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The confidence that we could win the game on Tuesday night was always there but having seen our previous encounters with teams from both Russia and the Ukraine I definitely didn't expect to be witnessing such a hammering!
Five more goals to add to the nine already scored, nine points out of nine, we simply couldn't ask for any more.
The first signs that winter is well and truly on its way made for a chilly old night in London N5 but the football on offer certainly did its utmost to keep us all warm.
As always the first goal is crucial and this time it came with a degree of good fortune, the goalkeeper's error leading to Songy's cheeky flick into the net. Sami's fine turn and finish doubled the lead and with our guests now needing to attack a bit more to get anything from the game, the second half was always going to see more space to exploit as we attacked.
The jury is still out I feel as far as the extra officials behind the goal are concerned but after the Braga game saw them required for little more than nothing, the penalty decision for our third demonstrated perhaps one of the main reasons why they are of benefit.
The referee was a long way from the incident but received help from his assistant behind the goal when making the decision. TV replays have proved it was totally the correct decision and an indication of how hopefully the sometime quite ridiculous fouling that takes place in the box at set pieces can be eradicated.
Jack's goal and our fourth were worth the entrance money alone. Simply beautiful football and a delicate classy finish. Devastating, clinical and a joy to watch.
Marouane topped off a fine night all round from our point of view but just sometimes scripts seem to have been written somewhere else!
Eduardo's return saw him smack in a fine volley, no more than a consolation for our visitors but apt and quite incredible as to its inevitability.
Applauding an opponent's goal feels so wrong in normal circumstances, on this occasion however, it not only felt so right but a kind of thank you message too.
Our third league visit to one of the clubs tipped to finish in the top six this season is up next then as we travel to Man City for what we all know will be a tough encounter.
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The Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) is proud to announce that its Insurance Service Office (ISO) Public Protection Classification score has improved by an entire rating level from its previous score of 3, to a level 2. This increase may have significant influence in reducing insurance rates for Lakeland residents and businesses considering it plays a big role in how insurance companies - including the largest in the nation - figure rates and decision making in regards to who they underwrite.
The score, based on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 representing the highest level of fire suppression standards and 10 indicating an unacceptable level of fire suppression, is produced by ISO through an extensive evaluation process. The department's services, response times, equipment, personnel, training efforts, community outreach, and more were evaluated to develop a final score. That score in turn provides both insurers and the fire department a comprehensive measure to rate the quality of the fire protection they provide. In Lakeland's case, its new PPC score of 2 indicates a very high level of fire protection.
"The men and women of the Lakeland Fire Department worked very hard to achieve this momentous goal. This is the first time in the history of the department, in the ISO era, that we have accomplished such a high level of public protection classification that can have very real and positive outcomes for the citizens of Lakeland." said Training Chief John Almskog, who was instrumental in coordinating the review.
ISO auditors visited in July of 2013, during which Lakeland's Fire Department, Water Department, and Police Communications Center were evaluated to come up with the final determination. Of the 682 ISO rated communities in Florida, only 40 have a level 2 classification placing Lakeland in the top 7th percentile. The LFD's score of 2 was very strong, only 2 percentage points below a score of 1. The score is anticipated to become effective March 1, 2014.
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some of you, mad me look like a crazy fella, but let me tell a real story;
When I was 29 I bought my first car, I hadn't practice driving before that day, but i had theoretical idea, and that day afternoon I learned how to drive with no help or whatsoever, one can tell how hard that was considering that the car was manual not automatic!
What I want to tell is, could sailing be the same as driving a car with no previous experience?
just try and learn from the wrong.
However, I read a lot now about sailing, still dn't get it but eventually I will comprehend it, still I need to have a boat to practice.
Thanks to all whom might concerned to hep and advise.
|I appreciate the advice that was given to the OP about needing to be prepared before crossing an ocean, taking time to learn, etc, but I would like to add one thought that I think contradicts all of that - at 60 years old you're starting to think about how much longer you'll be fit enough to do anything, much less sail across an ocean. While I think the advice about preparing, learning skills, etc, is all well intentioned and for a 30 year old spot on, at some point you just have to start thinking that if you're ever going to do something you better get to it. Like they say, life is not a dress rehearsal, this is it.
|Sammy: congratulations on you goal! I think it is exciting and very ambitious you can do it and if it is your dream you should do it ... with great caution and preperation, I have the same goal and have been taking step by strp sailing classes from a charter boat company in the San Francisco bay area starting with Basic Keelboat then Basic Cruising I will do many charters where I will be the skipper before I move on top the next classes I highly reccommend you take some classes just to get your feet wet (pun HAHA) perhaps take a look at US Sailing or one of the accreditted schools in your area. I will tell you that after the classes I have taken I felt much more confident in my ability to go out and cope on the water, however I always learn that I have allot more to learn every time I go out whether there's a problem on the boat or a thick wall of fog that your in and all you can hear is the surf pounding onto rocks nearby there is frequently situations that occur that make your pulse race and force you to deal with your fear...... I like that part of it ! anyway I have a 5 year goal to get through all my sail training then crew on a boat from somewhere here in CA to Hawaii then with a little more practice I will sail to Spain Maybe by myself more likely with friends I have made who have very much more experience than I hence very much more skill... maybe when I am 70? I'll go all alone. good luck to you and go for it.
|Ok I don't feel so crazy now. He is 60 (i thought when he said old man he meant old man. I don't consider 60 an old man )and talking about an Atlantic crossing and has never sailed before. I am 40, never sailed before and was considering a Lake Ponchartrain crossing. I have no choice I am going to have to do it if I get the Cal 25 I was planning on getting. It is on the northshore, I live on the southshore and I certainly am not driving back and forth 30 min a day to work on my boat.
Thanks Lelands for the generous invitation.
I may accept it soon.
Thanks again.
Hey Sammy,
I understand your dream. I would like to one day sail a very long distance, but I am taking several years to completely understand what all sailing can do to you.
Remember that you don't have to cross an ocean to have an adventure, come down one day and I'll show you how much fun it is just to take a 3 hour sail to the islands around here. The sights are much prettier when it's not just water everywhere
Just food for thought- you don't always have to run before you walk.
Thanks a lot Jeff
your reply is the best help and informative article I have read so far.
I saved your thread to read it again and again for the wisdom that apparently shows.
I enjoyed reading it.
Thanks again
First of all, reading your post, and non-analytic approach to this, I would say that your chances of crossing the Atlantic in a year are well less than 50/50%.
If you had the time and money to methodically and rapidly progress through the necessary study and apprenticeship, with access to knowlegable friends who could tutor you in sailing and boat handling, and if your mindset was such that you were able to methodically outline a course of study, then you might increase your chances of being successful, but the fact that you have set an arbitrary deadline, and picked an arbitrary boat type, and have not researched even the most basic first steps in a courses of study before setting this goal, suggests that it is unlikely that you can accomplish a crossing at anything resembling a reasonable level of risk, at least not within a year's time.
You need to begin to get vaguely realistic in your planning. For example, there is only a narrow weather window to minimize your risks in crossing the Atlantic in a small boat west to east. The end of that window is less than 6 months away and the beginning of the next window is 15 months away. So at the very least, the soonest you could go is roughly 15 months.
I know that the dream of voyaging under sail can be a powerful one. Several times a month I receive an email from someone who is considering doing just what you are proposing. I have watched literally dozens of folks go through this. Some are successful in getting 'out there', some discover that they really enjoy sailing and find that they really have no need to cross and ocean; some have discovered that the sailing life is just not for them, and still others have not even gotten past the dreaming stage.
From what I have seen, typically the most successful have been the ones who have been somewhat systematic about going. There is a lot to learn before one can safely venture offshore. No one would assume that they could buy a jet airliner take a few lessons and be able to fly around the world. I think most rational people would expect to start with a small plane and work their way up doing short hops and then longer more difficult flights. But for some reason people assume that they can just go out and buy a boat, take a couple lessons, read a few books, and then go safely cruising.
While there are people who literally have taken a few lessons, read a few books and went out voyaging, those that were successful going that route are far more rare than those who have done some kind of apprenticeship and worked up to it a step at time. Learning to sail and learning to cruise involves a lot of knowledge and no matter how much you know, there will always be more to learn, but I suggest that you at least plan to take the time to learn the basics.
If I were in your position, I would start by moving myself to a warm climate, say Florida and taking basic sailing lessons. I would look for a small offshore capable design, (and not try to start with an old, lightly built, coastal cruiser like the Cal 2-27. An experienced sailor could strengthen one and cross and ocean, but you have neither the time or skill to do that.) If you are planning to cross an ocean, you will need a boat with a displacement (weight) of roughly 4,000 to 11,000 lbs per person, so a 27 foot coastal cruiser is too small for two or three people to sail across the Atlantic in terms of carrying enough supplies to feed the crew and carry necessary spares.
To cross an ocean in a small boat, you turly need to know how to sail well. By sailing well, I mean understanding the nuances of boat handling and sail trim in both light and heavy conditions.
The key to even getting close to your goal will be outline the tasks you need to accomplish in the 15 months that you have, setting a sequence and deadlines and be disciplined in following that path. I would start by sitting down and put together a list of all of the things that you will need to know before I set off voyaging. Off the top of my head, you would at least minimally need to study and truly know the following items and then some:
· Boat handling
· Sail trim
· Rules of the road
· Weather
· Routing
· Boat husbandry, repair and maintenance
· Diesel/ gas engine maintenance and repair
· First aid
· Heavy weather tactics
· Legal restrictions on leaving and entering foreign countries
· Navigation, (Celestial, dead reckoning and electronic)
· Provisioning
· Radio operators license exam requirements
· Safe and dangerous fish to eat
· Survival skills
· Etc………..
Once you had what you thought was a complete list, you would set up a schedule to try to develop those areas of skill that you are currently lacking.
As much as possible you will need to try to involve all those on board in as many of these aspects of knowlege as each is capable of understanding. With dedication, high levels of energy, and a lot of focus this process could take as little as a year, but in my experience, more often it takes two to three years. The process itself can be very rewarding and can build the kind of family bonds that are required to be cast away on that oh-so-small island that a boat underway represents.
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Now please advice me of how to start.
Just advice me on where to start,
Thanks to all of you gentlemen.
Take RYA Theory and Practical courses (start with Day Skipper and progress to Yachtmaster Ocean)
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Take it easy Chris dear, you can submit your opinion fairly without being that harsh.
(I can't drive: I'm planning to buy a Ford Escort and drive across the Sahara)
You need lots of training, lots of practice and lots of planning.
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I was just looking through the drawer that has a bunch of my old calls in it that I don't use anymore, and I thought "why not put some of those to good use?". I'll bet there are some kids (i.e., under 18 years old) on here who are into duck calls and duck calling but who may not have many, or any, calls yet.
So here is my proposal: how about all you guys looking through your drawers to see if you might have any calls that you would be willing to send to a deserving youngster free of charge? If you do, why not post a description of the call here in this thread and let any kid who is interested in it claim it, first come first served?
One final point.............I know some of you under-18-year-olds are fortunate enough to already be blowing custom calls, so let's leave these calls for those who may not have that kind of opportunity yet, ok? In other words, don't claim one of these calls if you already have a bunch of nice calls.


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Nine out of 10 students from middle and upper-class New Hampshire families graduate from high school, while only 73 percent of low-income students earn a diploma, according to a report on national high school graduation rates.
Building a GradNation was released Monday by a consortium that included America's Promise Alliance, which was founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell to focus attention on children and teens.
Overall, the report found the 2012 graduation rate for the nation topped 80 percent, the first time ever. New Hampshire had a graduation rate of 86 percent; only seven other states topped the Granite State.
But New Hampshire had an 18-percent "opportunity gap" between affluent/middle class graduates and those from low-income households.
"Certainly, we continue to have work to do with certain populations in certain communities in the state," said Paul Leather, deputy New Hampshire commissioner of education. Those communities include Manchester and Rochester, which have large populations of low-income Hispanic and African-Americans and other economically disadvantaged students, he said.
GradNation focuses on the gap. It noted that in southern and Midwestern states, graduation rates for black males are in the upper 50 and low 60s.
"Our nation cannot prosper nor retain true to its ideals when far too many young men of color are still not receiving the supports and opportunities needed to obtain a high school diploma," the report reads.
Data in the report show a consistent improvement in New Hampshire graduation rates over the past 10 years.New Hampshire graduated 91 percent of middle class/affluent students in 2012, compared to 73 percent of students on free or reduced school lunch. Nationally, the graduation rates are not as high, but the gap is slightly narrower — 87 percent to 72 percent.
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New Hampshire had only one dropout factory in 2012, according to report data. The report does not name the school, but Leather said he presumes it is Manchester High School West. The school has a new principal, and graduation rates should start improving in the 2014 year, he said.
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• Concentrate on California, and make it a focus of national attention. California has the highest poverty rate, a high rate of household income and a population that is 61 percent non-Anglo, yet it remains a laboratory of innovation in education reform.
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Willys-Overland History
The name that's meant JEEP for decades.
1908 John North Willys buys the Overland Automotive Division of Standard Wheel Company.
1912 John North Willys renames the Willys Overland Division to Willys-Overland Motor Company.
1936 Coming out of bankruptcy following the Great Depression, the company is reorganized as Willys-Overland Motors, Inc.
1940 Working from a Bantam Car Company design, Willys contracts to build military Jeeps for the war and produces about 360,000 vehicles by 1945.
1945 Willys-Overland begins producing the Civilian Jeep (CJ) line, with the introduction of the CJ2A model.
1946 Production begins on the Willys Jeep Wagon. Over 300,000 are manufactured between 1946 and 1965. Initially the all-steel wagons are only available in a burgundy and cream color scheme, the appearance of which suggested the "Woodie" wagon look typically found on wagons of this era.
1946 CJ3A is introduced, and more than 132,000 are made before the production ends in 1953.
1947 Production begins on the Willys Jeep Truck. From 1947 to 1965, more than 200,000 are manufactured.
1948 Production begins on the Willys Jeepster. Only 19,000 vehicles are manufactured from 1948 to 1950.
1949 Willys Wagons become available with 72 horsepower six cylinder motor, and four wheel drive - thus creating the first "sport utility vehicle".
1952 Willys CJ3B Jeeps go into production, with a raised hood to accomodate a taller "F" head engine with 25% more horsepower. By 1968, over 155,000 are sold.
1953 Kaiser buys Willys-Overland and changes name to Willys Motor Company.
1954 CJ5 debuts at the start of its three-decade run.
1954 Four wheel drive versions of the Willys Wagons and Trucks are now available with the "Super Hurricane" 115 HP 6 cylinder motor.
1956 Kaiser-Jeep announces the FC-150, a "cab-forward" style pickup truck based on the CJ5 chassis.
1956 Kaiser-Jeep announces the CJ6. Based on the CJ5, the CJ6 has a 20-inch longer wheelbase, adding to the passenger and cargo room. Roughly 50,000 units are produced between 1956 and 1983. The CJ6 proved more popular overseas than in the US, and to this day remains the "forgotten model" between the CJ5 and CJ7.
1957 Kaiser-Jeep announces the FC-170, smiliar to the FC-150 but with a 103.5" wheelbase and L-head 6 cylinder engine.
1963 Company changes name to Kaiser-Jeep corporation.
1965 Kaiser-Jeep discontinues production of Willys wagons and trucks, retiring the Willys name with the line.
1970 American Motors Corporation takes over Kaiser-Jeep.
1972 CJ5 wheelbase is lengthened to accomodate the AMC straight six engine.
1975 Willys-Overland resurrected as a wholesale/retail parts business.
1983 By the time the last CJ5 rolls off the line in 1983, more than 610,000 of the vehicles have hit the highways in the U.S. and around the world.
1987 American Motors is purchased by the Chrysler Corporation.
1998 Daimler-Benz merges with Chrysler Corporation to form DaimlerChrysler, the fifth largest auto maker in the world.
What's a Willy's?
Yikes!!!! Don't know what a Willys is? Next thing you know someone will say "anyone ever heard of a Henry J".
You guys need an AMC history lesson!
1. Formed in 1954 (May) by merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Company. Well, N-K actually bought Hudson out, and for a real good deal since Hudson was drowning...
2. AMC bought Kaiser-Jeep Corporation in 1970. Kaiser bought out Willys in the late 40s or early 50s, I'm not sure on that.
3. Renault purchased a small percentage of AMC in 1979 -- as late as you could get in the 70s poncho, but you're right! I forget the exact percentage, but it was under 25% of AMC at that time, with the option to buy up to 40 some odd percent over the next five years. The bottom fell out of the 4WD market around 1979-80 (which was keeping AMCs head above water until then!), so Renault owned 46% of AMC before the end of 1980 in exchange for keeping them from going under. 46% was controlling interest, so the French started taking over. The XJ Cherokee really saved AMC/Renault's butt in 84, and the Premier would have sold better if Renault hadn't bailed. It ended up being the car that saved Chrysler -- the Chrysler LH series was based on the Premeir, which of course they got with the purchase of AMC.
AMC execs couldn't convince the French that they knew anything about the US market -- they were going under, right? AMC tried to get Renault to offer the 1.7L four in the Alliance from the start. It took three years for the French to realize they were right, and by then the underpowered reputation (especially with typical American auto trans, air, and power steering) was well established.
AMC was just to small and underfunded to compete with the bigger makers across the board, but tried to in the late 60s. They made money hand over fist in the late 60s, to lose it all trying to compete across the board. The auto market is a vicious expand or die market, even more so now than then, as GM is finding out! the days that you can sell whatever you make are long over -- to many choices and all vehicles made today are pretty darned good, even the cheap ones. Yeah, there are still a few poorly built ones, but you can't build junk and stay in business long -- think Yugo!
I have to say, if Charles Nash had his choice of who would buy AMC, I think he'd have been pleased that his old buddy Walter Chrysler's company got it. Walter Chrysler got started in the auto industry working FOR Charley Nash! When Nash wanted to retire, he asked Walt for advice on a successor, and took that advice (George Mason, CEO of Kelvinator at the time), even bought the company the guy worked for to get him! Could you see the CEO of Ford wanting to retire and asking the CEO of GM for advice?? How the world has changed...
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As you can see I own a '59 Willys Overland station Wagon. They were built from 1947 until 1961. These were 2 wheel drive to start then 4 wheel after 1950.
They make a vey confortable hot rod when you drop them, use independent front, 9 inch Ford , 350 Chevy with TPI, 700R4, PS, PB, PW, AC and a lot of sound proofing to deaden the large box that they are.
Since I'm 6'4", this is the first street rod I could walk up and sit down in. Mine is only 5-6 off the street. The 17 and 18 inch wheels make it handle great.
Willys Americar started it with the coupes and sedans. then off to war. Your question of less than $600.00 will probably result in a lot of rust that they were all know to have.
You can sit the body on newer CJ Chassis and even some Chevy truck frames. Better look before you buy.
Merry Christmas,
i would have loved to have been there when they were turning out all of those cj-5's, -7's and the fullsized trucks. man those jeeps are good stuff.
willys, are you slippin' on me
you forgot about the little french-renault deal that the boys at AMC did to keep their heads afloat in the 60's. on another note, how about those J-10 pickups. pretty hot stuff.
|My grandfather bought a Willys Jeep brand new back in 1952 and he still has it. It still runs but it is one of those vehicles that you check the gas and fill the oil. That old Jeep must have a million miles on it, it is like the energizer bunny it just keeps on going going and going.
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|I have a 75 cj5 with a 304 amc in it. i love that motor. all forged internals, balanced, custom flowed heads, comp cam, edelbrock rpm manifold, 650 edelbrock carb ( was my dad's decision to use that carb i personally hate edelbrock carbs especially off road.) dynotech headers. 4:27 rear and front gears, Detroit lockers front and back. it goes down the road side ways most of the time. too short of wheelbase it can get pretty scary
|38 special
|I use to have a 46 Willy's CJ2. Bought it for 800 needed engine rebuilt. Mostly all stock. Was fun but couldn't get up to freeway speeds with it. Even the little 'ole lady down the street blew my doors in.
|Go to Gassermadness.com. Got this page from the photo session @ the Events album, Willys Reunion in New York. @ that page, you can enlarge any of the photos there.
Willy's, were was that page from? You have any bigger shots of that flamejob on the bottom? Its a real sweety and I'm not a big fan of purple!
|I like the black one with the wight strip it gives me the (willys) just thinking about it!
OK! Ok! ok.... I think I am calm now. Please let loose of my arms.... Thank you.
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Since im getting bored of D3 already and yet wondering if worth rerolling from start say a BLM to keep myself busy until June ?
Yes. I started playing recently and it's so much fun.
Currently playing: FFXIV (Elucifer Arclight, Leviathan server), LoL (Trash Tier Waifu, NA server), SMITE (Zacewing)
the game got nice updates and well it can be played as casual or as hardcore ... the raids are really challenging and hard you wont be able to do any of them easily or without a good team ... takes months of practice and such
For casual players, the grind is extremely vertical. Atma farming is brutal, it could take you a day or weeks to be able to finish your atma, after that it takes roughly 13,500 tomes of mythology farmed to turn the atma into an animus weapon. For hardcore players, assuming your raid group is above average, will clear the current coil in probably a month at the most.
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The game, unfortunately has no bright future. Yes it will retain a high player base and stay p2p for possibly its entire life, but still, future is not bright as far as it being entertaining. They have crawled into a hole that they won't get themselves out of. Here is the rundown of the game:
Grind class to 50, grind tomes for gear, do coil for best gear, wait for new content
Oh new content! Grind for new gear, wait more
Oh another patch! Grind for more gear, now we are waiting again.
I think that is enough to understand the system this game has developed. I had fun taking my first character to 50 and gearing him and doing coil the first time. Then I realized the road this game was stuck on and just couldn't justify spending time on a game that offers nothing. This game will be nothing but a gear grind. There will be nothing to do outside of gear grinding. Once you have your gear there will be nothing to do.... End of story
And don't get me started on crafting!! I leveled three classes to 50 and geared them in DL to do endgame stuff without EVER touching crafting, or anything anyone ever crafted. Crafting is utterly useless. I couldn't bring myself to craft because what was the freakin point? No one needs anything you are doing. Heck! You don't need anything you are crafting! Terrible terrible...
All in all, this game was a tremendous disappointment. It is so empty, there is nothing to do outside getting gear. And don't believe people when they tell you raids are tough. They can be at first but it is not hard at all and takes very little time to understand the fights and take em down. Not to mention! This was one of the biggest reasons I left: They nerf content to a poop pile as soon as new content is released. They make everything easier because they released a new raid. Wtf? That is NEVER a good mmo practice and it is something I absolutely hate. That is ONLY acceptable when the population has died down too much so new players need to be able to handle it easier because they might be on their own... but that is not the case with ffxiv. they still have a large population...
Truthfully the game is fun to a certain point. Right when you hit level 50 it gets boring. You basically repeat all the content over and over till you reach top tier gear. The crafting system is worthless now since you only need them for glamour. Maybe cooking is slightly better but getting to level 50 for everything is easy. All it take is a lot of determination.
The Raids are really not tough. Takes maybe some practice but that's about it.
The population is slowly dropping. Not as fast because people are taking new content as actually new content and not recycled contents.
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I am sorry Shadowfang, but it does not matter how quickly you do the content. As soon as you hit max level the pointless gear grind system kicks in and everything gets boring. Even "new content" gets old almost immediately because there is no point to it.
Oh not to mention the terrible class system. They give all classes their own self buffs. They are basically all self preserved. You HAVE to dps, tank, or heal. There is nothing else you can do and their current system prevents them from changing that. I love utility classes. I like classes that support the group by offering buffs, debuffs, snares, and knockdowns as opposed to just healing. FFXIV doesn't have that. Every class has debuffs, selfbuffs, etc... Unfortunate system
So basically every MMO ever. As long as there is mass appeal for endless gear grinds, MMO's will have endless gear grinds.
Honestly, the MMO community baffles me. They never know what they want. If a game doesn't have an endless gear grind, everyone writes the game of as boring and passes it. If it does have an endless gear grind, they write the game off as boring and pass it.
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I've played since PC launch. I've never had more fun playing a game. I actually just bought the PS4 version too. I mean for PC 30 bucks and a free month is a really good deal to me. Steam had it on sale on the cheap a month or so ago.
The game used to be good when they didn't have item levels. Seriously. If they got rid of the item levels, a lot of newer players that got level50 would stay. Now it really is:
- Level50
- Relic weapon
- Myth tomes
- Coil spam day in and day out.
They should also release more raids, instead of 8 player dungeons. Simply because I had a blast doing CT, even after I did it 20-30+ times. Doesn't mean it doesn't get old, but the fights were a whole lot more fun then I had in the first 4 turns of the coil (haven't done the recent ones yet).
I've spent 8 months in FFXIV so far, and i've enjoyed every moment of it. Partially because i'm in a huge FC and there's always things to do; be it raiding with FC mates or helping newer guys get through content. Sure, the single player progression is starting to stale out, but the game is always new to someone else, and that someone will always need aid.
...if you play a MMO solely for your own progression, you're missing 50% of what an MMO really is.
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Played till 50, and I hate the grinding. Grinding FATEs while leveling was fine, but repeating all of it for the top tier gear, not really worth it. I tried maxing another class, the grind just sucks. There's so many things to do though, but everything is repetitive.
But the problem with FFXIV is the grind is utterly pointless. I couldn't justify playing the game due to how useless my time spent on it was. The ONLY thing the game has to offer is grinding for gear. That gear will be replaced next update. That new gear will be replaced the next update. There is no special use for the gear, you get it, then wait to replace it.
An MMO needs to actually offer you something. Give you something worth while to accomplish outside of gathering gear.
As what everyone say it is utterly pointless once you hit level 50. You literally do nothing but grind the same content until the next content is release just to have higher tier gears. Like they literally took old dungeons repainted the look and change some stuff in that dungeon and called it a new dungeon. You then would repeat that dungeon to earn capped tomes that is used to make coil turn 6-9 easier. That is all there is to do. Ultimately they are pushing people to do coil in order to earn all the top tier gear.
Earning tomes is relatively useless because if you want top gear you'll have to repeat coil 6-9 to earn ilevel 125. Doing extreme garuda, titan, and ifrit is useless because the ilevel they'll give is useless for coil because mythology gear can be just as easily obtain as the old philosophy tomes. When the game originally launch we had three option of earning gears. We could grind for mythology gears to earn ilevel 90 gears or craft ilevel 70 gears that could be slotted with materia and become ilevel 80 gears or you can just try to grind for coil gears after you earned enough darklight armor with philosophy tomes.


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In the Pac-12's inaugural season, UCLA won the South championship with a 5-4 conference record. That's because USC (7-2) was ineligible for the title, due to NCAA sanctions.
But it is conceivable that the South winner again will have four losses -which means that even at 1-4, Utah and Colorado have not been eliminated.
Every team has at least two defeats, and USC (4-2) likely will lose to Oregon on Saturday. Then, if UCLA (3-2) loses to Arizona and Arizona State (3-2) falls to Oregon State, everybody will have three or more losses.
An Arizona win would put the Wildcats (2-3) in great position to represent the South in the Pac-12 championship game, after they went 2-7 in the conference last season and started 0-3 this season. That presumably would mean a return visit to Oregon, where they lost 49-0 in September.
Cougar 'D' getting better
Stanford had considerable success on the ground against Cal before struggling against WSU, so that history could play into Utah's game vs. WSU this week.
Stanford rushed for 252 yards on 46 carries against the Bears, but WSU held the Cardinal to 120 yards on 37 attempts. If the pattern holds, the Utes will have trouble reproducing the 188 yards they gained against Cal.
"It's just obvious: We didn't block well at the point of attack," said Stanford coach David Shaw. "Our double-team blocks got defeated, which is not [like] us. … We did not move those guys."
The Cougars clearly have improved since allowing 426 total yards to BYU in the season opener and 318 rushing yards to Cal in mid-October.
Right symptoms, wrong diagnosis
Arizona quarterback Matt Scott became nauseated on the sideline during the game against USC, leading to concerns about a possible concussion. As it turns out, that's a usual reaction for Scott when he's winded, whether in summer conditioning or during a game such as Saturday's, in which he rushed for 100 yards.
In that sense, Scott's words to coach Rich Rodriguez were reassuring: "Coach, you may not know this, but I'm kind of known as a puker."
Stars on both sides
Arizona's defense gave up 618 total yards and 36 points to USC, and Trojan receiver Marqise Lee was honored as the Pac-12 offensive player of the week after catching 16 passes for 345 yards.
Even so, Arizona linebacker Marquis Flowers was named the defensive player of the week. The dual awards from the same game seem incongruous, but Flowers' honor was justified. He intercepted two passes and forced a fumble, accounting for three of the five takeaways that enabled the Wildcats to stay in the game.
Beavers go back to Vaz
Oregon State quarterback Cody Vaz's first opportunity was due to Sean Mannion's injury. His latest promotion is a result of Mannion's ineffectiveness.
Having beaten BYU and Utah in his first two career starts, Vaz went back to the bench last weekend at Washington after Mannion recovered from knee surgery. Vaz was summoned midway through the fourth quarter after Mannion's fourth interception, including two on consecutive possessions.
Vaz led a touchdown drive that tied the game, only to have the Huskies move into position for a field goal in a 20-17 victory. The Beavers' last possession ended when they went backward after reaching the UW 38-yard line.
Mannion "just made three real bad decisions," said OSU coach Mike Riley.
So with a 6-1 record and No. 13 ranking, OSU is making a quarterback switch. That's not unprecedented. In 2009, Utah was 7-1 and ranked No. 17 when Jordan Wynn replaced Terrance Cain as the starter.
Statistics for Oregon State's quarterbacks vs. Washington:
Player Comp. Att. Yds. TD Int.
Sean Mannion 18 34 221 1 4
Cody Vaz 7 11 97 1 0


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"I can say that there's only one way to achieving your goals: make sure you never stop pushing."
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When I was a kid I told my father that I wanted to play in the Danish National Team and for the FC Barcelona. I was very young so he just told me, "You will have to train a lot". This was the best advice he could have given me and I've always stuck to it.
I am very lucky to have accomplished these two goals and it feels like I am living my dream. It might be a cliché but it has taken a lot of hard work and also a little bit of talent to get me where I am now. Believe me, there have been many highs and lows on the way. The time after my second season at FC Barcelona is the perfect example. Back then, I received a call from the club to tell me that I was no longer needed and that I could find somewhere else to play. But I refused to accept this and decided to work my ass off instead. And now I've just finished my 9th year with the club! This might have been the hardest time of my career, but, looking back, it's also the moment that I'm most proud of. At that point I wasn't a regular player but all my hard work payed off and I ended up playing in the Final 4 final that year.
My next big competition is the European Cup in Poland. We have a really great team and I'm excited about being there. We know that we have to be very focused for every game, we don't want to take anything for granted. If we want to take the cup back to Denmark we'll have to fight very hard for it. Besides, we also need to keep ourselves motivated. For me, my ambition to be the best serves as an endless source of encouragement and energy.
In conclusion, I can say that there's only one way to achieving your goals: make sure you never stop pushing. Always be willing to train hard, it worked for me. There's one more piece of advice I can give you: Sometimes, it can be easier to think of yourself as an underdog. This reduces the pressure and then you can just go out and give your very best.
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CHAPEL HILL --- Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored a career-high 24 points and North Carolina rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to defeat Duquesne, 62-58, Sunday afternoon at Carmichael Arena. Krista Gross and Waltiea Rolle added double-doubles for the Tar Heels, who will host Georgetown Wednesday at 7 for a spot in the Preseason WNIT final.
Duquesne led 35-26 at the break and by as many as 14 in the first half before Carolina mounted its comeback. Ruffin-Pratt scored UNC's first 11 points of the second half and 17 in the frame as the Tar Heels won despite just one made field goal in the final 12 minutes of the game.
It was a physical showdown throughout with 50 total fouls called and six players disqualified. Ultimately it was free throw shooting - Carolina outscored Duquesne from the line 22-13 - and rebounding - the Tar Heels won the battle on the boards by two despite being down 22-15 after 20 minutes - that decided the outcome.
Orsi Szecsi led the Dukes (1-1) with 17 points and 13 rebounds, but scored just five after halftime and fouled out with 3:44 remaining.
Duquesne used some hot outside shooting to build a big early lead. The Dukes were 5 of 10 from beyond the arc in the first half, and April Robinson's triple with 6:56 left in the first half gave the visitors from the Atlantic-10 their biggest lead at 32-18.
Despite Ruffin-Pratt's prolific start to the second half, the Tar Heel deficit was still five after Szecsi's three-pointer with 10:03 to go. But UNC, which won just three times in 2011-12 after trailing at the break, prevailed with some dutiful work on the glass.
Xylina McDaniel's free throw with 5:57 to go tied the game for the first time since it was 2-2 and Gross got to the line for a pair after an offensive rebound less than a minute later. Gross knocked down both for Carolina's first lead of the second half and the Tar Heels made just enough stops down the stretch to hold off the Dukes.
Duquesne had the ball with a chance to tie with under 30 seconds left in regulation but Oditte Odisho's long 2 missed the mark and Brittany Rountree iced it with a pair from the foul line.
Next up for Carolina is Georgetown, who was a 62-56 winner over No. 11 Delaware Sunday afternoon. The Hoyas, who played in the NCAA Tournament in Chapel Hill last season, were led by 35 points from senior Sugar Rodgers.


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Sandy Hook edition. I suppose it's not shocking that people who can convince themselves about non-existent federal conspiracies to eliminate gun ownership would take things to the next step.
Sandy Hook edition. I suppose it's not shocking that people who can convince themselves about non-existent federal conspiracies to eliminate gun ownership would take things to the next step.
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I haven't had to deal with it yet (though that may change now that a gun control bill is being discussed), but friends of mine have had people posting facebook photos of their weapons along with pro-gun graphics.
I can only imagine how much worse it will get in the near future.
I have an ex-employee (now military) on facebook posting Sandy Hook truther stuff. My first impulse was to dump his ass. But I decided I'd prefer to keep an eye on him.
What's so bad about that? That has nothing to do with *trooferism*.
people posting facebook photos of their weapons along with pro-gun graphics
Same people having fits about publishing lists of gun owners? Same people screeching "No national registry, 'cause then the gummint will know who has guns when they come to take them?"
It may get worse, but the NRA & the loons are showing their true faces, & (I hope) most Americans don't much like that face.
the NRA showed their true face, when they had a hissy fit back in the 80's, after congress passed legislation making the manufacture/sale/possession of the bullet-proof vest piercing "Talon" bullet illegal, for other than military/police.
"It may get worse, but the NRA & the loons are showing their true faces, & (I hope) most Americans don't much like that face."
it's been pretty much a downward spiral since.
NRA: "There are already plenty of regulations regarding gun ownership; let's start with enforcing those."
Obama: "I'm thinking of issuing an executive order to enforce existing regulations on gun ownership more rigorously."
Here, have a +1.
Without Talon bullets, how are they supposed to hunt heavily-armored deer?
Alex Jones and the truther brigades are nutso, crazies; and they are NOT conservatives.
But this blogger *maha* of The Mahablog conflates grossly the people of the Midland, the rednecks, with those crazy truthers, those conspiracy freaks.
This [truther] mob is made up of the same people who think they must be allowed to carry concealed firearms anywhere they go and have unfettered access to military weapons. Oh, and in their minds they are "patriots" and "law abiding citizens" who believe they must be armed to defend themselves against "bad guys." [emphasis mine]
The rednecks of the Midland, and other kind of Tea Partiers, do not coincide with the truther brigades and their conspiracy theories. It's true that they are generally white folks without college degree, and more male than female; but the similarity ends there.
Am I alone in growing uncomfortable with this forked-tongue diabolization of the gun-clinging, Bible-toting white folks (mostly) whithout college degree that (mostly) inhabit the Midland?
Blogger *maha* says the following, not only of the crazy truthers but also of the good, peaceful, law-abiding, gun-clinging rednecks:
[T[hey also lacked heads that were screwed on all the way or as much sense as God gave pop tarts.
And joanr16 says the following in the comment section…
[T]hey're overflowing with hate and rage, and they want to hurt everyone they possibly can. […] Batsh*t and evil, the lot of them.
— joanr16
…to which blogger *maha* replies, in agreement:
And in their minds, they're the "good guys." That makes them even more dangerous.
My God. They seem to be doing to white folks what the Third Reich did to the Jews prior to the massacre: diabolize them ("they want to hurt everybody", they are "evil," they are "stupid.")
When those haters do not conflate the law-abiding rednecks with crazy truthers, they focus their dark hatred on the representatives of the Second Amendment, especially Wayne LaPierre. We had crusty, nutsy members of the academia GROSSLY conflating the NRA with actual killers, I kid you not: Erik Loomis wrote the following, in the middle of the affective storm following the Newton massacre: "Looks like the National Rifle Association has murdered some more children." Loomis also threw bloody metaphors like "I want Wayne LaPierre's head on a stick," Dracula-style.
And now we have a videogame where hostile keyboard demagogues à la Loomis can target LaPierre (and by proxy, the gun-clinging rednecks he kinda represents) and shoot him with the effect of mildly realistic blood and gore.
They're diabolizing the rednecks by way of gross conflations, and actively nurturing and amplifiying an anti-Christian, anti-white, anti-redneck affect. It looks increasingly like those unnuanced, seemingly bood-thirsty, haters are not actually against The Gun, but rather against the rednecks, the glorious people of the Midland.
wow, either great parody, or let me give you some pancakes, midland style, with some lovely, warmed, pseudo maple syrup.
and they are NOT conservatives
No. But they are True Scotsmen.
I'm thinking a Denver omelette is in order this morning. Just my way of celebrating the glorious Midland, before I go about my crusty nutsy day with an actively amplified affect.
no grits?
Kvetch is a Pennsylvanian, and therefore the side will no doubt be scrapple.
I never tasted grits until I was in my 30s — but when I did (cheese grits, to be specific) I really liked them. But of course, being a coastal urban hipster, I can only like the foods of the glorious Midland ironically.
We had crusty, nutsy members of the academia GROSSLY conflating the NRA with actual killers, I kid you not: Erik Loomis wrote the following, in the middle of the affective storm following the Newton massacre: "Looks like the National Rifle Association has murdered some more children." Loomis also threw bloody metaphors like "I want Wayne LaPierre's head on a stick," Dracula-style.
Thank you for informing the LGM community of this fact, as nobody here had heard of it. Who is this "Loomis," and where can we denounce him? Maybe these folks can help.
Who is this "Loomis" […] ?
Here, ""eliminationist rhetoric," "metaphor" -style.
"What that guy did was intolerable, so I'm going to be even WORSE!"
Loomis was not leading a mob to murder LaPierre; he can say what he want. It's not about 'tolerance.'
He was however fueling the pyre under the bodies of dead children to promote an authoritarian agenda, namely the actualization of the Society of Control.
This Loomis dude is definitely history's greatest monster. And "fueling the pyre under the bodies of dead children to promote an authoritarian agenda" is a perfectly cromulent metaphor, unlike Loomis' bloody-minded metaphors that innocent people like Malkin took literally.
Metaphor? I remember Erik explicitly calling for a literal pyre of bodies at his Authoritarian Control Rally.
There was a Rally? Why wasn't I informed?
Don't start with the "invite lost in the mail" excuse, it's wearing thin after the Death Panel Inauguration.
is the moniker history's greatest monster sufficient for Loomis' crimes?
I saw Erik Loomis with the Devil!
I thought you and I were history's greatest monsters? It is so hard to keep up with the latest rightwing delusions.
I'm apparently only a "Jerkface."
it's a fierce competition, DrD
You are a fucking toll Dag. DIAF.
I can't believe I never heard of this Loomis dude before. Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
We should inform Loomis's employer of this behavior at once! And perhaps he has some kind of "site" or "blog" where we can leave acerbic and disapproving comments.
surely that would be too cruel?
NO! Not the NUCLEAR OPTION! Think of the children!
Perhaps if your arguments were only backed up by Gunz and Religion, you would also be clinging.
Over at C&L.
It's not often you run into a comment that seems to need its own soundtrack. Might I suggest "The Circle of Life" from The Lion King? Pompous, bathetic, and perfectly targeted to the sensibilities of the Midland. (Though I could have sworn that was in England.)
My God. They seem to be doing to white folks what the Third Reich did to the Jews prior to the massacre: diabolize them ("they want to hurt everybody", they are "evil," they are "stupid.")
It really isn't, and every single time you make this comparison it gets more tone deaf and offensive.
Seriously, stop stealing other people's history to make yourself look better. It is really fucked up.
The White Male is the Jew of Liberal Fascism, and Dagney's is an argument that has never been made in such detail or with such care.
Really fucked up is a good short description of Dagney generally.
It is offensive, albeit hilariously so. As the grandchild of Eastern European Jews I just take it as a neon-lit signal that I can safely ignore whatever else the person says, since self-awareness/knowledge of history/common sense is really not their strong suit.
Let me respond to this in good faith. Back in the middle of the twentieth century, the AFL-CIO purged its ranks of communists. I've yet to see the various "patriot" and Second Amendment groups make moves to purge their movement of the neo-Nazis, terrorists, and fantasists. How hard would it be for gun show organizers to denounce terrorism or to say, "Hitler banned guns, of course purveyors of Nazi literature are unwelcome here?"
They'd, of course, be lying about Hitler like they always are. Germany had very restrictive gun laws in the 1920s, which the Nazis liberalized in 1938, excepting Jews, Roma, etc, as was their wont. Which shows, again, that the whole theory of an armed populace resisting tyranny is fairly unlikely to happen in real life.
Germans who had privately-owned guns were much more likely to use them to support the state against its enemies than to use them against it. Guns don't have much of a chance against social conditioning, so I suspect the gun owners of the United States would not behave at all differently if faced with a popular, charismatic fascist.
Well, yes. But what I'm saying is that if the Second Amendment activists really wanted to purge the Nazis, they could use the same rhetorical tricks they're using now when talking to the world at large. The fact that they rant that Hitler banned guns while at the same time you can pick up Nazi literature at any gun and knife show speaks volumes about the movement.
We're not talking about handguns here. We're talking about assault rifles and high-capacity magazines.
How many college students own either one of these?
How many people buy a high-capacity magazine for anything except violence against people? Does it take you 30 shots to hit that deer? Do you need an AK-47 to hunt ducks?
Not to mention the cost of these things. I seriously doubt anyone spends the money on these type of things except loons and serious gun collectors. And serious gun collectors probably aren't that interested in modern assault rifles…
I know of one college student with an AR-15. She's on the ROTC marksmanship team, and is allowed to use a personal firearm instead of drawing one from the armory.
Kind of the exception that proves the rule, but there you are.
There's all kinds of gun collectors. Part of the current run on Bushmasters is people who remember how much prices for used guns jumped after the '94 ban.
If you need s semiautomatic with a high capacity clip to hunt, I would be eternally grateful if you did not do your hunting up here in Montana. Our cattle industry could not withstand the carnage and I worry about our children's safety.
Sorry to have to tell you this, but modern conservatism is a form of insanity. Just look at the House Republicans. So, yes, these whackaloons are the true face of American conservatism.
There is not a single word or reference to "midlanders," and the work you are putting into trying to change the subject to identity politics just advertises how scared you are.
You should be. This isn't 1994.
Why we need gun control –
Any argument here, or just some armchair psychology attempting to wrangle 80M people into the easily hateable "poor white guys losing status and acting out" category?
He says this:
basically, we're looking at middle-aged and older white men without college degrees versus almost everybody else
Based on a study that shows at least 30% of women and minorities "Prioritize gun rights over gun control."
Plus a majority of the 18 to 29 age group – the group most hit by disenfranchizement and unemployment – support gun control.
When you get into more restrictive forms of gun control, like banning handguns, a strong majority of democrats are opposed.
None of his points seem to add up, and I would like to here about his confrontations with armed hot heads.
This is a terrible piece that doesn't answer the question it purports to, and that last block-quoted paragraph is some of the worst "Here is why we should hate people who feel this way and not take them seriously" crap that I have seen. (it is interesting to see how the two sides portray each other as either spiritually disturbed and evil or psychologically disturbed and evil, however)
I wonder how many responsible gun owners the folks on here know versus the number of paranoid lunatics.
"I wonder how many responsible gun owners the folks on here know versus the number of paranoid lunatics."
How can you tell the difference?
For instance, is Dick Cheney a responsible gun owner or a paranoid lunatic?
clearly neither, he's a murderous sociopath. But I'm not sure that's very germane.
I wonder how many responsible gun owners the folks on here know versus the number of paranoid lunatics.
I know two. One is, in fact, a paranoid lunatic, and while the other is a perfectly reasonable fellow, his hobby of using black powder to make his own bullets has a non-trivial chance of ending in tragedy.
….he's reloading cartridges with black powder? That may not be as bad as it sounds; early cartridge loaders were designed for black powder, with calibers like the .45 Long Colt, the .45-70, and the .44 pistol. If he's putting black powder into a modern necked high-velocity rifle cartridge…yeah, it's just a matter of time before he makes a bomb.
My experience with the black powder was helping him move about a decade ago, seeing his workbench, and telling him that the moment he started moving the bench, I was leaving. Couldn't tell you what type of cartridges the powder was going into.
If he still has the same number of fingers he had ten years ago he's probably been coloring inside the lines. People who get off on seeing things go boom either force themselves to follow the rules or get an up-close and personal lesson in chemistry and physics.
I wouldn't touch someone's reloading bench either, and there's no way I'd move a box of somebody else's propellants. Or drive the truck they're in.
I know quite a few of each. Most of my friends own guns, as do I (this is Montana) and they are responsible cun owners. There are also a whole lot of whackaloons with enough weapons to arm a small army up here. Not coincidentally, most of them are libertarians, white supremacists, militia members, and other far right lunatics. They are often all of the above.
That's not surprising for Montana.
According to that, however, Montana is pretty good on every measure of gun violence.
Our whackaloons have their own special charm.
Considering the extra-low population density, I'm not surprised.
Of course, gun loons don't look at other factors like that when they find a jurisdiction that proves whatever point they're trying to make at any given moment.
Those were per capita based numbers.
But even if states with low population density are less prone to gun violence, shouldn't the laws governing that state reflect that?
I know one guy who's been a hunter his whole life and has a collection of various firearms. He moved from Mass. to Colorado to work on a ranch maybe 10 years ago, and last I heard he lives in Wyoming. From what I remember he was always very responsible and cautious with his weapons. He was also cautious and thorough when he told me and our other inexperienced friends how to shoot & hold when not shooting. My friend still came an inch away from taking his head off with a shotgun, though.
Everyone else I know who owns a gun is (1) a fucking moron, and (2) thinks that it's just a matter of time before the blahs or the Feds or aliens (illegal or space) burst through their front door.
I am one, Brad, and know a couple others well. I've got three long guns (a singled shot 12 gauge, a bolt action Lee Enfield and a semiauto .22) I inherited from my dad and that I hang onto for some combination of sentimentality and innumerate feelings that I'm better off armed. Along with a vague desire to take up deer hunting again, because venison is yummy.
The two other gun owners I feel I know well are both kinda paranoid about crime for no particular reason, given where they live and the fact that they are not involved in the drug trade. One, in particular, is gullible as fuck about the threat of terrorism and wondered about whether Obama was a Muslim, though I think he ended up voting for him because he wants his pension and his 401K protected from Republican insanity more than he wants the ni-clang president to not be a Kenyan Muslim. (Yeah, he's pretty racist, too.) The UAW is fucking magic, by the by. The other one is less paranoid, I think, but still significantly paranoid about Obama taking his guns.
I also grew up in the U.P. of Michigan where gun ownership is just assumed of everyone. So, no, I don't have a particularly high opinion of gun owners as a group.
I am not wise in the ways of onlime PR, but anyone get the sense that Dahney might be a paid shill? Complete sentences, careful formatting, yet unaware that she is actually in the secret clubhouse of the Dread Pirate Loomis.
I'm kind of curious how these things work.
The NRA being one of the richest lobbying groups, they can afford first rate trolls.
It would be the perfect career for a would-be nomad; the only required tools would be a cheap laptop and a fair network connection. Blogs aren't exactly high bandwidth.
Where does one apply for this job? It seems like a most fun adventure.
Imagine being paid to write eloquent lies and shift topics…
Though I admit, Dagney is far more skilled than I.
Imagine being paid to write eloquent lies and shift topics…
Meh, done that. It was called advertising, and was much less fun than I had assumed it would be going in.
I see trolling behavior on pretty much every internet forum, so I really have always doubted that anyone has to pay for it. People seem to troll for free on almost every subject and I don't know of any reason why politics would be different.
If that was a shtick, he went to a lot of trouble. Impersonating a Deleuzian rightist? That's giving 110%.
Sorry, a paid
He's certainly a shill. The obedient, timely manner in which he started pushing the identity politics deflection, exactly at the same time the NRA adopted it, demonstrates that.
Whether he's paid, or a motivated self-starter like the Red State Strike Force, is immaterial.
Wonder how many death threats the Bamz family/kids receive? May be cause for some protection. Plus, our country affords protection to its leaders. Has for some time.
Whatever. Im not gonna try to debate gun murder fetishists. Most of their yammering is just deflection away from true honest dialogue about gun violence.
And mark my word, there will be many state legislatures that pass more forgiving gun laws in the wake of Sandy Hook.
But of course, Sandy Hook was faked because no tears thats why.
"Im not gonna try to debate gun murder fetishists… true honest dialogue…"
Nothing says 'True and Honest' like ad hominem attacks, eh Cap'n?
Hey Dr. Dick, Where in the constitution and more specifically the second amendment does it mention the right to keep and bear arms does it mention hunting.
Also the threat to ban Dagney because of her statement on Loomis and funeral pyres is followed by "DR.Dick" stating Dagney is "Fucked up"
The left once was the bastion of Free Speach (1st amendment right." Now, not so much.
And the right used to include people who could spell "free speech" correctly and knew what it meant. And yet here we are.
Not to mention punctuation and proper Capitalization Rules.
Can't assail the message, so you attack the messenger?
The Second Amendment actually links the right to bear arms to a "well regulated militia." Saying that Dagney is an idiot and a loon in no way infringes on his free speech rights, nor does the threat to ban him. Freedom of speech does not protect you from criticism for that speech. Likewise, freedom of speech only applies to government restrictions, not private ones. I have every right to throw you out of my house if you say something I find offensive. The same standard applies to a private blog. I should congratulate you here, as you have managed to make Dagney look like a sane, rational supergenius.
I don't think I've seen such masturbatory, 2-minute-hate style preaching to the choir in comment thread since I stopped reading Red State.
Congratulations, guys, on being just as morally bankrupt and childishly insane as those you choose to lay your blanket generalizations upon, if not moreso.
Enjoy the name-calling and laying false suppositions about me that will inevitably occur, I have no intention of coming back to this site (ever) and reading them.
P.S. In one breath, many of you accuse those who disagree with your personal philosophy as paranoid 'loonies'… Yet many of those same people have repeatedly made baseless accusations of certain posters being "NRA shills."
Who're the paranoid ones again?
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25yd comparison, Taurus, Springfield, Kimber
This last weekend I took out the Taurus again. This gun has always been my most accurate 1911. I own a SA Mil spec, Kimber Ultra Carry, Kimber Pro Crimson, and the Taurus PT1911.
This weekend my buddy met up with me at the range with his Kimber Custom series 1. And a Wilson bobtail.
And we shot them all at 20 yds. We fired about 800rnds between us, and we have both been shooting 1911's for at least 10 years.
Free hand the PT1911 came in tops, both of us agreed on that. The Wilson and Kimber fullsize within a half a cartridges's width apart. The Milspec shot great for him (all touching and tight), horrible for me (patterned rather then group 3-4").
I shot the Kimber Custom better then he did, but he shot the Wilson better then me.
We were pretty equal on the Ultra (good SD groups, but not nearly like the full size guns), and I shot the Pro better, (I had better it's my duty weapon).
But free hand standing the Taurus was consistently tighter for both of us then the others.
Off the rest the Wilson shot the best in his hands, with the Taurus shooting best for me and second best for him, and the Kimber full size right there.
Please note though that all three full size guns shot within a cartridges diameter of each other group wise, consistently throughout the afternoon. Pretty much equal, in group sizes, there is a subjective element to this comparison along with the measuring. Almost all the groups shot with the Taurus were 1 hole groups of 8. Pretty much the same with the Kimber for both of us, and the WC was extremely tight also, just not as tight for me.
The Taurus for whatever reason felt better gripped in the hand then the Wilson or Kimber. This was a point that both of us agreed on. On the draw from the bench, the Taurus took less "aiming" effort and felt more instinctual then the others for both of us. The Kimber was second in feeling that way, although I think the smaller black sights made us try harder the aim. The Bobtail just changed the grip feel enough to throw off the groups, I think with more familiarization with it it would be just the same tight groups.
After 4 years with the Taurus I am happy to say it still competes and holds it's own against the big names.
We experienced no malfunctions using UMC 250rnd bulk pack ammo. We shot them clean, we shot them dirty, lube was Tetra Lithium grease, Mags were a mix, WC47's Kimber TacPro, SA OEM, Kimber OEM, Taurus OEM and 6.95 CDNN mags. I think every mag was used in every gun as there was no real method, just what was on the bench loaded. No malfunctions.
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Man! Sounds like fun. Makes me want to get out from behind my office desk and go shooting, lol! Well it seems that ya both are good shots....that being said, you won't probably notice a difference at 20yrds, being a good shot. I recently took out my Nighthawk GRP, Green fiber optic front and Novak Tritium green rear along with a VERY tight factory Series I Classic Custom 5" Kimber with no mods, black factory sights and was within an inch at 45-50 yard targets between the two. Justification of $2000 difference, no, IMO, but I like em both so no matter. Point is, ya may want to get out to 40-50 yards and you might have a different result in accuracy and follow-up shots, dunno, maybe not, but I know that 40-50 yards is by no means self defense, but something about lobbing a .45 projectile waaayyy further than needed and being on point is pretty fun! Glad to hear you had great results with ANY 1911! Nothing like good 1911 press.
Everything's for sale....right?
in all honesty as i was sitting at work, i realized how much $$$ we sent down range. next toy is a 22 conversion.
it was awesome fun, and we definitely got wrapped up in it. but at 88.99 per 250, that was alotta change to send down range.
That is why I buy them. I don't care what it says on the side of the gun, I care about how much money I have left over to buy ammo. I want checkering all around and the PT 1911 is the least expensive of the bunch that comes fully checkered. All five of my PT 1911's will take out a normal size rat at 50 yards, and I have about $2700 in all five of them.
Stop messin' with it and get a 1911.
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