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 Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:21pm |
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My wife and I were in quarantine last month when she either had COVID, or an atypical pneumonia. The doctor decided it would be too dangerous to test her and likely expose her, and so we just stayed home and had groceries delivered for two weeks.
I got a good deal on a Tikka T3x CTR right before that happened, and I started a new job as an internal auditor for the biggest bank in my state - owned by the “Walmart family“. I am also supposed to be co-managing a campaign for one of my counties local Justice of the Peace elections, but social distancing added a unique challenge to that. Our IT dept. has closed down additional remote working requests and so I’m still going to the office each day. There’s only a small handful of people working there, but it still makes me nervous with all of this going on. More than anything I’ve been horrified by my state’s (Governor) absolute refusal to acknowledge and deal with reality, or understand middle school science. Unfortunately, I suppose that’s part of life in Arkansas right now. We past our previous peak on Friday, and we’re continuing to show signs of outbreaks. He is taking the weekend off and already clearly stated that we’re not closing anything down from this point forward, kids sports and summer camps are on, and we have viral pictures from the Lake of the Ozarks which shows hundreds of people all within inches of one another. This is fine. |
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"I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl
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impulse418
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off the hook four days early <3 <3 <3 Joined: 25 November 2010 Location: Phx, AZ Status: Offline Points: 3354 |
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Posted: 24 May 2020 at 5:16pm |
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Got diagnosed with Shingles at the old age of 31. Guess the stress brought it out.
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scotchyscotch
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Truly a shining example to you all. Joined: 09 October 2006 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1987 |
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Posted: 22 May 2020 at 11:21pm |
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Good Job Tallen,
I miss shooting. Used to do quite a bit when I was young. Shot at a decent level back then at .22 & .762 on L81 in the interservice meets at Bisley. Our squadron pretty much carved the National level trophies in half with Cardiff (sheep shaggers). Did a lot of messing about with SA80/L98 as well at .556 in between which was decent fun as well for a firearm starved youth in Glasgow. Probably couldn't hit a cow in the arse with a banjo now. A bit strange for this to make me feel so old at 30. Not much opportunity for legitimate shooting here in Manchester. Always heard the place had a reputation for shooting(s) but seems it's more the car to car sort. |
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tallen702
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Hipster before Hipster was cool... Joined: 10 June 2002 Location: Under Your Bed Status: Offline Points: 11850 |
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Posted: 22 May 2020 at 9:28pm |
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And here's my Savage No.4 Mk.1* all purdied up. Before and after pics:
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Ceesman762
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Posted: 18 May 2020 at 7:11pm |
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Nice job Tallen.
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Innocence proves nothing
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tallen702
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Posted: 14 May 2020 at 9:06pm |
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Finished up Shorty's No.4 Mk.2 re-furb over the weekend:
 And stumbled into another personal project for myself. 1942 Savage No.4 Mk.1* Lend-Lease rifle with intact US Property and "flaming bomb" marks and no importation marks. It was sportered and missing the mag, but repro mags will get me through until I find a Savage marked one. Have all the correct Savage marked parts coming to restore it along with new-old-stock forearm and hand guards. Butt stock was unmolested under the shellac and varnish, so I just cleaned it up with stripper and Formby's and have been rubbing a thin coat of BLO on it every day and letting it dry. Parts are ordered and will be coming in over the next week. Shouldn't take long to have it back in order and a grand total of $400 spent will net me a $700 rifle thanks to the lack of an import mark.   
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Kayback
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Posted: 13 May 2020 at 5:45pm |
Cool! I've always hated Morse and have great respect for anyone who can use it. I never got the hang and always had to check a notebook. |
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Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2
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impulse418
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Posted: 12 May 2020 at 2:16pm |
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Oh I likey Tallen!
Stumbled across a new Youtube channel called Mark Felton Productions. He is what the History channel used to be years ago. Been binging on his obscure WW2 subjects. And I passed my 1st HAM radio license test! Will prob start studying for the higher level, and continue practice with Morse.
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tallen702
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Posted: 11 May 2020 at 10:43am |
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Got another one finished. My M98 (captured K89k) all done and dusted:
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tallen702
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Posted: 09 May 2020 at 11:10pm |
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Been busy restoring bubba'd firearms.
Shorty's SMLE No.1 Mk.III that I took out of the sporterized stock set and placed in a restored Drill-Parade set. Replaced all the missing parts (he had purchased them) and did the extra inletting work on the wood to get everything to fit and fire properly.  I currently have his No.4 Mk.2 stripped down and am working on the wood for it as well. Meanwhile, I have a Yugo captured K98k that was sportered somewhere during communist rule that I got from Gibbs Rifle Co. up in WV. Barrel was uncut and it was only the stock that was butchered. Missing nose band, bayo lug, etc. but got it all sorted. I got a Yugo stock for it (full length K98k action and barrel type) and set about getting it in shape. I think 2-3 more coats of BLO and it'll be ready to re-stock. Ordered a CMP Service Grade Garand earlier in the week and given that the AL store re-opens on Thursday, I should be nicely in line for one to ship shortly. On top of all of that, I threw a "Screw it, here's a low bid" on a Savage-made 1943 Enfield No.4 Mk.1* (with Lend-Lease US property mark) that had the stock cut, but that was it. I won. Now I get to re-stock that sucker as well. In short, I've got 3 countries of WWII covered in less than 2 months. US Garand, Lend-Lease Enfield for the UK, and a legit K98k that only underwent banner scrubbing for Germany as well as Tito's partisans because it was a legit capture and doesn't have any post-48 markings. |
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BARREL BREAK
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Posted: 07 May 2020 at 4:56pm |
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Been working from home for... 2 months? Time isn't real.
Training instructors to go online mid-stream sucked. Fall online will suck more. Fragility of capitalist structures and no social safety nets is why things suck more here, but fascists are just gonna double down and people are stupid (see cuomo's approval ratings).
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impulse418
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Posted: 04 May 2020 at 9:26pm |
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Taking my ham radio license next week. Being on the welfare I've had a lot of time to study and explore things I've always wanted to. Next is learn Morse code.
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tallen702
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Posted: 03 May 2020 at 11:34pm |
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Cool!
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impulse418
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Posted: 29 April 2020 at 4:47pm |
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I let my EMT cert lapse, so first step is to get that back. Enrolled for a class to start in late May, then when that wraps up I'll enroll in the Medic program.
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tallen702
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Posted: 27 April 2020 at 11:37am |
It's an odd issue. Certain words that were commonly used in spam emails back when the forum switched over, but that are now fairly common in regular speech will trip it up. It's weird. |
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scotchyscotch
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Posted: 18 April 2020 at 10:04pm |
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What's the deal with the spam filter? Do we have a list of stuff it blocks in it's drunken, power-crazed, stuper?
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tallen702
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Posted: 17 April 2020 at 7:58pm |
If furloughed/laid off, you will have to use up VACATION PTO prior to collecting unemployment. Sick days can be carried over. |
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Posted: 15 April 2020 at 7:08pm |
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I might be out of work come 5/1. I have four weeks PTO saved up, but I kind of want to ask my HR people if I can be furloughed and collect instead. I feel like a bum doing so, but I don't want to be on PTO and work from home anyway.
I don't even know if I'm eligible. I haven't been unemployed since I was 17. |
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tallen702
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Posted: 15 April 2020 at 2:54pm |
Married, young kid, two cars, house payment, etc. Makes getting another degree and switching careers a tough one to do these days. It used to be my goal was to create work back home in WV that could support us AND inject money into the local economy there. While that's still possible, I don't know if I have the energy to pursue it anymore. Now my minimal goal is to make enough here to buy some property there so I can get back to the mountains at least a little and support the local businesses on a weekly-to-monthly basis. |
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Posted: 15 April 2020 at 10:22am |
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Things are OK enough here.
We've moved all our classes online for the remainder of the Spring (Technically Summer too, but my Summer 2020 class was already online only so it doesn't change anything). Some of that has gone really well. Like in my Media Ethics course, where students were doing group presentations, I now have them doing individual vlog presentations. I encouraged them to get weird with it, and some of them have done little white board animations, some have used sock puppets, etc. It makes me smile. Two of my other classes have been more of a challenge. Sports Journalism had to get heavily modified because of the lack of sports. I have them writing recaps on pre-recorded games. It has worked OK, but I keep having to remind them that it's way less challenging than real-world coverage, as you cannot pause a live sporting event. PhotoJournalism had to change because I cannot really ask students to risk getting themselves or their families sick just for a college class, so I've had them documenting their own lives under COVID-19. The results have been darn good. The ones with a natural eye for visual storytelling are telling interesting stories, even if those stories are "making breakfast" and "making a bonfire in the back yard." Financially, the university works on a two-year delayed budget. Everything is allocated two years in advance, so the shock-waves of this hopefully won't be as bad, assuming things get up and running for in-person classes for Fall 2020. If things don't get back open by August, then in 2022 the university might be at risk for layoffs because of declining enrollment. Enrollment is the lifeblood of everything. If students decide not to enroll Fall 2020 because they don't want to take online classes, then things really start to get pinched. The two things I keep focusing on, as not to let my anxiety get out of control, is that public universities are getting bailout money that is supposed to be specifically earmarked for avoiding layoffs, and that layoffs in other sectors might mean more people deciding to enroll in college to get a degree for the post-COVID-19 world, which might level the pinch off slightly. The university has waived application fees and lowered tuition and student fees. It's essentially free to apply to Georgia Southern now, so maybe people who might have otherwise not thought about applying will give it a shot. I always had a tendency to be a bit of a homebody, but now I want nothing more than to go to the bar.
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