Sedalia Dave

About 45 years.

All schools in the states consist of a mandatory 12 years. Most schools also include Kindergarten which may or may not be mandatory. Kindergarten helps prepare kids for first grade. Most schools start classes in mid to late August and end sometime in May. There are two 1 week breaks; at Christmas time and again around Easter. There are some schools that go year round with extended breaks 3 or 4 times a year.

The version I'm using 1.7.36 separates misses from other penalties when printing match scores.

Who are the Savannah Bananas

His plan for his 100th birthday.

Did you also notice that was Grizzly and not a Black bear? Grizzlies are not known for their subtlety when they don’t get what they want.

Happy 99th Bday WWII Vet Mel Brooks! During WWII Melvin Kaminsky was sent to Europe with a field artillery unit, he thought he would be a radio operator. In need of combat engineers, though, the Army noticed the young private's military operational specialty the military service had trained him as an electrical engineer saw the word "engineer" and immediately reassigned him. Instead of receiving and sending coded messages, Kaminsky's new assignment was far more dangerous. His main responsibility would be to defuse land mines, but true to his nature, he joked about what possibly could go wrong. "I said, 'Oh, you don't really want me to do that, do you?'" he recalled in a 2022 interview. "'I mean, you know I'm liable to get blown up.'" Despite any misgivings about working in close proximity to explosive devices, Kaminsky survived, changed his name to Mel Brooks and went on to become the comedic genius behind such laugh-out-loud classics as "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" and "The Producers." His sense of humor served him well during World War II as Brooks found himself far from his native New York where, as a teenager, he first honed his timing on stage while working as a comic during the summers in the Catskill Mountains and too close to the Nazis for his comfort. Brooks' military journey began when the Army drafted him in 1944. He was sent to the Virginia Military Institute, where he studied electrical engineering and learned skills related to his role as a cavalry officer. During those drills, instructors taught Brooks how to ride a horse and wield a saber, skills for which he didn't have much use while growing up impoverished in Brooklyn after his father died when he was 2 years old. Brooks' military education continued during basic training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, where he learned the ins and outs of field artillery and "how to put Camel cigarettes in my ears. My ears are still yellow to this day." In November 1944, Brooks and his yellowed ears arrived in Europe as a forward artillery observer with the 78th Infantry Division before transferring to the 1104th Engineer Combat Group. Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his everlasting good fortune, he was not involved in the most intense fighting. Still, harm's way was never far away for the 1104th, which routinely dodged enemy fire as they worked ahead of the front lines; sometimes, they even engaged in close combat with German troops. Mel Brooks served as an Army combat engineer in Europe during World War II. Shown in this May 17, 2017, Mel Brooks served as an Army combat engineer in Europe during World War II. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP File Photo) The 1104th's role was crucial. When Brooks' unit was not building bridges over rivers or streams, allowing Allied troops to cross in their military trucks and tanks, or destroying pillboxes or clearing roads, they usually searched for land mines. To do that, they literally poked and prodded. "You would have to probe the earth lightly with your bayonet, and if you heard, 'Tink! Tink! Tink!' you knew there was something dangerous underneath," Brooks explained. "You had to be careful." When they discovered a land mine, one of the service members gingerly approached the explosive, deployed a whisk broom to remove any dirt from the area carefully and then disabled the lethal device. During these tense moments, Brooks said, others in the platoon hunkered down a (relatively) safe distance area away, their helmets offering only so much protection and praying the next sound they heard would not be: Boom! Not all mines were the same, either. Some were small and, unlike the larger ones, somewhat limited in the amount of damage they caused, relatively speaking. Others were more intricate, more deadly and involved tripwires; one that Brooks remembered in particular was the "Bouncing Betty," an S-mine that, when tripped, would bounce chest high and spew shrapnel in all directions. Then there were the booby traps, which unleashed their carnage when their targets least suspected it. Brooks said the 1104th’s combat engineers always were wary anywhere they went, even to the bathroom when pulling on the chain of a toilet could spring a booby trap. "To this day, even though I'm not a soldier and I'm not in Germany and I'm not in a war, if I enter a toilet with a pull chain behind the commode, I have a tendency to stand on the bathroom seat and peer into the tank above to see if there is a booby trap ... which hardly makes sense in a restaurant in New York," Brooks recalled to HistoryNet. Somehow Brooks, who saw only three months of combat, survived. Along the way, the born entertainer noticed some absurdities of military life, including his military job ("I was a combat engineer. Isn't that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering."); how a soldier's food was usually served in one pile when they bivouacked, no matter what it was ("To this day, I'm vaguely nostalgic for some sliced peaches on top of my beef bourguignon."); and simply missing some things he took for granted as a civilian ("I'd never gone to the toilet before with 16 other guys sitting next to me. I would go crazy waiting for the latrine to be free of people so I could rush in, do my stuff and rush out. It took a lot of getting used to."). Brooks, who was honorably discharged as a corporal, remained in Europe after World War II, helping with the Allied occupation and, much more in line with his natural gift for comedy, telling jokes and emceeing talent shows for the remaining troops stationed there. That lasted until Brooks returned home in April 1946. When Brooks spotted the Statue of Liberty, he became emotional, appreciative for making it through the war safely as well as for what the military had done for him. "The Army didn't rob me of my youth," Brooks, who will turn 99 on June 28, 2025, said, "It really gave me quite an education. If you don't get killed in the Army, you can learn a lot." #WW2 #USMilitary #Melbrooks #Soldiers #USarmy #History #Militarylife #specialforces https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15wdgkrpku/?mibextid=wwXIfr

@Buckshot Bear Just remember that you may see things at Wally World you can’t unsee.

THIS^^^^

I think Glock practically giving them away as well as the fact that they were extremely reliable is what turned the tide. It also helped that every Glock had the controls in the same place. Didn’t matter the caliber or frame size.

THIS ^^^^

Been using Practiscore 1 for a while. Recently set up two new Fire 7 tablets with version 2 and like it a lot better. Divisions in Practiscore are the same as SASS Categories.

They are but so are all the other internal TPMS systems I have looked at. I'm looking for something I can use on the trailer as well as my dually. There are a bunch of systems that screw onto the valve stems with the whole gambit of pricing from stupid cheap chinese junk to some that are rather expensive. My problem with the screw on types is there are a lot of horror stories of them causing the valve stems to leak at interstate highway speeds. And as far as I can tell, none of the screw on types will work on the inside duals. I bought the trailer I have and the tire set up specifically because I can tow it at interstate highway speeds without worry. The trailer has 16" load range E tires rated for 87 mph. What speeds do you tow at?

Silver Solder is how it's held on. Can be a DIY project but it is really easy to mess up the blueing. I need to replace one on a Uberti SSA. Going to use Loctite 380 to secure the new one.

There are a lot of Oaks in the US that are over 500 ears old. There even some that are believed to be over 1000 years old. Welcome to the 100 Oaks Project!

According to the all knowing government of OZ, it is bounded by the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean. Australia's oceans and seas

Don't worry WJ, I sure that if we look really really hard, we can find someone that would have you.

Yep and the environmental impact to the Glades will be huge. Not to mention all the new lawsuits about how inhumane having to stay there will be.

I have two. Taurus 738 TCP. Sub compact 380. It is my EDC because it fits in a wallet holster in either the front or back pocket of my jeans. Has never had a failure to feed or function. RIA M206. Better trigger out of the box than the Ruger LCR and a lot less expensive. I did replace the wood grips with one from Pachmayr. Stumbled upon it it in a Missouri pawn shop. If I was to buy another I would opt for the shrouded hammer.

I have fired both an AK and a SKS. I'd take the SKS any day

Having 2 battle rifles in different calibers becomes a logistics nightmare of unimaginable proportions.

For a brief period of time I got to see a DO. Loved him. His attention to detail was impressive. He did my last physical before I enrolled in the VA healthcare. Most through physical I have had since my Navy retirement physical. I'd still be seeing him except that he took a teaching job and moved away.