monkeylizard

You'll probably get more by trying Craigslist or eBay before a dealer/jeweler. The later will have to pay you wholesale to make their profit. After that, the jewelers in Nashville I'd trust are Draper's on Granny White Pike and Walton's in Franklin. Both are local family owned operations as opposed to either the national jewelry chains or the pop-up Cash4Gold joints. Be sure to get offers from a few different places.

Maybe these guys are hiring: http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2011/11/01/tactical-bodyguard-services/

I hope he had bone cancer.

As stated above, Publix has it too. I know a couple of blocks of dry ice, a towel, and some regular ice on top will keep cold stuff cold for a whole weekend in nothing more than a standard 50qt. Coleman cooler. The regular ice stayed totally frozen for at least the first 48 hours.

  FIFY

My first thought was that they look like something an organ grinder monkey might wear. Not a fan.

Sky driving? Do you mean like this?

Ding! Ding! Ding!   We have a winner!

Awesome.   http://youtu.be/rNxvo8AcpQQ

Welcome to TGO. Good advice upthread. I'd like to add something about being in your home vs. not in your home:   As I understand it, TN law allows use of deadly force when a reasonable person would fear they or others are in imminent danger of losing their life or sustaining serious bodily injury*. Location is irrelevant. This applies in your living room, your front lawn, or the produce section at Wal-Mart. If you're involved in a self-defense shooting, the question will be whether or not a reasonable person in the same situation would have that fear.   The burden of proof about whether or not that fear reasonably existed will change depending on location. If the encounter occurs in your home, you have a presumption of fear for your life. The prosecution would have to prove you were not in fear of your life or serious bodily injury rather than you proving that you were**. If you use deadly force while not in your home, the burden is on you to prove that at the time, you did indeed reasonably have that fear. That's what makes a home invasion different than being on the street or in your yard.   As dolomite said, TN law does NOT allow use of deadly force to protect property.     *serious bodily injury is defined in another section of TN law as: A substantial risk of death; Protracted unconsciousness; Extreme physical pain; Protracted or obvious disfigurement; Protracted loss or substantial impairment of a function of a bodily member, organ or mental faculty; or A broken bone of a child who is eight ( 8 ) years of age or less   **This doesn't make a home invasion into a license to kill. If the evidence shows you bound and executed the intruders, then the prosecution can use that to show that you did not have a reasonable fear for your life when you pulled the trigger because the perps were tied up and on their knees, for example.

Thanks. I was thinking it meant that 1313 didn't supercede those laws, which seemed stupid considering the whole point was to make postings not apply if it was kept in the car.   I'll try to lay off the stupid-pills.

OS, (or others) why would 1313 make it OK on university parking lots? 1313 starts with "Notwithstanding § 39-17-1309, § 39-17-1311, or § 39-17-1359". Doesn't 1309 make it a no-no? I thought that opening line meant that 1313 has no bearing on 1309, 1311, or 1359. Which doesn't really make sense to me since I thought the point of 1313 was to make 1359 not apply so long as it was kept in the car, out of sight, etc...   What am I not understanding about the "notwithstanding" line?

Not really a "ghost" story.   We were stationed at Kadena AFB, Okinawa when my mom was pregnant with my little brother. She was shopping at either the commissary or the B/X (can't recall) when she started hemorrhaging. Ambulance came and carted her off to the hospital. They got her checked in to a room and a little old Okinawan woman came in and cleaned her up. She layed her hand on my mom's abdomen and said "You baby be OK. Jesus tell me you baby be OK." Later a nurse came in and mom asked for the little old Okinawan lady because she wanted to thank her for being so gentle and kind. The nurse said there aren't any Okinawans at the hospital. Locals aren't hired to work at that facility.   That's the story my mom tells. She says my kid brother's guardian angel is a little old Okinawan woman.

  Interesting. I'd think it would. It's very much a building facility owned by the municipality and used for recreational purposes as decribed in (a ). As far as an HCP then being a way around it, you'd have to argue that LP Field fits under (b )(1 )(H ) as follows:   I don't think it would count as a "similar public place" because access is restricted unlike any of those other listed places.   [/armchair lawyer]   I'm curious to see what others think.       Pedantic point - it's city owned, not state owned.

Yeah, if you have calves like burmese pythons....I've not yet been brave enough to conquer that one, but it's on my list. :)   There's water available at the Mart Fields site and at Tub Spring (you need to filter/treat it). Other back country sites are waterless. There's water at the camp site on the Judge Branch Trail, but as it's only about 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile from the trailhead, it's not exactly what most people think of as "back country"

I'd venture a guess that up until now, there probably hasn't been a case when the criminal checks took longer than 90 days, or very very few if there are some. I'd guess it has been far more likely that if one took >90 days it was because TDOS got more applications than they were staffed to handle and had to work through the back log.

I kind of wondered if the real-world was maybe a little different than the TCA.

JayC is right.   From TCA 39-17-1351

All Metro Parks are off-limits by city ordinance...posted or not. There seems to be some gray area over whether or not the city ordinance would stand up to a challenge if the park wasn't also posted in accordance with TCA 39-17-1359. Personally, I think Nashville's politics would win over any of us.

Marshall Law

Sally Jewell is the former CEO of REI. Pedantic point aside, if Jewell is behind this thuggery, I'll be both surprised and disappointed. She's as liberal as a liberal thing that turned left while driving on the left side of the road, but she has been a strong supporter of the national parks and about encouraging people to get outdoors into nature. From what I understand, she's not a very good politician and is rather ineffectual in Washington. I highly suspect someone else (eh hem..her boss) is pulling these strings.   Oh....do I see a patsy in the making?

Oh Gouda Lord, these puns grate on my nerves!   I camembert it any longer

Needs some spinners.

Frozen Head FTW. It's open as are all state parks. A nice loop hike there is to start on North Old Mac trail to Panther Branch and split left onto it. That will take you down hill and then runs along a creek. You'll have the option later to take a 1/2 mile spur from Panther Branch up to Emory Gap falls. It's worth it. Come back from there and continue on Panther Branch to its trail head. Then you have about a 1/2 mile walk along a quiet roadway back to your original trail head. Total distance should be somehwere around 5.5 miles.

I'm holding out for three eagles and a sun...