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    in General Snowmobile Forum

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    3 hours ago, Mag6240 said:

    I’ll have to get in there - a buddy is building a cabin on that north end of the lake where it’s only accessible by boat during the summer, or sled by winter.  Haven’t seen where he is exactly since it is not completed yet.

    Gorgeous lake in the summer but I've never ridden it in the winter.

    Jesse Ventura

    in Current Events

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    5 hours ago, spin_dry said:

    I’ve done both. There’s no appreciable difference. The end result is an inability to perform the responsibilities of the said job when the damage is high. 

    I've done both also, plus a combination of the two. My back is fucked so I'm fortunate that I have a mostly desk job now. Physical stress and mental stress are both killers.

    Ban all cops

    in Current Events

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    52 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

    Cops are in favor of honest citizens having guns..ask some about it..I know dozens of cops.

    All the cops I know feel the same way, and that they won't be the ones collecting guns door-to-door if the order ever came down. 

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    Ban all cops

    in Current Events

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    13 minutes ago, BOHICA said:

    Spoken like a true loser.  Rarely, and I mean rarely do domestic disputes require a gun to be drawn and a trigger pulled.  They are as routine as a cat stuck in a tree.  Why not use a taser responding to them or other non lethal means.  Non lethal policing is very successful around the world.  
     

    Having police have guns is as idiotic as having 89,000 new IRS agents having guns on their house call.  

    https://cops.usdoj.gov/ric/Publications/cops-w0858-pub.pdf

    Summary of Findings

    The information contained within this report yielded the following summary of findings for law enforcement chief executives and practitioners:

    Calls for Service

    • ➢  Calls related to Domestic Disputes and domestic-related incidents continue to represent the highest number of fatal types of calls for service and were also the underlying cause of several other calls for service that resulted in law enforcement fatalities, including some ambushes.

    • ➢  In an important change from prior years, 17 of the newly examined 18 cases involving a Domestic Disputes call, involved officers being fired from outside the residence or location they were dispatched to. Six of those cases involved officers being engaged by gunfire from over 50 feet.

    • ➢  A Man with a Gun and Shots Fired call types both increased dramatically over the numbers found in the first analysis (Fatal Calls and Deadly Encounters). Those two firearm related calls for service nearly doubled and in a shorter time span than that covered in the initial report.

    • ➢  The average length of service for officers killed while answering a call for service was 13.5 years.

    https://www.thetrace.org/2016/08/domestic-violence-police-risk-danger/

    https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-domestic-violence-calls/

    2024 Arctic Cat Catalyst 'Chassis' details?

    in HCS General Forum

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    1 hour ago, Badger** said:

    Our 96 was just ok but holy crap our 98 was a monster and then I bought a 2001 and it was a total dog. Our ZRT 97 800 was a lake rocket. Yes, the 96 Z6 was just ok.  

    My '96 was a rocket when the carb switches weren't causing backfires and broken reeds. That, a broken motor mount, a pipe issue... Once everything was ironed out, it was a hell of a runner.

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    2024 Arctic Cat Catalyst 'Chassis' details?

    in HCS General Forum

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    I said I'd never buy a first year sled again after my '96 ZRT 600, even though it technically wasn't the first year. Had some issues with that sled. My '20 ZR 8 is the first year with the "updated" c-tech and it's been good. The Catalyst chassis will have a year of consumer use out of the way by the time the big bore is released so at least the chassis won't be brand new by then.

    Catalyst Updates

    in Arctic Cat

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    I look forward to seeing how they hold up next year. I was tempted, but I'll ride my PC one more year. I'll look at the big bore next year but I told myself I'd never buy a first year motor again. Might be going back on that statement. Either way, I'll plan on finding something else whether it's a cat or not.

    The US has a new favorite dog breed – and it’s not the Labrador Retriever

    in Current Events

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    13 minutes ago, HSR said:

    That must have been hard bud. For me we have to drive 2 hours to the vet to put our pets down. My first drive was with my BIL's Golden named Buck. Then in my early 30's I took my first Black Lab Fletch down and it shook me right to the core. I walked out of the examining room crying like a baby to a waiting room full of people, and then bawled my eyes out for the 2 hour ride home. Repeat with another buddies dog when he was away at work,another lab of mine Abby,wife's collie Logger and cat Stinky and I said enough.

    But as @steve from amherst said, the silence got to us, took a few years but back in the saddle and happy again.

    It was still awful, but I certainly don't have to tell you that. There have been too many cats, dogs, and horses over the years. They are worth it though. Our regular vet was out of town so we had to scramble and find another one who was able to do it. They took good care of us though and we didn't have to walk through the waiting room. Pretty quiet ride home.

    2024 Sleds... what's coming

    in HCS General Forum

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    10 hours ago, Bontz said:

    LOL ... thanks Bryan!! :lol2:

    To be perfectly honest, I wasn't even on that ride ... it was my annual guys trip we do, but I wasn't part of it because I didn't have my sled yet.  But I got that report when they came back, and it sounded like it was a pretty brutal stretch (the boys were over on Nelson Lake that evening and came home via that route).  When I was on that stretch a couple weeks ago, it was Birkie weekend and we rode from Namakagon back down to the cabin in Ojibwa.  That particular stretch of trail was an absolute ribbon ... double groomed, and we were the first ones on it.  Actually, I was the first one on it as I was leading.  It was fantastic!

    I was on that trail Birkie weekend also, fantastic!

     

    The US has a new favorite dog breed – and it’s not the Labrador Retriever

    in Current Events

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    22 minutes ago, Snake said:

    I've done the majority of the going in for the deed.

    About the only thing that feels right to do is look them in the eye and continually tell them how much you love them till the doc says it is over. Then blubber like a little girl.

    Both kids and the wife and I spent the day with Finn until the appointment time came. Then we all piled into the van and took him, together. Everyone put their busy lives aside to be with him in the end, as. it should be.

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