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Not bragging, but want to let people know that it can be done. FWIW, my small police department has turned around my PP requests in 25 days, including weekends. They didn't contact any of my references or send a BS questionnaire to them to fill out like I have to do for my friends who live in Bloomfield, Madison, and Millburn. And for the first time, I didn't use my two usual references who are both LEO's. One is a Sgt in town and the other a Lt a few towns to the north.

I keep my humidor out in my unheated shed in the winter months and in my basement during the summer. I like to keep a few R&J's in the glass tubes in my bag on my Harley for those nice nights for a ride and beer. I'm drawn to Montecristo's, R&J's, Nat Sherman makes some nice tasty blends, Ashtons, ... What's nice about JR's, you can find an expensive stick you like, and they are pretty good at finding the 'table wine' version of your choice. Meaning instead of $5 stick, they find a nice substitute for about $3.50. I ride with a club and the best thing about ours and other MC clubs, is that you can smoke while having a beer inside and people aren't giving you the look of death. And, it is always a good way to make new friends by keeping another one or two to share. Like the shooting community, you'd be surprised at how nice most cigar smokers are.

Thanks for looking into this. I've only noticed them around that area and never stopped and looked into what that light was.

Thanks guys. But I think I dodged a bullet here. (pun intended) I belong to a Subie forum and lucky for me a guy has a set of heads only about 20 miles from me for $200. I have a bore scope light that I was able to get right into the spark plug opening and could see a slight removal of carbon on the top of one piston. So you know a valve kissed it. According to a couple pro's on the site, one guy never saw a timing belt break and not bend a valve and the other guy who works for a Subie dealer only saw no damage once in his time there. They still pulled the heads to inspect. On the positive side, once I throw on some new head gaskets, water pump, pulleys, belts and the clutch, I should get another 100k out of the little beast. I'm hoping to keep it decent for another 3 years so it could be my son's first car. Let him learn on a stick...like real men used to. Hiker88...he actually had these heads for sale on there. I found him / them on Subaruforester.com

Irish Luck punched me in the nads again. Timing belt blew and potentially bent some valves or worse. So, until I pull the heads for a deeper investigation, I figured I'd see if anyone could recommend a junk yard or parts savage place that might have an engine for a 03 Subaru Forester. Great little car and considering I was just about to pull the engine to replace the clutch and do the timing belt, water pump and block seals, I am open to putting all these new parts on a used engine. Thanks in advance. (there goes my M1A fund)

The CZ75 is a fine pistol as well. I prefer the Decocker version if I was to go that route.

I have a 229 platinum elite in 40/357. Took the pimped white aluminum grips off for some Packmyrs and life is good. Not something to IWB carry for sure. I also have a P220 SAS Gen II compact 45 acp. That does not have the beavertail and it shoots just a good for me. I like carrying the P220 with a IWB at 6 o'clock. I also own a pair of Glocks and they have thier place, but the Sig's are just a natural extension of my hand.

I had one for a couple of months and the more I learned about the liabilities to save a few dollars at over priced Midway and Brownells it wasn't worth it. FWIW, if you own a business, you get discounts too. Anything under 10% is called the a-hole discount. Only 185 in NJ. ...makes for an easy target pool should the NJSP decide to send a message one day.

LOL...I stand corrected.

vagina, taco, pu$$y, muff,...call it what you want, I still like it.

Now who is going to raise her future little gang-bangers in the right way? The only lament Trenton has over this, is that they lost her vote.

s-CRAP-ple...nuff said.

I got one of those. Lazy as hell, until one of our three cats decides to bounce across her bed just to piss her off. I swear the cats take bets on whose turn it is to mess with the dog.

I will be there.

Let him enjoy his moment of bliss. Because we all know, it only takes one a-hole to kill a good vibe.

Sure the technology is out there. But in tough financial times is the man-power even there to monitor all those cameras in place? What was the last stat on the subway's cameras that over 50% were in-op? Oh, and two closing words...lowest bidder. Having cameras is only part of the equation; proper installations, the placement, available lighting (and direction...too much just as bad as too little), maintenance, etc., etc., The Scotland Yard has an incredible amount of cameras...how's their violent crime rates been trending? There is no substitution for good police work and boots on the ground. Technology is a great force multiplier but not the final solution. (intended pun)

Cameras, like gun-free zone signs do nothing to prevent a crime. The cameras might help with the investigation, but hoodies, masks, sunglasses hamper what a camera can record about an individual. Ever hear of a smoke screen? Well, you can use all sorts of things to screen your movements...people, construction carts, street vendors, hand trucks with boxes on them. Maybe they want them to track Big Gulps and high sodium sammiches.

Compression is an important facet of any explosive device. Look at a round of ammunition. A shaped 'charge' / rapid burn creates pressure and the weakest point, the case mouth / bullet allows the expanding hot gases out in a controlled way. A pressure cooker is an ideal primitive vessel. I won't get into the specifics, only to say, that I'm surprised we haven't seen these common devices used post 9/11 more often.

90% of the information gathering during the first 24 hours is either inaccurate or wrong. The challenge is filtering, confirming and acting upon the quality stuff.

Public Transportation, Shopping Malls, Schools, Houses of Worship, Sporting Events are some of the easiest and softest targets. And also some of the most difficult to harden against would be bad guys. How hard would it be to hi-jack a casino bus loaded with old folks and drive it into a body of water? Or taking a large SUV plowing thru a line of kids waiting in line to board a school bus in the afternoon? You don't need firepower or explosives to get a 'respectable' body count people. Fire...don't even go there with the possibilities. Diversion tactics and then the big event and on and on. Yea, I know I'm bad man for bringing up some ugly realities, but these are the things that Sheepdogs lose sleep over.

I'd love to have the coin for the KTM or GS. A couple of years ago I traded a well work lifted / work Land Rover Disco 1 for a KLR 650. So far I have put crash bars, skid plates, new seat, and other upgrades to it. It is no dirt bike being that it is heavier then my Triumph Bonneville 750, but it sure it one helluva pack-mule that is easy to fix and has a TON of aftermarket parts for. Not much you can gain from tweaking the engine / intake / exhaust. So you upgrade the suspension to allow you better handling on the road and in the rough.

Good to hear Anthony. The few times I was there I thought they were a class act as well. Kudos to RTSP!!!

Well, how's the V-Rod compare with juice? I've got a FXD which in that year 99, had the lowest first gear ratio of the line including Sporters. I'm at a Stage 1 1/2 I will say and the bottom end is fantastic. 0-80mph is great and at my age and with 4 kids, I'm cool with cruising at 75 mph. When I finish my 78 Triumph Bonneville into a racer-bob, that will be my toy. Good luck with it. Never saw that color before.

---Jackdawack is spot on.

He could've been anybody and heard the noise and was getting the eff off the roof.