Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770

I'm not sure that they can do that. I don't think that 4473s are public information. They may be basing their conclusions on NICS checks. Just a guess.

My point exactly.

Not saying that NATO has anything to do with it. NATO has done pretty much nothing except be a threat to bullies in the region. And the threat has only worked because they had the U.S. to back it up. Until Trump started pushing them, the rest of NATO was coasting along not even coming close to paying their part. The alternative is to let Iran take charge of it and control the flow of Crude flowing through it. THAT would be Piracy. The U.S. taking charge is akin to a Cop stopping a bully from beating people up. The Cop gets paid to do so, why shouldn't we? I'd bet that our charging 20% is a lot less than Iran would charge.

They may have the resources, but not the courage. I'm sure that when this thing IS over, they'll gladly take advantage of the result while at the same time somehow blaming the whole thing on us. Sounds like another example of NATO at work.

My old Landlord was around back in those days. He told me one time about a trip he was taking back in the '30s, between here in Tucson and somewhere in California. The road was a Plank Road only wide enough for one car. When two cars met going opposite directions, the drivers would get out, move several of the planks to go around one car, who would use it to do just that, then the drivers would replace the planks and both would continue their trip. Obviously these planks weren't the 8 X 12 planks referred to in the original article, but something smaller.

But you ARE a Certified Horses Appendage. That's why we love you here. Besides, you make a lot of sense, mostly.

Makes perfect sense to me. We're the ones doing the work, we should get paid for the work. Same reason I won't use the self checkout at Walmart. There isn't anybody else that COULD do it anyway.

In general, whoever hires the outfit that performs the survey is looking for a specific result. The survey company will do everything they can to get that result. Which includes surveying people they think will answer the way that they want, and disregarding answers they don't like.

You could just about say that about ANY "survey" that comes out.

I was thinking the same thing, but I don't have a patch.

I prefer the flat. It just fits my hand better.

I don't have Netflix because it seems like every time they come up with some "Original programing" it's either a retelling of an old story made for the mythical "modern audience", or it's something for the alphabit community of which I'm not a member.

Better than a selfie IN the hot tub. Glad everything's okay.

The factory speakers in my Jeep were just cheap. I replaced them with larger three way aftermarket speakers. With the top off I need a little higher volume. I get some attention in traffic. I can't say whether it's just that OR my singing along with Waylon, Willie, Hank Jr. , etc.

Not trying to blame anybody, but that's what made them so annoying. Not to mention that a cassette was less than a quarter the size and sounded just as good.

I don't think so. Eight tracks went away because the Cassette tape was easier to use, smaller, and didn't fade a song out in the middle when it changed tracks. CDs replaced them. DVDs replaced VHS for similar reasons. APPs and Streaming, while popular, can't replace having the physical media. One of the big Streaming services recently announced that because of Licensing changes, a large amount of their content, EVEN IF YOU BOUGHT IT ON THEM, would no longer be available from them. A few years ago, it looked like DVDs were on the way out, I think because they were putting movies and such on Thumb Drives, but that pretty much went away. The fact that you can still buy brand new DVD players says that they'll probably be around for a while. They might not be what the Cool Kids are using, but I was never one of the Cool Kids anyway.

Here's a fun thing about my Sony remotes. My Home Theater doesn't have a DVD player in it, it's just a 5.1 Surround System, but it USES the same remote that the Home Theater that HAS a DVD in it does, (it has all the Play, Pause FF, Rewind, etc. controls), so it ALSO operates the DVD player, so I can run BOTH with the same remote. I don't know if it will operate the Blu Ray because I don't have any Blu Rays. I originally got the Blu Ray to watch Netflix when they took over "Longmire". Of course Cox now offers a bunch of streaming services, and since I have a DVD, I don't really need the Blu Ray. But I've got it connected and it shares a shelf with the DVD so it's staying there. Another fun one. Everything is connected by HDMI cables. How does one keep track of which is which? I happened to find on Amazon a color coded set, a black one, a red one, a yellow one, and a blue one. Black connects DVR to Home Theater. Red connects Home Theater to TV. Yellow connects Home Theater to DVD. So of course, the blue one connects the Home Theater to the Blu Ray.

We do the same thing. That's where I got about half my CDs that I keep in the Jeep.

That's should be casual to the most obvious observer.

The knife in the center hangs from the back of my Cowboy boot. I call it my "If I ever get taken prisoner" knife. The bottom picture is a belt buckle knife. I knew a guy that wore one of those. I've also known guys that had a handcuff key taped to the inside of their belt.

Personally, yes. But in reality, in the corporate world, despite their protestations, safety comes third, because, unfortunately, safety takes a backseat to profits and productivity. Anybody in the corporate ladder who doesn't actually do the work and says different is a liar. They'll put up posters and have "Safety Meetings", but if they're not making money, something will have to change.

If there's anybody in the area like that it would be me! I've really considered working on the stray cats, but our next door neighbor leaves food out for them, so it's not worth the potential hassle. Besides, I went over to throw the body into the wash so that the coyotes could deal with it and couldn't see any injuries.

Here's an odd one for you: One time when I got home from the gym, there was a dead pigeon laying in the yard that hadn't been there when I left. Wondering how it got there, I turned the TV to my Security Camera system. I moved the time around to look for it, When I finally found it, the darn thing had just dropped out of the sky. Just, whoomp.

That's what I meant by upsidedown. Pointing it at yourself instead of the TV.