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One tool and a bent paper clip being used as the second tool.

X + 1 elsewhere, X + 3 for handguns in NJ, where we get our permits in batches to minimize the headaches caused by the unreasonable permitting process

That’s a nice area-I’ve hiked that section of the AT. Still not mountains, though. NJ’s High Point is one of the lowest ‘high points’ of any state in the US.

I've always heard that you DO need a scope rated for spring-piston airguns, because the action produces an (admittedly mild) forward, then backward recoil impulse, and normal scopes aren't built for the forward recoil component. That said, I've never put a scope on a spring piston gun, so I can't recommend one.

Indeed. They're looking at it now, and thinking: "Hey-that makes sense! We need to get those sober drivers off the road!"

There are no mountains anywhere near NJ. It’s one more of the things I hate about it.

Who here remembers the bank (I don't recall the name now) that gave out Weatherby Mark V's for the interest on Certificates of Deposit? It was heavily promoted at the time...you gave the bank a defined amount to buy a CD, and you got a new rifle. When the term of the CD was up, you got your cash back, without interest. It was long enough ago that I would linger over the ads, wishing I had enough cash to open the CD. It was also long enough ago that banks weren't actively working to strangle cash and credit flow to any gun-related business.

I think you mean laser sights, though dogs I’ve known never showed much interest in lasers. Most cats will chase the dot. Stupid cats...

It’s a thing, pretty effective thanks to the sugar, and also the fact that it provides a way to dispose of waste beet juice left over from sugar beet processing Adding anything to water lowers its freezing point (and also raises its boiling point-that’s why antifreeze does both), so it’s just a matter of picking what is most effective (or least damaging) for the price.

Yep, as noted by others, in this context it means NaCl in water. It could also refer to other salts in water though, or mixtures of salts.

It's still showing at the AMCs at Rockaway Mall and East Hanover. I didn't search more broadly, those just happen to be the ones closest to me.

Didn't previously know that was a thing... NJ, the state where drive-in theaters were invented (and, I believe, the first to have all of them go out of business), once had a drive-in-fly-in theater next to what is now Monmouth Executive Airport. The back row was reserved for small planes that flew in to watch the movies. Fly-in theater

2 1/2" in Morris County, but it has now turned to rain. We're due to get a lot of precipitation overnight, but with temperatures rising until the rain tapers off mid-day tomorrow. By the time the temperature starts to plunge late Sunday into Monday, the precipitation will have stopped. There will be slick surfaces and some flooding, I'd imagine, but there shouldn't be any ice build-up on lines and trees, so I don't expect many power outages originating around here due to ice on lines and trees, which is good news. A lot of wind in the forecast for Monday, though, which will still cause some problems.

Too many, but they rarely involve taking the life of an innocent stranger. If you're going to be killed in a murder/suicide, you'll almost certainly be taken out by a pissed-off family member, ex-lover, or maybe an ex-employee. So don't take any of them to the range.

She'd leave early. We're in a neighborhood that has had a couple of 8-9 day outages since we've lived here. Now I see her on hotels.com when the first flakes start to fall, and that's when I'm home.

Well, murder is already illegal, and if they wanted to seriously commit mayhem, that 3000+ lb car they drove to the range and parked right outside would do a lot more damage.

I instructed my wife on how to use both the portable generator, and the snowblower, should either be needed when I'm out of town. She instructed me that should either be needed when I'm out of town, she's going to a hotel.

So just sell him 10 slices. It also avoids the risk of getting jammed upon the whole high-capacity bread bag thing...

Triple barrel revolver

I’d jump on it, but you forgot the eggs.

West. Pennsylvania is to the west.

They are, and that's not a bad example, but you do see more of the old Model 41's than the new ones. And one sees fewer and fewer of either, in my experience. I was thinking of something more like the Pardinis and Walthers (I prefer the Euro grip angle and the forward magazine), but undercutting them a bit on price. Hammerli isn't currently making a top-end gun, though their X-esse sport is doing quite well for a mid-tier gun.

The world needs a top-of-the-line .22 target pistol for under $2K There aren't a whole lot of them left even above that price point. I'd love to see Benelli reengineer their MP 90/95 to improve feed reliability and start importing them again. But I know that's a small market, so I'm not holding my breath for any such announcements coming out of Vegas.

That’s probably the best advice. I’ve always listed my employer’s name and my direct office line, figuring if I got a call I could either confirm my own employment, or if pressed, transfer the call to HR. As it happens, none of the towns I’ve lived in ever bothered to check. And yes, that form letter to employers shown above is over the line and an illegal attempt to add more barriers to the permitting process.

Yes, they have deliveries maybe 4-6 times a year. Whenever they are getting a semi truckload of clay pigeons, members can place an order for shells, and reloading components other than powder or primers. The next delivery is Jan 20 (it's always on a Sunday, at 7 am), but orders had to be in a few days ago. Geiser Guns in PA is the supplier. I've got a price list from this past summer that shows Fiocchi Shooting Dynamics 12 ga target loads for $54.95/case. No delivery fee or tax.