 The "Stupidly proving things in real life" thread., Now with more crazy in every bite! |
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 Sep 2 2006, 02:14 AM
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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222  |
Absolutely. Any self-respecting combat-type will carry a few dozen for just this purpose -- not that they can't be used for anything else, of course.
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Sep 6 2006, 10:54 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
I don't see what the big deal is... unmanaged dogs are more of a danger than a pet. If it's so poorly trained that it bites people with no provocation, striking it back is going to be a hell of a lot more effective than trying to issue it commands it doesn't understand.
My family's last dog was a rott-lab mix who was a little too alpha for her own good. Training her involved a few blows, but a 95 pound dog that doesn't follow commands could kill someone, and we made damn sure that she knew humans were further up the alpha food chain than she was. End result was a sweet, loving dog that could be trusted to let small children pet her without any risk of her snapping at them. Small, undiscipined, nippy dogs are dangerous as hell around small kids, and annoying to larger people. I'll admit to seeing people in a similar light. Lots of people are reasonable enough, and go to a reasonable effort to make sure that their actions don't harm others. Some people are fuckwits, and do things like, say, buzzing old folks, or shooting up shopping malls. Obviously, the response to each of those actions should differ, but they both require a response. I mean, come on, people... they taped the kid and tossed him in a bush. I've seen high-school pranks more dangerous than that. |
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Sep 7 2006, 06:53 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,000 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Halifax, Canada Member No.: 7,975 |
I think it would have been funnier, and more humiliating for the punk if Frag-o Delux had tied him up and just left him there on the side of the street... then everyone would stare, gawk, and chuckle at him till someone felt sorry enough for the poor sap to cut him free.
As for gear toteing players... I'm just as bad in real life as I am with my characters in game. Not so much now that I'm not in school and don't drag a backpack with me everywhere, but I typically have a multi-tip screwdriver, cycling multitool, camping multitool with me as I'm a cyclist and you never know where you might break down. Combined with my wallet, MP3 player, and sometimes digital camera, I can wear all this in my hipsack. In by backpack I carry: a deck of cards, a bag of dice, various pencils, pens, erasers, rulers, blank paper, Dragon Magazines, my computer repair kit, portable USB 30 gig hard drive, CD travel case, mini first-aid kit, spare bicycle tire (deflated), wire or string, electrical or duct tape (sometimes both), extra batteries, mini maglight, needle-nose plyers, and still have room for my lunch and a clean shirt on my work-nights. When it was working, I'd sometimes squeeze my C100 Acer Tablet PC in there as well... now is it surprising I play deckers/hackers? ;) I blame the fact that I watched too much McGuyver in my youth... :D |
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Sep 7 2006, 07:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 332 Joined: 19-September 05 From: Nashville, Tn Member No.: 7,761 |
Frag-o Delux you are my kind of people. if you ever in Nashville, Tn. you got a lvl 1 contact here. lol. :P
as for gear a story.... I had a drunk man(whom i have never seen before) walk into my apt while we were gaming. (i had left the door unlocked) Now to set this up. I have a 4x8 foot table with a dry-erase top. that has a Hex-grid on it. So, when we game it gets hauled into the middle of the living room and we all stand around it, (table is to tall to sit in frount of) So as the door knob rattles we all look at each other, to take a head count and see who is not here. realising everyone who should be here was there, we look at the door. In the short time all 8 of us have produced at least one weapon. Swords, clubs, pocket knifes, and one can of pepper/mace mix. When the guy opened the door his eyes got about as bug as plates. "sorry wrong house" he says and quickly leaves. |
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Sep 7 2006, 08:15 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
LOL! Can you imagine? You open what you think is your friend's door, and there's a group of armed crazy people standing around a table obviously plotting a terror attack! :D
That's some funny stuff! |
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Sep 7 2006, 08:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 398 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 6,599 |
Straight Razor is definitely in the lead story-wise...
is it something about people from the south having weapons on their person? i'm from AL and i always carry at least a pocket knife with me...they're so handy i hate to be without it! |
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Sep 7 2006, 09:25 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
I'm from and living in AR. I usually only have something like a knife on me if I'm camping or hiking, etc. I usually have one in my vehicle, but that's mostly so I don't forget it when I go do stuff. That, and it's handy to have a knife.
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Sep 7 2006, 10:19 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
I can't think of a time I was wearing clothes in recent memory that I wasn't also carrying at least a small folding knife. Way too useful not to carry one.
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Sep 7 2006, 11:39 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,328 Joined: 9-September 04 From: Alabama Member No.: 6,645 |
My purse usually has pens, pencils, a 36d6 dice cube, a calculator, a hardcover book and likely a paperback or two, batteries, the boxcutter I forgot to take off of my work belt, which has the pouch I use for a wallet still on it, and usually a couple more miscellaneous items. I pity the person who tries to mess with me and gets whalloped.
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Sep 9 2006, 05:49 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 9-September 06 Member No.: 9,343 |
Generally speaking I always carry a mix of items, all of which I use pretty regularly.
1) Leatherman - If you don't have one, get one 2) Med sized folding knife *mine has a half blade saw edge, very handy* 3) My vehicle has all of my tools in it, duct tape included, multiple roles ;) The idea being, I would rather have it and not need it, than not have it when I need it. I have carried a gun for most of my life with the same idea in mind, never pulled it in a fight, could have if I needed to though. Amazingly though, the two times I did not carry my gun I got shot, go figure.... I think that falls into the range of bad karma/Murphys law as well. What you would carry depends alot on how and where you were raised as a child. Obviously Frag and myself grew up in a more violent place than most of you. If that had been me and that kid, the felony question wouldn't be a question, that kid would have got a beatdown for sure. See, even though I grew up violent we always tried to remember to respect people, especially parents and elders in general. What he was doing was asking to get taught a lesson, which is what frag did in essence. I am amazed at how people are so quick to judge others when most of you have never seen violence to the point that what Frag did would almost be considered a joke, in my old neighborhood that would have been worth a good laugh and a few beers as a reward. GG man, if more people would get off the fence and actually DO something this would be a better world. As far as the dog story goes, PLEASE people, stop trying to attach human emotions and intelligence to the freakin pets. It's obvious the dog thought he was in charge and needed to be shown something he understood to change his mind. Dogs understand getting dominated better than *now now, bad doggy*. Why is this? THEY ARE DOGS NOT PEOPLE!!!. This is how dogs react to other dogs to see who runs who. If you ever see a dog telling another dog to "behave" you can pretty much bet the first dog will get his ass kicked by the second one, why?, because he is a d.o.g not h.u.m.a.n. I'm also sure that when that drunk guy woke up the next day he for sure thought he had stumbled onto a terrorist cell planning their next attack, wish I had been there to see that one. I can just imagine him trying to convince his friends that he wasn't hallucinating it all :) |
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Sep 12 2006, 05:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 560 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 6,893 |
Dude, where's your multimeter? What self-respecting McGuyver fan does'nt have a multimeter? I generally don't take the "be big and burly" approach to self-defense. Instead, I go for the "speak softly, and let it be known that at least four gadgets on my person can easily be used as exceedingly nasty weapons" approach. Actually, most of the stuff I carry is pretty safe, but in high school a reputation for knowing how to turn household items into nasty weaponry can go a long way. Oh, and a note to Frag-O-Delux: Big Elmer is a 310lb. WRESTLER. He got 4th in the state in the championships. I should also note that he's a powerlifter. And, if I'm not mistaken, he may also have a liscense and permit to have a non-concealed handgun on his person. |
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Sep 14 2006, 06:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 596 Joined: 18-February 03 Member No.: 4,112 |
Well, he can't fly or anything, so I'm still not impressed.
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Sep 14 2006, 07:11 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,213 Joined: 10-March 02 From: Back from the abyss. Member No.: 2,316 |
And you waited 2 weeks to dredge this bullshit back up again?
Fuck big elmer. |
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Sep 15 2006, 02:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 498 Joined: 31-May 02 From: All the way in the Back to the Left. Member No.: 2,800 |
Big Elmer ohs nos :please:
Run Fag-o, run :lick: |
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Sep 15 2006, 02:29 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,213 Joined: 10-March 02 From: Back from the abyss. Member No.: 2,316 |
Oh Domino you are so silly. Ive never had anyone come from out of town specifically to beat me up before. But Im not opposed to it hell Ill feel honored. :) If teapot would like we can set something up. Mind you I dont travel anymore, so Big Elmer would have to come here. He might have to leave his gun at home, since my state is pretty strict on carrying firearms. |
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Sep 15 2006, 02:31 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 498 Joined: 31-May 02 From: All the way in the Back to the Left. Member No.: 2,800 |
I'll front airfare, still in Walla Walla?
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Sep 15 2006, 02:37 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,213 Joined: 10-March 02 From: Back from the abyss. Member No.: 2,316 |
Ill discus that in private. I mean I dont feel like fighting every 310 pound world class wrestler that powerlifts and is an armed goon that calls themselves big elmer that happens a long. I mean if enough of them shows up Im bound to loose one sooner or later. Id rather keep the odds in my favore.
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Sep 15 2006, 02:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 498 Joined: 31-May 02 From: All the way in the Back to the Left. Member No.: 2,800 |
Wuss.
Frag-o aka Percival Wulberton 1911 Gas can alley rd. Walla Walla, WA 99362 509-526-1773 |
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Sep 15 2006, 02:48 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
Kindly take this to PMs or drop it.
This thread has been majorly derailed and should be deleted due to the end content in it. And Domino, please remove the address information on your last post, whether it is correct or not, it isnt the right thing to do. |
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Sep 15 2006, 02:52 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,213 Joined: 10-March 02 From: Back from the abyss. Member No.: 2,316 |
It was dropped till teapot decided 2 weeks is long enough for people to semi agree with me and decided it was time for another threat against me with Paul Bunyan. Now Im kidding with that old bastard Domino.
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Sep 15 2006, 02:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 498 Joined: 31-May 02 From: All the way in the Back to the Left. Member No.: 2,800 |
Hmmmm tea.
Need to get me some tea bags and go tea baggin. |
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Sep 17 2006, 07:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 12-August 06 Member No.: 9,097 |
Holy crap, there are actually people who play SR in Walla Walla? :eek:
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Sep 17 2006, 07:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 498 Joined: 31-May 02 From: All the way in the Back to the Left. Member No.: 2,800 |
Hello Target Audience. :grinbig: |
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Sep 19 2006, 12:26 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 24-August 05 From: Luxembourg, Luxembourg Member No.: 7,611 |
That's a funny address. :D Frag-o: Nice job on the skater. Back to equipment. A loooong time ago, I worked for a gunsmith. The shop was next door to a regular gun shop, and one of the gun shop owners broke a piece on his Barret light 50. It was in the back of the shop waiting to get fixed. A friend of mine meets me at work for a Phoenix Command game. We get to talking about different game stuff and he brings up wanting to use a Barret as his characters main gun. I told him that'd be fine, but he's gonna need some kind of rest to shoot it unless he's just taking hip shots all the time. We got into a small debate over wether or not he could shoulder the gun from a standing position and have much chance of hitting anything. After, I don't know, 3-4min of talking about it, I said "Fine come on back". He never did manage to shoulder it. |
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Sep 19 2006, 12:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 398 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 6,599 |
i like good stories :) |
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