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I'm so sorry for your loss. (((HUGS)))

Did you try a different magazine? On one of the two magazines that came with my 22/45, it would fail to fire at least once. Replaced the magazine, haven't had a problem since.

Did you show them how to go through the door once you put it back on? My cat just can't figure out a cat door. I have to prop open the cat-flap on my balcony door when I want to let him out, because he can't figure out how to push the door open with his head.

My Ovation was killing my fingers, but my Yamaha and Martin were both okay. My guitar teacher adjusted the action, and it made it so much easier! So, to the original poster, if the guitar hurts your fingers a lot, try getting it adjusted before you give up.

A takamine is a decent guitar. If you have the money, though, get a Martin. Also, take lessons. I was playing guitar, learning from books, for about five years. In my first lesson, I learned more than I had in those five years, plus, I had a TON of bad habits to unlearn!

I'm so sorry. You did the best you could with that situation. (((HUGS)))

Forgiveness is an internal thing... it doesn't matter what they think about what happened. You make a conscious decision to not allow what happened to affect the way you live your life, or your relationship with that person. Keep in mind that we all view each situation through our own internal "lens" that has been focused with our individual life experiences. Her lens may not allow her to see that she hurt you, and that has nothing to do with you and everything to do with her.

Is your bedroom on the first or second floor? If I was in your shoes (no dog or weapon), if my room was on the second floor, I'd replace the bedroom door with a good, sturdy security door, with a really solid lock. I'd make sure there was a phone in that room that couldn't be disabled by taking another phone off the hook (an old cell phone with no service plan works fine here... just attach it to the charger and leave it in your room. You can still dial 911 with no other phone service). Last, I'd add a fire ladder to enable an escape out the window, and a second set of car keys. If your room is on the first floor, the bedroom window is pretty much going to be a security hole... You can alarm it, but you don't want to put bars or something like that, because you would lose your escape route in case of a fire.

I'm glad you're safe. Do you have a plan if someone is not deterred by your alarm?

I think it was clear that the founding fathers believed that challenging one's government was the duty of the patriot. "We, I hope, shall adhere to our republican government and keep it to its original principles by narrowly watching it." --Thomas Jefferson, March 18, 1793 "Lethargy [is] the forerunner of death to the public liberty." --Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787. "Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." Reference: George Washington: A Collection, W.B. Allen, ed. (526) "All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree." Reference: James Madison Advice to My Country, Mattern ed. (79);

I will be donating, but I can't until after the holidays. Should I send it to you then, or somewhere else?

Not if you want to be sure to stop the guy. I have a Ruger 22. I'm getting a .40 glock, and I have a shotgun. My home defense weapon of choice would NOT be my target pistol.

Better the machine trashed than the pilot.

Thanks for posting that. It doesn't belong in SC. Hopefully people will keep this post non-controversial.

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html WEST OSSIPEE, N.H. -- With only seconds to escape, a West Ossipee pilot parachuted out of his plane to safety over the weekend. L.D. Jeffries was doing aerobatic maneuvers on Sunday when he got into a spin he couldn't control. The plane took a nosedive into the ground, and he said that if he hadn't gotten out, he would have been seriously hurt. Jeffries flies commercially for his job, and he and his wife fly their own planes. But his single-engine plane, "Plum Crazy," was destroyed after it spun out of control when Jeffries tried one last maneuver for the day. "The last maneuver I was planning on coming back after that maneuver, I was getting ready to land," he said. Jeffries said he tried everything he could to get out of the spin while the plane plummeted toward the ground at more than 120 mph. When everything failed, he resorted to a promise he had made to himself. "I set that rule a long time ago that if I was in an airplane and it was out of control and it was 1,500 feet or below, I was going to leave the airplane," he said. "So I did what I said I was always going to do. I pulled the canopy release. The canopy disappeared, I undid my two lap belts, and the next thing I knew, I was in free fall." A second later, Jeffries was pulling the release on his parachute, watching his plane tumble out of the sky next to him. The plane crashed into a clearing off of Mile High Circle within the Soaring Heights Aviation Community, a private airport community. "The lore goes when you use the silk to save your life, you owe the rigger a bottle of his choice," Jeffries said. "So I've got to get a hold of (the rigger), and I hope he doesn't drink expensive liquor. But if he does, he's getting whatever he wants." Jeffries is a former paramilitary, and he used to parachute out of planes to rescue people. He said he has parachuted at least 1,000 times, and he said this time was just more expensive.

Yes, they're two different spas.

I liked the spa at the Four Seasons (inside Mandalay). No pools of running water, though, but amazing massage and stuff.

I was thinking of a situation that if a parent is here on a green card first, then gets pregnant and has a kid, then gets citizenship, the kid should get it too by default. Ditto if the parent and kid immigrate while the kid is underage.

You can usually get jars in the canning/baking aisle of the grocery store. They come in 10-20 packs.

I just think putting a 5 year old, who's going to grow up here, through citizenship classes would be pretty silly, and so would making the kid wait until they're 18 to be a citizen, especially if the parent needs to travel with their child. If the parent jumps through hoops to get citizenship, that should extend to their biological or legally adopted children under age 18.

No... I wouldn't allow "if your mother was legally here." There's been a surge in pregnant women coming here for vacation (perfectly legal) just to have a baby and get that kid US citizenship, usually because people with dual citizenship are exempt from mandatory military service.

I'm not a fan of the citizenship if you're born here thing either. The potential for abuse is too high. I'd much prefer a policy of "one parent is a citizen, therefore you are a citizen". I'd expand the policy to include "if your parent becomes a citizen before your 18th birthday, you are also a citizen".

I have a friend that did something similar... he built a homemade raft and floated the entire length of the Mississippi. Wrote a book about it, too.

Congrats!!!

If you would like something outdoors, major in biology. That will open up tons of doors to you, like being a park ranger... If you would like something outdoors that involves digging in dirt, there's always archaeology. If you like outdoors and people, anthropology. Don't worry about it too much. Just pick a major you like and go with it. Unless you want a science-specific career, most employers don't care what you major in, just that you have a degree.