Don't Regret the Snark

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B.Mauser said:
We had a school shooting today in Colorado. :(
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Yeah, saw on the news. A blog posted that he brought a shotgun and was targeting a specific teacher but never found them. He wounded two students who were in critical condition and then offed himself.

stvpourciau said:
Sorry to hear that brother.

On a side note, were there ever this many public shootings before the push for anti gun legislation? Its like a conspiracy..
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Careful, that's treading dangerously close to political (I think) which would be against forum rules (I know because I made that mistake once) :foot:

Actually though, active shooter incidents are nothing new and have been happening in the US for as long as it's been the US.
 
james terrio said:
I love my Blast, use it frequently. I could be wrong but I don't think they make that model anymore :( Most of 'em have way more stuff on 'em than I need in my pocket.
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Yea that model is retired, but can still be found for sale.

And i agree. i have loved my blast for years. Has everything i need in it and not too much of the extra stuff id never use. nice quality feel to it too. But mine has been beat all to hell and its time for a new one.

I thought about just getting another blast, i found them as low as 40ish bucks, but something about me always wants to try something new. I might still go back with the blast if i cant find one that i believe will work out as well and last as long.
 
worldwood said:
Yea man they do look nice, but for the price of one with some good pliers and a blade with a point i could almost get the Charge and have the s30v blade.

But i have been looking at them as well.

I need good pliers, a "pointy" blade, a saw, flat head and phillips screw drivers, and a can opener. Anything else is just a bonus, but those are the must haves.
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What you want is the same as me and its called a Vic handyman, but the pliers are small. Well made just not full sized, great for daily stuff.

I had a mechanic up for grabs in the Becker PIF but its been claimed now
 
Rules of the South
Save all manner of bacon grease. If it can't be fried in bacon grease, it ain't worth cooking, let alone eating.
If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four-wheel-drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way: This is what they live for.
Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and fishing bait in the same store.
Don't be worried that you don't understand anyone. They don't understand you either.
The first Southern expression to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "Big ol'", as in "big ol' truck" or "big ol' boy". Eighty-five percent begin their new southern influenced dialect with this expression. One hundred percent are in denial about it.
The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper.
"He needed killin'" is a valid defense here.
If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" stay out of his way. These are likely the last words he will ever say.
Most Southerners do not use turn signals, and they ignore those who do. In fact, if you see a signal blinking on a car with a southern license plate, you may rest assured that it was on when the car was purchased.
Northerners can be identified by the spit on the inside of their car's windshield that comes from yelling at other drivers.
Tornadoes and Southerners going through a divorce have a lot in common. In either case, you know someone is going to lose a trailer.
Florida is not considered a Southern state (except Gainesville). There are far more Yankees than Southerners living there.
As you are cursing the person driving 15 mph in a 55 mph zone, directly in the middle of the road, remember, many folks learned to drive on a model of vehicle known as John Deere, and this is the proper speed and lane position for the vehicle.
You can ask a Southerner for directions, but unless you already know the positions of key hills, trees and rocks, you're better off trying to find it yourself.

Im from Gainesville. Funny stuff.

Another...

When a man in Macon, Georgia came upon a wild dog attacking a young boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled it with his two hands.
A reporter saw the incident, congratulated the man and told him the headline the following day would read, "Local Man Saves Child by Killing Vicious Animal."
The hero, however, told the journalist that he wasn't from Macon.
"Well, then," the reporter said, "the headline will probably say, "Georgia Man Saves Child by Killing Dog."
"Actually," the man said, "I'm from Connecticut."
"In that case," the reporter said in a huff, "the headline will read, "Yankee Kills Family Pet."
 
Thanks for the tip on using a nail card for convex.

I used it to pot a slight micro convex bevel on my scandi ground Condor Sapien.
 
worldwood said:
Rules of the South
Save all manner of bacon grease. If it can't be fried in bacon grease, it ain't worth cooking, let alone eating.
If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four-wheel-drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way: This is what they live for.
Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and fishing bait in the same store.
Don't be worried that you don't understand anyone. They don't understand you either.
The first Southern expression to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "Big ol'", as in "big ol' truck" or "big ol' boy". Eighty-five percent begin their new southern influenced dialect with this expression. One hundred percent are in denial about it.
The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper.
"He needed killin'" is a valid defense here.
If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" stay out of his way. These are likely the last words he will ever say.
Most Southerners do not use turn signals, and they ignore those who do. In fact, if you see a signal blinking on a car with a southern license plate, you may rest assured that it was on when the car was purchased.
Northerners can be identified by the spit on the inside of their car's windshield that comes from yelling at other drivers.
Tornadoes and Southerners going through a divorce have a lot in common. In either case, you know someone is going to lose a trailer.
Florida is not considered a Southern state (except Gainesville). There are far more Yankees than Southerners living there.
As you are cursing the person driving 15 mph in a 55 mph zone, directly in the middle of the road, remember, many folks learned to drive on a model of vehicle known as John Deere, and this is the proper speed and lane position for the vehicle.
You can ask a Southerner for directions, but unless you already know the positions of key hills, trees and rocks, you're better off trying to find it yourself.

Im from Gainesville. Funny stuff.

Another...

When a man in Macon, Georgia came upon a wild dog attacking a young boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled it with his two hands.
A reporter saw the incident, congratulated the man and told him the headline the following day would read, "Local Man Saves Child by Killing Vicious Animal."
The hero, however, told the journalist that he wasn't from Macon.
"Well, then," the reporter said, "the headline will probably say, "Georgia Man Saves Child by Killing Dog."
"Actually," the man said, "I'm from Connecticut."
"In that case," the reporter said in a huff, "the headline will read, "Yankee Kills Family Pet."
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The reason this is so funny is it's so true. The one about the guys showing up with a chain has happened to me. And you really do just stay out of the way.
 
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This is the thing about the Mandela interpreter incident, it seems most of the outcry from the deaf community is from America. American Sign Language (ASL) is different than South African Sign Language. Just like English is different than Swahili and Spanish and whatever, so sign language is different.
This is something else to consider, well, two things. The fact that someone even thought to consider getting an interpreter (even if they went about it incorrectly) really talks about how far South Africa has come in a short time. They aren't required by the ADA to provide an interpreter which means someone actually conscientiously thought "We need to get an interpreter for this." It wasn't that long ago that unless you were white, male, and not disabled you were severely discriminated against in South Africa (Apartheid). The other thing is this, in America that will never happen. South Africa doesn't have a governing interpreter board. They have a few programs to teach interpreters however they don't need to be licensed or certified which in America we do.
 
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