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They shot two guys who were wrestling on the ground? Bizarre.

One less scumbag. Hopefully he didn't breed. 21 minutes does seem like a long time, but I'm quite sure that regardless of the size of the town, the cops have their hands full on NYE.

Welcome! By your avatar, I expected a luthier.

Dad is a retired engineer and Mom is a retired math teacher. I figure I was doomed to be an engineer. Growing up, there never really was anything else. I'm reasonably good at math and understanding mechanical things and I like working with my hands. While it feeds my family, pays my mortgage, and affords me a modest but comfortable living, I don't leap out of bed every morning with excitement. I certainly wouldn't do it for free. I might be a little more motivated if I felt I was doing anything more than making my numerous bosses richer. I hope my kids feel more able to pursue their dreams to a greater extent than I did. If I could do it all again, I might study music, culinary arts, or veterinary medicine. Though, I didn't really find out those things interested me until late in college or afterwards.

I'd stick with Motorola if you want to use android. My wife as been through several HTC phones and all have been problematic, though the latest (HTC Incredible) has been the best so far.

Single stage vs. two stage is personal preference. It can also vary depending on the intended use of the rifle. For target shooting, I like a two stage. For something like 3 gun, I think single stage is better. It is possible to adjust the trigger pull, though you can ruin one pretty easily if you don't know what you're doing. Do a little searching here, there's lots of info. I'm sure our resident expert will appear shortly.

Those dancing lights are really cool. Wish I had the time/talent to do that. My 66yr old aunt (long time pianist/organist) took my 92 year old grandmother to see TSO a couple years ago. They both said it was their first "rock concert". I would've loved to have been there (both to see TSO and their reaction). This is in my home CD changer right now. It's excellent.

How many shots define a group?... 3?... 5?...10? Five consecutive 5 shot groups? I can't say I've ever really tried for maximum accuracy with my P3AT. "Minute of paper plate" while shooting just under 1/sec is good enough for me. I might be able to shoot 3" groups at 10 yds when really taking my time, but that's not what the gun is for. I did get just under 3" with my P85 at 25 yds, bulls eye style. As for your friend... Let's see his targets.

The vast majority of surplus military rifles were carried a lot, shot a little. While they may appear really beat up, there's likely little wear in the important areas. If it is of a caliber and origin where corrosive ammo was likely used, that's a different story. If you can see noticeable throat or crown erosion, then checking headspace isn't a bad idea. Semi-auto rifles typically have looser headspace than bolt guns. It helps them run better. Most rifles will quickly tell you that they need some attention... poor groups, poor function, cases splitting, bulging, etc. long before catastrophic failure is a concern (due to incorrect headspace).

Glad you got your dog back. Theft is one thing I don't have to worry about with mine. There's no way she'd let a stranger get close enough to take her. And if, by some miracle, they did... dealing with her would be their just reward.

HCP's can be fake, just like any other ID. I'm sure the LEO would state he felt it necessary to secure the weapon for his safety, which is perfectly legal and CYA for him. If the LEO had searched the whole car instead of just the bag, that would be an "unreasonable" search, IMO. I got pulled over a couple years ago. Handed the officer my DL & HCP. He asked if I had my gun, I pointed to the duffel in the passenger seat and said it's in there. He said, "ok". And that was that.

Another -1 for Symantec anything. I used it for a long time until I finally switched. It's awful.

There's a very long list... If you don't want to get him more Gentlemen Jack, just find a bottle on the shelf that looks pretty. There have been a couple threads here with various suggestions. http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/general-off-topic/57200-i-dont-drink-whiskey-often-but-when-i-do-jack-george.html

Glad she's ok. Seems like discretion may have been a better choice. Go back inside, get the security to escort you out. If something gives you "the creeps", there's a reason for it.

A friend of mine built his own moving target range in his back yard using an old garage door opener. It works pretty well.

Smart idea to get a computer just for her. Several friends have had their home PC massively buggered (unintentionally) by their kids. I don't have any suggestions for parental control software but as my kiddies are getting closer to that age, I'll stayed tuned here.

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I used to work in the stock room at Sears. Can't think of how many appliances I loaded into some strange places. If loading a fridge required laying it down, we always advised folks to leave it standing up for at least 12 hours before plugging it in. The brush attachment for your vacuum does an excellent job cleaning out dust bunnies. If you're outside and don't care about a mess, compressed air works well too.

I understand your desire to get the parts and fix it yourself, I like fixing things myself too. But it seems like the $10 to ship it is still cheaper than buying the parts. If it takes a couple weeks, you've got other toys to play with in the mean time. I'd do what BryanP suggested and simply send it back without the pins. "It fell out and disappeared under my work bench... ". If you can't find the parts anywhere, the existing trigger can likely be fixed with various epoxies.

They offered to fix it for free and you're pissed about that?

When I saw the thread title, I thought you meant this...

My point being that all this pontificating on which caliber is better is virtually meaningless. Worry about good hits on the target. Everything else is largely irrelevant.

2nd for this. A friend has one, it's quite nice. Much more rounded than the PPS, which seems "square-ish" to me.

Amen to that. In this age of nano-technology, why are key-fobs so friggin' big?

What Dolomite said, and... it's fun. You learn a lot more about how and why it works. You know which pin goes here and which spring goes there. Sometimes you learn that the hard way. Some people find several $300 expenses more palatable than one $900 expense.