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I'm glad to know that the FBI is trying to save our tax dollars by no longer having their own e-mail servers and domain name and relying in superposta.com instead.

Yeah, Merle's nothing if not predictable. I'm not sure why he hasn't offed the Guv setting himself up as king of the hill. Nobody tells Merle what to do....except the Guv.

+1 for a Shark steamer.

[quote name='Sniper23' timestamp='1353291860' post='847925'] It is required by TN that anyone over 10 years old that's not hunting family owned land to have the class. [/quote] Over ten and born after January 1, 1969. Old fellers get a free pass. The regular classroom classes are free. You can do it online for a fee. Either will require a live-fire test*. In the classroom setup, you'll do the live fire at the end of class. In the web setup, you'll need to find a live-fire event and go do that. Basically you'll print out a certificate from your web course and take it to a scheduled TWRA live-fire event where you'll get your official safety course card. On the link Sniper23 provided you'll find a list of both classes and live-fire-only events if any are scheduled. Remember that the people who teach the classes are hunters themselves, so you may have limited class opportunities right now since the teachers are all out doing "field research". *The "live fire" conisists of loading a single-shot .22 rifle and hitting a paper plate sized target at about 15-20 feet with iron sites. It's more about safe operation than accuracy.

Yesterday. It depends on direction. Westbound in the mornings or eastbound in the evenings is bad. The reverse is usually just fine except for the construction at Nolensville Rd/I-24. Once that's done it will get a lot better. Briley usually moves just fine any time of day. Traffic is heavy in rush hour between I-40 and I-65, but it moves along at speed limit to 10 over. I find the most congested point to be I-40 West in the downtown south loop approaching the I-65 (formerly I-265) split. Too many cars getting on I-65 north for that ramp to handle.

Metro doesn't destroy them, but they don't auction them off either. At least that has been their SOP up until now. Chief Anderson may do things differently that his predecessors.

Yeah, it's Metro PD doing the buyback. Also being discussed here: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/55074-2500-dollar-general-gift-cards/

840 wasn't really intended to be used from end-to-end (Dickson to Lebanon or vice-versa). It's longer in both time and distance. If you're passing through at rush hour you can avoid downtown with I-440 or Briley Parkway. 840 was meant to divert traffic entering Nashville and changing direction. Such as up from Alabama and then east to Knoxville. The long term plans are to create a northern loop that will connect from Lebanon up through Trousdale Co., Springfield, Clarksville, and back down to Dickson, but that may never happen due to having to build 2 very expensive bridges over the Cumberland.

I think there may be some confusion here over what constitutes a SHTF event. Richard, you seem to be thinking it's short term and will pass, like say from a regional natural disaster. Hold out for a few days/weeks and things get back to normal. If that's your definition, then sure, you can shelter some refugees/displaced if you have supplies to last everyone that long and don't mind having to pay out of pocket to replenish afterwards. a local tornado for instance, or regional flooding. But that's not what's usually meant by SHTF around here. Around here it means it's all gone and it's not coming back for the foreseeable future. In that case, +1,000 to Dolomite and xRustyx.

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Arsenal vs. Saiga is a misnomer. Stamped Arsenals (Like the SGL-21 and variants) [b]are[/b] converted Saigas. You can do the job yourself and save a few dollars, but you can't go directly from the toy store to the range. Arsenals are already done for you so it's convenience that you're paying for. As far as quality, they're the exact same thing as a converted Saiga using quality parts for the conversion. It's a matter of balancing time vs. convenience vs. money vs. learning the insides of your AK. The OP is asking about a new milled option from Arsenal that I don't know anything about.

What about discharging a firearm inside city limits? Reckless endangerment? Dectruction of property? Someone needs to come up with every single charge they can think of and throw them all at this guy. Put him under the jail.

Glenn is right about that. This is a visual of the budget cut debacle from last year that led to the super commitee and then the "fiscal cliff" cutoff date. We're about to crash and Congress is debating about whether we should have 31 or 32 psi in the left front tire. [img]http://www.annmonteith.com/ann_monteith_polynomics_blog_files/cartoon_040511_a.jpg[/img]

I have a Primary Arms on a forward canted mount. It leaves enough room for a quick-disconnect or flip-to-side mount for a magnifier and also for a Magpul MBUS rear site, all on the top rail without having to move anything onto the foregrip.

Who else lost this time besides Dick Lugar (R) of Indiana? There were others who were challeneged and some that came close to losing, but I thought he was the only seated senator seeking re-election who actually lost their primary. Here are some examples of it happening in the past. Every time that I can tell (I don't know the details of every one of these) the incumbent was a moderate of their party. 1952 - Kenneth McKellar (D - Tennessee) 1966 - Willis Robertson (D - Virginia) 1968 - Ernest Gruening (D - Alaska) 1968 - Thomas Kuchel (R - California) 1974 - William Fulbright (D - Arkansas) 1992 - Alan Dixon (D - Illinois) 2006 - Joe Lieberman (D - Connecticut) << He then ran as an independent and won 2010 - Bob Bennet (R - Utah) 2010 Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska) 2012 - Dick Lugar (R - Indiana) It takes a strong candidate with lots o' cash to pull this off. Fred R. Anderson, Mark Twain Clemens, Brenda S. Lenard, and Zach Poskevich were not going to be the ones to do it. I voted for Poskevich, but unless someone visits sites like TGO or listens to local talk-radio, nobody knew anything about him. The fact that Corker wasn't seriously challenged by a tea-party candidate tells me that the people deciding where to spend tea-party money decided Corker wasn't weak enough.

[quote name='crimsonaudio' timestamp='1352840578' post='844984'] Where were all you guys who are so pissed about losing your rights when the Patriot Act was enacted (or the three further authorizations)? I'm no Obama-apologist, but it strikes me as odd that none of this 'liberty or death' talk was heard when Bush was in office. [/quote] It was said then on the liberal boards. I saw the same stuff on them in 2004. "King George" wouldn't leave in 4 years. He'd order marshal law and not step down. It was idiocy then. Nothing has changed.

[quote name='RobertNashville' timestamp='1352837055' post='844941'] The real disappointment is that we had a choice between Ford and a RINO like Corker in the first place. [/quote] This. A seated senator is nearly impossible to replace in the primary. It has only happened a handful of times. It can be done (see Dick Lugar if Indiana) but it takes a very capable challenger. Few serious candidates try it because it's so expensive and difficult. Then they've only won the primary with the general election still to come. Challengers rarely have the deep pockets to take on a sitting senator. The time for a serious conservative to run for a senate seat is when it's empty. Otherwise it's like tilting at windmills. Maybe Bob or Lamar will retire after their current terms.

To quote our illustrious Sec. of Sate: [quote]HILLARY APRIL 28, 2003: I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you're not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, "WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!"[/quote] It's one of the few things she ever said that I agree with. Of course, she meant it's patriotic to disagree with the Bush administration, not really [i]any[/i] administration, but I digress. Not liking it here, or disagreeing with with the path our elected officials are taking is not being a sore loser. It's who we are and it's what keeps us free. It keeps us from swinging left into totalitarian communism or right into totalitarian fascism. When that dissenting voice on either side gets squashed we are all lesser for it. Even, or perhaps especially, when it's a voice we disagree with. I don't think secession is likely path, or even a good path. It's a system that works if we get people in who can and will do their jobs as they're supposed to. I've about given up on a President from either party to have the will, or even the desire to reign in federal power. It's up to Congress and the state legislatures. They don't have to secede to give Washington the finger, but it;s going to be painful if they ever do. We're all pretty dependent on the federal dole, whether we know it or not.

I noticed that one busted on assaulting a LEO who looks like she tripped on her way to the squad car.

[quote name='TMF' timestamp='1352769107' post='844572'] I recall him seeming a little "off" in an interview I saw him in. [/quote] A little? He makes Basil Marceaux look good. I went with the 3rd party guy, for what little that did.

Yes. It was the bullet Carl used to dispatch his momma. They said so on The Talking Dead. The bloated zombie has some of Lori's hair stuck in its mouth. That's just disturbing......

I have had good luck with Fiskar products. They always feel like they'll break easily, but they've all held up to years of use in my garden/lawn/trees. I'll have to take a look at these.

It looks like Andrea and the Guv will hook up. They showed a scene during the Talking Dead for next week's episode. They also showed Andrea leaving in a hurry, so I'm thinkning she figures out who Penny is and realizes Michonne was right about the place and takes off after her.

If you don't want to list your ph#, you can get a cheap TracFone burner phone at Wal-Mart for <$10 and post that one up.

[quote name='mikegideon' timestamp='1352651579' post='843764'] Blowup floatation takes up amost no space. [/quote] I call mine Linda. Seriously though, are you guys thinking something simple like water wings or a kid's inflatable pool ring/toy?