My hotel is not that far from the First Niagara Center. I have yet to go.:( I'm like a muffin. I guess. I'm sitting around, getting stale, and full of raisins.
Yes. Yes, I do. It's more than enough for anything I may require. If it's a serious firefight then I am going to get the hell out of there. I can, and will, kill but I'd really rather just stop a threat - I can afford a lawsuit and I'll feel better knowing that I tried least amount of force first. I have other, heavier, calibers. I'm not dealing with armed terrorists or going to war. At most, I'm dealing with some dude who's attempting to draw a firearm or already has one out. I'm not going to take on a bunch of zombies. I'm not going to be shooting at people wearing bullet resistant vests. These will be, unfortunately, dumb asses who are threatening others lives with their irresponsible actions - a.22 LR is fine for that.
The LC9 is a fine firearm but not really my style. It has a very short barrel. A friend of mine owns one. It is light, reliable, and not a bad firearm but not what I want. I don't own one and probably never will - unless my buddy decides to sell it for cheap or something. Even then, it won't end up being carried often. As mentioned in this thread, I don't often conceal carry, though I have the permit. Technically, I no longer need the permit, Maine's just passed a law that means I can conceal carry without it. Anyhow, I prefer to open carry. I suspect it keeps things from even happening at all if one is in a situation where it might.
Now, my bedside weapon is a 1911. That's for a whole other purpose than carrying around. If you're in my home and a threat, there's a problem and I don't mind putting something heavy down range nor do I care about applying least force.
We used to have a 'sacrifice' driver when we left the bar. Someone, sober, would often stumble out to the road, fumble for his keys, and then weave down the road. When the cops followed him, we took off. It's a bit low-tech but it worked rather well.
And you've fought beside us, time and time again. I didn't vote in your election - I can but I don't. I'm First Nations and hold dual citizenship, but I don't feel it is my right to vote because I spend, at best, a month in Canada each year. I am in Buffalo, still, at the moment but I have crossed over to visit a dozen times in the past month. I think they're getting sick of me at the border.:-)
I feel for you. When I retired, I spent a few years teaching some maths to college students down at UMF. I was thinking that I should stay busy as I was only 50. Holy shit... Well, you know... I suspect I needn't tell you, it'd be like preaching to the choir.
Oh, don't think I mind (or care, really) what you carry - I just see it as excessive and hope (trust, really) that you're not going to fire all 17 rounds, willie nilly, into a crowd because someone stole your wallet. Given that you've carried for as long as you have, I'm assuming you're never do that. 'Though I do now picture you with 5 tons of salt stored handily in an attic in case of an alien monster slug attack. To be fair, it's a kind of awesome visage. I'm hoping you've a weight sensitive trap that will only work with the appropriate sized slugs. I suppose your next step will be something portable and belt fed. While, as awesome as that will be, I'll consider that a bit overkill too.
I mean, yeah, I'd buy said portable belt fed weapon but I'd not carry it daily. And it would be awesome. Assuming two rounds per zombie then you're good for a total of eight and you've one left over to keep yourself from being turned into a zombie if they bite you. So, there's that.;)
IIRC he was maintaining the package for Linux/Unix and not the specs. 'Twas a/. article like a month or so ago. Obviously, I didn't RTFA. I'm no heretic.
It's okay - I'm willing to share my beer. It's less expensive and disruptive than you stealing all of it because you don't have any. So, have a sip. Hell, take one 'for the road' when you go. (You should probably have someone drive you.)
You probably should. I've been shooting a bit longer than you. I even tried my hand at competition shooting at one point and paid for my education (initially) as a rifleman in the Marines. So, yes, frame it. Memorize it. Apply it.
And no, I'm not arguing against them - I'm saying they are unnecessary in any situation you're going to face as a civilian. You're not going to be surrounded by zombies, a horde of gun-toting criminals, or a bunch of thugs armed with baseball bats hell bent on taking your wallet and keys. You couldn't even defend against them all and would have better luck running away - especially zombies.
I mean, can those things happen? Well, I guess... But, seriously, do you prepare for your house to be invade by giant slugs by keeping five tons of salt handy? C'mon now... If you're firing 17 rounds you really should have chosen the "run the fuck away" option.
This, of course, changes when you're in a war zone or other crisis. Which is why I have a whole safe (technically several) full of choices. My daily carry is just a.22 LR (Ruger 22/45 Lite as of late though I really like the size of the competition model Mark II and the accuracy is fantastic). Why is that my daily carry? In 99.999% of the situations that I might find - it will be exactly the force I want to use. Sure, I'm screwed if it's not but I do have extra magazines that I can carry - I seldom actually bother with them. If I need more than 10 rounds then I need to be somewhere else.
You can carry that many if you want but, I mean, c'mon now - are you going to war? Who the hell are you planning on killing? (Everyone is an acceptable answer, I guess.) I figure if I can't extricate myself and others with just a few shots then I'm probably in a situation that's beyond the pale.
Don't get me wrong - I own way too many firearms. You, however, have also owned a number so it's not like you don't have choices for something lighter, less spray and pray, and more accurate. I'm assuming you have choices. I might not have said anything if it was the only thing you can carry but you indicated a familiarity and a number of weapons. If you need 17 rounds, run the fuck away before hand. At least then you can pick off the zombies from a more defensible standing of your choosing.
The 'mistake' the shooter made was only firing once. Or being a bad shot. Just a few, center mass, and you'll stop. You might not be dead but you'll stop. And if you don't, well, I have more rounds. Never aim for the face in a self-defense situation. Center mass... Snipers don't make long shots with pistols for a reason.
My daily carry is, pretty much exclusively,.22LR. I'm a Ruger fan. Accurate and reliable as all hell. And if one round doesn't stop the threat then I've got more. Hell, I've got two or three extra magazines, generally. My current self-defense weapon is a 22/45 Lite. It is every bit as awesome as it looks. I liked the first one so much, I bought one in blue. I prefer to open carry so it gets some strange looks where you can see it outside the holster. I like it.
I know, I know, but I often carry just a.22 but it's, lately, been a 22/45 Lite from Ruger. I'm okay with needing to fire more than one round and, frankly, I don't plan on firing wildly into a crowd of people so I have enough rounds. For all those who say that it's not a deadly round, well, stand 50 feet away and run around trying to dodge 'em as they come down range. No takers yet. And no, no, I don't expect it to be deadly with a single round. I expect it to make them say ouch and stop trying to hurt me. If they're wearing body armor then I'm probably not around them. That and, well, I've got a couple of extra magazines.
If it takes you 17 rounds to hit your target then you, maybe, shouldn't be firing at all. Yes, I daily carry. Yes, I have my CCW. Yes, I spent a goodly amount of time enlisted. No, you're not in a war zone. If you're needing 17 rounds you need to spend more time on the range or stop before you kill an innocent. There aren't roving gunmen in large groups, you're not Chuck Norris, and you really shouldn't need more than a round or, maybe, three. If you don't know where your rounds are going, don't shoot.
I also recall that there's like one person, and he's ancient, maintaining the package. He basically controls the keys. Fortunately, he's good and smart but he's pretty much the definition of the bus problem.
They're going to change the name and have a vote to say we no longer live in a universe because what's commonly accepted as a universe is now redefined and isn't going to quite match the new definition - and they'll probably do it just to be busy and appear to be productive. It will not actually change the nature of anything. It will have no value - not even in furthering the science.
You know it's not meant to be a study but is just a source of passive learning, right? If you're basing the entirety of your education on documentaries then you're going to be sorely lacking. If you're wanting more difficult material then he has plenty of his lectures available online. I think it's great to make science available to the masses - even if that means skipping some of the details. (What I don't like is when they present theories as fact.)
You know, nothing can be proven "completely risk free." However, we can safely say "no known health issues have arisen to date with a great deal of historical evidence to support this claim." (At least, that's what they claim. I've not researched this. It's up to you to decide.) In sort, if you want completely risk free then you're shit out of luck - it doesn't, can't, and will never happen. Would that I could but I can't change it. Expecting it to be otherwise is just silly. Let your daughter get dirty, play in the mud, and eat bugs. It's okay. You did and you turned out fine.
When I was a wee lad, and I don't share this often, I was visiting the state I now live in with my parents. Things were different then and we could meander off through the woods and play. Once, I stepped on a yellow jacket's nest and got stung really bad - I've been allergic ever since though I may have been before. That's not the story though. See, I was out wandering in the woods when I found some blueberries. The wild Maine blueberry is a delicacy and highly prized - especially as a three or four year old walking on an old dirt road/cow path. (Just out of sight of where my family was camping.)
Anyhow, I found and ate these blueberries. I went and told my mom about them, or so I'm told - I don't recall this but this has been recounted enough to be legendary. She wanted to make sure that I'd not eaten anything dangerous so she had me show them to her. We walked back up and, sure enough, I'd eaten blueberries. They were encased in bear poop.
Now, I'm not going to lie and say I came out fine. But I managed. I've lived to a ripe old age. Life's short. Let your kids eat some bear-poop blueberries. Life in a bubble has to suck.
I am "from away" back home in Maine. I wasn't born there. So, I got some odd looks and whatnot when I moved outside of a small village when I retired. I own a lot of land but my house is fairly close to a farm. It's not a big farm but sometimes the odors waft over. Sometimes the sound leaks and I hear a tractor. Oh no!!! I knew that when I moved here and chose the site for my house. I don't care. They were here first.
At the same time, not far away (by Maine standards - probably 80 miles or so), I have a friend who owns a small wood mill. People from Massachusetts moved in nearby and then proceeded to sue him, the town, and did all sorts of things to get him shut down. He prevailed but it was tough and expensive.
On the other end of the spectrum, a buddy lives about the same distance away but in the opposite direction. He lived out in the middle of nowhere and someone from New Jersey moved in to the house that used to belong to my buddy's father. He then decided to be a pig farmer with the fence abutting my buddy's property. There's nothing my buddy could do. Fortunately, that one ended fairly quickly as the guy lost all of his money and is a long and drawn out story for another day.
I dunno... The local community actually accepts me. I'm still 'an import' and 'from away.' I go into the village where there really is a pot belly stove in the local store and have coffee and donuts. They actually speak to me like I'm one of them. If anyone thinks we men don't gossip, well, they've never stood around a pot belly store just after ice fishing in a cold New England town.
Either way, I can see where the problem is... Don't go screwing up someone's life. Have a modicum of respect when you're the new person. Bow to customs and adhere (mostly) to the standards of the community you're in where things like this are concerned. If that means putting the DC further out then do it. If it means keeping it closer than do that. It's not like we're out of land and these things really *need* to be in a certain physical location.
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My hotel is not that far from the First Niagara Center. I have yet to go. :( I'm like a muffin. I guess. I'm sitting around, getting stale, and full of raisins.
You are wise in the way of drunk thinking. We wouldn't have all fit in his car! Ah, man... Those were the days. Heh, I no longer drink. Thankfully.
Yes. Yes, I do. It's more than enough for anything I may require. If it's a serious firefight then I am going to get the hell out of there. I can, and will, kill but I'd really rather just stop a threat - I can afford a lawsuit and I'll feel better knowing that I tried least amount of force first. I have other, heavier, calibers. I'm not dealing with armed terrorists or going to war. At most, I'm dealing with some dude who's attempting to draw a firearm or already has one out. I'm not going to take on a bunch of zombies. I'm not going to be shooting at people wearing bullet resistant vests. These will be, unfortunately, dumb asses who are threatening others lives with their irresponsible actions - a .22 LR is fine for that.
The LC9 is a fine firearm but not really my style. It has a very short barrel. A friend of mine owns one. It is light, reliable, and not a bad firearm but not what I want. I don't own one and probably never will - unless my buddy decides to sell it for cheap or something. Even then, it won't end up being carried often. As mentioned in this thread, I don't often conceal carry, though I have the permit. Technically, I no longer need the permit, Maine's just passed a law that means I can conceal carry without it. Anyhow, I prefer to open carry. I suspect it keeps things from even happening at all if one is in a situation where it might.
Now, my bedside weapon is a 1911. That's for a whole other purpose than carrying around. If you're in my home and a threat, there's a problem and I don't mind putting something heavy down range nor do I care about applying least force.
We used to have a 'sacrifice' driver when we left the bar. Someone, sober, would often stumble out to the road, fumble for his keys, and then weave down the road. When the cops followed him, we took off. It's a bit low-tech but it worked rather well.
And you've fought beside us, time and time again. I didn't vote in your election - I can but I don't. I'm First Nations and hold dual citizenship, but I don't feel it is my right to vote because I spend, at best, a month in Canada each year. I am in Buffalo, still, at the moment but I have crossed over to visit a dozen times in the past month. I think they're getting sick of me at the border. :-)
I feel for you. When I retired, I spent a few years teaching some maths to college students down at UMF. I was thinking that I should stay busy as I was only 50. Holy shit... Well, you know... I suspect I needn't tell you, it'd be like preaching to the choir.
Oh, don't think I mind (or care, really) what you carry - I just see it as excessive and hope (trust, really) that you're not going to fire all 17 rounds, willie nilly, into a crowd because someone stole your wallet. Given that you've carried for as long as you have, I'm assuming you're never do that. 'Though I do now picture you with 5 tons of salt stored handily in an attic in case of an alien monster slug attack. To be fair, it's a kind of awesome visage. I'm hoping you've a weight sensitive trap that will only work with the appropriate sized slugs. I suppose your next step will be something portable and belt fed. While, as awesome as that will be, I'll consider that a bit overkill too.
I mean, yeah, I'd buy said portable belt fed weapon but I'd not carry it daily. And it would be awesome. Assuming two rounds per zombie then you're good for a total of eight and you've one left over to keep yourself from being turned into a zombie if they bite you. So, there's that. ;)
IIRC he was maintaining the package for Linux/Unix and not the specs. 'Twas a /. article like a month or so ago. Obviously, I didn't RTFA. I'm no heretic.
It's okay - I'm willing to share my beer. It's less expensive and disruptive than you stealing all of it because you don't have any. So, have a sip. Hell, take one 'for the road' when you go. (You should probably have someone drive you.)
My first response to this was, "Umm.. Duh? What the hell did you expect?" No right or wrong. Just, well, that's exactly what I'd expect to happen.
Of course it does. Have you seen HD porn? It's actually porn that sometimes doesn't make me want to touch myself! What's the point of that?!?
The last game that I paid attention to was Fallout 2 and it was awesome. I then tried Fallout Tactics. I've not played games since.
Stop picking on the kids, Pope. Sheesh. ;)
You probably should. I've been shooting a bit longer than you. I even tried my hand at competition shooting at one point and paid for my education (initially) as a rifleman in the Marines. So, yes, frame it. Memorize it. Apply it.
And no, I'm not arguing against them - I'm saying they are unnecessary in any situation you're going to face as a civilian. You're not going to be surrounded by zombies, a horde of gun-toting criminals, or a bunch of thugs armed with baseball bats hell bent on taking your wallet and keys. You couldn't even defend against them all and would have better luck running away - especially zombies.
I mean, can those things happen? Well, I guess... But, seriously, do you prepare for your house to be invade by giant slugs by keeping five tons of salt handy? C'mon now... If you're firing 17 rounds you really should have chosen the "run the fuck away" option.
This, of course, changes when you're in a war zone or other crisis. Which is why I have a whole safe (technically several) full of choices. My daily carry is just a .22 LR (Ruger 22/45 Lite as of late though I really like the size of the competition model Mark II and the accuracy is fantastic). Why is that my daily carry? In 99.999% of the situations that I might find - it will be exactly the force I want to use. Sure, I'm screwed if it's not but I do have extra magazines that I can carry - I seldom actually bother with them. If I need more than 10 rounds then I need to be somewhere else.
You can carry that many if you want but, I mean, c'mon now - are you going to war? Who the hell are you planning on killing? (Everyone is an acceptable answer, I guess.) I figure if I can't extricate myself and others with just a few shots then I'm probably in a situation that's beyond the pale.
Don't get me wrong - I own way too many firearms. You, however, have also owned a number so it's not like you don't have choices for something lighter, less spray and pray, and more accurate. I'm assuming you have choices. I might not have said anything if it was the only thing you can carry but you indicated a familiarity and a number of weapons. If you need 17 rounds, run the fuck away before hand. At least then you can pick off the zombies from a more defensible standing of your choosing.
The 'mistake' the shooter made was only firing once. Or being a bad shot. Just a few, center mass, and you'll stop. You might not be dead but you'll stop. And if you don't, well, I have more rounds. Never aim for the face in a self-defense situation. Center mass... Snipers don't make long shots with pistols for a reason.
My daily carry is, pretty much exclusively, .22LR. I'm a Ruger fan. Accurate and reliable as all hell. And if one round doesn't stop the threat then I've got more. Hell, I've got two or three extra magazines, generally. My current self-defense weapon is a 22/45 Lite. It is every bit as awesome as it looks. I liked the first one so much, I bought one in blue. I prefer to open carry so it gets some strange looks where you can see it outside the holster. I like it.
I know, I know, but I often carry just a .22 but it's, lately, been a 22/45 Lite from Ruger. I'm okay with needing to fire more than one round and, frankly, I don't plan on firing wildly into a crowd of people so I have enough rounds. For all those who say that it's not a deadly round, well, stand 50 feet away and run around trying to dodge 'em as they come down range. No takers yet. And no, no, I don't expect it to be deadly with a single round. I expect it to make them say ouch and stop trying to hurt me. If they're wearing body armor then I'm probably not around them. That and, well, I've got a couple of extra magazines.
If it takes you 17 rounds to hit your target then you, maybe, shouldn't be firing at all. Yes, I daily carry. Yes, I have my CCW. Yes, I spent a goodly amount of time enlisted. No, you're not in a war zone. If you're needing 17 rounds you need to spend more time on the range or stop before you kill an innocent. There aren't roving gunmen in large groups, you're not Chuck Norris, and you really shouldn't need more than a round or, maybe, three. If you don't know where your rounds are going, don't shoot.
I also recall that there's like one person, and he's ancient, maintaining the package. He basically controls the keys. Fortunately, he's good and smart but he's pretty much the definition of the bus problem.
They're going to change the name and have a vote to say we no longer live in a universe because what's commonly accepted as a universe is now redefined and isn't going to quite match the new definition - and they'll probably do it just to be busy and appear to be productive. It will not actually change the nature of anything. It will have no value - not even in furthering the science.
But you knew that.
You know it's not meant to be a study but is just a source of passive learning, right? If you're basing the entirety of your education on documentaries then you're going to be sorely lacking. If you're wanting more difficult material then he has plenty of his lectures available online. I think it's great to make science available to the masses - even if that means skipping some of the details. (What I don't like is when they present theories as fact.)
Maybe they should splice off the lines and offer industrial priced power to the locals? That might help.
You know, nothing can be proven "completely risk free." However, we can safely say "no known health issues have arisen to date with a great deal of historical evidence to support this claim." (At least, that's what they claim. I've not researched this. It's up to you to decide.) In sort, if you want completely risk free then you're shit out of luck - it doesn't, can't, and will never happen. Would that I could but I can't change it. Expecting it to be otherwise is just silly. Let your daughter get dirty, play in the mud, and eat bugs. It's okay. You did and you turned out fine.
When I was a wee lad, and I don't share this often, I was visiting the state I now live in with my parents. Things were different then and we could meander off through the woods and play. Once, I stepped on a yellow jacket's nest and got stung really bad - I've been allergic ever since though I may have been before. That's not the story though. See, I was out wandering in the woods when I found some blueberries. The wild Maine blueberry is a delicacy and highly prized - especially as a three or four year old walking on an old dirt road/cow path. (Just out of sight of where my family was camping.)
Anyhow, I found and ate these blueberries. I went and told my mom about them, or so I'm told - I don't recall this but this has been recounted enough to be legendary. She wanted to make sure that I'd not eaten anything dangerous so she had me show them to her. We walked back up and, sure enough, I'd eaten blueberries. They were encased in bear poop.
Now, I'm not going to lie and say I came out fine. But I managed. I've lived to a ripe old age. Life's short. Let your kids eat some bear-poop blueberries. Life in a bubble has to suck.
I am "from away" back home in Maine. I wasn't born there. So, I got some odd looks and whatnot when I moved outside of a small village when I retired. I own a lot of land but my house is fairly close to a farm. It's not a big farm but sometimes the odors waft over. Sometimes the sound leaks and I hear a tractor. Oh no!!! I knew that when I moved here and chose the site for my house. I don't care. They were here first.
At the same time, not far away (by Maine standards - probably 80 miles or so), I have a friend who owns a small wood mill. People from Massachusetts moved in nearby and then proceeded to sue him, the town, and did all sorts of things to get him shut down. He prevailed but it was tough and expensive.
On the other end of the spectrum, a buddy lives about the same distance away but in the opposite direction. He lived out in the middle of nowhere and someone from New Jersey moved in to the house that used to belong to my buddy's father. He then decided to be a pig farmer with the fence abutting my buddy's property. There's nothing my buddy could do. Fortunately, that one ended fairly quickly as the guy lost all of his money and is a long and drawn out story for another day.
I dunno... The local community actually accepts me. I'm still 'an import' and 'from away.' I go into the village where there really is a pot belly stove in the local store and have coffee and donuts. They actually speak to me like I'm one of them. If anyone thinks we men don't gossip, well, they've never stood around a pot belly store just after ice fishing in a cold New England town.
Either way, I can see where the problem is... Don't go screwing up someone's life. Have a modicum of respect when you're the new person. Bow to customs and adhere (mostly) to the standards of the community you're in where things like this are concerned. If that means putting the DC further out then do it. If it means keeping it closer than do that. It's not like we're out of land and these things really *need* to be in a certain physical location.
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