A.J. Holst

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I saw good ole Barney Frank (of Dodd Frank fame) sits on the board. Allegedly, SVB was also favored by Chinese tech firms as a source of capital. Tax payer dollars soon to be at work for the greater good?

Yep, however, banks and credit unions work with both long term and short term investments (and loams) for managing the balance sheet. The other thing they look at is churn, how quickly consumer loans payoff and reset. In credit union land, indirect auto loams sticks about 28 months, mortgages are about 7 years (across all terms and types) I have a sub 2% mortgage at my credit union, I joke with our VP of Asset Liability Management he's gonna have me for the life of the mortgage.

In the mortgage biz, over 30 years in financial services. Cost of funds is the driver for your specific question. If you have a mortgage at 2.5%, the lender borrowed at say, 1.5% Today, cost of funds is 4.5%(ish) Mortgage rates are tied to the ten year Treasury, it was over 4 on Friday, under 3.5 this morning. It normally moves on .125 increments.

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Dry fire can break the firing pin. Here's a link for upgraded parts if you're going to shoot it on a regular basis https://harringtonproducts.com/

Ran the stove, while it was going, went to the water heater. It's now a hot water heater! Thank you all for the help, what an awesome forum and group of folks!!!

Speaking of bullpups, this caught my eye https://metatactical.com/

I converted my HiPoint 995 into a bullpup with the High Tower stock.

Just replaced the "new" generic thermo with another one marked specifically for Rheem (GE by Rheem) Pilot is now staying lit. When I turn on the gas flow, burner lights up, then peters out.

Replaced the thermocoupler Now the pilot will only stay lit as long as I have the knob depressed. When I allow it to pop up to turn to on, it goes out. Frustrating.

I've seen some 9mm "daily deals" on Ammoland.com, prices around $.28 per. Unknown shipping cost, I haven't clicked through.

Ran out of LP gas, my gas company apparently forgot I was on auto fill. They filled it Saturday. Gas to stove, no problems. Hot water heater pilot lights and stays lit. Turn up the temp control, burner kicks on, then goes out within 10-15 seconds. Almost like its using more gas than being supplied. Thoughts?

https://screenrant.com/shawshank-redemption-poster-girls-explainted-rita-hayworth/#:~:text=The poster of Rita Hayworth,in which Rita Hayworth stars. Remember her homage in this movie?

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Welcome to a great forum! Sorry about your embarrassment over your purchase delay, agree with @RED333 it should work out fine.

Welcome to Tennessee and a great forum!

Jamie, how are you doing?

Patterning our guns... 1 round of 9 pellet 00 Federal Flite Control This my preferred load for my plain jane 870 Tactical, I too get excellent results.

Tom offered this class at Royal Range this past weekend. 3 days / 8 hours of instruction per day My mentor, friend and erstwhile weekend employer, Randy Harris @Cruel Hand Luke of Harris Combative Strategies attended. I am very proud of him for walking the talk through investing in himself, scoring 100/100 on the range and written testing and earning Top Gun accolades. I discovered Tom has a Casino Drill for shotgun; 1st place ran it in 13.77 seconds with a Beretta 1301 equipped with. Holosun optic. Randy churned it out in 14.75 using and old timey pump action. I do not know what the course of fire is, but according to Tom, sub 15 seconds is not in realm of normal human beings. Congratulations!!! (Hopefully you took good notes for takeaways to share with our organization and students)

Why am I reminded of this quote from Atlas Shrugged: Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.

Just saw the victim's mother being interviewed by Lester Holt, what a wondrous example of grace. To paraphrase, "rioting and burning down the city won't bring my son back, let there be peace." My opinion, it will sow further distrust between minorities and LE. Harsh reminder for me to continue to stay under the radar and do nothing to attract the attention of any LE. Lord, please extend your hand to heal and to perform signs and wonders through the holy, precious and powerful name of your obedient servant Jesus.

Back in my day, eggs and toilet paper were so abundant, we used to throw them at the houses of our enemies