Matt.Cross

While this is definitely the abbreviated version, I was very careful to be as evil to her as I possibly could without being rude or loud, but the extreme vehemence was definitely there....

Chapter Two 8:30am - Detroit Thoroughly fed up with delays, excuses, and other BS, I head to the Delta service desk to talk to a CSR. There's a long line there. The CSR at the desk looks like he's unhappy about being awake at 8:30am, and he points to a bank of courtesy phones and says "You can all be helped much more quickly by using the phones over there!". Lucky for me, I'm at the back of the lines and closest to the phones. I pick up a phone and start explaining my known problems to a Delta CSR. CSR: "Sir, we will gladly put you on another connecting flight at no further cost." Me: "Of course, how soon can you get me there?" CSR: "Our next departing connection can have you at PHX at 8:30PM MST!" Oh joy, you mean I can get there just in time to have missed a whole day? Me: "I'm sorry, the continuation of this trip is contingent on me being in PHX in the immediate vicinity of noon today. Does Delta have any partners flying in at a more feasible time?" CSR: *Keyboard clicking* "Uuuuhmm, sir it looks like we can get you into PHX as early as 5:10PM MST!!!!" All said very excitedly and enthusiastically, as if charging me extravagant travel and baggage fees only to severely hamper my arrival time is the most uplifting experience humanly possible..... Me (Starting to feel a little less polite): "No ma'am, that won't work for me either. How much of my cost this far can be refunded? It looks like I'm going to have to cancel the trip..." CSR: "Sir, we can only give you a full refund for your trip if it was delayed for mechanical reasons." Me: "You were mechanically unable to get me to my destination on time, I want a full refund or to speak with your supervisor, whichever is easier to accommodate!" CSR: *Keyboard ticking furiously* "I understand perfectly sir, I'm fully refunding your ticket costs and baggage fees as we speak! Your refund will reapper on your balance within 7 days." Me: "SEVEN DAYS?!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!! *slightly more calmly but menacingly* Ma'am, you know I billed this trip that your airline has ruined to the Credit Card your rewards program uses. You mean to tell me I can't even fly back home on your card because my refund will be showing up sometime in the next 7 days?" CSR: *Not at all enthusiastic or cheerful now, but I haven't been rude, just mean.* "Sir, we realize that we have really inconvenienced you and we apologize, is there anything further we can do to assist you?" Me: *Thinking 'Yeah, GFY...'* "No ma'am, you've done enough damage to this trip as an airline, I'll handle it from here. Thanks for the help." *click*

Chapter One Friday, November 3rd - 4:00am Location: My House My alarm goes off and I consider shutting it off and going back to sleep. I'd finally wrapped up the packing & preparation at 2:00am and a meager two hours of sleep didn't seem to be cutting it. I force myself to crawl out of the bed; this event has been a long time in the making and I don't want to miss it. 4:30am Location: Charlotte, NC I arrive at the airport, no worse for wear despite not getting enough sleep. Guns and other luggage are unloaded from the truck and I head to the airport shuttle pickup point. My flight is supposed to push back from the gate at 6:00am sharp, and I should've been here when my alarm was going off, but I needed to get some sleep so.... I get to the airline check-in desks and check my firearms, the TSA Agent walks myself and one other passenger with declared firearms to the Checking Area, where I discover a line of about 12-15 people all with multiple firearm cases, all complaining about the wait. This isn't good. At 5:50am, the TSA Agent puts my case on the baggage belt and I take off sprinting for the TSA Pre-Check line, which in itself will probably be a saving grace considering the length of the regular TSA waiting line. As soon as I stroll through the metal detector, there is a beep and every head at the TSA Area turns towards me. Guess who the lucky "random checkee" of the day is? That's right, me. At 5:55 I resume sprinting towards my gate. As I arrive, the gate agent sees me approaching at a high rate of speed and calls out my name questioningly? I affirm, show her my boarding pass, and hustle onto the plane as she tells me, "You barely made it!". Not that it would matter, due to paperwork issues from overnight maintenance on the airplane, we wouldn't get to push back from the gate until 6:45am, resulting in me missing my connection in Detroit. 8:18am - Detroit Having rescheduled my connecting flight on the way to Detroit, I begin looking for the gate to my connecting flight to Phoenix, which pushes back at 8:21am. The Delta app shows me booked for the flight, but does not give me a Gate number. At 8:24 I arrive at the gate only to be told by the gate agent that the door has just been closed and I will have to book a later flight. This is starting to suck.

Bump stocks are the start of the slippery slope that leads to capacity restrictions and ultimately complete confiscation. You might not care for bump stocks but if you don't defend them you'll regret it soon enough. Not one inch more will be given, not one.

LOL... You're quite a ways from the wire yet Chief.....

*Does Jedi Mind Trick* "We are NOT the enablers you are looking for..."

You should see how we treat the Rock River Arms guys......

Specifically, you have the S.I.U.L. edition PA-10. Suck It Up Leo, 'cause you bought a PSA!

I'm afraid it's unusable fellas, for some odd reason the mirage is overwhelming when this bipod is deployed.

SLR Sentry. That's all you need to know.

Well, Jim Bob was behind Leroy when the preacher stuck his finger in Leroy's ear. When the preacher finished his prayer, Jim had vanished. Looking puzzled, the preacher asked Jim Bob's wife what was ailing him, to which she replied "Hemorrhoids."

Damn straight, if she's anything like Ron he'll act out of self-preservation and keep her comfortable.

I could hazard a guess. I'd use 416.

No link, I had to call and order it.

Bastard.

Young Manufacturing makes a very nice stainless BCG that is uncoated.

Everything in this thread is GTG brother, don't sweat it. Your approach to things being different from Sketch's doesn't make either approach inferior, it's just a matter of personal preference and that's fine. You've cleared up everything that needs cleared up, and this has been a great write-up of the process. Keep up the good work brother!

Welcome to the forums!

Well, first you'll need to lasso a deer. Tom has a how-to around here somewhere.......

LMFAO

* Reaches towards the ban-hammer *

Ya'll got played. That is all.

Right on!

How brain cancer can survive contact with a politician I will never understand...