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just a qiuck observation. you only get abouy 19.5 gallons of gas from a barrel of oil so you need to divide your result by .46 which brings a saving of abot $850,000,000 which is still not a great return on your money but sizable.

As a general rule people don't hack into ebay accounts as its too easy to get into with your help. If you ever get an email from ebay or paypal never click on the link it asks you to go to. Its called phishing. Go to there web site on your own through your web browser. Basically when you click on the link through your e-mail you give the phisher access to your account and the can than take over your ebay account. Why do i know because after i told my wife never to directly respond out of an e-mail she did and i found out i was selling a quad from new jersey by way of a nigerian in england. didn't take very long to correct but the lady i got hold of was ready to send a $2000 money order to england.

Its sad to hear about the tragic sudden death of someone like fritz. He was the kind of person who spoke his mind and created much talk. Its unfortunate whenever you lose someone like that because there are so many others like my self who won't speak up until so mad that they say something stupid and no one listens. I only knew him through this board and I can only wish his family my deepest condolences and know he will be very missed by many others whom you don't know.

Swap don't know if you drink or not but i hope you do and this is a drunken rant. Don't agree with your opinions alot but differences are what makes the world go around. Hope to see you post soon.

Yea, in reference to Haliburton the job did get done. Food served, supplies transfered, troop infrastructure setup and things built such as schools and power plants. What happens after they are turned over is not haliburton's responsibility. If your trying to make a funny about president Bush and others getting the job done, that was not what i believe was being refered to.

my wife and i just went on our 15 year wedding aniversary. We went on a royal carribean cruise. Couldn't have had a better time. We did not go cheaply but you could make a sport of how cheaply you can go. If you get an inside cabin and don't do all the ship sponsored excursions you can do things pretty cheap. All your food is covered and if you buy a drink package (only covers soft drinks) all your drinks are for covered for the cruise. Do walking tours of the ports you pull into. The shows on the ship are free and there is always something to do. No cooking, cleaning or worries for however long you take the cruise.

Con-lux Or sherwin williams which i believe bought out con-lux. More expensive but no comparison with ease of application or durability

here is a link for another response and his apology http://patriotvoices.blogspot.com/2005/07/...-complaint.html

I retook it also and came out slightly lower at 26. I had a whole page written to slam Fritz but you can't understand a man by a quiz so i deleted it. I've been called a wacky liberal to a wacky conservative. My views vary widely. If you look at certain questions how to you interpret them. the following question could be interpreted many different ways. It can't be just answered yes or no. You need to put conditions on it. SORRY ABOUT THE UNORGANIZED rambling but here goes. 11. In the long run, do you think we can reduce crime more by building more prisons or providing more financial assistance to rebuilding our inner cities? Do i think evil people exist and should be locked up? yes! Are some people although not evil are they unredeemable? Yes! A culture of ignorance lack of family/human values over time is so inset as to make someone unredeemable no matter what caused the ignorance. Can rebuilding cities help? Yes! As long as money is just not thrown at the problem. Give small to large business's huge tax breaks to come to the inner city. Rebuild schools that teach instead of codle the kids. Suspensions-detentions-hell maybe corporal punishment. Don't advance kids until they actually pass.If parents think this is to harsh and if you've been around schools lately god forbid if you tell a child that there bad or not doing well take the child away them. Once jobs are there and people have decent housing put them in jail for destropying property if they are on assisted living. Giving somebody something for nothing and not holding them accountable is lunacy. Give people what the need when down IF they are willing to get up. If you can't make a person feel good about doing a days work for a days pay then there is no hope.

Cogratulations!

Fritz i think it might mean your a tad more liberal than the others replying.

only scored a 29

All the best to you. I also have known several people whom have lived 20 to 30 years with it. My wife's grandfather succumed to alzheimers after 35 years living with prostate cancer. Once again best wishes to you.

I work with Sgt. First Class Benjamin L. Sebban's brother Dave every now and then. One of my co-workers grew up with the family. The relativly small town of south amboy basically shut down for his funeral the other day. here is a article for him. BY WAYNE WOOLLEY Star-Ledger Staff It happens every time a U.S. soldier or Marine dies in Iraq. The bad news immediately spreads across the base like wildfire, and in the troop recreation centers, Internet connections are shut down. Plans are made within hours for a memorial service, but commanders don't want word of the death to reach the soldier's family before military officials can personally deliver the news. That knock on the family door cannot come before 6 a.m. or after 10 p.m. But once it's made, military commanders lift the electronic blockade back in Iraq, and a torrent of e-mails flows from the battlefield to the dead soldier's family in America as they begin planning the funeral. The practice of military commanders sending personal letters to the families of fallen troops dates at least to the Civil War. But in an era when deployed soldiers can maintain MySpace pages, families have immediate access to a digital community of former comrades offering condolences, stories and even glimpses into a loved one's final hours. This is exactly what happened a week ago, after Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Sebban, a senior combat medic in the 82nd Airborne Division who grew up in South Amboy, was killed by an explosion while tending to wounded paratroopers in Iraq. Sebban, 29, died in the early evening of March 17, a Saturday, in Baquba, which is seven hours ahead of New Jersey time. By 6 p.m. here, the phone rang in the casualty assistance office at Fort Monmouth. Three hours later, a chaplain and two officers arrived at Sebban's mother's home in Neshanic Station. Then, almost immediately after the visit, came a tide of personal e-mails, offering condolences and testimonials to Sebban's life. Among the first e-mails was one from Sgt. John Gilbert, a fellow medic. "He risked his life to make sure others were not harmed," Gilbert wrote. "That's the type of person he was." The missives sent from the field to Sebban's family paint a portrait of a young man who could be funny, generous and uncompromising in performing his duties -- all at the same time. The e-mails describe a practical joker who once hid a sausage in the duffel bag of a paratrooper headed home on leave; a confidant who lent $600 to a fellow soldier who really needed it; and someone who was at work saving lives the day he died. The e-mails make very clear that grief over Sebban's death runs as deep in Iraq as in New Jersey. "I have lost one of the greatest people that I have ever known," wrote Staff Sgt. Jessica Kraatz. "I am sure he is up there right now looking down at me and making fun of me for sitting here crying." Besides his mother, Barbara Walsh, a nurse who was working as a missionary in Africa when he was born, Sebban is survived by two younger brothers, Daniel, 28, and David, 27. Both are Army veterans. Daniel Sebban said the family decided to share the e-mails about his brother soon after they began arriving from Iraq and then from other military outposts around the globe. Messages also arrived from sources as varied as the owner of a South Amboy pizza parlor, former classmates of Benjamin Sebban's at a Bible college in New York, and a Navy physician who urged him to consider a career in medicine. "These e-mails say more about who my brother really was than I can," Daniel Sebban said. 'SACRED RELICS' Messages from the combat zone become a central part of the shrine that many families eventually erect in their home, said Joanne Steen, a grief counselor and author who advises the Pentagon on how to help military families cope with loss. "People have a tendency of collecting and saving those things that belong to the deceased; they're sacred relics," said Steen, who lost her husband, a naval aviator, in a training accident. "You can never get enough information about your loved one. Each time they hear a story or get an e-mail, that's another piece of the puzzle they didn't have." On the coffee table in their home in Howell, Joan and Michael J. Curtin still keep a black, three-ring binder stuffed with messages they received from soldiers after their son, Cpl. Michael E. Curtin, was killed during the Iraq invasion four years ago, the first service member from New Jersey to die in the war. "Every time I go through it, it reminds me of how much those guys loved Michael," his father said. Steen, who recently wrote a book, "Military Widow: A Survival Guide," said the act of writing e-mails to the family is cathartic for the troops who lost a buddy. "In doing this, they're confronting for themselves the fact this guy did die," Steen said. "That's one of the reality checks they need to make. You can only compartmentalize for so long." The e-mails written by the men and women who served with Sebban return to many of the same themes: his skills as a medic, his generosity, his sense of humor and his love for the Army. Many also make references to Sebban's deep faith as a Christian. One, from the physician's assistant who served with Sebban on a two-man trauma team that was often first to respond to wounded soldiers, covered nearly all of it. "Ben was one of the best medics I've ever worked with," Maj. Brad Rather began. He added: "... I always knew Ben had my back when we were out on combat missions." Rather wrote about leaving Iraq for a two-week leave and discovering that his sergeant had mailed a $75 gift certificate to his home in North Carolina "so my wife and I could have a romantic dinner" when he arrived. MEDICINE AND MILITARY Barbara Walsh said the e-mails confirmed her belief that her son was "an awesome medic." Messages like the one from Sgt. Rodney Metoyer made that clear: "He was the guy in the group that everyone looked to because we all knew that he had the answers." "From the time he was 12, he knew he wanted to do something with medicine," Walsh said. She remembers her son begging her to let him transfer from a parochial high school to Middlesex County Vocational-Technical High School for a new health technology program. "Please, please sign me up," he told her. She realized he was serious about a career in medicine when he went on a school outing to a rehabilitation hospital and came home talking about helping a man walk with prosthetic legs. "Most teenagers shy away from those kinds of things," she said. Still, there was something pulling her son toward the military. He almost joined the Navy after high school. His mother steered him on another path. "Benjamin, just give God one year of your life," she said. He went to a school in upstate New York that prepares young Christians for missionary life. He liked it enough that he finished a second year, then moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., to finish a degree at a Bible college. He was only there a short time when his brother Daniel visited him. The younger brother had joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. The brothers talked about military life and Barbara Walsh soon got a phone call from her oldest son. "Mom, I just met an Army recruiter and they've got one slot open for a medic," Benjamin told her. Barbara Walsh's youngest son, David, soon followed his brothers into the Army. THE PROMOTION Even after his brothers left the Army, Benjamin Sebban stayed in, rising quickly through the enlisted ranks, going on specialized missions, training army medics for the Republic of Georgia, then serving as a Special Forces medic in Africa. Walsh, who as a youth had protested the Vietnam War, never imagined any of her sons would join the military. "They could be pastors, they could be missionaries," she remembered thinking when they were young. But she learned to accept their decision, especially Benjamin's. "For him, the military was just meant to be," she said. Early last Easter morning, Benjamin Sebban called her from Fort Bragg, N.C., and told her that he had volunteered to deploy to Iraq in the fall with a unit that needed a senior medic. "He wanted to go so someone who had children didn't have to," she said. The last time Walsh heard from Sebban, he had good news. He had been promoted from staff sergeant to sergeant first class. That meant he was within two ranks of the highest enlisted position, sergeant major. "He told me before it happened that if he got it, he would make a career of the Army," Walsh said. "Two days later, he was dead." In one of the dozens of e-mails that have come from Iraq, Staff Sgt. Brian Merry wrote that Sebban had talked often about a visit he made to Arlington National Cemetery before shipping out. He had insisted Merry do the same. "Talked me into visiting before I deployed here," Merry wrote. "Told me it made him feel humble to be there and it was just a spiritual place." Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin L. Sebban will be buried at Arlington on Thursday. Meanwhile, the e-mails from Iraq keep coming.

buy a line voltage thermostat with a remote bulb sensor. Drop the sensor into the tank. Run power for a small pump with your hoseing through the side of the refrigarator. Inside the frig put swap over to soft copper tubing rolled into a coil. put that in a bowl of water for good heat transfer. You can use soft poly tubing on the outside. when the tank temp. gets to warm the thermostat will turn on and the pump will start. When the deadband of the thermostat is reached the unit will turn off. The best part is that the tubing and water bowl should not take up much room so you could keep soda or beer in the frig. also a small aquarium pump should draw very little power. the most expensive part likely will be the thermostat depending on how programmable you want to get.

German Declaration of War against the U.S. The Government of the United States having violated in the most flagrant manner and in ever-increasing measure all rules of neutrality in favor of the adversaries of Germany and having continually been guilty of the most severe provocations toward Germany ever since the outbreak of the European war, provoked by the British declaration of war against Germany on September 3, 1939, has finally resorted to open military acts of aggression. On September 11, 1941, the President of the United States publicly declared that he had ordered the American Navy and Air Force to shoot on sight at any German war vessel. In his speech of October 27, 1941, he once more expressly affirmed that this order was in force. Acting under this order, vessels of the American Navy, since early September 1941, have systematically attacked German naval forces. Thus, American destroyers, as for instance the Greer, the Kearny and the Reuben James, have opened fire on German submarines according to plan. The Secretary of the American Navy, Mr. Knox, himself confirmed that American destroyers attacked German submarines. Furthermore, the naval forces of the United States, under order of their Government and contrary to international law have treated and seized German merchant vessels on the high seas as enemy ships. The German Government therefore establishes the following facts: Although Germany on her part has strictly adhered to the rules of international law in her relations with the United States during every period of the present war, the Government of the United States from initial violations of neutrality has finally proceeded to open acts of war against Germany. The Government of the United States has thereby virtually created a state of war. The German Government, consequently, discontinues diplomatic relations with the United States of America and declares that under these circumstances brought about by President Roosevelt, Germany too, as from today, considers herself as being in a state of war with the United States of America. Accept, Mr. Chargé d'Affaires, the expression of my high consideration. December 11, 1941 If your telling people to to shoot someone one on sight don't think the declaration means that much. Also since he said england and scotland and not the U.K. he might have meant Northern Ireland. If your writing an opinion peice with basic facts i'll let minor technicalities slip as long as its not a blatant lie, but even that i guess would depend on how much you disagree with someone before you call it a lie.

those heavy loads in the blackhawk are definitaly fire breathers. I usually only shot mine with jacketed bullets. I just got done loading up some 338-06 rounds and now i think i'll go load some 45's up. Its been much to long since i shot it.

i haven't reloaded for mine yet but here are some quick load predictions. Pleaes realize these are quickload predictions and not tested. They should give a starting point. As always start low and work up Cartridge : 7.62 x 54 R Russ.Nagant Bullet : .310, 123, Hornady FMJ 3147 Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.676 inch or 67.97 mm Barrel Length : 24.0 inch or 609.6 mm Powder : IMR 4064 Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge, incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge. CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads ! Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time % % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms -20.0 80 40.54 2443 1630 25700 6044 83.6 1.427 -18.0 82 41.56 2502 1709 27321 6251 84.9 1.391 -16.0 84 42.57 2561 1791 29045 6454 86.2 1.357 -14.0 86 43.58 2620 1874 30878 6655 87.4 1.323 -12.0 88 44.60 2679 1960 32829 6851 88.6 1.290 -10.0 90 45.61 2738 2048 34891 7043 89.8 1.258 -08.0 92 46.63 2797 2137 37062 7230 90.8 1.227 -06.0 94 47.64 2857 2229 39357 7411 91.9 1.193 -04.0 96 48.65 2916 2322 41798 7586 92.9 1.160 -02.0 98 49.67 2975 2418 44394 7754 93.8 1.129 +00.0 100 50.68 3035 2515 47157 7914 94.6 1.099 +02.0 102 51.69 3094 2614 50098 8067 95.5 1.069 ! Near Maximum ! +04.0 104 52.71 3153 2715 53230 8211 96.2 1.041 ! Near Maximum ! +06.0 106 53.72 3212 2818 56569 8346 96.9 1.013 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +08.0 108 54.73 3271 2922 60131 8471 97.5 0.987 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +10.0 110 55.75 3330 3029 63934 8586 98.0 0.961 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value: +Ba 100 50.68 3190 2779 55801 8023 98.9 1.021 ! Near Maximum ! Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value: -Ba 100 50.68 2840 2202 38779 7471 87.1 1.198 Cartridge : 7.62 x 54 R Russ.Nagant Bullet : .308, 147, Sellier-Bellot FMJ-BT 2908 Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.944 inch or 74.78 mm Barrel Length : 24.0 inch or 609.6 mm Powder : IMR 4064 Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge, incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge. CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads ! Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time % % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms -20.0 79 40.54 2370 1834 29030 6556 89.7 1.473 -18.0 81 41.56 2426 1921 30827 6757 90.8 1.436 -16.0 83 42.57 2481 2009 32732 6953 91.9 1.399 -14.0 85 43.58 2536 2099 34751 7144 92.9 1.364 -12.0 87 44.60 2591 2191 36891 7328 93.8 1.329 -10.0 89 45.61 2646 2285 39159 7506 94.7 1.292 -08.0 91 46.63 2701 2381 41563 7676 95.5 1.257 -06.0 93 47.64 2755 2478 44111 7838 96.3 1.223 -04.0 95 48.65 2810 2577 46814 7992 97.0 1.190 -02.0 97 49.67 2864 2677 49682 8137 97.6 1.158 ! Near Maximum ! +00.0 99 50.68 2918 2779 52725 8273 98.1 1.128 ! Near Maximum ! +02.0 101 51.69 2971 2882 55956 8398 98.6 1.098 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +04.0 103 52.71 3025 2987 59390 8513 99.0 1.070 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +06.0 105 53.72 3078 3092 63041 8617 99.4 1.043 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +08.0 107 54.73 3131 3200 66925 8709 99.6 1.016 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +10.0 109 55.75 3183 3308 71063 8790 99.8 0.991 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value: +Ba 99 50.68 3041 3019 61989 8125 100.0 1.053 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value: -Ba 99 50.68 2752 2472 43715 8045 92.6 1.225 Cartridge : 7.62 x 54 R Russ.Nagant Bullet : .308, 147, Sellier-Bellot FMJ-BT 2908 Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.944 inch or 74.78 mm Barrel Length : 24.0 inch or 609.6 mm Powder : IMR 3031 Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge, incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge. CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads ! Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time % % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms -20.0 76 38.53 2427 1923 27870 6885 97.2 1.480 -18.0 78 39.49 2482 2010 29639 7048 97.9 1.443 -16.0 80 40.45 2536 2099 31516 7200 98.6 1.407 -14.0 82 41.42 2589 2188 33510 7341 99.1 1.372 -12.0 84 42.38 2642 2279 35630 7469 99.4 1.338 -10.0 85 43.34 2695 2370 37883 7585 99.7 1.303 -08.0 87 44.31 2746 2462 40267 7687 99.9 1.268 -06.0 89 45.27 2798 2555 42769 7776 100.0 1.234 -04.0 91 46.23 2848 2648 45405 7853 100.0 1.202 -02.0 93 47.20 2898 2742 48193 7929 100.0 1.170 ! Near Maximum ! +00.0 95 48.16 2948 2836 51143 8003 100.0 1.140 ! Near Maximum ! +02.0 97 49.12 2996 2930 54264 8076 100.0 1.111 ! Near Maximum ! +04.0 99 50.09 3044 3025 57567 8146 100.0 1.083 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +06.0 101 51.05 3092 3121 61065 8215 100.0 1.057 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +08.0 103 52.01 3139 3217 64769 8281 100.0 1.031 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +10.0 104 52.98 3186 3314 68695 8345 100.0 1.006 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value: +Ba 95 48.16 3044 3025 61486 7690 100.0 1.062 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value: -Ba 95 48.16 2798 2556 41031 8312 98.8 1.246 Cartridge : 7.62 x 54 R Russ.Nagant Bullet : .310, 123, Hornady FMJ 3147 Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.676 inch or 67.97 mm Barrel Length : 24.0 inch or 609.6 mm Powder : IMR 3031 Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge, incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge. CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads ! Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time % % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms -20.0 77 38.53 2500 1707 24353 6521 92.2 1.437 -18.0 79 39.49 2559 1789 25861 6716 93.4 1.402 -16.0 81 40.45 2618 1872 27467 6904 94.5 1.368 -14.0 83 41.42 2677 1958 29171 7083 95.4 1.335 -12.0 85 42.38 2736 2045 30981 7252 96.3 1.303 -10.0 86 43.34 2795 2133 32906 7412 97.1 1.272 -08.0 88 44.31 2853 2223 34952 7560 97.8 1.241 -06.0 90 45.27 2911 2314 37125 7697 98.4 1.211 -04.0 92 46.23 2968 2406 39444 7822 98.9 1.177 -02.0 94 47.20 3025 2499 41908 7934 99.4 1.146 +00.0 96 48.16 3082 2594 44534 8034 99.7 1.116 +02.0 98 49.12 3138 2689 47332 8119 99.9 1.086 +04.0 100 50.09 3193 2785 50315 8191 100.0 1.058 ! Near Maximum ! +06.0 102 51.05 3248 2881 53483 8249 100.0 1.030 ! Near Maximum ! +08.0 104 52.01 3302 2978 56830 8302 100.0 1.004 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! +10.0 106 52.98 3355 3075 60384 8354 100.0 0.979 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE! Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value: +Ba 96 48.16 3216 2824 54261 7694 100.0 1.031 ! Near Maximum ! Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value: -Ba 96 48.16 2888 2278 35836 7977 95.0 1.222

I don't think i would ever scope it. I like peep sights to much. I'm actually in the process of taking scopes off of my marlin 336 and ruger 44 carbine. Williams fp's seem to work just fine.

I really like the finish also. Its dark without just being well just dark. It has character like a deep burgundy. Nice pick.

I have a guy at work that is a great welder but will the reciever need to be reheat treated I figuresd since it was free and i'm in the process of getting a lathe here i could do something fairly cheap. Reheat treating would probably add an expense i don't want

Got this spanish 1916 for free. Head space by .308 gauges not even remotely close. Think about turning it into a single shot 45 acp. reciever is kinda scary though. How many holes/ attemted holes are too many?

finally took some pictures

just came from my nephews house in valdosta. First time i was down there or Saint Mary's the humidity wasn't killer. He said it hadn't rained very much recently.

no surprise i came up libertarian