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Sedalia Dave

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  1. Have you priced.410 shells lately? Hard to find and the cost difference between them and 12 ga will pay for a new shotgun in no time.
  2. FOR ALL OF YOU MORONS OUT THERE ASKING FOR "FATHER'S DAY" AND "MOTHER'S DAY" TO BE CHANGED TO "SPECIAL PERSON DAY" THERE IS ALREADY A DAY JUST FOR YOU. IT'S "APRIL FOOLS DAY"
  3. How do Magic Erasers Get Rid of Stains?
  4. Onstar has never used satellites for voice communications. Those have always been a cellular based system. When cellular networks transitioned from analog to digital the usable coverage of a cell site was cut in half. On the flip side Onstar's cellulat system is a lot more powerful that a handheld cell phone and often has fewer dropouts. It does however use a system of 4 satellites to find your location when the vehicle detects a crash. How OnStar Works
  5. Not everything sold on Amazon is fulfilled by Amazon. A lot of orders are sold and fulfilled by a third party. Those items are not delivered by Amazon.
  6. Things sure would get interesting if a rogue wave suddenly caused the ship to roll.
  7. One thing few people realize is that the design of the buffer tube being incorporated into AR-15 was a direct result of the Army not wanting the 7.62X39 round. To get the AR-15 design into production a cheaply as possible it was carried over to the AR-15. Had Stoner started out designing the rifle for the small 5.56 cartridge the buffer tube would not have been part of the design. Stoner was against the inclusion of a forward assist. But Big Green insisted. The forward assist has caused more rifles to be put out of commission than it has ever kept in action. Forcing a round into the chamber almost always results in that round failing to extract when fired.
  8. No clue. AFAIK there were no active recalls on this truck
  9. Glad your Guardian Angel was on duty and watching over you.
  10. Move the targets back. Tell them to up the load or use a different gauge of shotgun. While I'm in favor of allowing any gauge it has to be able to knock them down at the distances listed in the handbook. If it can't then it is the shooters fault and the club is under ZERO obligation to move the targets. At a match many years ago where a particular shooters 12 ga loads wouldn't knock the target down. None of the previous shooters had an issue but the shooter whined and complained so much the MD finally gave in and let them have a reshoot. Every time a KD didn't go down for them it was ruled a prop failure.
  11. As long as the shotgun will knock down the target what difference does it make?
  12. I left the deer right where it lay. In Texas it is illegal to pick up road kill deer.
  13. That's what full coverage is for. $500.00 deductible is all I should be out..
  14. Fearing that the truck wouldn't restart, I never shut it off till I got home. Once home and parked I shut it off. Hit the key and it restarted. Remote door locks are disabled and even after disconnecting and reconnecting the battery the flashers will not shut off. On the drive home the AC was inoperative and the blower fan would not work. So we drove home with the windows cracked to get some fresh air. After I restarted the truck I tried to blower and it resumed working. Other than the noise and airbags we didn't feel the impact.
  15. 1. Airbags are Loud. Especially when both the driver and passenger bags go off at once. 2. They stink a lot after going off. 3. The passenger airbag deployed with enough force to crack the windshield. 4. GMC 2500HD trucks are a lot tougher than I would have thought. 5. Deer are lightning fast. 6 You cannot shut off your emergency flashers after the airbag deploys. Now the story. My girlfriend and I were on out way to my home clubs match this morning. At about 0830 a deer moving like it was being chased by a demon, tried unsuccessfully to cross the road right in front of me. Cruise control was set to 70 mph (The speed limit) I saw the deer as it landed on the shoulder on the other side of the road. Before I could do anything other than say S**T! it disappeared in front of the truck. Next was the loud bang of the deer hitting the truck and the airbags deploying as one very loud sound. took my foot off the gas and lightly touched the brakes while simultaneously tightening my grip on the wheel anticipating what was going to happen next. Amazingly the truck did not start to wobble or give any other signs of losing control. When I started moving the airbag so that I had better visibility the powder inside it started to fill the cab so I opened the drivers and passengers windows and continued to slow down as I pulled over on the shoulder to let the cars behind us pass. Saw a driveway up ahead so I coasted down the shoulder and backed into the drive way to get off the road. Then we both did a quick assessment of our physical health. Other than an elevated heart beat and both of us feeling like we were slapped hard in the stomach we were fine. Next, I got out to assess the truck. I figured I hit the deer dead center of the grill but the deer was faster than I thought and its rear hip impacted just above the right tow hook, Crumpled the bumper and did some damage to the fender. Amazing there were no leaking fluids and the fender was not pushed back far enough to interfere with the right front tire. I had a dual band mag mount on the roof of the cab for my HAM radio that became dislodged and was laying on the bed cover. No clue what caused it to end up there. For reference I was traveling south and the deer crossed the road traveling from east to west like it was shot out of a cannon. Deer in Texas are small, but that deer was running in a low crouch to have impacted the truck where it did. Took photos of the damage with my phone being sure to enable location information. Then I called my insurance company, They offered a tow but seeing as the truck was driveable. I opted to just drive it back home rather than wait a couple hours for a tow truck to arrive. Stopped on the way back to make sure the deer was dead and to take a photo to document everything. Deer was definitely dead. The deer I hit was crossing the road from East to west and landed about 15 feet from the pavement on the other side of the ditch. There was another deer that had been hit earlier that morning right off the shoulder on the east side of the road in the same location. Photos to follow.
  16. Life became a lot less stressful once I understood this. Me: God, can I ask You a question? God: Sure Me: Promise You won't get mad God: I promise Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today? God: What do u mean? Me: Well, I woke up late God: Yes Me: My car took forever to start God: Okay Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait God: Huummm Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call God: All right Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home ~I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. BUT it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did You do that? God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that Me (humbled): OH GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road. Me: (ashamed) God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work. Me (embarrassed):Okay God: Your phone went dead because the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered. Me (softly): I see God God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a short that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark. Me: I'm Sorry God God: Don't be sorry, just learn to Trust Me.... in All things , the Good & the bad. Me: I will trust You. God: And don't doubt that My plan for your day is Always Better than your plan. Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, Thank You for Everything today. God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I Love looking after My Children... Copied from fb
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