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This is where I hang out with your wives. xD Here's the snake I made my dad for Father's Day. Before finishing the head: Finished

I'm not gonna lie; I actually was expecting something like this:

I've got one

County wide, and it is a lot. To clarify, that doesn't mean 30 separate incidents. If two officers return fire in the same incident, that's counted as two officers involved, but that's still a big increase over the last few years. Gunfire deaths are up nationwide this year for law enforcement, and our county seems to be accelerating faster than average. Our homicide rate is way up over last year, too, despite national trends down. I think we're on pace for about 160-170 homicides this year if the pace stays the same. I don't have an assigned district. Most of the special investigation units such as Homicide & Robbery office are countywide. General detectives are assigned to individual districts. My worry isn't so much a hot scene. I'm usually last one there. Uniformed patrol will be on the scene before me 99% of the time. I serve warrants, though, and not everything qualifies for SWAT, even with major felonies. My bigger worry is ambush. My car is unmarked, but its pretty obvious its a police car if anyone really looks. I'm plain clothes, but not UC, so when I'm eating lunch and the like my radio is still talking on my belt, so even if you can't see my badge, gun, etc, again its pretty obvious I'm a cop. Those last two assholes who ambushed and murdered cops eating lunch were even from Indiana. The faster I can get out of the holster and on target, the better my chances of surviving an ambush. If I can get under a second, I can pull and fire quick enough to interrupt most people's draw stroke. The basic theory is the OODA loop. Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. You have to Observe the threat, as you can't react to something you are unaware of. You have to Orient yourself to this new information (go from "I'm eating lunch" to "i'm about to be in a gun fight"). You have to Decide what to do (take cover, draw, rush him, whatever) and then Act. The bad guy has the drop on you, because he's already through OOD the moment he starts his attack. Situational awareness, reading people around you, etc. may allow you to catch him earlier in the cycle, but in the worst case he's at "A" while you're on the first "O". Shedding time on the "A" can get you back in the fight.

Stupid as it sounds that's actually a good thing. If they are putting the game types back in that Ghosts took out, that means that they are not afraid to go against the IW devèlopment. Which can only be a good thing!

Oh trust me, if I posted everything that pissed me off Dave would have to upgrade more storage on the site server

Play Warframe.

Because footwear is usually extremely overpriced. Not all but "most" $100+ shoes are not made any different than $45 shoes. Yes there are some that are made better, but the majority of them are all made the same way, pressed/formed sole to sides and end up tearing at the same place. I have no problem paying more for a shoe that is made well, but even some of the ones I looked at in the local running shop that were $120 were made no better than the $35/$45 ones. Again I'll repeat that there are some that are made better, but a there's a ton that are the same quality just with a two-three times higher price just due to the name/color of them it seems. Plus the only time I really wear "sneakers" are when I go for walks in the summer. 90% of the time I am barefoot around the house or in some outdoor style sandals so I simple don't want to spend a bunch of money on a pair of shoes that I'll only wear a limited amount of time per year.

Currently down 39lbs since starting back and about down about 140lbs total since starting two years ago. Actually had to buy a new pair of shoes the other day because I wore the other ones out from doing so much walking exercise

The Personal Trainer

you guys are so proud of 1776, but you got to remember you drew host, and the connection really sucked in them days