Melgamatic

Not really appropriate or permitted under the US Flag Code, but no one pays attention...

The trend I see is that my oil dealer is charging me $1/gallon more than anyone else is paying.

I think it's sad that they have to use "Doe" to protect themselves from rabid people. No doubt they would be terribly harrassed if their name was public, and once some news organization decides to reveal their name that's what will happen. I was going to mention how the "Under God" part is a recent addition, a knee-jerk response to the Red Menace that gave us other joyful 50's traditions like McCarthyism. I also hate it the way people add a pause in between "One nation under God" like there is a comma or semi-colon there. You often here a number of people pausing there, and a bunch of people not pausing (which is how it is written). I don't think this is so controversial, and I'm OK either way.

Can you PM (or post, your choice) the plumber or contractor you chose? I'm in Fanwood, so it's likely I could use the same contractor.

I have a very effective 2-pipe steam radiator system, fired by an oil burner. I have absolutely no interest in replacing the radiators, but wouldn't mind replacing the oil-fired burner with a gas-fired burner. Do I need a whole new furnace / boiler, or do I just replace the burner with a new gas-fired one? I know some gas converters are big on converting steam systems to water systems, but I have no interest in that.... I'm paying WAY WAY WAY too much for oil. My other concern is that while I pay too much for oil, I do get great steam system service from the oil guys. I know they won't do a service contract if they're not doing the oil, so I guess I just have to find a plumber who knows steam?

I think you might have just gone to a terrible school. I had a half-year course on Constitutional Law in 11th grade....

Added to the NJ Gun Map. Don't know why I missed this one before! http://www.njgunmap.com

Yes, any part except for the lower receiver can be shipped without any legal issues. This is not a state thing; it is true for all the US. The "receiver" is the part that is regulated. If you look at Shotgun News, or any other gun rag, you'll see a dozen or more companies selling "full rifle kits" that include every part you need, except for the lower receiver. It's a federal thing.

Shotgun hunter's ed not good enough?

And then the reporter commented about the Brady spokesman's comments relatively dismissively. I couldn't believe what a positive piece it was.

Let's assume that he is too far away. So, I'm allowed to send to an FFL if the FFL is cool with it?

I'm trying to interpret our great selling chart. I (NJ resident) want to sell a rifle to a non-NJ resident. I know the rifle needs to be sent to his FFL, but not sure if I can do that, or must use a NJ FFL. Here's the parts of the chart appropriate: 2. Long gun purchases by ....B. Non-resident from ........(2) NJ resident = must be transferred through ............a. NJ dealer = NICS check with a FPID, COE and Photo ID or ............b. Out-of-state dealer = consult buyer's home state laws So, do you have to do 2.B.(2)a and 2.B.(2).b, or are they choices, and what do they mean? Thanks, Dave

So, in other words, you approve of this requirement and are willing to continue to follow it so that other people have to go through the same illegal process?

I tried to find a picture of a model with c-cups holding a glock, but failed...

Sounds like "No guns for Negroes" to me. I think at this point my "what if" response would be do donate $1000 to a minority rights organization fund to support a civil rights lawsuit. (That was not a racial slur up there, by the way. JPFOA has a great video with this title, explaining how gun control laws were instituted originally to keep black people from owning guns. )

On the little TV screen in the elevator, just saw a photo of Bloomberg taping a superbowl ad for "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" with Boston Mayor Menino. They were sitting on a sofa, in Giants/Pats jerseys, with hats from all the other Boston and NY teams on the table (like a scene from a living room). I suspect it will be something like "Although our teams are competing against each other in the Superbowl, there's one thing that we both agree on...." Geesh.

Read this story about two hunters who found a dead body Sunday night at 6pm in Green Brook: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/human_remains_discovered_in_gr.html The question I have is about what hunters are doing a) on a Sunday, b) in the dark (6pm?), and c) in that very dense area. Winter bow? But I think the houses are too close, and it was on a Sunday? Anyone know more?

Thats a funny line, but more of an Internet meme than the truth, I suspect. I know a number of people with Keltecs and none of them have had a single problem. Also, Jaguar hasn't sucked so much since the 80s, and have been putting out decent cars for ~10 years... I think Keltecs are great gun forum complainer fodder, but are perfectly fine in real life.

Firearms Guild in Rahway has a full time gunsmith. Depending on where you are in Union County, he could be 5 minutes away...

More than an hour from Union County, though..

Do a search for Armament Gunsmithing. There is a whole thread about them, including a picture of the building.

I think most ranges let you shoot slugs at the rifle range. I know that's where we've dialed in ours. There isn't really an easy way to setup targets on the shotgun range (I'm pretty sure), but easy to setup targets at 50 or 100 on the rifle range.

Which judge was it? Was he/she appointed or elected?

I used up some old Remington UMC 150gr rounds first, then shot a box of the nice stuff - Federal Match 168gr. Finally, moved to some rounds I loaded to match the ballistics of the Federal Match exactly, using Sierra MatchKing 168gr HPBT bullets and they worked exactly the same, at least at 200yds. I have a few hundred rounds of the Federal Match, but at a minimum of $1/round (on sale), I'll keep that for actual matches, and use my own duplicative rounds the rest of the time (which are probably of equal quality).

I am the CTO of a quickly growing financial institution, and we are moving over to macs (mostly 27" iMacs and Airs for mobile workers) because the TCO is much lower than any Windows machine (and Linux is great, but not useful for our desktop requirements). If you run a large and succesful technology organization, you grow quickly tired of the false economies of Microsoft, their terrible licensing policies, and the extra technicians you need to hire to fix windows all the time....