prescription stuff. It also goes on smooth, doesn't burn, is quickly absorbed, and doesn't leave him feeling greasy. We apply it to his whole body twice a day. We only use the prescription steroid stuff when spots don't go away after a day or two. One application of that typically clears them up. We've also tried several different baby eczema bath washes including the bleach water bath. None really seemed help, but they don't seem to hurt either. We've settled on the California Super Sensitive baby wash. It works fine and makes a decent bubble bath. Here lately I've been bathing him together with his 3 yr old brother. They have a ball, I end up wet, and the usual Johnson's baby wash stuff we use on the older one doesn't seem to bother him. So other than teething and the occasional runny nose, he seems to be a pretty laid back, happy little boy.

Wow.... hard to pick just one. The Cowboys or The Alamo.

I've not heard of Tech Sights, though I like the look of that. I have been trying to decide between Mojo sights or Williams Firesights (Williams Gun Sight Company - SKS Rifle FireSight Peep Set). Now you've added a 3rd one to consider...

There's an easy solution to this.... Park somewhere else. My employer (like many) has the "no weapons" clause as a condition of employment. If, for example, I intend to go to the range after work and don't feel like wasting 30 minutes driving back home to get my stuff, I bring it with me and park at the business next door. My vehicle isn't on company property so my employer can't search it. The owner of the property its parked on isn't my employer and can't fire me. All they can do is ask me to move it, or have it towed. I'm not aware of a vehicle ever being searched anywhere I've worked. I do recall one vehicle being towed, but it had been sitting in the lot for over a month. Another point to consider is the liability of having it in the car. Say an unsavory student (or employee) finds out she has a gun in her car. So the person breaks into her car, steals it, and shoots someone on the property. While she may not be legally liable since the gun was stolen, she'll most certainly lose her job and have civil suits to deal with.

Agreed, but the 20mm rifle itself seems MUCH larger. Bullet energy seems comparable at ~30k ft-lbs.

This. And this. I think it's great that these folks are open minded enough to let their kids experience such things and decide for themselves. As an engineer, basically all of what I do is based on science. Simply accepting some things on faith and without objective, tangible evidence is hard for me. But then, that why it's called "faith". I think it helps keep me humble and helps me keep things in perspective. For me (and I suspect many others), church is as much a social opportunity as anything else. You meet people from all walks of life and can learn valuable things from their experiences. One of my co-workers freely admits to attending mass simply to appease his wife.

I've been there and it's very humbling. December 7th 2011 is a touch happier in my house, my youngest is 1 today.

I believe the Anzio 20mm is bigger... MAG-FED 20MM RIFLE - Anzio Ironworks

Love my PT145 (aka 24/7 compact).

All I have to say is...

Fad for 95% of the people who buy them. The other 5% actually live on a farm.

Dad is a wood turner and he's made several things from purple heart. What he uses to finish them varies based on the intended use. Sometimes it's oil, lacquer, polyurethane, or nothing. A little googling highlighted something else... his pieces typically sit for several days if not weeks between sanding and applying the finish. How do you finish Purpleheart to keep it purple? The Grape Popsicle of Woodworking: Purple Heart Wood (Peltogyne spp.) « Woodworkers Source Blog Question on sanding & finishing Purpleheart wood - by buckeyedudes @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community

Love my PT145, points well, fits my hand very well. Had it for 5+ years and somewhere in the 1000 rd range. The only problem I've had was failure to return to battery when firing some really old, corroded, generally nasty surplus ammo (hey, it was free...). My hands were black after about 100 rds. I wiped the gunk out of it and it worked fine for a while longer. Zero other failures. I'm easily "minute of pie plate" accurate with it inside 25 yds. While not my favorite target pistol, recoil isn't bad. I bought it new and the trigger took a little time to smooth out. Note that the factory Henie sights are designed for center-of-mass hold rather than the 6:00 that I prefer. I didn't know that at first and wondered why it shot 2-3" low. The early models had frame cracking problems. "PRO" on the slide and the presence of the accessory rail indicate the "fixed" newer version, which is effectively identical to the 24/7 model.

Holy thread revival Batman!