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  1. Wife worked late last night pulling a double shift, so I swung through on my way home to see her. They'd been predicting a big storm capable of producing a big twister for almost a week...level 4 out of 5 possibility. I wanted to be home with the kids (there with the mother-in-law) before it hit...didn't quite work out, but it wasn't too bad here. Hell, I was in the Walmart & didn't even know it had rained until I stepped outside, so I  thought we'd dodged the bullet and the weather folks had over-hyped the threat again. Got home and the news was in "weather emergency" mode...and holy crap it looked bad not all that far to the South. This "confirmed" tornado was on the ground and just wasn't going away. Mayfield (maybe an hour's drive from here...I've picked up there several times, backing a 102" flatbed into a dock made for 96" trailers, with maybe an inch or 2 on each side) was directly in its path...didn't look good.

    The pictures and videos I'm seeing today are gut wrenching. If the KY Governor is right that this was on the ground for 227 miles, it's got the Tri-State Tornado (1925) beat by about 8 miles. Funny thing, THAT one tracked about 30 miles north of here. THIS one, maybe 40 or so miles to the South. Funny all the libs trying to blame climate change for this. If that were the case, explain the cause of the 1925 twister...which was similar in size, strength, and distance...and happened within 100 miles. It's happened before. It'll happen again. Thankfully THIS time we were warned almost a week out about the possibility...and warnings went out immediately at the first sign of rotation...and with all of the modern radar imaging, media outlets, etc., the death toll is much lower this time. What happeded at the candle factory is what concerns me every time the weather gets bad while the wife's at work. If a warning is issued, they lock down the store (nobody can leave) and everybody gathers in the middle of an open span building. Only place less safe to be is in a trailer park. Luckily, it missed us. I don't know where everybody else on here is, but hopefully nobody was in this thing's path.

     

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  2. Was originally called "Armistice Day" to mark the end of WWI. After WWII, it became known as "Veterans Day" to honor all of those who had served in the 2nd WW as well as the 1st.

     

    Or at least that's what I seem to recall from school. It's been more than a few minutes since then, though.😬

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  3. He'd be a bigger fool than he usually is if he DOES make too many public comments about the incident. "Anything you say can & will be used against you". Investigators are watching & listening. Best thing to do is just keep your mouth shut & don't say a damn thing about it to anyone other than your attorney.

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  4. "We're never gonna learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it," said panel member Dr. Eric Rubin during the hearing. "That's just the way it goes."

     

    Sounds an awful lot like "We have to pass it to find out what's in it"...except this time it's worse because they want to inject our kids. There are no take-backs. Once you do it, you're along for the ride and there's no avoiding whatever the effects may be. Screw that. MY kids aren't lab rats.

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  5. On 10/28/2021 at 9:06 PM, hurstscrambler said:

    Agreed, there is a very slight difference.  A couple post back you were indicating that you supported a zero tolerance gun safety protocol.  Remember, he didn’t verify the gun was safe, he pointed the gun in an unsafe direction, he pulled the trigger, etc?   Those three things happened at both events, like it or not.   Obviously I’m not saying the circumstances are exactly the same, but any fool can see the glaring  similarities.   

    Cheney didn't have to verify the gun was safe...he likely loaded it himself. He wasn't shooting at his friend, he was shooting at birds...and his friend happened to be in the way. Target fixation as you're leading the bird timing your shot, losing track of what's beyond in the moment you squeeze the trigger. Like I said, he violated 1 rule & and an accident happened.

    Baldwin picked up the gun, intentionally pointed it in the direction of people, and squeezed the trigger. EVERY rule was broken and a 100% preventable tragedy happened.

    Beyond someone getting shot, the similarities are razor thin.

     

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  6. 1 hour ago, mowerman said:

    yes ten four on the free time i bought a 44 magnum henry golden boy rifle 10 years ago and its still in the box...no time...bob

    I had been drooling over the Henry's for years. Was at a sporting goods store that sold guns one night and they didn't have the Henry in the .45 Colt that I wanted...but they had an Uberti 1866 Yellowboy. I asked what the difference was, and they showed me how the Henry's load through the business end of the magazine tube, where the Uberti loaded through a gate on the frame. I kinda liked the Uberti, so after thinking on it for a while & getting the go-ahead from my better half when I found a place that had one for a good price, I picked one up. Two days later my boy was born. It was a year before I actually got to shoot the thing & couldn't hit the broad side of a barn at 25 yds. Sat in the gun safe a couple more years until I trapped a skunk & decided that was the most practical way to get it out of the trap without being sprayed. Set up a 4x8 piece of cardboard and stood less than 10 feet away. Aimed. Squeezed the trigger. Shot hit over 12 inches to the right from the point of aim and a little high. No wonder I couldn't hit anything at 25 yards! Adjusted the front sight to get the verticle lined up. Still hits 3 inches high at 25 yards, but trajectory ought to bring it back closer at 50 & 100 yards. 25 was all I needed and .45 Colt ammo is expensive & hard to come by these days. Stood about 25 yards back from the trapped skunk with the wind at my back and squeezed the trigger once. That's all I needed.

    Anyway, it's the only gun in my safe that wasn't made in the USA. Saw Henry is building rifles with the frame-mounted loading gate now...just not Golden Boy's in .45 Colt (last time I checked, anyway). When I first heard they were doing that, I considered maybe trading in the Uberti for a Henry...but I doubt I'll ever do that, because this was the last big purchase I made before kids. Not saying I won't eventually get a Henry too...just that I won't be getting rid of the Uberti.

  7. On 10/12/2021 at 7:36 PM, GA_Dave said:

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    Nah...that "deadliest virus in history" mask ought to be off the nose/around the chin. Maybe add a big, bushy beard to it, since it's a male manequin head.

    I've lost any tolerance I ever might've had for being told I HAVE to wear a mask by anyone who can't/won't/doesn't wear their own mask properly. With the exception of the trip to the ER with my boy, I haven't even carried a mask with me in at least 6-8 months...probably another 3-4 months added to that since I had put one on. Sucked having to waste time looking for where they'd been put before going to the hospital when my boy was in pain...but it was quicker & easier to put one on than it would've been to stand there fighting with hospital security while my boy needed to be seen.

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  8. I was reading a thread about some guy who just got his CDL and starting with a company & was asking how much experience he needed to have before his wife could ride along with him. I had just taken my boy for his 1st ride (he was 6 months old at the time), and at one of our stops I put him on my lap. What does he do? One hand immediately on the wheel with the other reaching for the shifter & I was lucky enough to snap a pic. So I took that pic & turned it into a meme..."How much experience do I need before my mommy can ride with me?"😂

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  9. 8 hours ago, mowerman said:

    I expect you will be anxious to hook up an engine as soon as that boy gets old enough ha ha right??????????.bob

    Actually just had that conversation with the wife (and she's on board). As soon as he gets the hang of riding a bicycle without the training wheels, we'll be looking for a little 50cc dirt bike for him.

    Just wouldn't be practical to motorize the trike tractor. Would have to remove the pedals & replace with foot pegs. Also the rear axle would have to be replaced make it a powered axle...which means a differential or else the thing would only go straight (not much weight on the front wheel...especially when you're trying to pull something on gravel). The alternative would be to locate the motor on the front axle, because since the whole wheel assembly pivots around, it'd be impossible to have a shaft, chain, or belt driving it. That would cause issues with steering as we'd run into clearance issues when turning into the motor.

     

    ...although...mounting the motor on that trailer to push him around MIGHT work...still would need a new axle, but it could be a solid one...or do a pair of electric motors with a motorized pot to control wheel speeds independently dependent upon the angle of the trailer to the tractor so that the outside wheel would have more speed than the inside wheel...but that would take quite a bit of figuring to get it all correct.

    Yeah, I don't see it happening.

     

  10. 1 hour ago, GA_Dave said:

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    ESPECIALLY the way 99% of the people wearing them wear them. Doesn't matter if it's the best mask in the world and it can filter out 100% of the virus, if it isn't being worn properly, it ain't doing a lick of good. I've just been at the point where I don't give a rip about your thoughts on whether or not I ought to be wearing a mask if you can't/won't/don't wear your own mask properly.

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  11. As I was walking into Walmart last night, they had a greeter at the door telling unmasked people that they had masks available if you want one. Yeah...you're free to grab one out of a bulk package of 100 or so. NOT individually wrapped. So if you're dumb enough to grab one of theirs to use, you're taking a mask who knows how many disgusting shoppers have put thier paws on while grabbing one...and then placing it on your face. No thanks. Even if I were inclined to wear one, you're probably better off just not wearing one in that situation. Yet people were.🤢

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  12. The tractor was store bought...although I added a drawbar so I could push him around with a shovel handle with a hook in the end. He was only 1, and still a little ways off of being able to pedal it on his own. Only other modification was a bracket clamped around the steering wheel so I could pull him around with the stick, too, until he got the hang of steering it himself.

    And yeah, mirrors would be nice...but not very practical on a toy tractor. I'd probably spend more time fixing/replacing them than he would using 'em.

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