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people buy all this expensive shit to carry concealed and you conceal your carry al naturale

So you guys know Destiny too?

My luck with Panasonic microwaves has been hit and miss. Even as chea.....cost conscious as I am, I wouldn't try to fix a microwave. Little ones "used to" go on sale for $100 or less. When one craps out, I pull the magnets (can't have too many magnets), throw all the screws, nuts, bolts, washers I removed to get the magnets in a can (can't have too many, screws, nuts, bolts, washers) and scrap the rest. I haven't priced microwaves for at least 4 years (it is probably getting time) Anyway, used appliances sell for cheap. The big old carousel console microwaves you can find at the thrift stores or Facebook MarketPlace, Craigslist (but Craigslist is pretty dead) Finally, Sunday is a great day to check garage sales, which often have microwave deals. I haven't paid more than $100 for a microwave in a very long time, using these methods and once or twice, over the years, picked up a microwave for free. (Stove/Oven broke years back, I would fix it or replace it, but we haven't missed it)

Come on down Alberta, the water's fine :)

Speaking of China, according to the internet, your part of Canada where you reside has the highest population of Chinese in all of Canada and the United States. Is that true?

I haven't followed this Iran thing at all, couldn't tell you when it started, couldn't tell you how it is going. If past performance is indicative of future results, and it usually is, then there is 90% shit talking and mean mugging each other, 5% actual engagement, 1% engagement that puts American soldiers in harms way and 4% drone, jet, helicopter, remote missile and bombing, which kills a bunch of bad and not so bad on the ground and concretes the reasons the bad want to destroy America, turns many not so bad into bad and kills many who really have no idea what is going on. Then we claim victory, spend billions in the region (which somehow only goes to a few people and a number of anti-American groups) and return to do it again in six months to a year. How's my take? I have watched zero, news/podcasts etc. on the subject.

I am not sure if the frak water had salt in it or not, it might have, it had every other kind of crap in it, usually poison. Water haulers are the bitches of the field, there is so much turnover the old hands refuse to learn your name for months. People asked how you stay awake, alone, miles away from any other person, in the pitch black. Actually, it was easy, between the monster drinks and coming close to dying at least once or twice a night, I never had trouble staying awake. Corporate would come in preaching safety and how they care about drivers yada, yada, yada, then they would hand me a route, a 4wd road, in the dark up and down and around some mountains. They would say they were out there watching and monitoring progress via GPS and max speed was 25 mph on these roads and you would get charged for damaging the truck if you were reckless. I would look the route map and it was 30 miles round trip. You would be called in and asked to write a statement addressing your time and ways in which you could be more efficient on future routes if your drive time was over an hour. I do not claim to be a master at math, but I called them out on this type of stuff my first day. It was not the best way to make a first impression and it didn't change anything. After three months of hell and many after shift explanation writing sessions (which ate into sleep time) I was at the end of my rope. There were a number of veterans working there and learning that I served, one pulled me aside and squared me away. "Shut the fuck up and get it done." Old school military style. After that I always made time and didn't have to stay and write. I also cut back on monster drinks, because driving those dirt roads at night, at the speeds I was driving was enough to keep my eyeballs wide open. Sliding sideways on the ice, spinning the truck 360 on a hill that transitioned quickly to a corner, if a night with straight truck, I drove it like my old Caddy, fishtailing up mountains with the hammer down, caught air in it once, if truck pup, used the pup as an anchor to keep it on the road going around corners fast, if driving two tanker trailers, then I didn't do shit, white knuckled it all shift (true doubles on those dirt roads scared the hell out of me) Had hazmat, so sometimes hauled oil. Life is about stories and those few years gave me many. (But none of them positive) Oil is a massive operation and I love the mountains. We were high up and deep in, because of the drilling and such, hunting has been pretty much shut down. I saw more trophy size antelope and mule deer and elk, than I had seen in many, many, years. It was the first time that I had seen a mountain lion in the wild and birds....an incredible amount of birds, every kind you can think of, including bald eagles.

I have them from 50 plus years ago and up until the late 60's, early 70's "Gun grabbing" wasn't an issue, even early 70's. Then it started to show, when you could no longer buy firearms mail order and places that sold firearms had to be licensed. The 1968 Gun Control Act started the fall. Which means in my lifetime, I have witnessed a sustained, prolonged, political and social attack on the 2nd Amendment and the ability for individuals to own firearms. It is not hyperbole. Look at the record of Congress, see how many new gun regulations are proposed and some even passed in the current Congress. Rhode Island and a couple other States are attempting to pass "assault" rifle bans and they are doing it just to be assholes. There is a chance the bans will stick, but it is slim, but the bans will stick if they are unopposed. Who can pay to fight these city governments? Not me, not any normal individual. The NRA. True there are times some Democrat pushes legislation through that is so stupid and such an affront to the Constitution, I wonder if the whole thing is funding theater. Democrat brings bill to outlaw every firearm except muskets, Republican brings bill to force any and every confirmed pregnant woman to be housed and monitored in special unborn safety centers. Where they are "guided" to act in the best interests of the child. Pro Gun, Pro Choice and Pro Constitution folks dump their hard earned into the machine and the Democrat and the Republican share a wink. But, I believe no matter how solid the evidence, you do not wish to understand. I can site pages of quoted politician anti-gun rhetoric, historical examples, evidence from the news, distortion, prejudice and misinformation pushed by the media (for decades) anecdotal evidence, but still you would remain unbothered if a government employee asks you to list the firearms and their serial numbers that you own. Even taking what the NRA promotes with a grain of salt, which I do and advocate, it is undeniable that both the current political parties are attempting to grab all the control they possibly can and attempting to maintain political dominance over a long period of time, if not indefinitely, without regard for the will of the people. Since my property is now worth money, taking it from me is a very bi-partisan issue, so living in a truck down by the river is a strong possibility. I wouldn't want to live down there unarmed. There was another forum on Idaho property tax and I am shocked am amazed at the political cooperation when it comes to stealing from the few to fund the many. NOBODY likes tax, but EVERYBODY loves a SOMEBODY tax, as long as the SOMEBODY taxed isn't them.

I've been there, hauling frak water and oil. There was a big safety push after a bunch of accidents in the early 2000's, so it was rare I went into the 40's without sleep. Most days you were scheduled for 14, rarely did only 14, not including the over an hour commute, that I could do in my Sentra in 30 min. If I kept it at 70-80 in the gravel and 100+ on pavement (Sentra was the GXE but wouldn't do much more on the hilly roads) If I didn't shower, ate in the car or truck and didn't have anything to do, e.g. get gas, go to the store, stop at the post office, pay rent etc. and I went right to sleep, then 7hrs until I was back in the saddle. Most days it was 4hrs, unless I was needed to pull a double. Like you said, double shifts were fairly common, but I was part of the "reformed" industry, so a double 36hrs was common 40hrs notsomuch-off road, temps from -40F to 100F, snow, rain, hail, mud, full chains often, driving truck/pup or double trailer if you were a sadist. I did not like double trailer. Hallucinations, didn't bother, my misspent youth provided how to handle, but the occasional lost time messed with my mind. Showing up to a location, understanding it was a 30 min drive, at least, but there I am and I couldn't tell you how I got there. It is not a life. Days blur into weeks, months pass, then years. I'm lucky the trucking industry, especially in oil, are evil fuckwads, because if they would have treated their employees, halfway decent, I would have stayed. I hate change and to get me to leave is really hard. In hindsight, I am glad that I left and should have left much earlier. But, the money kept me solvent after the tech bubble and the construction bubble burst.

Yes. Politicians are corrupt, all politicians. I do not agree with tariffs, but could be persuaded that sacrifices, e.g. paying more for certain items etc, like was the case in the world wars, IF there was a plan for the United States to prosper from the sacrifice. As for starting wars, same. I am the below average Joe worried about paying his mortgage, insurance, taxes and hoping to have enough to buy groceries at the end of the week. The Democrats are the snake in the garden, they promise help with mortgage, free insurance, lower taxes (for below average Joes) and coupons for groceries each week. The cost of this help will be subservience, ideological alliance and forced submission. The property tax misanthropy that is the yoke on my neck is an excellent example of miscarriage of justice so extreme (The tax has been supported and increased by both parties) it should be acknowledged by every Idahoan, if not every American. What you dismiss and degrade to "pissing" and "moaning" is the canary in the coal mine, the early casualties in a war coming to your door. I remember you trust the government, you are happy to declare your firearms and put your name on the list. When "they" decide that you no longer "need" a firearm, or a more likely first step, you should pay an annual "fee" or "tax" on the firearms that you own-to go to a fund to help victims of "gun violence" of course (and other stuff) All will be fine, as long as you can pay, until the next item or freedom it is decided you no longer "need". You will "piss and moan" when what is taken or forced from you by tax or confiscation is something, which to you held value. And your numbers will be small, or you might be alone, because while it happened to others, you dismissed it as piss and a moan.

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I googled him post, post, rather than pre post, not the brightest move. He is a "commentator", "pundit", whatever and I know why I didn't know who is was and I know why I haven't, and won't be listening to him--He is 27. I have boots, older, that have more character and seen more shit than most 27 year old's, so unless he was born in a war zone and spent his adolescent years fighting for freedom, then earning citizenship in the USA and became the youngest, fastest graduate from some well known university with Phd relevant to what he opines, fuck him.

Bullshit. I do not blame one group for everything. I blame one group for everything regarding the attacks on individual ownership of firearms in America and use that as the litmus test to determine the true intentions and character of groups and individuals. In the current climate of fake news, lack of accountability, political double talk and outright lies, I follow Federal and State firearm regulations closely. It is amazing to me how many additional regulations have been passed while Trump has been in office. If gun regulations can be successful with the current government structure, then I do not look forward to the changing of the guard. The 2nd Amendment is the last line against tyranny. The same people who plaster the term "Nazi" over every action are fond of crying tyranny and unlike "Nazi" tyranny has validity, but it is nothing like the tyranny of the past, when governments were in total control. Read the Gulag-Archipelago to get an accounting of tyranny, see how current polices match those described, both Democrat and Republican, and try to imagine the helplessness being unable to fight for the ones you love, or even yourself, when forced by armed government agents to give what you wish to keep, to live how you wish to live, to own what you fairly purchased, to believe what you wish to believe. Not the faux passionate pierced problem children protesting speakers in attempt of self delusional pseudo infamy, government agents coming to your door to take what you own, auctioning your belongings and placing you in a shared apartment, with a list of daily rules (subject to change) and a curfew. And it will get worse over time, much, much, worse, the Gulag tells it better and it is true accounts. The Democratic Party would have Americans be fattened calves led to the Gulag, fuck that. Do not forget there were more Jews than Nazi's (Calling Germans who directly perpetrated and participated in the killing of Jews "Nazi's" as opposed to total German population) even granting a 20% increase of the number of Nazi's to account for sympathizers, if one Nazi was killed for every 10 Jews killed, the "Holocaust" would have been averted. (i placed Holocaust in quotes, because many Jews would still have died). But the Jews were unable to fight back, they were unorganized, in disbelief, did not believe the danger until it was too late and the number one reason the Jews were unable to fight back (historical noted)-They were unarmed.

Who is this dude? I thought he was an MMA guy and I seem to recall a hot female star, who was a Fuentes, but who is this dude and why has he been talking on my TV?

I think the Nazi trope is tired and I am tired of hearing it. I can make strong fact based arguments that actions by the Democrats and the Republicans align with actions of the SS and the Nazi party, but in a contest, the liberals, democrats, progressives or whatever they call themselves today have far more in common with the actions and ideals of the Nazi party, then the Republicans. Not only is it unimaginative, tired, overplayed and ignorant, it is a flawed comparison. The most glaring example, before the horrific actions of "The final option" citizens were disarmed and made completely reliant on the government. Democrats push to disarm the citizens, Democrats push to increase government reliance. There are elements of Republican governance that are akin to the Nazi party. The Republicans are not blameless in moving toward a police state, but until they support disarming citizens, the Democrats are kings of government control and Nazi tactics.