The kid has a better grip on that pistol than most adults. Gripping the firing hand's thumb with the support thumb is hardly something a 6 year old should be able to do, but less even know he should do.
You, my friend, have obviously never owned a Jeep!
Sure, they suck down some gas, but come on. Who else drives cars that are older than they are and can still look cool doing so? Plus I promise this Volt won't get as many girls as a Jeep CJ7 and a cute dog in the back seat.
Priorities people! Sex or geeky gadgets, you can only pick one.
Was at shooting range teaching a friend to "bump fire" a rifle. Technically it's not allowed in competitive shooting, but we all do it from time to time. (Not going to explain it, watch YouTube.)
There was a kid down a few lanes from us who was watching and listening. Well he didn't have such a great hold on his rifle and when it started going off like a full auto he freaked and turned. I got a 5.56mm round from an AR-15 to the wrist as a result and both he and his father got banned from the range. I'm surprised I didn't.
The watch face shattered and I got this NASTY bruise on my arm and a small cut where the wrist band broke, but no damage that cussing didn't make better. i sent in the parts of the watch that I could find and a polaroid of my arm telling them how happy I was that they made strong watches. Never asked for a replacement as I fully intended on buying a new one soon anyways. (The origional was scratched badly by that point after serving in the army with me.) within a week I had a box on my doorstep with the origional, a new watch, and a letter stating that they thought I should keep the origional as a keepsake but that I couldn't turn it in again for another free watch because it's serial number had been written down.
How often do you expect to need that feature though? Even I don't expect to ever use it again. At least I HOPE I don't need to. All it did was stop the round, not the kenetic energy... I also sent them a picture of a bright purple wrist saying thanks to them it was purple and not red and dripping.
But seriously, Citizen makes great freaking watches. They cost an arm and a leg (well, not litterally in my case) but they are wonderful watches. I've got one of the Eco-Drive SkyHawks and wouldn't trade it for a rolex. 30 minutes of light a month and it runs fine. all the bells and whistles you could want (except a vibrating alarm, but then again i've never seen one that did...) and it's tough. I even learned to use the rotating bezel's fuel consumption and time of arrival features and can say that they help a lot when you're driving between states as much as I do. (Not that I couldn't do it without them, now I just have more stuff to do while I drive.)
Actually, i use that word often. Even nerds become soldiers from time to time.
And yes, it has happened more than once. It's actually faster for me to turn off my phone that way for it's daily reboot than to press and hold the power button, wait for it to power down, then press it again. So every morning when I get up I just type economist into a text message and it reboots on it's own.
Ever seen the movie Forrest Gump? Well that's me. I live his life. If something odd CAN happen, it happens to me.
Even cheap cell phones have submersion detectors these days to prevent people from turning in phones that got dropped into water. Although I have one that took a quick swim and yet works fine other than rebooting any time I type the word "economist" into a text message with auto spell on. (a samsung SGH A117)
Some companies are really good about returned items even with obvious misuse. I'll never buy any watch other than a citizen again after my last one got replaced. I sent the half of it that I could find back with a letter telling them it stopped a rifle round and thanked them for making such darn good watches and within a week I had a brand new one that I never even asked for. Plus never having to worry about batteries or time zones is a MAJOR plus for me. I just wish they made one with a vibrating alarm so I could use it in the field.
I was going to make this same comment. When you read those books pretend that the word "sports" says "favourite hobby." Even if you have the same hobby as your wife, if you're doing it alone all the time it will only harm your marriage.
My ex-wife used to come home and play the nintendo ds all night. It wasn't sports, but it was her hobby. The time we could have spent together talking and working on our relationship was spent with her face and attention glued firmly to something else.
The judge signs our divorce papers today at noon. Out of spite, I kept the DS even though she got to keep all my money and can just go buy her own.
My advice:
*The 5 love languages is a great book for new marriages. You'll learn a lot about your spouse. It will take an honest effort to put what you learn to good use, but it can work wonders.
*If either of you even think about the Fireproof movie and doing the "love dare," just don't. "sports jocks" and "cheerleaders" go for that, but all the nerds I know who's spouses tried it saw right through it and resented them using a manual...
*Whatever you both like doing together, do it often. Make it an important time for the two of you to spend together.
*Make friends with other married couples. Go out together. Enjoy being with your spouse and your friends.
>All the BS about exploring space for science if just fine - but PEOPLE WANT TO GO!
Was is scientists who found the americas? Was it a bunch of scientists who opened up the west? Not at all! It was regular people who wanted to get out and explore. That's why we aren't living on the moon already. They only let really "smart" people up there.
You know, there's a reason they call it the Anonymous Coward. You say you hate me, but can't even tell me who you are because you're afraid someone might be offended.
Grow a pair and stop reading so damn much. Spend more time with your boots on the ground and you might learn what is really happening in the world.
When you jump into combat with 200lbs on your back and a rifle strapped to your chest, THEN and only then will I listen to you talk about war. Until then you have about as much knowledge of the subject as I do on particle theory. (none at all)
The only people who ever want fair fights are those who never get into them in the first place.
Why fight if you don't know you will win? These aren't water gun fights. These aren't video games where you respawn at your last checkpoint. This is war and if you aren't the best person on the battle field, you're a corpse and your mother cries at your funeral.
Americans are the best at war because we have to be. We are the liberators of the oppressed, we are the end of genocides, and we are the carriers of liberty throughout the entire world.
The list of countries who owe their independence to the fighting spirit of the American soldier is staggering. Kuait, Israel, France, Poland, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Belgum, Netherlands, Greece, Egypt, Italy, Tripolli, South Korea, Panama, Spain, and now Iraq and Afhganastan. There are more than those listed here. The vast majority of those listed are those rescued from German control in the second world war or those created by the second world war. We could also add the soviet countries who fell out after the US broke the soviet republic during the cold war. We could even add the great ole United Kingdom because if not for us stopping the germans, they were next.
So yeah, talk bad about the murderers in our military. Just don't do it from one of the countries listed here.
As someone who was there, F you man. It's easy to sit here at home and call us murderers and bastards for what we did, but the fact remains that the people we put down were bad people.
Sure, There are bound to be a few innocent people killed in any war. This war has been great in that we have greatly reduced the number of innocent people killed as compared to historical numbers.
But when you take a town of 25,000 where the vast majority are violently anti-american and put lots of american soldiers in the center of town, you're going to have lots of people die. You choose who you would rather have die. Your neighbors and countrymen, or some terrorist raghead who is hell-bent on destroying america and is practicing building bombs in his kitchen.
I know exactly how you feel. Every time I gain a new rank in COD4 lately it kicks me out of the game at the end and I loose my points. I've had to quit games as soon as I unlock anything to keep it. That kinda blows though, leaving your team in the middle of a game just so you can have a scope for your m14.
Humans have always been the fastest and easiest "tools" for space exploration. In the time it takes the mars rover to dig just a few centemeters into the ground, a human could shovel out a much larger hole. This goes for almost all tasks.
1. Hellbox ( nearly dead compaq presario 1200z) 2. power and ethernet cables for hellbox 3. pens, paper, and a lighter. 4. Japanise dictionary. 5. Colt 1911.45 with spare clip 6. playing cards 7. latest copy of Tattoo and 2600 8. other useless crap
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The kid has a better grip on that pistol than most adults. Gripping the firing hand's thumb with the support thumb is hardly something a 6 year old should be able to do, but less even know he should do.
Props to this kid!
Yes, but they can be fixed with duct tape, a hammer, and some string.
You, my friend, have obviously never owned a Jeep!
Sure, they suck down some gas, but come on. Who else drives cars that are older than they are and can still look cool doing so? Plus I promise this Volt won't get as many girls as a Jeep CJ7 and a cute dog in the back seat.
Priorities people! Sex or geeky gadgets, you can only pick one.
Hey, if I get my own LeeLoo, I don't care how much money is spent!
Wouldn't just dropping the dtuff into one of the world's active volcano's work? I mean even if it doesn't melt and sink, who's going to go near it?
The Story:
Was at shooting range teaching a friend to "bump fire" a rifle. Technically it's not allowed in competitive shooting, but we all do it from time to time. (Not going to explain it, watch YouTube.)
There was a kid down a few lanes from us who was watching and listening. Well he didn't have such a great hold on his rifle and when it started going off like a full auto he freaked and turned. I got a 5.56mm round from an AR-15 to the wrist as a result and both he and his father got banned from the range. I'm surprised I didn't.
The watch face shattered and I got this NASTY bruise on my arm and a small cut where the wrist band broke, but no damage that cussing didn't make better. i sent in the parts of the watch that I could find and a polaroid of my arm telling them how happy I was that they made strong watches. Never asked for a replacement as I fully intended on buying a new one soon anyways. (The origional was scratched badly by that point after serving in the army with me.) within a week I had a box on my doorstep with the origional, a new watch, and a letter stating that they thought I should keep the origional as a keepsake but that I couldn't turn it in again for another free watch because it's serial number had been written down.
Misfire at the range. I'm a competitive shooter
How often do you expect to need that feature though? Even I don't expect to ever use it again. At least I HOPE I don't need to. All it did was stop the round, not the kenetic energy... I also sent them a picture of a bright purple wrist saying thanks to them it was purple and not red and dripping.
But seriously, Citizen makes great freaking watches. They cost an arm and a leg (well, not litterally in my case) but they are wonderful watches. I've got one of the Eco-Drive SkyHawks and wouldn't trade it for a rolex. 30 minutes of light a month and it runs fine. all the bells and whistles you could want (except a vibrating alarm, but then again i've never seen one that did...) and it's tough. I even learned to use the rotating bezel's fuel consumption and time of arrival features and can say that they help a lot when you're driving between states as much as I do. (Not that I couldn't do it without them, now I just have more stuff to do while I drive.)
Actually, i use that word often. Even nerds become soldiers from time to time.
And yes, it has happened more than once. It's actually faster for me to turn off my phone that way for it's daily reboot than to press and hold the power button, wait for it to power down, then press it again. So every morning when I get up I just type economist into a text message and it reboots on it's own.
Ever seen the movie Forrest Gump? Well that's me. I live his life. If something odd CAN happen, it happens to me.
Even cheap cell phones have submersion detectors these days to prevent people from turning in phones that got dropped into water. Although I have one that took a quick swim and yet works fine other than rebooting any time I type the word "economist" into a text message with auto spell on. (a samsung SGH A117)
Some companies are really good about returned items even with obvious misuse. I'll never buy any watch other than a citizen again after my last one got replaced. I sent the half of it that I could find back with a letter telling them it stopped a rifle round and thanked them for making such darn good watches and within a week I had a brand new one that I never even asked for. Plus never having to worry about batteries or time zones is a MAJOR plus for me. I just wish they made one with a vibrating alarm so I could use it in the field.
I was going to make this same comment. When you read those books pretend that the word "sports" says "favourite hobby." Even if you have the same hobby as your wife, if you're doing it alone all the time it will only harm your marriage.
My ex-wife used to come home and play the nintendo ds all night. It wasn't sports, but it was her hobby. The time we could have spent together talking and working on our relationship was spent with her face and attention glued firmly to something else.
The judge signs our divorce papers today at noon. Out of spite, I kept the DS even though she got to keep all my money and can just go buy her own.
My advice:
*The 5 love languages is a great book for new marriages. You'll learn a lot about your spouse. It will take an honest effort to put what you learn to good use, but it can work wonders.
*If either of you even think about the Fireproof movie and doing the "love dare," just don't. "sports jocks" and "cheerleaders" go for that, but all the nerds I know who's spouses tried it saw right through it and resented them using a manual...
*Whatever you both like doing together, do it often. Make it an important time for the two of you to spend together.
*Make friends with other married couples. Go out together. Enjoy being with your spouse and your friends.
>All the BS about exploring space for science if just fine - but PEOPLE WANT TO GO!
Was is scientists who found the americas? Was it a bunch of scientists who opened up the west? Not at all! It was regular people who wanted to get out and explore. That's why we aren't living on the moon already. They only let really "smart" people up there.
first post. guess nobody cares about this one.
You know, there's a reason they call it the Anonymous Coward. You say you hate me, but can't even tell me who you are because you're afraid someone might be offended.
Grow a pair and stop reading so damn much. Spend more time with your boots on the ground and you might learn what is really happening in the world.
When you jump into combat with 200lbs on your back and a rifle strapped to your chest, THEN and only then will I listen to you talk about war. Until then you have about as much knowledge of the subject as I do on particle theory. (none at all)
The only people who ever want fair fights are those who never get into them in the first place.
Why fight if you don't know you will win? These aren't water gun fights. These aren't video games where you respawn at your last checkpoint. This is war and if you aren't the best person on the battle field, you're a corpse and your mother cries at your funeral.
Americans are the best at war because we have to be. We are the liberators of the oppressed, we are the end of genocides, and we are the carriers of liberty throughout the entire world.
The list of countries who owe their independence to the fighting spirit of the American soldier is staggering. Kuait, Israel, France, Poland, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Belgum, Netherlands, Greece, Egypt, Italy, Tripolli, South Korea, Panama, Spain, and now Iraq and Afhganastan. There are more than those listed here. The vast majority of those listed are those rescued from German control in the second world war or those created by the second world war. We could also add the soviet countries who fell out after the US broke the soviet republic during the cold war. We could even add the great ole United Kingdom because if not for us stopping the germans, they were next.
So yeah, talk bad about the murderers in our military. Just don't do it from one of the countries listed here.
As someone who was there, F you man. It's easy to sit here at home and call us murderers and bastards for what we did, but the fact remains that the people we put down were bad people.
Sure, There are bound to be a few innocent people killed in any war. This war has been great in that we have greatly reduced the number of innocent people killed as compared to historical numbers.
But when you take a town of 25,000 where the vast majority are violently anti-american and put lots of american soldiers in the center of town, you're going to have lots of people die. You choose who you would rather have die. Your neighbors and countrymen, or some terrorist raghead who is hell-bent on destroying america and is practicing building bombs in his kitchen.
fp?
me too
Twice a year? you get to ha I don't get it twice a year if I count my wife AND my girlfriend.
I know exactly how you feel. Every time I gain a new rank in COD4 lately it kicks me out of the game at the end and I loose my points. I've had to quit games as soon as I unlock anything to keep it. That kinda blows though, leaving your team in the middle of a game just so you can have a scope for your m14.
That's because until recently practicing law all but forbidden in China. Private law firms have only begun to spring up within the last five years.
If that was true, we'd all be working in porn.
Humans have always been the fastest and easiest "tools" for space exploration. In the time it takes the mars rover to dig just a few centemeters into the ground, a human could shovel out a much larger hole. This goes for almost all tasks.
No, what they meant was the OpenOffice doesn't have the little paperclip guy...
1. Hellbox ( nearly dead compaq presario 1200z) .45 with spare clip
2. power and ethernet cables for hellbox
3. pens, paper, and a lighter.
4. Japanise dictionary.
5. Colt 1911
6. playing cards
7. latest copy of Tattoo and 2600
8. other useless crap