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Anytime I'm planning on going to the Sportsman Auction at Talk of the Town in Ballston Spa on Thursday. I might not be able to afford to buy anything, but it's a lot of fun to guess what stuff will go for. There's a few decent guns there this month. https://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/3390832.html And I'll never go red, if anything out of pure stubbornness

Fair enough.

So, hypothetical question. I've been thinking about, if I had to choose someone to get behind for a Republican President, with myself being a registered Democrat, which current political figure would it be? This also got me thinking about which Democrat would Republican's be okay with. Now, I don't mean that you would be putting up yard signs for them, or even voting for them, but which current member of the "other" party would you be okay with? For me, I would would say Phil Scott, Republican Governor of Vermont. I don't agree with all of his positions, but he seems to come at everything with an open mind and a logical decision making process. I know that Vermont is a small state, but he has done a good job of working across the aisle. Now, I'm not an expert, and there are a lot of things I may be missing in this, but from what I have heard, I would be okay with him or a leader like him. Who would it be for you? I don't mean for this to turn into a "I could never support a Democrat/Republican" or "I just hate (insert name here)". I'm really just curious about what ties we all might have across party lines. Lord knows we all do enough bickering and complaining, it would be nice to think about what we might have in common.

You can't beat "Guy on a Buffalo" Literally, you can't beat him, he'll trample you to death.

Has anyone every heard of Cheif AJ and his sling bows? Back when I was in Illinois, there was a guy, really a character, named Cheif AJ from Tuscola who started making these sling bows. My dad used to take 10/22's over to him when he was modding them, back before the sling bow era. Anyways, for some reason this popped into my mind last night, and I fell into a rabbit hole of watching his videos. Pretty cool little hunting implement, and they are actually harvesting animals with them. Just wanted to share.

Nevermind, I read Terry Brooks as Terry Pratchett. My reply was irrelevant

I'm actually listening to the "American Gods" audiobook by Neil Gaiman . I read it the first time, and wanted to check out the narrated version. So far I'm enjoying the George Guidall narration. Kobo had a sale on some good historical fiction, so I started "The Wolf of Wessex" by Matthew Harffy, last night. I'm about 20% in, and am really enjoying it.

Also "S-Town" was a fascinating single season podcast.

If you have any interest in country music history, you have to check out Cocaine and Rhinestones. It's done by Tyler Mahan Coe, David Allan Coe's son, and this guy puts the work into digging up some amazing stories. Not your normal "artist interview" podcast, it really dives deep into some obscure parts of country music history. I highly recommend it.

Not on my end at least

I just wanted to follow-up on my comment from the other day. I just read new reporting that contradicts the article I shared. According to this report, Donald Trump's reelection may not be a goal of current election interference. I'm sure this will open a can of worms, but I don't want to knowingly be a hub for misinformation. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/23/politics/intelligence-briefer-russian-interference-trump-sanders/index.html

I cannot prove you wrong. Like I said, I don't have a solution to offer. All I know is that when people can't afford simple but necessary drugs like insulin, but CEO's of the companies producing the product are getting disgustingly rich off of the product, there is something fundamentally wrong. Maybe it's government interference, maybe it's pure greed, maybe both, maybe it's neither, I don't know. However, we spend billions of dollars on defense to protect Americans and American "interests", but our people run a far greater risk of going bankrupt due to healthcare costs than they do being a victim of let's say a terrorist attack. I guess that may tie back into people making money though, I'm sure that someone is making a lot money off of defense spending, and we know darn well that it isn't the men and women who risk their lives for Freedom. But again, I don't know enough to offer any type of solution, so I guess I'm just complaining

I resemble every one of those remarks. I think the government can do a better job of helping with healthcare costs, but I'm not smart enough to offer a clear solution. I think basic human services is where capitalism fails though, when the dollar is worth more than human life or human dignity, it's time to make some changes.

Thanks for the advice, I think this makes up my mind

Man how I miss Beagling. Growing up, that was mine and my dad's weekend outings, taking the dogs out either for fun or for competition. I sometimes will turn on a YouTube video with dogs running and it brings a smile to my face. Great to see you and your son out running them!

Okay, dumb question, but how does this compare to a harness with shoulder straps that attaches up higher. I can just see myself hanging upside down in that thing

I'll be in the market for a new tree harness soon, and am looking for recommendations. I plan on using a climber, and all I ever used was the old one that came with the Summit climbers 10 years ago or so. That one never made the move from Illinois, so I'm looking for a replacement, I'm sure there are better/easier to use harnesses out there. Any recommendations?

I don't see why it wouldn't be legal, unless it is doesn't meet the size requirements. It must be at least 7/8th inch at the widest part, if I'm researching correctly. It doesn't look barbed.

Finished this guy last night. Not bad, but not awesome. I'm not sure I'll finish the trilogy, I just didn't ever care enough about the characters. Not a bad read, and it had a cool connection with firearms and sorcery, something different that the "swords and spells" of regular fantasy stuff. I'm starting to re-read American Gods by Neil Gaiman, one of my favorite novels by one of my favorite authors.

Guilty as charged

Lot's of great photos being posted today, keep it up!

That's a fair assessment, I'll give you that. However, I realize I got fired up, and we have handled it on the side. I'll be the first to invite everyone to the flag pole at 3:00 I'm joking, I'll admit I got wrapped up in things, and look pretty foolish because of it. It's not the first time it's happened, and it would be safe to bet that it won't be the last

Come on Rattler, you're stretching so much on that one I feel like I'm watching a yoga class From Webster's: Definition of ignorance : the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness

You know what, upon further reflection, I want to clarify my reference to the famous Twain quote. I do not think you are an idiot, you have shown yourself on many occasions to be at least researched and logical in your posts, even though I do not agree with them. However, I do stand by my referenced quote in regards to arguing the established definition of a word like ignorance. It's such a small thing, that really has nothing to do with the original post, but goodness gracious, you will debate anything