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jblosser

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  1. (s)he's an attorney. I expect one to whom I entrust my legal-type stuff to be able to spell and be grammatically correct.

    i could excuse one typo. multiple typos and grammatical mistakes? no, not from a law professional.

    and his/her (assumed) excitement over being able to leave someone $5 million, tax free? It was $5.12 million before, with any overage taxed at 35%. (s)he seems to think the exclusion is a new thing. it's not.

    makes me realize why i pay an attorney/cpa who only deals with taxes to do my returns each year and to advise on trust/investing issues.

    thanks for the head's up, Gump.

  2. whaddya you want to do with it?

    carry it (after training and procurement of your CHL)?

    home defense?

    just to shoot targets at the range?

    as has been said, Glock, M&P (Smith & Wesson), XD-S or M (Springfield Armory), most any full-size will be someone's favorite, and all brands have their fans.

    9mm costs less than .40, assuming you can find either.

  3. ...I told her I went 1 time and after about 2 hours hated every place down there and just wanted to go play putt putt or race go karts.

    agreed. 10 minutes in line, 5 on the ride and to this day i hate that song/place.

    I will go golfing while the wife goes to Disney with the kids, at least that's how it plays out in my mind.

    you're kidding, right? ain't no way that sh1t's gonna fly with the Mrs...dont' try it unless you don't mind "takin' care of it yourself" for a year or so.

  4. first of all, i'm completely against banning so-called "assault weapons", i'm against any sort of registration of firearms, as that might/will eventually lead to confiscation, i'm against arbitrary limits on magazine capacity, and i honestly believe that Sen. Feinstein is borderline senile and should removed from office, as her best days (not years, days) are well behind her at this point in her life.

    However: A politician's job in our system of government is to represent his/her constituents, and vote/enact laws that accede to their wishes, right?

    According to a recent poll I found ( click here), a majority of Californians favor banning "assault weapons" and all of the other ideas that have been proposed since Newtown.

    So, since a majority of her folks want it, should she propose/support it?

  5. i've said it before, i'll say it again: "it's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than it is to ride a fast bike slow".

    and I'm not saying your six-fiddy is slow - far from it. I'm guessing you've maybe experienced 60% of what it's capable of doing.

    SV's and VFR seem to have an almost cult-like following, and I assume there's a reason people love 'em so much.

    give 'er another season, ride the wheels off it, and then if you still want a different bike, the fall/winter is the best time to buy.

  6. i traded a '94 Grand Cherokee with 200k on it in 2004 (it was mechanically sound, no rust, but the wife du jour said it "needed to go" :nono:), the Ram 2500 that replaced it has 140k on it now and is also just fine, mechanically and cosmetically.

    maybe i'm lucky, i dunno. change the oil and filter every 4 months or so with mobil 1, sneeze in the tires, new paper $3 air filter every year.

    i've had 3 audi cars, will only buy another if i can find a 1 year old model with an 'audi-assured' (their version of certified pre-owned) warranty. too much fancy crap on them that can AND WILL break. one of my co-loafers at work is prez. of the M-B club of central ohio, and he has the same issues with his M-B cars - has 3 of 'em. they seem to go in the shop at least 3 times/year.

    never owned a jap car, only drove one once. next summer when it's 'new vehicle time', may have to give one a shot.

  7. I'm more shocked that the editor let "Norris's beard" slip through the cracks. :facepalm:

    actually' date=' a singular noun (or pronoun) pronounced with a sibilant sound <can> take an apostrophe and an extra [b']s.

    no real hard/fast rule - depends upon which/whose style guide you're using, how the singular possessive sounds when the s is added, et cetera, ad nauseum...

    :cool:

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