buck000
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I had an STI 1911 in 9mm, which was gorgeous, but utter garbage; it even locked up during the shooting portion of my CHL test. Fixed it and sold it. Someone I know put together a Kimber .45 with a light and a suppressor, and can get to it from a gun safe in seconds. It only has 10 rounds so .gov will be happy, right? 😉 An instructor at a pistol training course sneered at a 1911 for carry use, which makes sense, imho

Great point. We tend to keep to ourselves. I've offered up the grill to anyone who wants to try and use it. A couple of neighbors have already helped us get our cars unstuck and get the newborn to an in-law's house that has power.

We live in the central TX suburbs, going in 25 years now. We get a big snow or ice storm once every year or two. This is the worst we've seen since we moved here. Feels like the winter equivalent of a 50 year flood. Our neighborhood has been without electricity since 5am or so Monday., despite the power supplier claiming (still) that we would lose power for 15 min to an hour at a time to avoid widespread outages. Its been an adventure, especially with an 86 year old mother-in-law with dementia, and a 13 day old grandkid in the house.