Cypress Sun

Good on ya that you keep chipping away at the proverbial block.

I wasn't referring to liberal voters that repeatedly vote in the anti-2nd politicians in either of my posts. I am referring to the (evidently) voters that have evidently given up hope on EVER changing the regime, don't think that they can change the situation and therefore don't vote in the 'small' elections. That is voter apathy. Those apathetic voters could learn a lesson from the liberals, liberals don't give up after repeated tries fail....they just get more rabid in their obsession of socializing their own government.

Maybe they aren't apathic in the so called 'main' elections, but do they vote in every voting stage and cycle? Or has it gotten to be like many blue states where they have the attitude of "What's the use, it won't do any good". Maybe those that live in the blue states can't vote out "those" politicians right off the bat, doesn't mean they can try. Just as one has to take baby steps before one can walk, one has to start voting on both the small things that eventually and continually add up to become the big things. No matter how red any state or how 2nd Amendment friendly a state is right now, all of that could end in just one or two voting cycles.

Massachusetts laws haven't just happened within the last few years. They've been slowly voted in over decades of voter apathy and fraud. States like Massachusetts, California, Maryland and many others didn't get the way they are now overnight. Remember that when EVERY election cycle rolls around. Do a little research on EVERY candidate no matter how insignificant the election may seem. Rights don't get taken away by anyone other than the voters themselves.

Getting a cash advance on a credit card is never a good idea. The CC company will charge 20% - 25% interest that starts immediately regardless of whether you pay the entire bill off when it comes in.

If you paid with a credit card, talk to the CC issuer. I learned my lesson years ago. It worked out BUT I thought that I was talking to the front desk and the 3rd party saleswoman fraudulently acted like I was talking to the front desk.

No, it's not. All of those "VIP's" at Trump's inauguration wasn't a good idea either but nothing happened.

My ex cried when she first got out of Lasik surgery. She'd never been able to see well. even with 'Coke bottle' glasses. I was glad for her.

My brother has one of those BFRs in 45-70. He asked me if I wanted to shoot it. My two-word answer "Hell No."

The Rays owe a big Thank You to the Yankee's organization for the use of Steinbrener Field for this season. I'm looking forward to new Rays ownership and them getting back into the Trop. I feel sorry for the fans that actually went to the games at Steinbrener because of the heat/humidity and having to endure the rainstorms and most importantly, the lightning. A (sort of) funny story. I stayed at a friend's house during hurricane Milton due to the fact that he is 65' above sea level and it was suppossed to hit our location dead on. For most of Milton, we had utility power and watched the hurricane get closer and closer. My friend's wife just had to watch hurricane news coverage 100% of the time, ad nauseum. The news crew went to Tropicana Field (Ray home field) because Duke Energy were staging their repair crews there. The entire field was filled up full of cots and stuff just waiting for the crews. I remarked to my gal and the people we were staying with, "That's stupid! The roof is going to get ripped off of the place". About 6 hours before it was supposed to hit, the Duke crews relocated to Jacksonville temporarily until the hurricane passed us. Except for one or two portions of the roof, the entire roof got torn off allowing the elements and debris into the field. The hurricane occurred at night and they had changed the existing lighting to LED fixtures that were not wet location rated. The field probably has a few generators for emergency lighting but LED type lighting DOES NOT like water intrusion in either the drivers or diodes themselves. In other words, the field was probably mostly in the dark as was most everything else in Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota Counties. No lights, 14" - 20" of rain in just a few hours...and they're inside of a giant, open fishbowl....that would have sucked big time. Go Rays in '26.

GO TORONTO!!!! Hope they win the next three games. The (damn) Yankees will be a Wild Card team instead of division leader and the Rays can (deservedly) end up last....kind of a KMA to Sternberg on the way out!

Rod is still around, don't quite know where though. He's still active on the Forums, mainly in the classifieds. Look him up in members, he's been on the forum as recently as 9/16/25. Try sending him a PM, he'll probably answer.

Cannonball Run Don't you ever tell me where you found him.

The one that I mentioned in a now deleted post (still don't know why both posts were deleted) that I did the same thing as Hardpan, and wasn't very polite about it, involved a wholesale club, a 3-pack of Listerine and an extremely rude "team member".

I haven't read that Hardpan was in any way rude, obnoxious, threw a hissy fit, yelling or anything like that. His posts have stated multiple times that he was polite, yet firm in his stance.

Dang, are you two long lost brothers?

I had my dog drive me home once when I was too drunk to drive. Bastard crashed my truck into a tree when he saw a squirrel run across the road....and still didn't get the squirrel.

I've only been asked once. I replied "Because I can't carry a cop". A friend of mine went to a large family function. His firearm was slightly exposed when he helped set up some chairs and tables. One of his relative's wife asked why he carried a gun. He replied "Because everyone I love is here."

Down here they put between 4 to 6 inches of a Styrofoam type insulation slab between the metal roof and plywood which deadens the sound tremendously. With attic insulation, it didn't seem any louder, or quieter for the matter, than a normal roof. I wired a small house that was really nothing more than a giant walk in cooler with drywall on the ceiling/walls and a tile floor. During the normal afternoon deluges, that thing was like being inside of bass drum...not pleasurable at all. I don't know how the people that ended up living there could stand it. I do love a nice slow rain under an uninsulated tin roof like on a porch or garage.

Lightning is nothing to be taken lightly. Florida is the so called "lightning Capital of the US" with 76 lightning strikes per mile each year. I've witnessed lightning up close and personal like on 7 occasions. When the hair on your body stands straight out and the flash/bang are indistinguishable, you're too damn close. This has happened at work 6 times and once at home. All seven times it struck tall pine trees. Once when a coworker and I were having lunch under an aluminum carport at a job, my coworker's hair stood up, as did mine, and before I could say anything....BLAM. We still talk about that on occasion. I've repaired a lot of lightning damage (electrically) over the years. IMO, there is absolutely no kind of surge protection that can take even a close strike, let alone a direct strike. One coworker, many years ago now, liked to golf. One day he forgot his cleated golf shoes, so he wore sneakers. A storm blew in as he was finishing up. Although the storm was still miles away, he got struck. He was mid swing when teeing off and the golf club was at its highest position when lightning struck the club, 'glanced' off and killed dead the two golfers that were standing 30' away waiting to tee off. He didn't escape unscathed and was in the hospital for a couple of weeks with burns and nerve damage. Most of the nerve damage eventually went away both thru therapy and on it's won. He ended up stone deaf in one hear and had limited hearing in the other. He never did come back to the electrical trade. Last I saw him, he was a wine salesman doing a route. Every year, at least two people (sometime more) get killed at the nearby beaches when they don't heed the warnings to clear the beach when thunder is heard. Most were just tourists unaware of the danger that the lightning posed, others were just too stupid to get off of the beach or took cover under palm trees of all things. I use the second (time) rule. From the time you see the flash, count the seconds until the thunder. Five seconds = one mile. If you count less that 10 seconds, it's past time to seek shelter using the precautions listed by Trailrider. There are other precautions also that a simple internet search can provide. Standing under that 12' X 12' canopy ISN'T one of them. Be careful out there folks, lightning rarely gives second chances.

This ^. Light rain on a tin roof also although I haven't been under a tin roof in many, many years.

We have an electric sandwich press that has removable cooking plates for easy cleaning. Got it at a thrift store for $10. I see them at garage sales or thrift stores very often for around the same price. Works great!

I'll vouch for Grey Ghost. Great pard to do business with!

I can see that also.