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  1. Nahhh Blu, not my style....
  2. I agree lfc, the laws are impotent as far as controls are concerned. But the solution here is not more inept laws, but enforcement of the ones we have on the books now. The U.S. has better than 1500 gun control laws spread out among the States, and every time something horrendous happens that involves a firearm, the far right conservatives holler for more and more laws without looking at what they have created already...then the cameras and reporters move on to another story and the coppers are stuck with more laws that make no sense. We're experiencing 2-3 fatal shootings a week around the Metro area right now. Most of it can be blamed on the ex-mayor who cut back 250+ police in her lame duck term. That action ended the gang unit, strike force, fugitive squad and many other crime specific units from the department. Now we're 2-3 years on down the road and all hell has broken loose in the city, ...stupid assed woman she was.
  3. Cath; Zocor went generic last June, maybe the doc can switch your Rx to that and you can save a bundle.
  4. Just a little bit to consider... Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a guy who had been a commander in the Czech army during the height of the cold war. He emigrated to the States in the 80's and started a boat service company...hence how I came to meet him...We got to talking about what it was like to be in the service and such and the conversation turned to the bad old days when the U.S. and Soviets were at each others throats and WW III wasn't something for Hollywood; but a reality facing us seriously from time to time. He explained to me that he was a commanding officer in some kind of ground unit and that they had run various scenarios about how to invade the U.S. (Similar to way that the Soviets invaded Afghanistan) and they were all abandoned/discarded due, not to the National Guard, Army, Air Force or Coast Guard, but due to the fact that there was a realization that they would have to overcome the armed citizenry and police in the U.S. This was their biggest problem. They didn't worry about the Armed Services because of the time that they would have taken to deploy troops to a given area with a major airport. They were more afraid that a police and armed civilian population would stop their attack in it's infancy once word got out in the cities and therefore the whole physical invasion idea was scrapped. Now...This was thought of and abandoned in the late 60's early 70's, had nothing to do with the Crown, Canadians or Mexicans, and represents that there were some good thinkers back when the Constitution was framed and that their wisdom, although aimed at other situations, served us well 200 years after they wrote it. ........
  5. Glad to read that you decided to go for it Kirk...good luck buddy...
  6. I agree with Loco Kirk, when they stop chasing their sisters around the bedroom they practice pretty good medicine....... No hillbilly jokes please My people are from the Bluegrass State also.....maybe it wasn't a joke
  7. 120 is a retarded standard that needs to be changed. 120 creates ENORMOUS power transmission loss. Would you like a lower electric bill? 240 is the way to go. You can thank Edison for his BS scare tactic campaign against AC While a good thought, it won't happen. The cost of transformers to step-down 240V to 120V would bankrupt most people as 120V has been the standard for so many years now...and don't forget that the device manufacturers have a permanent seat on every NEC panel.
  8. Please do not loose sight of the fact that gun ownership in the States is guaranteed under our Constitution. I know of no other nation that has that as part of it's national ethic. I can understand other nationalities not understanding our basic affection for things that go boom, but from our Revolution in the 1700's through the cold war with the Soviets and with whatever is coming in the near future, the fact that we are an armed nation has served us well. Most of you know me pretty well and understand that I'm not saying that changes do not have to happen, but, for right now, it is one of our guaranteed rights, not simply a government granted priviledge, for those of us without criminal backgrounds or mental problems and we need to not loose sight of that. A baby getting a permit is a little out of the ordinary, but if the father legally obtained it for his son through the proper channels then there is no problem that I can see with it. The fact that he then reported it to the news makes his entire action of obtaining it questionable....maybe he was more interested in getting his '15 minutes of fame' than he was in asserting the 'right to keep and bear arms'.
  9. I agree with Loco Kirk, when they stop chasing their sisters around the bedroom they practice pretty good medicine.......
  10. Problem with the old crystal ball then lfc???
  11. But it can make loosing yours so much easier to accept...
  12. Hi illusive101, welcome to the forum... Do you have a DVD burner? It's a good place to start!
  13. I think I'd follow Volvo's suggestion and spring for one of those cheap readers.
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  15. Bigred; Have you tried cleaning the laser head? Any cd/dvd cleaner will do the job. If you can't make any media work you might have to look at a new drive.
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