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1940s Smith and Wesson poster. Saw it in the movie Phantom From Space on the wall of a police station.

 

 

In looking for that particular one, I also found 

 

 

 

That first one sold at auction for around $400.

[Man Handled DUI CheckPoint Like A Boss]

3 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

 

Too many vehicles have Daytime Running Lights for that to matter anymore, but the flashing lights three times is a long standing "Police ahead" signal. Not use so much today as it used to be.

 

As I said, first time I've heard of it.   From other comments it seems to be used for so many things as to be meaningless.  

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3 hours ago, Gracos Kid said:

Wonder how many of you would flash your lights to alert oncoming traffic that a parked LEO was up ahead?   When you have no idea what lookout may have been posted for a serious offender and now you have just helped him avoid detection......

 

 

 

First time I've heard of that.  I thought flashing your lights at oncoming was the universal signal for "Turn off your effin' brights, moron."

[Something new for car modelers]

Try browsing here:  https://www.hobbylinc.com/1:35-scale-truck-plastic-model-cars-trucks-vehicles

 

Maybe also try eBay.

[Blow to the NFA?]

52 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:

This is what I was referring to by Miller being right on the law and wrong on the facts. And why the arguments for banning civilian ARs must fail.

 

And if the military is issuing semi-auto carbines with 14.5" barrels, I don't see how they can be restricted as SBRs.

 

Exactly.  If Millers case had been presented all that his lawyer would have had to do was show that the government had purchased them for the military.  But, since his case wasn't presented, of course there was an " absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a "shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length" at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument. Certainly it is not within judicial notice that this weapon is any part of the ordinary military equipment, or that its use could contribute to the common defense. Aymette v. State, 2 Humphreys (Tenn.) 154, 158."

[Blow to the NFA?]

I recall reading several years ago that the US government ordered several thousand shotguns having barrels less than 18 inches length for WWI.

[Doctor messed up]

"According to NBC, the hospital is investigating the matter."

 

Right. More like,  "Hospital is scrambling to cover its butt."

[Peace Loving Peasants and Workers]

7 hours ago, watab kid said:

i think most national anthems are based on survival in war , ours is , i dont see a problem in that , personally i dont see a problem in much of the past , im finding bigger problems in what the revisionists are trying to do to our past , 

 

Yep.  The original French of O Canada has, or had,both martial and decidedly Christian overtones "

O Canada!

Land of our ancestors

Glorious deeds circle your brow

For your arm knows how to wield the sword

Your arm knows how to carry the cross;

Your history is an epic

Of brilliant deeds

And your valour steeped in faith

𝄆 Will protect our homes and our rights. 𝄇

 

But not many talk about using the blood of your enemies to water your crops. 

 

 

[Peace Loving Peasants and Workers]

 

[Blackjacks]

1 hour ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said:

Why seek to get over a fear of heights? A very salutary fear, I believe.

 

I think the desire to "get over a fear" isn't to eliminate a rational fear,  but to tame one that has become irrational and inhibits day to day life, or prevents you from engaging in an activity that you enjoy. 

 

A minor example:  back in '18 I spun out on a transition ramp.  There had been just enough rain that morning to bring up the road oil and made the road slick.  As I  made the right hand turn I felt myself losing traction,  even though I was about 5mph under the posted speed.  I overcorrected, did a 180, and slammed into the kerb.  Broke the bead on both passenger side tyres.  

 

For about 2 weeks had to force myself to take that ramp, working  to overcome the fear of taking it, and it still makes me a little twitcy.

[How to rise bread dough?]

48 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Aluminum foil did not exist in the 17th century.

 

Exactly my point. 

 

In the style of Father Vasiliy Vasileivich**, spokesman for the Church Abroad arm/bit/part/whatever of the Russian Orthodox Church Wherever It Wants to Be (ROCWIWTB) and parish priest of Sts. Boris and Gleb and Vladimir and Olga Russian Orthodox Church in Sydney, Australia was known to rant when a reader of The Onion Dome wrote about some innovation being introduced, "Was there being aluminum foil in 17th century Russia? NO! IS OUTRAGE!"

 

**Fr. Vasiliy was a fictional character in the defunct psatire blog "The Onion Dome." 

[How to rise bread dough?]

19 minutes ago, Alpo said:

I guess I can go back to bed. I learned something today.

 

I thought peanuts came from Africa. Brought here by the slaves.

 

Well, apparently they were brought to North America by the slaves. But they originated in South America and were taken to Africa by the Spanish.

 

Golly gosh.

 

Isn't history fun?  

 

I can almost hear you thinking,  "What in the world is he talking about?  Everyone knows that we got peanuts from Africa! "  and then went looking for a link to post about that.   

 

I was surprised when I  first came across that,  too.  

[Funny Photos - add some.]

1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

Improvise,  adapt, and overcome. 

[If you have to get serious, go BIG]

On 9/4/2024 at 5:23 AM, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

why not use a shotgun?    I doubt even a Jurassic Rat would need much more than a 

good smack from a 12 gauge.

 

..........Widder

 

 

Oh, come on!  The cool factor of belt-fed snake shot is off the charts!

[Blackjacks]

13 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:

A skydiver once told me that falling from 5,000' is no different than falling from 100'...just takes longer to reach your destination.

 

In Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy our hero is told by his adopted father, "A fall can only be high enough to kill you."

[How to rise bread dough?]

2 minutes ago, Alpo said:

Thank you, one and all.

 

Most recipes I see say to cover the bowl with plastic wrap. And I never thought anything about that, until I saw this video of a chuck wagon cook recommending plastic wrap.

 

And I thought, now how in the hell did they do that on the old Chisholm trail?

 

I watch a lot of videos on YouTube and Instagram of (mostly) Balkan and Eastern European "traditional" cooking, especially This Guy.  Many of them showing very large cuts of meat being cooked show them being wrapped in aluminum foil.  I always think, "Yep, aluminum foil, just like used in 17th century!"  

I used to wonder about "traditional" Italian, Indian, Oriental cooking that use things like tomatoes, peanuts, peppers, corn, or potatoes - all New World foods.  Then I realize that 300 or 400 years of cooking with those could make its use qualify as "traditional."

[Reads Like a Clancy Novel]

Maltese flagged merchant vessel, Russian ammonium nitrate cargo, and a NATO port.  What could go wrong?

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The Malta-flagged cargo vessel, the Ruby, departed from Russia's northern port of Kandalaksha on August 22. It was loaded with ammonium nitrate, a substance used in fertilizer and explosives, when it docked at the port of Tromsø, which is located near to a university campus and university hospital, Norwegian publication The Barents Observer reported on Tuesday.

 

But it looks like someone finally pulled their head out:

 

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Concern spread in Tromsø as it became known that the large bulk carrier docked to the industrial port was loaded with potentially dangerous ammonium nitrate. Although the local fire department assured to the Barents Observer that no immediate danger existed, others were worried.

By the end of the day Tromsø police decided to order the ship to leave the city.

Assisted by two tugs, the Ruby left port around 2 a.m. on the night to September 4. Her current position at anchor is some 30 nm to the north, away from inhabited areas.

The ship came from Kandalaksha on the south coast of the Kola Peninsula and was heading towards Las Palmas. Outside Tromsø, the captain asked Norwegian authorities for permission to seek shelter as stormy weather troubled the voyage.

Permission was granted and Ruby stayed in the waters near Vannøya for several days before sailing to port in Tromsø. The captain informed about damage to the hull, propeller and rudder. Repair on such a large vessel with dangerous cargo, however, is not a kind of work to be done in close distance from northern Norway’s largest hospital, the university campus and hundreds of private homes, all in a radius of a kilometer from the Breivika port facilities where Ruby docked on Monday. 

What now will happen with the Maltese flagged vessel and its cargo is highly uncertain. A continued sailing along the coast of Norway, via the English Channel, the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic Ocean down to the Canary is not a voyage anyone will like to do in autumn with damage to vital gear like the propeller and the rudder.

If repair requires docking of the 183 meters long vessel anywhere in Norway, the 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate would most likely have to be temporarily unloaded. Having the Beirut disaster in mind, it

 

could be hard to find a shipyard willing to do the job. Sailing back to Russia seems unlikely as neither the boat nor the cargo is Russian.

 

[How to rise bread dough?]

21 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

What’s oil cloth? I’ve not heard of that. 

 

It's a medium to heavy, close weave cloth, like duck or canvas, treated with boiled linseed oil.  Dusters, bedrools (ETA: And even BEDROLLS), rain coats/capes were made of it.

[Blackjacks]

They must have impressive hoisting and rigging skills just to haul around the big brass ones they must have.

21st Ordnance Company (EOD WMD)

 

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KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Hand-picked American Soldiers from a one-of-a-kind U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal company that combats Weapons of Mass Destruction train for high stakes missions around the world.

U.S. Army EOD technicians from the 21st Ordnance Company (EOD WMD) “Blackjacks” provide support to defeat or mitigate the effects of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

The Army EOD technicians from the company train to reach Weapons of Mass Destruction wherever they are located.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher N. Tretta, the operations sergeant for the Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico-headquartered 21st EOD Company, said this unique mission can lead to some unique training opportunities.

The EOD teams even trained to climb and rappel on the Hoover Dam in Nevada.

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“Tactical climbing, hoisting and rigging is a mission essential task that unit members must be proficient in conducting, as it's a crucial component of our unit's capabilities,” said Tretta. “The Hoover Dam complex, with all its massive concrete structures, like spillways and the dam itself, was an absolutely world-class training venue that continually challenged my team.”

The summer training exercise focused on hoisting and rigging in the unforgiving environment of extreme heat and sheer vertical drops.

With the temperature peaking at 122 degrees during the day, the EOD techs practiced hoisting heavy equipment from apertures in the spillway walls across hand-tensioned high lines over the gorge and then retrieving their payloads from confined spaces in very hard to reach areas.

“The training culminated on the last day with the 700-foot rappel off the face of the dam,” said Tretta. “This was obviously no ordinary rappel and special attention had to be given to rope length and weight and even the speed of descent, as too much speed would generate excessive heat in the rappel device and possibly melt the rope.”

 

 

[How to rise bread dough?]

I used to cover the bowl with a plate.  Or another bowl.   A couple of years ago I found that one of my pan lids makes a perfect cover for bowl I usually use.

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46 minutes ago, Major Hazzard, SASS #23254 said:

No, I consider acting like an AH means being an AH.  It's like just about any other conversation one may have with a stranger, police officer or otherwise.  You're under no obligation to be enthusiastic, but being an AH, like that guy, is a choice better taken elsewhere,.  A civil servant just doing his job doesn't deserve that attitude.  It amounts to bullying in my view, certainly nothing to be proud of.  

 

I don't see him as being an AH. Being brus, terse, whatever,  isn't being an AH.

Did he insult the deputy?  No.

Did he belittle the deputy? No.

Did he make any disparaging remarks?  No.

Did he refuse to display ID?  No.

 

Could he have been less abrupt?  Yes.  But so could the deputy. 

He pretty much echoed the attitude of the deputy.  

 

 

[Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes]

1 hour ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said:

 

Mine were .22LR shells.  That smell and sagebrush.  Whenever I smell one my brain automatically adds in the other.   Lots of trips to the range the company my dad worked for had put in.   Maybe about a third of a mile walk to the played out sand pit through sagebrush.  Great memories. 

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Willie Mays describing when as a 17-year-old, he faced the 6’ 4”” Satchel Paige for the first time: “It was 1948. Satchel had a very, very good fastball... but he threw me a little breaking ball, just to see what I could do, and I hit it off the top of the fence. I got a double. When I got to second, Satchel told the third baseman, 'Let me know when that little boy comes back up.' Three innings later, I go to kneel down in the on-deck circle, and I hear the third baseman say, 'There he is.' Satch looked at the third baseman, and then he looked at me.I walk halfway to home plate and he says, 'Little boy.' I say, 'Yes, sir?' because Satch was much older than I am, so I was trying to show respect. He walked halfway to home plate and said, 'Little boy, I'm not going to trick you. I'm going to throw you three fastballs and you're going to go sit down' and I'm saying in my mind, 'I DOOON'T THINK SOOO.' If he threw me three of the same pitch, I'm going to hit it somewhere. He threw me two fastballs and I just swung...I swung right through it.. and the third ball he threw, and I tell people this all the time, he threw the ball and as he let go he said, 'Go sit down.' This is while the ball was in the air. Yes, he struck me out with three pitches. He was just magnificent."

 

[Man Handled DUI CheckPoint Like A Boss]

16 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

I doubt we will ever see a YouTube video of an LEO giving some life support help to an elderly heart attack victim before

First Responder could arrive.   Or delivering a new born from a screaming mother who didn't make it to the hopital

and get her epidermal before delivery.       Those type of things don't seem to get filmed and put on YouTube.

 

 

Ah...

Yes, there are quite a few of LEOs rendering aid in medical emergencies.  Even one of a female cop who couldn't swim going into a pond to rescue a kid, then performs CPR

 

Or crawling out on the ice

 

 

 

 

  Also of cops sitting on a porch step with a lonely kid, just shooting the breeze and keeping him company for a few minutes.  Or shooting hoops.  Or playing catch with a football.  Jumping rope with kids.  Even breakdancing
 

 

 

 

Or just plain dancing
 

 

 

But this one takes the cake:
 

 

 

So, yeah, there will NEVER be a video on YouTube showing cops in a good light. OK, I'll give you that none of those examples were of a cop giving aid to an elderly heart attack victim, so you are probably right about that.

 

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 And we base our opinions on 'groups of people', like

LEO's, based on YouTube videos.

 

I would add that those 'groups of people' include YouTube.

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37 minutes ago, Alpo said:

And New York City they call that a stop and frisk. Everywhere else they call it a Terry stop.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-and-frisk_in_New_York_City

 

Pretty sure the Supreme Court has declared it constitutional.

 

 

 

 

58 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

Say a department set up an "Illegal Firearms Checkpoint."  Would you allow a random pat down?  Even if you weren't carrying or had a  CW?  

 

You left out  the part about it being  an  organized Checkpoint.  Completely different.  A Terry Stop involves some REASONABLE  suspicion.   The checkpoint is stopping and frisking EVERYONE.  Are you saying that the LEOs have reasonable suspicion for every person to be searched?