Forgive me for asking what seems to me a stupid question....but...."adirednecks"?
That little lexical question aside, yeah, I attribute that, the hairspray-fueled potato cannon, and a few other things to growing up just south of the Mason-Dixon.
Somehow I think some people are going to take one look at the first link you posted there and completely lose it...never taking into account the second link.
Then again I'm sure there are many that wouldn't have the faintest about the connection you're trying to make in the first place...simply because they've never heard of being able to fire salt from a shotgun.
Haha, I know the feeling. I'm something of a lightweight myself (around 6' and 145 lbs.) so unless I have a beer with dinner I try not to have any if I'm driving, but in any case I'm usually feeling it a bit before I get to.08.
And yeah, I see your point. A lot of people, IMHO, overestimate their tolerance to the point where they're doing stupid things (like falling into traffic) when they otherwise exhibit no clear visible signs of impairment. It's gotta be a pain in the ass for a cop walking his beat and having to do that kinda job.
"And yes, that is a run-on sentence and no, I don't care."
Fortunately, neither do I. About the run-on or about the whole "public intoxication bit"; the breath strip thing was -- I thought -- obvious sarcasm. Of course if you're exhibiting actual impairment then they'll not hesitate to get a breathalyzer done.
However, the point was that the "ridiculously low" 0.08% is just, well, not. For the most part, 0.08% is enough to impair most folks to the point that they are unable to drive a car safely.
Gotta say though, you're probably right about the whole "not wanting to bother in lieu of bitching over rights" bit. The problem is that people don't know enough about their rights nowadays.
"Geez...2 good drinks gets you now into that 'illegal' range. Try to stay healthy....go to jail. Even if not intoxicated to impairment."
The whole problem with this line of reasoning is that while you may not be intoxicated to total impairment after 2 drinks, your reaction time tends to suffer. Sure, maybe you don't notice it in a bar or restaurant or club or what-have-you, but get behind the wheel, and the situation changes quite a bit. I sure as hell wouldn't call 0.08% "ridiculously low", and I definitely wouldn't want most folks driving after even just 2 drinks, unless maybe they were a bit larger or were eating a rather fatty meal before or while drinking.
Unless of course, you're walking home and your concern is a public intoxication ticket. In which case may I suggest those handy little Listerine Breath Strips.
Man, screw Energon.
I think we ought to skip that stage and go right to having Leadership Matrices installed.
Imagine, one minute you're working with an old Dell notebook (provided it hasn't exploded in the first place), and after installation you see it transformed into Inspiroptimus Prime!
Crap, now watch this get modded "Flamebait" for the Dell example.
Intel announced at the Globalcom 2006 Expo that they will be including Draft 802.11n hardware in their Centrino chips.
Whoa, hold on a minute here.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that "Centrino" is something of a blanket term encompassing an Intel processor, chipset, and wireless card/chip.
You guys seem to be missing the point. It's not even about the pinball machine parts or the plutonium...it's those damn flux capacitors that make their ICBMs so dangerous.
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Forgive me for asking what seems to me a stupid question....but...."adirednecks"?
That little lexical question aside, yeah, I attribute that, the hairspray-fueled potato cannon, and a few other things to growing up just south of the Mason-Dixon.
Somehow I think some people are going to take one look at the first link you posted there and completely lose it...never taking into account the second link.
Then again I'm sure there are many that wouldn't have the faintest about the connection you're trying to make in the first place...simply because they've never heard of being able to fire salt from a shotgun.
Haha, I know the feeling. I'm something of a lightweight myself (around 6' and 145 lbs.) so unless I have a beer with dinner I try not to have any if I'm driving, but in any case I'm usually feeling it a bit before I get to .08.
And yeah, I see your point. A lot of people, IMHO, overestimate their tolerance to the point where they're doing stupid things (like falling into traffic) when they otherwise exhibit no clear visible signs of impairment. It's gotta be a pain in the ass for a cop walking his beat and having to do that kinda job.
"And yes, that is a run-on sentence and no, I don't care."
Fortunately, neither do I. About the run-on or about the whole "public intoxication bit"; the breath strip thing was -- I thought -- obvious sarcasm. Of course if you're exhibiting actual impairment then they'll not hesitate to get a breathalyzer done.
However, the point was that the "ridiculously low" 0.08% is just, well, not. For the most part, 0.08% is enough to impair most folks to the point that they are unable to drive a car safely.
Gotta say though, you're probably right about the whole "not wanting to bother in lieu of bitching over rights" bit. The problem is that people don't know enough about their rights nowadays.
"Geez...2 good drinks gets you now into that 'illegal' range. Try to stay healthy....go to jail. Even if not intoxicated to impairment."
The whole problem with this line of reasoning is that while you may not be intoxicated to total impairment after 2 drinks, your reaction time tends to suffer. Sure, maybe you don't notice it in a bar or restaurant or club or what-have-you, but get behind the wheel, and the situation changes quite a bit. I sure as hell wouldn't call 0.08% "ridiculously low", and I definitely wouldn't want most folks driving after even just 2 drinks, unless maybe they were a bit larger or were eating a rather fatty meal before or while drinking.
Unless of course, you're walking home and your concern is a public intoxication ticket. In which case may I suggest those handy little Listerine Breath Strips.
Man, screw Energon.
I think we ought to skip that stage and go right to having Leadership Matrices installed.
Imagine, one minute you're working with an old Dell notebook (provided it hasn't exploded in the first place), and after installation
you see it transformed into Inspiroptimus Prime! Crap, now watch this get modded "Flamebait" for the Dell example.
Intel announced at the Globalcom 2006 Expo that they will be including Draft 802.11n hardware in their Centrino chips.
Whoa, hold on a minute here.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that "Centrino" is something of a blanket term encompassing an Intel processor, chipset, and wireless card/chip.
You guys seem to be missing the point. It's not even about the pinball machine parts or the plutonium...it's those damn flux capacitors that make their ICBMs so dangerous.
That and why you'll never be with a girl in your life. ;)
Oh I'm sure he's gotten that one figured out already.
I believe the saying goes something like "Sex can wait, masturbate".