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I was there in the cold, rain and snow for the rally. And I remember at the committee meeting the chairman suggesting that they hold the vote, and then open up the floor for comments. How nice. Then they all could have gone for coffee while we were spilling our guts. If there were enough people in the state who were willing to interrupt their relatively comfortable (if somewhat expensive and restricted) lives to make the point and force Trenton to modify their course, it could be done. And peacefully. If they passed a mag limit below 15 rounds, and 20,000 (or more) people went to Trenton waving 15 round mags in the air, that would clearly demonstrate, among other things, that the law was unenforceable. Yes they could arrest and prosecute a few, but thousands would go untouched. Unless of course Trenton is prepared to prosecute, convict and house 20,000 more criminals in the current system. This is classic Cloward and Piven. Overwhelm the system. Just like the civil rights marches of the 60's. It's effective. They forced progress for their cause. Right now Trenton pays no price for these laws they dream up. That would need to change. Drastically. However I don't believe there's more than a couple hundred people (if that!) in the state willing to make that move and chance being the ones who wind up in jail. And that's not enough. We're just not that uncomfortable. Yet.

Believe me it was a big shock when I did the math. I had all my costs in Quicken down to the penny. My Intrigue was $30K to buy outright. Spread that cost over 156 months and my starting baseline was $192/month. The average of maintenance and service was $92/month. Here's the kicker. During the 11th year I had to replace the transmission for about $4K, by far the biggest repair on the car. When I was doing the math two years later I thought 'Damn, I should have sold the car at the 10 year mark and avoided that repair. Then my cost per month would have been much better." Then I ran the numbers for the 10 year period. Guess what it came out to: $285/month!!! Exactly the same. Yes, I know that's coincidence to some degree, but certainly representative +/- $10/month. Why was that the case? Because the original $30K cost spread over 120 months bumped the baseline to $250/month, more than making up for less repairs. I should also add that I deducted out the money I got back when I sold the car. All my final numbers were net.

I dug out my spreadsheet for another thread on lease vs. buy. As far as cost per mile goes, an Olds Intrigue I owned for 13 years cost 30.3 cents/mile to own over 158,000 miles. That's car cost + service + repairs - sale price / 158,000 miles = 30.3 cents Compare that to your lease cost per mile. It's only one example, but I think it's instructive.

I used to think leasing was a crock too. Then five years ago I did the math. The last car I owned was an Olds Intrigue loaded. I owned it for 13 years and 160,000 miles. After I sold it I added up the cost of the car, maintenance and repairs and divided by the number of months. Answer: $285/month. So now for an extra $25 to $50 per month I can drive a brand new car and have no unexpected repair bills. Everything's always under warranty. (Of course the insurance on a new vehicle is more than it was the last 9 years on my Intrigue.) One other thing. If the car you own is seriously damaged in an accident, that fact will greatly reduce the resale price when they run the CarFax report. You have to eat the loss. In the case of the lease, you hand in the key and walk away. (This assumes in both cases you have the car repaired under insurance.) Of course getting a good price on a lease is a whole other post.

This shouldn't be in the 2A lounge.

Never mind all that car crap. I remember in the 80's when we and another couple went to the track. It was 'Bikini Day'. All women wearing Bikini tops got in for free. My wife, my daughter, and my friend's wife acquitted themselves nicely. $0 entry fee. And the Whoo Hoo factor was second only to the Top Fuel Funny Cars.

Well, it wasn't staged, but it wasn't in NJ either. It was Compton CA.

"And, for those of you who are debating whether to stay in New Jersey or leave, or perhaps, considering moving here from elsewhere, I commit to you -- many years from now, when you look back, planting your flag in New Jersey will have been one of the smartest decisions you ever made." Phil Murphy - January 16, 2018 I'm taking that risk! He must be assuming the ones left here will be too stoned to decide.

So now, bump stocks are still illegal in New Jersey. From NJ.com The comments are sprinkled with the usual progressive drivel.

As Harry Callahan put it "There's a couple of salty lookin' dudes." Can't confirm it myself Bob. But it looks real.

Then you just haven't found the right judge. /sarcoff

And dead men cannot sue you civilly for grievously injuring or crippling them. Of course a dead man's family could always take a shot at it.

Let's order all our ammo from China. Looks like they're gearing up as a supplier.

Nice try though. Thanks for that link Bob. I went to Judicial Watch and the original GAO report too. I'll have to keep those links for future reference.

If the 'foam' was the semi-liquid variety that expands and hardens then it would not have moved or settled. If it was the granular type then yes, it can settle. Either way, what is the 'proof' it was installed properly and thoroughly? Without an infrared study or some other measurement mechanism you can't be sure of what you can't see. (Of course in a new house solid foam can be inspected visually before the sheet rock goes up to insure it was done right.) I read a study a while back that showed how a one square foot opening in static conditions in a large residence (say 3,000 square feet) would admit enough cold air to consume a HUGE amount (%) of heating capacity to offset (I don't remember the BTU equivalent). And that was without wind blowing. Add up all the leaking outlets etc. in a house, and it's easy to see how a house has at least one square foot of leakage. BTW, I'm certainly not ignoring your heating plants. Make sure they're tuned and efficient of course, as previously suggested.

Your house is losing heat as quickly as your systems are introducing it. In some areas maybe faster. In all probability your house has no insulation in the walls. Or the spaces above the uppermost ceilings? The drafts through your outlets are a big tip off. I'm afraid that other than simply overwhelming your house with heat (as it appears to be the case in your bedroom) the answer is to shut off all the outside air flows and insulate the place. From your description there's probably an imbalance in the heat delivery too. I have been through this in my previous house. See if you can rent or borrow an infrared camera to look at all the exterior surfaces this winter to identify where the worst of the leaks are. Then start with them.

Per Malusa: if thermal conduction between the CPU and the heat sink is under performing, or non existent, your cooling fins will be... cool! Try the paste route first.

According to both my wife and I it shoots very well. Great trigger too.

Try this: shoot a full box through a Glock 36. Then every other .45 will seem soft.

Is yours the DA/SA version, or the SAO?

I have the Combat and I like it. I did put Hogue grips on it to make the pistol a better fit for my hand. I shoot it pretty well. If I were buying (only one) P220 today and could afford it, I'd be looking hard at the Legion SAO variant. (Apparently they stopped making the standard SAO variant, which was cheaper.) Shoot the different models if you can. I don't know if any ranges are making Legion pistols available for rent. I haven't seen one myself

Security is an illusion.

Here's some photos from the unveiling in Dubai.

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Pen and paper.