peejman

Indeed. My current house is brick. I don't miss cleaning siding. It completely baffles me why people paint a brick house.

Liquor in the front, poker in the rear (?) Couple things about the color... My blade wasn't as dark to begin with as some of the others. I sat it at an angle to make the light reflect off the surface so the pattern in the Damascus and the primary bevel would pop more in the photo. And I've used it a fair bit so the black oxide is wearing off a little, which is normal. The darkness of black oxide can vary significantly.

Here's mine.... sawmill in the front, damascus in the back.

I wondered what those (P-14) were. Didn't recognize the rear sight.

Looks like one of his smaller sawblade knives. I have one and it's really handy.

We used something similar years ago. You don't want to get it on you. If it's not caked on, just wetting it down and spraying with simple green works fairly well. A brush on a pole works for stubborn spots.

Yep.

Our church had a VBS first a couple weeks ago.... we expelled a child. Yeah. Seems an adult tried to intervene when one child was trying to choke another child, and the adult got a bloody nose for her efforts. I'm told the kids were about 8 yrs old. Fun times.

I haven't seen that show, but my general understanding of printers capable of moderate accuracy with some of the more exotic metals .... your $200,000 estimate is missing a zero. Definitely not in the DIY'er realm. The printers I saw at ORNL making parts for GE and Boeing several years ago were $5M.

Anyone who beats Michigan can't be all bad.

Don't know, I was an ignorant high school kid. I recall a few minor drug busts (weed) and other ordinary hooligan crap, but nothing of significance. They spent more time cruising the parking lot than walking the halls.

I went to Chattanooga city schools and we had an SRO in the 80's.

I don't disagree, but you illustrate my point. Controlling access is key. Work much harder on keeping them out. There should be only one entry/exit to the property and it should be a considerable distance from the doors to any building. Prevention rather than detection.

I understand your point, but... Memphis has roughly 670,000 people in those 200,000 acres... 3.4 people per acre or 340 people per cop. Nashville has 630,000 people in 336,000 acres, 1.9 people per acre, or 485 people per cop. That 10 acre school has 1000 people, 100 people per acre. They're nicely compartmentalized into little rooms in buildings spread out across the space, and known to be defenseless. Just like I did when I wanted to skip school in high school... just wait until the cop is at the other end of the school, then make a dash for the car and drive out. It was easy to not get caught.

Have a single officer on a 10 acre campus with functionally zero security otherwise isn't going to do much. The SRO is a mall cop at that point. I was at a friend of my son's birthday party the other day. One of the mom's was commenting on a new school being built and how it had huge iron fencing and looked like a prison. She said she wouldn't want her kids to go to a school that looks like that. I smiled and thought, perhaps they (the school builders) are learning.

SCCY is currently making parts in leased space very near their intended final location. I believe final assembly is still in Daytona. I learned that a couple weeks ago. The plan I heard was they'd begin work on a permanent facility late this year or early next year. 

Maybe it is? It makes sense i guess. The laws couldn't be the same between local, state, and federal parks. That'd be too easy.

None of the SRO's I've seen here are old. I don't know that I've seen one over 50. All of them have had a positive influence on the kids.

You can only carry past signs in parks, as that law change didn't require signage be removed. But that's only outdoor park areas, park buildings can still be posted with the listed consequence. And it also depends on the usage of the park while you're there.... if a school function is going on, you're not allowed to carry. And it also depends on how the local government defines a "park" as municipalities seem to varying opinions on that. The laws are clear and easy to abide by on purpose.

I love blueberries and sure wish I could grow them. I'm not sure why, but never had any luck. I've had the soil tested and did what they recommended but they just don't grow. We had some huge bushes and more blueberries than we could eat growing up.

I agree wholeheartedly... but like Dave, I don't let it prevent me from doing stuff I want to do.

Big business in America. Oh, the drama... They're doing a fine job using our money to keep all those lawyers employed.

this is it...

I keep thinking of this...

I suspect the next SEAL on the stand will have a slightly different version where he's responsible and not the other two. And so on.