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Turbo Grafx... ***sincker***
What a waste of plastic that system was...
You got that right. The only game I ever saw for it that was worth playing was Galaga 90.
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I have no problem with a legit donation.,
Cobb is a heavy hitter on the donation side. I rather let people know, then let them donate to an un-worthy cause.
I don't feel a $160 donation is rather fair.
You can ignore my advice....
But it's a voluntary donation. You choose whether you are going to have to pay it or not, so it's completely fair.
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My current games are:
The original Magnavox PONG,
Atari 2600
Commodore 64
original Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Sega Genesis
Turbo Grafx
Wii
XBox 360
.. and I even still have my original Coleco head to head football handheld!
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I don't get the whole "primary" vs. "secondary" law.
If you are breaking the law, you are breaking the law.
Regardless of revenue, if it's "secondary" they are telling the police that you can witness someone breaking the law,
but you can't do anything about it UNLESS you get them for something else first.
That just makes no sense.
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I understand all of this and am glad they were there but that still seems extreme that it would cost 350.00 per MINUTE. At that rate it wouldn't take too long to pay the copter off. Even if it cost 5 million for the copter, it would take 238 flight hours to pay for that at 350.00 per minute. (I am an accountant and love to work with numbers, can you tell?) Like I said earlier, I am just thankful that they were there and that he is alive. I was trying to make a point as to why the insurance cost so much and why premiums are so high for those that have insurance.
Yes, I know it sounds extreme, but in reality, it isn't.
You aren't talking about just the cost of the helicopter.
Maintaining a helicopter is not like maintaining a car.
They HAVE to be serviced and rebuilt at specific intervals, per FAA regulations.
Rebuilding or servicing ANYTHING that is aircraft related is expensive.
Here's a little example. Some small aircraft have Lycoming brand engines in them.
When it's time for one to be rebuilt, you can buy a replacement one for about $90,000.
Other companies, you can buy a direct bolt in replacement V8 Chevy engine for about $30,000.
The ONLY difference in the V8 Chevy motor that is FAA certified and the one that is in a Suburban is one is FAA certified.
I can buy a Chevy V8 crate motor, ready to run, from a dealer, that is not FAA certified for about $5000.
That's the aircraft industry. Helicopters are no different. Flight is expensive no matter what.
Add medical equipment and personnel to that and it just gets insanely expensive.
I was just using the helicopter cost as an example. There are so many things that go in to the cost of running an air ambulance,
I'm sure if you saw a break down of what their expenses are, you'd not think it was ridiculous.
It seems ridiculous because to you and I, that's a LOT of money. But to them, it doesn't take very long to eat up the $22,500.
Medical equipment is so expensive for the same reason. They are under such tight and strict regulation by the government (for a good reason)
that the cost of the equipment is just insane.
Don't get discouraged though... as others have stated, there are programs out there to help people like him who are in a situation like this.
As someone else stated, if you let the providers know that he doesn't have insurance, they will generally adjust the bill.
Hope it all works out for you in the end!
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It seems extreme, but you don't stop and think about what it cost to run an air ambulance...
Not only is there the price of the helicopter (not cheap), the payroll of the people on board (pilot, air paramedic, etc),
the medical grade equipment aboard and all the supplies is super expensive.
Flight time just for fuel sure isn't cheap either, especially a hour flight.
Think about insurance for the helicopter and malpractice insurance for everyone aboard.
Yeah, it's expensive, but it takes a LOT of money to run one of those things... but it sure beats the alternative of not having one available.
Hospital bills are the same way. All that equipment they have isn't cheap. It cost an insane amount of money to stock
equipment and supplies for a hospital. It's not a cheap business to run.
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I remeber the first time my floorboard scraped, I about crapped my pants! Didn't know what I had done!
:D We've all been there! Yep, me too... I've been on a motorcycle since I was 5, but you don't scrap pegs on a dirt bike very often.
I remember the first time I did... I was 17 and taking the MSF course, many moons ago.
We were doing low speed figure 8's and my peg scraped and I thought the back end of the bike fell off...
I rarely scrape pegs now, but at least I don't have to change my shorts every time I do.
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Thanks I will check them out. Avon on my bike and the wife sells MaryKay......HAHA
I have heard Metz don't get very many miles.
I am actually thinking of putting a car tire on my rear wheel. 97 Honda Valkyrie (1520cc). I have researched a lot about this and it is called "Darkside" on a Valk website/message board (http://www.valkyrieriders.com/) that I use frequently.
Yep, I'm familiar with that terminology
I've heard people who run them and have no problems running car tires, but I think I'll stick to a bike tire myself.
A bike tire is generally a biased ply tire, which has a much stiffer sidewall to support the leaning and road forces that a bike endures.
The cords wrap all the way over and criss-cross the side wall.
A car tire is generally a radial, which only has cords on the contact patch area of the tread and wrap the circumference of the tire.
They generally don't have as much side wall support.
I know I've heard a lot of people running car tires with no problems... and I hope they never do, but I think for me, I'll stick with what was designed for it.
As far as the Metz... I've heard mixed reviews on them on tire life.
I've heard people getting good life and others replacing after 5-7 thousand miles.
I think a lot of it depends on how you ride.
The Metz are a real soft compound, which means they are sticky and handle good. But at the cost of tire life.
Some of the other tires, like the Dunlops are a harder compound and don't perform as well as the Metz, but they last 3x longer.
Like I said, for me, I'm not a canyon carver and I don't ride that hard...and so far the Metz have been holding up real good.
But you might have a little different experience if you bounce peg to peg a lot.
Without a doubt, if you put a good car tire on it, you'll likely be replacing it from dry rot before you replace it from being worn out.
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There is a guy in cartersville that I use, Daryl's motorcycles. He is on Hwy 61 after you make the left past the 4 way lunch. He is near the Cowboys gas station.
Yep, that's who I was talking about... He's the one that I had mount and balance mine... Did a good job, quickly,
and seems to be a great guy. He races pro stock bikes, so he and I got in to talking about racing and I ended up spending
about 2 hours up there talking to him...
Would definitely recommend him.
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150/80H-17 (Front)
180/70-16 (Rear)
Thinking I want Avon Venom tires but not certain yet.
Hey Tow,
Not sure how local you want to get them, but the last set I got was from a company in Arizona.
I just had them shipped to me and had a guy in Cartersville mount and balance them.
The company is http://www.swmototires.com/
They had the best price I could find anywhere on the Metzlers that I got, even when you include shipping.
They also carry Avon, Michelin, Dunlop, and Bridgestone.
Do you REALLY want a tire that from a company called Avon? <<ding-dong>> Avon calling! hahaha.... just kidding.
I've heard good things about the Avon's, but never had a set. I've been happy with the Metz so far,
but I was ok with the stock Dunlop's too... I'm not a canyon carver, but the Metz really seem to hold and ride good.
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As usual, I have the unpopular opinion. I don't think church is any place for a gun. I the scenerio where everone is blinged out and a rober comes in - what do you think woud have been done if Jesus was the preacher there that day? He would have whipped out a gun and shot the guy? He would have encouraged his congregation to do so? My opinion is that he would not have. But see, that's just my opinion.
Now, whether that should be a state mandated law, or simply a church policy is a whole 'nother matter. If a church wants to be a group of gun toting folks, I don't think the state should have a say otherwise.
I've heard that example many of times.... and here's something for you to ask yourself, as well.
Ok, let's not take a gun in to church, after all it's God's house, right?
Well, isn't this whole world, God's world? If you are God fearing person and/or Christian, you believe that even your house belongs to God and you are just making use
of something he provides for you, right? So, why should I have a gun in my own house hold? God will protect me, right?
I tend to look at it from another prospective. God gave me the knowledge and skill to shoot a firearm.
God gave me a relatively free country in which to live. God gave me a country to live that allows me to protect myself from others.
A church, to me, is no different. It's a place God gave me to worship him along with others who wish to worship.
HOWEVER, I was told something a LONG time ago that I've always believed. A church is NOT a building where people go to worship.
A church IS the PEOPLE who worship. The brick and mortar is just a building. Just because it's the place where people go to worship doesn't
make it any more special than a K-Mart shopping center. It's a building, nothing more, nothing less. The PEOPLE are the church and it doesn't matter
where they are when they collectively worship, THEY are the church.
So, if a gun yielding maniac came in to a church where I was in attendance, what do you think Jesus would want me to do?
Well, first, what I think he would want me to do is exhaust any and all possibilities of resolving the situation without incident.
Not only is that what I think he would want, I think it's the only moral and correct thing to do, no matter what religion you are.
However, I think if the person was so determined to cause a loss of life, I do believe Jesus/God would indeed want me to protect
the rest of his children who are there to worship him, rather than stand by and watch as some crazed maniac start killing the congregation.
Yes, turn the other cheek, but in a life and death situation, you run out of cheeks real fast.
Not saying you're wrong... just giving you another perspective to look at.
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Ok, I realize it's the law in Arkansas right now...
So, what if they do decide to let the churches themselves decide if they want to allow them or not?
That's no different than an individual business allowing or dis-allowing in their establishment.
Now, to me, here's the funny part.
As a responsible gun owner, I carry my gun everywhere anyway.
If I go in to a restaurant, I don't care what their policy is... My gun is not coming off my person.
BUT, since I am a responsible gun owner and carrier, nobody ever knows I have it anyways.
It doesn't come out and get shown around. The particular place I choose to carry, it doesn't show and it NEVER
gets removed in public, unless it's needed.
So, what difference does it make what the church or any other business allows? A responsible person with a permit
isn't going to let anyone know they have one in their possession anyways... A responsible permitted gun carrier will (**SHOULD**)
go out of their way to make sure it's not known they are carrying and go out of their way to avoid confrontation that might require it's use.
It's the very last out... and NO ONE should know you are carrying except you.
The stores that specifically state, "no firearms allowed" are just broadcasting to the criminals that their customer and establishment
are vunerable to attack and robbery. I don't care what their policy is, I have my own policy, which falls within the means of law,
and I control where my gun is allowed (within the law) and where it's not.
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Your right about the Briggs and Stratton but actually the absolute best to get is a Honda or Kawaski.
+1
I'm good with Kohler too. I've got a lawn tractor with a Kohler on it that I've
had for over 20 years. Change the oil every 25 hours and it's given absolutely no trouble at all.
Everything else I have has a Honda engine on it, with the exception of my outboard.
I just couldn't afford a Honda, so I had to settle for the Mercury.
It's been a good motor, but it dang sure ain't a Honda.
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A pellet rifle will go through two layers of sheetrock. I would advise against firing any firearm in the direction of a good guy if you are expecting them to be protected by sheetrock walls.
+1
Amen!
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it depends on what size shot, yes 00 will, some 7.5 wont . it was not a scientific experiment but we have tried. I got way more penatraiton from the .223. My 1911 made a hole clear out the house!
BTW we were doin demo on a house,,,, FUN STUFF!!!
The "choke" of the barrel is what is going to affect breaching of the walls, more so than the size of the shot.
A full choked barrel will easily penetrate multiple walls... where as a skeet choke will spread like crazy and will unlikely penetrate.
The average person who goes out and buys a shotgun for home defense is not going to do research on barrel configuration and choke types.
They are going to go out and buy a relatively cheap shot gun and take it home.
That's where they get in trouble. As you said, knowing your weapon and how to use it is the key... but unfortunately, there are far too
many people who don't know their weapon and sadly will rarely fire it, until the time calls when they need it...
I have no doubt a .223 would penetrate. That's a pretty nasty round.
I have no doubt a full jacketed round nose .45 would penetrate.
However, in most cases, a standard load .45 acp snake shot or hollow point will not.
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I would have to diagree, dependin on who else lives in your home,, "bullets" pass thru walls. shotguns wont go thru multiple walls. THe topic has been dicussed many times on another "geogia" forum. (PM me fer the Site; you mite like it ther..or are you ther already???) Bottom line, you need to know your weapon and be handy with it.
I don't know who told you that a shot gun won't pass through multiple walls, but that is totally and completely false.
A shot gun will EASILY pass through multiple walls.
This is the EXACT reason that I said to load snake shot in as your first firing shot, especially in a .45acp round.
Snake shot disperses MUCH quicker than what a shot gun would simply because the lack of powder behind it
and the legnth of the barrel. It's energy is dissipated drastically more than a shotgun and anything more than about
3 feet, it won't penetrate multiple walls.
It's a very weak penetrating round, but will easily bring a person to their knees and render them in excrusiating pain.
This gives you more time to compose yourself and prepare for a fully lethal approach with hollow points that will follow.
Heck, at close proximity, muzzle blast from a shot gun alone is enough to breach 1 layer of dry wall...
The shot following the muzzle blast can and will easily penetrate multiple walls.
I agree you need to know your weapon and be comfortable with it.
There are also rounds available that upon impact basically break apart in to what is almost a powder like substance.
I believe those rounds are Rhino stoppers or something like that. I've got some at home... I'll look and see what the name is.
But they do damage upon impact and disperse rapidly and will not exit.
On a side note about the .38's for the ladies.
If you purchase a "light weight" .38 in whatever brand, be advised that you can also get "light weight" ammunition.
This further helps in the weight of the gun. They are also tame loads so they don't causes excessive kick back.
Very good rounds for ladies who carry small pistols and don't wan't the extra weight that 5 or 6 rounds of standard
.38 cartridges contribute.
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Really? I think that's the rhythm but I thought they were singing something.
Nope, as someone pointed out, the song is Cripple Creek but they never actually sang any "words" to it,
just made the noise to the music.
I can only assume they did this because it was simply filler music between jokes and it really wouldn't
make any sense to sing a few bars, tell a joke and leave a song incomplete and hanging....
Just kind of breaks the flow.... so they just made some nyack nyack'ing noise to flow along with the jokes.
What's funny is that everyone you ever talk to will never claim to have liked watching Hee-Haw,
but yet, it ran from 1969 to 1997.
There is a Hee-Haw website too: http://www.heehaw.com that will really bring back some memories.
...and yes, I do have the the Hee-Haw DVD set of the first two or three seasons (can't remember).
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There were no lyrics to the music that you are referring too. It was just a noise they made, rather than hum.
It was simply "Nnnyack yack yack, nnyack yack yack, nnyack yack yack yack yack yack" and over and over again.
It was nothing more than filler music between jokes.
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I agree. Good advice. What do you think about the .410 revolver?
Quite honestly, I've never shot one.
The first time I saw one was a Hot Shots, a few years back.
It was some off-brand named thing that sold for $149 or something like that....
I refused to shoot it for obvious reasons.
I wasn't aware that Taurus was making one. I would have no problems putting
a Taurus on the line and pulling the trigger. I've got several of their revolvers and
they've always been good, straight shooting guns. Never a minutes trouble from one.
The .45 colt is a fairly weak round, but like the .45 acp, it's big and it's massive impact.
The only thing that I would be concerned about is the kick back while shooting the .410's.
A .410 in a long gun is nothing, but I'm not quite sure how it would be in a short barreled
handgun. I think it's a great idea and would probably be good, because it would easily accommodate
mixing and matching of shells.
Next time I head out to the range, I'll see if they have one for rent and I'll see how one does.
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I strongly suggest you don't get a shot-gun for in home defense.
It's a very poor choice for in home protection.
I'm a certified NRA instructor and I can tell you
a shot-gun is NOT what you want.
If you want a shotgun effect, get snake shot.
If someone breaks in to your house, you don't want and can't afford to be dealing with
the length issue of a "legal length" shotgun.
If you get backed in to a corner or a closet, how are going to maneuver a shot gun?
I don't know you or your capabilities, but if you are capable of handling a large caliber semi-auto,
I suggest you go with something such as a .45acp. It's a good heavy bullet, carries a lot of impact inertia,
is low speed so it won't penetrate the walls as easy, and it has 1st shot taken down power.
My recommendation is to use snake shot and hollow points.
Load the hollow-points first and load one to two rounds of snake shot last. This puts the snake
shot in the chamber first... I keep two rounds, one in the breach and one in first load position in the magazine.
The snake shot will give the shot gun effect and get someone slowed down and you won't have to be perfectly accurate.
Remember, in a situation that you'll have to use it, you are not going to be calm. Your heart will be racing and you'll be shaking
like you wouldn't believe. Once you've discharged the one or two rounds of snake shot, then follow up with the hollow points.
This will get the person slowed down and allow you to gain some control of yourself where you can accurately place hollow points.
If your wife/girlfriend/etc needs a firearm, I also suggest a revolver, if she is not accustomed to a semi-auto.
Not in all cases, but a large majority, when a female pulls the trigger, if it doesn't fire, there is no second chance.
It's not sexist or anything like that, but stats show that typically when a female pulls the trigger a jam occurs or
the gun doesn't fire, they panic and don't know what to do. I've seen plenty of men do this too.
With a revolver, you don't have to think if it doesn't fire. You simply pull the trigger again.
If you are confident and familiar enough with firearms that you can clear a jam in an emergency situation, go for it.
If you feel that you will panic and not be thinking clearly (perfectly normal in that situation), a revolver is your best choice.
A shotgun is too big and to cumbersome for extreme close quarters personal defense. A very poor choice for inside home defense.
As far as the place of purchase, it doesn't matter, as long as you pay attention to what you are buying.
Just like buying a car, as to "test drive" the gun.
A gun from a pawn shop is just like a car at a use lot, you can get a good one or you can get a piece of junk.
If you aren't very up to speed on what constitutes a "good gun", find a friend who is and ask them to go with you
and check out anything you are looking to purchase.
As someone said though, pawn shop used guns can be quite high in price and often come close to the price of a new gun.
No matter what you decide on though, practice. Take it to the range and put a few boxes through it and do so at least once or twice
every month or couple of months. It doesn't do any good to have one if you can't control it...
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There is a great electronics parts store in Atlanta off Northside just before 17th street coming from 75. Ack radio is the name and they have been around for years. When I was on the road doing computer repair in the days where we fixed mother boards and other circuit boards I was there often. They have a huge inventory and people at the parts counter that know what you need.
+1! They are electronics people and understand what you're talking about when you ask for something.
Go in to a Radio Shack and ask for a resistor of a specific value and they just look at you and point, "They're over there"...
They know where the resistors hang, but they don't have a clue as to what they are or how they are rated.
Years ago, they did, but not in the last 15 years, at least.
Ack radio has it and knows what it is and what it does.
Every time I went in to the Radio Shack in Hiram, I never came out with what I went in for and the kids that worked there were clueless.
They should have hung a sign out front that said "Sanford and Son" rather than Radio Shack.
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It is a 2 stop $60 process that takes about an hour.
No, it's a 1 stop at the Probate Court and it's $40, total.
...and on average it takes about 60 days to get one back.
Just spoke with one of the ladies at Probate the other day and she said they are on a 3-4 week turn around.
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If you have receipts for $750 in repairs and the Jeep will still not pass emissions you can get emissions waived and get a tag. In the meantime, if you need a tag and take the failed emissions report to the tag office, you can get a Temporary Tag. You can continue to do this for an undetermined length of time. Been there, done that.
The repair total has to exceed $787 to be eligible for the waiver.
It also has to show an improvement on a retest on anything it failed on in the initial test,
as well as, pass all tests it initially passed.
It's not just a matter of paying the waiver fee or paying the repairs.
The vehicle has to show SOME improvement.
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There IS NO perfect answer nor no correct answer, period.
Negotiation or Gun use... no one here can honestly say what is the correct response for any situation,
simple because when you are IN a situation, what you say outside that situation is COMPLETELY different
from actually transpires in the actual situation.
Sometimes negotiation is warranted. Sometimes lethal force is warranted.
That kind of decision can ONLY be made at the time the situation is brought about and is strictly
a judgement call of the person facing that situation.
I've been a NRA certified firearms instructor for over 10 years and I've been in a situation where I had to use my gun.
Thankfully, it didn't require discharging it and I can tell you, from experience, what you think and what you say IS NOT
what you do in the situation, unless you are trained for intuitive response, which most people are not.
With that said: Out and about, the situation changes.
If you are in my house, at night, without my permission, I will NOT ask you any questions
about your intentions, nor will I negotiate. Plain and simple.
I know my house and it's layouts and I've gone over a 'plan of action' with my wife, in the case of an intrusion.
We both know where to go and what to do....and as long as she is by my side, anything that moves will die, period.
That works for me. For those who have children, my plan of action probably isn't good for them.
It's up to them to make sure their plan of action works for their household and not compromise the safety of their family members.
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Buy yourself some reloading equipment and start reloading.
It's a little expensive up front, but it will pay for itself in no time.
You could probably find some good deals on eBay on some good used equipment.
Most everything that I reload ends up being about 1/2 of the price of new ammo.
Plus, you can pick what lead and what powder you use.
Buy a basic set and if you want to go faster and make more, you can buy the turret
add on's for the basic press.
It's not "fun" to reload, but it's good "pass the time" when you are bored and it ends up saving you money.