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I wonder how much TATP it would take to cause that much destruction? Because that is an explosive any idiot thinks they can make at home, and it's got a well-deserved reputation for going off when it isn't supposed to, like while awaiting transport to someplace else.

I'll just note that we could have a pretty good drinking game going on this board, if everyone drinks a shot every time Capt14K uses 'cabal' in a post.

Good advice on picking difficult passwords and never re-using them. Also, when unboxing a new computer, putting electrical tape over the webcam is alway step two for me; it comes before things like plugging it in, turning it on, etc.

No idea. I rarely know what I’m doing that far in advance. :-)

You don't Some do. Some don't.

What if there was no serial number to run? There are plenty of perfectly legal guns out there with no serial numbers whatsoever. Yes, even perfectly legal in NJ.

He apparently wasn’t aware that only US Senators can do this with impunity.

I’ve never encountered a separate fee, outside of any usual checked bag fees. Unless you are checking something big enough to trigger an ‘oversize’ charge

Dump an ounce of each onto paper towels and let it evaporate. One will leave oily residue on the towel

No kidding?! RHIoT Chem here. Our alma mater knows how to build a bonfire! And how to light it. The first video was from the only homecoming I went back for. A VERY impressive start to the fire (though it's not my video). The second was found on the web, and shows an impressively accurate trebuchet shot of a flaming mass to start the fire. I suspect the college rifle team was involved. Rose-Hulman bonfire, explosive ignition Rose-Hulman bonfire, flaming trebuchet shot

I don’t think you can tell if it is too old by smelling it. It’s going to smell like gas regardless.

Embry is in Prescott, which my wife prefers to Flagstaff because they don’t get the 100” of snow that Flagstaff gets. But Flagstaff is prettier, and the area surrounding it reminds me of central Idaho plus, I don’t think I want to share airspace with that many student pilots :-)

I like Flagstaff a lot. Sedona is gorgeous, but as noted by others, it’s a magnet for exceedingly weird people

You apparently plan your range trips a lot further out than I do. :-)

It doesn't lose potency...I'm not even sure if the octane rating changes over time, but it certainly remains plenty potent. Gasoline is mix of all kinds of molecules, and a small fraction of them are types that can polymerize over time...so they do, in the absence of gas stabilizer, and that leads to gumming up of carburetors and fuel injectors. I do what others here have suggested...I rotate my generator gas through my car every 6 months, and I don't hesitate to use older gas (it's rare for me to have any for over a year) in the mower or snowblower. Because I like to help out fellow shooters, I'll let you come over and burn your old gas in my mower! My grass is getting pretty long, what with all of the rain we've been having, so you might have to go over it twice to mulch the clippings. :-)

I suggest catch-and-release when fishing for strippers.

But then you'll have another pile of parts that is almost a third gun, so why not get another receiver and build up a 3rd? Or maybe that is the intent...

Just one of many reasons why smart gun technology is a really bad idea.

ALL tax policies can be described that way NJ just uses a high boiling solvent so they can raise the temperature higher than most states.

I’m more the science nerd, but I think RichP has it right, it’s only the horizontal distance that matters...though that can be hard to determine. It’s hard to know two legs of the triangle, but in the case described here they are known.

Just give a neighborhood kid you don’t like a dollar and a baseball bat. Watch from inside the house.

I'm pretty sure it also fails to meet the legal definitions of 'meat', and possibly 'food'.

Now I have to wade into the fray...because I love a good Hawaiian special pizza! A cold slice leftover from the night before is also one of my favorite breakfasts. I mention this mostly because I recently came back from an anniversary trip to Hawaii (I've now visited all 50 states!), and we saw a pizza place that advertised their ham and pineapple pie as a 'Mainland special'. So maybe it's the pizza equivalent of the 'Texas wieners' that are ubiquitous in NJ, but unknown in Texas.

I like your thinking. Even If there are 2^35 (~34 billion) rounds extant, you’ll have plenty of unused magazine capacity! (And the spring won’t take a set if you leave it loaded)

I absolutely believe the police know they have much more important things to do than go out of their way to look for 11+ round magazines. I also believe that Governor Gopher can't wait to hold a press conference, preferably at an elementary school, so he can stand behind a table full of 11+ round mags and brag about the success of his liberal agenda in getting these 'deadly weapons of war' off of the streets. And then it will suddenly become a priority for the police, at least until they have enough mags to fill the viewfinder of a News 12 TV camera.