monkeylizard

It's just a bad picture. The FDE looks much better than that. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_10/157407_PSA_FDE_Ruger_LCP_Review.html

Generally speaking, your leafy greens and roots vegetables will be fine. You could have probably started them a couple of weeks ago from seed. The more frost-sensitive plants tend to be the ones which grow fruits/veg on stems above ground like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc.   I planted a fall crop of various lettuce and swiss chard in late August last year and it was all producing up until almost Christmas.

  How many tickets did you buy to get lucky enough to win 2?  :D

Yeah, but at the NRA show you'll want to see everything!

Looking at the forecast, you'd probably be OK to start now, but I wouldn't unless I had a way to protect them if another late frost comes in. Last year our last frost was around April 18th. I may put my seeds in this week, esp the frost hardy plants. I'm using raised beds and I have PVC arches over them so I can cover them if a late frost threatens. I'm doing the tomatoes in 3.5 gal food-grade buckets this year because they take up too much room in the raised beds, plus I can move them around to provide shade where needed. I can take them into the garage if frost threatens. If it's not raining cats and dogs this evening, I may get a few things in the ground. I think last night was the last cold night for the season.

I have a very lightweight small'ish backpack. It will start the day with some bottles of water and some snacks, and end the day full of swag. I'll collect tote bags along the way, I'm sure, but when I want my hands free, I can stuff it all in the backpack.

Bill Hall always said wait until April 15th. Then check the forecast on that day. If there's no frost in it, you're good to go.

There was a case in Memphis at a Kawasaki dealer where they had an incident (a shooting or armed robbery I think?) and responded by posting. A guy walked in shortly after that (while tensions would have been quite high) OC'ing past the obvious posting and a security guard, IIRC. I'm pretty sure he was charged. Perhaps one of our resident attorneys could share some specifics on that case?   There has been no incident that I know of where a person has been charged for carrying past a non-statutorily compliant sign, but that's not to say it can't happen.

Call their 800 number and give them your info. They have probably already assigned you a Member ID number, just haven't mailed you the card. The ID# is what you'll need at the show to register.

It's hit and miss downtown.

  Is there a secret handshake or something for a free sample?   :D

Other than the manufacturer/vendor booths and hopefully collecting a sack full of promo loot, I'm looking forward to the NRA-ILA meeting (need a $10 ticket). I'm sure it will be GOP Presidential hopefuls telling us what we want to hear, but maybe it will help me know who I may support and who I definitely won't support.

  No, NRA dues are not tax deductible.

Laser Quest on 2nd Ave. Awesome maze. Hands down the best laser tag game in the city.

Nope. Unless the rain gets super heavy and washes the seeds away, you'll be fine. The wheat straw will help prevent that.

Get the app. It has a map and times of all events (both ticketed and the free seminars). You can build an agenda for yourself and locate vendors on the map. It's pretty well done.   It's called NRA 2015 in the iTunes store. I suppose it's the same in the Google store for Android.

I like that the new bond series isn't as (as OS said) comic-book like as the later movies. The earliest movies (esp. From Russia With Love) are much more like the current ones with actual plot twists, espionage, and changing alliances. I for one am glad Daniel Craig's Bond hasn't yet been seen fist fighting 200 guys with ray guns and helmets while simultaneously disarming a nuclear bomb on a conveyor belt on its way to a hyper-warp speed transport machine to send it to blow up Mt. Rushmore. Plus ill-tempered sea bass are trying to eat him.   Craig makes for a good action star, and his style of playing his cards close makes for a good spy-thriller because the audience never really knows what the main character is thinking. Where he comes up short is the charm and personality. Connery got that part down in spades. Craig's Bond can get Pussy Galore because he'll jump through a plate glass window on the 32nd floor of a building, fight off 3 guards in an impromptu MMA cage match, and jump back out with her in his arms using a backpack glider, all without cracking a smile or grimacing in pain. Connery's Bond would knock on the door, claim to be from room service, knock out the 3 guards with sleeping darts from his watch, say "Well hello, Pussy" with a wry smile and off they'd go to her place.

Friday and Saturday for me. Sunday if necessary to see it all.

From the nraam.org website:   Registration Hours: Thursday, April 9 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Friday, April 10 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April 11 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 12 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

  That's not possible. The law and the signs prevent that.         [/sarcasm]

  +1 to this.   This only applies to STATE parks. The signs were left up because to force the park service to change them would have required a fiscal note to be attached to the bill. That tends to be a poison pill for gun bills. To get the law changed to allow carry in state parks, the backers of the bill had to avoid a fiscal note. Basically the old signs stay up until they need to be replaced, then the new signs will omit the "no firearms" langauge. The existing signs have no force of law.

He'll start watching Breaking Bad in 2017.

  State Parks are OK. In Nashville that's going to be the Bicentennial Mall and Radnor Lake. Metro-Nashville parks are all off limits, for now. Watch this space for an update. A bill has passed the house and senate to change that. Now they need to reconcile a variation in their bills (then probably override a veto). It would make carry in all state and local parks legal as long as a school event isn't occuring there. It could go into effect before the NRA convention. Federal land (TVA, Corps of Engineers, etc.) have their own rules.   We know for sure that the circle-slash "gunbuster" has the force of law to ban carry wherever it's posted, and any sign with some specific verbage that cites TCA-39-17-1359 also have the force of law. The law doesn't say if a non-conforming sign (one that just says "No guns allowed" for example) has the force of law or not, and there's no case law, so we truly don't know about those.   The only places off-limits without having to post are penal institutions, schools, and a room with an active judicial proceeding. Since this is a thread on visiting for the NRA convention, I suspect those are irrelevant, plus they sometimes have their own odd nuances regarding permit holders and/or what is and isn't a weapon.

  That's jumping the gun. Has to pass both house and senate in an identical format. The earliest the House can take it up is Monday the 6th.   I suspect Yarbro added that amendment as a poison pill, not realizing the conservatives would say "sounds good to us!". Or he could be smarter than I give him credit. If the bill as amended gets through the House, that will make it more likely to see our RINO governor pull out his veto stamp. If he does that it goes back to the legislature to override it. Given the vote tally this time around, a veto is not really anything more than the governor expressing his displeasure. The override should be a slam dunk, but you never know with a bunch of politicians.     X-post with Worriedman