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Manual Brake Conversion - G-BODY
I just finished up upgrading the brakes on my fathers 1980 El Camino. This is a daily driver that I am testing several different master cylinders for a manual brake conversion swap. His brakes worked good before exchanging out all the parts, but I wanted to take out most of the variables when testing master cylinders. First and foremost, I wanted to make sure this 1980 El Camino did not have quick take up front brake calipers. In my research, quick take up calipers will make it difficult do get good pressure to the caliper when using manual brakes.
Here is the rundown of the parts I used:
Speedway Motors Big Bore Metric Calipers - PN# 91031040 $59.99 each
Bendix Titanium metallic front brake pads (FF Rated) - PN# MKD154 $38.22
Turned the stock rotors $30 Local Auto Parts Store $15 each
Edelbrock/Russel Stainless Steel Braided Flex Lines PN# 692100 $54.80
Wagner 7/8 Wheel Cylinders from an manual brake S10 PN# F110261 $13 each
Wagner Thermo Quiet Rear Shoes (EE Rated) - PAB514R from OReillys Auto $32.99
The Speedway Motors big bore metric calipers (2.75 bore v 2.38 bore standard) came with brake pads, but the pads did not have a rating on them. I DID NOT want to use a brake pad that would need a lot of heat to be effective. The weight difference between the two calipers is less than ½ of a pound. This is a daily driver and not an autocross car, so I chose the Bendix Titanium pads because my research and reviews showed them to have good cold clamping friction. Based on the EE rating, the rear shoes should also have good cold stopping abilities. Look on the pads or shoes when you buy them to make sure they have a rating on them. The higher up the alphabet you go the hotter the pads will have to be to work effectively. Pads or shoes with no rating on them should be avoided.
It was surprising to me to find a 24mm strait bore aluminum master cylinder on this 1980 El Camino. I didnt know they made aluminum ones with a strait bore for g-bodies. I had always been under the impression, because it was aluminum, that this was a step bore master for quick take up calipers. I do know for a fact that any NEW replacement master cylinders for g-bodies will for than likely be cast iron. So if you want aluminum master cylinder for power or manual brakes that bolt up to your brake lines, a rebuilt master cylinder may be your only option.
I changed out the 30 year old rubber brake lines with the braided stainless. The front lines were a little longer than the originals, but I routed them so they were not touching any suspension pieces. The rear was a little more difficult to replace because the clip that holds the rubber line to the frame was difficult to get at. The new braided rear line was fairly easy to install also.
The hardest part to the entire swap was installing the rear wheel cylinders. Getting the clip off was not too bad, but getting the clip back on was a pain. I did it with two c-clamp, and open ended wrench, and the lid off of an old battery terminal cleaner (dont ask for these details because I do not recommend doing it this way. G-H-E-T-T-O).
After the system install, bleeding the fluids, and bedding in the pads and shoes I took it out for a spin to test the brakes with the same master cylinder and vacuum booster from the original test with the original brakes. Even though I was able to easily lock up all four wheels, it seems to have a little more pedal travel before you could feel the brakes start to grab. I believe this has to do with the increased piston area in the front calipers and rear wheel cylinders while using the strait bore 24mm master cylinder. The 24mm master cylinder will have more pedal travel to fill the extra volume of fluid required by the calipers and wheel cylinders.
If keeping the vacuum booster, it might be best to step up to the step bore master cylinders that are used on the 1981 and up g-bodies. The primary bore is still 24mm, but it also has a larger step bore of 36mm that will increase the volume of fluid to the larger calipers and wheel cylinders.
The manual brake conversion went well when using the manual brake hole that is already predrilled in the factory vacuum booster power brake pedal. I kept the stock , 31 year old, 24mm master cylinder that came with the stock power boosted brake system. I kept the 24mm master, for now, because I upsized the front calipers and wheels cylinders. It stopped the car ok, but I felt I still had too much pedal travel and I couldn't get the front brakes to lock up. I am going to rebleed the calipers, unbolted from the spindle, to point the bleeder screws up at the 12 o'clock position. If this doesn't do the trick, I will bolt on a brand new manual brake master cylinder from a 1978 to 1980ish g-body. This master cylinder has a smaller bore which should give me higher pressure at the pad.
Before manual brake conversion:
After manual brake conversion:
I rebled the front calipers unbolted from the spindle to try and get rid of some of the spongyness in the pedal. I did this to see if there was any more air in the system at the caliper by rotating the bleeder screw at the 12 o'clock position and bleeding the system. No air at the caliper, so I think the origanal 31 year old master cylinder has air in it or it is bad.
I am going to replace it with a new 7/8" bore master cylinder from a manual brake 1978 g-body ($60 from amazon). Though it is made of cast iron, it is the smallest bore master cylinder that readily bolts on. I know of no aluminum master cylinders that are 7/8" bore that will readily bolt on, other than one of the expensive aftermarket ones. I would also like to test a master cylinder from a Dodge Dakota. It has a 24mm bore, is aluminum, and with one brake fitting adapter, it bolts into place with the adapter plate I am using.
Here is the pushrod assembly I put together that is in my dad's El Camino.
It is adjustable from roughly 3.75 inches to about 4.25 inches.
Blown apart
Assembled Top View
Assembled Side View
I ordered a Raybestos MC39166 unit from Amazon for about $75, but it was taking 1 to 2 months for delivery, so I cancelled the order. I then went out to rockauto.com and order a Dorman unit M39166 for less than $45 with shipping.
Well the Dorman master cylinder from rockauto.com was also out of stock. Customer representative called me up to explain that there was a mistake in the system. He talked me into a Wagner unit MC101252. Roughly $65 with shipping. Hopefully it wil be here by the weekend so I can test this master, weather permitting.
A day after I talk with the rockauto.com representative, I recieve my Wagner 7/8" bore 1978 Chevrolet Malibu manual brake master cylinder in the mail.
See something wrong with this picture? Reservior is on backwards. I will turn it around before i bench bleed it.
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7/8" bore master cylinder piston with the pushrod "dimple"
I pushed in the piston with a brake pedal pushrod I had laying around. Travel was a little over an inch.
Weight of Cast Iron 7/8" Manual Brake Master Cylinder
3 lbs 5 1/8 ounce
Weight of Aluminum Step Bore S-10 Master (24mm / 1 1/4" step bore)
2 lbs 8 1/4 ounce - difference of 12 7/8 ounces or a little over 3/4 lbs over the cast iron unit
Weight of an Aluminum Mopar / Strange style master cylinder
2 lbs 2 3/4 ounce - difference of 1 lb 2 3/8 ounces over the cast iron unit
I need to grind down some of the casting flash and shoot is with some aluminum color or black paint to keep it looking fresh and not like a peice of rust after about a year.
Worked on the new 7/8" bore manual brake master cylinder for a 1978 malibu, Wagner part number MC101252.
I ground off the front casting "imperfections"
I ground off the bottom casting "imperfections"
I painted it with some aluminum color paint I had from a previous project.
I had trouble getting the brakes bled. I bench bled the system, but for some reason I couldn't get any pedal after I installed the system. I am going to use a bleeder kit to push brake fluid up to the master cylinder from the wheel cylinders and calipers. I will not be able to get to it until January 21st or 22nd, so stay tuned in until then.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks for posting this. Looks really good w/o that booster.
I have an '80 Malibu wagon I'd like to do this to, where did the adapter plate on the firewall come from? Any chance you could show the dimensions or a blueprint of it?
Is the adjustable pushrod a necessity if using an OEM manual master cylinder?
The disign in the link is based on the original design.
My design "tightens up" the specs in the link and takes out the "slop". There is no adjustment needed in the plate I designed. It bolts to the firewall and aligns the master cylinder to the push rod attached to the pedal. My design also has an integral pushrod retainer (keeps the pushrod from falling out the back of the master cylinder).
An adjustable pushrod is not nessesary, but it gives a lot of extra adjustment and it will take a lot less time to get your manual brake pedal set up and working correctly.
Let me know if you have any additional questions.
David Schultz
Purchased an additional new 7/8" bore master cylinder just in case the older new one I bought doesn't work like it is suppose to when I install it on the El Camino. When I was bench bleeding the older, new one, the front port for the rear brakes would suck the fluid back into the master cylinder after the piston was released. The rear port for the front brakes didn't have this issue.
Is this normal? I don't know, but I will find out from the new master cylinder that I bought.
I also baught a rebuilt, aluminum master cylinder, with a 1" bore, from a 1979 Buick Riviera with the optional rear disc brakes. I did this because the reservior is larger, it can be retro fitted to the 7/8" bore manual brake master cylinder, and it matched the angle of the firewall. You don't need it for rear drum brakes, but I like the extra fluid capacity.
Here is a link to a person that carries new Proportioning Valves for Ford, GM, and Jeep.
Brake Proportioning Valves | Unbeatable Prices on Prop Valves with Carolina Classic Trucks
Here is a link to a disc/drum PV for a g-body from the Brake Proportioning Valves | Unbeatable Prices on Prop Valves with Carolina Classic Trucks site.
1978-1986 Chevy Malibu Front Disc/Rear Drums Proportioning Valve at Carolina Classic Trucks
Here is a link to a disc/disc PV for a 2nd gen f-body that looks like it will work with g-body brake lines if you convert to rear disc brakes. Please call to confirm it will bolt in.
1979-81 Pontiac Trans Am Front Disc/Rear Disc Proportioning Valve at Carolina Classic Trucks
I may have found a way to retrofit a 7/8 mopar (1993 Dodge Shadow) master to a g-body for manual brakes. I have not tested this yet to see if this works.
For the Front Brake port on the Proportion Valve:
Edelmann 258350 - Adapter-Standard To Dual Master Cylinder - 3/16" Tube - 3/8-24 Female Inverted Flare Seat x 1/2-20 Male Inverted Flare
For the Rear Brake Port on the Proportion Valve:
Edelmann 258340 - Adapter-Standard To Dual Master Cylinder - 3/16" Tube - 3/8-24 Female Inverted Flare Seat x 7/16-24 Male Inverted Flare
I dont know the length of the brake lines from the proportion valve to the mopar master, but flared lines are less than $10 each from the auto parts stores. It should be about 2 to 3 foot of line. A coat hanger can be used to find the actual length needed.
If this setup works, this will be the cheapest way to get an aluminum master cylinder retrofitted to a g-body.
Let me know if you see any issues with what has been posted above.
A Wilwood master cylinder will not work with the angle of a g-body firewall if the Wilwood master cylinder is bolted directly to the firewall. It physically bolts up, but there is a hole at the bottom of the master cylinder that regulates the fluid from one reservior to the other. When bolted directly to the firewall, the angle will let all the fluid run to the back reservior and the front reservior is left almost empty.
The Wilwood master should work on a TRZ or TNT adapter plates because these adapter plates correct the angle of the firewall and allows the master cylinder to sit horizontal (level) to the ground.
I have purchased 3 different metric calipers for comparison:
**CCP big bore 2.75" bore (2.565" piston diameter) metric cast iron caliper WEIGHT 6 lbs 11.2 oz bare with slider bushings installed
**US Brake standard bore 2.5" bore (2.376" piston diamter) metric cast iron caliper- WEIGHT 6 lbs 4.7 oz bare with slider busings installed
**Wilwood small bore 2.0" bore (1.981" piston diameter) metric cast iron caliper - WEIGHT 4 lbs 1.7 oz bare with NO SLIDER BUSHINGS INSTALLED.
A while back I purchased NEW the $59.95 each, big bore calipers from speedwaymotors.com. There was some manufacturing issues or problems with these calipers and they sent me replacement calipers. The replacement calipers are NEW CCP big bore metric calipers. PN CP412526. Online, these are the same price of $59.95 each from classicperform.com. They look exactly the same except for the paint on the calipers. The originals where painted/powder coated silver. These are painted/powder coated black. The caliper housing, compared the standard bore US Brake 2.5 calipers and 2.0" Wilwood calipers, are a different casting. The piston looks to be stainless steel and comes with a dust boot installed. The piston diameter is 2.565" in diameter. These calipers came loaded with pads, slider bolts/pins, and hose fittings. You should be able to bolt these to your car, bleed the brakes, and drive. The piston cylinder side of the caliper is roughly the same size as the as the standard 2.5 bore caliper.
I recently purchased NEW, US Brake/Afco branded 2.5 standard bore metric calipers. They are $45 to $50 each online. The casting is not painted or powder coated. They come in a right PN 7241-9003 and a left caliper PN 7241-9004. They cannot be interchanged from side to side. The piston looks to be a cast steel/iron, unlike the CCP 2.75 and Wilwood 2.0 bore calipers. They are also 2.376" in diameter which matches stock advertised piston/bore sizes. The casting looks to be a stock casting and comes with a dust boot installed. It has all the markings of a stock calipers. This caliper came unloaded with no pads, slider bolts/pins, and hose fittings. It does come with the bleeder screws and bushing inserts for the slider bolts/pins. You will have to reuse your slider pins from your stock calipers and hose fittings. You will need to purchase new pads or reuse the ones you have on your car.
I also recently purchased NEW, Wilwood 2.0 small bore metric calipers. PN 120-9333. The price is round $80 each online. It is also a different casting from the other two. Visually the casting looks better and it looks to come with a stainless steel piston that is 1.981" in diameter. The casting comes bare with no paint or powder coating and they can be interchanged from the right and left hand side of the car. The piston cylinder portion of the caliper is physically smaller than the other two because of the reduced size of the piston. The piston bore and stainless steel piston look to have a better, tighter fit. The clearance is so tight there is no dust boot installed around the piston like the 2.75 and 2.5 bore caliper above. These calipers only come with a bleeder screw. It does not come with any other hardware. You will have to supply the slider bolts/pins, slider bolt/pin bushing inserts (I need to make sure this is possible), brake pads, and hydraulic hose fittings. All hardware should be able to transfer over from your original caliper. Please refer to this web page for more details. http://www.wilwood.com/PDF/Flyers/fl176.pdf
Out of the three calipers above, I was most impressed with the Wilwood calipers. These calipers have a very clean casting that weigh at least 2 lbs less than the other two calipers. The Wilwood website list a 2.75 bore version also that weighs just 5 more ounces than the Wilwood 2.0 bore versions (4lb 6.4oz v 4lb 1.6oz). These Wilwood iron calipers weigh roughly 1lb more than the Willwood comparable aluminum metric caliper with the 2.38 bore (4lb 6.4oz v 4lb 1.6oz v 3lb 6.4oz). I also suspect that the piston to bore clearances are just as tight as their 2.0" verson which will give the 2.75" version of the Wilwood caliper a larger piston that that of the CCP version. It theory this gives more clamping force.
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for extensive rust that has penetrated thru the metal, the affected area must be cut out, and the surrounding area needs to be sandblasted.. a little bit of rust left on bare metal after repainting will later spread.
this was the advice given to me by a paint guru regarding a 35 year old car. Remove the rust before it's too late...
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speaking of focuses and rust, does anyone else have rust around their gas filler cap?
and dont use wd-40... use something thats made for rust treatment. if youre going to try and paint over the area, wd40 will up the new paint (just the chemicals sticking to the metal, no matter how much you clean it).
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In all fairness, one never knows when one will need a 30 bullet magazine.
One day, one may have to expertly pick-off 25 team members, the manager, and coaches, with one bullet for each, of a 'Joint Crips & Bloods Touring Baseball Team,' who, after games with the local white-9, go on home invasion and killing sprees.
Of course, if the players on IR are traveling along, one might still be screwed anyway.
If you need more than one or two shots to stop an intruder, you best not have a loaded gun in the house lest you hurt yourself or an innocent bystander. If you absolutely have a gun for self defense (a statistically stupid move), get a fucking 12-gauge shotgun loaded with #8 buckshot, so you do not actually have to aim.
I saw a debate case years ago that re-legalized sawn-off shotguns, and banned everything else shorter than 24 1/2″.
Negatives were hard-pressed to come up with civilian purposes for firearms that were much shorter than that where the sawn-off wasn't a better choice. Besides holding up liquor stores and such, that is…
Forget whether you should need 6 or 12 shots to bring the intruder down – honestly, do you even need to hit the intruder? Unless they're seriously crazed, a warning shot or two should send them running; actually shooting them wouldn't even seem to be the first priority.
For gun nuts, everyone who might break into your house must be assumed to be Hannibal Lecter wearing military grade body armour – a fearless psychopath intent on murdering your whole family in the most gruesome manner who can only be stopped by massive lethal force by the largest calibre rounds on the market in the greatest quantity possible.
It's Cheney's 1% doctrine. They really are just in perpetual terror of everything.
for personal home protection, i have a 20mm, electric gatling gun, capable of firing 1,000 rounds a minute. a combination of armor piercing/explosive shells, with belt feed, seem to handle most forms of intrusion. it requires a two-man team, one carrying the gun/handling fire-control duties, the other carting the 10,000 round ammo case and battery. oh, every 6th round is a tracer, in case of night home invasions. sure, it might seem a little over the top, but you can never be too safe.
it can also be mounted on the hood of my car, connected to a dash-mounted trigger, with power provided by the car battery.
i was going to go for the 40mm version, but the ammo cost is a budget buster.
That's not really the case, although I think what you really meant is that a shotgun is easier to aim. (See below)
At close range, the shot hasn't spread enough to significantly reduce the need for accurate aiming. As range increases, the spread increases, but so does the error of the shooter, so it's something of a tradeoff.
Having said that, I always had pump-action shotguns for home defense when I was living in the coutry and would never consider confronting an intruder with a handgun. Reasons:
(1) One shot from a 12-gauge has 10x the stopping power of a single shot from a .38 or 9mm, and you may not get more than one shot, a point often lost on the handgun jerkoffs.
(2) While you still have to aim, it's a lot easier to aim any long gun than any handgun. Just point the barrel in the right direction and you have a decent chance (I assume this is what you meant). With a handgun, you're probably going to miss unless you raise the weapon to eye level and use the sights. Even then, you'll probably miss. Most police rounds fired in action miss.
(3) A 12-gauge is a really fkn scary thing to be staring down the barrel of. It looks like a German 88 when it's pointed at you.
(4) The sound of the pump action cycling is a well-known audio deterrent.
They not only let this bozo teach law, they made him a "distinguished professor of constitutional law."
He's one of the few actual examples of an idiotic, teat-sucking government employee.
Serious question: is a state university "the government"? Aren't they typically structured as non-profit institutions that get money from and have officers appointed by the state? The workers are typically not AFSCME, I think, and there are administrative barriers between the "government" and the university.
As a professor at a southern state school, I'm officially a state employee. When the state government changed it's retirement contributions for all state employees, it affected all faculty (and staff) at the university as well. The state prohibits government agencies from paying moving expenses for new employees; thus, the university gets around this by hiring new faculty as temporary researchers the summer before they start their job and pay them whatever their moving expenses were. And so on.
We do have a separate jpb categorization, so the government can target us (or exclude us) as it wishes, and we bargain through a separate union (which isn't that odd. State police, for instance, aren't represented by AFSCME, nor are other employees who have their own specific union), but we are legally employees of the state.
I previously taught in the New York system, where this was also true. I had to take a loyalty oath to the state constitution and have it notarized before I could be employed.
I believe the details vary from state to state and school to school (Penn State, for instance, has its own special relationship to the state), but I think the standard is that faculty and staff at state schools are government employees, though often in their own special categories.
That's how it is in South Dakota — well without the loyalty oath
They are state employees and in most states their salaries are public records
I believe that Reynolds makes around 140,000 a year from the last time I saw the record, but revealing public records is the greatest crime one can commit.
So he's lower middle class?
Poor white trash, I believe.
One wonders whether a simple burglar alarm system wouldn't have frightened the burglar before he managed to gain entry into the house. From the sounds of things, the burglar may have thought the house was unoccupied right up until until the homeowner started shooting. Wouldn't an alarm system have better accomplished the goal of protecting one's family by frightening away the burglar?
If the burglars aren't scared by home alarm systems in an area, it sounds as though homes in that area need to be better reinforced to slow down forced entry. Bars on the windows, steel-reinforced doors, etc. From the pictures of the home in question, it doesn't look as though there were any practical perimeter defenses.
I'm glad that the homeowner successfully defended herself and her children, and have no sympathy for the burglar. However, I think that she would have been better protected by an alarm system and better perimeter defenses intended to keep the burglar outside until the police arrive than having a firearm as her sole defense. What happens if the next burglar is armed, and ready for battle?
Excellent point about alarm systems (sick as I am of the calls we keep getting from people trying to scare us into getting one — they target people over 60, figuring we're getting all scared), which can be linked to local police. In the news story I read through the links here, the woman didn't take time to call the police when she became aware someone was trying to break in — which I found strange, though perhaps the situation didn't give her opportunity or time.
A .38 is a less then ideal choice for defense against human-sized targets, which is attested by her need for 6 shots (5 hits)to stop him. It's certainly lethal, but is doesn't have the stopping power you want in a situation such as that. Smaller cal guns are best when they only need to be displayed to ward of Bad Guys. A 9mm or a .40 is a better choice, when it comes to actually needing to pull the trigger.
Of course, I haven't read detailed reports, and the article doesn't specify -where- she hit him, so using this situation as proof-positive of the need for high-cap mags (you could, theoretically, kill someone with one shot from a .22) is rather dubious. This is doubled by the fact that most .32s are concealed-carry guns, so while the cal is small, so are the frames and the mags, so you still only get 7-8 shots.
Glenn's assertion that .223 is an ideal home defense round is both stupid and mind-bendingly irresponsible. Bullets don't just stop existing when they miss their targets, or hit drywall. A round fired from a long gun can easily travel three quarter mile in open air, and can punch through exterior walls it relative ease. Then the bullet keeps going, potentially causing damage, harm, or death, to what ever else it hits.
Hallow point hand-gun, or shotgun of mid-range power, will do you fine, with minimized (not 0%, because that's imnpossible) chance to do collateral damage.
Oh. For what little it's worth, that was me.
Ah, the internet, where Anonymous feels obliged to clarify that he is actually Some Guy. I was sure you were What's-Her-Name!
you could, theoretically, kill someone with one shot from a .22
It's more than theoretical. I haven't seen the stats from the past decade, but in the '90s and '80s, .22 was the numbah-one handgun homicide round (probably due, in fairness, to its ubiquity rather than physics).
Back of the neck, upward angle, scrambled brains comin' up… 2 shots if you want to be really thorough.
Rule #2: the double tap.
It was the preferred tool of professional hit men for a long time because it did not make much noise. The .22 & .25 were the most common weapon of criminals in the 60s and 70s owing to the ready availability of cheap Saturday Night Specials (automatics in those calibers).
the article doesn't specify -where- she hit him
Deputies arrested 32-year-old Atlanta resident Paul Slater in connection with the crime. Chapman said they found him on the ground saying, "Help me. I'm close to dying." Slater was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center for treatment. Chapman said Slater was shot in the face and neck. . . .
Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri learned from Chapman late Friday night that slater has been placed on a ventilator and suffers from punctured lungs, a punctured liver and a punctured stomach.
He said if Slater survives the night, doctors will try to operate in the morning to repair the damage.
Chapman said Slater has four exit wounds.
I disapprove of people with this last name being shot.
We don't know she "needed" 5 hits to stop him. She more likely panicked and just kept pulling the trigger until she ran out of bullets. It's not even clear he had time to react to her pointing the gun at him, and it's possible he would have fled had she not just opened up.
One can safely infer that she stopped him with the first round, as he apparently never touched her. But I think what Some Anonymous Guy meant was didn't kill him, because in Gun Psycho Land, you're not stopped unless you're dead, especially if you're a big male blah.
And yes, there's a good chance she panic-fired the rest. There's also a good chance her idiot husband or gun instructor told her to empty the weapon, even though this is a Really Bad Idea ™ with a six-shot revolver, for several reasons I'm sure the saner people around here can figure out. Nevertheless, "empty the weapon" is the technique taught by many self-styled "experts".
I'd never heard that, once again the abject stupidity of gun nuts has amazed me. It's not a fucking fire extinguisher.
Oddly though, that was standard police issue for a long time in this country.
And it was perfectly adequate as such. There is a long and revolting history of the up-gunning of US police forces in response to the perceived unstoppability of drug-crazed suspects (insert obvious racial profile here). In the '20s, wild Negroes on cocaine prompted police forces to abandon .32 revolvers; in the '70s and '80s, PCP was the flavor of the decade, with occasional nods to crack later in the '80s, occasioning abandonment of the .38 revolver for the .40 S&W automatic. (If you want some actual data to support the police arms race, Google the Miami shoot-out, wherein suspects dressed in heavy clothing managed to survive a number of hits with .38s and fire back, initially causing the FBI to adopt the unwieldly but grizzly-stopping 10mm–the .40 S&W is a cut-down 10mm.)
It has gotten to the point where some police agencies openly announce that their sidearms are "one shot, one kill".
I saw a "gun advice column" in the Village Voice in the '90s that went something like this:
"What's this I hear about the NYPD making the 9mm the standard issue sidearm? When I was on the job, I was so shitfaced most of the time I could barely handle something as childishly simple as my .38 revolver!"
"Hey, it's a war zone out there. It would be morally wrong to have our police less well armed than the other drug dealers."
Without getting into the issue of caliber, there are advantages (to police) to carrying pistols instead of revolvers. The switch to semiautomatics was not entirely due to a desire for more stopping power. Slimmer profile, higher capacity, and faster reloading were pretty high on the list of reasons.
I really don't think police need to carry anything heavier than a .38 or 9mm. The shift to bigger calibers coincided with a shift in mentality from wounding anc capturing suspects to killing them and saving everyone the trouble of a trial. That should concern us greatly.
And it was perfectly adequate as such
Which was pretty much my point.
it depends.
And it was perfectly adequate as such.
the .38 was the standard issue sidearm, for the US Military, up until WWI, when it was replace by the colt .45 semi-auto. the reason (or at least the stated reason): the .38 didn't have sufficient knock-down power, in the heat of combat. possibly due to adrenaline rush, entire loads would be emptied into charging german soldiers, who still wouldn't go down. this was considered a problem, especially if you happened to be the person behind the .38 at the time.
conceivably, i can see how this might be an issue for police, depending on the situation. as noted above, it's faster to reload with a magazine, than with a "speed-loader", and a .45 (and 9mm) magazine has more than 6 rounds.
for home defense, you really can't beat a 12g pump, with buckshot. at close range, you're going to hit something, and that something will be in lots of pain, if not dead. it certainly won't be coming at you anymore, which is the whole point.
of course, a 12g pump isn't nearly as cool as a .223 semi-auto, with a 30 round magazine, and no way near as profitable to the manufacturers, which is really what the argument is all about.
in atlanta proper, and its suburbs, home alarm systems are standard, as are barbed/concertina wire topped, chain-link fences, around parking lots, of most businesses. it surprises me that this house didn't have one. the first time i ever visited the city, and realized that, was when i decided i would never move there. anywhere that requires that, is nowhere i want to live.
Actually I'd rather have "six for sure" with a revolver than an automatic.
You pick it up, pull the trigger and it goes "bang". If it doesn't, keep pulling the trigger until it does.
If someone's trying to kick my door in at 3:00 AM I don't really want to be messing around with a safety or trying to work the action on an automatic.
> fire Glock 21
You fire the pistol with your shaking sweaty hands.
A GRUE is trying to break down your door.
> fire again
> lantern on
The light is on.
> Examine pistol
You see a .45 casing sticking out of the ejection port
> Remove casing
The GRUE breaks through the door.
as the revolver slips out of your hand, shooting you in the foot.
You fire the pistol with your shaking sweaty hands.
you forgot to mention the fact that, even if you did get a shot off, it would most likely hit something other than what you were "aiming" at, with those shaking hands.
How are safety catches not mandatory on all guns?
I get wanting a lower propensity to jam, but safety features are there for important reasons, and if you're adequately familiar with your weapon, taking it off safe should not pose a problem.
Double-action revolvers have never had safeties as far as I can remember.
That's purely a feature associated with semi-automatics.
The relatively long trigger pull required to work a revolver is normally considered sufficient.
If someone's trying to kick my door in at 3:00 AM
— it's probably the police anyway. Or angry chickens.
Or a GRUE.
Wouldn't a shit catapult be a much better intruder defense weapon? Intruder enters dwelling, receives a face full of shit, game over.
Alan Tomlinson
P.S. I have yet to hear Glenn Reynolds deny that he has had multiple sexual relationships with minors of both sexes.
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Fuck you – I'm not getting out of the boat. I'll glean the context fro the other witty commenters [commentors?].
Have some confidence, or check – the link is to a post by Thers at Whiskey Fire; to really get out of the boat, you'll have to follow the link from Thers's post.
D'oh. Mea culpa.
Even if we take Professor Corncob's tale at face value, he STILL has to reckon with the scoreboard of (on average) 12 to 15 gun-related murders that happened during the 24 hour period surrounding this one incident of a woman defending herself.
But, as the gun nuts are quick to point out, the deaths of hundreds or even thousands of innocents every year is an insignificant price to pay for the continuing possibility that once in a great while someone, somewhere, will use a gun to defend him or her self.
the deaths of hundreds or even thousands of innocents every year is an insignificant price to pay
People always say that until you have them on the flaying rack and are trying to explain in your most reasonable tone of voice that this is the only way to keep the Great Old Ones from coming back and then they get all "but why me" and there's just no reasoning with them.
But a self reported study done by some wingnut professor says that guns are used 2.5 million times per year to prevent crimes. To borrow from Scott, the plural of self-reported anecdotes is data.
She fired 6 shots, put 5 in the attacker and he was still kicking.
Where by "kicking" I mean "on the ground, shot in the face and multiple vital organs and begging her to stop shooting."
Exactly. His survival is exceptional and aberrational, not evidence that a .38 is somehow not powerful enough to stop an intruder.
Some folks say barriers. Some folks say firearms. But why do we have to choose, for defending our castles? Claymores. They're your answer.
. . . these claymores are more traditionally used to defend castles . . .
Other Claymores are available (and arguably thematically appropriate to this blog)
Gotta love a weapon with old-school charm!
This is kind of the vital point. The only sense in which he was "still kicking" is that he may yet live to consider his actions.
Heck, if she'd had a slower-firing gun, rather than her actual weapon or the rapidly-firing, high-capacity gun Reynolds wants her to have had, she might not have unloaded the whole thing into the intruder; she might have had more shots in reserve in case of the hypothetical second intruder Reynolds is so worried about. Conversely, it seems very likely that if she'd had 30 shots she'd simply have pumped more into the intruder and done no-one any good thereby, herself included – and she might still have emptied the gun before Reynold's theoretical crazed fearless second intruder entered the scene.
My memory (your mileage may vary) is that most Police shootings end with the officer either firing once or emptying the weapon. So, yea, it is a good thing she did not have a 15 round extended magazine on a Glock else there would rounds whizzing all over the place.
I continue to propound that, our ever-increasing superfluity of firearms having inexplicably failed thus far to diminish our incidence of handgun violence, the logical answer must be hand grenades.
I am reinforced in this belief by this story, in which shooting six rounds (and hitting with five of them) was apparently in some difficult-to-understand way insufficient to dissuade an intruder (who was taken from the scene in an ambulance), even though an air horn would probably have worked about as well (though admittedly the intruder would probably have gotten away). A couple of hand grenades: no more intruder, and back to sleep.
the logical answer must be hand grenades.
or horseshoes. Those are where close counts IIRC. I have removed the backseats of cars because they are hard to throw
And you won't have anything left worse stealing, so you've not only prevented one burglary, you've prevented all of them.
worse s/b worth, and Hogan s/b smarter.
You are unfair to Reynolds. He is not really arguing by anecdotes, but by hypotheticals and counterfactuals.
For any given restriction on weapon calibre or firing rate, he can always dream up a situation where more and larger weapons would be useful; legislation should follow his imagination.
Until only a nuclear-armed hover-tank will really do…
This is, after all, the same doctrine that brought back torture because TICKING TIME BOMB.
You know what, an America without a nuclear hover tank in every garage isn't really free, is it.
Battleship, please … a knock-off KGV would do, maybe even a titchy little Graf Spee. PLUS you no longer need flood insurance.
Battleship, please …
That's going to be my new response to silly questions from now on.
Here's what Glen Harland Reynolds is missing – she kept firing until the gun was empty.
This actually happens a lot, even with trained professionals. When they get in their first (and usually only) real-life gunfight, they just keep pulling the trigger until the gun goes "click." If she'd had a 10- or 15- round pistol, she'd have fired 10 or 15 times, and most of those would have been misses as well.
I know the author was trying to make fun of Glenn Reynolds, but now I feel like I won't be free until I can blow up wolves with a bazooka.
Woman Defends Herself From Partner Assault With Toilet Plunger
Would guns have made this better? Did she need a semi-automatic toilet plunger?
why do you hate the full-auto Plunger?
When plungers are outlawed, only outlaws will be able to flush.
Well, no: anyone can flush once. It's the re-un-loading speed that's at issue.
The phrase "ammunition dump" never seemed so necessary…
I dimly recall a Bloom County in which Opus runs amok with a plunger but someone else will have to find it and scan it.
I have a vague recollection. Didn't the others pacify him with Twinkies to stop the carnage?
And now we have none, thanks to the communist unions! We are disarmed! We are vulnerable to plunger rampages, unless we all can carry large plungers in our pants at all times!
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'From almost every angle, it looks like LeClair doesn't want them. His agent, Lewis Gross, his intelligence and credibility questioned by Clarke a few months ago, was summoned last week for a meeting with Flyers management about a new contract. Gross not-so-gratefully declined and did not return calls last week.'
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text: Hi FSUers! As many of you know, I'm a professional musician and a manager of classical/opera singers. I have a duo (female and male) team that has formed a crossover act, in the manner of Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli, singing "Time to Say Goodbye," "The Prayer," etc., along with some opera. I had a similar act in the past (but with more than two singers), called "Dazzling Divas & Divos." I've been wracking my brain to come up with a catchy "title" for this duo, but my creative forces are failing me. Does anyone have any ideas? Many thanks either way!


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This insurance plan is currently unavailable on Squaremouth
$25,000 per person
Secondary coverage
Provides reimbursement for the cost of treatment associated with a medical emergency incurred while traveling.
Emergency Medical / Dental Expense
Subject to the limitations stated below, We will pay up to the Maximum Benefit shown on the Schedule of Benefits for Covered Expenses You incurred for an Injury or Emergency Illness on a Covered Trip, provided initial Treatment is received during a Covered Trip. The first expense must be incurred within 48 hours from the date of the onset of the Injury or Emergency Illness, or, if the Pre-Existing Condition Limitation is waived, the Injury or Illness must re-occur while You are covered for Injury or Emergency Illness. This coverage is secondary to any other coverage available to You. Coverage continues until Your Covered Trip ends.
"Covered Expenses" means the Necessary and Reasonable Expenses for Emergency medical, surgical and dental services, Treatments and supplies incurred during a Covered Trip. Covered Expenses also include expenses for Emergency professional nursing services, Hospital charges, X-rays and ambulance services.
We will not pay for:
1. Hernia (includes all types of hernias), however caused;
2. Services or Treatment given by a Family Member or any person employed or retained by You.
3. Experimental procedures;
4. Cosmetic surgery or procedure that is not reconstructive surgery which is intended to or follows surgery resulting from trauma, infection or other disease of You;
5. Benefits which are payable under any worker's compensation or similar law;
6. Any surgical or medical Treatment which can reasonably be delayed until You return to Your primary residence;
7. Any Treatment or medication which at the time of departure You know is required to be continued during a Covered Trip;
8. The cost of dentures, dental appliances, false limbs, hearing aids, cochlear implants, contact or corneal lenses or spectacles (prescription or otherwise);
9. Any repatriation costs not authorized by Us; or
10. The additional cost of a single or private room at a Hospital, except when the treating Physician considers it Necessary.
"Accidental or Accident" means an unexpected and unforeseen event or incident, including a Terrorist Incident.
"Amateur Athletics" means any amateur or non- professional sporting, recreation, or athletic activity that is organized, sponsored and/or sanctioned, and/or involves regular or scheduled practices, games and/or competitions (collectively "organized athletic activities"). This definition does not include non-organized athletic activities that are engaged in by You solely for recreational, entertainment or fitness purposes.
"Baggage"means luggage and personal possessions, whether owned, borrowed or rented, that is taken or purchased by You on the Covered Trip.
"Business Partner" means an individual who: (i) is actively involved with You in a legal partnership; and (ii) is actively involved in the day-to-day management of that business.
"Certificate" means this document issued by Us. As the underwriting insurance carrier, We are solely liable and responsible for the coverage and benefits provided under the Certificate.
"Checked Baggage" means Baggage that is in the care, custody, or control of a Common Carrier for which it has issued a receipt to You.
"Civil Disorder or Civil Unrest" means a symptom of, and a form of protest against, political or major socio-political problems. Civil Disorder or Civil Unrest includes, but is not limited to illegal parades, sit-ins and other forms of obstructions, riots, sabotage and other forms of crime which is intended to be a demonstration to the public and the government, but can escalate into general chaos.
"Common Carrier" means any land, water, or air conveyance operated under a license for the transportation of passengers for hire.
"Coverage Verification Letter" means the letter that accompanies the Certificate of Coverage from Our program manager.
"Covered Trip" means any travel and sojourn to a Destination more than 120 miles from the starting point of the Covered Trip and not exceeding the maximum Covered Trip Duration shown in Your Coverage Verification Letter.
"Departure Date" means the scheduled date to begin the Covered Trip as referenced in Your Coverage Verification Letter for this Certificate.
"Destination" means one or more cities to which You are scheduled to travel on a Covered Trip.
"Emergency" means a sudden, unexpected, unforeseen occurrence demanding immediate action.
"Family Member" means Your spouse, children (including step children and those adopted and placed for adoption), brothers or sisters (including in-laws and steps), parents (including in-laws and steps), grandparents (including in-laws), grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, legal guardians and legal wards.
"Financial Default"means the complete suspension of operations due to financial circumstances whether or not a bankruptcy petition is filed, or a partial suspension of operation following a filing of a bankruptcy petition in a court of competent jurisdiction under Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
"Hospital" means an institution or medical facility that meets all of the following requirements:
1. Properly accredited and where required by law, holds a license as a Hospital;
2. Operates mainly for the care and Treatment of sick or injured persons as inpatients;
3. Provides twenty-four hours a day nursing care by registered nurses;
4. Has a staff of one or more Physicians available at all times;
5. Provides organized facilities for diagnosis and surgical procedures or has them available on a pre-arranged basis;
6. Not primarily a clinic, nursing home or convalescent home or similar place of business; and
7. Not mainly a place for treating alcoholics or drug addicts.
With respect to outpatient surgery or diagnostic testing, an ambulatory surgical center or a clinic will be considered a Hospital. Such facility must be properly accredited and, where required by law, hold a license allowing the facility to operate as such.
"Illness" means an Emergency sickness, impairment or physical condition that involves inpatient care in a Hospital, or requires Emergency Treatment by a qualified Physician.
"Inclement Weather" means physically severe weather that causes the suspension of common carrier transportation and/or the suspension of travel on public roadways by order of a local governmental authority.
"Injury" means trauma or damage to any part of the body caused solely by Accident, independent of disease or bodily infirmity.
"Insured" means the Member who arranged to take the Covered Trip, completed the application, paid the premium in full, and whose coverage under the Certificate has become effective and has not terminated.
"Insured" includes any other Member listed in the Coverage Verification Letter whose coverage has become effective and has not terminated.
"Key Employee" means an employee of an employer who is responsible for policy and decision making.
"Locality" means an area large enough to represent a reasonable cross section of providers giving the type of service or supplies for which the charge was made.
"Medically Able To Travel" means that You are 100% able to travel on the day You purchased Your Certificate.
"100% able to travel" means that You have no medical condition that requires Treatment, or prevents You from traveling, or will cause You to return home early from Your Covered Trip.
"Member" means any person who belongs to the Policyholder's association.
"Mental, Nervous or Psychological Disorder" means a mental or nervous health condition including, but not limited to; anxiety, depression, neurosis, phobia, psychosis; or any related physical manifestation as defined in the most current edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as published by the American Psychiatric Association.
"Natural Disaster" means a flood, mudslide, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, volcanic eruption, wildfire or blizzard that is due to natural causes.
"Necessary" means medical Treatment that is vital and required for the Treatment of a covered Injury or Illness.
"Organized Labor Strike" means any stoppage of work: (a) as a result of a combined effort of workers which was unannounced and unpublished at the time a Covered Trip was purchased; and (b) which interferes with the normal departure and arrival of a Common Carrier. An Organized Labor Strike is no longer unannounced and unpublished beginning with the first day of an announced "cooling off period."
"Physician" means a person, other than You, a Travel Companion or a Family Member, who is licensed as a medical doctor in the healing arts, and acting within the scope of his or her license for the service or Treatment given.
"Policy" means the Group Travel Insurance Policy issued to the Policyholder by Us. As the underwriting insurance carrier, We are solely liable and responsible for the coverage and benefits provided under the Policy.
"Policyholder" means the National Small Business Travel & Health Association.
"Pre-Existing Condition" means an Injury or Illness or condition during the 60 days immediately before and including the date Your coverage became effective which:
1. Manifested itself, became acute or exhibited symptoms which would have caused a reasonably prudent person to seek diagnosis, care or Treatment; or
2. Required taking prescription drugs or medicine, unless the condition for which the prescribed drug or medicine is being taken remains controlled without any change in the required prescription; or
3. Was diagnosed, or required Treatment or Treatment was recommended by a Physician.
"Professional Athletics" means an athletic or sporting activity, including practice, preparation, and actual sporting events for any individual of an organized team that is a member of a recognized professional sports organization, is directly supported or sponsored by a professional team or professional sports organization, is a member of a playing league that is directly supported or sponsored by a professional team or professional sports organization; or has any athlete receiving for his or her participation any kind of payment or compensation, directly or indirectly, from a professional team or professional sports organization.
"Reasonable Expenses" means the normal and customary charge of the provider, incurred by You for a service or supply, but not more than the prevailing charge in the Locality for a like service by a provider with similar training or experience; or for a supply which is identical or substantially equivalent.
"Return Date" means the scheduled date on which You are to arrive at Your Return Destination as shown in the Coverage Verification Letter for the Certificate.
"Return Destination" means the place to which You are scheduled to return from a Covered Trip.
"Scheduled Airline" (including scheduled charters) means an airline with a license for civil scheduled air transport issued by the country in which its aircraft are registered. Such airline must file and publish schedules and fares for regular passenger service between cities.
"Spouse" is a person who is a legal husband or a legal wife as defined under the applicable laws that govern Your primary residence.
"Terrorist Incident" means any violent act or an act that is dangerous to human life, property, or infrastructure that is committed within 120 miles of a Destination, by any person or persons who appear to be part of an effort to coerce a civilian population or affect the conduct of any government by coercion.
"Travel Companion" means a person who accompanies and shares a room or cabin with You on a Covered Trip, and a physical cross-reference entry exists within a computerized reservation system, a global distribution system or Travel Supplier reservation system that references Travel Companions to each other.
"Travel Companion's Family Member" means a Travel Companion's spouse, children, parents or grandparents.
"Travel Supplier" means a travel agent, Scheduled Airline, cruise line, tour operator, bus line or other licensed provider of travel.
"Treatment" means any and all undertakings, services and/or procedures rendered or employed with respect to the management and/or care of You for the purpose of identifying, testing for, analyzing, diagnosing, treating, curing, resolving, preventing, monitoring, attending to, caring for, controlling and/ or combating any Illness or Injury or the symptoms or manifestations thereof, including without limitation: verbal or written advice, consultation, examination, discussion, diagnostic or laboratory testing or evaluation of any kind, pharmacotherapy or other medication and/or surgery.
"Uninhabitable" means (i) the building structure itself is unstable and there is a risk of collapse in whole or in part; (ii) there is exterior or structural damage allowing elemental intrusion such as rain, wind, hail or flood; (iii) immediate safety hazards have yet to be cleared, such as debris on roofs or downed electrical lines; or (iv) the property upon which the building sits is without electricity or water.
"We, Us, Our" means Sirius America Insurance Company.
"You or Your" means the Insured.
These exclusions apply to all program benefits and services. In addition to any exclusion that applies to a particular benefit, no coverage is provided for any loss arising directly or indirectly out of, related to or as a result of the following:
1. Intentionally self-inflicted harm, suicide or attempted suicide, by You, a Family Member, a Travel Companion or a Travel Companion's Family Member;
2. Pregnancy, fertility Treatments, childbirth or elective abortion, other than unforeseen complications of pregnancy, of You, a Family Member, a Travel Companion or a Travel Companion's Family Member;
3. Any Mental, Nervous or Psychological disorders or physical complications related thereto, of You, a Family Member, a Travel Companion or a Travel Companion's Family Member;
4. You being under the influence of intoxicating liquor (as determined by the jurisdiction where the loss occurred) or drugs other than drugs taken in accordance with Treatment prescribed and directed by a Physician;
5. War (whether declared or undeclared), acts of war, military duty (unless specifically covered), or voluntary participation in a Civil Disorder or unrest;
6. Participation in Professional or Amateur Athletics (including training);
7. Participation in any sporting, recreational, or adventure activity where such activity is undertaken against the advice or direction of any local authorities or any qualified instructor or contrary to the rules, regulations, recommendations and procedures of the recognized governing body of the area where such activity takes place;
8. All extreme, high risk sports including but not limited to: bodily contact sports, skydiving, hang gliding, bungee jumping, parachuting, mountain climbing or other high altitude activities, caving, heli-skiing, extreme skiing, or any skiing outside marked trails;
9. Scuba diving (unless accompanied by a dive master and not deeper than 130 feet);
10. Operating or learning to operate any aircraft as pilot or crew;
11. Nuclear reaction, radiation or radioactive contamination;
12. Natural Disasters (unless specifically covered);
13. Epidemic;
14. Pollution or threat of pollutant release;
15. Commission of a violation of law by You, a Family Member, a Travel Companion or a Travel Companion's Family Member, whether they are Insured or not, including without limitation, the engaging in an illegal occupation or act, but excluding minor traffic violations;
16. Any known, expected or reasonably foreseeable events or conditions that would cause a loss or claim under this Certificate; or
17. Financial Default (except as specifically covered herein).
This program does not cover You:
1. If the purpose of the travel is to receive medical care, medication or Treatment;
2. If the Travel Supplier's tickets do not indicate the travel dates;
3. If You give incorrect data or facts; or
4. If the loss is not submitted to Us within 90 days from the date of loss, except as otherwise prohibited by law.
This exclusion applies to Trip Cancellation, Trip Interruption and Emergency Medical/Dental and Emergency Medical Evacuation/Repatriation and Emergency Reunion benefits. This program does not cover losses or expenses if they result from:
1. Any Injury occurring to You, a Family Member, a Travel Companion or a Travel Companion's Family Member prior to and including the Effective Date of insurance.
2. Any Illness occurring to You, a Family Member, a Travel Companion or a Travel Companion's Family Member who resides in Your household during the 60 days prior to and including the Effective Date of Your insurance for which: a) medical diagnosis or Treatment by a Physician has been sought or recommended or for which symptoms exist which would cause a reasonably prudent person to seek diagnosis, care or Treatment; or b) require taking prescription drugs or medicine unless the Illness remains controlled without any change in the required prescription.
For the purposes of determining any Pre-existing Condition, the Effective Date of Your insurance will be the date You purchased this coverage.
We cover these Pre-existing Conditions provided:
1. The insurance was purchased within 15 calendar days of initial Covered Trip payment; and
2. On the date of purchase of insurance, You were Medically Able to Travel.
If You do not meet the above criteria, You may still be covered for Trip Cancellation or Trip Interruption cause by reasons other than those related to the Pre- existing Condition.


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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
So, I've decided to write a new zine called, "Jargon." It will be a listing of slang terms from all different aspects of life. I will do a page on casino slang, my friend Krystle is doing "Diner Slang," and so on. Each person can submit 5-10 terms. I need everything in by the end of July, then I can print it by Portland Zinefest.
If you have any ideas, let me know. A couple people will be doing more than one set of slang terms. And so far no one has taken "Zine Slang," so that category is still up for grabs.
So yes, get it to me by the end of the month. Sooner the better. And let me know what (if any) contact info you'd like included.
Thanks! rock on!
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I'm not trying to be a grammar jerk, but jargon and slang are not actually the same thing. Not sure if that was intentional or not.
Very interesting link! I hadn't thought much about the difference between the two, but there was one sentence in there that summed up my goal:
"One really important aspect of both slang and jargon is that they identify you as a member of a group."
I really like how different groups use different words, and that is what this zine will show.
Awesome. :) I'm really interested in reading it.
This might be a little too obvious but what about Internet Slang?


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Man burns shirt, self in downtown Norwich
Norwich - A man sustained minor burns and singed hair this afternoon after lighting his shirt on fire in front of the former YMCA building on Main Street.
Norwich Fire Chief Kenneth Scandariato said when firefighters arrived the man was with police and his smoldering shirt was on the ground. The shirt was extinguished with a pressurized water extinguisher.
"He seemed to be intent on burning himself," Scandariato said. "He seemed quite agitated. He actually did complain he didn't have any gasoline."
Emergency medical crews from American Ambulance attended to the unidentified man at the scene. Scandariatio said it appeared to be a "cry for help."


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As for your Taurus, I'm still looking for the parts that make it worth $750. I remmeber when they first came out they cost $450ish.


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Ornamental Exotica: Transplanting the Aesthetics of Tea Consumption
My paper focuses on how Chinese tea, once a botanical novelty in eighteenth-century Britain, crystallized into an ornamental paradigm within the aesthetics of a Britain culinary ritual: tea time. When the eminent botanist and first (unofficial) director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, Sir Joseph Banks, dispatched specimen collectors to China to procure exotic plants and vegetables, including tea, he was also interested in collecting another luxurious product: fine Chinese porcelain for his wife.
Taking my lead from Banks's dual interest in botanizing tea and appreciating the material culture of tea consumption, I examine how Chinese tea produced a unique sensory experience in which taste, smell, touch, and visual pleasure were entangled with one another while catering to a distinctly British sensibility. This experience, I demonstrate, evolved across several aesthetic domains: a botanical treatise, the tea table laden with delicate porcelain utensils, the exquisite painted surface of a teapot, a conversation piece, a still-life, and a botanical garden. These diverse but related visual realms would play key roles in reinventing Chinese tea as a British drink. Equally importantly, they were mediated through different registers of taste deeply embedded in readings of British character and sensibility.
Such readings, in turn, would have a profound impact on transplanting Chinese tea in India. In 1786, Colonel Robert Kyd created a botanical garden in Calcutta with the strategic goal to experiment with growing Chinese tea in India. If successful, the plan would relieve the East India Company of dependence on the China Trade. It would also usher in a distinctly "British" visual culture of tea drinking in a colonial landscape. Thus, I look at how the aesthetics of tea consumption, inspired by a Chinese import, were transplanted in Britain's emergent tea-growing enclave, India.
Romita Ray is an associate professor of art history in the department of art and music histories at Syracuse University. She specializes in the art and architecture of the British Empire in India, and has recently published her first book, Under the Banyan Tree: Relocating the Picturesque in British India (Yale, 2013). She has published several articles and book chapters on a wide array of topics ranging from the orientalizing of Mata Hari in early twentieth-century photographs to Johann Zoffany's affinity for the banyan tree in eighteenth-century India. She is currently working on her second book manuscript on the aesthetics of tea cultivation and consumption in colonial and post-colonial India.
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