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#1 and #2 are not an option up here in the woods. Hell we don't even have home delivery of mail in my town. Once a week we have been getting takeout (food and alcohol) to support the few local restaurants that are open. #3 I have been going to the very small grocery store in my town Instead of driving 30 mins to the next town over for their 2 large supermarkets. Just to get a few things at a time. No gloves and no mask. #4 we have a large supply of food ready in the house that we have been going through at a slower rate than I had planned for so we have several months of food already in home if we decide to not go out at all. #5 slightly different than @xXxplosive. Foraging for food, I caught 2 landlocked salmon at sunrise this morning so its fresh fish tonight for dinner

My wife and I have months of food on hand. We are burning through some, but I'm getting groceries once a week. I have been masking and gloving up for a month now. I am very careful about what I touch and keep my distance from people. If I need to use the phone, the glove comes off. I take annual courses in blood borne pathogens and a number of other things, so I am quite aware of how to handle fomites. Glove discipline is important. Do the shaving cream on the glove test to see how well you do. If you're hardcore, use anti-seize or bearing grease ;). I don't think this thing is going to stop food supply, so I will continue to use what is out there, saving ours to give us freedom to NOT go out if it becomes too infectious. I think we're over the hump on this thing though. Deaths have gone up, but those people caught this 3-4 weeks ago.

Second 3 and 4. It's irrational, but I'm not comfortable with takeout food right now. I figure I can shop for myself and be in "code orange" mode in the supermarket. Never know what some other food handler is doing.

NO, you can't have one. Too heavy and has handguard. - Fightlite SCR Lower and Bolt - KAK 4.5" Barrel w/Adj Gas Block and Griffin Armament Linear Device - Ambi-Charging Handle - CZ Low Profile Sights Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. Will add a handstop.

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IMO, everyone should be keeping a lessons learned file / list. Mine has things like getting the family used to eating canned goods. They are so used to eating fresh that they currently won’t touch canned goods.

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Dipshit Murphy orders masks for the public in grocery stores. 99.8% of NJ's problem is north of 195. Most southern counties have single digit deaths. I'll wear a mask and proudly write "FU Murphy!" on it.

Has anyone ever taken their 10/22 apart for cleaning, then put it back together, and found that the trigger wouldn't work? I've had it happen twice now. The first time was a couple of years ago, and I was going to install a BX trigger anyway, so I popped the non-functioning one out, put the new one in, and everything was fine. Until last week, when the same thing happened again. (Perhaps the moral of this story is that I shouldn't be cleaning them.) I did some research, and found that when you move the safety into the middle position to permit the stock to be removed, the safety detente becomes disengaged, and the safety can rotate 180 degrees, which prevents the trigger from allowing the hammer to fall. The solution is to rotate the safety back into position, but ii is at the bottom of the trigger group assembly, so I was unable to access it without completely disassembling the trigger group I ended up with a bag of parts that I thought I would have to bring to a gunsmith after this pandemic lockdown ends, but thanks to the wonders of You Tube, I was able to get the whole thing back together. It seems to be working OK now, but I guess the true test won't come until I can get to the range and put some rounds through it Anyway, I hope this never happens to you, but chances are it will, so now you know what to do about it.

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I’ve got a bunch of stuff set up with Targetsports text- and yeah... I’ve noticed the price increases. My wife lost her shit when she saw what I spent on ammo two months ago. Now that she sees how hard it is to get ammo, she’s glad I ordered as much as I did.

I ate some today. I haven't had it in years, but I actually like it fried. Kinda like thick taylor ham. Also, Murhpy's EO about worksites is here: https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-122.pdf Jobs with fewer than 5 workers can continue. Masks for everyone. Gloves for all people who are working.

When I lived in Montvale it took 10 weeks for permits. Where I am now is about 3 weeks. While not ideal it's within NJ law. My brother in PA got his LTCF in under an hour if I recall correctly. I cannot wait to leave NJ. Be polite, follow up, and document everything. If it's a little over the 30 days I wouldn't go nuts over it, but that's up to you.

Should they be allowed slack? Abso-fucking-lutely NOT! The State unconstitutionally injected themselves into the process of the citizens bearing arms. Until the day comes that the supreme court removes them from that process, I will find no excuse satisfactory as to why they do not uphold their self imposed end of the deal. Just my opinion on the matter.

Thats "wishful" thinking... The entire barrel can get cherry red under sustained full auto... let alone the chamber.. that has nothing to do with the casing.. I'm more concerned with the integrity of polymer in a barrel chamber that can reach temps over 700 degrees. People have caught handguards on fire from full auto mag dumps... and their not even IN the barrel. Granted they just dumped ammo in until the barrel hit over 1,400f

The problem is that Murphy and Cuomo are both actively running for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. They won't admit it for a few years, but they each have it firmly in mind every time they get in front of a TV camera to proclaim some new 'bold, decisive action to keep their citizens safe'. Some fraction of what they are doing to mitigate the effects of the pandemic is useful, but a big chunk is nonsense they think will be remembered and play well with their voting base. Watching their press conferences, I really think portions are scripted just so the clips look good in future presidential campaign commercials.

Yeah, sneezing and coughing is really the issue, but that happens in normal times, and I can't remember the last time I have had a flu or cold. If I stop because of that now I don't think I could ever go back ;-) And rationally, everyone is wearing a mask now, so this should be the safest time for produce. But I am thinking that anything with a hard skin (like cucumbers and avocados) should be OK as long as I wash it and discard the skins into the compost heap. I can blanch things like celery and scallions (80-90°C for 10 seconds should kill anything) and skip the lettuce for awhile. And I am cooking most of the other fresh produce anyway.

Mainly #2 with some #3 if we can’t get a delivery in time. 5 in the household so we burn through things like milk/veggies pretty quick. Also do #1 once a week to so.

All very interesting feedback, thank you, folks! I think this (above) makes a lot of sense. I'll go ahead and do the Amazon order, perhaps even a bit more robustly than I was planning. What's the worst case scenario... I don't need the stuff right away and my pantry is nice and re-plumped? Not the worst thing in the world! If that's even 20 percent accurate... I'm so grateful to be way out here in Hunterdon County... rather than in a major city like NY. Ugh. I swore off "fresh" produce a couple of weeks ago! It's not just who's touching it, but who's coughing and sneezing on it! Screw that. I loaded up on frozen veggies on my last trip. I figure if the freezing wouldn't kill a virus, the cooking process certainly would. I had also stocked up back in January on canned fruit, applesauce, etc. Honestly, I just feel it's a safer option right now. And the nutritional content of those forms is quite high. Honestly, I refuse to let "preferences" dictate my diet right now. I'm leaning 100% towards food safety.

1: Once a week we get take out or pick up to support our local restaurants which I'm certain some will not survive. 3: Ever since Sandy we keep 3 months of supplies on hand and rotate stock accordingly. A moderate supply of canned and dried goods that can be extended to 6 months in a real SHTF scenario. One of us ventures out once a week usually early before crowds get to the stores for fresh fruits vegetables and protein. We have plenty of everything we need and just replenish gradually. We increased stock in January as I read the news and was certain this was going to be a major problem here so we did a bit extra at that time. I had to go for an MRI this morning, that was a bit disconcerting but the facility seemed to have the disinfecting protocol down pretty good. Wore a mask and used hand sanitizer liberally.

I've got a wife and 2 kids. I don't go into full bunker mode (FBM) unless it's absolutely necessary as it would cause them to go into a panic. I did that for Sandy and it caused a lot more stress for them than I could have anticipated. FBM for me means fully locked down, firearms loaded and placed, no interaction with the outside world. I'm the only one to go out, and that's under dire circumstances.

As I told my daughter and son in law in PA - do not let the emergency stores go too low - keep augmenting them when you can, if you can while staying safe. Supermarket is busy today - dont go in - try later or go tomorrow etc. Be smart - you prepped, you dont need to panic. We have 25 weeks of food based on the supply sergeant - however I will be doing a fresh veggies run later today or tomorrow am. If it is busy I wont go in - it is a not a mandatory/desperate thing - that is where you need to be when considering this. As @Malsua said waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back and others - God forbid you get it - you want it either very early, or later - not during the peaks. You do not want it at all - but for all we know we all may have had it already and not known about it. That is why is suspect a full mandatory test of every single person will take place in short order to see the actual penetration in society- expect it.

You saw this guy???

Interesting... no one has gone to step 4 "full-on bunker mode" yet? Of course, it seems some of you replying have two or more people in the household. That's probably a big factor. I live alone... just me and my 7 pound dog. So, I can be low-demand in my food choices... without whiney toddlers (or, worse yet, ravenous teens) in the house! And the supply lasts a lot longer, too. LOL. Yeah, I'm going to curtail restaurant deliveries for awhile... and stay out of grocery stores. I'm not a Howard Hughes-type but I am a nurse's daughter (almost as bad)... so I think food safety is only as strong as the weakest link and some people are just too bloody careless for my tastes. The only thing I'm kicking around is whether I'll move entirely to step 4... or whether I'll partake in 2 small exceptions: 1) There's several places around here where farmers literally place dozens of fresh eggs in coolers by the roadside and you stop by and put your $3 in a tin cup for a dozen. So, it's a relatively people-free exchange. Nice! I might do that. 2) I might also put in 1 Amazon order... just to get some shelf-stable milk, a couple more small jars of mayo, some more tuna, etc. It won't matter if it doesn't come in for several weeks... and I like the thought of a non-refrigerated order that I can just sit in my dining room for a few days so that any viral load on the packaging will devolve before I'm unpacking it. That's where I'm at! I figure I'll do this until the end of April, and then see where we're at. How much will the medical community have learned by then...? Maybe some more indications about the clinical trials will be available?... Let's hope so! Fingers crossed.

We live in one of the so-called “restaurant destination towns” in NJ, so we had been doing a lot of take out (I generally hate take out and would much rather go to a restaurant in person), since we can’t go in, might as well try to help them stay afloat. We’re spending as much money as ever, if not more, in restaurants around us. We tried shop rite from home but found that the pickup, let alone delivery times weren’t plentiful. So one of us goes. Fortunately from my woodworking and diy tinkering on cars, I had some N95 masks (which we keep in a Tupperware container and reuse), and 5 mil gloves. Not enough to donate (I’m waiting for someone to try to shame me for wearing an N95 to the store). I have a system to limit use of gloves - glove my right hand, keep left bare. Touch my stuff (phone, cc, etc) with left, public stuff (door handles, items in store, cc pin pad) with gloves hand. Limit exposure, go at off times, don’t go in if it looks too busy, support the little guy in less used stores. We stocked up heavy at the start of this, so we’re generally OK. Lots of smaller shops, as well as some of the diners are selling food at reasonable prices.

mix of 3 & 4 - mostly 4 - however running to pic up a scrip today for my wife - and if the veggies section looks clear i will make a purchase...

For us, family of 5 with 3 teenagers, we go through a ton of food. We found a few places around us that don't deliver but will do curbside pick-up and put the groceries in the trunk. We do that for most of our staples like milk and eggs and produce. We also order restaurant deliveries about once a week, more than we normally do. I also order meats and seafood delivered on line, just got in 15# of Cajun sausages and shrimp. I also go to our local seafood store occasionally when it is not crowded. I probably haven't gone to the grocery store on over 3 weeks. I bought a bunch of flour and yeast ahead of time so I am making fresh bread a couple days a week as well. And most importantly, we have a few liquor stores that also do curbside delivery!

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I'm also the designated shopper. My wife hasn't left the house for more than short local walk in weeks...So, to answer Mrs. Peel's questions: getting occasional restaurant deliveries to stretch the reserves (or just for a refreshing change of pace)? We haven't bothered with delivery yet, but I been picking up take-out about once a week. Partly for the change of pace, partly to support the local restaurants that we really want to have still in business when things return to normal getting groceries delivered (if they have that in your area) to add to supplies? We looked briefly into grocery delivery, but the backlog was huge. We'd have been waiting a looooonnnngg time going out occasionally to grocery shop... again, to top off your food supplies? I usually go to the grocery store once a week, early in the morning. Most weeks I'll make a second trip out to Walmart or Home Depot. That's about it. I kinda like the opportunity to get out, even though shopping has become much more difficult. staying in entirely, and just living off what's in the house already? I think we could get by fine for three weeks without resupply, but the natives would get restless as the favorite foods run out and we're left with everything else. I know, first-world problems...

We're supporting our local restaurants by picking up at least once a week. We usually would get take out once a week anyway. I'm the designated errand runner. I just got back from Costco and ShopRite in Flemington. Bought toilet paper and some other things. Costco has plenty of T.P. for now. I have to get out later today for some Easter supplies as they were wiped out at ShopRite. Both stores have put procedures in place and required masks. Costco will be requiring gloves starting tomorrow morning.

1234. Although only got takeout once.

3 & mostly 4 ……..….food deliveries are mostly non-existent from Supermarkets.

Currently printing a “bane-style” filter mask:

Agreed - good thinking. Adhesive power should enhance filtration efficiency.

Try duct tape next....please film and post up for errr, ahhhh, scientific purposes

So what your saying is that your 930 is NOT 100% reliable because it won't cycle light loads..........exactly like a Saiga 12

A very learned person, I see. Do not under circumstances try the meatloaf. Legend says the corona virus is mother nature teaching us a lesson for mixing fruit and meat in the same dish.

Could be but I doubt it. For example thehospitals have to buy n95 certified masks. kn95 which is a foreign certification can not be used, even though they are better than the offered alternative to the N95... a surgical mask or wrapping a t-shirt around your face. But kn95 masks can be used as long as they don't pay for them. As donations, the FDA stays out of it. But it's donation of product, not cash. Also if they purchased it, donated it, and comingled it with existing supplies without involving the admin that could be problematic in a lot of ways. OSHA stuff, not sharing with other departments kind of politics, etc.

Here was my Kitchen in mid August 2017. Appliances showed up in December. Cooked 90% with the Weber as well. If you want to see the kitchen deconstructed, look here: https://youtu.be/eW4zFFRq9Fc

That was just him missing

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Taylor Ham? Never heard of her.

Taylor ham, of course (I'm raised in north Jersey!). Will have to figure out the meatloaf thing at some point. Can I reply directly under someone's post - or only here at the bottom?

Howdy and welcome aboard!! As a friendly PSA to a newbie, DON’T try the meatloaf....

Welcome! Try the meatloaf! It’s good

I am not specifically sure of his character and don't know him personally, but It seems he has in fact made choices in the past and they have consequences. And, I believe that that is important. I guess his parents or guardians were unable to teach him that early on. For me, there is no clarity that this guy is a poster child for having his rights restored. On the flipside, the military chose to invest in this man, though. He was honorably discharged I presume, and it would seem that he has turned his life around. Aren't the hypcocritical ruling class all about rehabilitating people and NOT holding people accountable for their past actions. I guess they are afraid that he might not do something wrong and therefore not worth their time, financially, with future court appearances... Why do they "let" dangerous repeat offenders back out on the street with their revolvering doors, known drug users and others with a list of criminal activities and by default let them arm themselves, and yet this paramedic that seemingly has turned his life around, well he is unfit?

IMO this is close to the arguments regarding bump stocks. Should accessories be covered as part of 2nd Amendment arguments? If so (or not), which ones? If there are limitations on the guns themselves (like full-auto) then it would seem that certain accessories would face regulation as well. The slippery slope is that the anti-gun groups would push to the limit and have everything except for the physical frame of a gun regulated.