Lawless said:

So I did some more planned work on the 4Runner.

New lower ball joints, genuine Toyota (anything else is peeing into the wind)

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Took the faux beadlock bolts out of the wheels, drilled the holes smooth and sanded , sanded, sanded. They are beat up pretty good but are acceptable now. New dark bronze metallic paint and matte clear simulate the color of the newer TRD wheels I see sometimes. Look great from 10’

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GreenGO Juan said:

They accelerated for around 3 miniutes into a grounding because they could not figure out the auto pilot was on. Auto pilot held course but allowed for power adjustments. They went from 40% to 100% power, thinking more power would turn the ship faster, but again the auto pilot was over ruling their course corrections.

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jrassy said:

I had a bad motorcycle wreck , put me in the hospital, and a full body cast with a Halo holding my head. A cute as hell nurse came in and gave me a sponge bath and through the moriphine, the pain, the total wacked out feeling , while she gave me the sponge bath, my little buddy gave her a salute , and I was happy , he made me proud .

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• My cataracts manifested as wrecking my nighttime vision. I had no major symptoms during the day, but when the irises opened up at night... well, when I realized I could not read big road signs until I was pretty much on top of them, it was time.
• I think I have monovision tract toric lenses. Distance vision has been 20/15-20/20 since day one, except...
• Wrt folks who keep reader glasses all over the place: yeah, don't. Get a good pair of readers from an optometrist and figure out how to keep them on your person. Good readers are a huge positive on quality of life. Our community puts very high value on superb optics; why in hell would any of us rely on a pile of $10 cheap-ass garbage glasses used a zillion times a day? I keep mine stuck in the collar of the t-shirts I wear 99.9% of my waking hours. Biggest frustration is the larger, heavier (less expensive) pair I prefer for reading (I do a lot of that) will fall out if I lean over. I have another pair, much lighter with pre-surgery titanium frames repurposed as readers, whose spring-loaded temples kinda clip to the collar and are less prone to fall out. I still set my readers down somewhere and the "@!&*$!!! WHERE ARE MY GLASSES" song is heard at least one a day. But having the optical quality of good readers makes that annoyance more than worthwhile.
• Posterior vitrious separation (PVS). I experienced it in both eyes after surgery and the retina tore in one. The vitrious humor, or vitreous body, is the clear gelatinous tissue that fills our eyeballs. As we age, it becomes more common for the vitreous to separate from the retina, and nearsightedness increases the chances as does trauma to the eye (I guess surgery counts). Anyway, it presents as flashes of light at the periphery of vision in low light when the eyeball is moved. In one eye, it happened and it was monitored without treatment and the end result was a number of fairly benign floaters that the brain fairly quickly tunes out. But in the other, the retina tore a little and the blood cells up against the retina looked like a cloud of sand in bright light. Ophthalmologist stitched that up with a laser.
• So, now into my 70s, I see quite well in decent light. The PVS-related floaters are there but "benign" is a good word for them. It's a factor of aging that low-light acuity degrades; that can be frustrating but in the grand scheme of things it's no biggie.
• As someone else wrote: get good sunglasses.
• Early on after surgery, I couldn't read the markings on my scope turrets. I learned I could make them out enough for matches by squinting. The magnifier things were too much of a pita and were discarded.
• I have no trouble seeing a bubble level mounted at the front of the scope while "in the gun" ready to shoot.

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Baron85 said:

Another thing to consider, you have to shoot a mountain of rounds to even think about breaking even with a trainer.

Even buying a used tikka 223, scope, rings, mags, etc to get started with a trainer and then the ammo to feed the trainer, the cost savings would take a long time if ever for most people.

Might be better to just buy more ammo for what you have???

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sirhrmechanic said:

Buy the adjoining land and put in feral pigs.

Also a rendering plant just west of town.

Plus build a big Muslim-friendly Gay Bar saloon right at the entrance. Call it “Suspicious Packages.”

IIRC the feds came down hard on Mormons who tried their own ‘radical theocratic communities..”

And the Christian one in Waco was investigated, attacked, besieged and burned to the ground is also one to remember.

So where are the investigations of gentlital mutilation, bigamy, weapons violations, tax fraud, truancy, child rape, goat sex, terror plots…. Or are the Muslims somehow a protected class?

I know where they can have all the freedom to do their thing…. It’s called Pakistan. I am sure they would be welcome there. And it’s the money they have to build homes near Plano, they could live like kings in Karachi….

But that’s not how invasion and subversion works… is it?

Sirhr

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Dan Wesson ECO. It joins safe mates Valor, Heritage and CBOB. Heading to the range Monday with some 230 gr Ranger T.

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AmmoFort said:

I’m outside building my kids new play structure with him late into the night here. But you’re kinda right, that sad sack turned himself into a mostly outside dog. Show me you don’t want nice things, guess what…you don’t get nice things. Fucker. He’s a good boy for the most part, but he likes to play the role of willfully ignorant. But jokes on him, I know he’s just pushing the boundaries so FAFO is in full doggy effect.

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sirhrmechanic said:

Buy the adjoining land and put in feral pigs.

Also a rendering plant just west of town.

Plus build a big Muslim-friendly Gay Bar saloon right at the entrance. Call it “Suspicious Packages.”

IIRC the feds came down hard on Mormons who tried their own ‘radical theocratic communities..”

And the Christian one in Waco was investigated, attacked, besieged and burned to the ground is also one to remember.

So where are the investigations of gentlital mutilation, bigamy, weapons violations, tax fraud, truancy, child rape, goat sex, terror plots…. Or are the Muslims somehow a protected class?

I know where they can have all the freedom to do their thing…. It’s called Pakistan. I am sure they would be welcome there. And it’s the money they have to build homes near Plano, they could live like kings in Karachi….

But that’s not how invasion and subversion works… is it?

Sirhr

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alpine44 said:

They are absolutely fine with it as long as the money ends up in leftist pockets and supports their agenda domestically and or globally. The state and its tax collection is their way to foist their dogma on others.

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