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24 Jun 2010, 8:58 am

I like Jessie.


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24 Jun 2010, 9:21 am

people adhere to old ways of saying things.

a person told me that they "wound" the window up in their car when they were in a smoke filled tunnel, but they have electric windows and there are no "winders".

someone on the television said "just dial 1300 180 ??? to get your free trial", but my phone and almost all phones are press button phones and they do not have "dials" any more.

i heard someone say that they tipped something into the toilet and when they "pulled the chain", that the toilet got clogged. i have not seen a toilet with a chain on it since i was a small child.

i am almost asleep.
nothing i say is not random when i need to be plugged into my charger.



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24 Jun 2010, 9:46 am

i wonder whether any tyrannosaur, after it was fed and satisfied, and had time to relax and think about other things, ever found anything funny (in it's own special way)?



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24 Jun 2010, 9:56 am

I am happy. Best day of the summer. :)


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24 Jun 2010, 10:19 am

Life sure is lonely, isn't it?



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24 Jun 2010, 10:39 am

Asp-Z wrote:
Life sure is lonely, isn't it?


These days, yes. :(

In other news, I am very frustrated. My hands are shaking. It is hard to type.

In other other news, I am very proud of my sister who graduated grade 8 on Tuesday. With honours, and the music award (she takes after me, of course. :wink:)

In other other other news, getting ready for college is very very overwhelming.

:help:


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24 Jun 2010, 10:44 am

sylvr wrote:
Asp-Z wrote:
Life sure is lonely, isn't it?


These days, yes. :(

In other news, I am very frustrated. My hands are shaking. It is hard to type.

In other other news, I am very proud of my sister who graduated grade 8 on Tuesday. With honours, and the music award (she takes after me, of course. :wink:)

In other other other news, getting ready for college is very very overwhelming.

:help:


You'll be fine once you get used to it! I wish you good luck! :)



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24 Jun 2010, 10:46 am

:) Thank you very much. I appreciate it.


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24 Jun 2010, 11:21 am

b9 wrote:
people adhere to old ways of saying things.

a person told me that they "wound" the window up in their car when they were in a smoke filled tunnel, but they have electric windows and there are no "winders".

someone on the television said "just dial 1300 180 ??? to get your free trial", but my phone and almost all phones are press button phones and they do not have "dials" any more.

i heard someone say that they tipped something into the toilet and when they "pulled the chain", that the toilet got clogged. i have not seen a toilet with a chain on it since i was a small child.

i am almost asleep.
nothing i say is not random when i need to be plugged into my charger.


I still sometimes call cd's "records". I also "dial" phones and "roll up" the car window (I guess if I were in Australia I would be incorrectly "winding" it). To the complete confusion of my daughter, I call DVD's "videos" although I at least don't call the DVD player a VCR.

It's my age. I'm sure today's young people will be equally anachronistic when they call something or other on the computer a "file" in 2040.



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24 Jun 2010, 11:32 am

I pity the fool who isn't logical!



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24 Jun 2010, 11:50 am

I can't believe Italy are out of the WC!! !! !! !! !! !



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24 Jun 2010, 12:00 pm

I'm just doing one chore, each day. Today I'm doing laundry, I'll get groceries, tomorrow and on Sunday, I'll do the housekeeping.


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24 Jun 2010, 2:35 pm

My dragon hatched. Yay! Image



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24 Jun 2010, 2:46 pm

I've felt very off the past few days. I don't know what's wrong... :(



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24 Jun 2010, 4:18 pm

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Whereas, shooting from a hide, keeping the brass, wearing full overalls, gloves and covering your head; prints clean on everything, no security footage (getting close to people means getting picked up on cameras, whereas choosing a hide away from cameras is possible at a distance), and an unregistered scoped centerfire bolt rifle in .223 or larger (i.e., no serial number), and your exfiltration preplanned away from observation, means you'll get away with it.

A simple head shot on a measured distance to the target at 300 meters (wind plays into it big around 300 meters+ with .223 or larger, so at or close to 300 is far enough away to be disconnected from the target and provides you enough breathing space in regards to your chosen hide, and it's an easy shot for someone trained).

Bad luck is the only factor here in getting caught, but you can minimize the variables to make it effectively close to 0% chance.

Criminal Justice makes people know how to get away with crime. :P


There's still some problems there. You're going to have to hide out beforehand, as by the time you get 300 meters away, they could be somewhere else entirely. So you're either going to have to known their schedule beforehand or lure them out there somehow. If you do the former, you're going to have to do some stalking, which leaves you vulnerable to people noticing. If you do the latter, there has to be some form of communication there, and that could potentially be traced back to you.

Clearly, you're going to have to have an isolated spot to shoot from if you wear overalls, gloves, and a hat of some sort. If that's the case, you're going to need to be able to get to and from it without being noticed, which shouldn't be too difficult except for the fact you'll have to change at some point (wearing overalls, etc, in public is going to get you noticed), so either you'll be changing at your hideout (best) or somewhere between your starting destination and there (not so best).

Plus, you'll have to obtain the gun somehow. If you buy it legally and something screws up, they'll be able to connect it to you through ballistics and records. If you get it illegally, you're putting trust in someone else who may give you up.

Just saying. It's a good plan, but it's not effectively 0%, especially with the first problem (getting the victim into position). Personally, I prefer going with natural looking, like using succinylcholine (though that, of course, brings up problems all its own).


Random: Sitting in Cultural Diversity today and paying little attention, I hear the question, "Does anyone know what an aspie is?" and immediately raise my hand (as the only person who knows) to answer the first thought that comes into my head, which is, "A soundwave of stupidity." Fortunately, I was able to course correct before she actually called on me and thus answered a more appropriate, "Someone who has Asperger's Syndrome, which is on the Autism Spectrum."


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24 Jun 2010, 4:21 pm

I have too much on my mind. Making a no-budget movie, getting a blood drive off of the ground, and reading three chapters in my textbook.

Please blue bean, please don't shoot me!

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!


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