Oh Shoot

I thought "Lucky Gunner" might be involved somehow soon as I read the blurb. I already knew their "Knoxville office" was a UPS store.   - OS

  When did he "do it before" this whole incident?   What's DSWD?   - OS

  Ya know what's weird? I haven't heard a single legal talking head on the media mention that once.   - OS

  Dunno if state supported schools would have much choice if his LSAT and whatnot fits into whatever quota system they have.   All in all, though, I think probably a legal name change, longer hair, and if he can grow one, a beard or at least mustache. But if he's gonna appear in media in the future, that option won't be too effective I guess.   - OS

  You realize that if "in public" means consuming in a public establishment in TN that serves booze, the legal "mileage" is zero, not one sip while carrying, right?   - OS

  ""I don't think he can work. I don't think anyone can hire him... George is a pariah," his lawyer said."   He just needs to put out a notice for job offers on his home page and make sure it gets posted on all the gun forums -- probably be flooded with offers.   Or maybe Kel-Tec would consider making him a sales rep or something -- that would show some real cojones on their part, eh?   - OS

  Very good. Specifically, trying to juggle pre-existing belief with compelling contrary information.   - OS

    Yeah, I used it as example of the Canonization of Saint Trayvon:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/67801-what-now-for-zimmerman/page-2#entry999718   Crump also putting him on the pedestal too:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/67787-the-poison-and-the-politics-of-al-sharpton/#entry999249   I 'spect if Trayvon had been Catholic, the Pope would have friggin chimed in by now too.   - OS

  I'm using a "higher end" one that developed the prob, but they've discontinued it, has a combo of features I can't seem to duplicate with another model.   I did high tech combo of hosing it under button with bottled air and smacking it pretty forcefully some on end with buttons, maybe on all edges, whatever. Damn if it didn't clear up, okay now for months, maybe even a year. The actual "fix" looked too much for moi, at least for my patience.   - OS

  Besides all the poison, there's just the simple fact that there's a LOT more people, which means a lot LESS habitat.   Little ole Knoxville, where I used to live just 10 miles from town, I could fish and hunt and and ride cycle on back roads fast with little traffic, etc.  Wildlife galore. Now that area is 75% concrete, the little lake is gone, and predominant wildlife is pigeons living off waste from human beans. Just a small example, it's of course same most everywhere, just varies by degree.   - OS

  Quote button is getting a double click. If you're not doing it on purpose, then your mouse is wonky giving a double for a single -- common prob that develops on some Logitechs on left button btw if that's what you happen to have.   Is possible to set single for double with mouse software/settings also.   You can check by clicking on a folder on your desktop. Unless you have single click set to open files/folders on desktop under Folder Options, if it opens them with single click, mouse is actually sending two clicks.   - OS

  Good one, almost blew by me, was already about to put pronunciation guide in before second line sunk in.  :)   BHO continued the move for conferment of sainthood to Martin today, with his statement of the best way to "honor" him.   "We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that's a job for all of us. That's the way to honor Trayvon Martin."   Why don't we equally "honor" a man set free in a completely transparent trial by the justice system that likely wouldn't have tried him in the first place without BHO's overt (and likely covert)  influence?   - OS

  A bit of hyperbole to make a point, but yeah, pretty much.   "Trayvon Martin will forever remain in the annals of history, next to Medgar Evers and Emmett Till as symbols for the fight for equal justice for all," Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump said at a press conference on Saturday night.   Most quotes are leaving out the "annals of history" part, since he pronounced it "anals". I've wondered all along how he ever passed the bar anywhere.   Point is, the Canonization of Trayvon Martin has begun. Just ask MSNBC and HLN.   - OS

  Guess they'll be like .22LR for a while. :)   - OS

  All reports are just from his going mostly vegan, giving up his beloved fried chicken and refined sugar and starch.   - OS

  He's looked that way to me ever since he dropped the weight a couple years ago.   - OS

  Yep, new ones have almost double the shelf life.   Even though everybody says they'll last through eternity, the "official" shelf life has gone from 26 to 45 days.   - OS

I'm sure there will be a ghost assisted book in the works, and at least a made for tube movie or two, which will include advance money in hand.   - OS

  I don't know who "owned" what, but it's my understanding that any type of checkpoint by city or county has to have a THP trooper on scene. Yes?   - OS

  Well, I wouldn't suggest going mano y mano each time just to get that sure a shot as a long term strategy!   - OS

   Not that I've ever heard. I'll check it out.   edit: Nationally, seems to be on "least concern" for conservation status, but by Durn yer right as far as TN.   from "watchable wildlife":   "Status in Tennessee: The Northern Pinesnake is listed as “Threatened” by TWRA and considered rare and uncommon by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Populations are declining due to loss of habitat, decline in habitat quality (fire suppression), and road mortality."   Found this on another site, mentioning some other states also:   "Conservation Status: Pine snakes have no federal protection, but several states have them listed as threatened, with a few having laws protecting them. This species has been decreasing rapidly in its northeastern range and is believed to have been extirpated from West Virginia and Maryland. It is also at a high risk of being extirpated from the New Jersey pinelands. In Georgia, pine snakes are listed as threatened and have a state conservation rank of S3 (rare to uncommon). Some forestry ecologists consider fire exclusion and associated habitat degradation to be a cause of decline for the pine snake in eastern parts of its range."   That's too bad. Course, remember I gabbed my gal back around maybe '60-'61 when I were a kid. That's in the nineteen hundreds, btw. :)   There were lots fewer people and lots more critters of all kinds then. Hell, just for example,we had huge quail bevies in outer suburbs in McMinn County, and from what I hear, you can't hardly scare up a brace much of anywhere anymore.   - OS

  Somehow you got the words "just what we" included in actual link, click on it yourself to see.   Anyway,  see my post not long ago 'bout my pet Pine Snake growing up? I always found snakes fascinating:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/67246-id-this-snake/#entry991715   - OS

  West, when asked about the dynamics between him and the judge, only said, "I'd like to keep my bar license for another couple of years", and went on to the next question. :)   - OS

  Yer link goes to "Nerodia rhombifer Just what we" blank page on Wiki, but I figgered it out:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerodia_rhombifer   Cool, that's one I didn't know about, and they're pretty distinctive, too.   TWRA only puts out an East TN poster, don't seem to have one for middle and west, or the whole state.   http://www.tn.gov/twra/pdfs/snakesposter.pdf   But I see it is indeed on their "Watchable Wildlife" site:   http://www.tnwatchablewildlife.org/display2.cfm?habitat=&sort=aounumber&typename=Reptile&Taxonomicgroup=Reptile%20-%20Snakes   That Diamondback Watersnake is a nice looking snake, prettier than the Northern (Nerodia sipedon). :)   - OS

  Doubt it makes him immune from federal civil rights suit, though. BHO will probably put the word in next week (although he'll know nothing about it until he hears it on the news, of course).   - OS