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One day a man decided to retire... He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank. He soon found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas and coconuts. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore. In disbelief, he asks, "Where did you come from? How did you get here?" She replies, "I rowed over from the other side of the island where I landed when my fishing boat sank." "Amazing," he notes. "You were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with you." "Oh, this thing?" explains the woman. " I made the boat out of some raw material I found on the island. The oars were whittled from gum tree branches. I wove the bottom from palm tree branches, and the sides and stern came from an Eucalyptus tree." "But, where did you get the tools?" "Oh, that was no problem," replied the woman. " On the south side of the island, a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock is exposed. I found that if I fired it to a certain temperature in a volcanic vent I found just down island, it melted into ductile iron and I used that to make tools and used the tools to make the hardware." The guy is stunned. "Let's row over to my place," she says "and I'll give you a tour." So, after a short time of rowing, she soon docks the boat at a small hand built wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before him is a long stone walk leading to a cabin and tree house. While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck. As they walk into the house, she says casually, "It's not much, but I call it home.. Please sit down." "Would you like a drink?" "No! No thank you," the man blurts out, still dazed. "I can't take another drop of coconut juice." "Oh, it's not coconut juice," winks the woman. "I have a still. How would you like a Jack Daniels neat?" Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they exchange their individual survival stories, the woman announces, "I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There's a razor in the bathroom cabinet upstairs." No longer questioning anything, the man goes upstairs into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet is a razor made from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism. "This woman is amazing," he muses. "What's next?" When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but a bandana around her blonde locks and some small flowers on tiny vines, each strategically positioned, she smelled faintly of coconut oil. She then beckons for him to sit down next to her. "Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, "We've both been out here for many months. You must have been lonely. When was the last time you had a really good ride? She stares into his eyes. He can't believe what he's hearing. "You mean..." he swallows excitedly as tears start to form in his eyes. "You've built a Harley?”

I got no money for a sand toy, y'all helped me spend it all on gun stuff! :auto: Also, the way Tom talks about that 500, I don't want to get anywhere near it! :eek7:

It’s no surprise that Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger went the way they did. Ummm, isn't Mel Gibson still alive and kicking?

'Bout damn time! <lmao>

Dude, I don't think that Harley Ultra Classic will do well in the sand! :-[ <lmao> Just got home from Safford with the toy hauler about an hour ago. It pulls pretty damn good with that Ram 1500!

Yeah, I knew that, I remember the Choate magazine tube thing! <lmao>

No, it is a Benelli tube. It was something like $200 but Josh talked the LGS owner into throwing it in with the gun. The owner is a long time friend of mine and Josh helped him move the store when they changed locations so he "LET" Josh talk him into it!

Thanks for the tip Sharkey. I just ordered one! <thumbsup>

I can't wear ear plugs, they drive me crazy! I had an ear doctor tell me once that I have very small ear canals and that is probably the reason me and ear plugs don't get along.

You guys are a riot! <laughs> I have to find a new extended magazine tube spring for Josh's M4. More often than not the last round doesn't come all the way out of the magazine when firing the gun. Don't know if you remember, but we were having that problem with it at the CG range last April when Josh was shooting with us. I'm thinking that when he got the gun from the LGS and had them put the 2 round extension on it they didn't put a longer spring in it!

My shooting buddy has a pair of Peltor electronic muffs he got several years ago from LaRue Tactical for $100 that are still going strong and he really likes them. I think that's what I'm going to replace the Pro Ears with. They also use AA batteries instead of the stupid N batteries that Pro Ears uses. These are the ones; http://www.laruetactical.com/peltor-tactical-sport-ear-muffs

A few years back I got a set of the Pro Ears electronic ear muffs to use in USPSA competition and general range use. After a couple of years (long enough for the warranty to be expired) one side quit working. I sent them back to Pro Ears to be repaired and a lady from Customer Service called me and told me both circuit boards would have to be replaced and the cost was almost as much as the original cost of the ear muffs! WTF!!! I told her there was nothing wrong with the one side when I sent them back, and if this was how they wanted to treat their customers to just send the muffs back to me. About 15 minutes after that conversation the lady called me back and said she had been authorized to give me a $100 discount on a new pair of muffs of my choice. I went ahead and got a set of Predator Golds, which were a lower grade than my original muffs, because even with the discount I couldn't afford to get the top of the line muffs like the first ones I had gotten at that time. Now, a couple of years later, again after the warranty has expired, one side has quit working! There's no way in hell I'm going to spend another dime with this company! There are a lot better options out there for less money nowadays. Now I know why I don't see that many Pro Ears products at the USPSA matches any more!

I'll be over to Casa Grande at least a couple of times this summer. Just bought a toy hauler and my daughter is wanting to spend some time up at Canyon Lake. Be a good opportunity to jockey the Harley around some of the roads up there. I'm sure we will be able to get together to sling some lead. I will be giving you & Jon a heads up whenever we are heading that way. <thumbsup>

I have one of those YHM forearms on one of my AR-15's and wouldn't hesitate to buy another. They are good handguards.

A Mossberg 930 SPX is next on my list, the one without the pistol grip. Right now I keep a Winchester 1200 18" 12 ga. in the bedroom for those unexpected visits. I've got my son's Benelli M4 in the gun safe, but I just can't get used to that pistol grip! I guess after 22 years of carrying and shooting a cop model 870 the pistol grip thing will never feel right to me.

Drew, y Dayum Drew! When Josh got to Okinawa the first of June last year he found that his Galaxy S3 wouldn't work there. He bought a new iPhone 5 for $10 and they weren't even available in the states yet! Somebody is making a schitload of money off of the American consumers!

You hit the nail on the head right there Tom! <thumbsup>

I bought a Norinco 1911 back before the guvmint stopped letting them be imported (probably 20 years ago). I've owned a lot of different 1911's and 'smithed on even more. That Norinco was a better gun than some American made 1911's! I customized it (checkered frontstrap, trigger job, better sights, beavertail grip safety and extended thumb safety) and reblued it. I gave it to my older son years ago and he still has it. I would actually like to get it back, but he won't give it up.

:sign10: <lmao>

Different sized gas ports in the barrels?

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!! <thumbsup>

Yup, the one that was at the SHOT show what, one or two years ago?

Mean City Cycles uses memory foam to tailor the seat to the individual rider. He can move you up,down, forward or back to put you in a better position. A lot of the folks over at hdforums.com have had seats done by him and I haven't seen one complaint yet. His prices are reasonable enough that I want to give him a shot before spend $500+ on a new seat.

I'm beginning to think that mag is never going to make it to retail! They have been moving the date forward for over a year now!

I love my twin cam 96, but the factory touring seats are pretty crappy. Evey winter I keep saying I'm going to send my seat to Mean City Cycles to have it redone with memory foam but it seems like I'm never off of it long enough to have the seat gone to be upgraded. That's what's nice about this part of the country, there really is no 'down season' for motorcycling.