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[ It's looks like Robert Parker wrote novels on the first 4 Jesse Stone movies, but the 5th (the one showing tonight) was only based on his characters. ] You are mistaken, and have it backwards, vancelw - The TV movies are based on the Robert B. Parker novels/characters, as they came well before - ...

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I have to say, it was truly, truly remarkable. Never seen anything like it. There were enough detail to the new world that Cameron created to make the concept seem "original". The effects, particularly in 3D, are totally captivating and qualify as extreme eye candy. While the story is sim...

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It's a repeat but worth watching again. I'm watching it now. I hope they have a couple/three new episodes this winter and spring. It's looks like Robert Parker wrote novels on the first 4 Jesse Stone movies, but the 5th (the one showing tonight) was only based on his characters. IMDB doesn't show a...

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Tom Selleck is on CBS now as Jesse stone What??? And miss the Cowgirls getting beat? (I know they are ahead now, at half-time, but things change :cry: ) I was in a panic, wondering what to do (I have no way to record one channel and watch another just yet) when I finally realized Jesse Stone was a ...

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Simple. It's neat. No other reason needed, is there? I like to have my .45 Colt Vaquero and .45 Colt 1892 Winchester (Jap) with me...just because. Instead of having to carry 50 rounds of rifle and 50 rounds of handgun (and worry which one I run out of first) It's nice to have 100 rounds that fit in ...

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I have to correct myself. The shop I was thinking about in FW is Freightliner. It's a large facility near 1-35W and Loop 820. I think they have a new Dallas location, too.

http://www.atcfreightliner.com/careers/index.php

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Joe, Stewart and Stevenson's has multiple locations in the DFW area (I think one is right by Cheaper than Dirt in FW). We send our firetrucks down there (way too) often. They work on all manner of large trucks; fire apparatus, buses, RVs, truck tractors. I would imagine that a good truck mechanic is...

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Fire Ant Farm. You're starting to get personal, now. :D There's nothing wrong with letting you kids have a fire ant farm...just don't feed them to the horny toad...the prey becomes the predator :oops: And since most pets have a shorter life with certain kids, it's always good to reduce the fire ant...

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What IS this stuff? It's cold and tastes like water... Ha. I wish I had taken picture this summer. We had a good hail store that left almost 2 inches of hailstones on the ground. I have two black lab crosses that were fascinated by it. Hours later they were still licking the ice. Heaven forbid that...

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And the snow is here... :lol: It rained like Noah's day last night. I got rivers in my ditches. It's still thundering outside now. Temperature has dropped drastically in the past two hours. I'm near the PRX, just south of Okiehoma. Looks like we might get a white day-before-Christmas. :cry: radar.g...

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The Ruger No. 1, if you can afford a bit of extra dough, gives you what a bolt rifle gives you, but with some major class thrown in. Plus it's got a lever. :mrgreen: You know, I agree with that. Or a TC Encore, 1885 (Modern) Browning or Winchester. I fully believe a novice should learn to hunt with...

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Simple recipe:

Braum's eggnog with Kahlua (or rum, but I like Kahlua the best.)

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Yep. And I'll take tornadoes over snow any day...I don't live in a mobile home anymore

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I used to have an American Arms (? made in Waco) .357 mg . I shot it at the range at dusk one time...was night blind for a while after that. I always figured that if I missed, the muzzle blast would burn all their hair off and I could pick them out of the lineup better later. I think I gave $189 for...

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Okay...I understand why some wear camo in the field.....but this?? Camo long underwear?? Really?? I guess it goes with the camo bed sheets and camo seat covers too..... Don't forget the camo nighties and camisoles. They're pointless, but fun nonetheless. Of course, if I bought 'em, they would end u...

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I know coyotes are considered varmits, but I thought Texas had a 5 round mag capacity when hunting? http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/hunt/means/ You made me have to look it up. I didn't think that was right, but sometimes laws get enacted that you don't know about. You made me sweat....

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I've always wondered about the camo lighter and wallet concept!! "Hey Fred, how did your fly-in moose trip in northern Canada go?" "Never saw one, dropped my billfold and spent the whole week crawling around trying to find it. Never saw a moose....". Best regards. Wind No kiddin...

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90% of the reason I wear camo insulated coveralls is because they are insulated coveralls. You can't find any that aren't camo, unless they are very heavy denim fabric, which is noisy. I have a 20+ year old set of Walls Realtree Grey coveralls that have been ripped and torn and I dread the day the s...

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Even with the so-so acting and quite a few stupid things in the movie it and Rooster Cogburn and The Lady are still my favorite John Wayne movies. Joe I guess I need counseling. My favorite Marion Morrison movies are "The Shootist", "The Cowboys", and "True Grit." He d...

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The last batch of wheelweights I acquired had a handful of ferrous wheelweights in with them. I'll know what to look for and cull them out next time. I didn't know they existed until a couple of months ago when they all floated to the top. I was a little aggravated that I paid for lead and got some ...

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Sounds like they have a lot of potential! I notice many are using Remington Core-Lokt bullets. At the risk of offending fans of this ammo, you may very well find that the rifles will become tack-drivers with some other high quality ammo. I've often found Remington rifle ammo (other than their .30-3...

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I looked at the new sale flyer that came out today. Looks like the deal is off. MY daughter went to a nearby city to watch Avatar in 3D yesterday. I considered having her make a straw purchase

for me but decided against it. So many guns...so little time....

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In the John Wayne movie "True Grit", Matti Ross asks Rooster what he did after the war. His answer was he robbed a pay master for a grub stake, then a little bank in New Mexico. After that he moved to Cairo, IL and opened an eatery called the Grass Frog. Joe That's funny! I was cleaning o...

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Was wondering about that video when it first started, but had a big ole grin on my face when it was over. Couldn't help it. I can safely say that I either have one of every gun he had in the video...or I want to have one.... :mrgreen: Showed it to the wife, who just shook her head and walked off, ag...

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I'm a pack rat and won't throw anything away (ask my wife.) If I have something that I would have to spend 10 dollars and 2 hours to fix, or I could throw it away and buy a new "improved" one for 12 dollars, I'll spend the time to fix it. I've got old axes, hoes, sledges, etc. that I will ...

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I've used this hammer for so long I honestly cannot remember where or when I got it. I think it was used even then. So I think I got my monies worth. Joe Back around 1980, my dad was bragging to a friend about how well his 1960 Ford Falcon station wagon had held up over the years and had moved the ...

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Are ya saying the scope base is still not level? If not, that sucks. I'd contact em again and make some less pleasent noises. Worse comes to worse, trade it off and NEVER deal with em again and bad mouth em for the rest of your life. Ya might tell em that's plan B . Amen to that. I bought a SIG P22...

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DANG IT! I was just looking at a custom Mauser in 7-08 this afternoon for a little over $400. I had just about talked myself into it when I saw this post... Man, NOW WHAT am I going to do? :lol: Buy them both. Or buy 2 Stevens for $194 each and tell yourself what a deal you got. (I personally don't...

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I shoot something on either side of it myself, the .243 and .308. I guess the biggest draw is the large selection of .284 bullets. I saw the ad you were talking about and was tempted to go buy one of those in 7mm-08. It would cost me 50 to 80 dollars more than that to buy a 7mm-08 barrel for my enco...

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So...did everyone ask Santa for a manziere or a bro?

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RKrodle wrote:I'll bring a big pot of red beans to go with the corn bread.

Oh Ricky, not in the cabin!

We'll have to sleep outside.

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I talked to Ricky and he said that there is a place in the cabin where there is a microwave. I am pretty sure that means that I could bring a crock-pot and make a pot of beef stew for one evening. There should be enough for about 6 to 8 people, more if we add in plenty of crackers and/or bread and ...

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Not to worry Joe. I'm sure everything will come out well in the end.

All kidding aside, I'm a hospital wimp, too. I use the philosophy that if you ignore your aches and pains long enough, they will go away.

Good luck and hope you get a good report

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milton wrote:Can I get a levergun in that caliber?

How would you load it? Buy a carton of 1000 rounds and pour them down the barrel like a BB gun? If not, you'd have to use tweezers.

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New for 2010 Ruger's SSCP 180 ACP http://www.realguns.com/archives/192.htm ---- Careful you don't put somebody's eye out. :lol: What the?!?!?...Wait...Now I'm thinking, "no" "An LCP, empty of course, is placed directly into really hot water for an hour, then placed into a dryer set t...

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Okay, that's what I thought at first, then I started thinking shallow end of the pool, that's the end kids swim in... Thanks! ~Michael That saying just implies there is not much diversity in his family history...inbred...family tree doesn't branch. Thus the gene pool is "shallow". We say ...

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Work, work, work! Turned this; Into this; We had others this year but this one was the most fun. Home owner is a hunter and shooter and wanted a "Man Cave" for his family room. I thought I had a finished photo but must not have taken one. Spent just about every weekend working on one of t...

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It is a "mule" deer? :wink: Close...It's a LaSalle deer... I think that was the name of the horse. Could have been Kansas or Bonita. On the ranch, animals that have reached their expiration date go to the boneyard. This includes the horses. I picked up this skull out of the boneyard one y...

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I don't think I used a levergun on this, so it's off topic.

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I finally got my "trophy" mounted and hung up this spring.

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After some reflection, I've done quite a bit this year. But I'm proudest of this (so far): 100_0987 (web).jpg My eldest daughter, who is soon to leave the nest, and her fiance spent Father's Day with me at the Quigley Shoot. I think we scored a 47...if you added all our scores together. Later this m...

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Another good book to read is Hornady's reloading manual. They do a good job explaining internal, external, and terminal ballistics. I think a lot of that can be found on Hornady's website now. Once you get enough knowledge to get started...get started. I have not been reloading long and I learn more...

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Thanks, I was one mile north of the Oklahoma state line, near Coffeyville. I've had very good results with bulk Remington 405 JSP's at about 1600 fps, I'll either go back to that or switch to hard cast bullets. Whereabouts in NE Texas? Just a few miles south of Oklahoma state line in Lamar County. ...

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Yep. That's a very nice buck. Without pinpointing your "sweet spot" what area of Kansas were you in? East Central West??? Just curious. I drive through Kansas about 4 times a year on my way back and forth to Montana and have sure seen some nice deer from the road. I guess I need to start l...

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I read the score wrong at first. I was about to get mad, because you didn't invite me. (the fact that you don't know me is irrelevant to my dismay.) Keep trying. All the good coyotes I ever met were already dead. (to paraphrase Phillip Sheridan) Busting coyotes brings me more joy than Christmas ever...

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I was talking to the little woman about how going to Africa wasn't much more expensive than a guided elk hunt. She let me know right quick that there was no way in Hades I was going to Sud Afrika....

....without her! Talk about mixed emotions.

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First things I shot hunting were shotguns, with safties of course, shooting at fast fleeing game. Now if you couldn't operate that successfully you would certainly get a laugh and someone might wonder if you ought to be using a gun at all. My first guns were a shotgun and an Ithaca single-shot leve...

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Arrrrrgh! I hate this forum :cry: It's already costing me too much money.... I'm out on a 2010 safari. I have commitments at work.. But I'm dang sure gonna see about a 2011 or 2012 trip. 86er, are you going to be in Red River county in Feb? If so, you can polish up your sales pitch on me whilst we'r...

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I know I am probably a committee of one, but I have no use for a safety period. I have never in my life carried a rifle with a round in the chamber and have no idea why anyone would want to do such a thing. Safeties are mechanical devices which can and do fail. If you are hunting and dont have time...

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Personally, I think a weapon handler is responsible to familiarize themselves with any weapon they pick up by, checking to see if loaded, whether the chamber is clear, any debris or objects in the bore, ... and, how the safety works(or doesn't) and whether the safety is on or off, before , during, ...

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I have a centennial (sp?) model 94 Trapper in .30-30 Win that has a cross bolt safety. It has gotten "bumped-on" before causing the rifle not to fire. I figure if it can get "bumped-on" it can get "bumped-off," so what's the point? I have no issue with safeties in gener...

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