tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post3053740553268518040..comments2023-04-11T09:34:03.031-04:00Comments on Polybloggimous: There's A New Sheriff In Town.Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-33567365206253169722008-06-24T10:06:00.000-04:002008-06-24T10:06:00.000-04:00It behooves me to note that Izhevsk, where G-n Kal...It behooves me to note that Izhevsk, where G-n Kalashnikov has lived for the last 60 years, is about 400 miles away from Ekaterinburg. Of the few things that I am proud of in regards to the country of my birth, its size is certainly one. Yep, 400 miles qualifies as "near", by Russian standards :)Ilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379167075203188111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-76310205012937131622008-06-23T12:35:00.000-04:002008-06-23T12:35:00.000-04:00John, to take these things in order:I know how to ...John, <BR/><BR/>to take these things in order:<BR/><BR/>I know how to wield a stick. Otherwise I have no weapons proficiency at all. ---When I lived on a Kibbutz in 1978, in the event of an attack, I was expected to hide with the children (I was 18). However, to be prepared for the absolute worst case scenario, I was given the most basic of instructions on how to handle an UZI. "Point this end at the bad guys. This is the safety. This is how to load/release the magazine. Pull this to make bullets come out." This was all in preparation for "everyone else is already down and it can't get any worse if I pick up the gun".<BR/><BR/>As to the parking, yeah, the signs here are confusing as hell and sometimes seem to contradict each other for the same spot. Most (not all, but most) Parking P.A.'s have absolutely no problem with you pulling in to drop someone off (invalid or not) for 10 minutes unless the trucks are literally on their way at that moment, or the space in about to have a stunt car driving through it at 50mph. Most of them understand that a car they know will leave before they need the space is actually <EM>holding</EM> the space for them.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-66381034375973915502008-06-23T12:08:00.000-04:002008-06-23T12:08:00.000-04:00That's annoying. You'd think doctors would have so...That's annoying. <BR/><BR/>You'd think doctors would have some way of working around that (my grandmother had the same problem before she moved in with us)Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-1295243990947899392008-06-23T11:29:00.000-04:002008-06-23T11:29:00.000-04:00I live in a different state, so no dice on the per...I live in a different state, so no dice on the permit.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-45308720075796866802008-06-23T11:23:00.000-04:002008-06-23T11:23:00.000-04:00Y'know John, I was going to mention something abou...Y'know John, I was going to mention something about holding the rifle along the barrel, but figured as I'd never fired one maybe it would be dumb for me to comment. Good to know I was right.<BR/><BR/>Can you get your F-i-L a handicapped parking permit? My grandmother has one and it's very helpful when I need to drop her off somewhere, and that involves helping her out of the car and into a building.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-81209349069437545672008-06-23T10:55:00.000-04:002008-06-23T10:55:00.000-04:00And Michelle - Gospodin Kalashnikov is still alive...And Michelle - Gospodin Kalashnikov is still alive and relatively well for his age in his retirement home near Ekaterinburg.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-6677812025752094502008-06-23T10:54:00.000-04:002008-06-23T10:54:00.000-04:00Dude: what part of "don't grip your weapon by its ...Dude: what part of "don't grip your weapon by its front sight" don't you understand?<BR/><BR/>The barrel gets hot in a hurry, man. Not to mention you might have to re-sight the rifle.<BR/><BR/>And I'm afraid you an I are going to have to be mortal enemies on this score. I don't know how many times I've come in to drop off my FIL in Chinatown and some officious prick has half the available parking spaces in the area blocked off with "No Parking" signs. My FIL's 85. No, I'm not going to park 6 blocks away to drop him off.<BR/><BR/>It's not that I don't appreciate that you have to make a living. It's that NYC seems to hand out permits to block off the street like candy, and there's someone blocking the street every single friggin' time I go down there, and he or she always thinks he has a good reason. He or she doesn't - he or she is blocking the normal commerce of the city, and the shopkeeps are cussing at him or her, while warning me about where nto to park (shopkeepers in NYC have saved me $60 fines several times - NYers are not all rude assholes). If it were up to me, you'd all have to park your trucks out in Queens and port your equipment into Manhattan on Segways.<BR/><BR/>Those of us who come in to Manhattan from out of town have a hard enough time figuring out the street sweeping and "you can park here after 10:00 on alternate Tuesday" signage that's usually deliberaterly hidden behind trees or street lights. Add to that the fact that the parking authority pukes come around at 9:55 on those alternate Tuesdays to catch someone who's just a smidgin early, and parking in NYC gets to be a homicidal enterprise quite quickly. <BR/><BR/>The only thing that keeps me from decking the 9:55 jerks is that I'd get arrested for assaulting a city officer. If I knew that the idiot with the "No Parking" sign worked for a friggin' <I>movie</I>, you would find said idiot head-first in the smelliest dumpster in the neighborhood, with a few of the "No Parking" signs sporting them new-fangled rectal retro-fits.<BR/><BR/>If you ever find one of your parking co-ordinators in said situation, you know who to call first.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-13201290325676711212008-06-22T15:38:00.000-04:002008-06-22T15:38:00.000-04:00I didn't write that by the way. It was sent to be ...I didn't write that by the way. It was sent to be (unattributed) by my friend Andy.<BR/><BR/>But it's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that picture.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-76701578681006239232008-06-22T11:50:00.000-04:002008-06-22T11:50:00.000-04:00So I read the first comments and my first thought ...So I read the first comments and my first thought was "This seems to have gone in a direction I hadn't expected". This was immediately followed by the thought, "With this bunch, what <EM>did</EM> you expect?"Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-28039878332500043402008-06-22T10:56:00.000-04:002008-06-22T10:56:00.000-04:00To Mikhail T. Kalashnikov,Who's done so much for b...To Mikhail T. Kalashnikov,<BR/>Who's done so much for bumping off<BR/>And made the automatic gun<BR/>Affordable as well as fun.<BR/><BR/>The methodology of strife,<BR/>Freed, through him, from club and knife, Achieved a new, mature reliance<BR/>Upon technology and science.<BR/><BR/>How fast you'll settle a dispute,<BR/>If you've Mikhail's gun to shoot:<BR/>Rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat<<BR/>Ain't no arguing with that!<BR/><BR/>Kalashnikov's great contribution<BR/>To modern conflic-resolution<BR/>Is, "Try negotiation first,<BR/>Then give the other guy a burst."Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-22693527306656867082008-06-22T09:57:00.000-04:002008-06-22T09:57:00.000-04:00If I'm out with an Uzi,Every argument is won...If ...If I'm out with an Uzi,<BR/>Every argument is won...<BR/>If instead the rake I carry,<BR/>That effect is mostly gone...<BR/><BR/>[translated from what I think is Igor Irtenyev]Ilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379167075203188111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-27338361526014496562008-06-22T09:40:00.000-04:002008-06-22T09:40:00.000-04:00I think it would be very effective. It would also ...I think it would be <EM>very</EM> effective. It would also be very effective for other situations, such as "Dude! What part of 'I Don't Want to Go Out With You' don't you understand?" and "Dude! What part of 'You Can't Picket This Funeral' don't you understand?"vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955307244053931069noreply@blogger.com