peejman

The laser can be a help or a distraction, depending on how steady her hands are. If you've got steady hands, the laser is nice. If you've got shaky hands, the laser wobbling around all over the place can be very distracting and discouraging for some people.

As many others have said, please don't let your cynicism stifle your child's creativity. The mind of a child can come up with some amazing things. For example... I spent about an hour eating pancakes with my 3 yr old the other day. It seems his toy cars had been magically transformed into pancake shooters. We were sitting in the floor using toy cars to shoot (imaginary) pancakes at each other. We were snatching these flying pancakes with our mouths and eating them up. They were quite tasty and I was quite full when we were done. Bet you didn't know that was possible, did you?

RELAX. Smile. Relax. Be open and honest. Relax. Look them in the eye. If you don't understand something, say so. Give confident, direct answers. Send them a post interview "thank you". Oh, and relax.

I've had good luck with Fire Ant Killer, Ant Control & Ant Bait for Killing Fire Ants by AMDRO Fire Ant Killers for ant mounds in the yard. If you have them in the house, take away what they're after (likely food) and they'll go away.

This is a good book that addresses how to handle it.... http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Armed-America-Kathy-Jackson/dp/1453685553/ref=pd_sim_b_2 And this is essentially what it says to do. Adrenalin is a very powerful thing that can alter your perception of how things happened. While TN law is pretty clear, it's best to say as little as possible until you've settled down. I believe so. Hence the preference to keep your mouth shut.

The P3AT, LCP, and TCP are all essentially the same design. Ruger copied the Keltec, added a slide lock, and made it a little prettier and smoother. Taurus copied the Keltec and made it swoopy looking. Functionally, they're all the same. All 3 are known to have various problems, most of which are easily resolved. Such is life with any assembly of mass produced parts. You have to keep in mind that these are last resort, defensive pistols. A "get off me" gun as it were. Accuracy beyond 10 yds is irrelevant. Get the one that feels the best in your hand within your budget. If I could afford the SIG, I'd probably buy it. I got a great deal on a P3AT from someone here. I carry it frequently.

I think mine had the same problem as yours. It wouldn't fully extract the spent case because the extractor would pop off the case rim with it about 3/4 out of the chamber. Then when the slide came back forward, it would jam the next round into the case. From what you describe, check your "frankenbolt" to make sure it's snug. It's the bolt at the top/rear of the slide that holds the extractor and firing pin in place (1/8" allen wrench, IIRC). Less than 1/4 turn (followed by a dab of blue loctite) fixed mine. If the frankenbolt is tight, try a new extractor. They changed the design slightly at some point. You can get one direct from Keltec cheap. If you call, they'll probably send you one for free.

I use the good ole Ka-bar. It's kinda big, but it tends to scare some people, which makes it worthwhile.

Welcome!

Ok... educate us.

Agreed, I like stalemate. It makes it more difficult for them to make things worse.

They're tough little buggers. I recall chasing one escapee around my yard while trying to whack it with a shovel (the only thing within reach). While my wife (the animal lover) was ok with dispatching the mice in the garage, she's wasn't really happy with that particular method.

I'll agree that shiny parts would look good, but wouldn't stainless defeat the purpose? Its heavy. You might consider putting some sort of clear coat over the machined area. It'll get hazy/scratched pretty easily.

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.