Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770

The pics are a 1926 reproduction built for the Sesquicentennial Exposition. But you should know that Forty, weren't you there when Captain Nichols started recruiting Marines?

It is. 250 years ago.

Glad I could brighten your day!

In the context of the original question, I think that it's a matter of would that amount of money be worth worrying about, or is it such a small amount, (comparatively), that it's not. And in that context, it's not that much money. However, if I DID have $50 million, I doubt that I would have accrued that by giving any of it away.

I'm confident that it's no effort. If Uncle Forty is like me at all, and everything I've read says he is, it comes natural and it's a pleasure to boot.

You need to stock up on TOILET PAPER!! Oh wait, that's for the flu. I mean a pandemic.

I don't know, we didn't see him slap it and say "THAT'S not going anywhere!"

Maybe because I'm still running windows 10?

I haven't been able to get there for a week or better. Anybody know anything about it?

I guarantee that if that happened to me, my ex-sister would be calling even though we haven't spoken since 2008. And she would be making out like I OWED it to her to give her a piece of it. Even if I planned to go back to Ohio for anything, (I don't, but this was a thought before that decision was made), I would have bought our childhood home, which was Quik Claimed to her, free and clear, and she LOST it to the bank, JUST so that she knew I had it and she couldn't live there. Same here. I'd probably give to the local Animal Control too. Just to help.

I knew a guy that had his kitchen table FFL that bought 10 of them one year for Christmas presents.

You have to remember that the occupants of our seats in Government have access to the finest healthcare there is. Joe Manonthestreet doesn't. There might be a concern that Joe wouldn't be able to sit in a hard chair for however long he'd have to, or have some other condition that might be a problem in Court. Besides, the congresscritters and such are there by their own volition, not forcibly.

Some states are different. In North Carolina, you can buy beer anywhere, bur hard liquor can only be bought at an ABC store. Don't forget Dry Counties either. There's a store just north of Boston that sits in two Counties, one dry, one not. It has a line on the floor delineating the County Like. You are not allowed to bring alcohol into the Dry side.

Thank goodness I'm not IN India!

It's only Consulting if you get paid for it. Otherwise, it's just sittin' around shootin' the bull.

"Major League". Great movie, the underdogs win, just like I like them to. I don't care about the sport, but I like the story. Same with, "The Replacements", and "Necessary Roughness".

I was on one once, and now that I'm retired I'd love to serve again, but I haven't been called in probably 20 years. That was when I did this, (from my earlier post): They passed out a survey for us to fill out. For the question on hobbies and Groups, I put that I was a member of the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, Single Action Shooting Society, and a faithful follower of Rush Limbaugh. I doubt they will call me back either.

Statins have several side effects that aren't good. My Dr. didn't want to take me off them until I told her that I thought that they were adding to my leg pains. (Not exactly a lie, I still have leg pains, maybe not as bad, but I really wanted OFF statins). And my cholesterol is much lower with the med I'm taking now. From Google AI: Common side effects include muscle pain, digestive issues like diarrhea and constipation, and headaches. Less common side effects can include an increase in blood sugar and, rarely, severe muscle damage (rhabdomyolysis) or liver inflammation. I don't know if getting off statin helped my diabetes, but my A1C is lower since I went off them.

Not exactly new. Mythbusters did that years ago.

I pretty much agree with this plan. Since I retired and started actually going to a Doctor for more than a DOT physical, (I found out that I have diabetes during my last one), I've changed things up a bit. I always figured that I had high cholesterol, and I do, so combining that with the diabetes, I've stopped the sweet tea, stopped the cookies, candy, cinnamon rolls, etc. for the most part. (I'll have maybe a single Reese's Cup, a single cookie or brownie bite a day). I replaced the sugar in my tea with Stevia, as the other sugar free sugar stuff seems like it REALLY bad for you, and since reading about that I mostly stopped the Diet Coke, usually having only about one a week. All that, I eat less that I used to, and go to the gym three days a week. I do eat more salad than I used to, I make my sandwiches and toast with Sourdough bread,and snack on apples and dry roasted nuts. My desserts in the evening are usually Cinnamon toast, (cinnamon is good for the diabetes, just not on a sweet roll), yogurt, and Carb Smart ice cream. I take a couple meds for the diabetes, so it's under control, 6.1 A1C last time, and another one for the cholesterol, and it's way down, so I'm in decent health and physical condition. But my weight is actually UP to nearly 300 lbs. I'd like to lose some, my Dr. would like to see me lose some, but isn't concerned enough about it to make much of it all other issues considered. On weekends I take my wife to breakfast, and THAT'S when I still have my chicken fried steak, scrambled eggs, pancakes and such. I'm fat, but healthy, and I rather be fat, full and happy than skinny, hungry, and miserable. Will I die sooner? No way of tellin' for now, but at 71, I think that I'm doin' alright.

Coffee cup I got my wife...

Afraid of breeding more politicians?

It makes perfect sense. He shot Greedo out of pure self preservation. Then he met a girl. Just like with the rest of us, that changes everything.

In the original release, if my rememberer is right, Han said, "Over my dead body." Greedo answered "That's the idea." clearly indicating that he was going to shoot Han. Han, expecting that, shot before Greedo could. When he did, I thought, "I'd have done the same thing." Here, found it on youtube:

I don't have the tape, but since I did see it as a first run movie, I know what was on it. And while Greedo didn't get off a shot, he would have shot Han where he sat, so Han was justified in shooting when he did.