Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770
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47 minutes ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:
it is being willfully obtuse.
So what's your point?
Sometimes it just fun to shine on people that are really full of themselves. 
And sometimes it's fun to argue for no reason at all.
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They mostly look like the canvas "grocery" bags people use in places that outlawed plastic bags carry.
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Until the Vietnam era, I remember EVERYBODY wearing pretty much head to foot orange. About the only thing not orange was their boots. Then guys started bringing home cammo uniforms and then everybody wanted THOSE for hunting. But the didn't do any better than the "old guys" in orange, because the animals can't see it anyway.
Cammo is great if you're hiding from somebody / thing that sees colors, but not so much basically black and white.
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3 hours ago, Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 said:
I just saw an article from Nvidia about the newest AI processor. They have named it after Vera Rubin. She was an astronomer. That is great....but isn't naming the newest fastest most powerful AI after an astronomer getting awfully close to naming it Skynet?????
Maybe she'll become the mother of Skynet.
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On 11/8/2025 at 5:15 PM, Alpo said:
This is something I find amazing.
I will ask a question. It might be a simple question - how much is 2 + 2
How much do you want it to be?
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2 hours ago, Alpo said:
I think I get behind her every time I'm at Walmart.
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No disrespect to your daughter, but that looks as disgusting as any fruitcake ever. Anybody ever giving me one of those would be invited to go with me to watch me shoot it.
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
That's something that's always sort of tickled me.
The Newnited States gubmint has decided that a pistol is one of them semiautomatic doobers, and that thing with the turny cylinder is not a pistol but is a revolver.
And the people that get all upset about crap like that will be so happy to show you that the government says that that's not a pistol it's a revolver. The fact that the government uses those terms justifies their belief.
But if you point out to them that the same Newnited States gubmint calls that sound modulating device a silencer, not a suppressor --- they will tell you that the government is wrong.
People have already formed their opinions, they don't want to be confused with facts.
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4 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:
I've never had panties in a bunch, when I was younger I had a good collection in my glove box
Maybe you should have done your laundry more often.
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41 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:
ChatGPT
what is a pistolChatGPT said:
A pistol is a type of handgun — a small firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.
Here’s a quick breakdown:
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🔫 General definition: A pistol is a gun with a short barrel that fires bullets using the force of expanding gas from a gunpowder explosion.
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🧩 Technical distinction:
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Pistol often refers specifically to semi-automatic handguns, which use part of the energy from firing a round to load the next one automatically.
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Revolvers, which have a rotating cylinder to hold ammunition, are also handguns but technically not pistols (though in casual speech, people sometimes call them pistols too).
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⚙️ Basic parts:
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Barrel – directs the bullet
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Slide – moves back and forth when firing
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Magazine – holds the ammunition
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Trigger – releases the firing mechanism
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Grip – where the shooter holds the gun
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Would you like me to explain how a pistol works or the different types of pistols (e.g. semi-automatic vs revolver)?
From Google AI:
Samuel Colt was granted his U.S. patent for the revolving pistol on February 25, 1836, which established his monopoly on revolver manufacturing until 1857. This patent was for the design of his first mass-produced revolver, the Colt Paterson, and was based on his design for a practical, repeating firearm that used a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers.
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1 hour ago, Doc Moses said:
Anything you do, especially on a mephone, I mean Iphone, goes into storage so yes, those pics are probably outthere Androids are better about privacy but not perfect The default on Apple products seems to be to save to the cloud unless specifically say nit too Google is the same way
I don't think my flip phone does that.
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13 minutes ago, Alpo said:
When I was in the 9th grade my brother was in the 10th grade and playing JV football. We were at one of the games. I don't remember if we went to all of the home games, but we were at this one, and we must have been playing the crosstown rivals because we were on the away team side. And we're sitting all the way up at the top of the bleachers.
And I was bored. So I'm just looking around, and I looked behind us, and I could see the movie playing at the drive-in six blocks away. I obviously couldn't hear it, but I could see it, and it was more interesting than this dumb JV football game.
I wonder why that story just came up out of memory? Hmmmm 🤔
One time when I was on Guard Duty at Camp Pendelton we had a Training Call Out at about 8:00 at night. Where I wound up, I could see a drive in movie screen. I got to watch about the last 15 minutes of "The Car".
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7 minutes ago, Alpo said:
It's bad when you're reading something, and it's a shot at you, but it's funny enough that you bust out laughing when you read it.
That's the best kind! And it's never intended as an insult, but more of a "Shout Out To".
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1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said:
It's going to be all over you too!
But he's not going to be AT the scene. He can go home and take a shower, though that in itself might be suspicious to some.
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18 minutes ago, Cholla said:
Happy Veteran's Day to my fellow vets, and here's a question. I will be 65 next June, and I need to get set up for Medicare. I already have complete VA care, except for dental. Everything I watch or read is a sales pitch, so who can I contact for the straight scoop to sign up?
Join AMAC. Association of Mature American Citizens. https://amac.us/ It's a conservative alternative to AARP. They have an Open Enrollment hotline staffed with people who you can talk to to find the plan that works for you.
I have a Humana plan through them that has no monthly premium. I'm healthy enough to get away with that.
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45 minutes ago, Alpo said:
Daddy puts a roof over your head, clothes on your back, food in the kitchen, lights in the ceiling. And what does he get for all of that? The big piece of chicken.
When I was a kid in Elementary School, I always thought that it was so wrong that we had class projects to make Mother's Day gifts, but never did anything for Father's Day since we were out for the Summer by then.
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54 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:
Okay, I'll bite...what's with the flower?
I think he meant to say flour, but Otto kicked in.
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51 minutes ago, Alpo said:
I recall one episode where Spock pinched somebody, and as they're going past the unconscious man Kirk says, "I really wish you could teach me that", and Spock replies, "I have tried many times Captain".
I always thought that it had to do with Vulcan's being stronger than humans.
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25 minutes ago, Alpo said:
But I don't recall ever seeing any other Vulcan do that.
Do y'all? Maybe that's something only he could do - because of his unique Vulcan/humaness. Are there any other crossbreeds in the Star Trek universe?
I think that Tuvok might have done it on Voyager, but I'm not sure. And I'm pretty sure that I've seen other Vulcans do it, though I couldn't say where.
As for crossbreeds, Troi was half Betazoid half Human.
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6 minutes ago, El Chapo said:
I submit this as a suggestion for beginning the analysis: we have one of the most punitive (and therefore expensive) criminal justice systems on earth. We incarcerate people for longer and have a higher incarceration rate than almost any civilized country and we still have an unacceptably high crime rate for all the money we spend. My suggestion is that there are more cost effective ways to achieve a higher level of deterrence. Everyone wants more punishment until they see what it costs--it's extremely expensive. My suggestion is that for other than the truly evil who respond to nothing else, there has to be a better way.
In my opinion, worth exactly what you pay for it, the fact that we do incarcerate criminals for so long is part of the problem, as is the WAY we incarcerate them.
We lock them up in air-conditioned structures, and give them 3 decent meals a day, TV, Cigarettes, workout areas, all manner of recreation activities, while they spend years with others of the same temperament as themselves that leads to them not being compatible with a normal, polite, working society. There doesn't seem to be any incentive for them to become productive members of society, nor any schooling, if you will, so that they know how to do so. They get out still having a "Prison" mentality with a ingrained need to be the "Baddest Bro on the Block", because that's what they lived while Inside.
i'm not saying that I know what the answer is, but it seems like what we're doing isn't it. Somebody mentioned Sheriff Joe's tent city and pink outfits. He also served a LOT of bologna sandwiches and other less than pleasant foods. A lot of the prisoners that were in there said that they did NOT want to come back. "Tough Love" might be another option.
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Maybe the Sarnothi don't have a language of their own, as Matthew Dunkan pointed out, Americans speak English, though not the same English as English people.
As for the American Indians, (I refuse to say "Native American", I was born here, so I too am a Native American), tribes, I think that they all had their own languages. I know that the names we call them, Navajo, Apache, etc. were not what they called themselves, but are what their enemy tribes called them. They just called themselves, "The People". And all other tribes were considered to be less than People.
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10 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
I got out some really fabulous Italian sausage to make spaghetti sauce for supper! Fresh onions and garlic, chopped bell pepper, abundant seasonings, and I might chop some pepperoni and capocola to go in too!
Your sauce sounds a lot like mine. Garlic, Italian Seasoning, and Oregano. Hot Italian Sausage, pepperoni, and blanched green bell peppers. 😋
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57 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
And how did they get a photograph of anything 250 years ago?
The pics are a 1926 reproduction built for the Sesquicentennial Exposition. But you should know that Forty, weren't you there when Captain Nichols started recruiting Marines?
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12 minutes ago, Alpo said:
Isn't that where they formed the Marine Corps, two hundred and something years ago tomorrow?
It is. 250 years ago.
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Pistols and revolvers
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You say that like it's unusual or unexpected.