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  1. 3.3 the biggest? Shut up stop posting and go to sleep. I probably would not feel any of those if all ready in bed. It takes at least a 5.5 to wake me.
    Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle

  3. gowlerk

    September is here now. I'm starting to get my first tingles of excitement. I'm just wondering if anyone is seeing signs yet?



    Well I have not put up any signs yet, but the 23rd of September 2017 will be the start of my birthday party. Turn 55 on the 26th party should end around the 27th.:)
    Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle

  4. billvon

    Has anyone else gotten a chance to use the Hobie Mirage drive? It’s a pedal powered propulsion system for a kayak. It’s hard to explain how it works in text (you have to see it in action) but it works _very_ well. I got a chance to try one out on a few boats this weekend while I was up in Oregon for the eclipse. It even has a reverse gear.

    Hobie now has a small trimaran sailboat (the Tandem Island) that weighs 240 lbs; it has one of these drives in it as well. At first I thought it was sort of pointless (how fast are you going to move a boat that weighs 500+ lbs with everyone on board by pedaling it?) but I can see how it would work now. At my 1 minute speed (i.e. the max I can put out for 1 minute) I was leaving a pretty significant wake in a tandem kayak by myself.



    It works great, until you get into the kelp. Then it may as well be an anchor.
    Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle

  7. billvon

    Good article on FOX News by Michael Anthony, lead pastor of Grace Fellowship. Anthony points out that Jesus would not recognize the evangelical right today as any sort of Christianity.

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    I’m not a liberal, pro-LGBT advocate. I’m a conservative, evangelical Christian who is actually the senior pastor of a fairly large church in Pennsylvania. But I’m still reeling from last week, peeved and grieved about two things: how the president is handling the transgender military issue, and how many conservative, evangelical Christians are celebrating. I know there are many English translations of the Bible available today, including the KJV, NKJV, NIV, ESV and more – but it seems that the hands-down favorite of many of too many conservative, evangelical Christians has become the RSV – the Reversed Standard Version. I’m afraid many of us have reversed what the Bible teaches, and someone on the inside needs to say so loud and clear.

    There is nothing courageous, humble or gracious about the behavior of our president or many conservative evangelicals these days – and it frightens me big time. If it were possible, I think it would frighten Jesus. Many Christians are preaching grace and mercy and we’re very good at saying folks don’t need to get their acts together before coming to Christ as Savior – but our treatment of the lost contradicts our confession. We don’t own the message we’re preaching. Compassion? Love? Are you kidding me? We’re very angry at sinners. It’s obvious – and it’s twisted.

    We wonder why people are turned off by Christianity. I have news for us: it’s not Jesus who is offending people much these days. It’s us, his followers. I fear that a large sector of Christianity in America needs to get saved all over again, and I say that with tears, fear and a good deal of trembling.

    In the past four years, five well-known American pastors from mega-churches either fell from grace or were disgraced by unethical practices that should have had conservative evangelicals up in arms (and I’m not talking about worshipping on a Sunday morning). One pastor bought his own books in an attempt to become a NY Times bestselling author. Another built a 16,000 square foot home (don’t worry, only 8,000sf was “livable space,” he explained), while his church promoted “spontaneous” baptisms that turned out to involve a good deal of planned psychological manipulation to solicit audience participation. Drinking and anger issues cost another his church and marriage. The fifth resigned suddenly and walked away – and within six months, his wife filed for divorce. His pièce de résistance was that he assumed leadership of a church consulting company within weeks of resigning. In other words, he wants other church leaders to follow his example. Lord, save us.

    Where were the conservative evangelical Christians during these high-profile meltdowns? I don’t know, but one thing is certain: we didn’t hear nearly as much from them as we did about the president’s transgender military move.

    The recent release of a photo showing a select group of Christian leaders praying for and laying hands on President Trump is something I would expect to see from Pharisees, not pastors – unless, of course, there is a parallel. (Remember, the Pharisees were among Jesus’ staunchest enemies). I’m a huge advocate for praying for our president. Love him or hate him, he and our nation need a lot of prayer. But we’re supposed to be doing our acts of righteousness in private, not use them as a public relations tool to garner more name recognition.

    I get it: the military exits to destroy the enemy. Accordingly, it must have standards that potential recruits must meet in order to achieve its objectives. That’s common sense. And, I agree that the military should not pay for gender reassignment surgeries. But, can we learn how to express ourselves with compassion for people who, in many instances, would love to have their sexuality as settled as the majority of Americans? Must we bludgeon people in our disagreement? Is that what Jesus did?

    Sin is bad, and people definitely need to repent before they can follow Jesus. I’m not disregarding that essential part of the gospel. What concerns me is that many conservative evangelicals have perverted the gospel and don’t seem to realize it. We want people to be perfect before they come to know Christ, and neither Jesus nor the gospel work that way.

    At the very time when America needs humble courage, aloof arrogance is running amuck. I think it’s time we put down the false RSV Bible and start reading one of the real translations. It’s not possible to follow Jesus otherwise.

    http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/08/06/pastor-actions-many-christians-today-would-frighten-jesus.html
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    So which one is the true and accurate one?:)
    Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle

  8. At this point I don't know if it should be called a terrorist attack or not. According to some news reports it was a incendiary device that did not do much damage.
    The FBI has taken over the lead investigation. They should get to the bottom of it.
    But we have seen some instances of members of a church or mosque deface or burn it to try and gain sympathy.
    At this point it's anyone's call.
    Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle

  11. gowlerk

    China rocked by an explosion of illegal weapons in the hands of children.

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/china/china-toothpick-crossbow/?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion


    I want one.



    Then build you one. I did 40 years ago in metal shop. Got an A on it too. But at the same high school I was also in gunsmithing class.
    It was not unnormal for someone to have a gun on the bus and also walking though the school with one. Nobody batted an eye or thought anything bad was about to happen.
    But that was before being a G was cool. I wish I could turn the clock back.
    Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle

  16. millertime24

    My fidget spinners are way too expensive for me to take into freefall. Wouldn't want to lose them.



    Cheaper than mine.
    Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle

  21. Well with drones with cameras it is a litle different then if you are out in public you are fair game. With drones it is possible to hover and record what is happening inside a house, just have to hover a foot away from the window. It is one thing to be on your property and being able to see your neighbor it is another thing to send a camera 5 feet above their property to film them in their pool or house.
    The're has been at least one instance where somebody shot down a drone and no charges where filed. He was alleging that it was peeping on his teenage daughter.
    Handguns are only used to fight your way to a good rifle