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DARE was way after my time. But when I was stationed in Alaska, our alcoholic counselor was on of the biggest lushes on base with a bad temper. During one of his drunken fits of anger, he went after my neighbor and I would up jumping on his back and choking him out until he blacked out. He was about 6 inches taller and about 75 lbs heavier than me. I saved his military career by stopping him. Found out he was mixing Bacardi and pain meds...great counselor.

My wife and I really downplayed this with him over the weekend, but today my wife and my son ran some errands so she could talk to him without his three sisters chiming in. Turns out the Detective I am meeting with is also the DARE officer who was just in the school a couple of weeks ago to talk to the kids. During her presentation, this kid was unruly with her and was announcing to the class that he was going to do drugs and experiment with marijuana the next time his parents weren't around. The DARE officer had to reprimand him and tell him that his comments weren't appropriate. This can't get any easier for me to demand he gets that psych-eval before returning to class if he acted out this way to the Detective who is handling the case. What kid in their right mind (key word right) would behave like this to authority at that age? Come on already! We have instructed him to say NOTHING at school on Monday. He is allowed to say that between his parents, the school and the police the kid is going to get the help he needs.

Some talk about other contributing factors...this kid has 'demanded' to see the other boy's privates while in the bathroom to the point of pulling them back wards while standing at the urinal. He will slide on his back under a stall to get a peak (I told my son to piss on his face if he does it again), spends recess time with the girls (who get creeped out by him) and does not play around with the other boys. He is not involved in any extra circular activities like recreational soccer, football, baseball, etc. Has no outside friends or kids in the neighbor to hang out with, even though there are plenty of kids around his area. He is very disrespectful to substitute teachers, doesn't care about his grades or his weekly responsibility reports because there aren't any repercussions at home and on and on and on. The kid is a huge disruption to the class and my son has chastised him a few times because he can't concentrate on his work with this kid poking him in the back, throwing things at him etc.almost goading my son to take him out. I told the principal that my son has a breaking point like any other human and being a wrestler and football player, he is showing great restraint at not popping this kid one. My son has gone after much bigger kids on the football field if he was hit with a cheap shot or a late hit, my boy ain't no pansy. And for a 6th grader, he is 5'3" 105 lbs, skinny, but quite muscular and the tallest in his class. If you check out the Appleseed Thread you can see what he looks like. My son is a Sheepdog and looks out for the flock whether it is his sisters, his classmates or teammates. Crap, even during special church events they assign him to watch on our our most beloved, but very old and feeble priest so he doesn't fall or get himself into any trouble. I am very proud that he is showing such great restraint and maturity in this. His dad would have blown a fuse a long time ago.

SKD are good people. Got to met them at a BBQ they had at their shop near West Point before they moved out. I always give them the first look when I want some quality stuff. My last purchase was an Eagle Assault pack in multicam with side pouches and other goodies...no one came near the price when you included shipping as well. Edit - They had their calendar girl at the event who is uber hot in person. Boy did she catch some friendly abuse. She was signing posters and her eng-lesh wasn't as hot as she was and there were several posters signed to Dick Hurtz, Mike Hunt, etc. I still have my poster...to "I enjoyed seeing you Prince Albert."

Having a newer Plinkster, maybe Mossberg should work on making it reliable and feeding properly.

I have no idea if this kid has access to any kind of firearms. I am inclined to believe that if his father or older brother has one in the home (legally or illegally), odds are they are not responsible enough to have secured properly. And if he is left unsupervised for long periods of time, he just might know where it is and how to get it if he needs it. For the benefit of other gun owners, I am going to ask the detective if that home has any registered firearms...I'm curious if they (LEO) have already did a NJSP search on what might be in the house. Who knows, a stupid stunt like this by your kids or mine, could have the state looking to take everything away from you. Of course I am against that, and have NO wish to strip the family of their rights, but they better damn well have everything locked up.

We had a guy last year in KM class during some sparring that blew out his bicep from nothing special. It was bizarre how all the muscle bunched up once the tendons tore loose. The Doc's told him it was from not stretching enough...I was like WTF and took my stretching a lot more seriously after that.

I am not transferring my kid because of some other kid. HIS parents will be the ones looking for a new school. FWIW, it is an excellent Catholic School. Discipline, respect and academics are paramount unlike our public schools. I can't get into what this school does to make great kids into exceptional adults. But for starters, the older kids have to mentor the younger ones, they help teach literacy programs to people just learning English, the 8th graders in the spring have to sleep in the school parking lot for two days / nights in cardboard shelters that they have to make to get a sense of being homeless...etc. The academics are also exceptional, you don't leave a school like this.

I spoke a good friend who is a LT and specialized in school violence and prevention...FWIW, his PhD was on NJ PD's being able to respond to active shooters in the schools and student profiles. I spoke to my best friend who is an attorney and all avenues are being explored at this time. The school acted accordingly and once they pass it off to the PD, it is a legal matter on one hand and the school still needs to decide what they are going to do. For the moment he is suspended and I will be in the principal's office first thing Monday morning demanding that he is not allowed to return until he has a full psych evaluation conducted. That alone is going to hit the pockets of the parents and will help lay a road map of what is going on with this kid. My understanding of the law in NJ is this with JV's. This incident will not be viewed as a "terroristic threat" and because no weapon was present, the age of the offender and this being a first time incident there will be some intervention. After I meet with the school and the detective on Monday, I will have a clearer picture of my options and will be able to make a better judgement. At the very least, a full evaluation will be done on this kid, or I press charges at a state level. I plan to back the parents into a corner in order for them to get the help this kid needs. I was also told that once the investigation goes on, that this might completely be out of my control and become a state matter. Similar to a domestic or child abuse case. As far as some of the 'unfavorable' remarks other parents have made regarding discipline, well that it is up to them. My usual line is that I will slap you back to last week so you have a chance to get it right next time. Parents aren't perfect. I'm sure we could start a very funny thread of what our parents have threaten us with or things we have said to our kids.

So I get an interesting call from the principal today. She told me that my son who is in 6th grade, was threaten by another student. That student said he was going to buy / bring a gun to school on Monday and shoot my son in the head. Several classmates heard it and said he seemed serious and it wasn't in a kidding around type of way. The kid has issues and my son did the right thing and notified his teacher and then the principal removed him and called the local PD. When I got home, there was a message from the detective in the town where his school is. The parents have been ignoring the fact that this kid has issues and from all my professional research and studies, he has many characteristics in development that most killer kids have. I was on the phone with the our CEO when the call came in and when I returned his call he was genuinely concerned about my son. Our company was called into VA Tech right after the shootings to help them deal with the aftermath so school shootings is something we are in tune with. I told him if my son got the gun out of his fellow students hand the outcome would not be too favorable because my son is quite the marksman. Other points of interest. One of the other boys in the class also belongs to CR with his dad and his reaction was that his dad would kill him if he ever threaten to shoot someone. Another boy whose father is also a hunter remarked that if his father ever heard him make a threat like that his eyes would be swollen shut from the beating he would get. And one to the girls whose dad is also a hunter, stated that her father also would have flipped out and locked her in her room for a year. What does this say? It clearly indicates that responsible gun owners have talked to their kids how important and serious it is NOT to make threats or to talk about guns in school. I don't want to ruin a young man's life, but, I want this to be some sort of catalyst for his parents to realize that this kid is acting out and screaming for attention. They need to do something before his life or the lives of others are ruined forever. We have had discussions about this kid with the principal and she confided to us that the school can only do so much and anything she has told the parents has fallen on deaf ears. If this was thirty years ago, I'd instruct my son to give him a big dose of 'what for' behind the school. And then I drag this little scum bag's father out of his house and give him a lesson as well. Stay tuned on this one.

Barring any emergencies, I will be there. Time to visit my old neighborhood. Yes, I grew up just a couple of blocks of way...great area to be FROM. Note to self, bring lots of singles for after the event.

Can you provide the time? GFH's calendar doesn't show this. Thanks.

Funny you say that about your wife and your 'girl'. My electronics blew the first and last time my wife was on it! How funny is that? Never had that happen with all my college / military tail that sat on back. Too friggin funny. I've dealt with Bill Farber at Classic many, many years ago. I'll have to check out BCP...Hackensack is about 30 minutes away.

The labor story is funny. My wife was a couple of days from her due date and I went to go shoot a Service Rifle Match at CR. I had a friend who is a RN stay with her and baby sitters at the ready for the other 3 in case her corked popped. I was home under an hour when her water broke...that was a close one that I would never have lived down. I still get busted about it to this day. It was good day on both accounts, healthy baby and I shot my first Expert Score.

Matty, I have two old time friends that also bought Bonneville's. One now lives up on Prince Edward Island and the other now lives in the Outer Banks of NC. Neither will give them up. I need to throw up some pictures when I get a chance. Used to be long hair, leather pants and I'd tap it if it could fog a mirror life style. Now it is buzzed or a clean shaven head, 5.11's and thankfully have a beautiful wife while I mentally stroll down mammary lane. I even drove it to my various duty stations which was a challenge...I brought from NJ to Portsmouth, VA to Baltimore back down to Norfolk Naval Base while I was getting trained for Panama, stored it while I was deployed and in AK and then had it when I was TDY in Air Station Brooklyn. The front forks used to have a bunch of military access stickers on it.

Yea I got four kids running around and the three oldest love riding on the Harley. I like to take short trips with them for lunch and some one on one time. So who has these parts in NJ? It has been years since I bought anything. Last time I bought stuff was from MAP in Florida and I got my wiring harness from a place in Queens. Any reputable Triumph connections would be appreciated. I was so hard core Triumph, I actually have the logo tattooed on my right arm. I got more tail on that bike, some legal and some not so much when I was 18 to 21 before joining the CG. Nothing like taking a 16 y/o ( I swear she built like she was 18 and banged like a college freshman) minor across state lines to do some camping and drinking on a Bonneville. Ah, the good old days. Then again that was 1981...I'd be a registered sex offender if you did that at 18 now a days.

It is fused, positive ground, yes positive ground and it was a true surge / high in-rush current and the old style fuse just didn't melt quick enough.

78 Bonneville which I bought in 81 with only 3k miles on it. The Prince of Darkness hit hard on my electrical system. Lord Lucas had my alternator do a power surge as it died and fried everything from my headlight to my tail light and all the goodies in between. Naturally this occurred a year after I installed a brand new factory wiring harness and replaced the old points with a pricey electronic ignition system. The beauty is my 'mother' decided to clean out the garage where I grew up and had all my original parts thrown out in the dumpster without giving me a heads up before she did it. I had asked NUMEROUS times to give me a heads up if she even was going to clean out the garage if she ever decided to move.Of course I wasn't told and only found out after driving by the house and saw a For Sale sign. Let's just say that this stunt didn't help an already poor relationship. So until I have a significant amount of cash on hand, she waits. Because I think you might be curious...totally worked motor, Mega-cycle 1060 cams (almost full race), twin Mikuni carbs, bored 40 over, bottom end blue printed and balanced, close ratio transmission gears installed, HD clutch, Bub Enterprises exhaust system and now a char-broiled Broyer Bronson electronic ignition. Now primer, but was Black Rainbow Metallic with about 10 coats of clear on it. Weighing slightly over 300 lbs, this beyotch hauls a**. It is like riding a 750+cc dirt bike on the street.

My beloved Bonneville will not be hitting the road this year so surrendering the plates and waiting isn't a problem. I have to go back in the summer to renew the driver's license and will drop them off then. I wish I could renew my Alaskan tags for it.

As I was driving there it dawned on me about the past years and was ready to take my medicine at $28.50 a year, but come on. I still have plates for my Triumph which has been off the road since I got my Harley for almost 10 years...I will be surrendering them real quick. Just a shame because those are the original plates on it since 1981, but for $650+ dollars the state can have them...with my DNA smeared all over them.

So I finally decide to resister both motorcycles today and needed to go in person because I let one lapse by 6 months and the other a couple of years because I dumped it and it took some time and money to get it ready again. It turns out that NJ increased motorcycle registrations from $28.50 to $65.00 a mere 228% increase. And then for the salty thumb in the eye, I have to the pay the new registration fees for the years I didn't register the motorcycles because I didn't surrender the plates. I asked why I couldn't pay the $28.50 for those years and the $65 for this year? She was kind and smiled at me and said, "it because this is NJ and you know how it is, this state loves to stick-it to our residents". First time a government employee told it straight. I wasn't mad at her and I thanked her for the laugh. But come on in this frigging state already. I really am developing a deep hatred for this state. A couple of more years and at some point I'll donate my house for the deduction instead of trying to sell it.Gee, and the government can't figure out why people are leaving in droves.

Cheers from the waist line of Passaic County.

It is Essux County and is a very liberal town just like Montclair. I can't imagine it will be easy. Then again, do some recon for us at NJ2AS. If they start going outside the law, please keep us informed.

That's a nice case. I am sending an email to them about interior dimensions. I'd imagine that it also meets TSA requirements. I would only have to add an additional hasp to handle a TSA lock. For some dopey reason I didn't consider using a real instrument case. Some new foam inserts and this could be a winner. Might have to check Craig's list or E-Gay...I'm sure I can score a deal between the two. Nothing illegal going on, but traveling thru an airport or into a hotel with an instrument case is going to draw much less attention than most of the rifle cases out there. Proto Type The interior depth is my only concern if I am using one of my thicker profile charging handles, Which I can always remove or go standard OEM.

At this point I am considering blowing up some art-work and the making a stencil using the tried and try Exacto-knife. I'll apply some rattle can paint for the main logo and then over time add other items. I need to make a nice beer stain on the case to complete the look. I might have to buy a black case as well.