Pat Riot

I use nitrile gloves for everything; gun cleaning, gun handling, in the kitchen, covert missions, wet work, etc. I am kidding about the last two…or am I?

The LAPD Motto is still “Protect and Serve”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department https://www.lapdonline.org/ and @Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984is correct. Years ago there was a lawsuit against LAPD regarding their motto and murdered individual(s) that family members claimed were not saved by LAPD. The final ruling was that the LAPD could not possibly protect each and every citizen so it was stated that “Protect and Serve’ was referencing the community at large.” Afterwards people were sticking decals directly after the motto’s on LAPD vehicles that were black with white lettering and white with black lettering in the same font as the motto on police cruisers that said “the government.” In many cases these decals were not discovered for weeks on some cruisers. I tried to find photos of this online, but I had no luck with that. On a lighter note Heavy Metal fans were covering the “Dial 911” decals on the rear of L.A. County squad cars with “KNAC Pure Rock 105.5” bumperstickers. This persisted for many years after the radio station was sold out to a Mexican radio corp. in 1995. Bastages! I have photos somewhere of this, though they are not digital. Squad car image from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/134122895140502895/ KNAC bumper sticker image from: https://alchetron.com/KNAC

I carry 9mm as well as .38 and .357 handguns. In all my carry guns I carry what is most accurate first and bullet performance comes second. In my 9mm pistols, of the ammo I have tested, Hornady Critical Defense 115gr has given me great accuracy in my Glocks. I haven’t tested yet in my 3 Sig Sauer pistols but my new P365 will be getting tested with it once I have a few hundred rounds through the gun so I know I can trust it to operate and function properly. Also, I definitely have not tested every Non +P load on Lucky Gunner’s Webpage. I am not sure why but 115 & 147 grain bullets are always more accurate than 124 grain bullets out of my 9mm guns. This goes for my Glocks, Ruger RXM and my Sig P226 & P229. In my P365 my 147gr hand loads are the most accurate ammo I have tried in that gun thus far. All in all, ammo with 115 grain bullets has been my go to. Even though the P365 seems to like 147 grain bullets, that 3.1” barrel won’t allow optimum velocity for a JHP bullet to perform its best. Or at least I don’t know of an ammo with 147 grain bullets designed for sub-compact pistols. I wouldn’t feel undergunned carrying my 147gr hand loads in that P365 using the Evergreen Flat Point plated bullets. Oh, and I don’t use & shoot +P. Edited to add some notes in Bold

I was just playing a playlist of KISS I have on Apple Music the other day wondering how old they are now. When I was 14 my friend had the “ KISS Alive” album. We listened to it so much we wore it out and had to buy another. We also bought a new needle for his turntable. Since he bought the first one I bought the second one. He also had some of their songs in 45’s. These were studio 45’s. The next year I bought KISS Alive on 8 track. In ‘80 I bought it on Cassette along with KISS Alive 2. I used to play the heck out of those working on the missile launcher aboard ship. I loved their music. I had other albums on cassette. Later on I bought several CDs of theirs. I still have the CDs. I will have to break those out. I found my CD boom box last month. Let’s have a round on me, Pards. Bottles, set us up. Here’s a toast to Ace and KISS! Bottoms Up!

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Pennsylvania. It is illegal to target shoot outdoors during deer season in Pennsylvania. West Virginia, Oregon and California do not have that dumba** law.

Rest In Peace, Ace. Thank you very much for the music. The music that helped me forget my life for a while when I was a kid.

This is actually a very good price for this knife in NEW condition. There is one on another site for $320 in the same condition. Used ones in good condition are priced similarly to the OP’s.

No woodsheds for me. I recall being paddled several times and slapped twice by teachers and principals in elementary and middle school. Paddlings were usually done in the hall or the principal’s office. I was an ornery kid. I was slapped once in third grade over my insistence that I needed a picture of an octopus. The teacher kept saying “What do think an octopus looks like?” Over and over again. As she was away I mumbled something about her being hardheaded and WHAM! She knocked me out of my chair then drug me to the hall for a paddling. The principal heard the ruckus and came out and intervened. It was a small school. I am pretty sure the teacher was reprimanded for her actions. The second slapping was in 6th grade English class. My teacher had the nickname of “Posey”. I don’t know where this nickname came from, but she had it when my Dad was in her classes years before. I was told that if you called her this name that she would flip out. That rumor was true. I was having a really bad day. Ms Smith (not her real name) was having us take a quiz. I raised my hand to ask a question and she came over. I asked my question and she, apparently having a bad day too, answered me in a way that ticked me off. I mumbled the word “Posey” along with my frustration about not understanding whet I was supposed to do with this question and WHAM! She slapped me in the neck and the next thing I knew I was on the floor and she was coming around the aisle to slap me again and I threw my hand up to block her blow and knocked glasses off. She ran out of the room and I got up and took my seat again. Not one person in my class made a sound. It was eerily quiet when The principal and Ms Smith came into the room. Ms Smith was crying. The Principal was not. I was escorted to the office and interrogated and sent home. I didn’t tell my Mon anything. My Dad was away in prison so no wrath from him. I thought about this for hours (probably minutes) when I went to bed. I decided I wasn’t hoping to allow Ms Smith to be punished in my behalf. The next day I was called to the office during morning announcements. when I got to the office my Mom was there. Bummer! She knew… Long story short I fell on my sword and told the principal that I called Ms Smith a name knowing full well she would react badly. I apologized to Ms Smith for causing her such trepidation and I asked Mr Principal to let her slide. The principal agreed, Ms Smith smiled and apologized again. Much to my surprise my Mom went off on Ms Smith for a little while, but in the end she said “I understand that you were upset, but if you ever touch my son again I will see that you are fired!” And that was that. When we were done I was sent to class. For the next two days I was badgered by everyone wanting to know what happened. I told everyone to mind their own business and to quit bugging me about it. People eventually forgot about it.

This meme is going into my favorites file.

From Wikipedia: Several stories, including the Vita Haroldi, suggested that Harold had not died at Hastings, but instead fled England or that he later ended his life as a hermit at Chester or Canterbury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson

When I read the title I thought of this… Thank you for posting this, Yul. You just reminded me that I need a new furnace filter.

I may have posted this one before, but it’s so darn cute I can’t help but post it again.

I agree.

Only in California as of January 1, 2017, though it’s been done since the 1960’s. ——————————————————— I have been considering buying a 360° dash cam system for my wife’s car. This one is in my short list. https://a.co/d/j2AeXk6

I guess when the insurance companies decide technology is better than humans one in particular will have to stop saying "We know a thing or two, because we've seen a thing or two." I would think self driving cars would cost about the same as having two 16 year olds in the home. 16 year olds are unproven drivers, just like self driving cars. We just bought my wife a ‘26 Chevy Trailblazer. It has Lane Departure Safety, Driving Distance Monitoring, Side View Auto Detection and Rearview Backup Cameras and obstruction detection among it’s features or accessories. I was told that turning any of these features off might add liability should there be a collision. I am wondering if one is driving a self driving car in manual if an insurance company might drop one’s policy should the insurance company determine that the accident wouldn’t have occurred if the car was in Autonomous Driving Mode? Something to think about.

I have a helmet camera on my motorcycle helmet. I bought my first one in Jan 2019. In July of 2019 a young woman hit me by quickly changing lanes on the freeway in Los Angeles as I was legally splitting lanes and going about 10mph faster than the cars in traffic. The accident was her fault as deemed by the CHP (California Highway Patrol) because: 1. She was crossing double yellow lines from a carpool lane. 2. She did not signal. 3. Her head never turned to look in her passenger side mirror. Yes, my camera caught that. 4. The CHP and my insurance verified I was not speeding by using witness testimony and my video. My front tire hit her rear right quarter panel and down I went.

Excellent idea. This would be a first step. My idea a 2nd or 3rd step. I can’t believe I forgot about this, Dave. I used to use these websites to calculate what salary I should ask for when changing cities and jobs. This one is the best & most accurate site I used. I entered Detroit, MI to Los Angeles, CA. I entered a $50,000 salary for Detroit income. Check out the results in the screen shots below this link where I got the information. https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/ Unfortunately to get more info you have to pay for it. I guess it isn’t like the old days. There are other sites, but I found that many are scam sites by realtors or they are seriously inaccurate. Some were developed and not maintained since before Covid, apparently. I guess since I retired I have forgotten or blocked many things from my past work life.

Damn! And I was hoping he was dead.

Often people remain blind until someone opens their eyes. Especially when they visit someplace and don’t have to pay for anything because they are visiting and staying with family. Perhaps she needs to go visit, but rent a hotel room, eat at restaurants, rent a car and pay for gas. Then she needs to go look at real estate, both rentals and homes for sale. Maybe if she saw the money flowing from between her fingers she might not have this snow globe view of what things will be like living there. But in the end it is their lives to do with as they see fit. Trying to hold her back will only make her bitter. Let her see for herself what an expensive sh**hole CA has become. She has memories from 20 years ago there, right? Have her go and see what it’s like now. It’ll be a shocker after the sunshine glitter wears off.