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Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead
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Cannibals
I swear that too many "conservative" and "libertarian" bloggers are far more interested in scoring own goals to make themselves look clever and smart than they are in fixing something.
The deliberate changing the subject being discussed at reply's notice is causing me whiplash.
It's always OK when they do it to their side, but it's never OK when it's done to them. They're also always the special popular snowflake and the clique never calls them on it.
It's fucking high school. Worse, it's Heathers.
Curse me for thinking that I'd find adults once I'd graduated.
Damn me for thinking people would leave that bullshit behind once they "grew up."
The deliberate changing the subject being discussed at reply's notice is causing me whiplash.
It's always OK when they do it to their side, but it's never OK when it's done to them. They're also always the special popular snowflake and the clique never calls them on it.
It's fucking high school. Worse, it's Heathers.
Curse me for thinking that I'd find adults once I'd graduated.
Damn me for thinking people would leave that bullshit behind once they "grew up."
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Barney Style
Since The Heathers are dumb as fucking posts and need it explained more fully than the dog would to program a VCR.
So fucking what that there's a law.
The "Great Protected Classes™®" are the classes worthy of special mention by the media when something bad™ happens to one of them but nary a mention of when the same bit of discrimination occurs to someone outside that class.
But I really don't think I needed to explain that. The Heathers deliberately mistook what I said so that they could gang up and bully on someone who disagreed with them about the reasons for a recent change to a law.
They're perfectly happy with the state forcing people to do business contrary to their morals and religion; when they claim to be full on wookie suited libertarians; they are lying. They are frauds.
Not that my complaining about it here will have even the slightest effect.
The Heathers are the popular "in-crowd" and I had the temerity to speak as a peer, I had to be forcefully reminded that I wasn't actually a member, but a hanger on they tolerated as long as I was amusing.
PS:
Bullies rarely recognize that they are bullies. They normally respond with variations of "I didn't do anything wrong" or "well they shouldn't have..." If they respond at all, since it's always the person bullied who's somehow at fault and they don't deserve the dignity of a response.
So fucking what that there's a law.
The "Great Protected Classes™®" are the classes worthy of special mention by the media when something bad™ happens to one of them but nary a mention of when the same bit of discrimination occurs to someone outside that class.
But I really don't think I needed to explain that. The Heathers deliberately mistook what I said so that they could gang up and bully on someone who disagreed with them about the reasons for a recent change to a law.
They're perfectly happy with the state forcing people to do business contrary to their morals and religion; when they claim to be full on wookie suited libertarians; they are lying. They are frauds.
Not that my complaining about it here will have even the slightest effect.
The Heathers are the popular "in-crowd" and I had the temerity to speak as a peer, I had to be forcefully reminded that I wasn't actually a member, but a hanger on they tolerated as long as I was amusing.
PS:
Bullies rarely recognize that they are bullies. They normally respond with variations of "I didn't do anything wrong" or "well they shouldn't have..." If they respond at all, since it's always the person bullied who's somehow at fault and they don't deserve the dignity of a response.
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Long Climb To Get Back On The Horse
I am not proud of the previous post.
Two someones poked sticks into my cage at Facebook and I reverted to an angry child.
Fucking stupid on my part.
The rage was really induced by the lead in to what they were berating me, "[Popular Blogger] says you're wrong, [insult]."
The hurt was really, "But [Popular Blogger] is my friend they wouldn't sic their flying monkeys on me like that. <small voice> Would they?"
[Popular Blogger] didn't sic any flying monkeys on me, the uncivilized things took it upon themselves to confront my wrongness. Then I responded like a spoiled three year old.
The shit spewing forth almost definitely splashed on [Popular Blogger] and I apologize for my behavior to them.
Two someones poked sticks into my cage at Facebook and I reverted to an angry child.
Fucking stupid on my part.
The rage was really induced by the lead in to what they were berating me, "[Popular Blogger] says you're wrong, [insult]."
The hurt was really, "But [Popular Blogger] is my friend they wouldn't sic their flying monkeys on me like that. <small voice> Would they?"
[Popular Blogger] didn't sic any flying monkeys on me, the uncivilized things took it upon themselves to confront my wrongness. Then I responded like a spoiled three year old.
The shit spewing forth almost definitely splashed on [Popular Blogger] and I apologize for my behavior to them.
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Reciprocal
Does the right to buy create a right to sell?
A lot of the present unpleasantness about refusing to sell to someone is because there were laws requiring them to sell to anyone who walks into the shop.
Does this create a reciprocal right to demand that anyone who walks in buy something?
Don't answer that, I'm being silly. What's the fallacy for this? Reductio ad absurdum?
A lot of the present unpleasantness about refusing to sell to someone is because there were laws requiring them to sell to anyone who walks into the shop.
Does this create a reciprocal right to demand that anyone who walks in buy something?
Don't answer that, I'm being silly. What's the fallacy for this? Reductio ad absurdum?
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Try Again
While the law is carefully written to not create any special carve-outs for any particularly aggrieved party, I think we can be honest and admit that the application of that law is uneven at best.
I think we should admit that some aggrieved parties will receive free and sympathetic press regardless of how frivolous their claim and that other aggrieved parties will receive negative and hostile press regardless of how righteous and obvious their claim.
I believe that my right of freedom of association includes in its penumbra a right to refuse to do business with anyone for any reason.
A right.
It also seems a short trip from forcing me to sell to someone over my religious objections to forcing me to buy something over my religious objections. A trip that, if it hasn't made its first steps with Obamacare, we're at least packed and ready to go.
Tuesday is bacon day and Friday is steak day. Get to the restaurant and dig in! Clean your plate, it's mandatory and for the good of the meat and food service industries!
I think we should admit that some aggrieved parties will receive free and sympathetic press regardless of how frivolous their claim and that other aggrieved parties will receive negative and hostile press regardless of how righteous and obvious their claim.
I believe that my right of freedom of association includes in its penumbra a right to refuse to do business with anyone for any reason.
A right.
It also seems a short trip from forcing me to sell to someone over my religious objections to forcing me to buy something over my religious objections. A trip that, if it hasn't made its first steps with Obamacare, we're at least packed and ready to go.
Tuesday is bacon day and Friday is steak day. Get to the restaurant and dig in! Clean your plate, it's mandatory and for the good of the meat and food service industries!
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Dissipate
Willard's been dragged, kicking and screaming, into Black Rifle Disease.
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That's a Spike's Tactical middy dissapator (16" 1:7 chrome-lined) upper with Anderson lower, Del Ton lower parts kit and UTG A2 stock and 5/14 rear sight.
Dissapator compared to an M16A2 clone:
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The A2 clone comes in at 8 lb. 6.2 oz. loaded. The Dissy is 8 lb. 6.0 oz. While mass is lost by taking off 4" of heavy barrel, the dissy adds it back on with the under-handguard gas block and the Magpul MOE rifle handguards are heavier than USGI (12.3 oz. vs 8.7 oz.).
The reason that he's got BRD is AIM Surplus was selling Anderson lowers for $40 each.
Now we know why they were so cheap:
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And this is with an 80% sized pistol grip that's so common in LPK nowadays. It was worse with the properly sized mil-surp on I was going to give him. Also note how the stock doesn't match the contour.
Here's how it's supposed to look.
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It functions like it should hand-feeding and dry-firing, it just looks a little off and there might be some blisters in Willard's future from where it rubs wrong.
That's a Spike's Tactical middy dissapator (16" 1:7 chrome-lined) upper with Anderson lower, Del Ton lower parts kit and UTG A2 stock and 5/14 rear sight.
Dissapator compared to an M16A2 clone:
The A2 clone comes in at 8 lb. 6.2 oz. loaded. The Dissy is 8 lb. 6.0 oz. While mass is lost by taking off 4" of heavy barrel, the dissy adds it back on with the under-handguard gas block and the Magpul MOE rifle handguards are heavier than USGI (12.3 oz. vs 8.7 oz.).
The reason that he's got BRD is AIM Surplus was selling Anderson lowers for $40 each.
Now we know why they were so cheap:
And this is with an 80% sized pistol grip that's so common in LPK nowadays. It was worse with the properly sized mil-surp on I was going to give him. Also note how the stock doesn't match the contour.
Here's how it's supposed to look.
It functions like it should hand-feeding and dry-firing, it just looks a little off and there might be some blisters in Willard's future from where it rubs wrong.
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What I Did Today
I was a little stunned to hear my name called, actually. The Precious is as stock as stock can be. I guess it's a reward for taking good care of her.
Unless they really liked my bears...
It was not a small show, I was car 236 and they were trying to close registration when I pulled in.
Two cars down from me was this: '41 Wiley's according to the placard.
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The Grip Of Nostalgia
Willard is making a retro carbine similar to when he was in the Ragnars.
Baby pictures!
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Obviously it's got a ways to go. From nose to tail, what's left to buy: A 16", carbine gas, pencil barrel assembly; delta ring assembly; bolt carrier group; charging handle; lower parts kit; mil-spec carbine receiver extension; H carbine buffer and spring.
The upper is a vintage Colt slick-side.
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I changed the rear aperture over to the large ring style from an M16A2 because it's easier on older eyes.
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Baby pictures!
Obviously it's got a ways to go. From nose to tail, what's left to buy: A 16", carbine gas, pencil barrel assembly; delta ring assembly; bolt carrier group; charging handle; lower parts kit; mil-spec carbine receiver extension; H carbine buffer and spring.
The upper is a vintage Colt slick-side.
I changed the rear aperture over to the large ring style from an M16A2 because it's easier on older eyes.
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Never Mind The Real World
Combat rifles and GURPS! Weights and loadouts assume a loaded rifle; ammo weight is the spare ammo.
Let's start with the Civil War.
The M1861 Rifle Musket fires a .58 caliber minie ball round doing 3d+2 pi+; weighs 9.3 lb. and the basic load of 60 rounds added 5.2 lb. Being a muzzle-loading caplock the RoF is a slow 1(20) giving us 3 shots per minute. The average shot does 18 to the torso and a mere 54 per minute; 1,080 per loadout.
With the M1860 Spencer you sling a .56-56 rimfire round doing same damage from an 8.8 lb. gun. With a 10 tube Blakeslee loader box you add 7.2 lb. for ammunition and get 70 rounds. RoF is 1 and reloading with the Blakeslee loader takes 5 seconds so you can dump five magazines per minute, or 35 rounds. Thats a minute average of 630! Shooting all your ammo averages 1,386 points.
Now to The Indian Wars.
An M1873 trapdoor carbine firing .45-55 does 4d-1 pi+; the gun weighs 8 lb. and the 41 round basic load is 3.3 lb. RoF is a typical for a single shot breechloader 1(3). So you get 20 shots a minute. A torso hit will, on average, do 19 points of damage; so 380 points per minute! A basic load will do 798 points.
Heading upSan Juan Kettle Hill...
...With our M1896 Krag-Jørgensen carbine firing .30-40 doing 5d+2 pi. The gun is 7.8 lb. and 100 rounds are 6 lb. RoF is 1 and the five round magazine takes 10 seconds to reload; so 20 shots a minute. Average damage is 19 points to the torso and 380 per minute or 1,900 with what's on your belt.
To the trenches
The M1903 Springfield firing the .30-06 round does 7d+1 pi, weighs 8.8 lb. and the 105 rounds on five shot clips weigh 6.3 lbs. RoF is still 1, but the five round magazine can be reloaded in 3 seconds so 37.5 shots can be fired per minute. The average hit is 25 and the average minute deals 937 points of damage down-range. Exhausting your ammo sends 2,750 points towards the Huns.
On D-Day.
The M1 Garand does the same damage as the M1903, because it's the same round. The tubby M1 weighs 10.1 lb. and the basic load of 104 rounds is 6 lb. RoF is 3 and the magazine can be loaded in 3 seconds: 80 shots per minute; 2,000 points of damage per minute for the average torso smack. 2,600 points of damage tends to spew out for the basic load.
An M1 Carbine fires .30 Carbine tritely enough doing a whopping 4d+1 pi. The gun weighs 5.8 lb., a full load of ammo of just 75 rounds weighs an extra 2.4 lb. RoF is 3 and the 15 round magazine can be replaced in just 3 seconds. This load out doesn't support a minute's worth of shooting! The whole loadout doing an average of 15 per shot does 1,125 points in 37 seconds.
Freezing at Chosin...
The Garand stays the same, but the M2 Carbine comes along. Now the gun weighs 6.3 lb. and the 8 spare 30-round "banana clips" add 8.8 pounds. If we fire semi-automatically we can send around 138 rounds (of 270 carried) towards the enemy in a minute for 2,070 points. If we rock and roll we can can be rid of all the ammo in 51 seconds and do 4,050 points (assuming we hit with all of them which we won't)
Running through the jungle
The M14 firing 7.62x51mm from a 20 round detachable box magazine does 7d pi per bang. The rifle is 10.9 pounds and four spare magazines are 6.4. Semi-auto would send 120 rounds down-range, but we only have 100... The average hit is 24 so 2,400 is what we get from a basic load and 50 seconds. If we conned the armorer to leave the selector installed, we could be rid of all that ammo in a mere 22 seconds; and probably doing less damage because of more misses.
The M16A1 spits the 5.56x45mm M193 round from a20 18 round magazine and does 5d pi per shot. The gun is 7.2 lb. and 8 spare magazines are 5.6 lb. With a RoF of 13 the entire 162 rounds carried can be discarded in 51 seconds. Semi-automatically we run through 120 rounds in a minute. A minute at RoF 3 does 2,040 points and the whole load does 2,754 from an average of 17 each.
Blood for oil.
The M16A2 fires a different 5.56x45mm round, M855, that does the same damage. The magazines are now larger and hold30 28 rounds. A basic load of six spare magazines weighs 6 lb. and the weapon 8.9 lb. Semi-automatically it's 129 rounds a minute for 2,193. The RoF 9 bursts can dump the whole 196 rounds carried in 46 seconds for an average of 3,332.
Watch me while I endure this freedom!
The M4, being a shorter optic equipped M16A2 fires the same number of rounds, but only does 4d+2 pi for an average hit of 16 per shot. It's lighter 7.3 pounds even adding the pound for the M68 CCO. 129 rounds in semi does 2,064 and tearing through the full load 3,136.
Spraying and praying with the RoF 15 M4A1 empties the pouches in 32 seconds and doesn't do even a pip more potential damage.
In the Zombie Apocalypse®.
An AR in 6.8x43mm SPC (like Dottie) does 6d pi. It's 8.5 lb. plus 0.8 for the M4s optic and carrying 6 spare 25 round magazines for 7.8 lb. more (175 rounds total). Semi-automatically it can shed 125 rounds a minute doing an average of 21 each for 2,625. If it's really an apocalypse, then let's rock and roll baby! RoF is 12 so the ammo only lasts 39 seconds but spits 3,675 points at the zombies.
Let's start with the Civil War.
The M1861 Rifle Musket fires a .58 caliber minie ball round doing 3d+2 pi+; weighs 9.3 lb. and the basic load of 60 rounds added 5.2 lb. Being a muzzle-loading caplock the RoF is a slow 1(20) giving us 3 shots per minute. The average shot does 18 to the torso and a mere 54 per minute; 1,080 per loadout.
With the M1860 Spencer you sling a .56-56 rimfire round doing same damage from an 8.8 lb. gun. With a 10 tube Blakeslee loader box you add 7.2 lb. for ammunition and get 70 rounds. RoF is 1 and reloading with the Blakeslee loader takes 5 seconds so you can dump five magazines per minute, or 35 rounds. Thats a minute average of 630! Shooting all your ammo averages 1,386 points.
Now to The Indian Wars.
An M1873 trapdoor carbine firing .45-55 does 4d-1 pi+; the gun weighs 8 lb. and the 41 round basic load is 3.3 lb. RoF is a typical for a single shot breechloader 1(3). So you get 20 shots a minute. A torso hit will, on average, do 19 points of damage; so 380 points per minute! A basic load will do 798 points.
Heading up
...With our M1896 Krag-Jørgensen carbine firing .30-40 doing 5d+2 pi. The gun is 7.8 lb. and 100 rounds are 6 lb. RoF is 1 and the five round magazine takes 10 seconds to reload; so 20 shots a minute. Average damage is 19 points to the torso and 380 per minute or 1,900 with what's on your belt.
To the trenches
The M1903 Springfield firing the .30-06 round does 7d+1 pi, weighs 8.8 lb. and the 105 rounds on five shot clips weigh 6.3 lbs. RoF is still 1, but the five round magazine can be reloaded in 3 seconds so 37.5 shots can be fired per minute. The average hit is 25 and the average minute deals 937 points of damage down-range. Exhausting your ammo sends 2,750 points towards the Huns.
On D-Day.
The M1 Garand does the same damage as the M1903, because it's the same round. The tubby M1 weighs 10.1 lb. and the basic load of 104 rounds is 6 lb. RoF is 3 and the magazine can be loaded in 3 seconds: 80 shots per minute; 2,000 points of damage per minute for the average torso smack. 2,600 points of damage tends to spew out for the basic load.
An M1 Carbine fires .30 Carbine tritely enough doing a whopping 4d+1 pi. The gun weighs 5.8 lb., a full load of ammo of just 75 rounds weighs an extra 2.4 lb. RoF is 3 and the 15 round magazine can be replaced in just 3 seconds. This load out doesn't support a minute's worth of shooting! The whole loadout doing an average of 15 per shot does 1,125 points in 37 seconds.
Freezing at Chosin...
The Garand stays the same, but the M2 Carbine comes along. Now the gun weighs 6.3 lb. and the 8 spare 30-round "banana clips" add 8.8 pounds. If we fire semi-automatically we can send around 138 rounds (of 270 carried) towards the enemy in a minute for 2,070 points. If we rock and roll we can can be rid of all the ammo in 51 seconds and do 4,050 points (assuming we hit with all of them which we won't)
Running through the jungle
The M14 firing 7.62x51mm from a 20 round detachable box magazine does 7d pi per bang. The rifle is 10.9 pounds and four spare magazines are 6.4. Semi-auto would send 120 rounds down-range, but we only have 100... The average hit is 24 so 2,400 is what we get from a basic load and 50 seconds. If we conned the armorer to leave the selector installed, we could be rid of all that ammo in a mere 22 seconds; and probably doing less damage because of more misses.
The M16A1 spits the 5.56x45mm M193 round from a
Blood for oil.
The M16A2 fires a different 5.56x45mm round, M855, that does the same damage. The magazines are now larger and hold
Watch me while I endure this freedom!
The M4, being a shorter optic equipped M16A2 fires the same number of rounds, but only does 4d+2 pi for an average hit of 16 per shot. It's lighter 7.3 pounds even adding the pound for the M68 CCO. 129 rounds in semi does 2,064 and tearing through the full load 3,136.
Spraying and praying with the RoF 15 M4A1 empties the pouches in 32 seconds and doesn't do even a pip more potential damage.
In the Zombie Apocalypse®.
An AR in 6.8x43mm SPC (like Dottie) does 6d pi. It's 8.5 lb. plus 0.8 for the M4s optic and carrying 6 spare 25 round magazines for 7.8 lb. more (175 rounds total). Semi-automatically it can shed 125 rounds a minute doing an average of 21 each for 2,625. If it's really an apocalypse, then let's rock and roll baby! RoF is 12 so the ammo only lasts 39 seconds but spits 3,675 points at the zombies.
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Just A Little Short
With FN's announcement that they're going to be selling the M249 in a civilian guise, I find myself just a little bit short on the MSRP.
Just a reminder that there is a paypal donation button over there that can be used to help me get past the mere $6,950 I find myself lacking at the moment...
Or should I hold out until they announce an M240GS?
Just a reminder that there is a paypal donation button over there that can be used to help me get past the mere $6,950 I find myself lacking at the moment...
Or should I hold out until they announce an M240GS?
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Missed Greatness By Just A Wee Little Bit
Brian Johnson was apparently at the same car show I won my trophy.
Ever wish you'd taken a picture? Me too. I sometimes have trouble remembering my hand-comp is a camera in addition to being a phone.
Well, that's the car Marv and I were geeking on.
Mr Johnson was lounging behind the car. Minding his own business.
It wasn't until hours later that Marv says, "wasn't that the car that was on Top Gear when they raced a Fisker at Bradenton?"
"Shit!" I replied, "then that guy behind the car was Brian Johnson!"
"Yeah that guy from that band..." Marv says.
"AC DC!"
It's funny, we were there as car people and we'd have happily nattered on about cars with him if we'd even considered talking to him.
Ever wish you'd taken a picture? Me too. I sometimes have trouble remembering my hand-comp is a camera in addition to being a phone.
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Mr Johnson was lounging behind the car. Minding his own business.
It wasn't until hours later that Marv says, "wasn't that the car that was on Top Gear when they raced a Fisker at Bradenton?"
"Shit!" I replied, "then that guy behind the car was Brian Johnson!"
"Yeah that guy from that band..." Marv says.
"AC DC!"
It's funny, we were there as car people and we'd have happily nattered on about cars with him if we'd even considered talking to him.
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The Bravest Of All
British submariners are bravest.
Once a boat is submerged, everything is running on electricity.
Think about it...
Once a boat is submerged, everything is running on electricity.
Think about it...
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Focus George Focus
"George R. R. Martin has been in a semi-polite back-and-forth blog argument with the Larry Correia for days. That’s thousands and thousands of words that Mr. Martin has written about this that he could have spent, you know, finishing up the next Game of Thrones book. I think we can officially declare at this point that we have a national crisis."
Yeah, that's the money quote right there.
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Two Things
Girls. Don't drink until you pass out on the beach. During spring break most especially.
Guys. A passed out girl is not in any way a "come hither" pose.
I'd say savages here, but I'd be called a racist. Race is incidental to the behavior.
The onus of blame is entirely on the guys. A civilized man would have sought aid and protected the incapacitated girl. The worst that girl should have experienced was an epic sunburn and crippling hangover from being so stupid to pass out on a sunny beach.
Guys. A passed out girl is not in any way a "come hither" pose.
I'd say savages here, but I'd be called a racist. Race is incidental to the behavior.
The onus of blame is entirely on the guys. A civilized man would have sought aid and protected the incapacitated girl. The worst that girl should have experienced was an epic sunburn and crippling hangover from being so stupid to pass out on a sunny beach.
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Helping Out
One of my favorite YouTube channels is Smarter Every Day.
He's sponsored by Harry's.
I said, "what the heck" and ordered a starter set because I killed the edge on my straight razor and can't find someone to sharpen it.
The Truman.
OK, I'm sold. This is a much better razor and blade than my old Gillette Fusion.
And that's just on the face, tomorrow we test on the pate.
He's sponsored by Harry's.
I said, "what the heck" and ordered a starter set because I killed the edge on my straight razor and can't find someone to sharpen it.
The Truman.
OK, I'm sold. This is a much better razor and blade than my old Gillette Fusion.
And that's just on the face, tomorrow we test on the pate.
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In GURPS Terms
Honesty is a disadvantage in GURPS. In a nutshell, it means you're law abiding.
You will obey the local laws, and if there are no laws you will still follow the rules of your own society.
I often feel I have this disad and that I am out among the lawless and following the rules of my own more civilized culture.
My people's lives are not nasty brutish and short and my conscience won't let me stand by and do nothing. Lords know I've tried to do nothing.
You will obey the local laws, and if there are no laws you will still follow the rules of your own society.
I often feel I have this disad and that I am out among the lawless and following the rules of my own more civilized culture.
My people's lives are not nasty brutish and short and my conscience won't let me stand by and do nothing. Lords know I've tried to do nothing.
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What You Gonna Do, Owl Voter?
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One Little Word
I keep waiting for a candidate to use one word, particularly if they're a veteran.
Unfuck.
I pledge my vote to the candidate who seriously states that they're going to unfuck the economy or foreign policy.
Can you imagine how the talking heads would explode at this small piece of vulgarity?
Unfuck.
I pledge my vote to the candidate who seriously states that they're going to unfuck the economy or foreign policy.
Can you imagine how the talking heads would explode at this small piece of vulgarity?
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