Thanks KJ, I believe the majority of those on the Hinderer sub forum are highly motivated and have positive outlooks on life in general. Seems like most of us have searched for the best in hard use tactical folders with uncompromising build quaity and have gravitated here. However as many have alluded to, we also seek the best in flashlights, footwear, backpacks, firearms, vehicles, etc. I've always enjoyed and sought out positive and motivated people to be around. I really try to avoid people who are pessimistic, unmotivated and have the mantra " good enough".
I remember as a new trooper to this area on my first day I was assigned to ride patrol with with a local trooper. It was a spring day and he started bitching about the weather. Well here in the Southern Tier of NYS the springtime weather can change throughout the day.
This day was like so many other spring days where it started out cold in the morning and Mr Downer as I called him, vocalized about the crappy cold day and how tired he was of winter. A few minutes later it started to snow, this brought on a triad of verbal bitching about the roads becoming slippery and car accidents we would most likely would have to do reports on. Ten minutes later the snow turned to sleet and freezing rain, Mr Downer cut loose with another barrage of negativity of why the hell can't the weather make up its mind. Few minutes later the sun came out and warmed the inside of the patrol car and the windshield magnified the suns rays striking our dark winter jackets warming us up and call for sunglasses. Now he was hot and uncomfortable and could not find his sunglasses. Mr Downer now was in his zone and released another volley of toilet mouth gibberish about the never ending crappy weather. Next it became cloudy and windy which put him into frenzy mode that put his mouth into overdrive and why he was going to move out of this state when he retired.
I had reached my threshold with him and if tasers were issued then I would have contemplated giving him a jump start. I pulled the patrol car over and stopped. I looked right in his eyes and said " God is trying to please you". Maybe he realized that his unrelenting bitching had gone too far. I drove back to the barracks parked the car and explained to the supervisor that I never would ride with Mr Downer again. He just smiled at me and said that I had lasted longer than any of his previous partners.
Home run on the new design for sure.
