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CHIEF

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  1. So, does the US do a preemptive strike, or wait to react? Are these regular Russian troops, or all Wagner mercs? CHIEF
  2. So, how long until they put a Buc-ee's on Pluto? CHIEF
  3. This just may be the greatest story I have ever heard. CHIEF
  4. No, but you wouldn't be eating USDA Prime at a relatively inexpensive price. You can bet they have backgrounds in genetics, food safety, feedlot efficiency, cost streamlining, and a myriad of other like classes totaling a mere 36 hours of their major. They have another 90 or so hours in classes like history, foreign language, Wester Civilization, biology, and zoology, to make them an educated, and well-rounded (but delusional) individual. And agriculture majors don't just go for four years to learn to put a seed in the ground to grow a plant. They are genetically engineering different strains of grains, fruits, and vegetables, to be drought and disease resistant, so you don't have to eat that $10 banana that always gets posted on here. Our ability to feed our nation is our greatest National Security asset. Food is cheaper in the US, when compared to the average consumer expenditure, then anywhere else in the World. I'm no aggy fan, but the US is a leading food producer, and a net exporter thanks to the years of research and work put in by our nation'a land grant universities and colleges. CHIEF
  5. Not to be a dick, but if you think that all you need to know about meat is if it is rotten or not, I am going to assume you eat Walmart sirloins, well done, with ketchup. CHIEF
  6. https://www.john15.rocks/list-intellectual-atheists-scientists-became-christians-believed-god-bible/ C S Lewis as well. We are here because of an uncaused cause, some of us call that uncaused cause God. Christopher Hitchens', probably the most outspoken atheist, today, has a brother that was also an atheist, Peter, that converted. Madalyn Murray O'Hare's own son was a convert, William J. Murray. This is all the thread derailment I am going to be responsible for. I am just tired of the Christians, on this board, being mocked and ridiculed, and just had enough of it. It is my belief that people that yell "there is no God" without an alternative explanation of why there is a cosmos and life are disingenuous. If that is your belief, you better damn sure be right. CHIEF
  7. If an alien wants me to be their "pet", and treat me the way my dog gets treated, please, sign me up. CHIEF
  8. I don't struggle with faith, but I am sometimes curious about others belief, and how they explain their belief in God. I certainly believe in evolution, life on other planets, and look at intellectual and scientific debates between apologists and atheists. I believe there are many more atheists that have become believers, then believers that have become atheists, in the scientific and intellectual community. Those of you that think all Christians just believe in "a man floating in the clouds" are either disingenuous, or just plain stupid. Listen to Frank Turek, or John Maddox (an Oxford mathematician) and draw this conclusion. They have debates on many of your issues. I urge you to go down this rabbit hole, as I have done. CHIEF
  9. An EMP that took out their TVs and cell phones, they would drink themselves to death within the month. In the US, it would probably take 3-4 months. CHIEF
  10. CHIEF

    Kidney Stones

    My God, what have I done. I'm having a little bit of tenderness in my left kidney, so I thought I just might read this thread. The only time I have seen my father cry was from a kidney stone. Mrs. CHIEF said her father said his kidney stone pain was worse than the pain from having his ribs split for a triple bypass. I am kind of a pussy when it comes to pain. I am scared to death. So far I have ordered the supplement that Par4's buddy sells. I am about to order the Chanca Piedra, and potassium nitrate.I told my son that we are both going to get on the supplements. I drink about 64-96 ounces of water daily, but I know he doesn't. Sounds like you wouldn't wish it on anyone, except Putin. CHIEF
  11. "Pretty ordinary" like, they are just hiding on the backside of Uranus? CHIEF
  12. My son has them on his single cab Ram 1500 4x4, they are great, especially for the money. We were able to take the leveling kit off the front, and level it with the Bilsteins. When it got to wet at the deer lease, we went to the blind in his truck. Huge ledges, washes, rocks, it didn't have any issues. Rides smooth on the highway as well as off-road. He has about 40k miles in them. CHIEF
  13. CHIEF Jr. is a wizard at GD&T, this contact knows this. Apparently Lockheed has a real shortage in that department, but without key words and phrases in other areas of his resume/cover letter, he wouldn't even get an interview. CHIEF
  14. Thanks for this JJ. We have an "in" for CHIEF Jr. at Lockheed. He has been working on his resume for over a week to get those "key words" in with the help of his deceased mentor's supervisor. Completely restructured the order of his cover letter and made other changes probably a dozen times. He has been told which departments are short of engineers with his specific skillset, and has been told to point his arrow at those targets specifically with the redesigned resume/cover letter, or he won't see the light of day. His contact loathes the HR department. Looks like he isn't the only one. CHIEF
  15. Yep. Really tough. But I don't want to see her sit in the shop so long that the seals, bushings, and cv boots dry rot. My Polaris Ranger has taken her place as my daily driver. She will make someone a damn fine vehicle. Someone could restore her to new condition for less than $2500, drive her another 150k miles, and overhaul the engine and drive her another decade or two. CHIEF
  16. Well, Mrs. CHIEF has finally decided to let go of her 4Runner instead of letting it sit unused in my shop. We bought it new from South Point, in Austin, in 2003. It is a bone stock. I was waiting for a Limited, but the sales guy called me when this loaded out Sport model came in. It is one owner, accident free. It has the 4.7 V8, five speed auto, AWD/4LO, has the electric locking axles, leather guts, and a sunroof. The paint is faded on the hood scoop, and has some rock chips. It has 254k miles on the clock, but has never needed anything other than routine maintenance (oil change, CV axles, timing chain has 54k miles on it). It has things that are wrong with a 20 year old vehicle, seats and dash have cracks from sitting in the sun at work, the above mentioned paint. But, it has easily been the best vehicle we have ever owned. But has been sitting in my shop on and off for about four years. She has been a loaner car for when friends and family needed her. Since we both love this car dearly, I decided not to make a hunting rig out of it. But I am looking for someone else that would love "Ol' Hoopty" and would give her the proper love and care that she deserves. I would not be afraid to jump in her right now and drive to Fairbanks, AK. I don't think she has it in her to be a daily driver again, but would make for a great second car, or a vehicle for a stay at home mom. It is the most capable vehicle I have ever owned, it was our transportation during Snowmageddon in Feb. of '21. I buried our TJ Jeep in blow sand one time (it was on off-road tires) took her out there on street tires, and pulled it out. When my wife decided to let her go, this thread was the first thing I thought about. The Surlyites that love their off-road vehicles. If anyone is interested please send me a DM. CHIEF
  17. Yep. At least get it back in our hemisphere. Nuevo Laredo, Juarez, or TJ, close to the border. CHIEF
  18. It's not like their isn't plenty of rare earth metals, here, in the US. We just need to go ahead and cut the cord and mine them here, and the US needs to produce 100% of our own semiconductors and microchips. CHIEF
  19. So Bob Stoops bought some property on the Texas coast? CHIEF
  20. Same image as Google Earth, about 4 years old.
  21. Definitely not. Rain and plenty of forage make for tremendous horn growth. I'm stoked, but fucked. CHIEF
  22. One of my neighbors and a good friend actually built the pipeline across the east boundary. I can ask him tomorrow if there is a way to get something to look at. CHIEF
  23. The lease, where I hunt, between Benjamin and Guthrie has been hit by two years worth of rainfall in one month. All of the roads to camp are washed out. We have been considering a helicopter to take us to camp, drive in as far as possible and try to get a drone in. We have had a few storms with probable 100 mph winds and large hail. Google Earth hasn't taken an image since before our camp was even there. Is there a website that has somewhat current satellite imagery? I would pay for it. How current of imagery can a civilian get? Thirty days, two weeks, three days? CHIEF
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