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2021 Banter Thread

Sleet City USA said:
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Post this here to avoid cluttering the Feb thread. Pretty cool to see the wedge footprint that lowers the thunderstorm days
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I hate it. @Lickwx feels me here! Places in NM and Arizona have more thunderstorm days than me, in the SE! And over the last decade, they've probably had more Below Normal days than me too!
 
smast16 said:
I hate it. @Lickwx feels me here! Places in NM and Arizona have more thunderstorm days than me, in the SE! And over the last decade, they've probably had more Below Normal days than me too!
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CAD sucks , see what I mean ? It kills actual good weather in exchange for low energy weather . The different mainly comes from spring thunderstorms . We average more summer storms than a lot of the places west of the mountains . Summer convective storms are more epic than frontal spring ones that we can get screwed out of thanks to CAD.
 
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Real Question: When did we fall in love with the ICON? I feel like recently I have heard so much more about it, and people passionately following its runs, when I don't remember much of an announcement regarding a sudden spike in accuracy?
 
ontherocks said:
Real Question: When did we fall in love with the ICON? I feel like recently I have heard so much more about it, and people passionately following its runs, when I don't remember much of an announcement regarding a sudden spike in accuracy?
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@Loganelliott99 made a meme out of it.
 
It’s funny since back before I lived in NC prior to moving to FL in 2016, the ICON was in that category of models along with the ARPEGE, KMA, NAVGEM, JMA, etc. that we really only looked at when the situation was dire and we were desperate for a model to hug. ? Seems like it gets more legit discussion these days, even before it became Logan’s meme. I have no idea how accurate it actually is.
 
superjames1992 said:
It’s funny since back before I lived in NC prior to moving to FL in 2016, the ICON was in that category of models along with the ARPEGE, KMA, NAVGEM, JMA, etc. that we really only looked at when the situation was dire and we were desperate for a model to hug. ? Seems like it gets more legit discussion these days, even before it became Logan’s meme. I have no idea how accurate it actually is.
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Is probably not that much worse than the rest of the disasters we look at
 
SD said:
Is probably not that much worse than the rest of the disasters we look at
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Come to my gun room where I do gunsmithing, builds, and cleaning. It is a mess from one end to the other. All my labeled bins are open and parts are all over the table. I have an M38 Mosin-Nagant carbine I’m trying to build from scrap M38 and M44 parts. That doesn’t even begin to talk about the mess that is a pair of Japanese Imperial Army Arisaka last ditch rifles I’m working on and trying to get into working condition. Oh yeah... a few AR15’s to build, an AR10, and a cheap Rock Island 1911 that I’m retrofitting with Wilson Combat and Dan Wesson internals.
 
tramadoc said:
Come to my gun room where I do gunsmithing, builds, and cleaning. It is a mess from one end to the other. All my labeled bins are open and parts are all over the table. I have an M38 Mosin-Nagant carbine I’m trying to build from scrap M38 and M44 parts. That doesn’t even begin to talk about the mess that is a pair of Japanese Imperial Army Arisaka last ditch rifles I’m working on and trying to get into working condition. Oh yeah... a few AR15’s to build, an AR10, and a cheap Rock Island 1911 that I’m retrofitting with Wilson Combat and Dan Wesson internals.
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I bet you like Ian and Forgotten Weapons on utubes. I love Ian.
 
smast16 said:
I bet you like Ian and Forgotten Weapons on utubes. I love Ian.
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And Hickock45. Those Russian dudes are kinda crazy as well. Can’t remember the name of their channel.

BTW, be on the lookout later in the year for my own stamped AR10 and AR15 lower receivers. Found a supplier who can stamp and colorize my logo. My Class III license is finally gonna get use!!


BEKKS Tactical Solutions is my business license name in NC. The stamp will say:

BEKKS TACTICAL
ELIZABETH CITY, NC
223 WYLDE (or 556 NATO) or (762 NATO FOR AR10)
 
I wonder if this is going to go the 1960 route and we keep getting bitter cold and snow chances through much of March?
 
tramadoc said:
And Hickock45. Those Russian dudes are kinda crazy as well. Can’t remember the name of their channel.

BTW, be on the lookout later in the year for my own stamped AR10 and AR15 lower receivers. Found a supplier who can stamp and colorize my logo. My Class III license is finally gonna get use!!


BEKKS Tactical Solutions is my business license name in NC. The stamp will say:

BEKKS TACTICAL
ELIZABETH CITY, NC
223 WYLDE (or 556 NATO) or (762 NATO FOR AR10)
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Are you milling your own Ar's?
 
Interesting look to the clouds when I left school today, can’t remember the last time I saw it like this
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smast16 said:
Are you milling your own Ar's?
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No. At least not yet. I don’t have a CNC and if I was buying 80% and milling them, then sending out for serialization and company name engraving, it would be cost prohibitive. I buy (will be) blanks and sending them off for serialization and company name engraving. I’m looking at a possibly getting a CNC, but that’s down the road and a completely different BATF-E license.
 
I just paid $45 to fill my gas tank up. I can't remember the last time I paid over $40 to fill it up. Any explanation on this?
 
Textbook definition of being stuck between a rock (CAD) and a hard place (Arctic Front). Under any normal circumstance either one of these would benefit us greatly and we would be talking about a significant winter weather event, but it's like one is obstructing the other so we lose either way. Incredible(ly) pathetic. ?‍♂️ ? ? ? Also most models are way off on the timing of the temperature drop here, it 58 and most models (global and short range) had us in the 40s to upper 30s range by this time this morning.Screen Shot 2021-02-12 at 7.37.52 AM.png
EDIT: The winds are lightly coming out of the NNW so I suspect the Arctic front has finally pushed to the east of me.
 
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Kinda banter... don’t know if anyone watched GOT, but this cover of the theme by these guys is excellent. Tom Morello is a guitar god. Who knew Brad Paisley could rock out??

 
Myfrotho704_ said:
Grandpa just had a possible stroke after getting surgery done a couple days ago, sigh. I truly hate to say this but he’s showing those signs if you know what I mean.
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My uncle had a stroke many many years ago while on the operation table for a by-pass. Afterwards he could only speak in 2 or 3 word sentences and his vocabulary was very limited. He still lived a another 20 years. Don't give up hope.
 
sorry as much as i read the wx forums i feel i should know this but must have missed it. why do a bunch of people have Brick as their avatar. i hope he is ok and this is just some kind of good natured tribute?
 
Can y’all go throw my man some prayers... he’s going thru some very rough things. i teared up myself. Please just take some time out of your day and send him some prayers/pray for his aunt/family. ? ---- COVID19 man that ---- is no ------- joke ?
 
If gas is going to be going up $0.05 every day then minimum wage better be $15 an hour soon. The promise about student debt is not going to become a reality as stated the other day by the president.
 
I work in the oil and gas industry. Right now prices are spiking because of the severe cold much of the country has been experiencing. Demand has increased dramatically so prices are following for Oil, Gasoline, and Natural gas. Long term, this will probably continue as the new Administration moves toward green energy and cutting oil and gas leases and pipelines. If we don't get it here, we will begin relying on foreign oil and gas again and prices will continue to increase. Not a political statemen but just facts and law of supply and demand.
 
Oh Mickey what a pity you don't understand. You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand..... (Toni Basil - one hit wonder)
 
So not to get too serious or deep here but every year during cane or tornado season we get the "tall are bad people wishing for severe weather that hurts and kills people". Its happened on every forum I've ever been on. How come it's ok to wish for winter weather with arguably destroys thousands of cars and injures or kills people at equally high numbers. Saw a stat that said something like 180k ER visits a year due to ice and snow falls. Current death toll in Texas alone is 58. Just as severe as any hurricane or tornado outbreaks.

Currently at work we have a guy out who slipped and broke his leg back in the January snow.

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Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards

SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different...
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