Chief Rick
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Grilled chicken in garlic and butter
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I ain't much of a fan of turkey either. I'd much prefer a nice big ham with pineapple and brown sugar.
Last Thanksgiving I smoked/grilled a whole chicken. That tasted awesome!
That said, I was in the commissary the other day and they had some small/medium turkeys for $.68/lb.
I bought two.
Reckon I'll thrown one on the egg Thanksgiving morning and the other for Christmas day.
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I ordered more 7/8 oz wads. They work.
They were a buck less expensive than the 3/4 oz wads.
So, I saved .002 cents per round.🤣
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I have a load worked up on my MEC Sizemaster.
Claybuster 7/8 oz wads and Clays powder.
It's about time to order more wads.
I have a 3/4 oz charge bar for the MEC.
Should I just stick with the 7/8 oz loads and order more of the Claybuster CB0178 wads?
I don't think reducing the shot by 1/8 oz will reduce recoil or improve target pattern.
And I don't think I'll realize any savings by reducing the load by 1/8 oz, either.
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3 hours ago, Pat Riot said:
That’s a good one!
In Great Lakes it was “Awe Sh**! They’re doing it again!”
They were really nice about it once they were done messing up our (stuff). They gave us a whole 10 minutes to clean it up and get our (stuff) squared away.
(stuff) = Sh**
It didn't happen to my company, but one day mattresses ended up outside the barracks.
Our barracks were three-story units. Males were on the first and second decks, females on the third.
Not sure where they came from. That's a question you only asked if you wanted yours to end up outside.
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2 hours ago, Pat Riot said:
We were inspected often and often everything we owned in the world was tossed and strewn about because one “Rock” or “Maggot” didn’t follow instructions or pay attention to detail.
I went to boot camp in Orlando - these were called hurricanes when I went through...
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8 hours ago, Dr. Zook said:
Chief did you ever run across a "tele-Squirt" or a Bronto Sky-Lift in your career?
Can't say I have.
All of my experience was around ships, aircraft and low level structures. We never had a need for anything over the 40' Truck.
Bronto makes some true beasts.
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That article is purely designed to get people emotionally involved and is very poorly worded (no surprise).
As a matter of fact, when I searched for "what is a truck in fire department" that published article definition is one of the first to come up.
They could have talked to some people in the FD to get a better description and actually capture what the real problem is: they can't reach the upper floors of taller buildings. Then again, not knowing that area, they may not NEED to reach over one or two stories. If that's the case, actually publishing the facts wouldn't cause the fear mongering they are potentially looking for.
A "TRUCK" as designated in fire departments is a designed to carry turn-table mounted ladders of various lengths.
Various departments will call these apparatus trucks, ladders, aerials, etc.
I seem to remember that "trucks" had shorter ladders (ours was ~40 ft) and "ladders" had longer ladders. Then there are the various "aerial" devices. I don't remember the specifics from almost 30 years ago.
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I know a few here own or have owned a Glock 43x.
Has anyone tried the PSA 15-round magazines?
Reliable? Not reliable?
I was looking at the Sig P365 X-Macro. Handled three different pistols and while all the triggers felt the same, I can't say I liked the feel.
The Glock 43X trigger felt like every other Glock trigger I've used and while not great, felt significantly better than the Sig trigger.
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Seems almost all of the truly knowledgeable gun writers/historians are about gone.😔
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Try a pair of leather driving gloves.
They don't have to be the most expensive, but I'd pass on cheap ones.
I also prefer gloves that are snug but not tight, as opposed to less than snug (loose).
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That's a nice mount.
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I set up my FT-891 and REZ Ranger 80 Saturday evening. Tuned the antenna to 14.5 MHz and made a contact in AZ before the mosquitoes started to carry me away.
Next month (October 10th) our local ARES will be holding an event. I will set up my radio and antenna to TX/RX on 14.275
If anyone is interested in making contact, I'll post back with times we will be active.
Separately, if anyone wants to make contact one evening - what's a good day/time/freq?
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I have my General license.
I set up an end-fed half-wave (EFHW) tuned for the lower end of 80-meters in an NVIS configuration in order to make contacts with closer regions of the Gulf Coast during emergencies. Still working on the height above ground because I was not able to hear much from South Louisiana during this past hurricane.
I have been able to make contacts on 80, 20 and 15 meters.
I have a REZ Antenna Systems Ranger 80 portable that I just received last week. I plan to play with it this weekend and see what kind of contacts I can make hooked up portable to a Yaesu FT-891.
I may also make an 80-meter center-fed dipole just to see, if I have the time.
My wish list for a home antenna is a DX Commander Signature 9 or 12 for DX.
I have an HT but I only use it for special events. Not enough range to reach the repeaters in my area so it's not of great use unless there are other amateur operators within a mile or so of my location. Very similar to using a CB radio. The antennas on HTs, even the best ones, are not going to extend the range very much. I have managed to get 10 miles with my HT after hooking it up to a 2-meter J-Pole 7-feet off the ground.
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KI5RGH
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1 hour ago, Idaho Gunslinger said:
With all the fake scam accounts on here a bunch of people have changed their SASS number to have xxx on the end.
Now if you contact someone in a PM they can give you the last 3 digits and you can confirm them with SASS HQ to confirm you are talking with the real deal.
Not directed at you...
As I said, if you're hiding something in plain sight I'm not going to contact you to verify you are who you are.
My personal opinion, if you want to sell something on the SASS Wire classifieds section you should HAVE TO SHOW your WHOLE SASS number.
If you're afraid to do that, then don't try to sell anything and just put "Guest" for your SASS number.
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6 hours ago, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said:
Back to the OP question. If you are trying to find out if a person is a legitimate SASS member, I'd say that number is close enough that it might be possible and so I'd use other methods to try to verify.
I did verify by other means and as I said, it's possible. This was a legitimate SASS member/number. Nothing else needs to be said from my perspective.
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7 hours ago, Cholla said:
There are scammers that try to act as though they are members of this board. It’s just a little step to remove the information they can use to emulate me.
Because I'm familiar with you and your posts, I'd not question your signature or whatever that section is called with your SASS number. I never even noticed you had an xxx in your SASS number.
That said, if I were not familiar with you and you were trying to sell something, and I noticed, I would question it. And I wouldn't go to you to verify your information. If you're trying to hide something in plain sight, I wouldn't trust you to tell the truth in private.
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It's possible. Thanks.
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Could a person who joined the Wire in 2018 have a SASS number in 109xxx-110xxx range?
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Great products, both the action-work and the grips. I would not hesitate to send another set to him.
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My LGS had CCI LR Magnum for ~$119/1000.
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14 hours ago, watab kid said:
my prayers are woth you , i cannot imagine as ive never experienced this [only tornados] but im certain it cant be a good experience for anyone
Hurricanes are easy compared to tornadoes (for me).
Hurricanes you can prepare for.
We made it through the night with only one tree limb down and about an inch of rain. The storm seemed to part and the really bad stuff went around us.
Others are not so lucky and many will be dealing with loss of power and flooding.
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1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
Prayers up for the folks in the impact zone!
It’ll pass through here sometime later on Thursday with heavy rains expected. We can use the rain, but I hope the flooding due to runoff is minimal!
We need the rain as well.
So far today it hasn't been bad at all. Less than 3/4 inch and very minimal wind.
The heavy bands are just starting to get to us. The coast at the AL/MS border is seeing 30 mph winds with 45 mph gusts. We're at 17 mph wind with 43 mph gusts.
Time for bed.
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Hurricane Francine is making landfall along the Gulf coast of Louisiana, in the area of Houma and Galliano as a Cat 2 hurricane with an eye of approximately 55 miles.
The eye of the storm appears to be headed towards New Orleans, then Northward, East of Jackson, MS and into Memphis, TN.
We have a lot of Cowboys and Cowgirls going to be affected.
Please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers
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George County MS Amateur Radio Emergency Service (A.R.E.S.) Group - “Scratching Post”
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The George County Mississippi Amateur Radio Emergency Service (A.R.E.S.) Group will be hosting the “Scratching Post” QSL Party in the Lucedale City Park on Saturday, October 12th, 2024.
This will be a Portable Emergency Radio Communications Set-Up
The event will be from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
We will be operating under the Special Event Callsign of K5K.
This event is to honor 85 years of Lucedale’s famous Scratching Post and the objective of this event is to promote the Amateur Radio hobby in our area and to allow anyone wishing to participate to get some amateur radio operating experience.
There will be a custom designed Special Event QSL Card, which will be a unique collector’s item and this Special Event QSL card will be exchanged with fellow operators who make contact with us during this Special Event.
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