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post a *PIC* of your latest purchase (can be anything as long as you purchased it)

i bought a book written by a former middle school teacher of mine. this woman left a huge impression on me. :love

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Everyone should have at least one 1911 its like a rite of passage kind of like having a 22lr.

I have a 1911 in 9mm. Sweet shooter.

I've held off on adding .45 ACP because honestly, trying to keep the caliber inventory complexity down for handguns. LOL
 
I have a 1911 in 9mm. Sweet shooter.

I've held off on adding .45 ACP because honestly, trying to keep the caliber inventory complexity down for handguns. LOL
I fought that battle for a while and now am at 22lr, 9mm, 45ACP, 5.56,, 6.8, 300BO, 308 and 12ga. really trying to stay away from 7.62x39mm but the flesh is weak. :ROFLMAO:
 
I fought that battle for a while and now am at 22lr, 9mm, 45ACP, 5.56,, 6.8, 300BO, 308 and 12ga. really trying to stay away from 7.62x39mm but the flesh is weak. :ROFLMAO:
*ahem* :LOL:

.22LR, 9mm, .40S&W, .45 ACP, .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, .223/5.57, and .308
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Your basement is upstairs?
our house is on a steep slope. from the front, it’s one story. in the back, it’s 3 stories (bottom one being the basement). there are 3 outside doors going into the basement; 2 at the back of the house at ground level, and this one on the side of the house (no interior access). it’s hard to tell from the pic, but they didn’t cut an opening in the exposed foundation for the door on the side - they put it above the foundation. probably because the foundation is critical to supporting the house on the steep slope. so the outside stairs go up to the door, and then you go down a ramp into the basement on the other side (the floor of the basement on the inside is well below ground level from where that door is).
 
that is beautiful! way to support the arts.
it was so cool. this guy is a blacksmith with his own forge, and a licensed railing contractor. after he installed it, he told us 99% of what he does is straightforward rails (custom sizes). he said it was a real thrill to get to do something creative. all we told him was that we wanted nature incorporated into it. the design was all him. yeah - total artist. i couldn’t stop grinning. still can’t.
 
Few years back a lady I worked with had retired and was building a new house out in the countryside.
It was almost finished when she moved in, odds and ends to be completed plus installation of a handrail on a back set of steps that led from her bedroom down to a deck. The carpenters left on a Friday, planning to drop back on Monday to install the handrail. That Saturday she was walking down the steps at night and slipped, no handrail to catch her. She hit her head on the deck and died.
Total freak accident but shit happens when you least expect it.
 
Few years back a lady I worked with had retired and was building a new house out in the countryside.
It was almost finished when she moved in, odds and ends to be completed plus installation of a handrail on a back set of steps that led from her bedroom down to a deck. The carpenters left on a Friday, planning to drop back on Monday to install the handrail. That Saturday she was walking down the steps at night and slipped, no handrail to catch her. She hit her head on the deck and died.
Total freak accident but shit happens when you least expect it.
i don’t like this story.
 
the house was 15 years old when we bought it. there were no stairs at all to that door. the previous (original) owners had piled a couple of big rocks below it to reach the door. i tried that once and said no way. so my dude built some wooden steps (3 steps). worked fine, but i got the bright idea to have our handyman do concrete. he put in 4 steps. whatever - worked great. apparently though, building code says the height doesn’t require a railing, but the number of steps do (3 - no, 4 - yes). all that said, no clue how they come up with overall safety standards. the house passed building inspection with no stairs at all. and passed inspection when we bought it, with a couple of rocks there to facilitate access. but 4 steps became a hazard.
 
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