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CHIEF

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  1. I assumed it was for the physics involved in successful rock throwing at cars. Weight of the rock, trajectory requirements, timing, thickness of windshield, etc. You know, child's play for a rocket surgeon. CHIEF
  2. How is anyone supposed to know he had it? He may have never told anyone, including the abused spouse. Really, if anyone wants to have a gun, bad enough, they are going to be able to get one. Confiscating guns from people for violent acts (domestic abuse, road rage, assault) is a tall order. They turn in one, they may have another hid in the storage shed under a lawnmower. How do you convince someone that is mentally deranged that they are a menace to themselves, their family, and the general public, and need to turn over ALL of their guns? These people are already non-law abiding citizens. CHIEF
  3. It's a bit more than an hour to NYC, but I hear that East Palestine, Ohio has some cheap vacancies. CHIEF
  4. I bet he misses getting the Roman Orgy at The Magic Time Machine, while getting served by The Cat in the Hat. CHIEF
  5. I don't think there was any maliciousness in what PK did. Arch got the same treatment that any other true freshman QB would get from any opposing DC. Send the house and get to the QB, until he can prove that he can read a defense quickly enough to get the ball out. It's the price of inexperience. CHIEF
  6. Sorry, was busy peeling scrimps and didn't proofread. CHIEF
  7. Google says $1,000,000 worth of dimes weigh slightly over 5000 lbs. I would look for the pick up with the frame bottomed out on the spring perches headed for the William J. Lapetomane tollway. CHIEF
  8. What's even more hilarious is to have the audacity to actually think you can ascribe your human emotions and sense of morality to cattle. If you have 5,000 head of cattle in a 50 acre feedlot with all of the feed they can possibly eat, and an open gate to a 10,000 acre pasture knee deep in Coastal Bermuda. 100% 0f the cattle will be shoulder to shoulder in the feedlot. All they care about is what every other creature cares about, the most calories that can be consumed for the least amount expended. So, actually the feedlot is their paradise. I've worked on a dairy. Dairy cows don't go off to loaf in the pasture after being milked. They crowd around the entrance to the milking floor waiting for the next opportunity to get their feedbag on. CHIEF
  9. He gets his meat and dairy products from the store. Not from cruel feedlots and dairy farms. Didn't you know? CHIEF
  10. They are pulled straight from the freezer, and dropped in 375 degree oil for seven minutes. It’s foolproof. Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas are in for a treat. They will have to add a dining room. CHIEF
  11. They are expanding east from Stephenville over to Granbury, at least that is what Austin Allsup told CHIEF Jr. Yesway is looking to expand the brand pretty hard. With CHIEF Jr. graduating, this could not have happened at a better time. Apparently they are going to build one right outside our back gate at the corner of Hwy. 144 and FM 2425 between Glen Rose and Granbury. One of the big stakeholders in Yesway (also the closest Yesway to me), lives in Graham, I leased his place for O&G back in 2015. CHIEF
  12. Tongan muscle fiber is just that much more dense. CHIEF
  13. So like a less skilled Jalon Milroe. I bet they would kill to get Eli Stowers back from New Mexico State. CHIEF
  14. My late FIL always received a copy of Jerry Scarborough’s newsletter. He was in constant amazement that I already knew much of the information. It took him a few years to realize that there was this website, Hornfans, where a bunch of us were acquiring this supposed insider knowledge that he had to pay for. CHIEF
  15. Was blind, but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved Might have to write a "contemporary" new verse to Amazing Grace. CHIEF
  16. I'm not up to snuff on 1950's Russian rock bands, or any Russian musicians from the 1950s for that matter. CHIEF
  17. I should have used the Smothers Brothers after watching that Ukrainian tank push those Ruskie's shit in by dragging their tank balls and burying them in their trenches. CHIEF
  18. DLR for sure. Earliest Van Halen is best Van Halen. CHIEF
  19. So it's like putting up our Van Halens against their Buddy Hollies? To use an analogy. CHIEF
  20. I remember several hundred pages back, when Russia was doing some nuclear saber rattling, it was mentioned that OSINT wasn't too concerned as they had not seen Russia pulling nuclear warheads from their storage facility. Do the Russians actually keep their nuclear warheads in centralized facilities and dole them out when put on high alert? NATO OSINT knows where these facilities are? Would it be possible to eliminate the threat of these facilities using non-NATO sabotage groups, like from Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, and some of the Stans. That would leave the Russians with just a maritime threat with their subs. CHIEF
  21. Let's look at Mexico. The requirements to apply for a firearm license don't sound too stringent: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexicans-have-the-right-to-own-guns-but-few-do/ At least six separate documents are required to buy a gun: a birth certificate, a letter confirming employment, proof of a clean criminal record from the attorney general’s office in the applicant’s home state, a utility bill with current address, a copy of a government-issued ID and a federal social security number. Like some are advocating here, a national registry, and no CCL: Gun owners must register every weapon they have, and people say it’s nearly impossible to secure a concealed carry permit, something that’s allowed in the majority of U.S. states. You send in your paperwork, but the Mexican Government knows what is best for you: “If I put my papers in ... they’re going to take about three to four, even six months, and then send me a letter telling me that it’s the obligation of the state to provide security for all people in Mexico, so your permit is denied,” said Segurajauregui, who is a professor of design at Mexico’s Metropolitan Autonomous University. He called that idiotic. “You can’t assign a soldier to preserve the security of each and every one of the people,” he said. The Mexican Government doesn't really want you to have them anyway: “It’s preferred not to have a gun, even at home, because there could be accidents or worse, accidents within families due to the mishandling of weapons. It’s like having a match close to a fire,” Tellez said. “It’s an obligation of the state to provide security to the people who live in the country, not for you to take justice into your own hands.” But why would Mexican citizens want a firearm? Some people aren’t confident about authorities’ ability to provide security. On a recent day, Mexico City resident Alejandro Lozano came to pick up a hunting rifle after waiting about a week while his documents were processed. He said he keeps a handgun at home, but wishes he could legally carry it to protect himself from violent robberies targeting bus passengers, motorists at stoplights and customers emerging from banks and ATMs. Do Mexican citizens have a valid concern? Yet, while Mexico has a homicide rate more than five times higher than in the U.S., such sentiments have brought no widespread debate about gun rights, and there is no political push to ease firearm restrictions. Firearm protection is mostly limited to police, the drug cartels, the military, and the financial elites that can afford security details. This is on our southern border. If the US government instituted the same restrictions in the US, do the gun control advocates think that in the next 50 or so years, we wouldn't have the same situation? My friends that live here, and also have homes in Mexico say that when they go back to see family, they make sure to take bribe money, don't drive a car that they can't afford to loose, pray for safety, and a bit of luck. They keep their head down and try to look as inconspicuous as possible. Again, I am not saying something can't be done. BC's ideas are palpable. But Mexico shows us that tight restrictions don't necessarily mean a drop in homicides. It has emboldened criminals, and the cartels that don't adhere to the laws anyway. CHIEF
  22. Here is a link to the scuba board forums. Great place to ask questions, and probably some good reads before you go: https://scubaboard.com/community/forums/belize.439/ CHIEF
  23. I talked to my son about scholarships and grants for vocational training/ apprenticeships vs. college funds available. He is about to graduate college with an ME. He is adamant that there is a ton more money available for vocational training than for college, and it isn't even close. I asked him to show his work, but good luck with that. He said his buddies that went that route had jobs already lined up when they started their training, and that there are a shitload of companies that will pick up the tab, if the trainees are willing to sign some kind of contract. These are good jobs that pay high five figure and low six figure salaries, and they won't ding you for footing the bill on the education. One of my best friends from college dropped out of ME and went to TSTC in Waco to get an associate in automation engineering. He has been working for Chemlime for 35 years, automating their lime plants. He has worked at the Schertz plant, and the Clifton plant, when he wanted to move back home. He has been making six figures for, at least, 30 of those years. It's mainly been an office job, with occasional field work for the install. When you look at the cost analysis, it is easy to see why it is the better route for a lot of young men. CHIEF
  24. Be on the lookout for one Chad Briscoe, and a Rudy rubbing his bird. CHIEF
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