45Doll

No, they didn't.

Anything I can do to help out and speed it up?

Drop safety, firing pin safety. Safe Action System (glock.com) Note. I guess High Exposure and I passed each other in the Blogosphere.

Read about this today. It looks interesting, although it is a work in progress. The article has a lot of info. Luxxle Luxxle: Is this the search engine conservatives have been looking for? - American Thinker

Mas explains pros and cons of carrying chambered, and alternatives. Also, did you realize most ARs and shotguns are not considered drop safe and should stored/ready with an empty chamber?

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I have several TekMat mats, which now seem to run anywhere from $10 to $30 depending on which model. The ones with the handgun exploded views are around 11 x 16". The long guns are around 12 x 36". I have several 'issues' with those mats (and others). The exploded views are nice, but 95% of the time unnecessary for cleaning purposes. The diagrams and small print actually obscure small parts on the mats and are too 'busy' for me. The handgun mats are not big enough for my taste. And being smooth, tend to let things roll once they get going. (And I'm not buying one for every model I have!) A few weeks ago I bought one of these for $19 to try it out: Amazon.com: VersaTex Multi-Purpose Recycled Rubber Floor Mat for Indoor or Outdoor Use, Utility Mat for Entryway, Tool Bench, Garage, Under-Sink, Patio, and Door ; 24" x 36", Black : Everything Else One side is dimpled, the other is "stippled". Take your pick. I easily and cleanly cut this mat in half with a razor knife. Now I have two 18x24" handgun mats, or one 24x36" rifle mat if I butt them together. I like them. Easy to wipe off, parts stay put, and economical. I just bought another one for the PA house. Of course other sizes are available to fit your preferences, and create mats of your choice. Actually, I've thought of a few more uses besides firearms. I'm just hoping Mrs. 45Doll doesn't realized they could fit under all her plant pots.

I just came in from working outside, and Newsmax was on the kitchen TV. (Bye Bye Fox News.) The sound was muted but there was some government official on the screen holding an AR, and the chyron said "Sen. Makes Ridiculous Claims About Guns". So I rolled the DVR back and watched the preceding several minutes. It was the Carl Higbie Frontline show which runs from 5 to 6 PM. Apparently Newsmax has started "2A Tuesdays" when they will highlight the progressive ignorance and lies about firearms and shooting. In this clip, CA State Senator Kevin DeLeon, with a solemn face, held up what appears to be an AR pistol (or SBR, not sure), solemnly proclaiming that "This is a ghost gun. It has the ability, with a .30 caliber clip (SIC) to disperse 30 bullets within half a second. 30 bullets, withing half a second!" I was so scared I almost turned off the set. But then Cam Edwards and David Lombardo (a ballistics and firearms expert) came on and a reasonable panel discussion commenced, so I calmed down. Boy, that was a close one! Anyway, I'll have to check out some more programming tonight. 2A Tuesdays might be an interesting marketing opportunity.

It's all in how you phrase it. Cats rule. Medieval truth. For our Texas brothers and sisters. And think about this one for at least a minute.

Assuming you have a copy of your purchase permit for the pistol, tell the FFL you can bring that with you. It might help convince them if they're hesitant. Or not.

Yes, the big plunge. The funny thing was the attitude of our friends during our POSSLQ years. Five years in: No one cares because it's fashionable to be living together. Ten years in: "So why don't you two just get married?" Fifteen years in: "For god's sake, don't get married and screw it up! You got a good thing going!"

Harland Williams appeared on Gutfeld!, and following a viewing of an interview with Gweneth Paltrow he remarked: "Listen I bought Gweneth's candle. You know, the one that smells like her V-J-J? Well after I burned it that's what my whole house smelled like. I had to douche my curtains. And if that wasn't bad enough my attic got a yeast infection. I had to buy a Brad Pitt penis candle to kind of balance it all out." Note: not an exact quote, but I definitely captured the essence. Of the joke, not the candle.

Why?

So after rummaging through our records and some joint conversation I've pieced together the prenuptial agreement process from 30 years ago. I wrote out in plain English what our intentions were, and what we wanted the prenup to do. My lawyer turned that into a legalese document. I reviewed that and corrected what he got wrong. He made the necessary revisions and gave it back. I then reviewed the 'final' version and wrote down what I thought the legalese meant, to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong. I didn't misread it, so he finalized it, her lawyer reviewed it, and we signed off. So actually I never had a digital copy of the final legal document; just the hard copies. Side note: We operated this way for 18 years before we got married. And after we married nothing changed. Who knew? Here is the final plain English summary of what the prenup meant: Page 1. We're getting married, and we want to decide in advance the claims we will and will not have against each other as a result of the marriage, including all rights as stated. We think this is a good idea. Therefore, we agree as follows: Paragraphs: 1. We each know the assets and liabilities of the other, and have attached the detailed schedules. We're satisfied we know enough. 2. This only affects us once we marry. 3. We each retain the ownership of everything we now individually own, and the future worth of same, and will do so in the future. This property will not become community property. Also, any property we individually acquire during the marriage by gift, prize, bequest, inheritance etc. will not be community property. 4. Anything not covered by 3, along with our current joint property, will be community property. The real estate will be divided regardless of how it's titled. 5. If we divorce, neither of us is obligated to support the other. 6. We are suspending the rights normally granted to us as each other's spouse. We can still leave whatever we want to each other in a will, and be the personal representative of the other. And this agreement will not supersede the rights of ownership in jointly held property. 7. Life insurance must be addressed. 8. Our lawyers have explained the law, and this agreement, to us. We agree it's fair, and we want to do it. Neither of us is coercing the other. This agreement will cover the property distribution in the event of death or divorce. (Therefore, we need wills.) 9. Money and property held by each of us before the marriage, will still be ours individually. 10. Joint property and money will be community property, and will be split 50/50. 11. Standard agreement disclaimer. 12. This agreement binds our heirs. 13. We agree to sign all necessary papers. 14. We may modify the provisions of this agreement, but only in writing. 15. We'll each pay our own lawyers. 16. Getting away with something doesn't mean anyone agreed to anything!

Excellent. In hindsight we didn't really need a prenuptial agreement. And over the years we have in fact had lopsided 'joint' expenditures that one of us chose to pay more for because we wanted to and could. I think that's called 'teamwork'. From my perspective, the primary reason we did a prenup was: For Her - She'd had been married once and got screwed in the divorce. Basically walked away with a few thousand she came in with, and a '66 Chevelle with a three-speed on the column, no A/C and manual brakes. Wow! Thanks for the 10 year ride! I definitely did not want her to get 'screwed' again if by chance something happened to my personality that was beyond my imagination. For Me - I finally concluded that if my real intentions were as big as my mouth, I shouldn't have any problem putting it in writing and signing on the dotted line. Plus it was good exercise to compose my thoughts on paper. In other words: trust, but verify. I think tomorrow I'll have a summary of our prenup. And another short story.

I'll have to see. I know I have the hard copy. But the original was written with Word Perfect. If I still have the digital version of it, and can redact personal information from it, I'll consider it. If I have it it's buried somewhere in my archives from previous PCs I've had.

We have a practically identical arrangement that has worked for 50 years of unmarried and married life. In the beginning, I voiced my opinion that in general, many people lose their sense of identity when everything is homogenized. And I think that's a conscious and sub-conscious factor. We also each have a room to ourselves to do with as we please. It's amazing how many discussions we've had on joint purchases without it turning into an argument. And if either of us wants something of no interest to the other, we buy it with our own money. End of story. Over the years our salaries have been basically the same, with one holding an edge for a couple years at a time, switching back and forth depending on job tracks. Our salaries were more than decent, and we're both conservative with our money, so with the exception of my credit card binge back in the 80's (which I recognized, corrected, and never paid interest on a CC again) we've definitely lived within our means. I have recommended this strategy to many pre-marital couples over the years. Never really found an argument against it. And if someone said the equivalent of 'if we love each other it won't matter', my response always was "Wanna bet?". No one ever took me up on that. Side note: I wrote our nuptial agreement (You really do mean what you said, right?), and both our attorneys asked to keep copies and permission to use it as a template for other clients. 45Doll Esq.

AT LAST! Here's an alphabet movement I could get behind!

And last but not least...

That was all I needed to know.

They do not seem to be readily available. I did find three West German used ones on eBay for $250-280. sig sauer p220 slide in Pistol Parts for sale | eBay

That is a true statement. As is the reverse. The complete slides are interchangeable. That assumes the P220 slide is from a full size model.