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School us in your own words on how it's calculated. I bet you can't.

This WAR nonsense somehow calculates how much better a player is than someone who'd be replacing him. How on earth can this ever be calculated or be valid? How about if you brought in a rookie who turned out to be a way better player than the one he replaced? Maybe it's not probable in all cases, but it surely IS possible. That's why this statistic is the biggest crock ever devised. I guess Joe DiMaggio would have a shitty WAR since the guy who replaced him was Mickey Mantle. LOL

You are correct that it's the hospital's duty to treat everyone, and I am sure the person I brought to the ER would have been treated no matter if they had an insurance card or not, but do you really think the hospital would have been as persistent in asking for an insurance card from someone who barely speaks English and looks like they were fresh off the boat? I bet they wouldn't. They know it's a lost cause from the get go. And if we are looking for "facts", it is absolute FACT that our insurance costs are increasing up to 20% a year because there are tons of people who don't have any insurance and then hospitals have to write it all off. We are in FACT paying for these people. I fully realize that the health system is completely broken in this country and even people born and bred in the US can be without insurance, but giving free treatment to millions of undocumented immigrants surely isn't helping matters in the least while those who can pay have to pay premium prices for it and the collection agencies will be on their butts forever if they don't pay up.

WAR is the LAMEST statistic anyone has ever devised. Everyone seems to be throwing out these WAR numbers on players and no one knows how the hell it's even calculated. It's a big joke!

I brought someone to the ER this past weekend with chest pains and numbness in their hands and feet, and the first thing they asked for was the insurance card so please don't tell me this is not true. I bet the hospital might not ask someone who looked like a newly arrived immigrant the same question, but I don't look like one of these folks so the scenario is different for me. They know who they can potentially collect payment from and they do everything in their power to collect all the necessary paperwork from someone like me so they can get paid. No use asking the illegal immigrant since he won't have any insurance nor will the hospital ever collect anything from them.

Meanwhile I could crawl into a hospital ER with a possible coronary and they won't even look at me until I give them my health insurance card. God bless America!!

The below is not my photo, but this is the falls at Taughannock Falls State Park which is also only a few miles outside of Ithaca. Really nice spot also.

No, this is right outside of Ithaca.

I wholeheartedly second Robert H Treman State Park. Really nice hiking and great scenery. Was there last summer. Like TF says, hardly anyone there compared to Watkins Glen. Also, Taughannock Falls State Park is close by and also nice hiking and scenery. Below are a couple of photos I took at Robert Treman SP.

Baked bean gas would work, too! LOL

As far as I know, 1187's have always been gas operated semi-auto's.

Yeah, there are plenty of hunters who wouldn't do very well shooting beyond 100 yards. I could also assure you that there are a good number of these type of hunters out there that have bagged MORE deer than these modern long range gunners with all their super duper high tech equipment. I know who I'd go to if I wanted meat in the freezer.

Do you practice out to 700 yards? That's a LONG assed shot in my opinion. I surely wouldn't be as confident as you. If there is one thing I don't like about today's big game hunting with rifles is this push to long distance shooting. 30 years ago a 300-400 yard shot was considered long range and now you see guys on TV, Youtube and magazines pushing the idea that a shot at 1000 yards or more is doable with some practice. I don't care how much someone would practice at such ranges, there are just too many variables for someone to be confident that they won't just wound or cripple an animal if they take such long shots. As we saw on the wind drift chart that someone posted above, even a 10 mph wind (which isn't really a very strong wind) can push a bullet off course enough to make a shot you thought would be a good one, into a bad one at 300-400 yards. Lets push this up to 700 yards or more and the wind drift table starts looking even uglier. I often wonder how many of these extremely long shots get butchered for each one of those spectacular kills we do get to see on TV or youtube? Of course they'll never show us that.

LOL Yeah, we've always suspected that. Thanks for confirming!

Martians might land in your backyard, Biz. They'll see the letter "B" you mowed into your grass and think that its crop circles. You might get abducted never to be seen again. If you stop posting on this site, we'll know what happened.

The NYPD surely isn't a police department that would look the other way with stupid laws like this knife law. I've heard it said that cops and police department's are generally pro-gun, but the NYPD is most definitely NOT one of them. They are as anti-gun as you can get and would be more than happy if no one was allowed to possess any sort of weapon.

It can be hard to pick a favorite knife. Some I really like, but I rarely if ever use. Don't mean to derail this thread, but what I think would make an even more interesting thread would be if people posted pics of their entire hunting/outdoor knife collections similar to what Stay at Home posted above. I like knives and I think it would be pretty cool to see what people have. And it don't matter if some might have only a knife or two. That could be considered their collection.

Someone on youtube beat you to the punch on that one I'm afraid.

Bob is the man for sure. He gave up so much of his own hunting time last season to personally guide several of the "Field to Fork" candidates to successful hunts. That alone deserves a medal.

If I were a deer, I'd prefer to get shot with one of these arrows over boring carbon or aluminum arrows. At least I'd go out in style! LOL

Wow! Looks like that little bastard wanted to burrow inside you for the summer! I'm no doctor, but I think what Culver's doctor said makes a lot of sense. If you get them off within a day you should be fine. It seems like a lot of people freak out and want antibiotics right away whenever they might find a tick on themselves, but I don't know if that's a smart idea. If you see the bullseye type rash, then go for them, but otherwise you are probably doing more harm than good taking unnecessary antibiotics.

No pictures of the carpeted bed? I would think that was the trucks top feature and something that should be shown off.

What are you talking about? Where did I mention anything about my own pension or not caring about America's culture, morals or philosophy?? Go get a cup of coffee or go to sleep to get some rest so you can read things correctly.

If there was such a thing as a Sasquatch, I'm sure he'd have no trouble tossing me around although I am far from skinny! He should probably look for someone with bigger feet than I have, so he could at least keep the shoes after he throws the body in the trashbin. LOL

Hopefully Odysseus sees your post here. He'll hike all the way up from Stewart forest. He can finally prove us non-believers wrong. He'll karate chop ole Squatch into submission! LOL