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Hmmm... I thought about it some more. I think we, as adults (and parents in the audience), need to work through political channels and with our wallets against the current mainstream media. Privately, I don't think it has a chance in hell. Violence sells; Hollywood knows this. So does EA. The general population votes with their wallets and lack of common sense (i.e. how many rated R movies do you see with young children in the audience? plenty in my neck of the woods.) Random related thought: My brother-in-law bought his son that recent Call-of-Duty game. HIs son is 8 years old. The kid was a banshee while we were trying to enjoy our Thanksgiving dinner, until he let the kid hang out in my den with the Xbox. Pathetic. JayWilling: sorry, I missed the sarcasm! I forget that most posts here are "preaching to the choir"

Well, everyone has an opinion. I think trained armed guards in schools is a fine idea at this time. Banks (especially commercial banks in NYC) have armed guards to protect the large cash deposits coming in from store owners. So, it is worth hiring a guy with a gun to guard inanimate green-hued pieces of paper with serial numbers on it, but there is a contingent of society bent out of shape when we extend this protection to defenseless children (a 6 year old is totally defenseless, at least a teenager can put up a fight.) Don't forget that police / security in schools is not a new idea. Bill Clinton's $120MM grant in 1999 not withstanding, the high school I attended in the Bronx in the 1980's had at least two NYPD stationed there (there were at least one or two squad cars.) Of course, NYC was a bit dodgy back then, and still is in many neighborhoods. Until the powers-that-be really focus on the problem, this will not get better. And the real problem is: The decay of our civil society from infotainment and sensationalist violent media. Talk to your parents and grandparents and ask them what the media in their day was like. Today's media is corrosive to young minds.

Seafoam was a budget choice in that review. It rated "fair" for helping protect against corrosion on aluminum (The test was one month in gas that had "0.03% sea water" added.)

And the year before that we had Irene... Hope this century doesn't turn into a hurricane-every-5-years period. I learned my lesson the hard way; next time I'm sailing the boat up to Albany and letting out 300' of line... (but I still have a boat that floats, unlike many unfortunate individuals.)

Sorta. I'm just twitchy about unstabilized gas since all of the problems I had with my carbureted outboards living on the Hudson River. Today's ethanol gas really soaks up the ambient moisture, so even fuel-injected vehicles can run into problems there. You don't want to get to a situation when you forget about the gas till the spring, and then need it in an emergency (hey, remember that crazy windstorm we had in March 2010?)

I bet you can ask the RO and they would be interested in your experiment too. Anyway, there are different brands of aramids (Kevlar, Technora, Twaron, etc.) and those manufacturers recommend that you keep salt and especially UV away from them. UV degrades Kevlar; a brilliant gold colored Kevlar sail turns paper bag brown after 5-6 seasons. I think a fresh water bath wouldn't do anything to aramids. I mean, there are plenty of sailboat running rigging with aramid cores and polyester sheaths.

On the topic of gas for gennys, don't forget to stabilize it. The August 2012 issue of Practical Sailor finally tested and chose a winner; Biobor EB "Ethanol Buster" for E10 gas that we are cursed with here in NJ. It works better than the Stabil Marine Formula I was using for my outboards.

Yeah, running a credit check via Experian, TransUnion, or Equifax will work. If I recall correctly, by law, you get one free credit report per year. These vendors also do credit monitoring services, which is useful in this identity theft era.

Considering the speed of modern hardware with regards to automated infrastructure, some explanations are 1) gross misengineering of the NICS system 2) hanging up on incoming NICS requests and going out for a coffee/smoke. 3) malicious understaffing. sheesh. (Waiting on my order with PK90 to clear the NICS "system" . Guess they need to feed the hamsters spinning the generator wheels. )