maintenanceguy

The problem with a bonded Neutral is only a problem if you're using a transfer switch. If you're using an extension cord plugged into the generator, the danger doesn't exist - unless your refrigerator, toaster, or TV is defective and has the neutral shorted to the ground internally. Basically, the issue is this: The neutral wire is supposed to carry current. The ground wire is not. The ground wire only carries current if something goes wrong. If there is a short circuit in your toaster and the side of the toaster becomes energized, the electric will flow away through the ground wire instead of flowing away through you - at least that's the plan. However, if the ground and neutral wires are bonded together at both ends of the ground wire, than the ground wire becomes a second path for what was supposed to be the current on the neutral wire. The ground wire now carries current. Since the ground wire is "grounded" to the side of your toaster, the side of your toaster is now energized since it's tied right to one of the current carrying conductors (the neutral wire.)

If things seem to be going backwards, check your scope mounts and rail. I've had loose screws before, not noticed, and wasted a lot of time until I finally decided the scope was junk. While I was taking off the junk scope to scrap it, I discovered the problem wasn't the scope after all. The problem was a couple of rail mounting screws that had worked themselves loose.

Considering how hard the TV "news" tries to hype a story to get viewers, I don't believe anything they have to say. The latest report right from the National Hurricane Center (as of 26min ago) warns about possible winds, rain, etc. But also says that there is one model with a "significant probability" that the storm will move east and miss the coast. This is still 5 or 6 days away. The same people warning about "another Sandy" can't tell me with any accuracy if it's going to rain tomorrow morning. I'm ready but I'm not worried yet.

If they have "probably cause" they can. You don't have to give them a key you don't have to consent to the search. But that won't stop them from searching - if they have PC to do so. I will never consent to a search. If they are asking for permission, they don't have PC. I also don't drive like an idiot, I'm respectful to everyone I meet - police included, and I'll never have anything in plain site that will lead to a search. I've made it more than 40 years without being asked.

I've had lots of ammo get wet. Dry it off and it will be fine.

I'm missing something. Transporting from one residence to another is specifically allowed according to NJ law. Transporting in a "gun box" is specifically listed as one of the legal ways to transport.

I haven't hunted in years. My son will be old enough to get his hunting license very soon and he wants to go hunting. I grew up hunting on family land but that's not family land anymore. I've known a few people who rented hunting land but I really don't know how that transaction happens. What's the going rate? Do you rent a few acres of woods for the season or for the year? And how do you find people with wooded land to rent? I know my area pretty well and thought about just looking through tax maps and contacting the owners of wooded lots to see if they were interested in making a deal but I have no idea what that deal typically looks like. Thanks for any advice in advance.

That's a whole different topic: Exigent Circumstance. If someone is in imminent danger, a search can be conducted without PC or a warrant.

Articulate Probably Cause means that the officer has cause to believe that you probably have committed a crime and the evidence is in your car. Articulate means that cause is clear enough that he would be able to articulate (explain) it prior to the search. Saying "he was going to the range therefore it was reasonable for me to believe he probably had illegal firearms" isn't likely to hold up. My issue with this ruling is that the 4th amendment says a warrant for a search shall list "the persons or things to be seized." It doesn't say a warrant is required to do a search (it does say PC is required) but I believe the intent is clear. You can't search hoping to find something. You have to know what you're searching for and you need to be able to articulate what it is ahead of time. And there has to be PC to believe the thing you're searching for is going to be there. Searching for an open container and then stumbling upon a firearm should not make the firearm admissible.

The world's filled with mold. If you've ever been to the woods, you've been exposed to far more mold than you have here. I'd cut out the moldy drywall and investigate. Once you can see inside, you'll know if you need a plumber. either way, once you stop the leak, the mold problem will go away. Mold needs two things: food and moisture. And even old, toothless mold can eat the ground cellulose in drywall. But get rid of the moisture and you'll have no more mold.

Nice Job. I've done a few refinish jobs on cheap ugly guns. I never have the patience for 6 coats of anything. I've raised dents with a wet rag and hand iron set on high. Lay the rag over the dent and put the tip of the iron on the rag for a few seconds. Very similar to the technique in the video but I don't have a clothes steamer.

Bent fly between the wheels. Each wheel has a little tab that contacts the tab on the next wheel. I'm betting that one of those tabs (called the fly) is bent or out of place and causing the second wheel to drop at the wrong number. Everybody's mechanical abilities are different but I personally wouldn't hesitate to remove the nut on the back of the spindle and see what's going on between the wheels. I'm sure the problem will jump out at you as soon as you spot it.

If this is the old style pitcher pump, you are limited to about 30 feet. The weight of a column of water is heavier than the pull of the vacuum if the water is deeper. Your well can be deeper than that and often are to get the screen into sand. But ino matter how deep your well is, it needs to have a water level of about 30 feet or less. Since the pump won't be sitting on the ground, you'll need to consider the height from the water line to the pump, not to the ground. I have a 75' well but standing water is around 22 feet. If I only drilled to 22 feet, I wouldn't be in good sand so I wouldn't be able to draw water very fast. I've driven a well point once. I had a stainless steel drive point (with a screen installed) and 5' sections of black iron pipe. I also used "drive couplings" that are designed to let the pipe ends touch each other so you're driving pipe against pipe instead of pipe against coupler threads against pipe. Growing up we owned a Deep Rock portable drilling rig. I've heard the quality is not as good today. This was a gasoline engine on a sliding 3 legged frame. The motor drove 5' sections of black iron pipe with a drill point on the end. The weight of the motor was enough to drill a well. We drilled several 4" wells on the farm that were around 100' deep. Took about a day to drill, and install a casing. I also once jetted a well 30 feet with a 2" pvc screen and 1" drop pipe using a garden hose. The soil was mostly sandy with a couple of layers with small stone. It jetted easily in a couple of hours. I installed a hand pump on that well and it worked fine. I designed the jet end myself to let me spray the water out of the end of the pipe but plug that hole and expose the screen from 30 above the action.

late 1990's. Got a notice in the mail that there was a bench warrant for my arrest for failing to appear in court. The notice had a new court date. I never knew about the old court date that I missed or what the original charges were against me. I call the court. I failed to pay a bunch of parking tickets. I call the PD, they pull the tickets and I got a bunch of tickets for parking in a place I've never been - on dates that I know I was somewhere else - with my car. I was missing a license plate. I go to the PD to report the license plate stolen. The don't believe me but they take the report anyway. On the drive home, I pass a car - same make, model, year, and color as mine. My passenger says "That car has your plate on it". We pull over, write down the VIN and return to the PD. Again, nobody believes us. One officer agrees to follow us to the car. It's got my license on the front an a Maryland tag on the back. They call a tow truck to impound the car. I go to court armed with my police report that says that a car with my stolen plate was impounded. The officer who wrote the tickets gets on the stand. He has no idea that I have a report from his own PD that says the car he ticketed had a NJ plate on the front and a MD plate on the rear. I get to question him. I ask if he checked the front or back plate. He says that he's certain he checked both - every time he wrote me a ticket. He always checks both plates.

You can forget becoming an officer if you rock the boat and question anything behind the blue line.

Different Circuit Courts interpreting the constitution differently in different parts of the country. SCOTUS isn't interested in right to carry so different parts of the country continue to have different rules.

Most of the basis for the ruling is sound. 1) The Constitution protects rights that everyone has whether you're here legally or not. 2) Certain constitutional rights can be taken away as the result of committing a crime - in this case entering or staying in the US illegally. The only open issue for me is: Was he convicted of the crime of being here illegally via some due process? I'm not okay with taking rights away because you've been charged with a crime. Without a conviction, you're innocent until proven guilty.

A well put together video by a retired police detective. I find it hard to argue with the points he makes.

That's the same reason our government keeps trying to ban rifles.

I've never seen 22 long. I've heard of it but never seen a box.

I'm going to have trouble remembering all the exchange rates.

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^^ This... with one philosophical difference. I buy quality companies that have years of slow steady growth with sales that are increasing every year, and who have low debt. I have a few other criteria that I like but my philosophy is to buy enduring quality and hold on to it. My investing is a tiny bit more risky than index funds but I'm also getting better returns. A percent or two a year adds up over a lifetime. The biggest problem with my strategy is that it's really hard to diversify when you're really picky.

I never believed that gun free zones would work. After watching this, I have to say the seem more effective than I realized. Three clear examples of how gun free zones stop gun violence in it's tracks. I'm probably going to sign up for this service and wear one around my neck like a med-alert necklace.

FOPA says "separate". NJ law does not. A lot of people get this mixed up. I even took a class with one of the big, well known ranges in NJ and the instructor said ammo needed to be separate. In south jersey 30 years ago, it was common practice for the ffl to wrap a handgun in butchers paper and tie it with string for the transport home - just like a steak. It was a "securely tied package". I've had ffl's put a piece of scotch tape on the factory cardboard box to create a "closed and fastened case" and I've transported a used handgun home from the gun shop in a plastic shopping bag (think Walmart bag) with the plastic handles tied together to make a "securely tied package". He did double bag it so you couldn't see the gun through the bag. That one rode home on the passenger seat floor since my truck doesn't have a trunk. I believe all of these were legal.