"@DoricYeah, well if you make it back through the weeds I have a question that's right up your street from the sounds of it.  I need to know if there's an easy way to tell what specification of screw a CNC machine uses, short of dismantling the thing and sending off the screw.  It's easy enough to do but I don't want to screw-up the precision until I've used it to cut parts needed to extend it."

Micrometers and thread pitch gage.  Unless it's a ball screw, then entirely different methods are called for, and equipment I don't have.  You don't say what kind of screw, as in use in the machine, so I have to assume lead screw and saying CNC would mean ball screw.  Also if it's a lead screw, and not a ball screw, you have to see the end to make sure if it's single or double lead, meaning a thread pitch gage would say it's for an example, 10 TPI and in reality it's 5 TPI double lead.  A single starting point on the end, single lead, two starting points, double lead.  Also could be right hand thread or left hand.  Chinese, my guess is it's probably in inches, not metric, if not a ball screw, Acme thread form, 7.5 degrees on either side of the thread.  If made for the UK market specifically, maybe something similar to an Acme, or could be 55 degree whitworth.  Standard SAE thread form in the US is 60 degree thread.  If you can find a copy of Machinery's handbook, specifications for every thread you can think of would be in it, but it's a US publication and quite expensive.  Which printing you might find makes no difference, thread forms do not change with time, new ones are added, the old stay the same.  If you don't have inch measuring instruments, the conversion is simple, 1 inch equals 25.4 mm and that's not approximate, it's exact. 

If you get lucky, and it's an Acme thread, that's available like threaded rod is, not cheap, until you try doing it yourself, then it's really cheap if there's any length to it.  Just buy it long enough all you have to do is machine the ends.  Threading long rod isn't something I really enjoy doing, and it usually requires a follow rest, making it an even worse PITA.

Doric

Pumeco, you can't just become a PI. In just about every state you need a degree in criminal justice, a few years of police experience above a patrolman, never been arrested for basically anything, recommendations, background checks (that you can fail very easily for something someone else did) etc. 

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Licensing/Private-Investigation/Private-Investigator-and-Private-Investigator-Intern-License-Requirements In order to get licensure, they want CJ coursework, internship with an existing agency, 2 years of full-time experience, and pass an examination but they don't require having served on the force. If you think that's lax, check out Arizona's requirements:

http://licensing.azdps.gov/Licenseprivateinvestigator.asp

Wow this sounds like a bunch of spoiled brats.... I am 68 grew up in Northern Minnesota.. Hunted fished or grew our food. Father got transferred to Ohio

What a life change.. Got married at 19.. 26 months in a South East Asia (not fun) 2 great kids. Bought my first restaurant before my 23 birthday..  7 figures in the bank before

1. Condos in Key West and Hilton Head along with a collection of great cars. Wife diagnosed with Leukemia on our 34 anniversary.  Less than 4 years the condos the cars and  money and my wife is gone!  SO WHAT!! This is the greatest country to live in  I am still living my dreams even if not with my soul mate. Quit grumbling and get off you dead asses. Nobody owes you a damn thing  EARN IT

If I offend tuff   Jaxon

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The

Like, Wow.  Hiya big wheel.  Still running in circles?  Congratulations.  You've just become the first one I've ever hit the ignore button on, don't bother to thank me, my pleasure. Doric.

David Wrote:
"you can't just become a PI"
You can when you live in a free country ;-)

There are two sides to that coin. One where there is no such thing as a free country, and there isn't..

And the other where anyone can claim or be anything they want too, because they are free to do so.

You appear to be in the latter

You need a degree in just about anything these days, especially if it requires any form of state licensing. And the laws are different from state to state. You can try being a PI without licensing. Then find yourself in jail.

I don't know where Jaxon gets the 'spoiled brats' mentality from. At 68, his generation wasn't on the hook for $50K for a 2-yr degree. Back in the 1960s colleges weren't corporate controlled and a 2 year degree at most any community college (not including the Ivy leagues) was pretty easy to afford, or at least manageable . If your parents hadn't saved up for it, you could work a part time job to pay for the classes in most cases. There also weren't a bunch of federal student loans back then either, because they weren't really needed. I remember my mom telling me how the classes she took cost her around $45. That wasn't per class, that was per semester. And that's the way it remained for the most part through the 1970s. It wasn't until the 1980s that the cost of tuition really began to sky rocket and more companies started requiring all their employees to have a degree. Back then most people who went to college had their parents saving for their college tuition all through their elementary years so that by the time they got to college age all or most of their tuition was covered. And savings and bonds actually earned some decent interest, making it much easier to save. Today, even if you do save consistently from the minute your kid is born, by the time he reaches college age you'll be lucky if you've covered 20% of the cost. But that's why we have the federal government to hand out student loans like candy. Doesn't matter what your credit score is or your GPA, as long as you meet their minimum requirements - which is basically be at least a certain age and legally able to receive federal money, and be registered with selective service if you're male - then you qualify. Even if you already owe a small fortune in loans you still qualify every year.

I'd like to see a 23-yr old buy a restaurant these days. Not gonna happen unless he's already got money from wealthy parents.

You need a degree in just about anything these days, especially if it requires any form of state licensing. And the laws are different from state to state. You can try being a PI without licensing. Then find yourself in jail.

I don't know where Jaxon gets the 'spoiled brats' mentality from. At 68, his generation wasn't on the hook for $50K for a 2-yr degree. Back in the 1960s colleges weren't corporate controlled and a 2 year degree at most any community college (not including the Ivy leagues) was pretty easy to afford, or at least manageable . If your parents hadn't saved up for it, you could work a part time job to pay for the classes in most cases. There also weren't a bunch of federal student loans back then either, because they weren't really needed. I remember my mom telling me how the classes she took cost her around $45. That wasn't per class, that was per semester. And that's the way it remained for the most part through the 1970s. It wasn't until the 1980s that the cost of tuition really began to sky rocket and more companies started requiring all their employees to have a degree. Back then most people who went to college had their parents saving for their college tuition all through their elementary years so that by the time they got to college age all or most of their tuition was covered. And savings and bonds actually earned some decent interest, making it much easier to save. Today, even if you do save consistently from the minute your kid is born, by the time he reaches college age you'll be lucky if you've covered 20% of the cost. But that's why we have the federal government to hand out student loans like candy. Doesn't matter what your credit score is or your GPA, as long as you meet their minimum requirements - which is basically be at least a certain age and legally able to receive federal money, and be registered with selective service if you're male - then you qualify. Even if you already owe a small fortune in loans you still qualify every year.

I'd like to see a 23-yr old buy a restaurant these days. Not gonna happen unless he's already got money from wealthy parents.

I must have been lucky then as I got my 4 year degree without student loans and walked out with zero debt. But then I got into college with the almost 4.0 GPA from high school so I got scholarships for the first two years and then interned at companies during the summer and worked two jobs during the semester. Worked my butt of to get it done, but that's how I do things even now.  Also, although it's not common for 23 year olds to get businesses, I have seen some people in their 20's with such razor-sharp instincts, they do have their own businesses and driving BMWs they've paid for on their own dime. It's all about what you see as a priority and seeing what it takes to get there. I know I spent my 20s doing management-level work and having to deal with employees that resented getting direction from a skinny kid that looked 17 but knew his stuff. 

@Doric
I tried my best a while back to determine the type of screw, and as far as I can tell, it's not a ballscrew.  But that leaves me with either a Leadscrew or ACME, and I can't tell which.  And even worse, ordering a thread gauge would be guess work without knowing the type and the measurement used, I could potentially go through the purchase of quite a few guages before I got the right one.  I wish I could just buy the right guage, that would be ideal.  I'm hoping it's a Lead Screw cause like you said, they're really cheap.  The only thing I managed to work out with any reasonable amount of certainty, is that it's a right-handed thread I need - lol.

@Shane
So from what you tell me, and from what others have posted, being a Private Investigator is out then ... so, Bounty Hunter perhaps?

I agree with that post you made, they think we have it easy, when actually, it's them that had it easy in comparison to what people are lumbered with nowadays, it's just one constant life-long pressure cooker.  Anyway, I hope you sort it, and as long as you stick to pushing for something with good pay, it could be paid off quicker than you imagine.

As a last resort, maybe heed the lyrics highlighted in red (great album BTW) ;-)

**"Scoundrel Days"

**

Was that somebody screaming?
It wasn't me for sure
I lift my head up from uneasy pillows
Put my feet on the floor
Cut my wrist on a bad thought
And head for the door

Outside on the pavement
The dark makes no noise
I can feel the sweat on my lips
Leaking into my mouth
I'm heading out for the steep hills
They're leaving me no choice

And see as our lives are in the making
We believe through the lies and the hating
That love goes free

And for want of an option
I run the wind 'round
I dream of pictures of houses burning
Never knowing nothing else to do
With death comes the morning
Unannounced and new

Was it too much to ask for?
To pull a little weight
They forgive everything but greatness
These are scoundrel days
And I'm close to calling out their names
As pride hits my face

And see as our lives are in the making
We believe through their lies and the hating
That love goes free
Through scoundrel days

I reach the edge of town
I've got blood in my hair
Their hands touch my body
From everywhere
But I know that I've made it
As I run into the air

And see as our lives are in the making
We believe through the lies and the hating
That love goes free
Through scoundrel days

Fair enough. But aren't you in software dev, M_M? 

I always sucked at math. Still do. So a 4.0 was not an option for me. I always aced most everything else and my focus was always in art.

It's also about where you live and what resources you have available to you. If you grow up in a small town and the only jobs around you are fast food or retail, there's not a lot of opportunity for internships and sharpening those instincts. And it's also about who you know a lot of the time. I avoided college for a while after high school - partly because I lived in an area that didn't have schools that offered anything I was interested in, and partly because I watched several of my friends go to college right out of high school, did their 4 years, and within 2 years after they were sick of it and not working in anything related to what they went to school for. I actually had to move out of state to go to school because there were no art schools in my area - and still aren't.

I'm not worried about the loans Pumeco. I used to, but now I pretty much have a 'screw it' approach to all of it. As long as I'm working for myself they can't garnish my wages. The government allowed tuition to reach astronomical proportions and did nothing to stop it, only encouraged it, and made it so that most people can't get by without it, so let them deal with the aftermath from it. And it's finally beginning to crumble. Several for-profit schools have had to file for bankruptcy recently - including several Art Institutes. A lot of students that went to those schools are now having their loans forgiven, and that will just create a domino effect. My loans don't prevent me from living decently and I can still buy what I want when I can afford it. Should the day ever come when I actually have the money to pay them back then I will, but only what I borrowed. I don't lose sleep over it. 

Don't know if you have this in America, but not too long ago the whole nation was getting harrassed by nuisance phone calls (around 6 fucking times a day), from solicitors (lawyers) trying to sell services claiming they could write-off a loan.  The idea, as far as I can tell, was that if they can prove that the loan you were given was too large to be realistic for your circumstances at the time, and therefore your ability to pay, they can write-off your loan.

Can't remember what it was called, but due to the intense amount of people that were doing it, I suppose there might have been something in it.

@Doric
I tried my best a while back to determine the type of screw, and as far as I can tell, it's not a ballscrew.  But that leaves me with either a Leadscrew or ACME, and I can't tell which.  And even worse, ordering a thread gauge would be guess work without knowing the type and the measurement used, I could potentially go through the purchase of quite a few guages before I got the right one.  I wish I could just buy the right guage, that would be ideal.  I'm hoping it's a Lead Screw cause like you said, they're really cheap.  The only thing I managed to work out with any reasonable amount of certainty, is that it's a right-handed thread I need - lol.

Lead screw is not a thread type, it's how it's used.  As in, moving the carriage on a lathe or the saddle on a mill.  What you need to know is the thread form, is it a "V" thread or more like a "U"?  If it's a "U" shape, then it's probably Acme thread, commonly available and not terribly expensive.  The diameter is the measured diameter of the thread, the pitch is the distance, if metric from the edge of one turn to the edge of the next, if imperial measure, the number of threads in one inch.  A thread pitch gage is not a necessity, using a machinists scale or cheap dial or digital caliper will allow measuring the pitch. Pitch gages aren't all that expensive, and Chinese copies are available.  I've had my Starrett pitch gages for years, think one of the less expensive is about $15 - $20.  Kept dry, they last forever.
Google metalworking.net, go to the dropbox.  More information than you really want, but I do remember seeing some fairly comprehensive info on thread forms.  But like any public and open dropbox, there's also a lot of stuff not even of a general interest except the poster.  You might have to go into the retired files, they're at the top of the list, but searching there is going to take a lot of time, there are a lot of files and a lot of them don't say what they are.  Format is either pdf or jpg for the most part.  But without knowing what it's used for, pretty hard to narrow down possibilities.  OR, google groups, rec.crafts.metalworking, probably someone there that has the identical machine to yours.  Be ready for the slamming of any machine not made in the US, shit happens. 

Doric.

You might find this interesting, Shane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzKzu86Agg0

Doric

shvrdavid can ya imagine a modern day army trying to invade West Virginia .
theyed know what Nixon n Napoleon went threw.

Male_M3dia being a pimp n dealer doesn't really count as two jobs. ;)

AmbientShade some say they want to die owing millions others file bankruptcy.
all the money is at the stock market ,anyone can play there.
online sites will even give ya play monopoly money to practice with till ya get the game

pumeco the whole world has it's small time thief's ,con artist n scammers.
U.S. is all tech now so the biggest threat is online thief's
attacking banks and are personal accounts ,big business and the gov .

apparently north korea ever attacked Hollywood over that movie

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/
2014/12/01/north-koreas-cyberwar-on-james-franco-and-seth-rogan/

could have just been a conspiracy to just promote the movie

Thanks Doric.

I always liked Mike Rowe. He makes a lot of sense and is usually pretty comical. I appreciate his logic.

"We're lending money we don't have to kids who have no hope in ever paying it back, to train them for jobs that don't exist" - he hit the nail right on the head there. That's the American college system in a nutshell.

One thing they didn't expand on, and kind of got wrong tho. It's not just $1-trillion in student loans. It's $1-trillion in defaulted student loans. Meaning they aren't being paid back and likely never will. Because the students that took those loans simply can't afford to pay them back. The total amount of student loans is much higher.

lol, invading West Virginia would not go real far. I could not imagine trying to take gear over some of those mountains. Forget it in the winter....

Not to mention the fact the many of residents are better armed than some armies.........

@Doric
That comment about the leadscrew not being a type of thread narrows things down a bit, so in that case, it's definitely an ACME screw, cheers!

It's a desktop CNC machine for cutting wood and aluminium etc, basically a computer-controlled milling and cutting machine, it's often referred to as the '3020T'.  There's like a hundred variants of it though, all with the same name, which really helps.  I was just looking for some close-up photos I took of the thread to show to someone, was going to post it here but can't find the bloody thing, looks like I must have wiped it.

@RorrKonn
Well yeah, of course I know about the Cyber-crime that goes on, it's just one many of the reasons I don't feed tablets and smartphones with my data.
Sometimes I think there is no cure for certain breeds of muppet.

BTW, I have some good news and bad news for you, so which do you want first, the good or the bad?

@Shane
The system here is equally 'rigged'.

Bad news should always be first.

On the topic of identity theft, please God somebody steal my identity... basically the equivalent of stealing the plague.

@Primorge
Ok then, well, the bad news is that I just come across a photo of me not being a teenager (didn't even know I had it, lol).
The good news is that I'm prepared to post it for him as proof, if he posts one of himself first.

I just want to check whether RorrKonn is worthy of our psychotic trio ;-)

Disclaimer:
I accept no responsibility for any nightmares that result from being subjected to my photo.

Lol, sounds like a reasonable trade. Interesting. Betcha 5 bucks he doesn't go for it.

Yup, fair trade, but he might turn chicken on us.

Okay doric BLOCKED me   whoopee... Ambient made a couple funnies Male_M3d  saw the light, I am assuming you are all about the age if my kids... 41 and 45

Right?  I paid nothing for their education  I repeat NOTHING . Look up what  BS Nursing, CNP and MBA cost U Mich. Check the tuition at Texas AM. They both got scholarships for part and worked for the rest. Neither  has any school debt. Male3d you did it the same way my kids did, the right way. I salute you

While your at it check the tuition the Culinary Institute of America   MY alma mater If I can you can!

 Again earn it and live it !

Jaxon   TTFN 

Thanks Doric.

I always liked Mike Rowe. He makes a lot of sense and is usually pretty comical. I appreciate his logic.

"We're lending money we don't have to kids who have no hope in ever paying it back, to train them for jobs that don't exist" - he hit the nail right on the head there. That's the American college system in a nutshell.

I thought he was being pretty square with his facts.  Then he goes on to the other good paying jobs that are open, but without qualified applicants to fill them.  There used to be a time when they had apprenticeships, which was a cost to the companies that offered them.  Even before I retired, it had been  some years since the company had started even one apprentice, their thought was they could hire journeymen and not have to train anyone.  Okay, that worked for a while, but with nobody training, there weren't new people with the skills.  And those with the skills became pretty expensive, as they became scarce, that should have been easy to foresee.  Some of those skills are now almost extinct, and if you find someone with them, you might think you're paying a lawyer if you need those skills.  So be it.  Stupidity is it's own reward. Doric.

Okay doric BLOCKED me   whoopee... Ambient made a couple funnies Male_M3d  saw the light, I am assuming you are all about the age if my kids... 41 and 45

That you are an ass doesn't need confirmation, JUNIOR. OR, I'm five years older than you, retired for almost nineteen years, comfortable with what I have.  I also have a twelfth grade education, then 44 years in machining in it's different phases.  Let's not equate education and intelligence, they are completely different.  The real education begins when you leave school.  Intelligence determines if you learn anything when you have to start to think.  But, I also have exactly three bills each month, my utilities, my phone, (non-cell) and my Credit card, which I think has about $30 on it this month.  No mortgage, I own the place, no car payment, I paid cash.  Have fun chasing the other rats if it makes you happy, just don't think you know more than anyone on here, you don't.  Earning money to me meant machining gears for tractors, anywhere from fifteen to forty each and every hour.  You have no idea what work is.  You've never done any. Doric.  (Leaving you unblocked so you can display your ignorance of life again.)

Pumeco

If you truly wished to become a PI, have the ambition to do what is required, meet the criterion set down for everyone applying for a PI license and have what it takes to be one, then, yes, you can become a PI.  To be honest, I don't even know if you are a US citizen.  If you are not, then you would have to become one before you could even consider the rest.

I have no worries when it comes to my local Law Enforcement Officers.  I grew up with some of them, they were fathers and mothers of close friends.  They have always been there when I needed them.  Even at the moment of my greatest loss.  I don't know where you live or what the LEO's are like but have you ever tried to get to know them?  Sat down and had coffee with them?  They are people just like you.  I won't say they are all good.  Every barrel has a bad apple or two.  Do you honestly believe that everyone at your place of employment is an angel? 

Ron

An army can try and invade NY but they might find it harder than they think.  Although they did away with colors and alert level a while back the City and County of New York remains at red and remainder of the the State of New York remains one step below at orange.  The NYPD alone is better equipped and prepared, not to mention larger, than the standing armies of some countries.  Toss in the New York State Troopers, the New York Guard, the National Guard, and the Reservists and it adds up pretty quick.

What's that Jaxon guy hollerin' about?

"Whippersnappers!"

Just what I want to hear after shoveling asphalt from the back of a truck and dragging a power tamper around for several hours.

 icprncss2 i'm guessing when ya say Ron ya mean me.Rorr or Konn then i'd know for sure.

**God did I love to party in NY when I was young.**I have kin that lives in Jersey
**I have actually been in the twin towers lobby. just the bottom floor.
****Entire State Building ,Statue of Liberty.
****No one can ever say NY city is boring.
**n New Yorkers would just slater any army dumb enough to fuck with them and call the trash man to clean up the corpses .oh and then call the army just to let them know they've all ready taken care of it.
but there keeping the invading armys weapons ,souvenirs ya know ;)

oh ya don't leave ya car on a street there cleaning snow off.

**West Virginia great fishing n hunting in the summer but I strongly advise ya leave before winter.
to survive West Virginia summers ya need guns, knifes n dogs to let ya know if any snakes or wild animals have wondered in to the yard.
**ya just haven't taken the trash out till ya realize a black bear n cubes has stopped for a snack.
and the guns are all in the house. thank god for dogs. monumental aggravating wolfs will get ya live stock n those poor box turtels that poke there heads out n look like a snake. **god do I hate snakes. oh ya I'd wear tall boots.
****n that's just the summer. winters bears have the right idea n just hibernate.
****but ya need a gas fireplace ,a week or two of food, candles, batters, a tall 4 wheal drive.n a lot of patience.
**invade West Virginia in winter lol ,ya doing good just to survive winter.
but if they kill a few wolfs along the way let them try.

I still want to see them make a West Virginia horror movie in winter.

** **

pumeco warden said no camera's.

Primorge, Don't know what kind of bug he's got eating his butt, other than when he mentioned he had "seven figures by 40", that told me he's one of the wealthy you learn to hate at first meeting.  Maybe he'll go away and not come back.

Doric.

@Jaxon
How about saluting those that didn't need to work, not through wealth, but through common sense, it's far more ingenius than what you did.
Oh you materialistic wealth-chaser, you.

@RorrKonn
Yeah, I often suspected you might be an inmate, and I bet I know why, you probably burnt-out another bloody spell-checker and caused a fire ;-)

@Icprncss2
Not that I want to become a PI (it was just a suggestion for Shane), but why on earth would I need to become an American Citizen before I could become one?
It should be obvious I'm not an American, from my dry, often misunderstood British wit ;-)

I'm really quite charming even if I do say so myself.

 icprncss2 i'm guessing when ya say Ron ya mean me.Rorr or Konn then i'd know for sure.

**God did I love to party in NY when I was young.**I have kin that lives in Jersey
**I have actually been in the twin towers lobby. just the bottom floor.
****Entire State Building ,Statue of Liberty.
****No one can ever say NY city is boring.
**n New Yorkers would just slater any army dumb enough to fuck with them and call the trash man to clean up the corpses .oh and then call the army just to let them know they've all ready taken care of it.
but there keeping the invading armys weapons ,souvenirs ya know ;)

oh ya don't leave ya car on a street there cleaning snow off.

**West Virginia great fishing n hunting in the summer but I strongly advise ya leave before winter.
to survive West Virginia summers ya need guns, knifes n dogs to let ya know if any snakes or wild animals have wondered in to the yard.
**ya just haven't taken the trash out till ya realize a black bear n cubes has stopped for a snack.
and the guns are all in the house. thank god for dogs. monumental aggravating wolfs will get ya live stock n those poor box turtels that poke there heads out n look like a snake. **god do I hate snakes. oh ya I'd wear tall boots.
****n that's just the summer. winters bears have the right idea n just hibernate.
****but ya need a gas fireplace ,a week or two of food, candles, batters, a tall 4 wheal drive.n a lot of patience.
**invade West Virginia in winter lol ,ya doing good just to survive winter.
but if they kill a few wolfs along the way let them try.

I still want to see them make a West Virginia horror movie in winter.

**
**

**Yes, I was posting to you.  You know NYC and the NYPD well.  If you ever get a chance to come back, visit the memorial.  I still can't get used to change in the skyline.  I miss the sun rising between the two towers. **

**I actually live north of the city along the bluffs.  So far I haven't encountered mama black bear and her cubs but Fish and Wildlife tells us it's only a matter of time.  So far we've seen the return of 2 different species of Vultures, Bald Eagles and several other raptor species, coyotes, lynx, and wolves.  Mountain lion sightings are iffy but a wacky collector of exotic pets turned his menagerie lose before killing himself. **

They should try filming a horror movie in the middle of a Northeastern winter.  Probably have the same outcome as a certain dictator had trying to invade a certain country way back in the the 1940's.

**
In response to Pumeco's question as to why he would need US citizenship to become a PI: you have to be a citizen to obtain a Private Investigator's license.  You also need citizenship to obtain a firearm's license.  You would also need citizenship to remain long enough in the country to investigate cases and build a business.
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 pumeco  We all agree ya really quite insain ;)

icprncss2 in a odd kinda way I feel like I would be trespassing there.
I felt the same way at the Vietnam wall.
but when I'm back in NYC I'll half to pay my respects.
I watched some youtube video's I think the water falls are majestic.
a very fitting way to honor the fallen.

I wouldn't walk up to them or turn my back on them
but most the time black bears are layed back half the time they just ignore ya .
but all moma's are protective of the kids.

wolfs,coyotes on the other hand are very aggressive all the time.
just shoot first ask questions later.
I've only seen pictures of a Bald Eagle ,Mountain lion.
I've herd a Mountain lion but never seen one even thou every one else has.
we've had lynx's around the house for years. I think they think there a dang house cat.
they keep the rats out the barn ,so.

@Icprncss2
Looks like they're about to change the law on PI's over here, which is fucking ridiculous, and all PI's should boycott it.
Kinda dumb registering and letting anyone but your client know, that you're a PI.

@RorrKonn
Yup, quite insane!

And just so you know, the reason your American Eagles are going Bald is because of stress!  Only the Americans would start charging American Eagles a bloody Flight Tax, whatever next, I'm surprised the fishes don't have to pay a swim tax as well!

They're just doing whatever they like, SORT IT OUT!

Whatever next? Bloody Americans, next thing you know we'll be taxing tea. ;)

Hey Primorge, must admit I burst-out laughing at some of this - funny stuff :-D

BTW, I don't really think you're a chainsaw killer :-P
I still suspect RorrKonn is not human though :-D

 nah Death's Leather Face ;)

Pumeco LOL you can rant and rage about U.S. all you want.
U.S. still saved ya butts from the Nazi's. ;)

Do you even know what the boston tea party was ? 

Of course I do, it was a tea party in Boston no doubt!

Just so you know, that picture of me with the chainsaw was taken on a day when I was trimming tree limbs on someone's property... It's literally the only digital picture of me that exists. If I had known I was going to be evaluated on the size of my chainsaw I would have went into the garage behind me and gotten a much larger one... or an axe or sledge, just for appearances sake. Fact is I could rather easily dismember a body pretty quickly with the one in the picture. Would be more sensible to freeze the body first and also use a sawzall, if that were the task I was getting paid for.

Lol.

I think you could be right, RorrKonn, could be Leatherface we're sharing a forum with, or at least a blood-relation ;-)
I'll have to Google Sawzall, never heard of that one before!

Ah, those, just a glorified toothpick mate.

Uh huh, do a lot of demo pumeco?

Presentation. Always show them the BIGEST &  BADEST .

We threw King George's tea in the Boston river.
to let him know we weren't paying taxes.

You got Ronald Reagan to thank for our problems with the mentally ill here in the U.S. 

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/ronald_reagans_shameful_legacy_violence_the_homeless_mental_illness/

How is it Reagan's fault that state hospitals all over the country were in shutdown mode before he was ever elected to anything outside of a movie?

Nixon tried to undo what Johnson/Congress/House did when medicaid passed (1965) and excluded the mentally ill. The bill offered states incentives to move people out of the state hospitals and into nursing homes.

In 1965 Reagan had just finished trying to get Barry Goldwater elected and wrote his autobiography..... Yes he was active in politics, but had no pull at all in them.

It never seems to amaze me when someone writes an article like that, and doesn't have a clue.

And his best act was costar to Bonzo.  He never had a major movie.  None.  Sorry, he failed that too.

Doric.

Primorge Wrote:
"Uh huh, do a lot of demo pumeco?"
Demoing what?

RorrKonn Wrote:
"We threw King George's tea in the Boston river.
to let him know we weren't paying taxes."
Well that was rather badass and no mistake!
Haven't you got more taxes than us now? :-D

Ghostship2 Wrote:
"You got Ronald Reagan to thank for our problems with the mentally ill here in the U.S."
Count youselves lucky, we've got mad cow disease!

For kicks, I just tuned in on the last page. "Five Stupid Things Americans Believe About the UK." I've certainly heard all of those. Alas, one of them is true: the food does suck, but not in comparison to typical American food. In comparison to Italian, French, Spanish, Greek, Persian, Chinese, Indian, Argentinian, Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese, Tibetan (the list goes on), however, British food does suck. It sucks massively. Fortunately, like the Canadians (and many Americans), Brits know this and are not shy about importing every edible idea (and chef/cook) they can find. In fact, I personally believe that the exceptionally poor state of British cuisine was the guiding impetus behind the growth of the Empire. That and the exceptionally poor British weather. :)

Anyway, my own personal experience as a Brit in Texas...

1. How long did it take you to drive here from England?

2. Do y'all still speak Latin in England?

3. (Asked by the registrar at a Texan university): You know if you're not a US citizen you have to prove you can speak English, and we can't admit you until take the TOEFFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).

4. You drink your tea... gasps... HOT?

To be fair, many Brits believe some pretty unbelievable stuff about the US. And no one outside the borders seems to have the slightest notion what Canada is actually like.

@Moriador
Regards number 3, lol, well I hope you remembered to say Aluminium without that second "i" :-D

Funny stuff, and the American guy, Steve, who appears in the video posted above.  Have to say I like his sense of humour, cause that's something the Americans often don't seem to get right when it comes to us Brits, I think most times they see our humour as belittling.  But yup, it's fun to see an American prepared to laugh at himself, that's the way to do it, we laugh at ourselves all the time.  Maybe the internet is helping, I think the Americans are starting to grasp the way our humour works - they've got us sussed now :-P

@Moriador
Regards number 3, lol, well I hope you remembered to say Aluminium without that second "i" :-D

Funny stuff, and the American guy, Steve, who appears in the video posted above.  Have to say I like his sense of humour, cause that's something the Americans often don't seem to get right when it comes to us Brits, I think most times they see our humour as belittling.  But yup, it's fun to see an American prepared to laugh at himself, that's the way to do it, we laugh at ourselves all the time.  Maybe the internet is helping, I think the Americans are starting to grasp the way our humour works - they've got us sussed now :-P

Yeah, sometimes it takes a while before a yank will figure out that when you take a snobbish tone it's almost always meant to be SELF-mocking. I mean, c'mon. in a single generation, you go from being an empire that covers 3/5 of the world to a 95.000 sq mile island, from "The sun never sets on the British Empire" to "Sun? What sun?", you either learn to laugh at yourself or give in to hopeless alcoholism. Or both. :D Besides, if we didn't have the yanks to take the pressure off, everyone in the world would still be hating on us. As it is, everyone just laughs at us. As they should! :D

Edit: Oh, yeah. Aluminum. I had already learned to speak Texan. I used to have to "translate" for my mother all the time. I speak in several different distinct accents, and people who are used to my BBC generic get quite a shock when they hear me talking with the family. Of course, when I meet English people, they usually say, "You don't have much of an accent left." But I suppose I'll get a chance to practice: I'm visiting the UK for the first time in 30 years next month.

Don't do it, Moriador, don't do it, it horrible here, you'll only depress yourself!
I give it less than a minute after stepping-off the plane to realise it :-P

30 years, wow are you in for a shock!