peejman

Yep, excellent photography. Confirms that I'm a hack.

Here's our fish tank. Had it set up and running for a little over a week before we got the fish. Fish have now been in there about a week and seem to be doing really well. The kiddies love it. Sorry the back lighting makes for bad pictures.

Keep in mind that solar panel efficiency will be at its worst through hunting season... sun angle, cloud cover, etc.  I'd also watch the temp on that heat sink carefully and consider adding some heat shielding to the floor above the power center.    That said, near 20A output at 15V is pretty impressive.  That should be plenty of juice. 

Meh.... all they see is a faceless corporation that they think has deep pockets.  They just want their payday. 

     It's a Glock, carry it and don't worry about it.

    Not necessarily...  the hardened surface that's created during the tennifer process is very thin...  typically 0.001" or less.  Depending on the method of removing the top coating, the hardened surface underneath could easily be compromised or removed completely. 

Depends on who you know.  A coworker has hunted within the park boundaries.... but he was assisting his son, a TWRA officer, to control the pig population at the time.         Yeah, but the park rangers don't like it when you start shooting at the tourists. 

What do you like to do?  There's lots of options in the Chattanooga or Knoxville areas.      For an anniversary weekend, I'll throw this out there... Take your wife to a show at the Cumberland Co. Playhouse and stay at the McCoy Place B&B.  My wife and I have been to the playhouse several times and stayed at that B&B twice.  It's a very quiet and relaxing place.   

Your best camo is being still.

Awesome.

There was a rod run a couple week ago too.  Traffic was heavy everywhere. 

        The load rating is 40lb/sqft, but that is for the entire floor.  The actual strength is much higher.  I think the safety factors is typically 3-4.  The 300 lb guy walking is shear strength of the floor, which is much higher than the load rating.  And as I stated above and explained at length in the article I linked, it depends a lot on how the floor/house is designed and where you sit the aquarium.  Wood does stretch over time.  If you sit something heavy in one spot and leave it there a long time, the wood will stretch and sag over time which can cause lots of other problems.  This is an instance where a little forethought, knowledge, and preparation (if necessary) can prevent a big problem later.    The floors in my house are wavy as hell and I can feel it move in a few places, so I'm not super confident in the quality of construction.  I'm also the nerdy engineer type and what I've seen in the limited work I've done on the house decreases my confidence even more.  So I installed some extra support, just in case.  $50 in materials and a half day's work is worth it to help me sleep better. 

No.  A license is required to possess a handgun in NJ.    http://www.handgunlaw.us/

For everyone considering installing an aquarium....    Keep in mind how much they weigh.  An empty 50 gallon aquarium weighs about 50 lbs, then you add 50 lbs of gravel, another 50lbs of rocks and such, then 400lbs of water, plus a 50lb stand... That's 600lbs, similar weight to a moderately sized gun safe.  A 100 gal aquarium can weigh more than  1000 lbs.     If you're sitting the aquarium on a concrete slab, no big deal.  If it'll sit on a typical wood framed floor over a crawlspace or room beneath, that's a lot of weight and it's well above the typical load rating for residential floor construction.  Typical floors are designed for 40 lbs/sqft.  My 50 gal tank is about 5ft long x 1 ft wide = 5 sqft.  At 600lbs, that 120 lbs/sqft...  3x the design load for the floor.  Location of the tank relative to load bearing walls and which way the floor joists run play a large part in how well the floor will support the weight.    If you install your tank and notice that nearby doors or windows seem bind up or not close properly when they didn't before, you probably need to add some support.    My tank sits about 2 ft from an exterior load bearing wall on a wood framed floor over my crawlspace.  It also sits such that its perpendicular to the floor joists (meaning the weight is supported by about 4 joists), so it's probably fine as is.  But just because I'm that guy, I laminated two 2x10's and installed them perpendicular to the existing joists which bridges the load across 6 joists instead of 4, and I added two 4x4's under the laminated 2x10's running directly to the ground.  Overkill for sure, but it ain't gonna budge.    Here's a relatively long but thorough article about the topic... http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/aquarium_weight.php   edited to correct a couple numbers... I used 7lbs/gal which is gasoline instead of 8 lbs/gal for water.  Oops. 

Doh! Guess my kids don't call me "daddy, destroyer of fun" for nothing.

I'd look into scavenging as Nicky says, or maybe find a shop that can make an embossing tool from the original. That probably will be quite expensive for 4 pieces, however.

Is it possible you missed this thread?   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/80540-firearms-agitator-still-waiting-to-fight-gun-charge-embody-case/?hl=embody

Cool.  Maybe I'll get to the next one.  How'd you find out about it?

    I think it's just better understanding of the bio-cycle in the tank by both the owners makes of filters, pump, and such.  And maybe Mom was a little too anal about cleaning it.  ;)   I told my friend about my memories of spending an entire day taking all the fish out, draining the tank, scrubbing the tank and all it contents (fish excluded) with a toothbrush, and then putting it all back together.... he looked at me like I had two heads.  I took that as a good sign, unlike when my wife looks at me like that. 

We're in the process of getting a 55 gal tank set-up.  A friend of mine who was formerly a breeder of koy and cichlids (among other things) is moving and let us have one of his tanks for a song.  Also getting and handful of fairly large fish, hopefully this week.  The tank itself has been up and running for a week or so, just waiting for a convenient time to introduce the fish.  I haven't had an aquarium since I was little but my kids really seem to like it.  Based on what I'm told, tanks are a lot lower maintenance than they used to be. 

Cool!  Wish I could go.

    If we continue to do nothing about it, that will certainly be the case.      edit... and I'm not pointing fingers.  I'm as guilty as anyone else. 

Add that to the list of reasons not to pre-pay for gas.  Wow.

Heh... Had a roommate one summer in college who locked me out of our room while I was showering 4 or 5 times. Coed dorm too. Thankfully I at least had my towel. Edit... And speaking of open carry.... there were the times when a guy would be walking a girl down the hall and inevitably one of the black guys would exit the shower. The towel around their waist quickly moved to over their shoulder. They'd smile and give a big wave. Good times.

Dad's got two Stihl's.  Both are the Farm Boss, I think.  They're great saws but my only gripe is how much fuel they use.  Seems like you've gotta stop and fill it up every 15 minutes or so.  My little Homelite that Dad bought in about 1980 runs more than twice as long on a tank.