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I have often considered getting one or two of these. Are yours bolted down in any way? Do you find them reliable and easy access?

lol you would freak here engine, we keep ours in the night stands beside the bed.. Should get a safe I guess . I do keep one pistol readily available but most others are secure in gun safes. I do have quite a few C&R type rifles in gun cabinets that do lock but I do not consider them very secure.

Camo and Dark Earth currently are popular. Black is the standard. I also like combinations of Stainless Steel and Black. More and more variations to choose from.

1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. -- John Adams 2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain 3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain 4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. --Winston Churchill 5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw 6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -- G. Gordon Liddy 7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. --James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994) 8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Case, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University. 9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian 10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat, French economist(1801-1850) 11. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. --Ronald Reagan (1986) 12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -- Will Rogers 13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P. J. O'Rourke 14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. --Voltaire (1764) 15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -- Pericles (430 B.C.) 16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -- Mark Twain (1866) 17. Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it. -- Anonymous 18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -- Ronald Reagan 19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill 20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain 21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903) 22. There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save Congress. -- Mark Twain 23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians --Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995) 24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -- Thomas Jefferson 25. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -- Aesop Author Unknown: 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. 5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work, because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation!

One of 4 safes that I own with some of my pistols:

You are beginning to catch up. Happy B-Day!

Not your traditional NASCAR driver:

He had that coming, long overdue.

I give the new car look a plus. Did not like the previous version, cold and impersonal. Nice pics!

Probably because she could not have remembered the words live.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/22/u-s-marine-band-beyonce-did-not-actually-sing-during-inaugural/?hpt=hp_c2

Isn't Chrysler (Dodge) out of NASCAR at the moment? Or maybe it's just manufacturer funding?

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http://jezebel.com/5977527/animal-shelter-adopts-out-puppies-and-kittens-to-an-abba-soundtrack

Being old school I like the return to some similarity to the cars the public can buy even if it's in looks only. I am curious as to how the aerodynamics might differ between manufacturers. In the old days that was a constant battle as to who had a certain aerodynamic advantage, particularly with the advent of the spoiler. I am pretty sure current testing technology like the wind tunnels will level the playing field.

Name one other major sport where fans can interact with the stars as they can in NASCAR. I am not hardcore NASCAR but do like their down to earth nature towards their fans. This is just one example: http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/01/15/danica-patrick-photo-fan-daytona-international-speedway.html

No way I can root for a team with Ray Lewis considering his past history and actions at the time.

In a similar situation my son-in-law brought in 4 propane hot air blowers. They did the trick very nicely. I was fortunate because of where he works he had access to them. Floor had been covered in water 2-3 inches deep. Removed standing water with pumps. Propane blowers did the rest and rather quickly too. Had to reorient them on occasion for efficiency as areas dried. Got damn hot down there too. No leftover musty smell. Carpets look good, there were a couple spots (corners) I re-glued. I was most fortunate the water was not muddy, pretty much straight rainwater that found it's way in through a window well that had it's cover blown away.

No football! No kicking the kids or wife. Get well. I suspect some hard rehab is in your future.

Super Bowl SanFrancisco vs Baltimore 49ers vs Ravens Harbaugh vs Harbaugh Probably pretty good odds that won't happen again with different brothers.

Had my dogs out to the lake today. My youngest expected to go swimming and the frozen lake caught her off guard. You could just see the wheels turning as she inspected the lake. Did not take long before she was hauling as around on the frozen lake like it was a great adventure. Talked to some ice fishermen and they were laughing their ass of watching her entertain herself on the ice.

Along with Earl Weaver Stan Musial passed away today. A player I certainly remember from my youth. He was 92. An interesting unusual fact, he had the same amount of hits on the road as he did at home. http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130119&content_id=41044572&vkey=pr_stl&c_id=stl

Wow! What a difference in culture or perception. In the states, at least in Pennsylvania and almost all Eastern states, the Red squirrel is considered the pest and the Grey is considered a game animal protected by specific hunting laws. In addition the Red is considered the aggressive species often driving out the Greys and the Grey more docile. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_gray_squirrel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_red_squirrel

@@DEEJAYKEG Kudos DJ, I have often seen conflicting posts on a common topic. This is the first I have seen an author defer to a previous post. I respect your action, courtesy and lack of ego.

Natural evolution I could accept, I just do not like man/woman messing with Mother Nature.