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Rule # 1 when moving to the Ozarks: Purchase a portable generator large enough to power essentials.
Been there, done that! Hopefully don't have to use it, but if I do ... well, it won't be the first time.
One of the better investments I ever made.
Oh I meant ice accumulations on the trees and overhead power wires - enough to cause trouble if it gets that thick.
The lake does not freeze over, not even the small 'coves'.
We're 'in between' different cycles of 'wintery precipitation' right now, with some more headed our way.
Hope you get some meaningful rainfall.!
Actually I have a pair in the truck and another in the garage. I think they are great! I wear them while shoveling, for sure. They've saved me from some falls, no doubt.
I hope, maybe, this time she has learned her lesson.
And you are right - most liberals are too stupid to have firearms, and they then try to judge everyone by their own stupid thinking.
I hear that!
The mirror, Walk, the mirror!
We're getting light snow now ... with up to 1/4 inch ice tonight, with sleet and snow, turning to 'a wintry mix' early tomorrow morning Highs not forecast to get above freeezing until Saturday ..
You sound like me, Walk ..
"If I'd known I was going to be around this long, I would have taken better care of myself".
Hindsight is always 20/20.
I saw it was on somewhere on TV a few days back ... but I had to do something else and couldn't watch. I never miss that chance though, if I can help it. IT is a true classic!
Yep, by the handful!
Yeah, must have been a real doozey!
You guys got another storm anywhere headed your way? If not, we've got one coming by that I'll send on up for ya!
I like them too ... and read/watch many of them. I have decided more than once to either purchase or pass on a gun based on his reviews.
And I'm betting he is just one pretty damned squared away guy!
I will second that .. Being held captive like he was for that length of time most definitely had a negative effect on his psyche. He was probably a narcissist long before that!
Oh man I haven't thought about that one for a while! Thanks!
Nope, me either!
I know that, growing up, if I had decided to be a little sniveling brat, I would have definitely gotten my well deserved 'physical abuse'. But then again, pop might have gotten upset if a stranger had slapped my noggin. A neighbor, or relative, though would have been just fine! LOL
Don't think so after McCain declared on TV today that Hagel would be confirmed . Not much chance of any democrat voting him down now, after that.
Heard nothing but good stuff. Jeff on Gunblast likes 'em .. but then I've never seen him give any gun a bad review .. I've often wondered if he doesn't just not review one at all rather than do a negative .. or if he just gives every one a good review for the positive publicity and relationships with the manufacturers.
But Everyone I know who has an Armscor 1911 loves it.
Man with this pro-gun legislature they have in Arkansas, I may have to move back down there!
Is that the one built by Rock Island/Armscor?
I am not personally familiar but have read a lot of good reviews on the Rick Island and Citadel, both Armscor products I think. I just wanted the Remington when I got my 1911. No particular reason. I sure like it though.
Have shot a couple of Kimber 1911s - definitely good guns.
Hey, good.. I didn't know you had a .45 .. or I just forgot. I got a Remington 1911 R-1 a couple months back. Really like it too. Hadn't shot a 1911 in a long time.
Got rid of my Ruger single six - didn't fit my hand. I think I might look around for a .40 caliber 'carry gun' now. .380 seems less and less lethal. LOL Better than nothing though.
OK, thanks .. will certainly check it out. I'm generally OK right now ... but it is like fun - can't have too much!
I'm happy for you. I haven't seen any. The vast majority of it starts out at about double the 'normal' prices, on Gunbroker.
You must be 'shopping' somewhere else! LOL
Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness and challenged his patriotism.
On a party-line vote of 14-11, the Armed Services Committee voted to send the nomination to the full Senate, where Republicans have threatened to delay a vote on the president's choice to succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
Democrats have the votes to confirm Hagel, a twice-wounded Vietnam combat veteran and former two-term Nebraska senator, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would press ahead with a vote on the most divisive nominee of Obama's second-term national security team.
Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., said after the hearing that he was hopeful the Senate could confirm Hagel by week's end.
Hagel has faced fierce opposition from Republicans who have challenged his past statements and votes on Israel, Iran, Iraq and nuclear weapons, but the two-hour-plus session took an uncomfortable turn for some members of the traditionally bipartisan panel.
Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, insisted that Hagel provide information on compensation for paid speeches over a five-year period — three years more than required — and suggested that without the information, the committee wouldn't know whether Hagel got money from "extreme and radical groups."
Cruz also suggested that Hagel's unwillingness to cooperate indicated that he was being less than forthcoming with the panel about possible payments from foreign sources.
Hagel already had told the committee that during the past 10 years neither he nor his wife had received any compensation from, or been involved in any business transactions with, a foreign government or an entity controlled by a foreign government.
Cruz's statement angered the committee's chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who rejected the notion of a different standard for Hagel than for other nominees and said he was "not going to accept your suggestion and innuendo."
Another Democrat, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, accused Cruz over going over the line.
"You basically have impugned the patriotism of the nominee" with suggestions that he is cozy with Iran, Nelson said. "You also stated your opinion that you don't think he's truthful. Those are two fairly strong statements."
Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said reports about Iranian leaders praising Hagel's nomination back up Cruz's claim. "I'd say he's endorsed by them. You can't get any cozier than that," the panel's top Republican said.
It fell to Republican Sen. John McCain to offer the strongest defense of his onetime friend, political ally and fellow Vietnam veteran.
"Sen. Hagel is an honorable man. No one on this committee should impugn his character and integrity," said the Arizona lawmaker, who later voted against the nomination.
If confirmed by the Senate, Hagel, 66, would take charge of a military in turmoil, with looming budget cuts, the drawdown of U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan and threats from North Korea, which defied the international community Tuesday in conducting its third nuclear test.
Citing those threats, Levin said the committee could not allow further delays to Hagel's nomination.
"We need a secretary of defense," Levin said.
Democrats highlighted Hagel's military background and the unique perspective he would bring to the Pentagon while arguing for giving a second-term president his Cabinet choices.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he wants a secretary of defense worrying about the men and women of the military, and he was certain that would be Hagel's overriding concern.
Republicans contended that Hagel was out of the mainstream on numerous critical issues, from threats in the Middle East to Iran's nuclear ambitions. His halting testimony at his confirmation hearing last month also troubled senators.
"The next secretary of defense will deal with a world on fire, and the testimony of Sen. Hagel was not reassuring," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. McCain said Hagel's performance was the worst of any nominee to testify before the committee.
Hagel's allies acknowledged his struggles, with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., saying she wished he were feistier and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, saying Hagel should have been more forceful. But they argued that should not disqualify the nominee.
All 55 Senate Democrats are expected to vote for Hagel, and two Republicans — Sens. Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Mike Johanns of Nebraska — have announced their support for the nominee. Although McCain and several other Senate Republicans oppose the choice, they have said they won't take the unprecedented step of delaying a vote for defense secretary.
Privately, Republicans say a drawn-out filibuster would be unsuccessful.
More than a dozen Republicans have said they will oppose their former colleague, and several others have indicated they are likely to vote no. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday she would vote against the nominee, citing his performance at his confirmation hearing.
Hagel seemed ill-prepared under withering cross-examination from committee Republicans in nearly eight hours of testimony on Jan. 31. He was repeatedly pressed about past statements and votes on Israel, Iran and nuclear weapons, with GOP lawmakers suggesting he wasn't sufficiently supportive of Israel or anti-Iran.
In the memo circulated Tuesday, Republicans sought to draw comparisons to the 2005 fight over President George W. Bush's nomination of John Bolton to be ambassador to the United Nations, when Democrats tried to stop the nomination. The position is not Cabinet-level, however.
Faced with a Democratic filibuster, Bush circumvented the Senate and made Bolton a recess appointment.
One senator, Republican David Vitter of Louisiana, did not vote in the committee Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/senate-panel-approves-hagel-pentagon-chief-220839276.html
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Total insanity. I'll never understand liberals.
You got that right.
Good for you. I'm told they're pretty scarce.
Just checked it again... and the prices don't include shipping on most of these.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=329132735
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=329114307
Here's a couple that sold for the prices shown:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=328875456
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=328888035
And here's a 500 round sale of "Wolf" steel jacketed Russian 223:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=328874188
Wasn't hard to find it at $.40 a round (or less - that's WalMart prices) before Sandy Hook for Brass cased, American made 55 gr FMJ.
Primers, too, are in short - very short - supply around here.
And why bother about learning the truth anyway, since the false version just sounds so much more 'liberal' .. ??
Typical musician trying to comment on politics.
Yep, I think that idea of using the 'good stuff' for even familiarization fire / range training stemed for some lawsuit somewhere .... Officers who used ammo for training that was different to what they were carrying were not really properly trinaed, or sume such.
I know on the state level we were using cheap stuff too, but they went to using the JHP stuff for everything, for the same 'legal' reasons.
It was going on gunbroker for up to $.90 - $1.00 a round for a while in late December ..
Terrible.
Neither of those is going anywhere ..
How true, on all accounts ..
Gosh you hit that one right.
Worse than "TASS" ever was, back in the old USSR days. But, we have to remember, TASS was totally government controlled and censored ... These guys are doing it willingly.
Delete
And she would be the same 'impartial' one who moderated a presidential candidate debate ..
I truly despise the media these days. Everything they say or do is a mockery of what was intended by 'free press'
Yeah, I remembered you had 'descended from Razorbacks' LOL
Had a couple of trips to San Antonio/Ft Sam Houston. Remember the first time, I had an absolutely great meal of seafood. Stayed overnight that time, but other time was just 'passing' thru. Never got to see the Alamo though .. Understand it is basically just ruins anyway.
That might well be something to consider, with the military facilities there - or at least somewhere out on the perimeter. Sounds like you enjoyed it. Appreciate it.
Be safe
I hear ya! Could be a lot worse though. You could be stuck in the Ozarks with a bunch of 'Ozarkians' ... LOL
We've seriously been thinking about trying to move somewhere warmer. Hate winters these days.
I have not thought about that one for a long while .....
Thinking about moving a bit more 'this-a-way' Walk?