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CHIEF

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  1. Sorry, was busy peeling scrimps and didn't proofread. CHIEF
  2. Google says $1,000,000 worth of dimes weigh slightly over 5000 lbs. I would look for the pick up with the frame bottomed out on the spring perches headed for the William J. Lapetomane tollway. CHIEF
  3. What's even more hilarious is to have the audacity to actually think you can ascribe your human emotions and sense of morality to cattle. If you have 5,000 head of cattle in a 50 acre feedlot with all of the feed they can possibly eat, and an open gate to a 10,000 acre pasture knee deep in Coastal Bermuda. 100% 0f the cattle will be shoulder to shoulder in the feedlot. All they care about is what every other creature cares about, the most calories that can be consumed for the least amount expended. So, actually the feedlot is their paradise. I've worked on a dairy. Dairy cows don't go off to loaf in the pasture after being milked. They crowd around the entrance to the milking floor waiting for the next opportunity to get their feedbag on. CHIEF
  4. He gets his meat and dairy products from the store. Not from cruel feedlots and dairy farms. Didn't you know? CHIEF
  5. They are pulled straight from the freezer, and dropped in 375 degree oil for seven minutes. It’s foolproof. Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas are in for a treat. They will have to add a dining room. CHIEF
  6. They are expanding east from Stephenville over to Granbury, at least that is what Austin Allsup told CHIEF Jr. Yesway is looking to expand the brand pretty hard. With CHIEF Jr. graduating, this could not have happened at a better time. Apparently they are going to build one right outside our back gate at the corner of Hwy. 144 and FM 2425 between Glen Rose and Granbury. One of the big stakeholders in Yesway (also the closest Yesway to me), lives in Graham, I leased his place for O&G back in 2015. CHIEF
  7. Tongan muscle fiber is just that much more dense. CHIEF
  8. So like a less skilled Jalon Milroe. I bet they would kill to get Eli Stowers back from New Mexico State. CHIEF
  9. My late FIL always received a copy of Jerry Scarborough’s newsletter. He was in constant amazement that I already knew much of the information. It took him a few years to realize that there was this website, Hornfans, where a bunch of us were acquiring this supposed insider knowledge that he had to pay for. CHIEF
  10. Was blind, but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved Might have to write a "contemporary" new verse to Amazing Grace. CHIEF
  11. I'm not up to snuff on 1950's Russian rock bands, or any Russian musicians from the 1950s for that matter. CHIEF
  12. I should have used the Smothers Brothers after watching that Ukrainian tank push those Ruskie's shit in by dragging their tank balls and burying them in their trenches. CHIEF
  13. DLR for sure. Earliest Van Halen is best Van Halen. CHIEF
  14. So it's like putting up our Van Halens against their Buddy Hollies? To use an analogy. CHIEF
  15. I remember several hundred pages back, when Russia was doing some nuclear saber rattling, it was mentioned that OSINT wasn't too concerned as they had not seen Russia pulling nuclear warheads from their storage facility. Do the Russians actually keep their nuclear warheads in centralized facilities and dole them out when put on high alert? NATO OSINT knows where these facilities are? Would it be possible to eliminate the threat of these facilities using non-NATO sabotage groups, like from Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, and some of the Stans. That would leave the Russians with just a maritime threat with their subs. CHIEF
  16. Let's look at Mexico. The requirements to apply for a firearm license don't sound too stringent: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexicans-have-the-right-to-own-guns-but-few-do/ At least six separate documents are required to buy a gun: a birth certificate, a letter confirming employment, proof of a clean criminal record from the attorney general’s office in the applicant’s home state, a utility bill with current address, a copy of a government-issued ID and a federal social security number. Like some are advocating here, a national registry, and no CCL: Gun owners must register every weapon they have, and people say it’s nearly impossible to secure a concealed carry permit, something that’s allowed in the majority of U.S. states. You send in your paperwork, but the Mexican Government knows what is best for you: “If I put my papers in ... they’re going to take about three to four, even six months, and then send me a letter telling me that it’s the obligation of the state to provide security for all people in Mexico, so your permit is denied,” said Segurajauregui, who is a professor of design at Mexico’s Metropolitan Autonomous University. He called that idiotic. “You can’t assign a soldier to preserve the security of each and every one of the people,” he said. The Mexican Government doesn't really want you to have them anyway: “It’s preferred not to have a gun, even at home, because there could be accidents or worse, accidents within families due to the mishandling of weapons. It’s like having a match close to a fire,” Tellez said. “It’s an obligation of the state to provide security to the people who live in the country, not for you to take justice into your own hands.” But why would Mexican citizens want a firearm? Some people aren’t confident about authorities’ ability to provide security. On a recent day, Mexico City resident Alejandro Lozano came to pick up a hunting rifle after waiting about a week while his documents were processed. He said he keeps a handgun at home, but wishes he could legally carry it to protect himself from violent robberies targeting bus passengers, motorists at stoplights and customers emerging from banks and ATMs. Do Mexican citizens have a valid concern? Yet, while Mexico has a homicide rate more than five times higher than in the U.S., such sentiments have brought no widespread debate about gun rights, and there is no political push to ease firearm restrictions. Firearm protection is mostly limited to police, the drug cartels, the military, and the financial elites that can afford security details. This is on our southern border. If the US government instituted the same restrictions in the US, do the gun control advocates think that in the next 50 or so years, we wouldn't have the same situation? My friends that live here, and also have homes in Mexico say that when they go back to see family, they make sure to take bribe money, don't drive a car that they can't afford to loose, pray for safety, and a bit of luck. They keep their head down and try to look as inconspicuous as possible. Again, I am not saying something can't be done. BC's ideas are palpable. But Mexico shows us that tight restrictions don't necessarily mean a drop in homicides. It has emboldened criminals, and the cartels that don't adhere to the laws anyway. CHIEF
  17. Here is a link to the scuba board forums. Great place to ask questions, and probably some good reads before you go: https://scubaboard.com/community/forums/belize.439/ CHIEF
  18. I talked to my son about scholarships and grants for vocational training/ apprenticeships vs. college funds available. He is about to graduate college with an ME. He is adamant that there is a ton more money available for vocational training than for college, and it isn't even close. I asked him to show his work, but good luck with that. He said his buddies that went that route had jobs already lined up when they started their training, and that there are a shitload of companies that will pick up the tab, if the trainees are willing to sign some kind of contract. These are good jobs that pay high five figure and low six figure salaries, and they won't ding you for footing the bill on the education. One of my best friends from college dropped out of ME and went to TSTC in Waco to get an associate in automation engineering. He has been working for Chemlime for 35 years, automating their lime plants. He has worked at the Schertz plant, and the Clifton plant, when he wanted to move back home. He has been making six figures for, at least, 30 of those years. It's mainly been an office job, with occasional field work for the install. When you look at the cost analysis, it is easy to see why it is the better route for a lot of young men. CHIEF
  19. Be on the lookout for one Chad Briscoe, and a Rudy rubbing his bird. CHIEF
  20. Everything already owned would have to be Grandfathered. Nothing that is presently, and legally owned can be considered illegal and confiscated. If so, it will never get past "they are coming for your guns" crowd. No gun registry for legal weapons already owned through purchase, gifted, or inherited. All new purchases from the day the new laws are enacted are subject to the new restrictions. I believe any new purchases are entered into a registry, anyway for at least 24 months (that's what an LEO buddy told me, Handcruser can correct me if I am wrong). Bozo's ideas are pretty well thought out. CHIEF
  21. Are you sure? We live on the Brazos, the riverbed is public because the Brazos is considered a "navigable" river. I remember, when we lived in Austin, people were being hassled if they stood up in the Blanco river, down by Wimberly. The landowners always argued that the Blanco was not considered "navigable" therefore the riverbed belonged to the landowner. You were okay floating, but you couldn't touch the bottom. At least that is the argument the landowners used. https://www.kut.org/texas/2017-03-31/want-to-visit-the-blanco-river-private-land-ownership-makes-this-texas-waterway-elusive-to-most CHIEF
  22. I was in a Dodge 3/4 ton. They came up throwing beer bottles at the truck, got in front of us trying to stop us. I wasn't going to stop after that. It was a 120 mph chase all the way to Throckmorton. This was 2006, there wasn't any cell service two miles out of town, and it was spotty in town. You couldn't get a 911 call out. My priority was to get my son into a crowded restaurant, for protection. It was Friday Night ribeye night at this restaurant, there was at least 60 people there. You would think that would have deterred them from pulling in and getting in a fight where someone would know them. You would have thought wrong. When they hit the ditch to come back into the parking lot, I had about 8-10 seconds to come up with a plan. My truck was fine, tweaked the trailer hitch when it was pulled off their hood. CHIEF
  23. I guess it is just the noble gesture being able to do things manually. It would come in handy if we had an EMP strike. CHIEF
  24. No, they made it abundantly clear what they were up to. My priority was my child, and getting him to safety. I wrecked their car so they couldn't leave. They were planing a quick assault, robbery, and fleeing the scene, or they wouldn't have followed me. I had my son run into the restaurant and call LEO. I am just repeating what I was told by the LEOs, including time and distance from the scene. Throckmorton does not have a police department, they have a sheriff's department responsible for the whole county, there was one officer on duty nowhere to be found.. Might want to get your facts straight. CHIEF
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