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I'm getting back around, brother - money will start flowing soon. I'll have one of these little bastards.

Damn, I wanna come over just to touch them...

In light of recent developments, I'd prefer to see this happen on recorded video... <thumbsup>

We jacked the HELL out of this thread, too. I'm just sayin'... <dontknow> :threadjack:

...Now, I was just a couple weeks away from getting out of Korea. Again. Getting selected for the gig was a "National Sports Event" as far as the military was concerned, so I was "awarded" 10 days of free leave, basically - 10 days of "Permissive TDY," or Temporary Duty. I got to ski on Uncle Sam's dime. In the mean time, I was selected for promotion to SFC/E7, which was a "conditional promotion." You can pin the rank on, get payed, but you still have to attend a leadership school to "earn" that rank. I was scheduled for that school after leaving Korea, and before returning to the SF unit that I was at before. ...but I'm wounded... If I went to the doc and told them I had a hernia, I wouldn't get to go to the school - which was mandatory for the rank I got - which meant I'd be demoted for not attending the school in a certain time period. No. Wouldn't happen. I had a right inguinal that would pop out if I coughed. I tucked that bastard back in. I found a way to use a FOLDED SOCK as a pressure dressing, and I'd duct-tape that thing across my abdomen and down, into my right inner thigh. Worked like a champ. I had to do a full PT test, run everyday, situps, whatever. As long as my contraption worked, I was good - and it always worked. Now, that school was from March through June, I took a month of leave, and signed back into the SF Group in August... Paratroopers gotta get paid... Once back in the unit, I had to jump again to start my Jump Pay. It starts the day you sign in, but if you don't jump in the first couple of months of getting there, the Jump Pay is cancelled, and they take it back as back pay. I KNEW the hernia repair surgery was gonna fornicate me... STFU, ans Sock Treatment. Made my first jump back with my improvised duct tape pressure dressing, and it was al good - money. Hit the SF Surgeon the next day, and said "Doc! My poop is hanging out! Hernia, man!" His response was, "drop 'em and show me..." I laid down the trou, coughed, grunted, did everything I could - and it wouldn't pop out. He told me to GTFO. When I was pulling up trou, it popped. Doc just about bugged out... "Holy SCHIT man, that's HUGE! You're ging into surgery RIGHT NOW!" I went into surgery RIGHT THEN, too. Fcuk me. The Surgeon thought it would be a GREAT idea to use some EXTRA mesh in me, since "he knew what kind of unit I was in..." Now, this is a right inguinal about 3" through - and he meshed my from the far right to the far left, all the way down the right side under my nuts. That center of uranus went overboard. I was so fcuked up after that - I don't know HOW women can have a c-section, and vacuum the damn carpet at home the next day. That was bullschit. If I got on the couch, THAT was my place of business for the next couple days - I wasn't getting up. Fcuk hernias, men. Don't think some doc is gonna get inside your abdominal wall with a mesh-repair-kit, and have you back at work tomorrow. That schit just wont happen. My $0.02...

Lemme tell you about my schit, brother. It'll bring "tightening my belt" to a whole other level... Just as bad as the deer story, equally as bad as the beaver story - this will be long... Read on... Happened in the Army, but not related to Army-type things. I was/am a National Ski Patrol guy, Alpine Patroller before I ever went over there (Ski Medic, basically - get broken MFers off the hill - stabilize them, package them, transport them off the hill, then let the ambulance guys take all the credit for their savior). I was in Korea from Jan '97 to March '99. Turns out, there's a "US Asia Ski Patrol," mostly ex-pats and some military members. I signed right up. Well, the "Asian Winter Games" were in Korea in January '99, right before I was leaving, and 10 guys from our US-Asia group were elected/selected to work those games. I'm in. Now, this wasn't some rink-dink event. They had a downhill ski course that we had to support, and it was Slalom, Giant Slalom (the "G") and Super Giant Slalom (The "Super G"). Schit wasn't no joke. Olympic level junk. My Ski Patrol Director was a fat fcuker - prob 6'1" and 240lbs. Looked like chewed bubble gum. He had a great idea that ALL of us should start at the top of the Super G and take him down in the sled. I voiced my opinion right away, and told him he was an idiot. THAT got me the first run down, "in the horns." That's the guy at the front of the Cascade Toboggan. Tail-Roper is a fag at the back, on a 30-ft rope, trying to control the slide. In the Horns means you're driving that train - filled with Fat Guy... Fcuk it - I get in the horns, silde off, and we start going. Now, an Olympic-Level race course is NOOOO joke. That schit is treated with chemicals and is harder than asphalt - and SLIPPERY! We go off, hit the first major descent and lip, and all the sudden, I'm going a metric schit-ton faster.... I look back, and my Tail-Roper is sliding down the hill, and the damn tail rope is flapping behind us. We have two major descents to go... I'm pulling hard to the left, in a major downhill with a 240lb fat guy, doing all I can control to get us back right, and it's not working. Fat Dave is yeiing "Go RIGHT," and I'm yelling "GET THE FCUK OUT OF THE SLED." We had a "failure to communicate" where he thought I could get us back on course, and I didn't properly communicate HOW fat he was, and that it wouldn't happen if he was still in the sled... BAM! Off the left side of the course, THROUGH the snow fence - that fancy orange plastic schit they string up along the sides. Only prblem was, we didn't go through. Fat Ass in the Cascade Toboggan (80lbs by itself) med gear (40 lbs) and Fat Ass Dave (240lbs). I had some FORCE trying to shove me through that snow fence. My right leg was my downhill leg at the time. BOOM! Right Inguinal Hernia. I didn't know it at the time - it took a couple weeks to find out that I was fcuked up. More in the next post, before I lose this...

Hernias SUCK ASS!!! Right Inguinal, here. Doc thought he was smart, and installed "extra mesh." I was down for three weeks. Fcuk that.

Jon and I visited Mike, at Lance's shop - they have it really going on. We spent so much time talking that we missed our 2A rally in Phoenix. It was worth the talking, and missing that rally. <thumbsup>

I'll turbo one for ya. 10:1 pistons, 25psi boost, and it'll be dependable as all hell. Run forever, as long as you put the right fuel in it. Don't try to run 86-Octane mexi piss gas through it. :banana:

Damn, that is smart!!! I love it!

Jon, those are NOTHIN! You seen these yet? http://www.polaris.com/en-us/military-vehicles/military-rzr

Forgot to mention - nailed three of these last night. First firearm parts I've purchased since JANUARY. No kidding. They're down to 461 right now - get 'em while you can. That's CHEAP.

Greg. Buy this one from Rainier: https://www.rainierarms.com/?page=shop/detail&product_id=619 The cost from Rainier was $730. That Stag full retail order I posted above came to $352. The remainder is $378. I'll buy the rest of that stuff from you for $378. Fair deal? I'm serious here, brother.

530 right now, and I'm making an order.

He's STILL laughing at us. It won't stop. Last time I saw Varget on the shelves at the Sportsman's in Tucson, I bought it all. And left Jon none... <lmao>

Not trying to be mean, but it takes RRA months to ship something that's in stock. I haven't had bad dealings with them, but the wait times you hear about are real. I understand their position on it, too, but it still sucks to wait.

There's two complete uppers on Rainier Arms right now, in stock. I know it sucks to have parts to sell, but it's one way to get it now and not wait. Searching for months, etc - is it worth it? Nah. Get the one with the Samson rail, and pimp that schit to someone else. <thumbsup> https://www.rainierarms.com/?page=shop/manufacturer&manufacturer=2&pagenumber=2

That was so good, you had to say it twice... <lmao> Here's what Brownell's has to say about it - discontinued by the factory. Snatch that thing when you can find one, I'm thinkin'... http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/receiver-amp-action-parts/receivers/upper-receivers/ar-15-left-handed-upper-receiver-prod41210.aspx

Yankee Hill is good stuff.

Just added this to my cart on Stag's website. Don't know if that means it's in stock or OOS, but I could add it. Have you called them about availability? If the schit's in stock, I'll buy it now, tell you I found it on Gun Broker for $450, then tell you I'll ship it to you for free... <lmao>

Hi Ron, This is Dawn. You're not STILL on my s h i t list.... :auto: in case you were really wondering. But I wish I could have met you Maybe I'll get to meet you when we crash Greg's cop graduation! <thumbsup>

Lemme know when you plan that trip, and we'll gather up the guys for some fun. <thumbsup>

Mine spies on me here... She thinks you guys are funny. She also thinks she can outshoot some of you. I'm just sayin'... <lmao>

I'm going to pull it all apart and measure the runout on that mainshaft. I'm curious to see how far it's out. I'll rebuild that broken one with heavy duty internal stuff - six-pinion planetary set from a NP241 case, wide chain and gears, slip yoke eliminator kit with a larger diameter mainshaft, and a real yoke on the output. I'll save it as a spare for the Jeep. <thumbsup>

I'm running Firefox browser, so trying this out here. Opened a new tab, went to Google, and copied the address in the nav bar. Will left click and paste it right below... https://www.google.com/ Hit the return a couple times just to drop down and type this. Let's see if it works. EDIT - it worked on this end. What browser are you running?