shalafi

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[–] shalafi 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Is that the same bird as a shrike?

[–] shalafi 30 points 20 hours ago (13 children)

A man's worth was measured by how good he was at killing the other tribe's men. So there's that.

[–] shalafi 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I have dick like a baby, 10-pounds of dangling fury.

[–] shalafi 8 points 20 hours ago

This still has me laughing after it was posted a month ago.

[–] shalafi 28 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

I'm all for America funding as much as possible, but FFS Europe, the monster is ringing your doorbell.

[–] shalafi 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (4 children)

Give me a break. How about the people having kids in:

  • -900,000: Whatever happened to kill off almost all humans
  • -1177: Bronze Age collapse
  • 535: Volcanic winter of 536
  • 1347-1351: Black Death
  • 1914-1918: WWI and Spanish Flu
  • 1929-1939: Great Depression and Dust Bowl
  • 1962: Great Leap Forward
  • 1943-1945: Worst killings and bombings of WWII
  • 2020: For our lifetimes. COVID and 100 other disasters. So bad most have forgotten it started with Australia burning to the ground, 1 billion animals killed.

As to racism, we watched Mississippi Burning last night. My wife isn't from America and was horrified. "Honey, that was happening when our parents were kids."

[–] shalafi 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Press up on your taint. Helps much!

[–] shalafi 7 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Or it's a country bar and you have to pee in a common trough.

[–] shalafi 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Heard plenty of GOP noise against Gaetz, but that's about it.

And yes, Congress has the say unless Trump's people convince them to approve interim appointments. Even McConnell said, "Fuck that noise."

And now witness decades, like since the 50s decades, of the Legislative branch ceding power to the Executive. And here we are.

[–] shalafi 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Huh. In the past couple of years I've switched from showering in the morning to go to the office, WFH and all, to showering at night after I get sweaty hitting the trails, kayaking, lawn work, whatever.

Never had a BO or sweat problem, but I'm going to try skipping it before I work out in the afternoon. Bet it makes no difference!

 

Got a couple of acres in a NW Florida swamp. Been hearing Barred Owls for years.

How do I spot one? And tricks other than sitting still and being quiet? They seem to come pretty close. Can I "bait" them somehow with a box or something they would like to visit?

Funny story: First night I camped, three were doing their call/response thing. Every time they called, closer, and closer. Freaky sounding, one of the calls sounds almost like a child crying out.

For some reason, my idiot self thought coyotes were closing in. (Yes, I know well what coyotes sound like.)

Got a little freaked, grabbed my .410 (tiny shotgun) and decided to take the fight to them, scare 'em off (didn't want them rooting around my site). Again, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, promptly got lost.

Got home, "Hey Google! What do coyotes sound like?" Oh FFS. I am not a clever man.

Saw a Pileated Woodpecker the other day though! Super cool and way bigger than I thought.

 

Probably just not feasible, but I have many pistols and the 1911 is what I'm best at. I carry an LCP MAX and some other .380s, but I'm not so hot with those. Also have a slightly larger Ruger 9MM that works great. Just about can't miss with the Colt Government Model.

I suppose the answer is to practice, practice, practice with the smaller guns?

 

Saw this on the table. Been waiting all year for the prism to start working well!

 

It stands to reason he must have been doing something right to have stayed so close to the halls of power.

I was a toddler when he was carpet bombing Cambodia, never knew him as anything but "an important person" that was sometimes on the TV. Only learned of his crimes in the past decade.

How did an in-your-face war criminal retain such influence for so long?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by shalafi to c/[email protected]
 

I'm an old (GenX), straight, white, American guy, but I'm right with you all.

I might say things that are offensive, because I can't pretend to be in your shoes and might get something wrong. I'm often just trying to understand. Hell, I didn't figure out that gay rights are civil rights, my rights, our rights, until 10+ years ago.

It's 100% OK if you want to keep this a non-cis space. I get that and won't be butthurt.

(If shotguns are your jam, I got many more to post! Weirdly, of all the antique and vintage shotguns I have, this cheap-ass Turkish thing runs like a dream.)

 

Just what it says on the tin.

 

Nothing fancy, neither is terribly new or old. Not being able to sew is really holding me back on DIY projects.

Is there an "Operating a Sewing Machine for Dummies" video or tutorial you like?

 

Nothing fancy, neither is terribly new or old. Not being able to sew is really holding me back on DIY projects.

Is there an "Operating a Sewing Machine for Dummies" video or tutorial you like?

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