Trigger Mike
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Lots of crews from elsewhere. Overnight they restored another 700 meters they said. It took them a couple of days just to cut thru the trees to the substations and then had to rebuild them from scratch. There is power two houses down because their lines are underground but our line comes from a different road and is all above ground and blocked with trees so we will be a while.
Yes my generator runs off propane .
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i know people in Tennessee and North Carolina have it much worse than Georgia but we are at day 11 since the storm and the power company said of the 21,273 meters all of which went out during the storm, they still show 11,456 yet to be reconnected. they have 1,500 broken power poles left that are known but might be as many as 2,500 by the time they are thru. No land line phone still and no internet, except for cell which finally came back but still has slow periods. my generator is nearly empty again. Gas company promises couple of days. We have more injuries since the storm due to houses catching fire when power is restored or due to chain saw accidents removing the countless trees. my road is still blocked on one end with several trees stacked well above my head and several different piles a few feet apart.
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Lost internet right after the last post. We are hearing some will not get power until Sunday. Some subdivisions in vidalia are a wasteland . Lots of houses with trees down the middle. Thankfully no fatalities in our area that I know of.
lessons I’ve learned are:
1). Get an on demand generator with twice the size tank they tell you to get. Treat like you are buying the right size gun safe and get bigger than needed because you will need it.
2). An ATV or side by side is invaluable. Main roads still have lots of trees on them and my son works for a tractor dealership and drove my side by side to work it also uses less gas than his truck.
3). Have working chain saws on hand and hope your son doesn’t run over the chain saw accidentally while moving cut up logs as they are rationed and if you can find one.
4). Have a backup generator to your main generator as that is what I will resort to shortly as I’m on a long list for gas delivery.
5). Learn all you can about generators and food storage
6) frozen food is great until the power has been out long enough for it to rot and stink up your house like my mom and son found out.
top off your cars before storms etc and don’t drive with less than half a tank. My son was out of gas in his truck by the second day and few stations had gas and the line was a couple of miles down the road if they had some.
8). be kind to your neighbors long before disaster comes, you may need them. be kind during a disaster as well .
9). Keep spare gas on hand.
10). Try to have enough on hand to last while everyone else is panicked so you can stay home out of their way until things improve.
get starlink internet otherwise you are in the dark. Satellite phones are a good idea but don’t do you any good if not activated before the storm
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I’m in vidalia ga and just now have spotty internet and text and cell service. Landline still gone and if not for a generator and propane tank that is less than 20 percent left I’d have no power. Took my boys and I nearly a day to clear half the driveway from fallen trees. I live on a dirt road and some neighbors cleared a path one way but couldn’t the other way due to size of the tree and power lines in the midst. We used atv to get around and still struggle to find a path . Every trail is covered in large trees dropped from the root. Large oaks fell more than anything along with pecans. Small pones survived well in comparison. Will come back
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I posted it for sale here a while back so can repost them
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I want to sell my Winchester Garand that according to the book all parts numbers are correct for the serial number. There is even the correct stamp on the stock though faded some. What are they going for these days so I know how much to ask? Has a low TE and MW
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15 minutes ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said:
Interesting comment. I’ve never been anything but pleased with Savages, especially their bolt guns. Sorry your mileage with them varied.
I can’t say I like the aesthetics of this one, but I confess an intense bias for my 1950s vintage Marlin 39A.
I had a 30.06 bolt savage and it sometimes wouldnt eject the round and had a hair trigger so i sold it. I had a .223 and the bolt kept getting stuck and wouldnt close even after cleaning and was also really inaccurate. I bought a pink one for my daughters to use and it also jams and is not accurate.
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never met a decent savage
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While I hate taking time
out of my day to stop for one, having been an officer I know they are a benefit to society. Someone being a jerk only would raise my suspicion
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I thought so too but they were closed when the question came up
I’ll email them tomorrow
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Does Sig use their rockset glue on the flash hider at the factory when they make it to sell or is it a milder glue?
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9 hours ago, Caprock Kid said:
There’s the real issue-“able to maintain a secret clearance.” I wouldn’t trust most kids these days with the code to my garage door opener.
There’s the real issue-“able to maintain a secret clearance.” I wouldn’t trust most kids these days with the code to my garage door opener.
Fortunately he shied away from drugs as I kept him spending his money on atv tires and parts , his main drug is mud riding and sleeping. I’m hoping the army gets the sleepy part out of him.
his girlfriend comes over and they sit a recliners next to each other and hold hands and sleep. Weird
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12 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said:
Straight from PULHES
Qualifications for initial award of MOS 11B, Infantryman:
PULHES: 111221
Physical Demands Rating: very heavy
Required ASVAB Score: CO: 87
Enlistment Bonus: N / A
Security Clearance: None
U.S. Citizenship: Not Required
AIT Length / Location: 6 weeks, 3 days at Ft Benning, Georgia
CLOSED TO WOMENOther Requirements for Award of MOS 11B:
(1) Color discrimination of red/green.
(2) Correctable vision of 20/20 in one eye; 20/100 in other eye.
Now as Far as Ranger , same but of course not guaranteed and a huge difference between Tabbed and scrolled ,
Airborne first
Required documents that will be uploaded to the AIM portal:
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One Page Letter of Intent in Memorandum for Record Format
- Address the Letter to the Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment
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Letters of Recommendations from (at a minimum) your Rater and Senior Rater
- *Do not exceed 4 LoR’s
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All OERs, most recent to oldest
- Submitting OERs labeled "DRAFT" on EES is acceptable, but only necessary for evaluations covering KD positions
- All AERs, most recent to oldest
- Current APFT or ACFT Score Card
- DA form 4187 endorsed by your BDE Commander or first O6 in your Chain of Command (see link above for example)
- Fill out and complete the RASP 2 Pre-Screening Questionnaire (see link above).
- ***While you wait, ensure that you have a current Ranger Physical***
- Physicals are to be current within 18 months, stamped "AIRBORNE RANGER".
- You should schedule this through your unit and hand carry this document to RASP 2 if invited to attend.
Qualifications to Join the 75th Ranger Regiment:
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Be on Active Duty and Volunteer for assignment
- Have a General Technical Score of 100 or higher (can be waived on case by case basis)
- No physical limitations (PULHES of 111221 or better)
- Qualify and volunteer to attend the Basic Airborne Course
- A person of good character (no pending UCMJ action or drug or alcohol related incidents within 24 months)
- Must enlist into or currently hold a Military Occupational Specialty found in the 75th Ranger Regiment
- Able to attain at minimum a Secret clearance
- • Pass physical requirements which include the Ranger Fitness Test (41 T Push-Ups in 2 minutes, 2:35 plank, run 5 miles in 40 minutes or less, and 6 pull-ups), Water Survival Assessment, and 12-mile Footmarch with a 35lb rucksack and weapon in under 3 hours.
sent him this
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I tried to tell him that, other than police work infantry doesn’t transfer well into the civilian market. I mentioned mechanic but since he does that now he said he’d just stay where he is.
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Yes, I did tell him if he gets married and lives off base he gets extra (he has a serious girlfriend who said she didn’t want him to go but would go with him if he went). He knows how in Iraq everything was tax free and I had a great wife who didn’t spend the “found” money on junk she instead paid down our credit card debt and I invested what was left over. His possible future bride thus far seems as frugal as my wife at that age. Her only concern was she did not want to live on base housing, not sure why. Told him not to worry they stay tied up. I think it’s a good idea and will help him grow up. His mom is worried he won’t like it since I trained him like my dad like a drill sergeant and he always hated being yelled at. I told her the army will fix that .
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I’ll let him know. I did tell him check into combat engineers as they get to blow thing up more than us grunts, though they did let us play some in Iraq.
I think he is getting bad info from YouTubers as he said soldiers make 40 to 50k these days but I found an E1 makes 2k a month. Slightly less than he makes as a mechanic for John Deere tractors at a dealership.
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He opted to throw away his glasses and do without and when he reads out loud I can tell he has a hard time seeing the words.
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I told him to have his eyes checked before signing up as they will check and during the MEPS physical is not the time to find out you can’t do what you want.
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My son is thinking of joining the army and wants to be infantry and try for ranger. When he was younger he was told to wear glasses but he decided you can’t be cool if you wear glasses. When I joined eyesight requiring glasses could keep you from being infantry. Is it still that way?
if so what about combat engineer?
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Watch Perry nearly every evening and like that episode.
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That’s even better than what I said at supper tonight. We have a honey baked ham store precooked turkey and frozen fixings and my son said he wasn’t hungry and I misspoke and said,” we finally have a decent supper and he’s not hungry?!”
that came back to me a few minutes later during supper.
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I asked as thought if I ever got an AR pistol I could mount a laser underneath and zero it from the hip since it’s illegal to fire them from the shoulder .
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I see these photos of soldiers etc and they will have an optic and laser mounted on top along with a standard front sight. I always felt nothing should be up top other than sights and optic. Why are they not mounting the laser on underneath or even the side like the laser manufacturing company shows online?
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Day 11 and power company not even half way done
in SASS Wire Saloon
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Now hybrid f150 was used by some in town to power their house . Also got a glimpse of a EMP as some places still only take cash. Major bank in town Truist closed much longer than a local bank. Keep cash on hand for
emergencies. Get a spare generator as some generac generators burned the oil up and locked up. Also check the oil regularly.
also the city lost water so having a well is a definite plus. Power company reports today that still over 5000 without power 17 days later.