monkeylizard

In America, you sink tank. In Mother Russia, tank sink you!

The USAF still flies the F-15 on active duty, not just the reserves. They fly them out of: Seymour-Johnson AFB, N. Carolina (the BEST name for a base in human history) Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Japan RAF Lakenheath, England Eglin AFB, Florida Nellis AFB, Nevada Mountain Home AFB, Idaho   +1 to atlas3025. I'd take the F-15E Strike Eagle over any production aircraft in the world for air superiority, except the F-22.       But, back to the OP. Someone Instagramed a photo and they were two F-16s from the Oklahoma ANG. https://instagram.com/p/4sR43yk7zv/

  That's just it. Nobody said anything about renouncing citizenship in the survey. The question is simply, would you live abroad?   If offered a good job in your field with enough of a pay raise to offset the increased cost of living, would you take a job in Germany? What if the pay raise was substantially more than the increased cost of living? I know I would consider taking that, but not because I hate America and want to leave.

I think that some of you guys are confusing "willing to live and work in another country" with "AMERICA SUCKS AND I WANT TO LEAVE!" We're in a global economy where opportunities often mean relocation, especially in certain fields. If the question is "Are you willing to move outside of the USA?" then that's very different from "Do you want to leave the USA?". This survey is asking the former, not the later.

I've lived in a few other countries. Given the right opportunity, I'd do so again. I don't know that I'd want to make it a very long term arrangement, but a few years would be OK by me, in the right place.   +1 to Costa Rica pricing itself out of the expat market lately. Nicaragua was looking good for a while, but I'd have to have a "get out and fast" plan all lined up for that one. It's not the Nicaragua of the 1980s, but it's not exactly rock stable either. Belize has the advantage of being an official English-speaking country, but given that many people under 50 in Latin America speak English, it wouldn't be so bad. An expat would pick up Spanish pretty quick. It's one of the easier languages to learn. Anywhere in Asia would be much harder to transition too. Languages are drastically different as are most alphabets, and as backwards as some of the Central American countries are, they're the Ritz Carlton compared to much of SE Asia.   Agreed that living abroad is totally different than renouncing citizenship. I'd live in a lot of places and visit more than that, but I'll always keep my blue passport.

I'd carry and keep it quiet, especially since you won't be drinking.   TN has no law requiring you to inform the homeowner.     Not exactly. You're still not violating any laws by bringing your gun when asked not to. If you're asked to leave (for any reason) and don't, then it's trespassing.

That's one reason that my first carry gun was an XD. The grip safety gave me peace of mind with the lack of any other external safety. After a while, it became clear to me that that's unnecessary, so I sold the XD and now carry something much lighter with no grip safety and still no external safety. I don't regret having bought the XD because it served its purpose and helped me become comfortable with carrying a condition-1 firearm.

Hearing good things about Mr. Robot on USA. Got it queuing up in the DVR.

  I'd say that was poorly worded. What about women attending as competitors? And why single out women? Does IDPA think their sensitive widdle ears can't handle the man talk?

They're both on a 4 year cycle, but offset by 1 year from one another. Men's will be in 2018, women's again in 2019.

  Maybe. The instructor at Vol State also teaches the criminal justice classes. If you have a community college in Chatt. with a criminal justice program, you could call and ask if they have the occasional 1-day class like Vol State does. Vol State classifies it under its lifelong learning programs rather than part of an accredited associates degree program. Kind of like motorcycle riding instruction.

I know it'd be a long haul from Cleveland, but Vol State community college in Gallatin occasionally offers a great one-day (Saturday) class on self-defense law. There's not one scheduled right now, but check every few months if you're interested. The instructor gets into a lot more of what the law really says, not what an HCP instructor's opinion is. Then you get to try out techniques with the live-action simulator. I learned a lot in that class, both on the law side and the practical side using the simulator. I'd take it again if I see it being offered.   http://registration.xenegrade.com/volstate  Keyword: firearm

But they have to pay the maintenance guy with the wrench to take it down, so it stays until it becomes necessary to remove it for some other reason.

  Yep. It's the same as when the State Parks became good to go. Requiring the signs to come down or be changed would add a fiscal note and that's going to kill pretty much any gun bill. Many signs are multi-purpose with more than just the "no guns" part so it's not as simple as just taking them down. I expect that we'll see the signs up at local parks for many years to come, just as we still do at state parks.

I'm going with tooth. Probably from a possum or maybe a coyote.

They're not so little up there. I'm pretty sure I saw one with a leather jacket and his wallet on a chain the last time I was there.

  The rats will keep them in check.

    Pedantic note: Those fluffy cowboy chaps are made from gay sheep or trans-gendered bison, not fluffy cow.       Better?

Well I'll be a fluffy cow. I go on vacation and you guys deliver up a thread like this? Perfect timing..... :(               Pedantic note: Those fluffy cowboy chaps are made from sheep or bison, not fluffy cow.

    You can drop mine off when you're done with it.

You need to weld a bottle opener on there somewhere.

Pics when you're done, or it didn't happen.  :D

Seriously though, what MacGyver said. West System 105 resin with their 206 slow hardener. It's made for boats so it will withstand some crazy weather. Roll it on, then clamp it all together and put something heavy on top of the aluminum. Let it sit for a day and *poof*. All done.

I wonder if this won't come back around to bite them. They're claiming up and down that they're just the middle man matching riders with independent contractors. That way they don't have to pay for health insurance. I know this gun rule alone isn't enough to qualify them as employers, but is it just one more piece of straw adding to the weight? The more they control how their "independent contractors" operate, the more they look like an employer. It's not much, but it's a little something for a lawyer who's looking for any little something to jump on.