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On 3/20/2022 at 8:16 PM, Jimmy Snacks said:

My trailer is black...😜

Mine is as well and stays dry as a bone in the off season. Depends on where you park it of course. 

5 hours ago, Highmark said:

 

6 minutes ago, xcr700 said:

Wow. Insanely tragic news. I couldn't imagine what the parents are going through 

 

5 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Very sad news.  

 

Resort should have placed beware of alligators signs next to the no swimming ones if they were known to be in the area.

 

 

 

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43 minutes ago, Highmark said:

I know the difference I'm posting what the media and statistics call them.   

Understood, I just irritates me how the media and gun control freaks either willingly or ignorantly confuse this fact. 

2 hours ago, Wildcat said:

the suspect has been shot and is apparently dead. Hostages are safe

Tell me guns dont work... LMAO

Go Texas!

 

He must not of had an assault rifle. 

This was all at close range last time I checked so many other semi-automatic weapons could have been used to commit just as much damage as the weapon used in this mass killing, including pistols, rifles, shotguns etc etc . Anyone that thinks otherwise is living in a dream world. 

1 hour ago, Highmark said:

Assault rifles are only used in 11% of mass shootings.

https://everytownresearch.org/reports/mass-shootings-analysis/

 

 

Assault rifle might be the most misunderstood term in the history of mankind.  http://www.gunsandammo.com/gun-culture/9-misused-gun-terms/

Assault Rifles vs. Assault Weapons vs. Semi-Automatic Rifles
The term “assault rifle” is perhaps the most commonly misused gun term, and certainly it’s one of the most damaging to the public’s perception of firearms. Most often, the media, anti-gun groups and all-too-many gun owners incorrectly use it to describe an AR-15 rifle.

As noted by David Kopel in an article in the “Journal of Contemporary Law,” the U.S. Department of Defense defines assault rifles as “selective-fire weapons that fire a cartridge intermediate in power between sub-machine gun and rifle cartridges.” The AR-15 and other civilian carbines errantly called assault rifles do no such thing. They are semi-automatic, non-battlefield firearms.

To add further clarity, “AR” also does not stand for “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle” — as is occasionally implied — but rather ArmaLite rifle, after the company that developed it in the 1950’s.

However, anti-gun groups have been hugely successful applying the false label to convince Americans that AR-15’s and other semi-auto rifle platforms are a fully automatic, public threat. Much of the mainstream media now uses the “assault rifle” label broadly and without question.

To further capitalize, anti-gun groups completely invented the term “assault weapons” to broadly cover everything from home-defense shotguns to standard-capacity handguns — anything they wish to ban.

Read more: http://www.gunsandammo.com/gun-culture/9-misused-gun-terms/#ixzz4BZ4lshHz

On 6/8/2016 at 10:03 AM, Capt.Storm said:

It can be a problem.

Some Subarus and caddys and what not also have aluminum hoods and I have seen corrosion. Now put that aluminum where the salt will hit it more and look out.

 

Ford Expedition liftgates were a huge issue...various other brands did hoods as well, like Buick for example. 

On 6/7/2016 at 7:34 PM, Sal Rosenberg said:

 

Great tracks replaced with boring cookie cutter 1 1/2 mile snoozefests .     Idiots.

 

When Nascar started dying off....

15 hours ago, Mileage Psycho said:

That's a large demographic who is going to be buying more couches than you or me in the future LOL

Of course I would never buy a couch without sitting and laying in it, but I will say that I buy appliances, home furnishing, clothes, sled parts, etc., and when I think about it 80% of my purchasing is on line.

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After a few uncomfortable couches that don't last they might put a little more emphasis on quality when they can afford it. But I agree with you that more and more retail is going online and will continue to do so. I am sort of surprised Best Buy has been able to stay in the game but I assume it is because a large part of their revenue stream is from online sales. 

2 hours ago, Mileage Psycho said:

How old are you?

The reason I ask is because 20-35 years olds are buying many couches without sitting on them, time stands still for no one.

 

Old enough to know that I am not buying a couch online because it is cheaper. Just bought an american made sectional after sitting on a BUNCH I did not like. Sure if you are young and price is the primary consideration...then online makes sense. 

59 minutes ago, Anler said:

Amazon and online retailers are killing big box stores.

Not helping that is for sure. 

55 minutes ago, 02sled said:

It seems that studies have shown that the puppies are going to the retail store to touch and feel the product to make a decision then buying online to save a couple of bucks. I wonder what will happen if they don't have the retail store to actually go and see the product first hand. I can't imagine buying for example living room furniture online without actually seeing it other than an online picture.

 

16 minutes ago, 1jkw said:

I can't see buying a couch without sitting on it but people do it all the time.

Yep no way I am buying a couch or chair without sitting on it..too many are all about style and are not comfortable at all. 

Parents taking back a gift or privilege from a kid..what a novel concept. 

Considering it was a 98 Exploder he did the kid a favor. 

17 hours ago, SSFB said:

CKF and myself mutually agreed that only Snotty would be banned from the start since he threatened the previous owner with physical harm.

We decided to give the other misfits a second chance. Right or wrong, that's the decision that was made. 

 

I am okay with it. The dumbasses that continually respond to him (Zoso) are no better IMO. 

11 minutes ago, 1jkw said:

Like all of the get rich quick, secret to success schools or programs out there, people do gain some knowledge, but if it was that easy everyone would be billionaires, no one forced them to take the course buyer beware.

 

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The saying "a fool and his money are soon parted" comes to mind. I have no doubt some shady stuff occurred with this org and all the other wealth generation/wealth creation seminars that go around...does not make it right.  

On 5/29/2016 at 4:48 PM, Rounder said:

It seems to me many posters here are angry about something. Why all the hate?!

Seems like a personal problem you dumb SOB.  

6 minutes ago, Ebsell said:

I wouldn't pay anyone to fill me full of shit. I can get that done for free at the local bar or coffee shop lol

It is sad they prey on college kids for this shit. As bad as timeshare salesmen are with old people. The more money they have the higher the price tag..

7 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Just drove 2200 miles from Iowa to Raleigh, NC and back and cannot get over the amount of road construction going on.   A little over half was the same road as I came back a bit different route for a change of scenery.   I'm not sure I went a 50 mile stretch at any one point where there wasn't some type of road construction going on.

 

Some absolutely beautiful scenery thru Kentucky, Western NC and West Virginia.  Definitely going back with my bike and riding that area some day.  

 

 

 

Something to check out if you go: http://tailofthedragon.com/

And I found that relying on google maps reroutes helped avoiding traffic jams due to construction and accidents...note I said helped. 

On 5/24/2016 at 8:52 AM, Mainecat said:

Many young people have given up before they reach college. Yes colleges have become profit centers instead of higher learning centers.....just sell seats and move them along for the next class.

Listened to Sanders speak a while back in an interview and he stated what I have been for years ....a 60's or 70's High School diploma is equal to today's 4 year college degree.

 

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Not buying that for a minute...some degrees maybe. 

.49 a pound? Bone in? Good price either way unless it was a 10 year old boar.

I was thinking of doing a shoulder this weekend as well on my Masterbuilt. 

1 hour ago, Puzzleboy said:

Jailbroken Ipad, tons of spendy Apps that would require saving and reinstalling.  Aint gonna happen. 

Sounds like a personal problem. 

40 minutes ago, SVT Renegade XRS said:

Mike Rowe, the popular host of CNN's Somebody's Gotta Do It and former host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, lays into Bernie Sanders for pushing everyone to go to college.

Rowe, whom Reason interviewed in December 2013 (see below), isn't against college, but he takes exception to the idea that the only legit way to get ahead these days is to get a university sheepskin. Rather, he argues, there are lots of excellent trade jobs available that many people would not only be successful at but happy to do. He sees a systematic, elitist attempt to denigrate such work in the name of college for all.

 

Mike 

 

Summed it up perfectly IMO. 

http://reason.com/blog/2015/12/15/mike-rowe-to-bernie-sanders-stop-telling

Mike Rowe, the popular host of CNN's Somebody's Gotta Do It and former host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, lays into Bernie Sanders for pushing everyone to go to college.

Rowe, whom Reason interviewed in December 2013 (see below), isn't against college, but he takes exception to the idea that the only legit way to get ahead these days is to get a university sheepskin. Rather, he argues, there are lots of excellent trade jobs available that many people would not only be successful at but happy to do. He sees a systematic, elitist attempt to denigrate such work in the name of college for all.

From Rowe's Facebook page:

Bernie Sanders tweets, “At the end of the day, providing a path to go to college is a helluva lot cheaper than putting people on a path to jail.”

I wonder sometimes, if the best way to question the increasingly dangerous idea that a college education is the best path for the most people, is to stop fighting the sentiment directly, and simply shine a light on the knuckleheads who continue to perpetuate this nonsense. This latest tweet from Bernie Sanders is a prime example. In less than 140 characters, he’s managed to imply that a path to prison is the most likely alternative to a path to college. Pardon my acronym, but...WTF!?...

It’s a cautionary tale as predictable as it is false. But now, as people are slowly starting to understand the obscenity of 1.3 trillion dollars in student loans, along with the abundance of opportunity for those with the proper training, it seems the proponents of “college for all” need something even more frightening than the prospect of a career in the trades to frighten the next class into signing on the dotted line. According to Senator Sanders, that “something,” is a path to jail.

I try not to be political on this page, because the truth is, arrogance and elitism are alive and well in every corner of every party—especially with respect to this topic. But I have to admit, this is the first time I’ve seen an elected official support the hyper-inflated cost of a diploma by juxtaposing it with the hyper-inflated cost of incarceration. Honestly, I’m not sure what to make of it.

When Reason TV interviewed Rowe, he made a similar argument. It's as forceful as it is convincing. Take a look or a listen. Transcript after the jump.

Diplomas vs. Dirty Jobs

TV host Mike Rowe on the educational bias against unglamorous, good-paying work

Nick Gillespie from the April 2014 issue

"If we are lending money that ostensibly we don't have to kids who have no hope of making it back in order to train them for jobs that clearly don't exist, I might suggest that we've gone around the bend a little bit," says TV personality Mike Rowe. Rowe is the longtime host of Discovery Channel'sDirty Jobs, where he takes on gigs straight out of Bob Dylan songs: working on fishing boats, sewer systems, oil derricks, slaughterhouses, and more.

"There is a real disconnect in the way that we educate vis-a-vis the opportunities that are available," he adds. "You have right now about 3 million jobs in transportation, commerce, and trades that can't be filled."

Rowe, who once sang for the Baltimore Opera and worked as an on-air pitchman for the shopping channel QVC, worries that traditional K-12 education demonizes good-paying, in-demand blue-collar fields while insisting instead that everyone get a college degree. Between the mikeroweWORKS Foundation and Profoundly Disconnected, a venture between Rowe and the heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, the TV personality is hoping both to help people find new careers and to publicize what he calls "the diploma dilemma."

Rowe recently sat down with reason's Nick Gillespie to discuss the problem with taxpayer-supported college loans, the importance of a work ethic, the burden of regulatory compliance, and his own unusual work history. For video of the interview, go here or see the video embedded at the end of this article.

reason: We're doing everything we can to push every kid to go to a four-year college. What's wrong there?

Mike Rowe: It's not working. You've got a trillion dollars in debt on the student loan side. We have a skills gap.

reason: What do you mean by skills gap?

Rowe: You have right now about 3 million jobs in transportation, commerce, and trades that can't be filled.

reason: This is anything from carpentry to being an electrician, a plumber, construction-

Rowe: Heating, electric, truck drivers. Welders is a big one. There's a long list of jobs that parents typically don't sit down and say to their kids: "Look, if all goes well, this is what you're going to do."

reason: But these are actually jobs that are not only available but pay well.

Rowe: Yes, is the short answer. But of course, "pay well" is kind of relative. What they are mostly, in my opinion, are opportunities. A good welder right now can pretty much write his or her own ticket. Companies like Caterpillar, Bechtel, you can go down the list: They have had open shortages for decades. I talked to a kid the other day up in Butler, North Dakota. So it's Butler, right? It's cold. But he works on heavy equipment up there, makes over $100 an hour, works when he wants, paid for his house in cash, raising a family, no debt. People don't tell his story.

reason: Instead, we're telling everybody you've got to get that sheepskin, you've got to get the college B.A., otherwise you're not going to be happy or have any opportunity.

Rowe: It feels that way to me. That was my experience in high school, and I still hear the same platitudes today.

reason: You have a great story about your high school guidance counselor.

Rowe: Mr. Dunbar, yeah. He called me down, as millions of kids have been called down, to talk about my future. He was looking at some test scores and said, "You're not an idiot. You've got a shot at James Madison University in Maryland, maybe some other schools." I said, "I don't have any money, but more importantly, I don't have any idea what I want to do. So, while I figure that out, I thought I'd go to a community college." At which point he says, "Well, that's way below your potential," and pointed to the poster that said "Work Smart, Not Hard."

The thing about the poster wasn't just the bromide at the bottom. It was the image. On the left-hand side you've got a college graduate, recently matriculated, cap and gown, sun setting behind him, looking like he owns the world and the future. Next to him is a mechanic, holding a wrench, covered in grease or something worse, looking at the ground like he won the vocational consolation prize of all time. That was a very specific PR campaign for college, higher education.

reason: This was the late '70s?

Rowe: 1979, yeah. All PR campaigns always go too far, and they always, it seems, promote the thing they want to focus on at the expense of something else. Now, it's kind of egregious in education, but in my opinion, it shouldn't be shocking, because the best way to sell a truck is to talk about how lousy the competitor is. The best way to get elected is to talk about how creepy your opponent is. The best way to really promote college hard is to talk about how subordinate all the other opportunities are.

Now, as part of our ongoing campaign for the trades, we sell posters that say "Work Smart and Hard." I now play the role of the graduate standing there holding my degree looking somewhat confused by the industrial setting in which I find myself next to a far more aspirational tradesman. It's just another way to juxtapose these roles.

reason: What are the goals of the "Work Smart and Hard" campaign?

Rowe: We have to change the conversation and we have to challenge the existing protocol. The first thing is this general PR campaign around the trades. The second thing, there is a financial thing. The posters were only $10, but if I can get 20,000 or 30,000 of them hanging in guidance counselors' offices around the country, well that's fun. We take the money we raise, of course, and it goes into a foundation to keep the conversation going and to award what we call a work ethic scholarship.

20 hours ago, Sludgey said:

I hope you're ok man.

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19 hours ago, 1jkw said:

 

Thanks to Rob for all he has done, and thanks for getting this site back up and running.

 

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18 hours ago, ckf said:

rob is out. he didn't want the headaches any more.

I get it, I could tell it was getting to him. Good for him for moving on. 

18 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

Well, I'm glad the forum is still around and hope he stops back from time to time.  

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