OT: Shopping in the convenience store…while parked at the gas pumps
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Well I carry a camelback, my Camera, a hiking pole and mace. Most I've ever run across was a Gila Monster in the Rincon Mts. in AZ. And he was more interested in getting into the shade than watching me take a leak in the wash.
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"Car shopping" if that is what you are referring to as "looking to steal cars", you are mis-informed. "Car shopping" as the kids call it is looking for unlocked cars to steal the contents and sometimes (not too often) leaving a present behind.
There are some localities in my county that have a local police force. I do not have local police in my locality. So, we are dependent on the PSP.
Your definition of reasonable and mine are different. That's okay with me. My life experiences are not yours and yours are not mine. That might impact the decisions we make and our understanding (or lack of) each other's decisions.
I don't think I live in a lawless hellhole. Most people abide by the speed limit here.
You think I'm crazy, I think you're nieve. If I lived in your utopia I might think differently.
I don't just think you're paranoid (aka "crazy") ... I think you're naive, as well.
So you have people going the speed limit while stealing and needing guns for protection. Maybe if they sped away, they wouldn't need to pew pew their way out of trouble.
And, for your edification, despite being one of the most densely populated states (so, lots of interactions on the road), and our penchant for speeding on the highways, MA has the fewest fatal accidents per 100K per annum of any state in the nation. NY and NJ ... notorious fast/aggressive driving, densely populated states, are also similarly "safe." Meanwhile, even though gun ownership rates are highest in low-density, unpopulated states (Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, etc.), those states still have high rates of deaths by firearm. And densely-populated, highly populated states with low gun ownership rates have comparatively low rates of gun violence. And if you're a poor, uneducated state ... oy. Look out.
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So, faster speeds are safer? That makes sense. Or just Mass have better skilled drivers?
Pew pew is funny because of how childish it is. Never heard that sound outside of a Starwars movie.
I would like to see the reference(s) for your statistics. The citation of @Moogy post #205 just isn't going to do it for me.
Do your kids still go to school? Do they do active intruder drills (Run, Hide, Fight or ALiCE, etc.)? The fight (or counter) part is the last resort, but showing up with a metal Swingline stapler is probably not a fair fight. Not that the kids should bring a gun to school, but it would be better if some "good guy" could be there. RHF (or ALiCE, etc.) is not just for schools it is for everywhere. No one that responably CCs wants to shoot someone. It is the last resort.
I'm going with Yiddish (oy vey) or Hewbrew. An expression of anguish.
There is a reason everyone else calls them Massholes.
Seriously? You need citations for basic "google in 3 seconds" stuff? Oy.
Stats of the States - Firearm Mortality
www.cdc.gov
Now I know that none of those are from sites like "gunzrule" or "americaeffyeahshootingourwaytoexcellence.com," but they'll have to do, donkey.
No, faster speeds aren't safer ... it's simply that you were crying about speeding, and the speeding I had described earlier was simply going faster ... in an orderly and "controlled" fashion, on major highways ... while folks were freaking out at the prospect of going 90 mph, as if folks were zooming in and out of lanes and drag racing with flames shooting out the back (laKabrain may have just shot his wad at the thought of that).
Shortened form of "oy vey" ... it's Yiddish, but my grandmother used to say it while speaking Pennsylvania Dutch to relatives and friends, so it must have been integrated into that language in some form.
It’s become ubiquitous…but my grandmother, from the Pennsylvania Dutch region, used “I do yay!” instead.
Would the number of vehicles or number of drivers or the number of miles driven make a difference in your conclusion?Seriously? You need citations for basic "google in 3 seconds" stuff? Oy.
Stats of the States - Firearm Mortality
Now I know that none of those are from sites like "gunzrule" or "americaeffyeahshootingourwaytoexcellence.com," but they'll have to do, donkey.
No, faster speeds aren't safer ... it's simply that you were crying about speeding, and the speeding I had described earlier was simply going faster ... in an orderly and "controlled" fashion, on major highways ... while folks were freaking out at the prospect of going 90 mph, as if folks were zooming in and out of lanes and drag racing with flames shooting out the back (laKabrain may have just shot his wad at the thought of that).
Is car deaths per total population relevant if not all of populations drive or even use the roads (like mass transit use is higher in say MA than in ME?
I found a bunch of the data but I thought maybe you did more of an analysis than just looking at some charts and pointing. You said 100k annum (I thought that was miles driven) the sites you reference state 100k population, which may have been what you meant. Glad that is cleared up.
It's not easy for me to look at data like this on a wonderphone and do analysis.
I would think deaths per miles driven would make more sense. (Like gun deaths per number of guns or gun owners) So, if there is one car per person in ME and .74 cars per person in MA, does that show which drivers are safer? ME would look worse based on % population, but it might be better on usage of cars.
What if there is only 1 driver for every 5 people in MA, but 4 for 5 in ME. Use of mass transit would impact if deaths per population is used. I am using MA and ME as I think these would have great differences. Maybe I'll look into this later.
MA has one of the lowest percentage of homes with a gun, 9%. MA gun homicides are 1.4 per 100k. ME has 48% of homes with a gun and has 0.9 gun homicides per 100k. (USA average is estimated 40% of homes have guns and 6.3 homicids per 100k, PA is 40% and 6.6.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_death_and_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state
Also, why do you call people names, "Sparky", "donkey", "laKabrain"?
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D, invest in some generic male enhancement pharmaceuticals and buy a car that doesn’t scream I’m taking dick pills.
Sigh. would this be fun for you boys? Cause this is what I’ll be doing with the car.
and of course 3 weeks cross country every summer including visiting 1 in LA for a week
Here the since sold 375hp big turbo TT on the tuna 2022?
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How did you not reply back to him with "15" and walk away? He teed it up for you!
???? if they are selling it at state minimum prices why go anywhere else?Rookies buy beer and ice at a gas station.
Car fatalities as related to population is pretty straightforward. Trying to drill down to other denominators just leaves you spinning endlessly. What if the driving conditions are naturally more dangerous in MA than ME? So MA could have fewer miles driven per person, but those miles could be higher risk. Having driven a lot, both in MA and ME, I can tell you, anecdotally, that is definitely the case ... most driving in ME is pretty open, or pretty laid-back residential. A lot of driving in MA is higher speed, yet also more congested (more opportunity for accidents, and more serious accidents, at that) ... or very congested and slow (more opportunity for accidents, but generally less serious bodily injuries). I95 in most of MA is a nice, drivable stretch ... I95 in RI, in comparison, is a friggin F1 nightmare of sharp curves and crazy people. Same "road." And you could get into roadway lanes/miles per driver, as well. 1,000 drivers on 1,000 miles of road is different than 10,000 drivers on 100,000 miles of roadway. And so on.
Maine has much higher gun suicide rates than Massachusetts, and a higher overall rate of gun deaths. And that's true, even considering that Maine is much less densely populated. It's much harder to shoot someone if you aren't in shooting distance of them, and don't interact with them. All other things constant, there's a much higher likelihood of violence if you interact with, and/or are in proximity of, more people. And the populated portion of Maine benefits greatly from its proximity to civilization (aka Massachusetts) ...
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I am back on line baby, LOL. Pods arrived today and unloading has begun but it's like 112º.
Congrats on the relo.I am back on line baby, LOL. Pods arrived today and unloading has begun but it's like 112º.
Keep reminding yourself that it’s a “dry heat” and that CO is only 4-5 hours away.
Thanks and it is a dry heat until you are out working in it, like unloading a pod. LOL.Congrats on the relo.
Keep reminding yourself that it’s a “dry heat” and that CO is only 4-5 hours away.
Actually Ruidoso is only about 2 hrs away and I was very impressed.
But the mornings from 6-10 are very nice as our the evening from about 5-9.
I am being told by native Cruceans that this is unusual.
No, worrying about taking off without paying is a made up excuse.
In order for the pump to be activated, if you’re not using a credit card, you have to go in to the store and pay FIRST. As in, “give me $30 on pump #7”.
Okey doke. As I said ... I didn't know folks actually still paid inside. Everything is just swipe, insert, tap or (more often) use an app nowadays.
That doesn't change anything else about what I said, however.
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That is correct. You don't need to be a "car guy" to understand that all Porsche owners are, by definition, complete a-holes. You wouldn't buy a Porsche if you weren't.
Hmmm ... Beemer owners went through that phase of only obnoxious yuppies owning them, but they're more "mainstream" now ... certainly a healthy dose of a-hole owners and maybe a presumption of being douchey if you own one ... but I think that presumption can be overcome.
Porsches, on the other hand ... we could make the world a much better place if we just eliminated everyone who took possession of a Porsche. They're fundamentally bad people, not just insecure and overcompensating (like you'd see with many other "car guy" cars). While other car-brand owners may be described as being "d-less," Porsche owners are so self-absorbed and fundamentally evil, they decided to actually turn their whole being into being a big d, to compensate for not having (a functioning) one.
I think Teslas might be in an 80's/90's era Beemer douchey-owner situation, but it'll be quickly integrated into mainstream non-douchey society.
Then $29.75 fills it and he goes back inside to wait in line for his quarter.