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"Jamming", or failure to function, can result for a couple of different reasons. Most likely reason comes from "riding the slide", i.e. holding onto the slide as it is moving forward. Assuming you're right-handed, you rack with your left hand. Try to think of hitting your right shoulder with your left hand when racking - what I mean is to keep your left hand moving back after the slide is all the way back. Let the slide smack forward - that's what it's supposed to do and will not hurt the gun at all. Another possible cause of failure to function is that the shooter's grip is not firm enough. Think of how you would want to shake hands with a man at a job interview - firm, solid enough to convey that you're a man, but not strong enough to crush every bone in his hand. The gun should sit in your right hand (again, assuming you're right-handed and right eye dominant) at the V formed between your thumb and first finger, and that V should be at the top of the backstrap, up against the curve. Learn how to clean and lubricate your gun, and then do it, often. It doesn't take that long, and the more familiar you are with your gun and how all the pieces/parts go together and function with each other, the easier it will be to for you to fix a failure, in the unlikely (since you're keeping it clean, not riding the slide, and holding it correctly) event that a failure should happen. My advice: Practice shooting at a range. A lot. Until it it feels as natural as writing your name with a pencil. Then practice some more.

If it goes "click" instead of bang, just remember "Tap, Rack, and Bang": Tap the magazine (somewhat forcefully), rack the slide, bang (shoot it). If that fails, pop the magazine out and put another one in. Congrats!

An image of Flounder from Animal House keeps running through my head: "This is gonna be great!" Alternately seems like the best and the stupidest idea in a long time... Fun, but I'm too old to have a misdemeamor trespassing charge on my record. Signed, Conflicted in Galena.

Newegg.com (click) has multiple 200GB and 250GB external drives for $50 and less, plus a couple of bucks for shipping. I've done A LOT of business with them and highly recommend them. Item arrives in 2 or 3 days with their standard shipping. I'm sure your local Staples, OfficeMax, or BestBuy will have them also. If you can get to Columbus I've got an older, but still works just fine 320GB drive I don't need - you can have it for a milkshake at Dairy Queen. I can check on Tuesday what it would cost to ship (gotta be $10 or less) and if you can cover that...

story here: http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/05/breaking-news-gary-coleman-dead-42 Gary Coleman has died at 42, RadarOnline.com is first to report. Coleman had been hospitalized in Provo, Utah since Wednesday, May 26, after suffering what his family called "a serious medical problem." As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Coleman had slipped into a coma and was on life support after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage. He was pulled of life support Friday morning and later passed away. His wife Shannon Price and her father were at the hospital Friday. The Illinois native's death marks the end of a long, sad road for the diminutive Diff'rent Strokes star, who struggled professionally and financially as his fame and fortune diminished since the show went off the air in 1986. Coleman’s growth was hampered at a young age by a congenital kidney disease caused by focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, as he never grew beyond 4 feet, 8 inches tall. Twice having undergone kidney transplants in 1973 and 1984, Coleman required daily dialysis in his everyday life. Coleman got his break in acting when caught the eye of TV icon Norman Lear, which eventually paved the way for him to star in Diff'rent Strokes as Arnold Jackson, a wisecracking runt adopted with his brother Willis (Todd Bridges) by a rich New York businessman (Conrad Bain). Coleman's considerable charisma -- buoyed by his catchphrase "What'cu Talkin Bout Willis" -- made the show a ratings winner in its' first three years, as the young actor was earning as much as $70,000 an episode at its’ peak. Coleman would wind up suing his parents in 1989 over missing money from his trust fund, and was awarded more than $1 million in 1993, but the money would not last, as he would wind up declaring bankruptcy six years later. Coleman said in an appearance on Geraldo Rivera in 1993 that he had twice tried to overdose on sleeping pills. Coleman got some publicity in later years when he threw his name in the hat of the circus that was California's 2003 recall election, receiving more votes than other show biz candidates such as porn star Mary Carey and Gallagher, en route to an eighth overall finish to eventual winner Arnold Schwarzenegger. Coleman's death marks another sad chapter for the Diff'rent Strokes cast, as Bridges' career was stunted by frequent drug incidents, while Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond on the show, committed suicide via pill overdose in 1999. On a related note, Plato's son, Tyler Lambert, fatally shot himself in May 2010, nearly eleven years to the day of his mother's suicide.

her breastuses are over-acheivers... (breastuses = plural Latin for boobie)

sing along now: "I'll...be there" will try to convince a couple of my Hardley riding friends to join us.

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Now I've got that earworm too. Thanks, a-hat... Only had one replaced in almost 30 years Lucky, I guess. Safelite came out and did it; they were recommended/I was told by the insurance company (Nationwide) to use them. They showed up when they said they would, didn't make a mess, windshield doesn't leak. That's about all I require - no leaks. Don't know how they are price-wise, insurance picked up the tab.

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Lighten up Francis (and the other Francis)....

The Supreme Court of Washington State, in State v. Grande, ruled on 17 July, 2008, that "...police cannot arrest passengers simply for being in a car that smells of marijuana. The unanimous decision overturned a 29-year-old precedent allowing police to search or arrest passengers if they smelled pot near a car." Read more about it here - warning: lots of legalese (click) The Ohio Supremes ruled in September 2000 that the smell of burning (or burnt) hippie lettuce is enough to justify the search of a vehicle and its occupants. That case stemmed from a Pickerington man running a red light on Rt. 33 in Lancaster. A quick Google search seems to show that most state's supreme courts have ruled that the smell of marijuana smoke emanating from a vehicle constitutes probable cause to search the vehicle, but not to matter-of-factly arrest the occupants of the vehicle. So, don't hit the chronic when driving. Drugs are bad, mmkay?

That's not ranting, that's celebrating good news with your friends. Congrats! Mine's in 3rd grade, so I've got another 9 years to go...

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Far be it from me to speak for Todd (and I'll probably get blasted by him...) but I <think> that his example of the "black man with braids" was meant to show that the police "profile" all the time. They're looking for a suspect who fits a certain description. Sometimes we the public appreciate "profiling" - when a criminal is caught; and sometimes certain portions of the public don't appreciate "profiling" - when it doesn't fit their idea of "right and wrong", or their interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and the the rights conveyed within.