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12-06-2009, 03:47 AM
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#2405
12-12-2009, 12:18 PM
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Long time no see....
The X-type is still kicking here. I'm heading back to MI for the winter, and the car needs a few things including brake pads. I'm still debating if I will be able to work on the car in that cold. It's been a while since I've been in the cold!!
Hope everyone is doing well. Take it easy guys!
The X-type is still kicking here. I'm heading back to MI for the winter, and the car needs a few things including brake pads. I'm still debating if I will be able to work on the car in that cold. It's been a while since I've been in the cold!!
Hope everyone is doing well. Take it easy guys!
#2406
12-13-2009, 11:11 AM
Which reminds me of a joke...
Three men were sitting around talking about their kids.
Man # 1: "I have five sons. That's enough for a basketball team."
Man # 2: "So what? I have nine sons. That's enough for a baseball team."
Man # 3: "Hey, I have 18 daughters. That's enough for a golf course!"
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12-18-2009, 10:12 AM
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How goes it?
#2410
12-18-2009, 10:02 PM
No not certified yet. Took our third and final mid-term last week (94.4% on that one.) All we have left is officer survivor school, pursuit driving, patrol procedures and our test to certify us as Basic TX Peace Officers.
Shot a Rock River LAR-15 yesterday, man was that a freaking blast!
Got a 4 weeks left and it's smooth sailing for the 4 weeks. Hardest remaining thing is the test for our cert.
Shot a Rock River LAR-15 yesterday, man was that a freaking blast!
Got a 4 weeks left and it's smooth sailing for the 4 weeks. Hardest remaining thing is the test for our cert.
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12-19-2009, 09:06 PM
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#2412
12-20-2009, 01:33 AM
It all should be fun from here on out. The driving is all done at Texas Motor Speedway so that should be pretty neat (same place all the nascar stuff is held.)
By running I assume you mean vehicle?
We driver all three of these: charger, crown vic and impala (mostly crown vic though.)
Charger (model-couldn't find an actual pic)
Impala (not Ft Worth but you get the idea)
Crown Vic
By running I assume you mean vehicle?
We driver all three of these: charger, crown vic and impala (mostly crown vic though.)
Charger (model-couldn't find an actual pic)
Impala (not Ft Worth but you get the idea)
Crown Vic
#2413
12-20-2009, 02:40 AM
That reminds me...I had my 1st accident when I was 16 and riding my Kawasaki AE50 trail bike.Was going passed the cinema and was looking to see what was on....looked back at the road and someone was stopped turning right infront of me.Pulled the brakes and went over the handlebars and broke my wrist.That was in 1984...the film was Police Academy!!!
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12-21-2009, 06:39 AM
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12-23-2009, 09:04 PM
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#2417
12-30-2009, 08:42 PM
That's funny Buck I need to watch those movies again, I can't remember the last time I watched them.
Pursuit driving is freaking awesome. Here's a video of the instructors doing a j-turn/180 in reverse, they are pretty good. I'll have some more videos up hopefully tomorrow.
Kinda sucks tomorrow, first time in my 24 years I've ever had to work/go to school on my birthday.
Oh well, at least I'll be driving.
Pursuit driving is freaking awesome. Here's a video of the instructors doing a j-turn/180 in reverse, they are pretty good. I'll have some more videos up hopefully tomorrow.
Kinda sucks tomorrow, first time in my 24 years I've ever had to work/go to school on my birthday.
Oh well, at least I'll be driving.
#2418
12-30-2009, 08:46 PM
BTW thought this was an interesting email...
One holds something that looks like a crowbar. When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike, You raise the shotgun and fire. The blast knocks both thugs to the floor. One writhes and screams while the second Man crawls to the front door and lurches outside. As you pick up the telephone to call police, You know you're in trouble.. In your country, most guns were outlawed years Before, and the few that are privately owned Are so stringently regulated as to make them useless. Yours was never registered. Police arrive and inform youThat the second burglar has died. They arrest you for First Degree Murder And Illegal Possession of a Firearm. When you talk to your attorney, he tells You not to worry: authorities will probably Plea the case down to manslaughter. "What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
"Only ten-to-twelve years," He replies, as if that's nothing. "Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven." The next day, the shooting is the lead Story in the local newspaper. Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric Vigilante while the two men you shot Are represented as choirboys. Their friends and relatives can't find An unkind word to say about them. Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims" have been arrested numerous times. But the next day's headline says it all: "Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to Die."The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin Hood-type pranksters. As the days wear on, the story takes wings.The national media picks it up, Then the international media. The surviving burglar has become a folk hero. Your attorney says the thief is preparing To sue you, and he'll probably win. The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several times in the past and that you've been critical of local police for their lack Of effort in apprehending the suspects. After the last break-in, you told your neighbor That you would be prepared next time. The District Attorney uses this to allege That you were lying in wait for the burglars. A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been reduced, As your lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the stand, your anger at The injustice of it all works against you. Prosecutors paint a picture of you As a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take long for the jury to convict You of all charges.
The judge sentences you to life in prison.
This case really happened.
On August 22, 1999 , Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England , killed one burglar and wounded a second. In April, 2000, he was convictedand is now serving a life term. How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British Empire ? It started with the Pistols Act of 1903.
A thump outside your bedroom door
Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear,
You hear muffled whispers.
At least two people have broken into your
House and are moving your way.
With your heart pumping, you reach down
Beside your bed and pick up your shotgun.
You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch
Toward the door and open it.
In the darkness, you make out two shadows.
One holds something that looks like a crowbar. When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike, You raise the shotgun and fire. The blast knocks both thugs to the floor. One writhes and screams while the second Man crawls to the front door and lurches outside. As you pick up the telephone to call police, You know you're in trouble.. In your country, most guns were outlawed years Before, and the few that are privately owned Are so stringently regulated as to make them useless. Yours was never registered. Police arrive and inform youThat the second burglar has died. They arrest you for First Degree Murder And Illegal Possession of a Firearm. When you talk to your attorney, he tells You not to worry: authorities will probably Plea the case down to manslaughter. "What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
"Only ten-to-twelve years," He replies, as if that's nothing. "Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven." The next day, the shooting is the lead Story in the local newspaper. Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric Vigilante while the two men you shot Are represented as choirboys. Their friends and relatives can't find An unkind word to say about them. Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims" have been arrested numerous times. But the next day's headline says it all: "Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to Die."The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin Hood-type pranksters. As the days wear on, the story takes wings.The national media picks it up, Then the international media. The surviving burglar has become a folk hero. Your attorney says the thief is preparing To sue you, and he'll probably win. The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several times in the past and that you've been critical of local police for their lack Of effort in apprehending the suspects. After the last break-in, you told your neighbor That you would be prepared next time. The District Attorney uses this to allege That you were lying in wait for the burglars. A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been reduced, As your lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the stand, your anger at The injustice of it all works against you. Prosecutors paint a picture of you As a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take long for the jury to convict You of all charges.
The judge sentences you to life in prison.
This case really happened.
On August 22, 1999 , Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England , killed one burglar and wounded a second. In April, 2000, he was convictedand is now serving a life term. How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British Empire ? It started with the Pistols Act of 1903.
This seemingly reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and established that handgun sales were to be made only to those who had a license. The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not only handguns but all firearms except shotguns.
Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by private citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns.
Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the Hungerford mass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw.
When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead.
The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun control", demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately owned handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)
Nine years later, at Dunblane , Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public school.
For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearms still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was no longer considered a reason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while the real criminals were released.
Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying, "We cannot have people take the law into their own hands."
All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars.
When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three months to turn them over to local authorities.
Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply.
Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private citizens.
How did the authorities know who had handguns?
The guns had been registered and licensed.
Kind of like cars Sound familiar?
Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the Hungerford mass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw.
When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead.
The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun control", demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately owned handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)
Nine years later, at Dunblane , Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public school.
For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearms still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was no longer considered a reason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while the real criminals were released.
Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying, "We cannot have people take the law into their own hands."
All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars.
When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three months to turn them over to local authorities.
Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply.
Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private citizens.
How did the authorities know who had handguns?
The guns had been registered and licensed.
Kind of like cars Sound familiar?
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12-31-2009, 04:32 AM