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Youth Minister's (and other pervs) Thread of Shame
Reagan1k replied to tx 3 putt's topic in Daily Texan
Clemishire told WFAA that though her family forgave him, they never supported Morris returning to the ministry. “I think leaders can get caught up and think it’s our responsibility to protect God and it’s not. Our responsibility is to protect the people,” she added. “God is bigger than all of that.” I agree with the victim here especially on the last part, but I think she's giving the leaders too much credit. They aren't trying to protect God. They're trying to protect their own base of power and access to victims. God and the key principles of fundamental spirituality seldom if ever enter their consciousness. -
Yep - All those. I buy a shit-ton of ammunition. It's useful today, provides security for tomorrow (from scarcity) and holds its value. All those site and many others are worth a look. My experience is that most of the time, the biggest value is making sure you're getting free shipping and aren't required to pay sales tax, wherever you are. Don't step over a dollar to pick up a dime. Look for the freight and tax terms most advantageous to your situation 1st, and then start comparing cost per round. Those two factors are bigger savings than any differential retail pricing between vendors.
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Commentary from SG Ammo. He’s pretty transparent on his pricing. It is a buyer's market for ammo with prices cut to the bone these days. It would be wise to stock up while demand is down, and profit margins are under 10%. One of the funny things I have observed in my 23+ years in this business is that most consumers do not buy when demand and prices are down and wait for prices to go back up before purchasing. This is all part of a market cycle, and like all cycle’s things change, often quickly and unexpectedly. Don't be the person that waited to buy when demand and prices to spike.
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In spite of this, the summer price slump is here and prices have trended lower in the past several weeks at the retail level. That will be temporary. We're going to get the confluence of component scarcity, the election, and the fall demand. Today may be as good as it gets for some time.
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PREACH!!!!! An 8' stringer in that water is like tying a chum bucket to your thigh. That tug will gather all of your attention rather quickly.
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Since we're gathered around the campfire telling stories, I always known that the gulf beaches had a lot more sharks in and around swimmers than most folks would like to believe. Then I got a chance to ride shotgun in one of those ultralights that you see buzzing up and down the surf. A retired Eastern Airlines pilot lived and flew daily out there and took me up. I was slack-jawed at times, especially around Pensacola pass on an outgoing tide. I remember telling my wife that I thought every shark in the gulf must be compressed within 300 yards of the beach. Even thinking "I knew"........the amount was staggering, and the number of BIG sharks was amazing. That may be a way to deal with the crowds down there going forward - Just broadcast some drone footage when clarity is good and bait has migrated towards the beach.
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He should co-op the old Bell Telephone commercials - "Long-Distance Hickok45 - its the next best thing to being there."
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Yep. In a landscape absent the AR and all the modularity aspects, we’d be talking about the mini as a home defense / PDW (especially the folder) held in high regard….arguing about it in the .556 vs. the commi-pill chambering.
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No kidding. It goes bang repeatedly regardless of what’s gummed it up. I have the 10mm with a red dot and keep it in a floorboard compartment in the back of my suburban. Once in a while I hit it with compressed air to knock the dust off, spray one blast of oil on it and cycle the bolt. Packs a lot of punch within 100 yards for $299.99. Great truck or ranch gun. I have a helluva lot more confidence in it firing under horrible conditions and treatment than one of the bargain basement ARs.
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I like the mini-14. Haters hate but it’s a cool little firearm. That’s the thing about guns. Fortunately, at least right here and right now they aren’t a zero sum game. It doesn’t have to be A or B. Hell, I own a HiPoint carbine and an H&R .22 revolver along with all the nicer “better” stuff I have. I’m not ashamed.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^That's a real concern^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Also, if one does take on that additional risk and expense to service a loan, then I'd want a helluva much higher rate of return than commercial rates which goes to UTPhil's question. Gotta be an extenuating circumstance or the 5% must just be an example rate in the OP and not the real terms.
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Colorado Vacation Destinations - Not Quite So Crowded, But Still Cool
Reagan1k replied to Dbeasy's topic in Food and Travel
Colorado Springs - Zoo would be great. Up in Divide which is about 45-50min drive, there was/is a wolf and wildlife rescue facility that I recall had a great tour. Its been years since I went but everyone enjoyed it and they seemed to be doing work worth supporting. Not suitable for the 2yr old, and not sure if you can register without being a guest, but the beginner falconry experience at the Boadmoor is incredible. Amazing birds and they do some cool exhibitions. Have done Pike's Peak both by car and Cog Railway. Value in both. I'm not a big fan of heights (more accurate to say I'm scared of falling from heights). That said, adventurous folks love Royal Gorge and that f'ing slingshot skycoaster thing. There's more than enough to do in that area to keep you occupied. Ditto basically everything said above. -
Fair enough. I should have been more clear. I've got lodging at Park Hyatt Beaver Creek and will have a car, so I guess tell me what to do in Vail / Beaver Creek area. I checked the Vail Summer thread but found a lot of covid era discussion and decided to not muddy up that thread with a bump.
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Advice on restaurants and interesting things to do/see (beyond the requisite hiking)?
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Firearms Collection (individually) (1940s to 1980s)
Reagan1k replied to dcbc's topic in Best Buy Coupons
Is the model 70 still avail? pics or link if you posted and I missed it. edit - found the pics! Thanks. -
Clear is doing some ID upgrades when you check in now for security at their kiosks so the line is moving slower than normal to get escorted up. More time per person per kiosk adds up when the workers have to go through the extra steps before they can walk you up. Once they finish this or when the majority of fliers have done the extra steps once, it should smooth out. Having both Pre and Clear give you a little flexibility that's very much worth it at certain times. Especially if TSA is understaffed (gasp - how could that be) and the Pre line is backed up. Clear obviously takes you to the front of the line and bypasses the snaking ropes. However, if the Pre line is very short, it's a toss-up and Pre can be quicker if you can walk right up to to the TSA booth for the ID check instead of having to duck and dodge at the booth to get your eyes in the right spot for Clear to find you. I view Pre as a necessity and Clear as an insurance policy or add-on. Edited to say I can't speak to ABIA specifically, but Clear in general has been slowed for a while now for this reason.
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Turkey's for eatin'....not making guns. Your "advisor" there probably open carries a Taurus .380 at Sam's Club on the weekends for a big day out.
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Quoted for truth and emphasis. Sometimes the best business is that which you DON'T get. And that's just the cherry on top of not wasting time on an improperly qualified opportunity.
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Its a wildcat cartridge and a special action that just looks like a glock but has a cylinder. Those guys at the academy gun counter are known to be cutting edge experts in firearms. Just go stand at the counter one day and listen to 'em talk. Hank and Skeeter (the new kid-hired last week) have been working in the back on load development and programing the CNC machine to ramp up production. Get on board. It's the next big thing.
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Whatever path works for you is the right path. I'll share this which has been my experience - not to try and convince you of anything, but because what you shared sounds eerily familiar with how I felt. I'd tried everything I could think of to avoid AA and for the same reasons. One of the first things I was told when I'd spouted off a few "yeah, but" comments was to really consider the words of a philosopher who said - There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation. I got really hung up for a while on the god deal, which turns out was more of a hang-up with organized religion and its teachings. I was an agnostic who thought he was an atheist. My turning point was being told I didn't have to believe shit. All I had to do was have a willingness to believe if it ever came to that, and just acknowledge I didn't have all the answers and am not running the universe. I'm analytic - not an engineer but a show me kind of thinker. What I experienced was that the step process is actually almost scientific in nature. It doesn't matter what I think will happen or even want to happen, but if I do x, y, and z, I'll get a specific result - often in spite of myself. Like baking a cake or a chemical reaction....... If I follow the directions, the result is predictable and consistent regardless of how I feel, what I want, or think will happen. Hell, I know two belligerent sons of bitches who actually tried to prove that this stuff won't really work by doing it out of spite and they too got the predictable result instead of what they wanted....which was to show everyone it was a bullshit fairy tale. Anyway, best of luck and keep chiming in here please. It's always encouraged and welcome!!!!! It's how we all learn and evolve.
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Yep! And perfectly normal to consider whether you should burn the place to the ground if the other car gets finished first, right? Self, self, self, self, self - Oh wait....there's another way to think. I take a breath, hear a different voice and consider that I don't know whether its good or bad if I get done first, or if it even matters to begin with. I'm a cog in a wheel on a small rock hurtling through space. A spec on a spec in the big picture. Things are as they should be and fundamentally all is OK. Practice, practice, practice - spin off, come back to center, spin off, come back to center. Grateful I found a way to make "It" stop.
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I'm the opposite at IAH - I hate the layout and being seated anywhere near the bar. It's where the bar, food service door, hallway to bathroom, and food line all converge. Impossible not to have people stepping over you, spilling shit, or bumping your table or computer. It's way too cramped for my taste. That's just me.
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Best I could tell he assumed he could just walk past the line and into the lounge by casually flashing his fancy platinum card to the desk associate as he walked by. She politely invited him to join the line to check in along with everyone else and I guess that was beneath him. He's a platinum cardholder yada yada, do you know who I am sort of shit. Manager stepped in and told him - still very respectfully- that he had no more or no less status than anyone else who was patiently waiting in line and he was welcome to join them. That's when it went to shit city - he threatened to cancel his card due to lack of RESPECT. Manager calmly said that might be the best thing as he wasn't welcome in the lounge with his attitude toward staff and the other patrons. Manager offered a phone and even said he'll dial the number if joker wanted to call AMEX. Dude's wife was trying to wiggle under the tiles in the floor and escape notice at this point while the manager explained the behavior wasn't acceptable or tolerated, and none of their party would be entering his lounge today. Manager was a 100% pro. Calm, but no bullshit and no second chances. Hope he enjoyed his Hudson News trail mix and $6 bottle of water.
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Yeah - I've let a few swifts get by me over a couple hundred dollars here lately. Trying to keep it under $1500 plus buyers premium to keep it under two grand but haven't hit one yet. I've seen more 257's in auctions recently than I have over the last 12 months, but that's the difference in 5-6 vs. 2-3. I haven't checked Gunbroker in a while. So many of those give me bad vibes when dealing with M70's b/c there is a growing trend of "replicas" being passed off as real - rebarreled, restamped, restocked and not acknowledged.......that's harder to police there vs. with an auction house if something comes in and its obvious. There's a very nice supergrade Bob coming up to auction in a few days and I'm really, really tempted, but the butt plate was removed and a Pachmayr pad added, and a little notch out of the stock under receiver where a Lyman sight was added then removed. No one else would notice or give a shit but I'd think of those two things every time I wiped it down. I know it is probably unreasonable on my part considering the age of the rifle but whatever!
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Exactly why I edited the comment. Lowering current taxes just for the sake of lowering taxes is very different than what you described. Glad there was some clarification. Too often, "reducing taxes" is just for the sake of such in a vacuum, and doesn't look at long term ramifications, but you have a plan and a purpose. Sounds like you need to be dishing advice instead of asking!
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