Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
Before he had to be called, it was my job to take the back off the TV, remove all the vacuum tubes, place them in a cardboard box, and take them down to the Drug Store in the basket of my bicycle to be tested on the "Do it yourself" tube test machine. If I found a bad one, replacements were in the cabinet below the machine. Once I had the proper tube in hand, I still had to ride back home, reassemble the TV, and test it to make sure it was working properly. THEN I could watch "Huckleberry Hound", "Quick Draw McGraw", "The Flintstones", or whatever else I wanted to, as long as there wasn't an OSU ball game on.
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2 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
The Death Wobble in Wranglers was special!
2 hours ago, Dantankerous said:It freaking sucked.
I fought DW for several years, trying everything, changing everything, bla bla bla. I'd get it so ramdomly I could never pin point the cause. Sometimes a bump, sometimes a pothole, sometimes a smooth paved road!
DW is a reason I'll not own a Jeep again. Scarey stuff at 35 mph let alone highway speeds!
6 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:I was a Service Advisor for a few months at a Jeep dealer. A lady kept coming in complaining about the DW and even went to tears once. The techs pretty much changed the front end and no joy. I had to go for a test drive with the customer as a passenger and right by the dealership was a railroad crossing. She told me to hit it at about 30 mph! Oh my gawd is all I could say!! I could no doubt see how it could terrify somebody.
About 99% of the time, Death Wobble can be attributed to tires not being balanced. That's not to say that there are not other causes, worn steering components, worn track bar can do it, but unbalanced tires, especially larger tires, is most likely it.
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59 minutes ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:
Sorry - "that" vehicle will never exist again (at least not in the US).
Governmental safety requirements - today and tomorrows (crash tech, driving nannies, etc.), fuel economy standards, onboard computers/ electronics (vehicle operational, safety and consumer demanded) have all doomed the "simple" product to history (be that a car, appliance or basically any product more complex than a hammer).
Realistically, even if the demand were there (and it is not) - a manufacturer cannot build and sell a WW II era Jeep anymore; it canot meet legalities and most won't put up with its shortcomings compared to a modern vehicle.
People like safe cars (ABS, airbags and crumple zones), electric windows, satellite radio, automatic transmissions, blue tooth compatibility - the list is endless.
There is no going back for most.
You're probably right, but one can dream, can't one? I often see postings here bemoaning the complexity of new cars and trucks. How often does one of us remark that we want a simple, 6 cylinder, 4 speed truck with vinyl seats, roll down windows, and a radio that doesn't require a degree in electronics to operate, that doesn't cost more than our house? I don't think that the market would be large, but I think that it's there.
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1 hour ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:
Jeep is a boutique brand and will eventually simply be sold off for the name (again).
If that happens, and the buyer is doing so to bring Jeep back to what it USED to be, an SIMPLE, (Standard trans, low tech engine), easy to work on, capable off road vehicle, I would welcome it.
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
I used to think like that. My first three phones. An LG, a Samsung, and an Alcatel. They didn't do autocorrect. And I would see people complaining and I would laugh.
Then I bought this piece of crap Motorola. otto loves it here. I don't think he's ever going to leave.
I don't know what my next phone will be but I guarantee it will not be another Motorola.
Otto doesn't live on my computer.
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1 hour ago, Texas Joker said:
And most folks driving them slow way down to go over RR tracks.
Jeep became a status symbol and the prices took off. Most of em get tricked out and lifted then never even get off pavement.
That started happening when the JKU, (four door) took the place of the H2 as a tricked out Mommobile. In the Jeep community we call them "Mall Crawlers". There have always been some, but they really hit the Jeep world with the aforementioned JKU.
When done properly, the JK and JKU are capable off road vehicles, but previous Jeeps, while popular in the off road world, were never Big Sellers like the JKU. That lead to the people who worry about such things to make Jeeps higher tech, less capable, and most importantly to those of us that love them, more difficult to work on.
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My Jeep, the Muddog, is a 2002 Tj, Wrangler to the non Jeep people here. I got it 10 years ago with 126,000 miles on it. Now it has about 156,000, and while it has it's problems, I wouldn't get rid of it for love or money. It's been dependable, never broken down, just a few Evap System problems, and of course, crappy mileage. It's the only vehicle that gets worse mileage on the highway than in the City. But I've got my truck if I need to go anywhere, so I don't worry about it.
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If they get a lot of sunlight, most of these containers will crumble like that. Leave a milk jug out in the sun for a couple months and it will disintegrate when you pick it up.
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Okay, how about this one? On ebay. Oh, it's from the same company.
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17 minutes ago, Bladesmith, SASS 113085 said:
That was my thought too, but when I asked, I was told “Unfortunately, it does not fit the new Vaquero properly.” and when I asked if they had a holster that did, they said no. Maybe I’ll try again and see if I get a different response, meanwhile I’d be interested if anyone has other suggestions. It never hurts to have options!The holster I posted was FROM their website, and it specifically says that it fits the Vaquero.
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From Masc's website:
Anything made for a Colt, Uberti, etc. a New Vaquero will fit.
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2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
It’s a wood laminate table but the screws are metal on metal like in the pix. I will try blue
For something like that, clear or black nail polish will work.
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What kind of table? Metal, wood, or particleboard? If metal, then Chickasaw Bill's advice is good. If wood, you'll have to try something else. A size larger screw comes to mind.
If particleboard, you'll probably have to reinforce it first.
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The latest info I can find, (from 2013), has them wanting to strengthen the Brady Background Laws. In many other things, they seem to lean far to the left. That's why I'm a member of AMAC.
BTW, which store were they at?
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56 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
I recently had one of my posts right here in the Saloon just up and vanish. Guess I p-----d in someone's soup.
I've had a few do that. We're not supposed to get political here, and sometimes I do. I got no qualm with the Moderators over it. If I think that maybe I'm going to far, I'll even say that if they need to remove it, feel free to do so.
SOMEBODY'S got to try to keep us civilized around here.
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11 hours ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:
But who are these people with only one 9mm?
Well, I've got three, but none of them are EDCs.
I've got a FEG Hi Power that my wife got me years ago. It's primarily a toy, I just pull it out every now and again to plink.
I bought my wife a 1911 in 9mm a while back, but It doesn't get used much she doesn't carry it, and because my EDC is a 1911 in .45.
My favorite is a Star Firestar. It's a 1911 style about the size of an Officer's ACP. It lives in a lockbox under the seat of my Jeep. I rarely fire it either.
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7 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
Mike Baxter.
7 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:Oh, ......... thank you
never heard of him ....... 🙃
TV show "Last Man Standing". Mike Baxter is a marketing guy for "Outdoor Man" which is pretty much like Bass Pro Shop. He's a very Right thinking man, with a wife and 3 daughters, some of whom aren't. Comedy ensues.
It ran for 6 years on ABC where in was the number 1 rated comedy, and number 3 rated show on the network. Naturally, since he was a popular Right Leaning guy, they cancelled the show. But Fox picked it up and ran it for another 3 years.
I highly recommend it.
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1 hour ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:
1 minute ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:Tim ? 🙃
Mike Baxter.
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3 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:
Close enough, the electoral college exists for good reasons. Not the least of which is to keep a voice for smaller (by population) states.
The damn idiots they were interviewing did not discuss policy or issues, they talked about how the candidates made them feel.
And this is part of why the electoral college exists, to choose electors with a clue rather than going with numerically overwhelming votes of idiots.
The primary reason in our country today is so that California and New York don't get to elect the President pretty much by themselves.
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I would tend to doubt that they would intentionally cut the chambers like that. You might have just had the luck to get two guns that slipped by the QA department. I'd contact the manufacturer and tell them the problem. They might, (should?) offer to fix the problem.
If you have a gunsmith you trust, maybe have him measure the chambers, and if the manufacturers won't take care of it, have him recut the chambers.
Edit: If you don't have Snap Caps, make up a couple Dummy rounds, take them to your LGS and see if they'll let you test fit them into the chambers of similar guns to see if they fit properly.
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If I were a teenage boy, then yeah, a .22 pistol and a brick of ammo. But if it were the me I am today, I'd have that, maybe a AR7 rifle, my EDC pistol, and at least 3 magazines, or reloads if a revolver, and probably a box of ammo.
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That's WHY I'll keep drinking.
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30 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:
Sometimes google gets it a bit wrong, for instance some ads I see are clearly indicated for my lady and ads she sees are obviously for me; this is an artifact of sharing a wifi connection.
On Chrome, I have AdBlock and Adblock Plus, and no ads. Even on youtube. They're free, too.
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I just looked and except for a name, everything on mine is empty.
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Then a squadron of them would pull your blanket off of you and use you like a soda fountain.