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  Yep, funny to us, but a believable story for the Congresswoman, followed up by living the lie in a cardigan. It makes her a great sleeper agent. They have no idea that she's the most dangerous and unpredictable one.   I could see the group owning the whole place after Carol secretly poisons them all with casseroles. Rick would just be standing there dumbfounded.   She played up the sweet den-mother thing from start to finish. Notice how she made herself look so awkward taking her rifle off and putting it in the pile, like she was uncomfortable even handling a firearm.

The 2 best tapes were far and above Darryl and Carol. I lost it when Darryl was standing there in her living room with that possum still in his hand, then Carol comes out dressed like June Cleaver talking about making casseroles and meeting the neighbors. This was the funniest episode they've ever done. :up:

  Almost like it was planned that way...

  FIFY!

He was a lefty gun-control advocate. I enjoyed his acting work, but not his politics.

Then name it for Mark Kelly. A naval aviator who flew combat missions then went on to become an astronaut on 4 shuttle flights (pilot x2, commander x2). Yeah, I'd say that's impressive enough to have a ship named after you. That career shows a good public image for the Navy. Namings like that are usually done posthumously though, so he'll have to wait. They announced the USS Neil Armstrong (also a naval aviator before his NASA career) shortly after he died in 2012.

  I go to a barber. In a barber shop. Where we tell Obama jokes, insult each other, and watch sports.  There's a small glass cabinet of Pinaud products for sale that look like they haven't been touched since the Eisenhower administration. That's where men go for a hiarcut.

I don't get it. I don't care that she's a she. I care that she hasn't done much for the US Navy. There's always controversy surrounding the naming of a ship after a politician (at least half the population won't like it because of party affiliation), but in the past those politicians have had some form of service in the Navy and/or a long-standing record of support for the Navy. Giffords has neither.

  3 ships by full name, but none are combat ships. The ships named with just the honoree's last name, I'm not sure. there could be some, but I can't tell by just knowing the last names. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/lists/shipalpha.asp   USNS Amelia Earrhart (cargo) USNS Mary Sears (oceonography) USNS Sacagawea (cargo)

Paying for the fence has nothing to do with it, it's the property line that matters....sort of. Adverse possession could come into play if enough time has passed since the titled owner (you) has asserted claim to the property. AKA "Squater's Rights". If he has been maintaining the property without being secretive and has had continuous use of it, then he might be able to claim it as his. If the true owner (you) hasn't asserted their ownership rights in the amount of time granted by law, the squatter may be able to claim it. In Tennessee that's as short as 7 years but most likely 20, depending on the title circumstances. If you have an actual property title, then it's 20 years.   In other words, as long as you tell the property owner every 19.9 (or 6.9) years that sliver of land is yours, they can't claim it and have the property line redrawn, but there's no sense in moving the fence if you're perfectly happy letting them mow and use that part of your land. Just claim it every so often with a certified letter and you should be good to go.   As for the realtor having to disclose that the fence is on the neighbor's property, I don't know, though I suspect that would qualify as you having made an assertion of your ownership rights and reset the clock to 20 years.   http://real-estate-law.freeadvice.com/real-estate-law/real-estate-law/adverse-possession-squater-rights.htm http://statelaws.findlaw.com/tennessee-law/tennessee-adverse-possession-laws.html

No, this will be my first time to try PRI. The lab tests I linked to up in post#5 (http://www.kansaswindpower.net/PRI%20lab_tests.htm) convinced me to go with it instead of Sta-Bil. They mention the 15 year old gas test there. CampingWorld up by Opryland has it in stock, but it's $38 for the 32oz bottle. I ordered some on Amazon for $31 and free shipping. It should be here in the next few days. Seafoam is better than Sta-Bil, not as good as PRI, but easier to to find than PRI.    I still plan to rotate the gasoline, but with the PRI and ethanol-free I won't be so worried about it when I forget. PRI would probably keep it stable for longer if I needed it to, but a yearly cycling will be fine and that's what I'll do. When it's time to refresh the stockpile, I pour any unused gas into my cars and go refill the cans. Cars are less finicky about small breakdowns/deposits in the fuel than smaller engines with tiny ports in the carbs like generators, weed eaters, lawnmowers, etc. You probably could take 15 year old gas that was stored well and treated with PRI and run it through a car or truck without much trouble, and that's without treating it annually, just once before using it. Personally, I'll stick to my annual drain-and-refill schedule. The PRI will give me peace-of-mind if I forget one year.   I know ethanol gas will varnish up a small carb in a hurry if it's left with ethanol gas in it. I changed out carbs on a weed eater, lawnmower, and leaf blower using that junk. Since I switched to ethanol free for my small engines, they've never had a problem. I know I wouldn't want to try the 15 year experiment with ethanol gas, treated with PRI or not.   Here's a site showing where to get ethanol-free gasoline: http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=TN

  Don't worry. I suspect they manscape.

2nd order arrived today. Overnight, just like the first order. Notice the fully welded seams on the rib and the handle. Waiting for my PRI-G to arrive then it's off to Pegram for some ethanol free gasoline.

SS109 is clearly the designation of the round (not just the bullet) submitted by the Belgians for consideration as the NATO standard, and M855 is clearly the US designation for the exact same round, but did NATO keep SS109 as the name when they adopted it or did they officially name it "5.56 NATO" ?   Does anyone know what the "SS" part stands for? I assume "M" = Model as it does in other US designations?

I just put my finger in my coat pocket.

Blitz (now out of business) made a CARB compliant spout that was easy to modify. If you ripped the safety lock out with a pair of needle nose pliers you had a reasonable setup. You just had to push down on a large black lever at the base of the spout and it would pour just fine. Venting was a problem and it would "glug" some but it worked OK. I have one of those but the gasket is super thin and has finally stretched out so it leaks at the base of the spout when being poured. The newer ones (pretty much all I can find today*) have a spring-loaded tube inside the spout with a notch on the side of the spout. The intent is that you hook the notch over the lip of the opening of whatever you're filling and push down (or let the weight of the can do it for you). The real-world result is that you're trying to align, mount, and balance a 30 pound can of highly flamable gasoline on something smaller than a pencil eraser. When that inner tube is depressed, gasoline will begin to flow at what seems like 1oz per minute so you get to keep that balancing act going for a nice long time. It also fails to account for when you're not pouring into something with a well exposed and rigid edge, such as a funnel.  Alternatively, if you have 3 arms and the hand strength of a mutant gorilla, you can pull the spring-loaded tab back manually while holding the can and aligning it with the receiving tank and pour like a normal person. I usually involve a leg, a knee, and a buffalo when attempting this. Smaller cans make the weight more manageable, but the spout still sucks.If you modify these spouts by removing the inner spout and spring, they become a simple plastic tube and work fine but then there's no way to close them as there's no cap for the spout.   *This one seems better than most. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W72GBC It's flat on the front so you can set it on top of whatever you're filling and point the short spout directly into the receiving tank. You press a button on the back of the yellow area to start the flow. If you have to go CARB, this is probably the best way to do it. I've seen them in stock at ACE Hardware in Bellevue, but nowhere else. HD, Lowes, Autozone, and Advance only have the ones designed by a brain-damaged monkey on experimental drugs.

Great price on the Lifestraw Family if anyone wants one. Woot deals don't last long, so hurry if you want it. They're abiout $70 on Amazon. I suspect there may be a version 2.0 out now or coming soon if they're clearing out old stock on woot.   http://www.woot.com/offers/eartheasy-lifestraw-family-1-0-purifier-10?ref=cnt_wp_1_2

I think I found my next gift for TGO Secret Santa.  :D

The unmanned gate was odd. They're safe from the walkers/roamers with their steel wall, but the gate won't hold up to a Mad Max styled Kenworth rolling down on it. They may be safe inside from the dead, but not from the living. Plus those reinforcing butresses just make ramps for the living to scale the wall.   My prediction: there was a thriving community there and something went horribly wrong (a disease most likely). The structures and walls are still there, so it's salvagable unlike Woodbury and the prison. Aaron and Eric, along with any other survivors of their catastrophe, are out looking for more people to rebuild the town. The gate is unmanned because there's nobody to man it. It's the same reason Aaron and Eric are travelling as a pair instead of as a larger group. There is no larger group. I don't think he's lying about people being the most precious resource, and not in a Terminus kind of way. HOw exactly they've managed to clear and keep clear Highway 23 with hardly any people is a mystery to me and possibly a hole in the story.

Yep. Those are Chinese knock-offs. I'll take my real-deal, thank you.  :D   You can tell by looking at the rib down the middle. If it protrudes out past the flat part of the front, it's a Chinese one. Lots of spot-welds too instead of full welds. Check out where the handles meet the body at the rear of the handle to see more spot welds. All that really means is that they'll be more prone to leaking if they get banged around much. I'd be more concerned about the paint used on the inside and whether or not it will hold up to gasoline whatever you might put in one of these. They also have a straight retention pin and not the "L" shaped pins on real NATO cans. Again, not likely to have an issue unless you bang 'em around a lot.   Trust me. If you want the NATO ones w/o the CARB compliant spout, the link I posted is the best place to get them. You might find a place a couple of dollars cheaper, but once you factor in shipping, I doubt it would be more than a couple of bucks a can. If anyone starts looking around, you'll see some with a CARB compliant spout. The way to tell is because the metal portion of the spout is very short followed by a long plastic portion. The real ones are about 50/50   CARB compliant: https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/Images/Original/4705_93172_v1.jpg Not CARB compliant: http://lexingtoncontainercompanysonlinestore.mybigcommerce.com/jerry-can-nozzles-1/   Note that the metal part of the CARB nozzle ends just past the curve of the spout.

I plan to fill them all with ethanol free fuel treated with PRI-G. None of that Stabil stuff for me.   http://www.kansaswindpower.net/PRI%20lab_tests.htm

I'm done with those stupid CARB compliant fuel cans and their nozzles that cause me to spill more fuel than any normal can ever did. I ordered a new NATO jerry can from the link below on Thursday. It shipped the same day and arrived Friday. Free overnight shipping? Yes, please. Their free-shipping was UPS Ground. I expected 2-day delivery from Lexington to Nashville based on prior experience, but overnight was even better.   It's exactly as pictured on their site. Made in Latvia, full NATO specs, rolled and fully welded seems, no cheap tabs/spot welds like on the Chinese crap at places like Sportsmans Guide. These are not stamped with "For non-potable water" or "For non-fuel use only" or anything like that. Just nice new NATO spec Jerry cans. DOES NOT INCLUDE SPOUT. You have to add them to your order, but you don't need one for every can. The spout is a matching steel base with a semi-flexible plastic end with a built-in screen filter. No CARB compliance here.   With the free shipping, this was the cheapest place I could find them. I did find a great deal on a 4-pack of NATO Jerry cans at Overstock.com, but upon further inspection realized they had CARB compliant spouts. Sort of defeats the purpose.   I ordered more today for a total of 4 cans and 2 spouts, plus an extra gasket per can. I'll probably never need the extra gaskets, but they're cheap and I'd rather have some if I need them. They also have 10L and 5L cans.   http://lexingtoncontainercompanysonlinestore.mybigcommerce.com/jerry-can-20l/   They seem to have good prices on Gamma lids too if anyone needs any for their buckets.

Yep. That's how the RV crew found him and saved him, and how Rick and Co. found the RV crew. If it weren't for the flare, we'd have spent 3 weeks roaming the woods looking for Sophia the RV crew.