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Reagan1k

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  1. Yeah - Better than that...after you pack it out the feds keep most of the meat and you only get a certain amount. Helluva deal, but people still line up for it. Mark Twain-ish whitewashing deal.
  2. They'll need to exhume and reinvestigate half of the county's deaths for the last 10 years at the rate this is progressing. Next thing will be that the old man who died 3 days after his grandson and DIL were killed had received a clean bill of health that morning from his internist.
  3. Looks like I'm going to need a flow chart and accompanying PowerPoint to follow this shitshow. So swirling around this family they have 4 total dead, 1 "unsuccessful" headshot, a looted law firm account, rehab, a boat crash, a coroner who can't tell the difference in a GSW and a hit and run, and local authorities running cover for the county's royal family ? This shit would be scrapped by As The World Turns as not believable and too far flung for their sophisticated daytime audience.
  4. There are some buffalo hunts that the feds sponsor to keep the population in check on certain federal properties. You have to meet some requirements and apply through a lottery but that's along the same vein.
  5. Liberal amounts of Ballistol. Find a way to let it soak or saturate and then use a soft cloth to brush it off. It that won't take it off, repeat and then gently use the some very fine bronze wool soaked in Ballistol. Should pull surface rusting right off.
  6. I’ve had factory guys show up this year in U-Haul and Lowe’s trucks. Only ride they could get. Fly in, Uber over an pick it up. Reservations don’t mean much. More like a wishful request. Make damn sure you have backup plans regardless of reservation or status with the renter.
  7. Yeah- when I heard the progressive discussion at my first meeting, I thought they meant my tolerance. I came to learn quickly that the progressiveness is my growing dependence on the bottle in general and the lengths I’m willing to go to get it (compromising my morals, lying, hiding). I drew lines in the sand saying I’ll never or I’ll quit if I ever…. But I blew through every one of those. That’s what progresses. More and more and more mental energy is focused on when I get to drink and how much can I have.
  8. Tip servers very well. If you can't happily pay the tip, you shouldn't be there in the first place.
  9. Horrible feeling. My son would always call on Sunday morning to talk about what games he'd bet or watched. I always had to play catchup and fake my way through the conversation. What a punch in the gut to know that I had a son who took the time to call his dad, and I wasn't able to be present for that in a meaningful way. Like bear said - yep....I'm powerless once I take the 1st drink.
  10. Not that I've seen. I think that's the rub. You either exclude all or none. I stand to be corrected but I haven't seen where its permissible to allow someone who has a permit, but exclude someone else who is otherwise permitted by this law. They can however prohibit open carry, but allow concealed carry, so yet another sign. Sign companies making out like bandits now.
  11. If a private property owner doesn't want you carrying, then that's what they use. 30.05 is the no trespassing code. If they want to cite that code with respect to firearms they can. Their property / their rules as it has been explained to me.
  12. Signage is always a clusterfuck. Probably the most misunderstood and misapplied part of the whole carry issue. There is a new one out 30.05 This whole thing is a big nothingburger. People who wanted to legally carry already had the LTC, and people who break the law were already doing so.
  13. For sure. Major part of the reason that rifle is so rare. I think I have read they only produced about 200 of them. Not a rig anyone would want to do a lot of shooting with, but a helluva combination for 1950's version of today's mountain rifle that would span deer, elk, bear, and moose applications; especially in heavy cover.
  14. If you are prone to impulse, and love Model 70s....I implore you NOT to venture over to any of Pre-64Win.com social media pages. He found a near perfect Featherweight in .358 that was made in the 1st year that Winchester rolled out that cartridge. Original owner still had the 2/3 full box of Western Super X ammo he bought with it. Looks like it was shot once and put in a time capsule. Incredibly rare chambering, especially in a near perfect condition rifle. The price of the rifle wouldn't be so bad if I was sure it wouldn't be immediately followed by divorce papers.
  15. She’s got to get that blood sample somehow! She just requires a tiny prick, right?
  16. Nice - I've got the 10mm/.40sw combo and the .30 Carbine (I have no idea why other than why not). Just checked out that site. Nice work.
  17. Yep - wind plus WW = #6. Also helpful when I used to hunt anywhere there were ringnecks and we'd shoot a mess of them. Those pigeons would fly right through #8.
  18. Nice pack. Looks versatile. Hell- I’d use that as a weekend hunt bag. Might need to look. Thanks.
  19. These guys have been nicknamed the Young Guns and have been joined at the hip all summer. We've got them pegged as being in their 3rd year. That won't last too much longer and they'll be knocking heads soon enough.
  20. Been there done that. Things are great when they are great. Assessments can eat you alive. The recent condo collapse is going to increase scrutiny from insurers and invariably the engineers will inspect the shit out of units. Insurers will go hard nose on anything suspect and lots of condos all over the country will have big assessments to correct drainage, foundation, and electrical. It can be great and worry free, until it’s not. Just go into it with your eyes wide open.
  21. I agree with this. It's damn hard to adjust labor prices as long as demand is somewhat steady....impossible if demand is growing. It takes something on the lines of a shock to the system in order for employment to fall enough that workers accept lowering of wages. What doesn't ever appear to be transitory is the cost of certain items that are increased due to input costs, but never adjust when the input costs fall. There are a lot of segments in the economy where a 2-5% annual increase is baked into pricing, usually on 1/1/XX. Those occured this year, and were then quickly followed with rapid off-schedule price increases...often multiple times already. Those manufacturers aren't going to be eager to reduce prices unless they are forced to by a demand shock. A lot of this is too sticky to be transitory. Some will be transitory, but once the toothpaste is out of the tube, many sectors of the economy never get it pushed back in. And, as mentioned quite well above, transitory inflation can evolve and become non-transitory.
  22. And I'll add - what other people are feeling........ despite how they look or act from my perspective. HUGE point there by Twice. It was pointed out to me that one of the most damaging mental activities in which we engage is the act of comparison. Most of the time we are comparing our internal feelings with others' outward appearance. We become self-deprecating, have a sense of isolation, or feel guilty for having certain emotions in light of our circumstances vs. theirs. All this is based on a perception and not the truth. I feel sad but they look or act happy. I feel scared but they look or act fearless. I feel awkward in this social setting but they look or act natural and at ease. What Twice illustrated through his own experience is one of the major benefits of good work with a professional, or for those of us with an 'ism, the benefits of a thorough walk through a 12-step program. It forces you to get those emotions past your teeth and in discussion you find out that your feelings aren't unique and others struggle with the same deals. It's the SWAN analogy - gliding gracefully across the water. What you don't see is that bird is paddling like a sumbitch under the surface. Each swan knows it is, but it's outward appearance doesn't portray that. The other swans just see the grace on the surface and all think they must be the only ones struggling to keep up. This thread provides some benefit in this manner because it's a method to spit out those emotions in a non-threatening venue, and hear back that others relate. Working with a professional to wade through those emotions (if you are honest about it) helps people realize that feelings aren't facts, and that while we can't control our initial emotions, we can control what we do with them. What CBT helps us do is to take those natural emotions and process through them using specific tools and a different perspective.
  23. @OWLVIS That isolation sucks. The last 18 months have felt like 18 years. Hang in there. You have a great story of perseverance to tell and the time will soon come that you are able to reconnect and reengage as you continue to recover. God speed to you.
  24. In my experience a feeling of terminal uniqueness as @TwiceHorn described is really any sense that we are unique among our peers.....that our case is different. Whether that be that no one understands MY situation, no one feels like this, or even that I have it better than the average soul and have no right to complain. It carves us out of the herd, mentally. Anything that frames our emotions as unique, unwarranted, or not periodically and commonly shared by others makes us question ourselves. Just something to consider....
  25. There was a old boy 25+ years ago that had a place just south of Llano on 16 - West side of the road. He had a little swale where he'd meticulously cleared probably 7-8 acres. For several years he'd plant oats and manually irrigate it as needed from his well. I swear at dusk it looked like half of the deer in the county congregated in that field. You'd see them walking north on both sides of 16 on their way there. They do love oats, and especially in areas like that where food plots aren't common. It was like an open bar for college kids.
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