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    Great Horny Toad!

    Toads are poisonous Active agents are Bufotene and Bufotoxin.. "Bufu" is latin for toad...:) They can excrete it through their skin and the toad biter will immediately start to salivate profusely. Immediate treatment is to rinse out the biter's mouth with a strong stream of water. Like with a...
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    Common core indoctrination

    Trying to do it in Roman numerals II+II=IV Can't do 799,999.... my Latin is nonexistent.. Common for one culture to take from another ..
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    Root Canal

    Had 4 First one by a GP dentist. Went well, relatively painless. Second one by a different GP dentist. No pain, went well BUT w/in six months, had a persistent maxillary sinusitis that responded to A/B but returned several weeks after A/B were stopped. Had a CT of head and Consult with EENT Dr...
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    Hi Point carbine anybody else got one?

    YouTube has the answer There is a video out there that shows how to modify the body of a 1911 Mag to work. Get an extended one and you have as many shots as it holds
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    Favorite Hot Sauce

    I use a lot of Tabasco but for my secret Wings marinade, it's Crystal. I also like to spring a bottle of "Scorned Woman" around for those unsuspecting souls. They put a couple of drops on their food, take a bite and exclaim, "Man, that's hot!! Aren't you going to use it?" I reply, " No, I...
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    What was your first gun?

    Fond Memories First was the Red Ryder BB Gun circa 1957, wore that one out. I remember shooting a Blue Jay at close range and watching the BB bounce off and thinking, I gotta get a bigger gun. Dad must have been clairvoyant because in 1959 he bought a Winchester 55 Single Shot bottom ejector...
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    Help ID this bird

    WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology The immature bird on next to last image is a perfect match!!! You guys do know everything about everything!!
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    Bacon Advice

    Momma taught me well... Start with a low temp and after all the added water is gone and the fat turns translucent, increase the heat. You can tell by the "stiffness" and when it starts to brown. it is done. Still, I prefer microwaved. The thick sliced without the added water, will cook at...
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    Help ID this bird

    On the canal boat dock near Orange Beach AL, I have been on the Gulf Coast and I have never seen anything like it. Thanks
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    If you are going to let something lay at the range....

    I "lost" a Harris bipod It was on the tray in the open gear box in the back of my PU. Only group of people that were there were a group of Boy Scouts. Did not pitch a fit because I had no proof, but as Sherlock said.. If nothing else is possible... Very disappointing!
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    CCW and Dr's visits

    My Dr's office has sinage on the entry So I consider it a DUTY to bring in 3-4 gun mags and stuff them in amongst the Web Health and other dreary dreck, Haven't been caught yet. :D:D
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    can I get an AMEN

    I enjoyed it from the point of view That I will never get in a location like that because I would not want to have to walk out when one of those props sheared off. Is this flick the Cajun equivalent of "Dueling Banjos"?:p:p:p:p
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    Jury Duty

    A slightly different twist Been called and served three times. Must be something about my awesome appearance ;) as I was foreman all three times. The last case was like the above but theft. As I was "experienced", I asked everybody to submit a "preliminary" ballot as to guilty or not and...
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    Flight Of The Bumblebee.

    Bumblebees nest in the ground Charlie, I think Bumblebees usually are in a burrow, like yellow jackets. We had a 660 acre hunting lease in Noxabee County and one of the twins in our club was running a bush hog over a green field that had a Bumblebee nest. The tractor could not out run the...
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    BMW automobiles?

    My experience with BMW drivers in TX years ago Rude, cut you off, and didn't know how to drive a hot car. I only put up with it for so long and then downshifted the Datsun 280Z and Zipped around and away from them.. A status car for status conscious people... The difference between a...
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    Family sayings

    My mentor at TAMU When observing an act of incredible stupidity or incompetence would calmly say... "Oh Well, We all can't be President of the Bank" I find myself using it more frequently as I age...
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    Rant: Another gun rag gets .308 vs 7.62 NATO wrong

    I'll stick in my $0.02 Crushing copper pellets is peachy keen fine except we have moved on to the "Digital Age" and the transducer, which measures pressure can be hooked up to measure the peak pressure over time... And that's where things get interesting. The pressure peak may be so...
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    Windows scam

    Posted on this a month or two ago. Windows tech support.. From the Indian subcontinent.. LISTENED AND ASKED QUESTIONS AND WHEN WE GOT TO THE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $50 AND $150 BUCKS AND I HAD TO GIVE THEM MY BANK ROUTING AND ACCOUNT #, I told them I had a University level IT person for support...
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    Kilts?

    Kilts were invented Because Scottish sheep have keen hearing and can hear a zipper at 100 yards. :D:D:D:D
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    Do you eat coots?

    Recipe for coots.. From my father who grew up poor during the depression in Kansas. Clean the coot. Put in a pot with a brick. fill with water. Boil for two days. Eat the brick. Never shot one as I thought they were inedible.
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