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    So this is going around the interwebz, and although I frankly doubt its authenticity it makes some valid arguments: http://loadoutroom.com/12077/fbi-going-9mm-comes-science/ It is true that the FBI is soliciting bids for 9mm handguns, so they are switching. It's also true that 9mm and .40 are very similar in performance in most "all else being equal" shootings. I believe the .40 works better in some circumstances, but I also have an extremely limited data set with premium defensive ammunition because thugs tend to use cheap ammo. Most of my really good hollowpoints that end up in someone are from accidental shootings, often self inflicted on accident. What's this mean for the self defense oriented citizen? A 9mm with quality ammo will almost certainly do anything you need done, and will be cheaper to practice with to boot. As for me, I'm unlikely to be switching any time soon. I have to much invested in .45 and .357 in terms of ammunition stores, reloading supplies and dies, and the weapons themselves.
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    Gratuitous "Zoo Boo" shots. (Halloween party at the zoo, trick or treating for kids 11 and under only, so lots of fun for the littler ones)
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    Two healthy slaw recipes, the first a more traditional side and the second a sweeter alternative (featuring jicama!) http://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/no-mayo-coleslaw/ and http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Jicama-Coleslaw/Detail.aspx?evt19=1 (use light miracle whip instead of mayo)
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    You're not my real dad, I don't have to listen to you.
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    No idea who he is, but very nicely spliced.
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    Other than losing some recent replies, it looks good so far. It's WAY faster for me.
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    ARGH!!! Where'd that chicken recipe go?
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    Looks like the transition ate my reply. Yeah, it sucks because its not the dog's fault. Well trained dogs that get enough attention and play time seldom turn out bad absent some disease. It's the asshole human in the equation that usually ruins a dog.
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    Welp, had to use my gun for self protection for the first time today. Luckily it was against a dog and not a human. Still, there were some valuable lessons learned. 1) Dry fire helped a ton. I drew instinctively as soon as I realized the danger, presented smoothly, had a good grip, and was ready to fire very quickly. 2) I do not remember finding my front sight. I either point shot or did it instinctively. 3) Its tough to know if you hit your target or not. At first I wasn't sure if I hit it or if the noise made it back away, but then it flopped over and I could see the blood flow. 4) Dogs that don't bark are scarier than dogs that do. I didn't know I had a problem until I had a bite mark. 5) Repetitive training matters A LOT. I actually gave the dog verbal commands after shooting it, like I would a human. I doubt the dog understood "stay down", but I kept it covered and gave it the command until I was sure it was no longer a threat. I'll be fine. The bite is small as it didn't get a chance to really clamp down on me. The dog will not be fine, which sucks. It's not the dog's fault. He (or she) was probably raised by idiots who either intentionally made it mean or who threw neglect and lousy "training" techniques didn't teach it to act right if it got loose.
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    French fry substitute: Purchase a Jicama. Its a root vegetable that sort of looks like an obese potato. Peel said Jicama. Cut said Jicama into strips about the size of french fries. Spread out on a microwave safe dish. Microwave for 6 minutes. Flip. Microwave another 5 minutes. Check on them, if they are starting to get little brown lines on them they are done. Jicama is slightly sweet and will not need ketchup, but some will want a bit of salt on them. (Be warned, they aren't crunchy like fries, sort of like a soft apple, but they are very tasty and require no oil)
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    Paid off the Red Ram this week. 2.5 years or so. 11k miles on it at this point, and my wife's car just hit 70k, so I should have many car payment free years ahead. No non-mortgage debt at this point.
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    Shouldn't you be burying the desecrated remains of the shout box somewhere its unlikely to be found, resulting in uncomfortable questions being asked?
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    Ok, cool. I'll start off with an incredibly easy recipe for breakfast. You make it the night before, put it in the refrigerator, and eat cold the next day. Start with 1/2 cup of each ingredient, but it's irrelevant how much you make as long as you keep the proportions 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. 1/2 cup steel cut oatmeal 1/2 cup skim milk 1/2 cup yogurt (we use Kroger store brand "lite" yogurt, either vanilla or strawberry) Cut up fruit to taste. Bananas, berries, dates, whatever you like. Put all ingredients in a covered glass bowl or tupperware. Stir a bit. Refrigerate. The moisture from the milk and yogurt will soften the oatmeal, and it's ready to eat in the morning with no cooking. Be prepared for some very comfortable poos once you get used to eating this every morning. It's like passing a cloud.
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    That's going in my notebook of clever things to say.
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    Go ride your motorcycle while playing guitar RIGHT NOW! DO IT! DO IT NOW!
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    I know me, maybe Drifter, but would anyone else be interested in sharing some simple to make but healthy recipes?
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    Meijer's is where I normally print them. Put them on a memory stick, put it in their machine, and 15 minutes later they are ready. That's barely enough time to put lacy undies on the mannequins' heads.
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    During our first trip to the water park (Holiday World) this year, our waterproof camera became un-waterproof and died a horrible death in the wave pool. It was a Kodak, which has since went bankrupt, and couldn't be replaced. Amazon was cool enough to refund our money despite it being 11 months old since the warranty was no longer good. After much weeping and gnashing of teeth, I opened up my wallet wide enough to buy an actually good camera. This is the first digital camera I've spent more than $100 on, and its fantastically fantastic. The Olympus TG-3 "tough" camera: http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/tg-3.html Yes, its the sexy red color. Not only is it waterpoof with a built in GPS, it also has its own wi-fi. With the wi-fi you can import pictures directly to your smartphone and upload them AND you can use your smart phone as a remote control. Your phone will show you what the camera sees (although in a low resolution) and let you take the picture from a button on your phone. It makes being in your own group photos really simple without having to use a timer. The pictures it takes are very crisp and the auto detect setting knows if its above water or under, how close, the lighting, etc. I've yet to have red eye in a photo, which was a constant issue with the Kodak. As long as you let it "warm up" for 10-15 seconds before you start taking pictures, it will embed GPS info in it as well, and the included software will show your photos on a world map. It's pretty sweet.
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    Yeah, I brought that up a while back. Its tough to see what's new if you've been gone for more than a day or so. Things are so spread out its too time consuming to see where new posts are.
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    Sure. And as mw2forum showed us simply starting threads isn't enough. If there are toxic individuals than other posters will migrate away. I quit going to most gun forums because of the anti-cop and anti-muslim BS that gets bandied about. I could start some incredibly racist thread and it'll get traffic. I can start some incredibly anti-gay thread, and it'll get traffic. Is that who we want to be, though? A place that spreads disinformation that only serves to drive wedges in society simply to drive traffic? If so, fuck it, go for it. Its a proven success model, from internet forums to cable news networks. If you want to be something a bit better, than you have to accept that you'll pay for that. You won't be as accessible. You won't be as noteworthy. You will be the equivalent of a serious biography vs a tabloid writeup. Its up to the powers that be which way they want it to be.
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    Odd what can happen when one toxic person has a position of authority, isn't it? That's been on my mind lately, but I'll post that up in another thread.
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    I got a new inside the waist band holster for my Sig, a Bladetech that matches the feel and angle of my outside the waistband Bladetech. I'm sold. These things are great holsters. Its both faster and more comfortable than my Crossbreed. I know a lot of guys really love the Crossbreed and the "hybrid" style of holster they popularized, but for me its just too bulky to be comfortable. Add in adjusting tension requires a hair dryer instead of a screw driver, and I'm firmly in the Bladetech camp.
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    Shoutbox has to die, or become admin only for important messages. A lot of things that would result in posts being started are reduced to 'tweets' in the shoutbox and then they rotate and die.
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    Anyone else read it? Anyone read any of the series beyond Ender's Game? I just finished it and really enjoyed it. I got through it in 2 days and am now wondering if the rest of the series is worth a go. I'm hesitant because it looks like there's a metric butt ton of prequels, novels that were released in real world chronological order that is not in line with the fantasy world chronological order, etc. If the rest is as good as the first, no problem, but sometimes when a series goes on for decades and gets that convoluted I wonder if the later books will be a disappointment...
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    Everybody speaks English, and everyone takes Dollars. Here's another hard part. My brain has two buckets for language. "English" and "Not English". Since I do speak enough Spanish to get through simple conversations and investigations, I have a fairly decent vocabulary in that language. My brain never figured out that Arabic is a new language, it just keeps chucking it into the "Not English" bucket. Even when I was overseas, if I didn't know the Arabic word really well than the Spanish word would sometimes pop out. There's been a few times that I actually forgot which language a word was for. Then just to TOTALLY fuck things up, some words are almost the same in Spanish and Arabic, only with a slightly different pronunciation. Go to Google translate and put in "shirt" in the English box. Listen to the result in Spanish and Arabic? It's like Kam'eese vs Ka-mee-sah.
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