It's kinda like in the monster movies --- no matter how slow the monster drags while chasing you, you will fall or trip and he WILL get you.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI probably told this story before, but I was dispatched to a neighborhood one night where there was a report of a rabid dog lurking around. I pulled up under a big tree hanging out over the road, turned off my car, killed my lights, and turned the police radio way down. It was a cold crisp night, and I knew that sound travels far, so I was just going to sit there and listen for barking or other noises.
All of a sudden KUJO is at my car window trying to get in, and I grab my Ruter .357 Magnum, but the seat belt keeps me from drawing it immediately. The dog is growling, throwing foam all over the place, trying to climb in the window, and I finally get my .357 clear and fire 3 shots into his chest and head, killing him dead. After I caught my breath, I radioed in that I had dispatched the dog, but they didn't answer. I tried again - no answer. Then I realized I had turned my radio way down, so I turned it up to normal volume. No answer. And it hit me -- I hear this loud ringing, and everything else is dead - I turn my radio up full volume, and can't hear it at all.
Other officers arrive, and the next thing I know, they're telling me "STOP YELLING AT US, WE CAN HEAR YOU!"
Yeah, I was pretty deaf for about a day and a half!
One night, he went out to the sally port, did his walk-around of the patrol unit for physical damage, got inside and started his radio log, entering the vehicle's mileage, then things went bad.
Our shotguns were stored butt-down in the vehicle, barrel-up - with an electronic release that held them to the dashboard in that position. Joe happened to notice a speck of dust on the trigger, which he felt obligated to remove.
INSIDE the police muster room, we heard a loud BOOM in the garage, and we all grabbed our weapons and headed out there, only to see a little trail of smoke coming from a hole in the top of the police vehicle, and buckshot spatter on the roof of the garage.
Joe was stone deaf for about 3 days, and VERY difficult to get along with. Especially when we posted our shooting range qualifying scores on the board, and his had "even qualified in-car in the garage".
(yeah, somebody obviously pumped a round into the chamber, and forgot to clear it before securing the shotgun in the mount)The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostBut that's nowhere NEAR as fun as our big Hungarian cop named Joe who was a real neatnik, and always complained if somebody left the radio car not pristine. (Joe was the only cop on the planet who knew everything about police work, the rest of us were all dummies)
One night, he went out to the sally port, did his walk-around of the patrol unit for physical damage, got inside and started his radio log, entering the vehicle's mileage, then things went bad.
Our shotguns were stored butt-down in the vehicle, barrel-up - with an electronic release that held them to the dashboard in that position. Joe happened to notice a speck of dust on the trigger, which he felt obligated to remove.
INSIDE the police muster room, we heard a loud BOOM in the garage, and we all grabbed our weapons and headed out there, only to see a little trail of smoke coming from a hole in the top of the police vehicle, and buckshot spatter on the roof of the garage.
Joe was stone deaf for about 3 days, and VERY difficult to get along with. Especially when we posted our shooting range qualifying scores on the board, and his had "even qualified in-car in the garage".
(yeah, somebody obviously pumped a round into the chamber, and forgot to clear it before securing the shotgun in the mount)
Guns are ALWAYS loaded. Triggers are ALWAYS hair triggers."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostAnd this, boys and girls, is why we have gun control laws. There's always at least one moron - or in this case, two.
Guns are ALWAYS loaded. Triggers are ALWAYS hair triggers.
Um, it's possible there was only one moron -- Joe didn't seem too particularly interested in who left the shotgun uncleared. We suspect it might have been him.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostAlmost any kind of computer role on TV is like that. They can zoom in on any image and "clean it up" - they never ever use a mouse but just type away furiously on a keyboard while random windows pop up and display information. NCIS always has some slide show available on their monitor that they just click through and have all the relevant information available to show to Gibbs.
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostHere are some other helpful hints.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYeah, and the cops roll into a warehouse where all the bad guys have Uzis or Mac10s or other handheld machine guns, 1,000 rounds are fired in every direction, and none of the good guys gets shot.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostAnd this, boys and girls, is why we have gun control laws. There's always at least one moron - or in this case, two.
Guns are ALWAYS loaded. Triggers are ALWAYS hair triggers.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostTo go with #70 ("When my guards split up to search for intruders, they will always travel in groups of at least two. They will be trained so that if one of them disappears mysteriously while on patrol, the other will immediately initiate an alert and call for backup, instead of quizzically peering around a corner") have you ever noticed that when the hero sneaks into the villain's stronghold all the guards they encounter always fight them in silence -- never screaming out for assistance or sounding the alarm?
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThat the firearm is loaded -- even if you just reassembled it after cleaning it -- is one lesson my father hammered into my brother and I.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostUm, it's possible there was only one moron -- Joe didn't seem too particularly interested in who left the shotgun uncleared. We suspect it might have been him."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
My Personal Blog
My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)
Quill Sword
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostTo go with #70 ("When my guards split up to search for intruders, they will always travel in groups of at least two. They will be trained so that if one of them disappears mysteriously while on patrol, the other will immediately initiate an alert and call for backup, instead of quizzically peering around a corner") have you ever noticed that when the hero sneaks into the villain's stronghold all the guards they encounter always fight them in silence -- never screaming out for assistance or sounding the alarm?"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
My Personal Blog
My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)
Quill Sword
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostAnd he used a real hammer."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
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My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostIf you were stupid enough to let the hero get the drop on you, would you want your buddies to know?
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Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora in central
Greece served as the setting for "St. Cyril's"
After scaling the cliff Bond runs along the outside edge flinging henchman after henchman over the edge and even then not a single one let's out a scream or any other sound.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIn one case, in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only the final battle takes place at an abandoned Greek Orthodox monastery set at the top of a rocky precipice.
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Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora in central
Greece served as the setting for "St. Cyril's"
After scaling the cliff Bond runs along the outside edge flinging henchman after henchman over the edge and even then not a single one let's out a scream or any other sound.
Also, you're getting a little apostrophe happy..."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
My Personal Blog
My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)
Quill Sword
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