I have thought about it as well. Leaning more towards Austria or the Scandinavian countries. My biggest problem is the language as I only speak English and have very poor comprehension of French that at it's best was worse than a French kindergartner's. I would miss the hunting opportunities offered in my state but the Scandinavians seem to enjoy it and is accepted so I would consider them. From the time I spent there the Austrians seem like my kind of people and I could work for the same company doing what I am currently doing but with better benefits and probably comparable take home pay.
Sounds like you are almost describing the difference between getting the standard state issued drivers license and getting something like a SCCA solo license (I never got a higher license as it is just a lot of fun to go out and race the clock and not have to worry about others). Even then the SCCA solo license wasn't all that difficult to get. I had my SCCA solo license before I had a learners permit so the drivers ed and training I did for my state issued license was a joke. I remember being out in the high school parking lot and being told "red car slow down" by the instructor as I wasn't moving at idle speed around the cones. The state's driver test was on a closed course at the DOT location and again it was a joke as it basically tested if you could read the signs and not go the wrong way down a one way street.
Given how it is labeled and what people believe with food, no I don't. Also it is what goes into sausage not just the casing. There is a rather large disconnect that people have with their food now days as everything comes prepackaged and processed. It is really sad when you have people that are horrified to find out that steak is a chopped up animal, and yes I have met people like this. When I was little I knew where meat came from and I remember one time watching my dad and one of his buddies butchering a deer and wondering where does the hamburger come from since nothing in there looked like hamburger. I could see where things like steaks and roasts came from but not the burger.
Same here but not with a Subaru. By simply following the recommended change intervals for fluids you can greatly increase the service life of a vehicle. The example I like to trot out now is my 96 Jeep Cherokee with 377,XXX miles on it. It runs great, doesn't burn or leak oil, doesn't have the valve train chatter that other 4.0 L Jeep engines have, the 4wd works great, manual transmission still shifts smoothly, etc. granted the paint is shot and it has some rust but then I use it for hauling stuff, camping, and hunting so I have only added to the dents and scratches. It was well cared for before I got it as I found out when changing all the fluids and filters and saw that for once someone had change fluids other than just the engine oil. My daily driver has 257,XXX miles on it with 157,000 of them from me and it runs great as well with similar care. On the other hand my mother and step father need to replace their 2005 impala as the thing barely runs yet they don't bother with things like regular maintenance and will really stretch the oil changes to double the recommended interval. Their other car is a 2000 caviler and it runs slightly better but then it is my mother's car and she has taken better care of it. The impala doesn't even have 100,000 miles on it and the caviler only has about 120,000 miles on it so it isn't like these vehicles have excessive miles on them. Every previous vehicle I have owned has gone off to the scrap yard after I owned them either because they ceased to run (3 of them and they weren't in great condition when I got them) or where totaled in an accident (2 of them). The two that were totaled were higher mileage vehicles (212k and 189k) and ran great until they were hit. The ones that ceased to run had 257k, 252k, and 178k miles on them and they were all very low cost beaters with the most expensive one costing $350 and all came with known problems.
Depends. There are more female cattle than are needed so a lot of them are sold as feeder cattle. The farmer I get my beef from gets excess calves from a dairy farmer and raises them for 2 years (no hormones and not feed corn so they grow slower than the ones pumped full of hormones) and then sends them to slaughter. They are delicious and 100% Holstein. Then again it is a small operation and the cattle aren't in a feed lot knee deep in their own filth.
Yes they do. I usually pop a few rabbits out in the garden each year before they stop showing up and end up having a couple nice stews. I would love to go hunting for feral pig as my uncle and cousin who I go hunting with have brought some back from when the go to Florida to my uncle's parents.
From my experience most of the cost of meat (or any food for the most part) is in the various middlemen involved. The beef I get is raised by a farmer I have known most of my life who has a small herd of between 12 and 14 animals on 35 acres. they are alfalfa fed and wander around on his property grazing. I pay the farmer for my share and pay the processor for the butchering which is about 30% of what I pay the farmer and I have to go get it. Typically what I end up paying per pound comes in at about the same price as the really cheap ground beef but includes good steaks, good roasts, sausages, ground beef and I can get it butchered how ever I want. Neither the processor or the farmer receive a subsidy but then the only middleman is the processor who is still providing a valuable service (I can butcher an animal but it is a hatchet job). Then again there aren't warehouse costs, trucking costs, distribution costs, etc just to get it to some place that I am willing to drive to. The farmer makes money, the processor makes money, and I get some really good beef.
They are boiled in the shell in a creamy sauce after being marinated with some native herbs and my god are they delicious.
I would be willing to try them that way so long as they don't taste like snail which I don't like. Same thing with fish, if it doesn't taste like fish (smoke or spice the hell out of it) I like it.
As proof I offer Braunschweiger. Too bad I shouldn't eat it anymore as the meat processor I get meat from loads theirs with garlic. Although I think most people would be disgusted if they found out what is actually used to make sausages and their "natural" casings.
Well considering the average voter in the US all three things are important to them. Whether or not it it is important on a scale that the federal government should actually do something about is a different matter. Because enough people clamored for it and/or demanded it we got it. I guess we do get the government we deserve.
I have wondered why they just don't use the good old CO2 industrial lasers scaled up instead of halogen based ones. Then again I am not big into knowledge of lasers and the how and why but it would seem that if a 100W CO2 laser is good for welding then why wouldn't a 10KW one be good for burning through missles?
Also to purchase a firearm you need to be at least 18 (typically 21 for handguns) with similar ages for ammo purchase while basically anyone age 16 or up can purchase a vehicle and fuel for it.
Sweet so for firearms you are proposing no age limits for purchase, no background checks, no waiting periods, no restriction on the type of ammo purchased (you can still buy leaded gasoline), no restrictions on where I can take it (looking at you gun free zones), etc.
Be careful what you wish for. Also regarding registration, driver's licenses, and training for vehicles are only required for operating one on public roadways. Much like carry permits (driver's license), the training (driver training) required to get one, and the forms I have to fill out to purchase a firearm from a dealer (vehicle registration). The state of Minnesota knows about all the firearms I have as they were purchased from actual dealers (who hold a FFL) yet my project car the state has no knowledge of, no taxes, no registration, no license plates but then it never gets driven on public roads. Also I was legally driving long before I got my state issued driver's license out on the farm (cars, trucks and tractors) as well as racing cars out at various tracks (Road America out in Elkhart Lake, WI is a fun and pretty track and so was BIR up in Brainerd, MN before a tornado took out all the trees). To carry a firearm around in my state in public I need one of the following, a valid hunting license (which requires that I have gone though the standard firearm safety course) and that restricts me to being on public hunting land during a valid hunting season with the correct type of firearm for that season, or to acquire a permit to carry.
[Citation needed] Guns don't magically load them selves, take aim, and fire all on their own.
b) Many more laws already exist to restrict car owners for the purpose of safety than exist to restrict gun owners
again [Citation needed] Please tell me which laws restrict vehicle ownership where there isn't a comparable one for firearms? The only one I can think of are the various state laws that require carrying insurance to operate a vehicle on public roads. While the gun laws that exist restrict the age limits more than those for cars (typically no age for vehicles while 18 or 21 for various firearms), require waiting periods, background checks, restrict the type of ammo that can be purchased (you can still buy leaded gasoline and use it, just not on public roads), are more restrictive age limits on ammo compared to fuel (typically 18 for shotgun and rifle ammo and 21 for handgun ammo while gasoline is restricted to those 16 and above).
I agree with your common sense views on firearms and safe care and handling, but when comparing cars and guns the current regulations for cars apply only to those who wish to operate them on public roadways and as such the regulations are not very different for firearms. For example I can drive a vehicle on private property without having to conform to any existing laws, even the laws regarding vehicle emissions, safety, etc. as it is on private property. For carrying and using firearms on public property we already have similar laws even regarding hunting with long guns in a number of states. In a large number of states now they require that you have undergone the standard firearm safety course to even get a hunting licenses. Coupled with laws that state that to carry a firearm onto public hunting grounds you need to have a valid hunting license and can only do so during valid hunting seasons there are those regulations. Now that means that during deer season I can't just go wander around down town Minneapolis with my deer rifle as I have a valid hunting license since there isn't any public hunting land there, but I can go and take that same firearm up to the north woods and wander around all I want for 2 weeks in early November. When it comes to carry permits they are even more restrictive as typically a permit to carry only allows a person to carry a handgun, requires renewal periodically, has an additional background check (more in depth than what is required for acquiring a long gun), and requires some form of training. This is so that you can legally carry a handgun in public spaces, just like with a vehicle. Also we don't have laws mandating that people lock their cars even though it is a good idea.
You've got to be licensed, trained, registered, tracked, and taxed to operate a car.
By the state I live in not the feds and even then only to operate them on public roadways. I have been operating vehicles since age 8 all legally. Tractors, trucks, cars, and even high performance race cars all on private property or race tracks. As far as a tax when I buy a firearm from a legal licensed dealer I pay the local sales tax just like I do when I buy a car from a dealer. I haven't paid any tax on my project car, it isn't licensed, registered, or insured but then it doesn't operate on the public roadways. If I ever decide that I would like it to operate on the public roads then yes I will need go do all of those things. To take it a step further most states that allow you to carry a firearm in public require that you have some training, a license to do so, and an annual fee to continue doing so. They also tend to stipulate what types of firearms you are allowed to carry. For example even if I got a permit to carry in my state I couldn't just go walking around down town Minneapolis with my shotgun or rifle slung across my back.
Go far enough north and you end up with some really nice roads along the Mississippi in southeastern Minnesota or along the north shore and iron range as well. You just have to watch out for the most deadly animal in the world or the ever more rare moose.
Ever imagined your finger was a bazooka while you're in traffic, and you could just blow up the cars in the way? Well, now we can use Altered Reality to superimpose images of Actual Explosions!
Yes I do and that would be awesome. I use the e-brake release button and pretend that my car has missile launchers or machine guns instead so it would be nice if the fire button was mapped to the e-brake release button.
I had a 6 mb/sec connection and could stream 720p without issue from you tube and if I let it buffer up for a bit could do 1080p without issue. Then my old ISP started mucking with stuff and I had all sorts of goofey errors like being unable to connect to DNS servers sometimes, and connection time outs. Dumped them like a bad habit and went with the other option in town who seems to at the moment be offering better service quality.
My thoughts exactly, especially with young children. My 4 year old loves some of the things I have found on you tube for him. There is a danish guy who works as an operating engineer and has a number of good quality hi def videos of machines working on construction sites. Toss in some videos made by companies that produce heavy machines as well as some videos of various obscure races (hill climbs, mud bogging, etc) and he loves it. These are things that are rare or unheard of on even cable TV with however many channels it has. I was actually surprised at the quality of the heavy equipment videos which are basically advertisements but still are more informative than most things on the subject like the 1/2 hour video trying to sell you a tunnel boring machine while they explain all the neat features and how theirs works.
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I would love it if Google responded back stating that it infringes no more than the government already does.
I have thought about it as well. Leaning more towards Austria or the Scandinavian countries. My biggest problem is the language as I only speak English and have very poor comprehension of French that at it's best was worse than a French kindergartner's. I would miss the hunting opportunities offered in my state but the Scandinavians seem to enjoy it and is accepted so I would consider them. From the time I spent there the Austrians seem like my kind of people and I could work for the same company doing what I am currently doing but with better benefits and probably comparable take home pay.
Children of all ages should likewise be in a soundproof compartment separated from the driver.
demonlapin for president. Parent Approved.
Sounds like you are almost describing the difference between getting the standard state issued drivers license and getting something like a SCCA solo license (I never got a higher license as it is just a lot of fun to go out and race the clock and not have to worry about others). Even then the SCCA solo license wasn't all that difficult to get. I had my SCCA solo license before I had a learners permit so the drivers ed and training I did for my state issued license was a joke. I remember being out in the high school parking lot and being told "red car slow down" by the instructor as I wasn't moving at idle speed around the cones. The state's driver test was on a closed course at the DOT location and again it was a joke as it basically tested if you could read the signs and not go the wrong way down a one way street.
Given how it is labeled and what people believe with food, no I don't. Also it is what goes into sausage not just the casing. There is a rather large disconnect that people have with their food now days as everything comes prepackaged and processed. It is really sad when you have people that are horrified to find out that steak is a chopped up animal, and yes I have met people like this. When I was little I knew where meat came from and I remember one time watching my dad and one of his buddies butchering a deer and wondering where does the hamburger come from since nothing in there looked like hamburger. I could see where things like steaks and roasts came from but not the burger.
Same here but not with a Subaru. By simply following the recommended change intervals for fluids you can greatly increase the service life of a vehicle. The example I like to trot out now is my 96 Jeep Cherokee with 377,XXX miles on it. It runs great, doesn't burn or leak oil, doesn't have the valve train chatter that other 4.0 L Jeep engines have, the 4wd works great, manual transmission still shifts smoothly, etc. granted the paint is shot and it has some rust but then I use it for hauling stuff, camping, and hunting so I have only added to the dents and scratches. It was well cared for before I got it as I found out when changing all the fluids and filters and saw that for once someone had change fluids other than just the engine oil. My daily driver has 257,XXX miles on it with 157,000 of them from me and it runs great as well with similar care. On the other hand my mother and step father need to replace their 2005 impala as the thing barely runs yet they don't bother with things like regular maintenance and will really stretch the oil changes to double the recommended interval. Their other car is a 2000 caviler and it runs slightly better but then it is my mother's car and she has taken better care of it. The impala doesn't even have 100,000 miles on it and the caviler only has about 120,000 miles on it so it isn't like these vehicles have excessive miles on them. Every previous vehicle I have owned has gone off to the scrap yard after I owned them either because they ceased to run (3 of them and they weren't in great condition when I got them) or where totaled in an accident (2 of them). The two that were totaled were higher mileage vehicles (212k and 189k) and ran great until they were hit. The ones that ceased to run had 257k, 252k, and 178k miles on them and they were all very low cost beaters with the most expensive one costing $350 and all came with known problems.
Depends. There are more female cattle than are needed so a lot of them are sold as feeder cattle. The farmer I get my beef from gets excess calves from a dairy farmer and raises them for 2 years (no hormones and not feed corn so they grow slower than the ones pumped full of hormones) and then sends them to slaughter. They are delicious and 100% Holstein. Then again it is a small operation and the cattle aren't in a feed lot knee deep in their own filth.
Yes they do. I usually pop a few rabbits out in the garden each year before they stop showing up and end up having a couple nice stews. I would love to go hunting for feral pig as my uncle and cousin who I go hunting with have brought some back from when the go to Florida to my uncle's parents.
From my experience most of the cost of meat (or any food for the most part) is in the various middlemen involved. The beef I get is raised by a farmer I have known most of my life who has a small herd of between 12 and 14 animals on 35 acres. they are alfalfa fed and wander around on his property grazing. I pay the farmer for my share and pay the processor for the butchering which is about 30% of what I pay the farmer and I have to go get it. Typically what I end up paying per pound comes in at about the same price as the really cheap ground beef but includes good steaks, good roasts, sausages, ground beef and I can get it butchered how ever I want. Neither the processor or the farmer receive a subsidy but then the only middleman is the processor who is still providing a valuable service (I can butcher an animal but it is a hatchet job). Then again there aren't warehouse costs, trucking costs, distribution costs, etc just to get it to some place that I am willing to drive to. The farmer makes money, the processor makes money, and I get some really good beef.
They are boiled in the shell in a creamy sauce after being marinated with some native herbs and my god are they delicious.
I would be willing to try them that way so long as they don't taste like snail which I don't like. Same thing with fish, if it doesn't taste like fish (smoke or spice the hell out of it) I like it.
sauteed banana spiders that tasted like shrimp
Count me out, I hate shrimp. I have had dragon flies and from what I remember they tasted a lot like black pepper.
then don't let them know about the red dye Cochineal used in a lot of foods.
With enough garlic, anything is edible
As proof I offer Braunschweiger. Too bad I shouldn't eat it anymore as the meat processor I get meat from loads theirs with garlic. Although I think most people would be disgusted if they found out what is actually used to make sausages and their "natural" casings.
Well considering the average voter in the US all three things are important to them. Whether or not it it is important on a scale that the federal government should actually do something about is a different matter. Because enough people clamored for it and/or demanded it we got it. I guess we do get the government we deserve.
I have wondered why they just don't use the good old CO2 industrial lasers scaled up instead of halogen based ones. Then again I am not big into knowledge of lasers and the how and why but it would seem that if a 100W CO2 laser is good for welding then why wouldn't a 10KW one be good for burning through missles?
Also to purchase a firearm you need to be at least 18 (typically 21 for handguns) with similar ages for ammo purchase while basically anyone age 16 or up can purchase a vehicle and fuel for it.
Sweet so for firearms you are proposing no age limits for purchase, no background checks, no waiting periods, no restriction on the type of ammo purchased (you can still buy leaded gasoline), no restrictions on where I can take it (looking at you gun free zones), etc.
Be careful what you wish for. Also regarding registration, driver's licenses, and training for vehicles are only required for operating one on public roadways. Much like carry permits (driver's license), the training (driver training) required to get one, and the forms I have to fill out to purchase a firearm from a dealer (vehicle registration). The state of Minnesota knows about all the firearms I have as they were purchased from actual dealers (who hold a FFL) yet my project car the state has no knowledge of, no taxes, no registration, no license plates but then it never gets driven on public roads. Also I was legally driving long before I got my state issued driver's license out on the farm (cars, trucks and tractors) as well as racing cars out at various tracks (Road America out in Elkhart Lake, WI is a fun and pretty track and so was BIR up in Brainerd, MN before a tornado took out all the trees). To carry a firearm around in my state in public I need one of the following, a valid hunting license (which requires that I have gone though the standard firearm safety course) and that restricts me to being on public hunting land during a valid hunting season with the correct type of firearm for that season, or to acquire a permit to carry.
a) Risk versus utility is far higher for guns.
[Citation needed]
Guns don't magically load them selves, take aim, and fire all on their own.
b) Many more laws already exist to restrict car owners for the purpose of safety than exist to restrict gun owners
again [Citation needed]
Please tell me which laws restrict vehicle ownership where there isn't a comparable one for firearms? The only one I can think of are the various state laws that require carrying insurance to operate a vehicle on public roads. While the gun laws that exist restrict the age limits more than those for cars (typically no age for vehicles while 18 or 21 for various firearms), require waiting periods, background checks, restrict the type of ammo that can be purchased (you can still buy leaded gasoline and use it, just not on public roads), are more restrictive age limits on ammo compared to fuel (typically 18 for shotgun and rifle ammo and 21 for handgun ammo while gasoline is restricted to those 16 and above).
I agree with your common sense views on firearms and safe care and handling, but when comparing cars and guns the current regulations for cars apply only to those who wish to operate them on public roadways and as such the regulations are not very different for firearms. For example I can drive a vehicle on private property without having to conform to any existing laws, even the laws regarding vehicle emissions, safety, etc. as it is on private property. For carrying and using firearms on public property we already have similar laws even regarding hunting with long guns in a number of states. In a large number of states now they require that you have undergone the standard firearm safety course to even get a hunting licenses. Coupled with laws that state that to carry a firearm onto public hunting grounds you need to have a valid hunting license and can only do so during valid hunting seasons there are those regulations. Now that means that during deer season I can't just go wander around down town Minneapolis with my deer rifle as I have a valid hunting license since there isn't any public hunting land there, but I can go and take that same firearm up to the north woods and wander around all I want for 2 weeks in early November. When it comes to carry permits they are even more restrictive as typically a permit to carry only allows a person to carry a handgun, requires renewal periodically, has an additional background check (more in depth than what is required for acquiring a long gun), and requires some form of training. This is so that you can legally carry a handgun in public spaces, just like with a vehicle. Also we don't have laws mandating that people lock their cars even though it is a good idea.
You've got to be licensed, trained, registered, tracked, and taxed to operate a car.
By the state I live in not the feds and even then only to operate them on public roadways. I have been operating vehicles since age 8 all legally. Tractors, trucks, cars, and even high performance race cars all on private property or race tracks. As far as a tax when I buy a firearm from a legal licensed dealer I pay the local sales tax just like I do when I buy a car from a dealer. I haven't paid any tax on my project car, it isn't licensed, registered, or insured but then it doesn't operate on the public roadways. If I ever decide that I would like it to operate on the public roads then yes I will need go do all of those things. To take it a step further most states that allow you to carry a firearm in public require that you have some training, a license to do so, and an annual fee to continue doing so. They also tend to stipulate what types of firearms you are allowed to carry. For example even if I got a permit to carry in my state I couldn't just go walking around down town Minneapolis with my shotgun or rifle slung across my back.
Go far enough north and you end up with some really nice roads along the Mississippi in southeastern Minnesota or along the north shore and iron range as well. You just have to watch out for the most deadly animal in the world or the ever more rare moose.
Ever imagined your finger was a bazooka while you're in traffic, and you could just blow up the cars in the way? Well, now we can use Altered Reality to superimpose images of Actual Explosions!
Yes I do and that would be awesome. I use the e-brake release button and pretend that my car has missile launchers or machine guns instead so it would be nice if the fire button was mapped to the e-brake release button.
I had a 6 mb/sec connection and could stream 720p without issue from you tube and if I let it buffer up for a bit could do 1080p without issue. Then my old ISP started mucking with stuff and I had all sorts of goofey errors like being unable to connect to DNS servers sometimes, and connection time outs. Dumped them like a bad habit and went with the other option in town who seems to at the moment be offering better service quality.
My thoughts exactly, especially with young children. My 4 year old loves some of the things I have found on you tube for him. There is a danish guy who works as an operating engineer and has a number of good quality hi def videos of machines working on construction sites. Toss in some videos made by companies that produce heavy machines as well as some videos of various obscure races (hill climbs, mud bogging, etc) and he loves it. These are things that are rare or unheard of on even cable TV with however many channels it has. I was actually surprised at the quality of the heavy equipment videos which are basically advertisements but still are more informative than most things on the subject like the 1/2 hour video trying to sell you a tunnel boring machine while they explain all the neat features and how theirs works.
Apple has more cash on hand than the federal government.
That is a fairly low bar, I have more cash on hand than the federal government as I don't run a deficit.