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Cypress Sun

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  1. I typed it into my search and hit enter....my Norton blocked the site before I could even go there. Red Dot, in stock? For $25.00 a pound? Let me guess, only payable by some type of electronic cash transfer. Right now, no one has had Red Dot in stock for a few months now and NO ONE had it for $25.00 a pound, it was all around $50 per pound + HazMat + shipping. Your brother most likely got scammed.
  2. Go ahead and order some...no skin off my ***.
  3. I agree. Not all of the comments agree though. At a $1++ a round, I'd want to make sure before ordering.
  4. I suggest that a prospective purchaser read the comments/Q & A section before ordering. Seems that these may not be .32 S & W short after all....and they're not returnable.
  5. I was almost 4. I don't remember ***t....probably blissfully playing with building blocks. Living in Fort Myers at the time, I do remember the constant sonic booms during the Cuban situation. Go figure.
  6. If you've ever lived in a heavily populated area that has lost power for more than a few days, you'd know that people start turning on each other within just 4 or 5 days. Seen it for myself after hurricanes. I can just imagine what happens at weeks 3 and 4.
  7. Where there's a will, there's a dead person...or a dead deer in this case.
  8. I live about 12 miles (straight line) from MacDill AFB, a first strike target...a miss by a few miles isn't going to make much difference in the overall scheme of things. If it they do miss by a few miles, I hope they drop it right on top of my head...instant vaporization.
  9. Glad that karma finally has caught up to him. I hope the charges stick and a conviction follows. Sounds like leaving the department was the best thing for you health wise, mentally and financially...good on you for taking the high road and leaving the gutter for him. I do have to wonder what will happen to the people who were convicted on false evidence and testimony. Although, I sure that some of them (probably many of them) were guilty, they all deserved to have a fair and just trial...and didn't receive it.
  10. Experimental treatment, that's why he went to Mexico to have it. He was eaten up with cancer, there was no cure or treatment that could have saved him. He attributed his mesothelioma to his time in the Marines, in part, removing asbestos insulation from conduits in Navy ships. Chain smoking cigarettes didn't help things either. A great actor gone too soon. The King of Cool will always be The King of Cool in my book! Rip Mr. McQueen...all these years later.
  11. Glad that's solved. The first movie had me stumped.
  12. Don't know about movie #1, but movie #4 is a movie called Grindhouse which was really two movies in one, Planet Terror and Death Proof. Planet Terror is the one with the female amputee that has a machine gun as a prosthesis.
  13. Not if it's your "Ol lady" and you're the combatant. Kinda ruins the mood.
  14. It only makes sense that the flashlight was invented shortly after the first viable commercially available battery was invented in 1881. The D cell was invented in 1898, other sizes followed. Timeline of Battery History 1748—Benjamin Franklin first coined the term "battery" to describe an array of charged glass plates. 1780 to 1786—Luigi Galvani demonstrated what we now understand to be the electrical basis of nerve impulses and provided the cornerstone of research for later inventors like Volta to create batteries. 1800 Voltaic Pile—Alessandro Volta invented the Voltaic Pile and discovered the first practical method of generating electricity. Constructed of alternating discs of zinc and copper with pieces of cardboard soaked in brine between the metals, the Voltaic Pile produced electrical current. The metallic conducting arc was used to carry the electricity over a greater distance. Alessandro Volta's voltaic pile was the first "wet cell battery" that produced a reliable, steady current of electricity. 1836 Daniell Cell—The Voltaic Pile could not deliver an electrical current for a long period of time. Englishman, John F. Daniell invented the Daniell Cell that used two electrolytes: copper sulfate and zinc sulfate. The Daniel Cell lasted longer than the Volta cell or pile. This battery, which produced about 1.1 volts, was used to power objects such as telegraphs, telephones, and doorbells, remained popular in homes for over 100 years. 1839 Fuel Cell—William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, which produced electrical by combining hydrogen and oxygen. 1839 to 1842—Inventors created improvements to batteries that used liquid electrodes to produce electricity. Bunsen (1842) and Grove (1839) invented the most successful. 1859 Rechargeable—French inventor, Gaston Plante developed the first practical storage lead-acid battery that could be recharged (secondary battery). This type of battery is primarily used in cars today. 1866 Leclanche Carbon-Zinc Cell—French engineer, Georges Leclanche patented the carbon-zinc wet cell battery called the Leclanche cell. According to The History of Batteries: "George Leclanche's original cell was assembled in a porous pot. The positive electrode consisted of crushed manganese dioxide with a little carbon mixed in. The negative pole was a zinc rod. The cathode was packed into the pot, and a carbon rod was inserted to act as a current collector. The anode or zinc rod and the pot were then immersed in an ammonium chloride solution. The liquid acted as the electrolyte, readily seeping through the porous cup and making contact with the cathode material. The liquid acted as the electrolyte, readily seeping through the porous cup and making contact with the cathode material." Georges Leclanche then further improved his design by substituting the ammonium chloride paste for liquid electrolyte and invented a method of sealing the battery, inventing the first dry cell, an improved design that was now transportable. 1881—J.A. Thiebaut patented the first battery with both the negative electrode and porous pot placed in a zinc cup. 1881—Carl Gassner invented the first commercially successful dry cell battery (zinc-carbon cell). 1899—Waldmar Jungner invented the first nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery. 1901 Alkaline Storage—Thomas Alva Edison invented the alkaline storage battery. Thomas Edison's alkaline cell had iron as the anode material (-) and nickelic oxide as the cathode material (+). 1949 Alkaline-Manganese Battery—Lew Urry developed the small alkaline battery in 1949. The inventor was working for the Eveready Battery Co. at their research laboratory in Parma, Ohio. Alkaline batteries last five to eight times as long as zinc-carbon cells, their predecessors. 1954 Solar Cells—Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller, and Daryl Chapin invented the first solar battery. A solar battery converts the sun's energy into electricity. In 1954, Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller, and Daryl Chapin invented the first solar battery. The inventors created an array of several strips of silicon (each about the size of a razor blade), placed them in sunlight, captured the free electrons and turned them into electrical current. Bell Laboratories in New York announced the prototype manufacture of a new solar battery. Bell had funded the research. The first public service trial of the Bell Solar Battery began with a telephone carrier system (Americus, Georgia) on October 4, 1955. 1964—Duracell was incorporated.
  15. Almost every vehicle over 10 years old leaks some form of fluid, most just a drip every once in a while. A drip isn't a big deal, little bit of Dawn and a garden hose will take care of that. If you have concerns over a certain family member what has an Exxon Valdez type vehicle, ask them to park in the street or somewhere else other than the driveway. You can also just rope off the driveway and make everyone park in the street. Cardboard only works if it's not windy or rainy, if the offending car owner places it correctly and if it is thick enough so it doesn't soak through. If I was that worried about it, I'd rope it off or say nothing to the guests and just use the Dawn/hose method the next day.
  16. That's not a raft, that's a ship of Ikea canoes!
  17. No one told me to ST*U, let alone you. There was a lively conversation between two other people in which one told the other to ST*U. This was at the very end of the 2nd page after the two video's that MDT posted. I don't know if there was bad language in the videos as I rarely turn on the audio with those type videos. I'll send you a PM with concerning the two people.
  18. I did. ***Edit - I saw the ST*U post in which Irish Ike was told that. I did not tell anyone that, nor did anyone tell me that. Edit for clarification.*** Sorry I ever stated that she wasn't a good driver as it started unintended comments and ill feelings for which I'm regretful for, not regretful for the statement though. People are going to have disagreements, even likeminded people. I found, a long time ago, sometimes you gotta know when to put the keyboard away and grow another layer of skin to thicken up the sore spots.
  19. Never saw the remake. Best Magnum PI episode ever clip.
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