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I doubt she'll have admissions issues, they're happy to take your money. It's a big school so it's easy to get lost in the crowd. Not doing so is entirely up to her. What's her major?

Clearly that's wrong. My insurance has gone up way more than 8-11% in 10 years. Unless that's 8-11% per year... that's closer to reality. Having looked, mypremiums have roughly doubled in 10 years. And the population has increased at a rate of approximately 2M people per year over the last decade, so 2M additional uninsured is probably pretty good as that's only 10% of the total.

Can anyone ID the rifle propped against the car?

Can you offer a comparison between the SR9 and G48?

You don't quit riding because you get old, you get old because you quit riding. There's lots of bikes easier to handle than a big Harley, and they're just as fun.

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I guess I'll brush up on my Google-fu more next time.

Wow.

True, Ford recommended tire pressures lower than Firestone designed for. Vehicle owners never checked their tire pressures as stated in the owners manual, and let them fall below the already low spec. Then they drove at high speeds with heavy loads, a recipe for blow outs. Is it unreasonable to expect a driver to follow the owners manual? The courts said it was, hence TPMS and all the other nannies that make modern cars so expensive. Is it unreasonable to expect a cup of coffee to be hot? 190F is a normal temp for fresh brewed coffee and has been for 200 years. Did the cup not say "caution, contents may be hot"? Why would you pick up and try to drink from a cup that was so hot it was burning your fingertips, while driving? I don't mean to marginalize the injuries and deaths that occurred, but to absolve the people involved and hold the corporations solely responsible is, to me, absurd.

Defective product or defective user? That doesn't seem to matter.

Most consumer product companies have insurance policies for product liability claims.

Someone watched Tarzan a few too many times.

I don't see that it has much of anything to do with the 2nd Amendment. It's a product liability issue. Our legal system has decided that it's ok to sue the manufacturer of an item when someone gets hurt using it in a way neither endorsed nor intended.... "reasonably foreseeable misuse". People sued Ford and Firestone when their grossly under inflated tires blew out. People sued McD's after spilling hot coffee on themselves. Ad nauseum... It can't be an individual's fault because that implies some level of personal responsibility for one's actions. It's much easier to assign fault to the faceless corporation. And they usually have more money to pay out.

Welcome! ORSA is a popular choice for what you're looking for.

I carry a Kershaw Cryo flipper. I don't remember if it's the Cryo I or II, it's the smaller of the two. I also sometimes carry a small Boker folder, it's got 4 blades but is smaller than the Kershaw. My Leatherman also has a blade, but I rarely use it for that.

I got to shoot someone's 308 AK years ago. Huge fireball from the muzzle in daylight and it was shatteringly loud. It was awesome!

People do other things with tablets? She's said she wants a laptop, but my assumption is that between her and the kids it would get broken in short order. Perhaps they're more durable than they used to be. I'm sure. I haven't looked either.

As I'm PC shopping too, I appreciate all the info here, this is very helpful. Anyone mind if I pile on and ask about tablets too? My wife has decided our 1st gen iPad is no longer adequate.... Another iPad, windows tablet, ...?

What @1gewehr said. M1A has good accuracy. FAL is paper plate accurate and fun to shoot (I have one). AR10's are also fun but not standardized. None of these are light weight toy guns like AR15's.

Sorry to hear about the infection. Hospitals are notorious for that and big burns are very easily infected. I'm sure his mom is spent by now, though it can be hard to ask for help. Where are they located?

What Dave said. We use Lenovo machines at work and while fairly rudimentary, they seem to survive the shop floor abuse reasonably well. Higher end machines are Dells. I'm also in the market for a new PC, which will largely be an internet terminal. We don't do anything at home that requires significant horsepower. Our MIS person told me to sign up for the Dell email notifications. Get a decent machine, max out the RAM and it should run fine for years to come. I've seen decent desktop CPU's for $400-$500. I've already got all the peripherals, all I need is the box.

One of my friends had a similar car when I was little. Good memories.

Not sure. Knoxville said no more gun shows a while back. I haven't seen ads for them anywhere else.

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Bald Eagles are raptors, and they're aren't any true buzzards in North America. What people refer to as a buzzard is usually a Turkey Vulture.