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Stub, if you are confused or curious about anything to do with Dixie House or Blackeyed Pea just give me a shout.
Gene Street and Phil Cobb started the company "Prufrock" in about 72 with J Alfreds, Old Church and Bullys Pub. Then they struck gold with the small place, small menu Blackeyed Pea on Cedar Springs in 74ish. I was a parttime bartender at all those while going to school. I saw Streets genius and anticipated the growth and went fulltime as they begged me to do. They tried various other concepts through the years but the Pea and Dixie were the keepers for growth.

Another very small Pea in Snider Plaza and converted Bullys to a Pea. Dixie House on Mckinney was next and I opened it as manager. Then Dixie Lakewood was next and they moved me there. These Dixie's had a much bigger menu than the early Peas. Blackeyed Pea on Camp Bowie in FW was next. This was the first Pea which was basically a Dixie House menu with the BEPea name. All future Peas would have this morphed Dixie/Pea menu.

It was next that I went into the corporate office and became VP Operations. We grew like crazy. A few more Dixies opened up(like Bachman and Addison) but all the major growth across Texas and to a smaller degree, the country, was The Blackeyed Pea.
Eventually Street and Cobb sold out to an English conglomerate, and I got out too. The company that bought it had many other interests so its no surprise they lost what made us great. It changed hands a time or two more with similar results. Things started spiraling downhill and a once great chain went by the wayside. It was sad for me to see a lifetime of work go down the tubes but I was watching from the sidelines by then.

I don’t get it. You went to college. You’re supposedly smarter than me. Figure it out. I am not wasting 4 years of my life to make peanuts when there are trades paying 6 figures. It’s dumb.

If they (the guberment) really cared about educating the kids, they would pay teachers a better wage. I don’t want somebody teaching my kids that wasted 4 years of life to make a low-middle class income. I can tell you right off the bat, most of them have no business trying to teach kids. I think it is intentional, they want ideologues that will help raise or create good slaves for the future.

I am sure there are a few that really care about teaching kids, or come from a family tradition of teachers. Most of them are a long way off from that ideal.

P.L.U.S

I am curious though about what all modifications Turnbull done to it.

Yep and it has been this way for a very long time. It is one of the lies told by Obama, there has always been healthcare for the indigent. It is against the law for a hospital to deny "emergency" health care based on a person's ability to pay. .

If it is shooting good currently with no fliers, then I'd leave it be. The 3 main things that I will do to a factory rifle are:

1) Free float the barrel
2) Lighten up the trigger
3) Bed it, only if it's needed.

When I first got into long range shooting I was running an inexpensive $500 Howa 1500 in 270 Winchester. The barrel was touching the stock at the end of the forend. When I free floated it, the action in the stock was such that it dropped the front of the barrel down more into the stock channel. So we bedded it to have a good base and keep the barrel free floated. We lightened up the trigger as well. The rifle went from shooting ok with some fliers once the barrel got warm, to 3/4 moa all day long out to 800 yards and much more consistent from shot to shot.

But not all factory rifles need this work. Bergara makes a very good factory rifle. The top 2 factory rifles that I recommend are the Tikka and Bergara rifles. Both shoot very well out of the box.

can you tell me where you got those Elk grips? id like to order some for my P365 .thanks