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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English". In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governmen! ts will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas. If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.

No. It is not legal. They are not C&R's. Now, I wonder about the law regarding serial numbers, plus if we still are allowed the right to sell a gun to another party?

The problem is that thus far I only know how to run "managed boards", which means they have the template. I wouldn't even know how to keep Invision and dump Sizzlyhosting, which E. Lee owns. I have briefly discussed the possibility of a joint board with Wayne. He's looking into the same provider as Tuco uses.

This is from their support forum: The board is back up, per usual, because it is no longer the weekend. Here is what Elliot Lee said about his role in the matter. Invision says it isn't responsible, and E. Lee says he is not responsible. I have already gone to my credit card company for a refund. I'm actually a student now. I am working on weekends, as you can see here (I am replying to your email). I do not work for Invision Power. My understanding is that Anthony paid Invision Power Services. I did not request that you pay them. I did not receive that money. And I am not being paid, although I will do my best to help. I apologize for any inconvenience. If you are not aware, Invision Plus is providing free hosting service, which means we are not charging people for our service. Also note that my understanding is that you guys had purchased an Invision Power Board 2.0 license, which is a fine thing to do. But I am not associated or affiliated with Invision Power Services in any way. I just work hard to maintain a free forum hosting service, and I'll try to assist with what's best for your board. I don't know that terribly much about the web if it is not a "managed service". I had board problems, like last weekend with the free service, I posted a complaint, E. Lee wrote to me saying he could fix me up (not saying he wasn't one of your employees), I buy the service, despite his saying I could buy it for "$69, his cost". I had to buy it for $185 because he wouldn't answer back on how to get it for $69. He called his setup a "test", so I could get it cheaper. It has been nothing but headaches from the beginning. Just like EZBoard, nobody is responsible for the foul-ups. This is so danged stupid, and is costing me board members, money, and immense amounts of time. Why do you let any Joe Blow hosting service run your software? Thanks, Elliot Lee

I have filed a complaint with my credit card company, have complained about Elliot Lee, owner of our hosting service, etc. This is happening every weekend and is unacceptable. When we are down, please go to the old site http://pub86.ezboard.com/bmilitaryfirearmrestorationcorner

I carry a North American Arms mini-revolver in .22 mag. Very small, very convenient, very comfortable. I also have a G33 in .357 Sig for when I go to the big city.

Walmart does it, but only one employee watches at least 4 machines.

Another consideration is whether people read the classifieds. I know they do in Outdoor Life.

How true! Actually, forcing people to sink or swim may be doing them a favor. Need is the greatest motivator in the world.

I did ol' bean, and exceeded it by about $20 or so. I want to advertise the site. It is like rebuilding after your house burns down. I could use input from where folks think I should advertise with our ltd. funds. Gun List, Fur, Fish, and Game, and Shotgun news aren't too expensive. I wonder about maybe Outdoor Life. American Rifleman would be ideal, but would be mucho expensive.

Don't ya just HATE talking to "Alex" in India? You ask for someone in the U.S. and you get a real live human version of a answering machine?

Yea! The only thing is that when I go to the admin page I get "Unlicensed Version". Maybe a day will fix it. My wife said, "You spend an AWFULLY lot of time on the site". She said it was an observation, not a complaint.

That just plain is not right. The former Marine corporal wants to work toward a degree in emergency medical care--a very needed profession. Hopefully the state government officials will be able to throw a little weight into this thing. fritz 2549[/snapback]

Yup, in the west people are "to thine own self be true" types. Good thoughts Karl. Remember how people were fed up with the Civil War and wanted the south cut free in 1863?

Nope, they're not wealthy. 6.5 million is outrageous! I'm told that it is realistic for a standard building design: choir practice area, kitchen, parking lot, larger sanctuary, more classrooms. For Pete's sake, there is vision, and there is just plain loco! Well, the wife and I will keep looking. The kids, esp. the 12 y/o really paid attention to the sermons, which is a loss. I will just buy the CD's of the sermons I guess. Karl, Sheperds Chapel must be a California thing; I've never heard of it.

Tough guy, huh? We'll cut off the supply of new films we send them! Venezuela has tried to be a tick on our butt for the last year at least.

A guy wrote Fur, Fish, and Game saying he had a bad time of it pushing sabots down his Knight muzzleloader, until he tried Power Belts. Figure this might be of use to someone.

These Army folks aren't made out of money. Build what you need and use moderation. Why not build a little at a time, as needed? While building, consider the churches that meet across the world under bamboo.

I'm a Christian, and not just by name. I'm not above calling a goat a goat when I see it. Picture this- Killeen, TX, not exactly the money capitol of the world. I was going to join a church (SBC) that is moderately large, with a population dominated by Army and ex-Army. The pastor is a very gifted teacher and speaker, the music is largely chorus/ comtemporary music. They are pushing "Project 31". I about had a caniption fit when I saw a slick, Madison Avenue style Powerpoint presentation on their building program. The sanctuary is fairly full, but not bursting at the seams quite yet. Parking is challenging, but not impossible. They have a, brace yourselves, 6.5 million dollar building program in mind! Is there a church in Africa or south of Mexico that cost that much? I sure as heck doubt it. There are churches that could use members; why not tell folks, "Go to brother so-and-so's church, they have room". I have met in non-air conditioned storefront churches, met in hotel meeting rooms, a couple of times in a bar on a Sunday morning at the same hotel (nice chairs!), at the lake, at the river, in sheet metal all purpose buildings. I have been on several building programs. We did a lot of the work ourselves. Well, I wrote the church, which is something I rarely do. I really riled up one of the deacons. The old boy wrote me a pretty terse letter. I guess he didn't like my post card (like Mr. Postman spends his time reading other people's postcards). I told him that it's not "All for Him, it's all for us". That was the song on the Powerpoint presentation. "Build Me a house, restore my walls which are fallen down". Gee, I don't see any walls fallen down! Well, Project 31 is a suggestion of $31 per week. Nope, I'm not doing it. The Project 31 flyers in the pews, the Project 31 crossword puzzles too. The signs along the walkway, and the thingies stuck in my windshield wipers. Time to find a simpler church. I made a decision- heck, I blow over $30 going out to eat with the wife. I spend more than $30 buying guns. I have enough stuff. I decided to sponsor a boy with World Vision in Albania, and I'm thinking of a girl too. They haven't got squat. To heck with our stupid building programs. Let's get back to the basics here. I don't say this to toot my horn, because I don't deserve a "toot". There are good churches out there, but man, we Americans are absolutely spoiled rotten!

I keep getting calls from law enforcement wanting money. Gee, why do I pay confiscatory taxes just to be told they don't have enough money? I really feel like saying that. Kind of like, "Do you get my tax money?"

Well, the more rank I get, the less the number of people I answer to, but the more I'm responsible for. Trade off. I admit it would be nice to work for one's self. I just don't know what to do to do that sort of thing. Woodworking doesn't pay squat. At least this job I have pays pretty well. It does make it hard to figure what to do sometimes.

In case anybody much cares. Heck, you all can throw your two cents worth in about what's up with you all too. The medical review board (I'm a nurse, major, Army Nurse Corps) reviewed my hearing, which has always been poor. Well, despite me saying they should leave me in the O.R., they decided to tell the ANC to reclassify me into another area of nursing. Well, O.R. is very short of nurses, so that made no sense. Well, there were two black females over me. One of the same rank, but she always told the head nurse what she ought to do, and she was floor coordinator too, which was a head trip power position. Trust me, because now that she's at officer advanced course, ALL the nurses talked to the chief nurse and want a good black male reservist nurse to be floor coordinator. The head nurse is going to Iraq. Well, I found out why the board decided as it did back in June, but it took me till last week to find out why. She said that I was "incapable" of working in the O.R. That is a bald-faced lie. My peers were astounded, and the new floor coordinator tried to keep me there, but it is too late. I have problems hearing at times, but I have adapted, and I do just fine. Also, despite the head nurse acting all caring and crap, she has a chip on her shoulder because I turned her and her compadre into the I.G. because they attempted to sabotage my promotion to major on the grounds I had not been to Officer Advanced Course, and was only a cpt. 4 years. The date was moved back three years. I won. The deputy of the nursing section told me that she tried to sink me on my OER (eval), but he didn't let her. Twice now she told me she is a "good person" and "I'm not out to destroy your career". Damnable liar. So, betwixt that and Elliot Lee jerking me around on fixing us up on our license on this site I'm not in a butt-kissing mood anymore. I can't stand two-faced people. The prior floor coordinator, the one at OAC right now, told me before she left, in a friendly-like fashion that I have it made because I am a male in nursing. She then said that the ones who work hard get passed over, and the ones who don't deserve it get promoted. Who else could she be speaking of other than me? That takes gall, I'll tell you. I'm a trusting person, but they damaged that aspect of my nature. On the good side- God is good. He gave me a great wife, a promotion, great kids, and now I will be moving to a head nurse position, or will get to do conscious sedation, which I'd dearly love to do. I'll find out within two weeks. Thanks fellas for being there. Guys these days don't have enough buds. Oh, may sound dumb, but I always wanted "Rock-em, Sock-em Robots" when I was a kid. We didn't have much for toys, so now I won one on Ebay for $27 delivered for a 1966 model in as new condition. Not bad, eh?

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Farting Chicken was the nickname a Sioux Indian patient gave himself. Decided I'd steal it! Believe it or not I offended a woman of Amer. Indian heritage. She said it was a solemn and sacred thing. I told her it must not be to the Sioux!

I figured my wife needed an Indian name too, so after she stepped into the paint pan I named her Painted Foot. She likes it!