monkeylizard

Update.... Close to 2 months into this thing and I still like it better than any other. Stays put. I did have it drop out of my shorts one day at home, but that's because my belt was too loose. Saturday...being lazy. No damage to the gun or the holster. One problem to note. The mag release button can be depressed by the welted edge of the holster when squeezed by the belt. It has probably been this way for a while, but I just noticed it last night. Maybe it only happens when moving in a certain way. I'll have to add pressing up on the mag when drawing as part of my practice.

nysos, that has changed. DirectTV has some of their content in 1080p. Streaming services like Netflix, Vudu, and Roku all have some 1080p content with more coming all the time. It's still a small percentage of the overall content, but it's there and growing.

DLP rear-projections are still on the market. It's usually the most economical setup in the size per dollar. The downsides are that they are bigger and may need to have the lamp replaced at some point. Figure on about 12" to 18" in depth. Too thick to wall-mount, but nothing like the old cabinet TVs. For example: Amazon.com: Mitsubishi WD-60638 60-Inch 3D-Ready DLP HDTV: Electronics In the OP you said you have a TiVo and DirectTV. I seem to recall that the DirectTV TiVo was a special kind of TiVo. It may or may not be HD capable. If not, you'll need to replace it with whatever DirectTV's latest HD DVR offering is to get HD content. You also said you have everything going into the Yamaha receiver. If you truly have it all going through there, then you'd need to see if your Yamaha receiver has an HDMI output to go to the new TV. If so, you're <<probably>> good to go. If not, you can't go through the Yamaha with the video signal and still get HD. Here's monkeylizard's HD for dummies: 720p - Far better than the old tube TVs. Techincally it's not "Full HD". 1080i - Newer than 720p, but mostly gone now and replaced with 1080p. Still not "Full HD" 1080p - Full HD. Only the most discerning viewers can really tell the difference between any of these 3. I have hawk eyes and find that a good quality 720p beats a basic 1080p any day of the week. Many TVs on the market today will be 3D or 3D-ready. 3D means thay can handle 3D right now. 3D-Ready means you'll be able to purchase an adapter later if you choose to go down the 3D road. Some channels are now available in 3D (for a premium of course). The other way to get 3D content is from a BluRay player that can do 3D (PlayStation3 can do it), or streaming services like Vudu. Panasonic makes some nice TVs. I wish I had those over my Samsungs any day, but they were price prohibitive when I bought mine. I'm happy with the Samsungs overall. Sony makes a good product in its Bravia series, but they seem to be trading on their name. For the money, you can usually find a better one from Panasonic, LG, or Samsung. Stear clear of Westinghouse, Phillips, and Sylvania. They're fine for the guest bedroom, but that's about it. 720p, 1080i, 1080p described 720p means the TV has 720 horizontal lines. All 720 are "repainted" each time the screen refreshes. The refresh rate of the TV tells how often that happens. Higher refresh will make motion sharper with less blur/ghosting. 1080i means there are 1080 horizonatal lines. Every other line is repainted on each refresh, with the other half done on the next referesh. More lines means more details over the 720, but the interlacing (the "i" part of the 1080i) can create jittery motion. Most people can't see it. The only way to know if you're in the minority is to look at one. You'll know real quick that "something's off". I don't see a lot of 1080i on the market these days. 1080p. Full High Def. 1080 lines fully repainted on each refresh.

Unemployment benefits are required by law.The premiums come out of our paychecks and are paid to the state fund for unemployment. The idea is that in normal times, there's enough paid in by the workers to cover those who have become recently, and temporarily, unemployed. We're hardly in normal times, but I've paid into that fund for a lot of years. If I ever need it, I'm taking it. It's exactly what it says it is, unemployment insurance. I'm very much entitled to that. Other benefits are negotiable. You seem to have snipped out Dave's other points of OSHA and the EPA. And Dave even left out child-labor laws. It's very difficult to run a domestic production where safety and pollution is important when your competitor can have employees killed or maimed regularly while their line for new hires still wraps around the block and some dude is pouring the old toxic sludge into the creek behind the factory. I believe that the company that can bring the better product to market at the lower cost deserves to be in business. Competition creates better products through innovation. But when the game is played by two or more sides operating under different rules, it's near impossible for the one playing with the more restrictive rules to win.

Popsicles. There's a reason they're shaped that way. Cools you to the core.

Use a TSA lock on the case and on the exterior of your bag. That way the TSA goons can open stuff up w/o cutting your locks off. You can get them pretty much anywhere (Target, Wal-Mart). Look for the little red diamond or red torch logo on the locks. Those indicate they are TSA approved and their goons have a key to open them. I'd also put a slip of paper in the case with your name and phone number. They can call if there are any issues.

The Wally-Walk is a fun way to get used to carrying in public. You'll be carrying in a place you're probably already familar with, doing normal stuff, and around enough people to feel like you're in public, but not exactly in a crowd. As a whole, Wal-Mart is not openly gun friendly, but they're not gun unfriendly either. Wal-Mart's official policy is two-fold and is similar to most businesses. (1) They abide by the carry laws of the state/municipality in which the store is located. (2) They reserve the right to ask any patron to leave if they are causing other patrons problems. As long it doesn't keep other people from spending money in their stores, they don't seem to care. But if someone complains, it will probably be the gun owner asked to change something, not the complainer.

Regular. Just like buying a .22

When I was a kid (1st through 3rd grade) we were stationed at Kadena AFB on Okinawa. It was one of 2 forward bases for the SR-71. There, we called it the Habu after a local very deadly black snake. It was amazing that every time that thing went up, people all over the base came out to watch it. Even the F-15 fighter pilots stood in their front lawns loking up. Night launches were awesome. You could watch those orange afterburners for what seemed like forever, then hear the roar long after the orange dots were gone from view. We had a 2nd grade field trip to the SR-71 hangar. We couldn't go in it, but got meet the pilots and crew, touch the wing, put on the space helmets, and eat food from a toothpaste tube. Peaches, yum. Take that, lame Nashville Children's Theater field trips.

Don Kennedy Roofing did mine a year ago. Good job. I know I paid a little more, but I'm happy with it. I have also heard excellent things about Tim Leeper.

It's a shop in Kentucky. They do a ton of Internet sales. They ship to your local dealer (who does the paperwork and BG check for a fee that ranges from $30-$60+). Some FFLs won't take shipments from them for various reasons. Discount Guns for Sale - Buds Gun Shop

Fixed it for ya

Based on the stories from the link, you should never represent the wife. A friend of mine practices elder law. One of his partners (family law guy, I think) has a bullet hole in the wall where someone took a shot at him.

Seems that way. CinemaSpy quoted Bryan Cranston as saying that AMC is moving them up to July, and they mistakenly thought he was on The Walking Dead. He's on Breaking Bad. October is still what I'm seeing for deh zombehs.

Congrats on the new knives, such thoughtful doggies. But I still vote Shun FTW.

She has a very funny (unintentionally funny) PSA against cyber-bullying out on her YouTube. It's downright criminal how stupid this girl is.

Yep. He's also a member here.

An older policy did indeed say that Wally permitted CC in those states that allow it and only allowed OC by LEOs, but that official policy has since been altered to be stores follow the state and local laws regarding handgun carry by customers. However, they reserve the right to ask anyone legally carrying (OC or CC) to conceal it, remove it, or leave the store. So to say that Wal-Mart frowns on OC is not completely accurate. As a company, they're basically trying to stay out of the whole thing. As to the real world, it depends on who the duty manager is and if any other customers complain or start running around the small appliances yelling "SHE'S GOT A GUN! SHE'S GOT A GUN!". Wal-Mart as a company is trying to stay out of the debate and is primarily interested in getting money from its customers. So long as permit holders aren't frightening other customers by the presence of our guns, they really don't care. The point of a Wally Walk is to become comfortable with carrying in public, either CC or OC. You do some rather ordinary things (buy action movies, eat some nachos, generally be in public) with a firearm on your person during a WW. By the time you reach the checkout lanes you should be recognizing that (a) nobody noticed your heater and ( if they did, they didn't care. If your local Wally is known to be an OC friendly store, then by all means, go fo it. If it's a known "cover it up" store, then it sort of defeats the point of getting more comfortable with open carrying if management or store security will be all in your business on your first date. Find another Wally if you really want to OC it.

Thanks. I didn't know that. +1 to what Hozzie said. Nice summary.

I should have specified that handguns have to pass through an FFL in the recipient's home state. Long guns do not. All of this of course assumes that we're not talking about items controlled under the NFA (full auto, SBR, suppressors, etc). Then it's a whole different animal. From ATF Publication 5300.4 http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-4.pdf (B2) From whom may an unlicensed person acquire a firearm under the GCA? A person may only acquire a firearm within the person’s own State, except that he or she may purchase or otherwise acquire a rifle or shotgun, in person, at a licensee's premises in any State, provided the sale complies with State laws applicable in 177 the State of sale and the State where the purchaser resides. A person may borrow or rent a firearm in any State for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes. [18 U.S.C 922(a)(3) and (5), 922((3), 27 CFR 478.29 and 478.30] (B3) May an unlicensed person obtain a firearm from an out-of- State source if the person arranges to obtain the firearm through a licensed dealer in the purchaser’s own State? A person not licensed under the GCA and not prohibited from acquiring firearms may purchase a firearm from an out-of-State source and obtain the firearm if an arrangement is made with a licensed dealer in the purchaser's State of residence for the purchaser to obtain the firearm from the dealer. [18 U.S.C 922(a)(3) and 922((3)]

That's the normal definition, but not for firearms. Federal firearms laws (and the ATF) make no distinction of eligibility of the ultimate recipient. A straw purchase to the ATF is simply that the actual buyer is being hidden by an intermediary. Notice that I said buyer, not owner. In a gift transaction, a 3rd party is the end owner, but is NEVER a buyer. If the "gift" recipient gives the buyer the money for the item, then it is no longer a gift, it is a straw purchase regardless of the final owner's legal ability to own a firearm or not.

Not quite. It's fine for the giftee to tell you what they want. It's not fine for them to give you the money to buy it either before or after the purchase. THAT'S a straw purchase. I can tell my brother that I want to get him a firearm for his birthday and ask him what he wants. That's fine. It's not a straw purchase. I am the purchaser. I will fill out the ATF form and I will pass the background check*. Then I will give it as a gift with no recompense from him of any kind. It's a gift. When I give it to my brother, there is no paperwork to fill out and no FFL to go through UNLESS he is a resident of another state. Then and only then does it have to pass through an FFL and it would be one in the recipient's home state. *Assuming I'm purchasing from a dealer. I can purchase the gift from an individual and not do that, just like any other private sale.

Nero's Grill in GH isn't bad. Not great, but not bad. Shalimar is supposed to be one of the best Indian places in the city. Both are walking distance from GH Hampton Inn. If you want a steakhouse that's NOT a chain (Morton's, Ruth's CHRIS, Stoney River, and Fleming's) then you can try The Stockyard or Jimmy Kelly's. Neither are in GH, so you'd need a cab. The Stockyard is proud of their wine cellar. The Stockyard used to have a courtesy van than ran to area hotels. They may go to GH. You'd have to call.

If you're present, and Netflix isn't limiting you to a specific device or number of devices, no problem logging on from another house, as long as you logout when done. That's like buying Iron Man on DVD and taking it to your brothers house and watching it with them IMO. It's a problem if you give them your password to use it whenever they please. That's like copying the DVD and passing it on to them. That's when it crosses to theft. But in the digital media world, those lines are getting blury. Legislation will never be able to keep up with the pace of technology.

First of all, Netflix distributes through a lot of different distribution channels. PC viewing is only one of them. Netflix also streams through set-top boxes like Roku Google TV and TiVo, on many BluRay DVD players, newer TVs with NetFlix built-in, Nintendo Wii, Micorosft XBox 360, Sony's Playstation3 etc. They also do mail-order DVD/BluRay. As for Netflix accoutn sharing, in our gun world, this would be like paying for a membership to a range that includes you and your family and a reaosnable number of guests so long as you're present. Let's say that range is accessed through a keypad. How many of ou think it's OK to share that code with just anyone when your contract with the range owner clearly says your membership is for you, household members, and guests accompanied by you?