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Crap.  I hated I missed this one.  I have spent so much money the last couple of months that I didn't want to spend anymore for training classes.  But $100, I would have done that. This would have been a class where I could have learned a lot considering my cup is completely empty.  Hopefully I will catch the next one.   Thanks for the review.  I have had several classes with Randy, and have enjoyed them all (except the winter class in the snow). He is a good teacher and extremely knowledgeable.

  Second.  About every two weeks I drive up to Hixson to get a couple of slices of pepperoni.  It is fantastic.   http://www.indoughwecrust.com/  Being out in East Brainerd, I open they open another restaurant out here.  They would do great out here.

Before it got too hot today I decided to drive over to Enterprise South http://www.hamiltontn.gov/esnp/ and do a little trail riding.  It didn't appear to be very crowded so I decided to listen to some music while riding.  I put on the soundtrack to American Flyers (yes, it is dated, but I love that movie and soundtrack) and hit the trails.   I did a quick jaunt through the Black Forest, and I noticed I was the only one on the trail outside of a few walkers, which is great because I can go as fast or slow as I want to.  I was little peppy today, so my speed was a little faster.  As I started climbing into the TNT trail I cursed the people who laid out the trail as to why they couldn't have made it downhill both ways. :)   About 4 miles into the trail I came across a couple of early 20-somethings resting on the side of the trail.  They waved me down, so I stopped and asked if there was anything wrong.  There was nothing wrong.  All they wanted to know was if I knew a shortcut out of the trail as they couldn't go anymore.  I gave them a little pep talk and encouraged them to finish out the trail as there were only a few more challenging spots remaining and they were past the halfway point.  I am not old by any means, but I am not in my 20s either.  Inside I was relishing the moment.  :)

  I did that, except I paid like $13.  The took my old one, and gave me a photocopy of it along with a stickered receipt.  I will call them next week.

Wow, this has been the fourth yellow jacket thread in the last month.  I'm glad a lot of people hate those lil' bastards as much as I do.

It is a sad day when the overwhelming majority of the country do not want to enter this war, but the elected politicians are going to do so anyway.  Obama said he wanted to transform America.  Unfortunately, I think he has succeeded.

I did a change of address on my permit on 6-14-13.  I have yet to receive my new permit.

I finally broke down and solved my problem.  I took a half day from work and went on a shopping spree.  The first place I went to was really a bummer.  I was a customer ready to spend some cash, and I couldn't get anyone to take an interest in helping me out.  I finally got irritated and decided to go elsewhere.  I guess my money wasn't good enough.   I finally made it up to Homestead Tractor, http://www.homesteadjohndeeredealer.com/ in Cleveland.  They were every friendly and had no problem helping me decide on what I needed.  I ended up buying a John Deere X320 with a dump cart.  I also got a bunch of Stihl stuff.  I got a chainsaw, pole saw, trimmer, edger, and a hedge trimmer.

Perhaps something along the lines of

Great job.  I like it.

This my friends is customer service and standing behind your product. I got my hawk back from the shop today, and I was absolutely stunned. The Kestrel looks brand spankin' new. The cost? Free. I wish I would have taken some before pics to show you guys. They are a bit pricey, but in my opinion, you get what you pay for and these are well worth it. This won't be my last RMJ hawk as I gotta get me some Berserker love.

I took a couple of Benadryl yesterday and today.  I think my left arm has just went through too much this past month.  About 20 something days ago I got absolutely nailed by a yellow jacket.  Then I got a rash from poison ivy/oak a week or so later.  Sunday I got stung again, and this was a mild sting.  I think the redness, pain, and the swelling was just my arm saying, "Dammit man, stop this s***.  I can only take so much."

I think I must be allergic to bee stings.  After getting stung again Sunday, my arm is still swollen, red, and itches like crazy at times.  I have also had some light dizziness since yesterday.  Oh well.  I guess I will buy an extractor kit and start wearing long sleeve shirts when mowing.

We have a bunch of them around our house.  Every now and then I like to mess with them by gently pulling on the web to mimic a trapped insect.  They move pretty fast towards the center of the web.

I had insurance with Geico for 15 plus years.  They are a good company, but they are expensive.  When I bought my house, I switched to Travelers.  I got homeowners and car insurance for just a little bit more than what I was paying for car insurance through Geico.

:)  Very funny

  I never cared for the song, but I did manage to watch the entire video along with a few rewinds.  :)

I just ran over one about 30 minutes ago.  As soon as I felt the slightest sting I knew what happened.  I swatted my arm and took off running.  About 30 feet away from my lawnmower I turned around and saw a swarm of them around my mower.  I waited about 10 minutes for them to die down and I carefully made it over to my mower.  I grabbed it and started running.  Thankfully I only got hit once.

I believe if you look at any poll you will see similar results.  The next question would be, does Washington even care what we think?  I don't think so.  If McCain or Graham had their way, we would probably already be over there.  Fighting or defending whom, I have no idea.

  I don't really worry about a race war.  People have been predicting it for decades, and while it could happen, I believe the chances are very slim.  We had a bunch of people predicting massive riots and destruction if the TM/GZ verdict came out a certain way.  The media was even stoking the flames (for ratings no doubt).   While I was still ticked about disruption caused by some, overall it was relatively mild.   In regards to people that spout off about things being a black versus white or vice-versa, I really don't pay attention to them.  They aren't going to do anything except run their mouths.  The ones I worry about are the true racists, and they often speak using words like equality, fairness, and leveling the playing field.  It is really not hard to see who the true racists are in this country.  All one has to do is look at those in Washington, and especially if they are of a certain party affiliation.   On August 28th, Obama is set to give a speech on economic equality to commemorate MLK's march.  It is his contention that the only way to achieve racial justice is through economic equality.  According to Valerie Jarrett,   When I hear this s***, it makes me want to vomit.  First off, it is not the government's responsibility to do this.  Second, it is meddling by the sumbitches in government that have caused the problem in the first place.   I agree with your comment stating that is ignorant people doing ignorant things.  However, I would like for people to recognize this as race issue, but I don't mean it in the sense that it is black folks coming after whites.  That view is too simplistic, and if you look at ratio of black on black crime versus black on white crime, we would see that really isn't correct.  I would like for people to recognize that there is a problem among the youth within black community.  Statistically speaking, it is impossible to deny.   Once the problem is recognized, I wish people would dig further as to determine the root cause.  When we get past personal accountability/responsibility, bad parenting, etc... we will find that it is government involvement/interference that has caused the problem.  Obama and other politicians know there is a problem, but their answer is more government, which is always government's answer to anything.   It is too bad that so many can't recognize that a lot of the government programs over the past several decades weren't designed to lift people out of poverty or provide true equality.  It is my belief that a lot of these politician's intent was, well... I will let LBJ's words sum it up

It is amazing how the price has jumped so much.  I bought a case of CCI Mini-mags from PSA the night of Newtown for around $330ish.

That is pretty neat.  God created some innovative people.  It is unfortunate that I am not one of them.  :)

  I understand what you are saying, and I agree that nobody should stereotype all blacks based the actions of few.  To do so really makes one no different than poverty pimps like Jackson and Sharpton.  However, I believe it is a mistake to not recognize race in this situation when taken in conjunction with recent black on white crimes.  The reason I believe this should be acknowledged is for decades the media and political class have suppressed personal accountability/responsibility and promoted victimization within the black community.  Their actions have led to poor parenting, 72% out of wedlock births, and a staggering 1:15 incarceration rate of young black men.  Tragic.   In years past, most of the crime involving blacks (I refuse to use African-American, because I do not believe in hyphenated Americans.  We are all Americans.) was black on black crime and was concentrated in lower income urban areas.  Thanks to the actions by the social engineers within the political class, they caused the crime to spread to more affluent and typically lower crime areas (see my thread on HUD's recent proposal).    When white on black crime occurs, they shout racism and demand justice.  When opposite occurs, it is almost total silence.  I believe people are getting sick and tired of the blatant double standard.  I would also argue that whitewashing the latter is very dangerous in that it obscures the underlying cause of the problem, which is an overreaching federal government.   I have no problem recognizing race in this situation in addition to recognizing it in numerous other black on white crimes.  I don't do it out of any bias or prejudice.  I recognize it solely as an acknowledgement that the government's vile and down-right immoral actions the past several decades have created a disaster, especially within the teenage/young adult black community.  It is my belief that we will never see any improvement until society accepts that fact.    As a side note, I want to post an excerpt of Dr. Bill Cosby's speech he gave at a 2004 NAACP convention.  I enjoyed his speech, and thought he was right on.  It was unfortunate that he was criticized for his remarks by so many.     Accepting personal responsibility and getting government out of people's lives is really the only way this will ever be fixed.

http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/elderly-man-dies-after-being-attacked-outside-ice-arena/-/101214/21574858/-/9flm7iz/-/index.html   WTF is going on?  It seems like we are hearing a lot more of these type of stories lately.  Perhaps our justice system is a little too tolerant.  I would be satisfied if we went a little more OT, an eye for an eye, etc...

Speaking of RMJ Tactical, I sent them an email regarding sharpening services.  I have used the crap out of my Kestrel, and it definitely needed some sharpening.  Here was the response I got.     I don't know about you, but I like the word free.  I had my mother drop it off for me since it would be difficult for me to make to their shop.  She was told that they would make it look brand new again.  That is pretty darn good service in my book.