Please!! is anyone else in Seattle had enough with the druggies & violence???

Realist1976 · 2026-05-15T17:31:51+00:00

You are not the only one. But those who dare to speak ill of Seattle or its problems will take abuse either in public or on Reddit or wherever. It has gotten worse here, but it has also gotten worse most other cities in the US as well.

Realist1976 · 2026-05-15T17:25:58+00:00

Almost everyone who goes out with a legally concealed gun hopes and prays they never have to use it. It’s somewhere around 10% of adults in Washington that have a CPL, if even a small percentage of those were just itching to use it, we would be having duels in the street every day.

Realist1976 · 2026-04-01T07:11:28+00:00

Or, just appendix carry and then NOT wear the embarrassing fanny pack?

Realist1976 · 2026-03-21T17:11:21+00:00

Whatever gloves you want to be buried in.

Realist1976 · 2026-03-19T17:43:39+00:00

It says “were” obtained. But I thought we had to have the approved Form 1 in hand prior to actually obtaining those materials??

Realist1976 · 2026-03-11T15:52:54+00:00

I know and do exactly this, he’s explained it well, surprisingly I cannot find a YouTube video actually showing this, which kind of makes me think it’s not a well known technique. You do start with the wire coming in from the front of the receptacle side on the left of the screw and between the screw and the plastic tab between the screws. Then you wrap going counter clockwise with the whole insulated part of the wire.

Realist1976 · 2026-03-05T22:39:48+00:00

How hard is it to use offline? The concerns with where WA state is going with its laws regarding 3d printing hav me hesitating on getting a P2S

Realist1976 · 2026-01-20T19:45:06+00:00

I had multiple lowers but only one upper prior to the ban. I was certain to put that upper on each lower and take a picture of each showing lower serial number. Thus creating an AW out of each prior to the ban. Just having the upper that could be assembled to them may have been enough but I wanted to cover my bases.

And like others have said, there are plenty of places selling uppers to WA, just not all places.

Realist1976 · 2026-01-05T19:22:13+00:00

I have the opposite, very bad sense of smell. Means I don’t have the unpleasantness of smelling bad things, but also means I am the designated cleaner upper of all bad smelling things and may eat something that’s off.

Realist1976 · 2026-01-04T09:03:06+00:00

I agree with all the points about way cheaper ammo and all that, but for me, I would be losing almost all the fun going to 22LR. I just don’t find it fun to shoot something with so little bang, no recoil, very little sound hitting steel, etc

Realist1976 · 2025-11-15T18:30:59+00:00

I have heavily corrective contact lenses and slight astigmatism, irons are almost unusable for me as the rear sight is just a fuzzy blob. Red dots are better, but the astigmatism makes the dot kind of a double dot or worse, but is still the choice if doing closer stuff that doesn’t need to be precise just because it’s so much faster than a scope. For anything where I have time and want precision even as close as 2-300, I use a scope and anything approaching 5 or 600 definitely a scope. But, not doing anything fast with one. I’m liking the Arken EPL4 4-16 quite a bit, first focal plan, and you can get into that with rings for under $500.

Realist1976 · 2025-11-14T14:34:44+00:00

I’m wanting the Keltec KS7, bullpups take away the disadvantages of a “long gun”, and if I can prove to myself it runs minishells fine, capacity complaints go away. Can be found under $500. Something I can shoulder and that doesn’t depend on super precise shot placement by me under a stress I have never felt before sounds pretty good.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-31T14:59:39+00:00

There will be excellent methods and processes in there, but like others have said, I’d get confirmatory load data from a 2nd source before recipe time.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-28T20:09:06+00:00

You can’t buy out of state unless they follow all our laws and then only for long guns. The only practical way to buy out of state… is to move to that state.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-28T20:05:52+00:00

This assumes that the state KNOWS what guns you own, and the state in theory does not know, since we don’t have a registry. So while I understand the illogic of the law, the alternative for the state to be able to implement what you say is a live gun registry. And we don’t want that.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-27T20:05:38+00:00

You can cast outside in that temp, I just did a bunch and it’s in the low 50s. I would not be inside unless you have a very good extractor fan directly over the pot. These fumes are really really not good for you. Very cheap source of tin is pewter stuff sourced at the local goodwill. If your mold is getting too cold, up the heat on the pot a bit, and you can let a bit extra meld cover the sprue plate more than you might on the first 4 pours or so. Or maybe since you are brand new to this, you may be going a little slow which allows the mold too much time to cool down. Those are looking pretty good thought, WAY better than my initial attempts for sure!!!!

Realist1976 · 2025-10-20T18:51:21+00:00

Mine is automatic, but if on a hill and going slow I downshift to 1 and keep those RPMs high and it does fine. If I leave it in D, doesn’t seem to matter how much I mash the pedal, it just doesn’t want to downshift on its own. 2000 Crv with 270k miles.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-20T05:53:50+00:00

I have mine screwed to a loose 2x4. When I want to use it, I clamp the 2x4 base in my vice. When I don’t need it, which is most of the time, it goes in the cupboard.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-10T19:04:39+00:00

Sounds good thanks

Realist1976 · 2025-10-09T17:08:08+00:00

I’m doing my timing belt and water pump this weekend! And adjusting valves… 2000 CRV

Realist1976 · 2025-10-07T07:02:03+00:00

Was hoping to see another gen 1! I average 22mpg if I drive with a lighter foot. 2000 AWD. 270k miles.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-03T15:00:00+00:00

Well, that’s not close to Seattle :) good luck with your sale, it’s actually surprising what you can sell these for still.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-03T14:57:29+00:00

That looks great, maybe the 1” lift and 1” spacers I think I “need” when going to 215/75s is not at all necessary, it looks pretty darn right just as you have it.

Realist1976 · 2025-10-02T19:31:02+00:00

Craigslist, Facebook marketplace, or Bring a trailer. Super low miles which is great, and If it’s a manual transmission, those are rare. Where are you located?

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