Guard Dog

You know you've played Skyrim too much if you catch yourself automatically looking up every time you walk outside!

Today I worked on actual work stuff for about an hour. But I found it terribly difficult to concentrate. Thankfully this project is still in the planning stage so there is plenty of time. Usually I'm pretty productive during the day. I hold myself to a regular work day schedule for the most part even though I work from home when I'm not on the road. Today I found myself staring out the window so I just went out and trimmed the trees and cut the grass. Then I piled up the cuttings and had a fire and cooked hot dogs for me and the pup over it. A much better use of my time for sure!

From what to what?

How about them Rays! 17 wins in their last 19 games. Look behind you Red Sox. Now they are playing in Boston starting tonight. Must See TV!

Damn! You guys beat me to it!

As long as you're both legal age I don't see any serious issue. That said, for me personally, I do tend to find it kinda weird when one is, oh say, 75 and the other is 25. And as Hurlshot said, even outside of how mature they may seem/behave, sometimes if the other is below 20ish, they may not really know what they want yet (compared to the one who is a fair bit older), either from life or from relationships, and thus the couple may find themselves growing apart rather fast. But that can also happen to any couple, so I don't see it as a reason to not try. If he's 75 and she's 25 its quite obvious she's just waiting for him to die while she entertains herself with the pool boy!

Just got home from Nashville. My GF came over for my birthday last Thursday. Then Saturday morning we woke up and decided to go to Nashville. Had a great time, went to the Nashville Nightlife theater for a couple of concerts from really great singers and bands I've never heard of. We spent the night there and came home this morning. Most definitely a great weekend. This week we finish off the Dyer County Schools project and hand that network over a full two weeks ahead of schedule. We were a little over budget but we still came off well on this one. We are giving the installation teams a bonus for their part. The should provide some incentive for the next project! Time to refocus on the Mall business again. That means road trips coming soon. Now time to do a little shopping online, play Skyrim for a bit and enjoy a cold Sam Adams or two... or three. Life is good folks!

Oh it will be a little while yet I think. I have to pick out a ring then wait for the right time. This is the LAST time I ever do this one way or another so I'm going big on the ring!

Not quite a year. We've been back together a month now and it was just like we never split up. She has not put any pressure on me which is what really drove us apart but it's hard not to thing about it when I compare her to everyone I've dated since, or before for that matter. Plus she is nothing at all like my ex so that's a good thing.

Whatever you do, don't propose. Are you psychic?

I LOVE this story! Just for the comedy value. 50 bucks says Shady takes a drive and bags a drone! http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/drone-hunting-colorado-172357477.html

It's the perfect size for a carry weapon. I usually keep a .410 buckshot in each barrel. I've found when using .45LC anything over 185 grain tumbles because only the end of the barrel is rifled. Shotgun shells are more effective at close range anyway. Like I said I'm to looking to get in any gunfights here. If I ever had to defend myself it would only be from close range. I'm not George Zimmerman, I'm staying in my truck!

My carry weapon is a Bond Arms .45/.410 derringer. It useless beyond 1-3 meters but deadly inside of that. I know it only has two shots but I'm not looking to get in a gunfight here. If one shot isn't enough ten probably wouldn't be either. http://bondarms.com/

DE made some excellent points. My biggest reason is that they have the best balance and are the most accurate. The real Colts, not the replicas like the Ubreti. They have better balance thanks to the reinforced frame beneath the grips. It makes the pistol somewhat heavier in the back which allows it to roll back in your hand with the recoil. That makes it slightly faster to **** the hammer and fire the next round. They have a flatter ballistic arc than most pistols because they use a tighter rifling than any other make. From 20 meters I can fire six shots faster and with a tighter group using the Colt than I can with the Ubreti, or my Ruger Blackhawk.

It's certainly romantic, but I wouldn't rely on a single-action in a legitimately life-threatening encounter/confrontation. Speaking of nerds and guns... http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/p226-x-five-golden-dragon.aspx I'd say one well aimed and accurate shot is better than a dozen poorly aimed shots even rapidly fired. But you are right of course. Revolvers are fun range guns but they are not a good choice for carry/self defense weapons.

I have one of those too. It's a Springfield Armory edition, not a Colt, and I am not real happy with it. I have had trouble with the slide spring being too stiff. The slide begins to close before the spent shell is fully ejected and the new one loads from the magazine. From what I've read this is a common failing.

Whatever you do, don't propose. He'll need the Amulet of Mara for that, silly. OMG! I can see that now, she's coming over tonight and the moment she walks in "Is than an amulet of Mara you're wearing?" How would I explain that to Lydia my Skyrim wife?

I've sort have been pondering a big decision the last few days. I think I need to play Skyrim a little while and clear out my head.

In a lot of cases Calax, you still can. I carry everywhere I travel unless I'm flying or travelling to a state that does not honor my CWP.

I'm with DE, the finest handgun ever made was the Colt SAA. I have two of them. Only one is an actual Colt though. The other is a Ubreti replica of the Colt 1873 Cattleman. Very fun to shoot.

Yeah, those afro-americans need to accept the fact that racism is over and there is no racial bias anywhere in the US criminal justice system. The fact that the vast majority of prison inmates in the US are black males is testimony to the inherent negative qualities of their ethnic group and not evidence of an underlying social and systematic bias in America, where racism is over and inequality is solely a result of choices made by perfectly rational individuals in an emotionless vacuum devoid of outside influences aside from the Ivy League-caliber education that all inner-city impoverished youths receive, on account of racism being over. In our perfect system, people who make poor choices do so because they are flawed, inferior individuals, a determination based on their inability to act in accordance with 200 year old economic models of human behavior that, as we all know model, (without 200 years of real sciences producing evidence to the contrary,) every aspect of human behavior. We need to worry about the real victim, George Zimmerman. Like his brother said on TV recently, he fears vigilantes taking the law into their own hands and becoming a threat to the victim's safety. Wholly unrelated: Oh give me a break. Think about this for a second. If George Zimmerman were black and Trayvon Martin were white and everything else was exactly the same this would NEVER have seen the inside of a courtroom. And if by chance it did it would have gone down the exact same way, with an acquittal. The only difference is it would never have made the news outside of North Florida because there would have been no political hay to make.

No he was not looking to rob anyone, he was walking home and cut through Zimmerman's community. There is blame to go around here but everyone seems to agree Martin was the one who actually started throwing punches so he bears a large responsibility for what happened.

Matthew 7:15 "Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inside are ravenous wolves"

Sold a Mauser 98 FR-8 308Win to buy a longer version (not the carbine version) of this rifle: As much as I love black tacticool modern rifles, nothing beats old simple military surplus warhorses, wood and steel, they just work and they're on the very top of my ''aesthetically pleasant things'' - list. Completely agree! The prize of my collection is a US Army issue Springfield 1903. My dad bought it at a surplus store in the 50's. I won't even shoot is anymore. It's on display in my living room.

What did you sell and what did you buy? Pretty sure that half the forum now thinks I'm a crazy gun nut and I've also been added to a few NSA (and other 3 letter agency) watch lists Don't worry about that, you're in good company!