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I'm trying to come to an understanding of this through helping my nephew. I'm of the older generations and while I work for myself have always been a loyalty guy to the brand and to employees. All of my crew has 15+ years and many have 30+. We just became family and no one has left (for better and worse). My nephew just started a position in December and a new potential employer (different industry / no competition) has called to interview him (unsolicited referral by an employee of the new shop). He's asking my thoughts and my first inclination is that it's a dick move to jump ship within the first couple months, but i realize I'm a dinosaur and that the world has changed. Is it really just Thunderdome now or are there any unwritten rules left?
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High probability someone like Midway has them in a replacement barrel option.
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OP user name fits....
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Fine shotgun lovers click here.....Fine Shotguns and Rifles Lots of aspirational items in that batch. Worth a click through if you appreciate the art of fine firearms.
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If eating lean proteins, good fats, and green or colorful vegetables, that is 100% true. You'll tap out at the table before you can consume too much. The key is to avoid the rest of the hidden and empty calories (like the velveeta smothering the vegetables, the processed carbs in the breads, pastas, and really anything in a box). When the body and mainly the digestive tract (starting in the mouth) are given what it was designed to process, it's amazing how efficiently it runs. Just like a combustion engine, bad fuel fubars the whole deal.
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I have this phrase pinned to my desktop as a reminder to myself, but have unfortunately had to say it to others as well. I'm very sorry to hear that the direct and predictable results of your actions happened to you. Easy to say from afar but the horrible fact of the matter is that many people love their kids or spouse "to death". Until they get sick and tired of being sick and tired (like the rest of the family is) there isn't a reason for them to stop digging deeper in that hole.
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Team Oura. I don't always follow it but I find the activity level suggested is in line with how I am overall when considering sleep, stress, etc. I does not seem random at all and is a) good a giving me goals and b) realistic and a bit of a gentle reminder to slow down at times.
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I'm not mad at that Keltec. Having 20 rounds of 5.7 in a compact pistol weighing less than 14oz empty is pretty cool. Handy little sucker to have out hiking or hunting. It would be hell on a group of hogs. Now, granted that the 20 rounds of 5.7 cost more than the gun, but it wouldn't be a bad choice to throw in a truck or have around the camp.
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Several card issuers (I know with 100% certainty that AMEX is one that does) run a screen using the Social Security Death Index on a weekly / monthly basis. As soon as they get a hit on a cardholder, they shut down that card and any other cards for which that SS# was a primary. It's fairly easy to see the rationale and how it could prevent fraud. It can pose a problem for those who have automatic payments set up for a household or for small businesses with "company cards". Normally they are a bit shocked when someone calls proactively wanting to pay the debt. Amex will typically let someone else assume the account, but it comes with a credit check and accepting full responsibility for existing and future balances (if there is a compelling reason someone wants to keep the card open - like in the case of a business).
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Yeah - That's a case of hindsight being perfect, but in cases like that, especially with a blended family already in place, a good plan is to consider changing the ownership of the life insurance. He should have made her the owner and beneficiary - but he probably had plans to pull this from the start (unless the kids talked him into it later). If you rely on the insurance as a beneficiary and are in a position to do so, it's always a good idea to have an ownership position as well for cases like this (not always possible though). On the pension, qualified plans require a spouse to sign a waiver if they are being removed as beneficiary. Either she signed it unknowingly (chickenshit on his part) or his kids were on it before she married him, and he lied about changing it to her (same chickenshit stuff.)
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Big topic of conversation in our group with some newcomers. You can't out think it or out run it. That's the insanity the book describes....some how, someday I'll control it. And, one of the more insidious aspects of alcoholism is that we are like that proverbial frog in a pot. It turns up the heat so slowly at first we don't realize we're in the soup and being cooked until it is too late. That combination is deadly and the reason it's basically a perfect disease.
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@statsman - Precisely. And not to criticize the women/wives in this case as it is human nature but they absolutely do not see it as a manipulation or with ill intent. It is strictly based on their perspective and instinctual drive to protect a) themselves and then b) their own children. The "casserole caravan" as my wife calls it is a mile long after any guy with a few bucks has to bury his wife. The most important thing in the planning is to be clear and lay it all out on paper. Letters of intentions to trustees can be written so that there are no misunderstandings. For instance, my wife is adamant that her inheritance be spent on my care and wellbeing if for some reason I needed to draw on it, but that care and wellbeing doesn't include jewelry,tits, or a second home for a new wife. She's fine if I spend my money on that......just not hers / our kids. That's all laid out in the documents and addenda. Everyone has a plan until the proverbial punch in the face, and we all know the most powerful weapon in the world...that which is undefeated. Lots of men's minds get changed and memories of conversations fade regardless of our age...and sometimes because of it. Best to protect what needs protecting up front and take the uncertainty out of it. To be unclear is to be unkind to everyone involved.
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Based on what she saw happen with some other estates, her concern was that if I married again and my faculties diminished that I’d be take advantage of and vice versa. In question were three buckets - Our money, her money via an eventual inheritance, and my money from a potential inheritance. She wanted a set portion of OUR estate set aside in an irrevocable trust for either of our care while alive (after the first death) and then to the kids (after the second death). Third party trustees are in place for that. That protects some of OUR assets for the kids and my next wife can only spend the rest. Then, the issue was her inheritance and her not wanting my next wife to spend ANY of that so we set up trusts in advance of receiving them such that the principal remains separate property and doesn’t commingle. That way a trustee can spend it on the survivor if needed but not on the new spouse….and our kids get what’s left. That was the biggie- she saw a couple get a big lick from the wife’s family, and then the 2nd wife’s kids ended up with it at the expense of the intended kids/grandkids IIRC.
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Here you go. One coming for auction this month. https://www.proxibid.com/Guns-Military-Artifacts/Rifles/Winchester-Model-70-Safari-Express-Bolt-Action-Rifle-with-Box/lotInformation/89957466#topoflot Also - They may not meet specs above but Pre64win.com has 3-4 original .375s for sale right now. At least worth a look. you could call it an investment!!!!! He’s redoing a .300 for me right now. Someone buggared it up to make a truck gun and I’m taking back to as built.
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I can remember eating at Inman's when it was on the other side of 16 before the fire. We used to haul loads of smoked turkey, turkey sausage, and fresh bread back home as xmas gifts for clients and friends. Current spot was the Ramblin' Rose (RIP the "Hunter's Ball" - that was a throwback.) I still go regularly. It's all still the same and I enjoy it. I'll tolerate Coopers and like the pork chop and smoked sirloin if I go, but it isn't somewhere I'll go for brisket. That's not to say others don't like it. Too salty and often with a pot roast consistency for my taste. There's a new spot in town right on 16 just north of the bridge that is interesting to pop in. Brett's Biltong (South African air dried beef). Really good and sort of a butcher shop/deli combo. I think you can even sit for a beer or wine.
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