Howard

I think that is so stupid. My wife had a work account like that each time that happened she would just increment the two digit number on the end by one.

Yes you definitely want sewers, city water and natural gas - had all that in Shongum Lake, but beware there are cheaper houses on Radtke road that are older and are on wells, septic and oil. Don't know what your budget is, but I have a friend that is thinking about selling his nice large house on my old street (Rickland Dr) that backs onto hundred of acres of county woods. Great house but does need cosmetic work, but he would be willing to let it go cheap (well cheap for the street) but is too lazy to clean it up and list it. He goes there twice a week to monitor it but has not lived there in over a year. PM me if you want more info.

I hate what is going on with passwords lately. Too many sites have crazy rules that you have to use characters for like six different categories and it makes remembering passwords crazy hard. I much prefer where possible to use a simple password that I can remember with two factor authentication. For those that are not familiar that is when the site sends you a unique code to a different device and then you have to enter that code. I also like it when sites challenge you if they don't recognize your IP or unique facts about your device. This is especially good for financial sites. Best of all are sites like eTrade where you can have a password that you then have to append six digits to each time you login based on an authentication program on your phone or dongle on your keychain.

Until I moved to FL three weeks ago I living in Shongum Lake in Randolph for 32 years. Great area with good schools and lots of dedicated open space with a great trail system that runs something like 19 miles. Shongum Lake is a special area because of the lake and all the social activities for both kids and adults in the community. Only problem with the area is it is in the socialist people's republic of New Jermany. Except for that I would still be living there.

Well if you don't turn it in you probably have to take a written test and probably a road test. I just turned mine in and all I had to do was read "line 5" on their vision machine and presto had my license.

Moved to St. John's County (Jacksonville area - NOT Jacksonville) just over two weeks ago and am loving it. I have found that things are not as cheap as you might think, but that is OK. We are renting right now, but homes we have been looking at have NJ type price tags and taxes that while half or less than what we were paying in NJ are still not the $1,000 a year that some people talk about. But then again the $500k-$600K homes here would have cost about $1.2mm in my town in NJ and would have had $40K taxes rather than $8k. Gas is cheaper, and you get to pump it yourself and there is no extra charge for credit cards. Wine and beer are cheaper, but fruits and veggies are 60%-100% more money. They do nail you on that first year of car registration, spent $1,000 registering two cars and getting two new driver's licences. Homeowners insurance is about double too. But no income taxes. Oh and my internet bill is just the nice round number they quoted me, no service fees, franchise fees or even sales tax added on.

Tom is a great guy, and was a neighbor of mine in Randolph before he moved to run for Congress. I highly doubt he had any involvement given the timing of this, but one never knows.

So as many of you know, I just moved to Florida. Unfortunately my USPSA and IDPA plates are not available here - not that this surprises me. They only allow you seven characters here on the normal "sunshine state" plates or five on custom plates. I picked the Support Law Enforcement plates, because I do, and because I felt they might help me out if I ever got stopped Any how for my car I went with PPQ. They ask you what the letters you pick represent so as to avoid offensive plates. I told the woman it was the model of a gun, her reply was cool !!! My wife did not really want a gun plate and only took IDPA as a friend told her she should. My daughter always called that plate iPad, as the letters are the same. So, as I joke I actually got her IPAD, which was available. I went a separate time for that car, and was asked the same question. I told her it was an anagram for IDPA. She asked is that a business thing? I said no it was a sporting this. She said she was not going to write that and instead wrote it was just an iPad Guess I will have to change my signature here when they come. I am keeping the cool ones on the front, just used blue painters tape to cover up New Jermany and Garden State - F Murphy!

Yes Steve used to compete in USPSA at Shongum, but stopped before I had started or became a member there. Before leaving NJ he was concentrating on IDPA and I shot with him at Somerset.

Many of you may know Steven Loh, who moved from NJ to Florida about four years ago. He was both a USPSA competitor and IDPA competitor. I've linked up with him since moving to Florida and thought it odd when I texted him that he said he was on his way to Colorado. I figured he was going to visit his daughter. Turns out a horrible visit as she had been murdered by an illegal she knew. Shot and killed there and body dumped in Utah. I cannot imagine what he and his family are going through. Any friends might want to reach out to him. http://www.nbc11news.com/content/news/Investigators-Hotchkiss-man-admits-to-killing-woman-486753441.html

Wow! What office did she do it at? I did mine in St. Augustine.

Said it could be as long as six weeks or as short as 5 days, most about two weeks. For proof they accept a qualification car in any shooting sport, so I gave them both my IDPA and USPSA cards.

Made my appointment this morning to apply for my carry permit. Got to the Tax collector's office about 20 minutes early and expected to wait - no, place was empty. They took me right away and it took ten minutes to fill out the papers, get a picture taken, and my prints scanned. Since I was in St. Augustine I went and hung out with Steven Loh who many of you may know as a four year NJ escapee who shoots IDPA and USPSA.

Yes saw the Cabelas but no time to stop. The dogs did great even though both cars were packed to the gills. My wife took two and I took one, as I had my trunk stuffed with “tools” . Now just waiting for the PODS to arrive Friday and tomorrow we actually get internet installed. Getting old using my phone to surf the web.

isnt I4 Down near Orlando? I’m North and about three hours from there. Yes went that way and trip was great till we linked up with 95 in SC and then had all the NY, NJ and CT drivers that drive slow in the left lane and weave in and out like crazy.

St Johns, just below Jacksonville although I actually have a Jacksonville mailing address.

Made my NJ escape and we arrived at our rental home around 4pm Sunday. Unpacked the cars and went to the local market for food. We got into the car to leave the market at 6:48pm when I felt a bang as the woman across the parking aisle slams into the rear of my car. Unlike NJ where she would have blamed me and called an ambulance claiming an injury she 100% admitted fault and was so upset. We kept telling her to relax it was just property damage and no one was hurt and she had not hit a person. My wife called police who showed up to take report in less than 10 minutes. Agreed she was at fault and wrote her $160 ticket for improper backing with three points. But she can take a two hour online course and wipe the points. Her insurance will ultimately pay for everything, but the repair place my insurance company suggests using which is huge here can’t do repairs for a month, oh well. Guess I’ll be driving an ugly car for a while. Met my new neighbor who is retired marine and real gun guy. Said I will have to come see his gun room. He was packing a G26 appendix carry in his shorts. He is also a firearms instructor part time and looking to build two ranges on land he owns. He can use some extra cash to get started so we are going to talk, maybe I’ll get into the range business. He shoots IDPA and loves both of my plates. Said he was going to take a picture, which he must have done while I was out. As I got home an old NJ friend who lives about 25 minutes away said I am the talk of the internet as everyone is talking about the new guy from NJ and his gun plates. I will like it here, except for the drivers.

What is this develop you speak of? Are you the last person on earth to go digital?

Just read that Freedom Munitions has filed for bankruptcy https://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2018/06/11/freedom-munitions-parent-company-file-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/

Wow that is a shocker, glad you are ok and survived that - could have been a heck of a lot worse. Never heard of one going off at highway speed without hitting something. Sort of reminds me of a Ford Sierra that I had rented in the UK years ago that every once in a while would stall at 140-150 mph (not kph). That was scary, but yours was even worse.

Thanks, yes familiar with the route as that is the way we went when our daughter lived in Charlotte. Don't know about stopping and eats as we will be driving separate cars with one Husky in one and two Huskies in the other. Will be an interesting journey.

Well I have been thinking of getting out of here for years. Toward the end of January my wife finally said ok to the idea. The next Tuesday when she got home from work she found me talking with a realtor. Took about six weeks to do about two years worth of work to get the house ready to sell. Closing is June 15th, and the drive out of the socialist people's republic of New Jermany Starts Saturday. Heading west on I78 to I81 and on to Northern FL. Going to St Johns county which is a suburb of Jacksonville. Far enough north that you actually have seasons and of the 67 counties they have the number one schools. Not that we need schools, but it makes for a better area. We have rented a four bedroom three bath house with a fenced yard and pool - very few around that meet those requirements. We will then look around and figure out what we want for a permanent home. There are lots of new developments with nice houses, although not cheap, but you run into the HOA crap. We may end up buying some land and building ourselves to avoid the HOA and have more land than the zero lot sizes they are building these days. Got a 16' POD almost full already and in a couple of days the second 7' one is coming for the rest of the stuff. Can't wait to leave this shit hole state. Oh BTW what I am saving on property and income taxes fully pays the rent on the house down there.

180 days from his signing to go boating

Once POS Murphy signs this shit storm it is time for a class action lawsuit on an illegal taking of property. How can they make your "HUGE" 15 round mags illegal that you legally bought under state law without compensating your for them. Imagine if they decided your home did not meet new zoning and they decided to just take it from you without compensation.

Just because a lawyer (who wants to protect himself from getting sued), and a cop - many who are actually clueless about the law says something - does NOT make it so. None of these things are written into the law and none of these people have provided copy of case law to support what they say. My FFL has repeatedly been told incorrect information by the people at the state police firearms unit so it is likely the firearms officer at a local police department is equally wrong. Sure can't wait to get out of the socialist people's Republic of New Jermany.