jblosser

The moon landing. WOSU-tv (Columbus' PBS station) interviewed some of us in kindergarten about it.

try: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8RUT6m3qHbFVXk1U0U2cm5EQ0k/view?usp=sharing

I'll be there Saturday, learned a little something last year.

Had the 7 and 8 year old pseudo-granddaughters here for a week last month. Loved the time spent together, didn't mind seeing them go back home...

$35/year gets me roadside assistance for anything I'm driving, riding, or am a passenger in. the legislative stuff I just look at as a bonus.

I come back to this forum and get stuck in the dumb af thread? Oh yeah, it's a 2015 Triumph Bonneville Newchurch Special Edition. Black. Or the Rocket X s/e

Columbus as of the 2010 Census was 61.5% white, 28% black. At that time the mayor, police chief, 6 of 7 on the school board (and its president) and 7/7 on city council were black. Columbus still has the same mayor, but now 4 of 7 on both council and the school board are black, and the police chief's a white lesbian. Assuming the people in charge are good people, race <shouldn't> be an issue, though the governed may see it that way, for whatever reason.

I sincerely hope that Mr. Brown did, in fact, get into a fight with the officer and the shooting of him was justified. If the facts play out otherwise and he was, for lack of a better word, murdered; that will only further erode the public's (of all hues) waning trust of law enforcement.

I've been absent from this forum for more than a year for a variety of reasons, but I couldn't let this pass without comment... What part of this article do you not find serious? Being white, you experience positive profiling from law enforcement, i.e. you're white, you aren't dressed "like a gangster", thus you won't get much scrutiny. My girlfriend lives in Chicago. She's black (actually, a beautiful shade of brown). She has an advanced degree from a private school , earns well into the 6 figures, and is always dressed well. She gets followed in stores to this day. Believe it or not, but it's true. Not every store, obviously, but it does happen. She told me last night that she's so thankful she has a daughter instead of a son, and that her daughter has two girls, not boys. She knows what <could> happen to black men...she experiences racism as a black woman. If you don't believe that "white privilege" exisits, if you don't believe that law enforcement treats black people differently than white people, then you're kidding yourself.

they didn't until now... who cares? least of our worries.

I wanna know when that Senator divorced Mr. Franken and married Mr. Fein...

since i don't have a daughter, i see no problem? i, for one, would not have had issues with nekkid girlies in the shower.

i posted on the facebook last night about his threat in 2009 to the president of Arizona State and their board that they'd be investigated by the IRS after not giving him an honorary degree. maybe he was joking, maybe he wasn't. Chicago politics... *edit: link to his speech. 3rd paragraph. Hosted at the Gov't Printing Office. (click)

it's a warning to all media to play ball with the WH/POTUS in re: Benghazi, IRS, etc., or else... :tinfoil:

...you should see his rap sheet. I had to hook Satan up with a couple of servers due to all the rep thrown at JBot and Pauley...

Until open carry becomes as commonplace as wearing blue jeans, some portion of "the public" is going to be startled when they see someone who isn't dressed as a policeman carrying a gun. Some will be startled enough to call 911 and report a MWAG. Is it the 911 operator's job to determine if the call warrants dispatching an officer? Dunno, I don't work in law enforcement. I, personally, would rather a trained LEO investigate and determine what, if anything, needs to be done. Better safe than sorry. 5 minutes out of his/her shift to go somewhere doesn't seem unreasonable to me - better than someone getting hurt/killed because the MWAG actually was intent on doing harm. If someone decides that answering a (seemingly) innocuous request from a LEO for a name is not infringing upon their rights, what's the problem? Each of us can decide whether or not we want to answer ("comply", if you will). I'm not allowed to carry in any manner into a post office. Is that not an infringement of my 2nd amendment rights? I have the right to go to the Statehouse lawn and bitch publicly about anything I want to - I choose not to. Have I set back the cause of Free Speech for everyone else by choosing to keep silent? I'm not going to fault anyone for talking to a police officer, nor will I fault them for choosing to not answer any questions. It's the individual's decision to make, not mine to make (or bully toward my way of thinking) for them. Answer/comply, refuse to answer/not comply - don't care. semi-tangent: As to the earlier post in this thread about the 3" knife - remember that there is NO length of knife that you're allowed to carry concealed, as a weapon, in Ohio. Period. You're carrying "a tool", not "a weapon". As I've said before, cut some boxes with it and leave the tape residue on it as "proof" that it's a "tool".

^^^ :grin: Happy Mom's Day to all moms, those with us and those that have passed on.

first "smart" phone? DO NOT play with the Internet on a 4G phone and then buy a 3G phone...you'll be very unhappy. Stick with 3G - ignorance is bliss. 3G v 4g = 1970 cb250 v. 2012 BMW S1000rr, or at least it seems that way. i have a Samsung Galaxy s3, 4.8" screen, and I cannot use teh intarwebz for more than about 1 minute - although others seemingly live on their phone. For me, 3G would be enough, but if you want to surf a lot, you almost have to have 4G. Maybe (well, I am) I'm old, but i simply cannot use the phone for Internet very long, so 4G v 3G makes little difference to me. Text and e-mail retrieval - network seems to make no difference.

update/fix the shit out of it, and then it's "f*ck! this is a nice place! I don't wanna move". been there, done that 4 times. now that there's no female involved it's A LOT easier... ...oh yeah, nice work! not surprising, based upon what transpired in the garage...

no idea... in all honesty though, the place has had issues. One might be led to think that management is less than 'engaged'... 'somewhat troublesome' seems an apt, if not kind description of The Powder Room. imho, and my $0.022 worth.

they use the Sprint mobile network. if a Sprint phone works where you are, a VM phone should work. $35/month, 400 talk minutes, unlimited text/data. *edit: have one for my boy - works fine in central Ohio.

it's only "troublesome" in that the Powder Room itself has had issues - that large gun theft, suicides, other thefts. the area it's in has homes from $250K+, antique shops, etc. 'tis not the ghetto.

everyone with a motorcycle endorsement needs to read this and remember it, because the dolt behind the counter could not care less whether or not she puts your endorsement back on your license. you'd think it would be automatic, but you'd be wrong. when you renew your license, check it before you leave, or better yet mention the endorsement when you hit the counter. more than 6 months and you get to start all over again: temps, driving test, annoyance, elevated hatred of the BMV, etc...

*brakes shoulda let the truck go on through, then you could have continued on your way... for fogged up face shield, try regular (not gel) toothpaste. some folks swear by CatCrap brand no-fog stuff, but I've not tried it.