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I should add that for now they have lost Andrea. She's a fighter.

I don't think the peeping-Tom is in the prison. I think he/she is watching from the tree line. It could be Merle, but I think they'll save him for later in the season. I'd like to see the 2 remaining prisoners hook back up with the group. They've lost Shane, Merle, Dale, Otis, the couple of farm hands, and the guy whose name I can't recall that got scratched when they fled the quarry for the CDC (left him under a tree with a revolver to ease his pain). The group now has 3 solid fighters with Rick, T-Dog, and Daryl. Glenn isn't there yet, but is getting better. Frankly, they need the muscle and at least one of the two convicts could bring it if they could be vetted to not be psycho-killers like their now deceased leader.

Can anyone tell me what ammendment 3 on the Nashville ballot is about?

<<Cross-post with Jonnin again>> Don't forget that government and capitalist companies aren't the only sources of R&D money. The medical R&D world is running on lots of private donations and trusts. It gets government and corporate dollars too, but it does get some of its funding from private sources. Research into rare or unprofitable disease is a great example. <<New thought>> Do mainstream envrionmental groups like The Sierra Club, WWF, NWF, Audubon Society, NRDC, etc. fund research of renewable energy? If not, they should. The end result of renewables plays very much into their stated goals. Same for the fringe-lunatic groups like ELF and Greenpeace, but I don't expect anything productive from them.

Railroad execs were too short sighted. They thought they were in the railroad business instead of the transportation business. Had they seen it coming, things could have gone very differently. I think we'd either have had railroads holding/hiding aero-space and automobile patents to prevent their use, or we'd have Union-Pacific Regional Airways taking us to see grandma on Thanksgiving after driving to the airport in our CSX cars.

Now that's a much more intelligent and reasonable position than your "damn the torpedoes" OP.

It's absolutley worth investing in. The question is: should the government be investing in it? People used to have the same attitude towards "horseless carriages" and railroads. [old codger voice] What are you going to do when that dad-blamed contraption breaks down? Or when you run out of steam? I'll keep my horse thank you very much. He runs forever and fuels himself with cheap and abundant grass. Nevermind that the streets are filled with his poop, he travels at a slow speed, and comes with a standard 1 horsepower engine. [/old codger voice] Maybe the so called green energy stuff we have today isn't going to pan out. Early steam cars didn't either. But they paved the way for other things that did. If the costs can come down and the outputs come up, renewable energy tech makes a lot of sense for a variety of reasons. To get there is going to take a lot of investment in research and large scale manufacturing. I'd prefer that be the private sector and in many ways it is. GE does a lot of research in wind and solar. All of the major car companies have some form of a battery lab. Research labs at universities get grants from the government, private foundations, and private companies (GE, Oracle, Sharp, Mitsubishi, etc). At this stage in the technology, I'm OK with gov't grants to research facilities for discovering new technologies, materials, etc. Once that stuff is found though, let the private sector find new ways to take that to market. I don't think the government needs to be bankrolling the companies that manufacture green energy products/components, but to say that the tech shouln't be researched and invested in is a bit narrow-minded. Government policies regarding taxation can also promote private investment in the research and manufacturing. I'm all for that if it's done responsibly and not as kickbacks to campaign contributors. The touted benefit of renewables being less polluting is sketchy in my mind. I can't tell if the energy, mining, and industrial waste created by making renewable energy components is any better or worse than traditional sources, based on various studies that I've perused. But if it is indeed less polluting, why wouldn't we want it? I'm no tree-hugging granola-eating patchoulli-wearing clove-smoking drum-beating hippie, but I sure like hiking and camping in the mountains, seeing healthy populations of deer, bear, turkey, and other wildlife (for watching and for hunting), drinking clean water, eating clean produce, and breathing fresh air. I want the generations after us to have the same, or better. If switching from fossil fuels to renewables can accomplish that at a comparable price, we'd be fools not to take it. For now, the cost/price component just isn't there. There is 1 big benefit to renewable energy technology that I think many TGOers can appreciate. It can be decentralized. Right now I'm 100% dependent on NES getting some juice from the TVA who makes it from big plants (coal, gas, hydro, nuclear). I could put solar cells on my roof, solar film on my windows, geothermal under my house, and a wind turbine in the back yard and not be dependent on TVA/NES. Ice storm on the way? Who cares. It would look like crap, annoy the neighbors, and cost so much I'd have to stay in the house for 25+ years to get the payoff financially. Those are the current problems than I think can be solved with more investment in the technologies. Again, that doesn't have to be government investment. In many ways, our own homes are microcosms of the world energy trade. We hear lots of talk of our nation being energy independent, while individually we couldn't be any more dependent on others. I know the politics are different (TVA doesn't want to blow us up, for example), but the constraints are similar. "Green" energy tech can be part of the solution to both national and individual depenedence on others. It just has to grow up first. Personally, I can't wait for renewables to be viable. ETA: Cross-post with Jonnin. +1 to what he said.

Besides, the flat black is so 2011. The new look is chromed. It's not a full chrome dip, but a paint and coating that looks like chrome.

A Liger. Or Nessie. I'm torn.

I picked some up at the new Nashville Armory over by 100 Oaks yesterday. They have a decent selection.

It is indeed a Pro-Tech that I like well enough. The horrible one is a brand called Bagmaster. I picked it up at Greene M&P.

I have (I think) a Pro-Tech. It's fine and is a lot cheaper than the Galco. I carry a PM9 inside weak-side. I have considered getting the Galco band-style. It looks to be a bit thinner. I have another one that I hate. It's huge. I'll post the brand name up later when I get home and can check it.

^^^ This. Picture a really flat black paintjob, like what has become popular on street/rat rods over the past few years. It would be a very similar look. It can be awesome on the right car with the right accesories and done by a good painter. Or look like crap. Rhino Liner, anyone?:

Sounds like someone has a stalker.

I didn't realize Maggie = Vivian Volkoff (Chuck). Not sure how I missed that. Probably the British accent (or lack of) that threw me off. Lauren Cohan is the actress.

That's good to know. Thanks. The Kahr PM9/CM9 is .90" by comparison, so slightly wider in the slide, but the frame/grips are the same width as the slide. They don't fatten out like the Sig.

The P238 is a little larger in all areas over the LCP. It doesn't look like much on the chart below, but it all adds up. The most significant increases are the weight and width. It's only .08" thinner than the G26 and on the heavier side of the half-way point between the LCP and G26. The P238 is really close in size and weight to the Kahr CM9/PM9. I have a PM9 and had an LCP. The PM9's trigger is nice. I wouldn't pocket carry the PM9 like I did the LCP. It's not as easy to do that as the LCP was. I sold the LCP because I found I never carried it. When I need deep carry, I'll use an ankle holster with the PM9. If you decide to look at the P238, take a look at the Kahr CM9/PM9. It bumps you up to 9mm instead of .380 with the same round count as the LCP/P238 and plays in the same price range as the P238.I think the P238 is too big/heavy to really compete with the magic disappearing LCP/P3AT on concealability and you can get 9mm in the Kahr models for effectively the same size, weight, quality, and price. These are unloaded weights. The difference between LCP and P238 won't vary as they have the same round count. The difference to the G26 is actually more than shown here for every round over round #7. To get a feel for the weight difference, shove an empty G26 in your pocket. If you don't like it in your pocket, you won't like the P238. Focus on the weight, not the size. The G26 is an inch longer than the P238. LCP = 9.4oz P238 = 15.2oz (5.8oz heavier than LCP) G26 = 19.75oz (4.55 oz heavier than the P238 and 11.35oz more than the LCP)

Damian Lewis (Band Of Brothers and Homeland) is British too. Does an American accent perfectly. I had no idea.

I'd be happy with that. If you want to improve, check out a chart like this one. It suggests you're anticipating the recoil or breaking your wrist up (ie making recoil where there isn't any) http://www.lasc.us/c...o_small.gif.jpg

Yeah...that was nice. The yard scene was the only really weak part in the episode (plus the assuming the dead are really dead thing). The rest of it was good. I loved the flashlights in the prison. Good visuals. The only legit reason to go into the yard is to bait distant walkers into coming to the fence to get head-stabbed. If one is within 20 yards of the fence, don't go in. Wait them out. But it's not good TV to spend 10 minutes stabbing them through the protection of the fence. No risk to the characters would be boring, so I understand why they did it from a story perspective. Once they (writers/directors/FX guys) decided to do the yard scene, they should have at least done it right. The group made almost every shot from every person with every weapon a perfect head shot except Carol missing one and almost shooting Rick in the foot. She then goes back to headshots. How does she make consistent super-man shots, but misses that badly? They could have had some body/limb shots that don't bring down the walkers before getting the headshot. I still don't know why they left the civilian walkers on the outer fence. That's where Shane was superior in tactics. He'd have got 'em all. At that point they didn't know if they had a compromised fence or not. Why let them come back and get you later?

BTW, TCA 39-17-1322 only protects a self-defense shooter from prosecution for state weapons law violations. Is there a similar defense/exception in federal law? I couldn't find any with some quick Google-Fu. If not, I suppose one can still get shafted by federal law for having a gun (even in a self-defense shooting) if the location is off-limits under federal law. A post office for example.

The grave could be the baby. Still-born but not a walker. (or a walker baby they had to put down.) Having a baby in the group makes moving the group harder. Harder to write and no real benefit to the story line. If so, I predict it will be over something with Carol.