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Thanks! Though I'm sure you and the Mrs. put together some tasty meals as well. And if a recipe doesn't work out, just add another martini or two.

Once a year or so I smoke a prime rib (well, a rib roast, it's usually not prime beef). Yesterday it was a 7 lb roast, cherry-glazed. It took four hours over cherry and hickory smoke. Since the smoker was running, I also did a batch of smoked olives, sausage-wrapped shrimp, and sausage/cheese/jalapeno-stuffed mushroom caps. Non-smoked sides included spinach casserole, and popovers We were very happy with how everything turned out. And the smoked olives were a great addition to martinis!

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I guess we should nationalize all of the ranges. Only under a socialist system would we eliminate the problem of people overpaying for firearms training.

I finally finished "Atlas Shrugged", writer and philosopher Ayn Rand's magnum opus. It was a slog at times, through 1800 pages, but it was also a sobering read. Rand's family lost everything when the Bolsheviks came to power in their native Russia, and she ultimately fled, first to Europe, then to the US. Her writings reflect the dangers of the rise of socialism and the decline of logic and rational thought. "Atlas Shrugged" details both, in what was a fictional account of a gradual leftist brainwashing of most of the citizenry followed by a socialist takeover of US industry, completely collapsing the economy. The book was published in 1957. In 2023, I figure the US is about in the position in which the novel placed us roughly 600 pages into the book. It's disturbing.

Shoplifter knocked out by soda bottle Sometimes the good guys win one.

The 30-06 is available. The large pistol primers that weren't already SPF are those below. Can you confirm if you want all of the Tulas and all of the CCI magnum? Large Pistol, Tula, 3,300 available, $150 for all Large Pistol, CCI MAGNUM, 3,600 available, $70/1000 or $250 for all

OK. We'll figure out the transfer by PM. I'm assuming you mean all the CCI, CCI mag, and Winchester large rifle primers.

For best results, bring Javier Baez' hands.

I'll let you know. I believe the .22 LR is getting picked up tomorrow, but if that doesn't happen for some reason, I'll contact you. You've got 'em. We'll figure out a convenient way to do the transfer.

.22 LR SPF to SPCFL. PM me and we'll figure out a transfer location.

Small rifle primers SPF to 124gr9mm.

Primers, Ammo and Bullets for Sale Primers Large Pistol, CCI MAGNUM, 3,300 available, $180 $160 for all. Bullets 9 mm 1000 125 gr LRN $40 $35 9 mm 295 (by weight) bulk 115 gr JHP. $30. $25 .308 100 Hornady 190 gr BTHP Match $15 .308 100 Speer 130 Gr HP. $10 First to post "I'll Take It" wins the sale. Pics available on request. Pick up in Morris County, or at the Riverdale Police Pistol Team range, NJCTC trap range, or Cherry Ridge range. Transfer of hollow points must take place at a range.

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Wayne, and a few of his cronies, have got to go.

We have a year-round herd of 8-12 does in our little cul-de-sac in Morris County. Most years we have two small bucks chasing them around every October. Just one much larger buck has been strutting around our yard this year. I woke him up on our side lawn, just a few steps from our house, when I was driving home last night.

I generally don't pay much attention to the books most presidential hopefuls feel the need to write to kick off each campaign season, but I just finished Nikki Haley's "If You Want Something Done." I was impressed. It's fairly short; I got through the audio book version in just over 4 hours by speeding up the read back slightly. She tells the story of 10 female leaders--some obvious choices, some kind of obscure but with stories worth telling--who inspired her. She uses that as a device to talk through her own political background and leadership philosophy. It's a good read.

The Gospel According to John (Moses Browning)

Schrödinger's breakfast 'meat'. So long as the box is sealed, it exists simultaneously as both Taylor ham and pork roll. Only when the package is opened does it revert to a state of one or the other. Which one it reverts to depends on where in the state the package is opened.

Today was another cook day, my 95th cook on the Weber Smokey Mountain cooker. It all started when my daughter asked me to show her how to make my Mom's stew recipe...which is done in a dutch oven or crockpot, but once I was committed to cooking most of the day I figured I might as well smoke something as well. Since I was out of jerky, I sliced up 2.25 lbs of eye of round and cured it for 26 hours with Hi Mountain hickory jerky cure and seasoning. I usually use my own marinade and skip the curing salt, but the Hi Mountain product does make an excellent jerky. I greatly prefer homemade jerky to any commercial jerky I've found. I had half a rack free in the smoker, so I filled that with 5 strips of pig candy, bacon coated in maple syrup and brown sugar, with a bit of chipotle rub to balance out the sweetness. We love pig candy. Pics below The jerky and the pig candy smoke in just 2 hours at 200-225F, and since the smoker was already fired up, I'd planned to next smoke the veggies needed to make another batch of smoked salsa (first described a couple of posts above), including three types of peppers (jalapeños, rehydrated Hatch, and some unknown species from my neighbor's garden). The veggies also smoked for two hours (1 hour for the scallions). I've attaches pics of everything (except some spices) that went into the salsa, and another of the smoked veggies before they want in the food processor. The final product was excellent, good heat, fresh taste, and just the right amount of smokiness.

He was never identified in the movie Oppenheimer, but there were two scenes with a character playing bongos in the background...so there was at least a reference to Feynman in the movie. In the source book American Prometheus, Feynman figured prominently...as he should have.

Agreed, but I'm much less worried about the legality of the move than I am about theft while I'm in transit. And I need to research Illinois a little more...NY doesn't really recognize the FOPA's protections for moving between residences, and it's possible that Illinois is backwards enough to also ignore federal law.

That could help. Motels are often less secure than hotels, but only a motel would offer the option to be that close to my car. If I thought I'd get enough rest, I could also schedule to arrive right at check in time, sleep until 11 pm or so, then get back on the road, not leaving the car unattended during the hours when theft is more likely. I've got CCW permits good clear across the route, except for Illinois and Pennsylvania, and I know I could get the PA permit without too much trouble.

147 gr is about as good as it gets for 9 mm. Bullet weight (momentum, PF) is more important than kinetic energy for clearing pins off the table. Heavy bullets rule. Back when I was shooting this regularly, I used 180 gr in the .357, and 250 gr in the .45, both unusually heavy for the caliber. But it's fun no matter what you are shooting. Bring extra mags; pins knocked over can sometimes take a lot of additional shots to clear completely off the table.