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[quote]I was over at my dads house today helping with some household chores. He lives in a very rural area of a very red state. At the end of the work we went to one of the nearby country bars. It's the kind of place that farmers, truckers, legit cowboy boot wearers and the working class go to unwin...

re: Waterfowl Shotgun

Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger on 7/18/24 at 10:49 am
[quote]Ithaca[/quote] I love my ole man's Model 37...especially the part that ejects out the bottom. I can pick it up left or right handed and shoot it without worrying about powder burn in my face when I'm cycling it....
Wow...even Missouri Democrats are starting to see the light....
bullshite. Secret Service dropped the ball. Plain and Simple. They have ONE JOB. Protect POTUS and his family. That includes former Presidents as well and later whoever the RNC/DNC select as the people to run for POTUS. The Secret Service screwed the pooch. It's on them. They'll blame eve...
Sounds like someone at Duramax is being paid by the big corn lobbyists. ...
[quote]Pulling 18 wheelers over on basin will just result in more wrecks[/quote] Hell a LSP just driving on the Basin Bridge can cause a wreck. Especially when they are doing UNDER the speed limit. ...

re: 45 ACP?

Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger on 7/8/24 at 1:22 pm
[quote]Springfield Operator's[/quote] I had to settle for my Range Officer...wanted the Operator for the rail but my Range Officer is pretty damn nice. I see SA has cancelled the RO and now it looks like the Mil Spec has taken its place. TRP looks good too....
That wasn't any cold medicine. Unless it was a COVID booster that made him like that. ...

re: New Tahoe Question….

Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger on 7/1/24 at 3:21 pm
2018 Z71 Tahoe with 5.3L owner here. Prior to 2024 that truck was AWESOME. Then all of sudden once it got close to 60K miles everything started acting up: 1. Lost power steering going 75mph down the interstate. All kinds of lights on dash. Found out then the steering was electric (no power stee...
My mom tried to enclose/encapsulate her crawlspace, but when she was looking into it her insurance company informed her it would invalidate her flood insurance. Turns out FMEA requires a path for flood waters to recede from under your house (that's what she was told by USAA). I don't know your sit...
Hookers and blow man...he was knee deep in it....

re: Dive Gear Servicing

Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger on 6/21/24 at 9:16 am
Call Hollis Customer service and see if they have any certified service providers in your area. How often do you get your reg serviced? I definitely need to get my tanks hydro-ed and vis checked. Probably due on my Cressi regs too....
Stupid question: does the house have wainscotting and sheetrock cut? If so the person cutting the sheetrock may have not set their blade right and cut through the wires. I know because after Rita a contractor did exactly that to my mom and dad's house. I had to rewire their bedroom....
Not surprised at all. Boeing's testing program is weak at best. ...
[quote]What exactly did Obamacare even “fix” again?[/quote] It "fixed" the insurance companies' ability to raise premiums and deductibles and pay less to the doctor making the patient more financially responsible for medical care. It didn't HELP anyone that actually had a job. Oh, it FIXED plen...
And there's no real alternative...unless you want to travel through speed trap laden towns to the north of I-10....
Go further north to Tennessee...there's no income tax in Tennessee. You'll thank me later....

re: Big Spec

Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger on 6/6/24 at 6:54 am
No. My father was the USMC Recruiter at RSS Lake Charles from 1986-1990. He was the NCOIC from 88-90 there. ...

re: Big Spec

Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger on 6/5/24 at 5:02 pm
He said he was at PI (Parris Island)...not MCAS Beaufort....

re: Big Spec

Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger on 6/5/24 at 5:01 pm
Never got to go to PI. Dad was a Hollywood Seabee in 'Nam and later lateraled to the Corps....went to Recruiter School out at MCRD San Diego for that too....