monkeylizard

The mags have writting on the side with a version number. This example is version "B" as noted by the last of the printed number. I'm pretty sure the "A" version had no letter as they weren't planning on making later variants of course. If there's an "A" or no letter at all, that's likely part of the issue, though it may not be all of it. The "A" magazine was a cause of many of its early problems. I have a "B" magazine and have had no issues, but I know there is at least a "C" and maybe a "D" revision. Mine has been flawless with CCI mini mags, both HP and round nose, but I can't hit the broad side of a barn with it. It's me, not the pistol. I've seen someone else have respectable accuracy using my pistol. Maybe it's the sights, but I don't shoot it well. I keep it because it's a good pistol with which to start a new shooter. +1 to keeping it well lubed.

    FIFY!

  ducks are cute.

Did your dog have tags with your contact info (or a microchip) when he was picked up? If so, wouldn't that be theft and possession of stolen property since he agreed it's your dog and admitted to taking him from near your home? Turning over the dog in exchange for you not pressing charges might seem like a pretty fair deal to him.   If you don't keep tags on him, then it would be a reasonable assumption on his part that your dog was a stray. He very well could be a dog lover who didn't want to see the poor guy out on his own. On the plus side, you haven't had to buy dog food for 6 months, so maybe that could factor in to the "re-homing fee"?

I'm not saying we shouldn't ban or at least curtail air traffic. I'm just saying that it wojn't prevent Ebola from spreading. It would delay it, and maybe that's enough for the right people to make the right decisions to get ahead of it.   I said "that wouldn't help." I should have said "that wouldn't stop it."

  I'm not going to Dolomite's place because I read Post # 187  :surrender:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/82215-welpit-is-now-here-folksebola/?p=1198047

  Because that wouldn't help. People leave West Africa and fly to Europe before coming here.   Let's assume we can convince the Eurozone to ban travel to Europe too. Fine....people will fly from West Africa to other parts of Africa or the Middle East. Then fly to Europe, then to the US.   Stop all flights in and out of the affected areas? OK....they'll travel over land or sea to a previously unaffetced area and fly from there.   It may delay the spread, but it wouldn't stop it.

Quarantine them at Club Gitmo on the return trip. That way, if there's an infection, it takes care of another problem at the same time.

I saw an interview with him several years ago. He said he didn't consider it dangerous because it's so big under those spans with plenty of room to fly through.

You could try the phone number in the OP on the other thread. If it's still good, I suspect they could answer all of your questions.

I'm good at telling them apart. Except Hyundai. They copy other designs so much that they look like a Mercedes or a Toyota from a distance. They're getting better about making their own deisgns, but they still look like copies to me.

From the article, it looks like he was a patron.

Yes to the first and the second.   We do....they don't.

  Thanks. Aside from the side-bar in there about pro vs anti, it pretty much confirmed what I thought.

Here's what we'll be seeing on our November ballot:   It reads to me like it's giving carte blanche to the legislature to permit or restrict as it sees fit, so long as it doesn't run afoul of any SCOTUS decisions. Given our current legislature, that would seem a boon to the pro-life camp and a big setback for the pro-choice camp. If I'm reading it right, this seems short-sighted by the pro-life camp. The (R) party (presumably one which would enact pro-life legislation) has a very solid hold on both houses today. But it wasn't that long ago that the (D) party (presumably one which would enact pro-choice legislation) was in charge. But I also understand strike while the iron is hot. They may not get a better chance to enact sweeping legislation under a blue legislature for a  long time once this current climate changes.   It also feels a bit like playing dirty-pool because of the vagueness of the wording. Specifically the last part about the circumstances. It says they can enact legislation, not that they will  or must. I suspect it was phrased this way intentionally to get the undecided/moderates to vote for it, e.g. "It says right there that rape, incest, and the life of the mother will still be protected, so I'll vote yes."   What I'm looking for is some input on what the proposed amendment would actually do. I'd prefer not to beat the dead horse of pro/anti abortion, but I have a suspicion it will come up. I'm looking for more of the philosphical approach to government and what this amendment does to that. If the legislature is made through free and fair elections, then they should be representative of the will of the majority of the people. If the laws (or any issue, though in this case specifically abortion) swing one way or the other over time, then that is indicative of the will of the people changing. On the flip side, this amendment appears to give more power to the government than it currently has to regulate the people. If we were to  replace "abortion" in the amendment with "hand-load ammunition for personal use", does that change how we view this amendment?  Should it? Is this truly a single-issue item, or is it indicative of a larger move by the legislature to assume more power? Changing the constitution is a pretty big deal to me. Once it's in there, it could be hard to get it out if we voters find out we didn't get what we thought we were getting.   Thoughts?     Again, please try to leave the pro/anti abortion out of it as much as possible. I'm really looking for some conversation on the legal language of the proposal and what it could actually mean long-term.

  I think Caster's point was that a genny is a poor choice for a true TEOTWAWKI event. It's not a viable long-term solution. A genny is a good solution for short-term power outages of a few days or maybe a couple of weeks. They have a lot of good things going for them  like portability, low cost, and simplicity. In the event of a true SHTF scenario, you'd need a more comprehensive energy strategy, such as solar panels and deep-cycle batteries. If you had a properly-sized setup like that before a SHTF you'd be in good shape. The normal power outages probably wouldn't matter either. You may not even notice them as your power may never go down, depending on the solar/battery setup. Most homes use very little electricity apart from a handful of major appliances and HVAC. Except for people who do laundry and roast a turkey at 2:00am, the batteries would be sufficient in most cases.

  You know what they say.....     Pics, or it didn't happen.

Those definitely aren't Jewish peppers.

  If you're doing a fixed-install whole-house setup then portability won't be your concern. NG would be the way to go.   I'm still thinking about converting my Honda EU6500 to a tri-fuel system where it can run on gasoline, propane, or natural gas. Then I can have my gas line tapped near where I want to put it and connect in a cut-off and QD hoses. Then it's still portable with either a gasoline or propane tank, but I don't have to keep rotating gasoline. Now that I have become a master at removing the carb (though apparently not at diagnosing problems) I can ship it off to CMD for the conversion. It's strong enough to power much of what I need. It won't run the HVAC, microwave, or range, but it can power pretty much the rest of the house. Gotta do a transfer switch and that won't be fun because where I want to put the genny when it's running is nowhere near the main panel box.

An update on that Honda eu6500 carb I was having problems with....   I took it out and cleaned it. Put it all back together. Not much better. Decided to call it a day so I took it off again (probably the 4th or 5th time that day) and took it in to Howard's Honda in Donelson. They cleaned it up and I put it back on with fresh gaskets. When I turned the fuel supply on, gas was flowing all over the place. I thought the float was stuck and not pushing the needle up to stop the flow, but that wasn't it. Took it apart a few times trying to figure it out, then took it back in the next day. Talked with the tech there and discovered that I'm an idiot. I had the fuel supply and fuel drain lines backwards. He gave me a word of warning that I had probably dumped fuel all down in the cylinder which would also get in the oil, so I needed to change the oil. I did so and mounted the carb properly. It started, but still ran rough.   Took the whole thing in (what a pain to load that beast in the back of the SUV) the next day. Once he heard how it was running, he started asking all the right questions. I had replaced the dead battery with an aftermarket one and added a battery tender at the same time. The slightly larger battery size along with the wires for the battery tender were restricting the airflow. He said they're super-sensitive about that. He tucked the wiring up nice and neat and voila! It's running like new. It was probably never a problem with the carb at all.   I was reminded of a sign at my old mechanic's shop: Repair rates = $50/hour. If you watch = $75/hour. If you help = $100/hour. If you tried to fix it before you brought it in = $200/hour

  The problem is that he needs 2 more to make that bottom row line up properly.  :up:

Botach FTW.   They have updated their site to not allow Paypal as an option on these (and they say why). I ordered at 12:21p. Got a shipping notice at 3:22p. Even Ray Rice can't beat that.

Someone outside of west Africa was bound to get it at some point. I was thinking of those places due to their being busier international hubs than us (even busier than JFK in NYC) along with their proximity to western Africa. I suspect there are more flights from west Africa to Europe or Dubai than direct to the US.    I still don't think this will be a major health crisis in developed nations. It's certainly a psychological one that can have other social and economic impacts, but from a pure infection/mortality count, I don't think it's something to get worked up about from the big picture. But like I said, to the one laying in bed bleeding from every orifice, it doesn't matter that they're statistically insignificant to the greater population.

The only thing that surprises me about an isolated ebola case in the U.S. is that there wasn't one in London, Frankfurt, Paris, or Dubai before it came here.

  Discovery has at least one empty time slot where a gun show used to be.                     Too soon?