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Traffic ticket etiquette
Ok, I would just like to know the rules regarding what I can, and cannot say, to a cop after he issues me a ticket. In other words, is there some type of legality governing the "etiquette" after a ticket has been handed over to you? In case you haven't picked-up on it, I'm not happy. I was just given $410 in fines last night alone.
This is a legal question. I'm not supporting a police riot, I would just like to know if a police officer can do more to you (after you get the ticket) based on something you say to him/her.
not to my knowledge. They can write you as many tickets as he or she likes if he "has you" on those violations regardless of what you say. by law, he can't just make up random things you didn't do and cite you for that. maybe it would help if we had a little more information? how did the traffic stop go? what were the offence(s)?
I find it's better if one keeps both hands visible at all times. It tends to lower the level of anxiety. If at the drivers seat, I keep one one the wheel the other on the seat back. If else where either the dash or the seat back. A friend who's a statey says that it's safer that way.
Say what you will, but be prepared to hear it back, in court.
Common sense and etiquette dictate that you show respect to the officer(no arguing or snide comments), keep hands on wheel and tell the officer if you have to move your hands to reach drivers licence and registration. I suppose that, if aggitated, the officer could "find" additional violations and probably kick the crap out of you if he really felt like it. But I believe that most officers are simply upholding the law and want to make their encounter with a violator as brief and painless as possible.
Just remember, do you have the balls to approach total strangers in their car both day and night to do your job without fear? All for the grand total of less than most fast food managers make?
Give respect to the police and 99.9% of them will reciprocate.
i say #$^% the police.
just joking. 50% of the cops out there are Okay. the other 50 are jerkoffs.
have the interior lights on and tell them when your about to move. that way you don't get shot 44 times
lol @ get shot 44 times.
Anyway i'm bored, so here's a nice story that happened to my friend ( i was in the passenger seat ).
i remember my friend tinted his windows and because of it he couldn't open his windows for five days. So on 4th day he gets pulled over. He sees the cop is coming closer to his door, and he opens it. Cop jumped back and put his hand on his gun. My friend said in a very calm tone, sorry sir my windows just been tinted therefore i can't open just my windows. So cop calmed down and asked for registration and ins.. What was funny is that he didn't check the tint (it was a lil' lower than legal %.
Anyway when cop said that he was goin' too fast and started talking about a ticket, my friend didn't say a thing. Once cop started walking to his car to write a ticket, my friend said to cop that, it sucks, cause he never received a ticket, then asked i guess warning is out of the question ?
Cop said that, well let me see (that was very surprising).
After, what seemed like an hour (it was like 5 mins), he came with a warning (he was goin' like 11mph faster than limit).
Now about "etiquette"
All i can say is that you shouldn't take things personally, cause man is just doin' his job, and his job is safety of the roads. So just being nice to them like to any other stranger would be just fine.
Umm Crevale go to the court. $410 is a lot, i guarantee you they'll drop some of it, if not all.
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Well, I guess I feel fairly betrayed by the very officers I used to stand up for. In other words, I was always the guy who rolled his eyes at those who called cops "pigs" and so forth. I've never been in trouble with the law, and I'm a straight-shooter. But, despite that, I've been getting absolutely nailed by cops over the past year. It's interesting that Minneapolis is in the middle of a large budget deficit. It's not a coincidence. My father's best friend is a police officer, and he said that they are not given "quotas," because that is illegal. They are told, in a round-about way, that the department needs more revenue. Cops, in my eyes, are simply revenue collectors for the state government.
Anyhow, to explain what happened: I was pulled-over and given a ticket for 1.) speeding 2.) no complete stop at a stop sign 3.) no proof of insurance. I asked the officer if I could check the trunk for my insurance card, and he said no, because he already wrote the ticket. I mentioned that I would really appreciate it if I could, because I would have difficulty going down to the police station during the work week to prove I had insurance. He said, "Listen, I'm not going to stand here and argue with you."
Firstly, I was in a 30mph zone, clocked at 38. Big deal. I did not come to a complete stop, but pretty stinking close. I don't stop, count to ten, and then go. I stop the way all of you most likely do. I mean, who actually comes to an absolute complete stop when no one else is at the intersection? Honestly. I think police officers should spend more time catching true criminals than "worrying about my safety" which is a load. If cops truly cared about my safety, why do they need to hide at speedtraps, etc? If they really cared about our safety, they would park in full view of everyone, acting as a true deterrent to unsafe driving/speeding. That is just my opinion, and keep in mind, I am still very angry.
woah man, $410 dollars is nuts.. you better go to court to fight that.. i have an interesting story realy quick.. i was pulled over for an illegal u-turn once.. i got a warning for that but $530 in fines for not having my license or any papers on me at all . I found them in the back of my car 30 minutes later and was able to clear everything.. that was a bit scary.
Ive gotten pulled over 5 times.. 4 for speeding.. and only once i got a ticket (it was on a highway with a california highway patrol man..ick). Usually if you are completely honest and apologetic they'll let you off.
heres what you do. if you feel you HAVE to insult the guy, make sure you say "i think" before you do it. that way, your just using your 1st ammendment!
I feel bad for you Crevalle, it sounds like you just got "one of the bad ones"... they are out there, not much you can do but fight the tickets. a tip! when you get your court date, go change the date as soon as you get it. that way the cop won't show up because the court date won't fit into his schedule anywhere. can't tell you how many times this one has worked for me... ops:
Ok i feel that after my 6 tickets i should be able to add some insight to this conversation, first and foremost always be as polite as possible to the police officer, as lionsgraphics said, theyre just doing thier job and if you are reasonable with them, they will recipriocate. Second ALWAYS go to court to fight the ticket. 99% of the time you will talk to the officer and he or she will reduce the ticket substantially. Also theres a good possiblity that the cop may not show up at all, especially if you reschedule like DeLorean said. And also if they ask if you know why they pulled you over, never, ever tell them why you think they pulled you over, because that may not be the reason!
Now a quick story, last night i got pulled over, 65 in a 45, and i didnt get a ticket. How you ask? well first off I was polite as always, and second of all, I was in my dads car (9000cs) and he has a base sticker in his car because he is in the Air National Gaurd. The cop saw it and asked whos it was, i said my dad, and he said to slow down and gave my license and reg. back to me! he didnt even run my license! that was it. i was amazed, it was a good night.
Are there bumper stickers that are available for those who contribute to police functions, or are police supporters? Of course, I'd hate to put a bumper sticker on my Saab.
Here's something somewhat related, and pretty intersting: the same friend of my father's (who is a cop of 25 years) said that cops have a "code" between each other when it comes to parking tickets. This guy can park anywhere he wants (most notably downtown), and will never receive a ticket. Why, you ask? Because cops leave empty pads (the ones they write traffic tickets out of) on their dash when they park their car. The traffic cops see this, and ignore the vehicle. This is how cops can avoid giving each other tickets. I've been trying to get one of those pads for years.
Yea, you feel betrayed and you are still angry......
But, you were speeding, didn't stop, and no proof of insurance....and you got caught
In a nutshell...you are guilty of the three offenses :idea
I would certaintly argue that $410 is a very high fine, and you would be wise to take an attorney with you to argue the fine amount.....or simply pay the amount and learn from the experience :idea
D. Wolfe, it really annoys me when you give out the bad advice of "just pay the ticket" this is the absolute worse thing you can do. Even if you take it to court, and flat out lose the case, you can't be assessed more fines. the tickets already include "court costs" and by law these can not be re-applied. you pay court costs no matter if you set foot in the court room or not, so you may as well go to court for the ticket and try to get it reduced. I can tell you this.. If I had just paid every ticket I ever got, I would surely have no license now.
Two of my greatest joys in life are:
1. Giving out bad advice
2. Annoying DeLorean :wink:
I believe that I was clear that fighting the amount of the fine would be in his best interest. I have yet to see anyone wiggle their way out of a ticket while in court unless the officer does not show..then it's an automatic free walk.
If you are experienced and versed at getting out of tickets, then you should offer some advice as to how to accomplish this.
(my last speeding ticket was ten years ago in Chicago(Cook County)...I was given the opportunity to have the ticket erased from my driving record in 90 days if I pled guilty and paid the fine--"Guilty, Your Honor"
I cannot speak for your state DeLorean, but in Illinois and Indiana, you are given the choice of pleding guilty or not guilty. If you plead guilty, the whole issue is immediately set as a court trial(before a judge and sometimes a jury).
There is no negotiation with the court at your hearing and no opportunity to argue your belief of whether or not the charges were fair or correct.
even the cases I have lost (I have lost 2), one because I was running really late and it was over before I made it in time, and the other because the judge was bad and in a "I don't want to hear it" type of mood. even that one STILL reduced the ticket (a 110+ mph violation! ) to a 20mph over the limit violation. The ones where the cop does not show, like we all know, instant win. also, to get a jury trial in PA you need to do something really bad traffic wise. not even a drunk driving case gets you that. also, Annoying DeLorean is a sport some at SC seem to like to play! I don't mind it so much if you plead guilty here in PA, there are no benefits what so ever. all you get is increased insurance rates, a nice fine, and points on your license. even if you are found flat out guilty, you can try hard luck cases as to why you can't take the points. Doing this can easily save yourself $1000 in insurance over the 3 years those points would stick on your insurance record. I am not a lawyer by any means, but if you can talk to one who's worked on cases with that judge in that area before, you would be in 3X better shape for the court date. you would know what the judge will and won't go for. this is all assuming you are un lucky, have not changed the court date, and the cop shows up. I mean there are so many loop holes, it's like a fish net and if you are the smart minnow, you can swim right through one of them.
Well put DeLorean....I guess each state does have those loopholes to swim thru and you have been pretty successful in finding them.
Like you, the insurance rates and points off your license would concern me the most. Especially if you are a young driver. Everyone speeds,....it takes some luck not to get caught!!!
(annoying you comes from my paternal instinct to voice my years of experience(old guys think they know it all )
fight the man
i have a court date for 6-18-04
i'm going to change it two weeks ahead of time and have it pushed back another month or two; this way the cop will never show
cops supply a major source of income for local governments
Crevalle, i've received that same B.S. ticket before nobody stops at a stop sign completely. every now and then you get that one person who does, and they're usually lost and are trying to read the street signs.
i guarantee you that if cops where in plain sight on the highways there would be a lot less aggressive drivers. but that would mean less money for the man.
Crevalle- you should attempt to get to court. If you have proof that you were in fact insured at the time you were pulled over, they will dismiss that.
I don't know about the other two, but maybe you'll luck out on the cop not showing. But you will at least take care of the one ticket.
I would be mad about the cop not letting you look for insurance, that would have taken you what, 2 minutes? Maybe tell the judge that when you are there, that he's wasting the judges time too. Maybe that's ill advised, but if you feel like making a point.
38 in a 30 is almost 25% faster than the posted limit, that's the equivalent of 81 in a 65, so I think you need to cool your heels on that one. Sounds like he gave you the stop sign one cause he was in a bad mood, or just a jerk. That sucks, I hate getting rude cops. Their job is to protect and serve - and our taxes pay their salaries. You'd get fired from McDonald's if you acted like some cops.
Most I've dealt with have been courteous and professional, but I've seen more than a few times Chicago cops doing d*ckhead things driving around (like turning on lights to go through a read light or parking where nobody else is allowed). That's irritating.
No quotas! Please. Every time a Cop tells me that, I see their nose grow an inch or two .
Fight the tickets Crevalle. I believe that you should fight every ticket you get. I say this (and CT residents back me up here) because I am constantly tailgated by Staties and it drives me up the walls, that and they pass me doing at least 95 with no lights and not even a turn signal. When you have the power and not to mention a gun, it is easy to abuse it and many do. Not all cops do this but the few who do make the good ones look bad.
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Jul 16, 2012 #087
Contact: John Austin
UMKC researchers awarded $8.3 million NIH grant to study 'crosstalk' between bones and muscles
Interdisciplinary research includes investigators from Schools of Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy and Computing and Engineering
The University of Missouri-Kansas City has received a five-year, $8.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study the relationship between osteoporosis (loss of bone density) and sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass) as people age. The research will be led by Lynda Bonewald, Ph.D., Curators' Professor and director of the Bone Biology research program at the School of Dentistry, and conducted by a multidisciplinary team of investigators from UMKC's Bone Biology and Muscle Biology research groups, part of the university's Center of Excellence in Dental and Musculoskeletal Tissues.
"Osteoporosis and sarcopenia are major clinical problems in the nation's aging population," said Dr. Bonewald. "In many patients, these two conditions occur concurrently, posing serious health threats for the elderly -- physical instability, susceptibility to falls and consequently to fracture, morbidity, and premature death."
The UMKC research will focus on "endocrine crosstalk," or how bone and muscle cells biochemically communicate with each other in health and disease. While current dogma assumes that the muscle-bone relationship is driven purely by mechanical factors, the UMKC investigators propose that bone can act, in effect, as an "endocrine organ" to control muscle physiology and disease. A reciprocal relationship may also exist between muscle and bone. Therefore, disease in either organ may have negative repercussions on the reciprocal organ through systemic endocrine factors. Dr. Bonewald believes this new line of research could potentially lead to the discovery of new therapeutic interventions for the prevention and treatment of bone and muscle diseases.
The traditional view of skeletal muscle and bone interaction is that skeletal muscle loads bone and bone provides an attachment site for muscle. This mechanical perspective implies that as muscle function declines, this would result in decreased loading of the skeleton and therefore would result in a decrease in bone mass.
"However, muscle atrophy alone cannot fully explain the totality of osteoporosis and, reciprocally, aging associated decreases in bone mass do not fully explain sarcopenia," Dr. Bonewald said.
In collaboration with Dr. Bonewald, other members of the research team includes Mark Johnson, Ph.D., and Sarah Dallas, Ph.D., members of the Bone Biology research group at the School of Dentistry; and Marco Brotto, Ph.D., director of the Muscle Biology research program housed at the School of Nursing. At the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering, investigators Ganesh Thiagarajan, Ph.D., and Amber Rath-Stern, Ph.D., will work with the clinical researchers to develop computer models for measuring, among other things, the impact of muscle loading on bones. William Gutheil, Ph.D., from the UMKC School of Pharmacy will work with Dr. Bonewald to identify these muscle and bone signaling factors.
The ultimate goal of this research is to determine the molecular and cellular mechanisms that contribute to the coordinated development of bone and muscle conditions in the elderly. Current treatments for osteoporosis are aimed at controlling the activity of special cells in bone which are responsible for bone formation and bone removal, called osteoblasts and osteoclasts, respectively.
"However, there is a third cell, called the osteocyte, which is embedded within the mineralized bone matrix and, until recently, has been overlooked. Recent research has shown that these cells are major regulators of the function of osteoblasts and osteoclasts and may play a centralized role in regulating bone mass," said Dr. Dallas.
According to the researchers, one of the more exciting pieces of new evidence they have uncovered is the discovery that, as people age, a factor produced by muscle and which acts on the osteocyte and enhances both its viability and ability to respond to exercise, is no longer being made.
"If we can identify this factor and understand how it alters the osteocyte, then perhaps we can design a drug that will do the same thing, and thereby restore the skeleton to a mass and strength like when we were younger," added Dr. Johnson.
Dr. Bonewald and her colleagues will have an opportunity to showcase their research, which has garnered significant national and international attention, to an elite gathering of muscle and bone researchers when the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research hosts a special topical meeting -- Bone and Skeletal Muscle Interactions -- in Kansas City, July 17-18.
"A big part of the reason that ASBMR chose to bring this meeting to Kansas City is because of the unique multidisciplinary nature of the research we are doing here," said Dr. Brotto. "Bringing a meeting like this one to UMKC and Kansas City really puts the UMKC Bone and Muscle research programs at the center of this new, exciting, and very promising research field."
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|Having just spent two exhausting days waxing my boat, I would suggest nothing bigger than a kayak
|Size is a factor of finance. Bigger is more comfortable, but it costs more to buy, maintain, and operate. Smaller gives you sailing skills without the complexity of big boat systems....outboard vs inboard....armstrong vs winches.....trailer vs berthing.......home vs yard maintenance. Condition is king as replacing equipment and structure is expensive. Best to find the best for the least money. PO did the work and spent the money to upgrade and maintain = you get to enjoy. PO did not do the work and did not spend the money = you lose. Two approaches.....buy it done or buy good bones and fix as you have time and money. Best depends on you. If you are not handy, buy it done. If you are, doing it yourself gives you the knowledge of how it was installed and that makes future repairs easier. If you do not do a good job, this backfires, so don't fool yourself. Lots of electronics and gear may not be best becaue if they are 5-10 years old, they are bound to fail or need major repair soon. Old boats are smaller than new boats. If you are small in stature, an older boat may work for you. A 20-22 is least cost but requires compromises. A 25 is a sweet spot, because it is big enough and small enough. The 27s are a good compromise as many are good small yachts and two ft does help. The 30s make very good all around cruisers. They are big enough to provide the accomodations to make cruising comfortable and small enough not to break the budget. So establish your budget and find a boat that fits your skills. Look at an O'Day 22, a Bene 235, a Stonehorse, a Balboa 25, a Coronado 25, a Catalina 27, a C&C 29, and a Pearson 30. They represent a cross section of the designs but not the only choices that will work. Then look for the best deal in the best condition that meets your requirements. And hold back 25% of the purchase price to make the boat yours. Do it and enjoy the experience.
I agree with contrarian learning in a medium sized keel boat is fine.
Do consider doing a course before casting off in your own yacht because 2 or 3 days in a course reduces the mistakes your likely to make in your own yacht. I put my wife on the course before me so she had the advance on knowledge and experience.
Don't scare your crew and you will have a great experience.
|As a former owner of a Pearson 26 OD ( even less room in the cabin than a standard Pearson but a huge cockpit) I would recommend the E27. I looked very hard at an E27 before I purchased the Pearson but this particular boat just had too many issues otherwise I would have chosen the Ericson. I know I am going against the traditional grain in saying this but I don't agree with the adage that you should learn to sail in a smaller boat. If you want to race dingies then buy a dingy. If you want to cruise buy a cruiser. I really think you should look at a 30 footer, you will probably own it longer before the 3footitis sets in than you will with the 27. The learning curve will be virtually the same on either boat with the exception of perhaps inboard vs outboard motors.
|If you had said should I get the 16' Mistral or the 27' Ericson, then I might've leaned towards the smaller of the two in order to gain experience. However, at a 5' difference, you might as well move into the larger of the two that allows for more comfort for the family. Like someone posted above me, there's not a "ton" of difference between sailing the two. Having said that, are there any clubs nearby that you can join? And yes, you can join without owning a boat yet; a lot of people do. I ask, because if so, you could always let your club-mates know what your intentions are and could more than likely be able to crew on boats of both sizes so you can get a feel for the difference, if any.
Ericson 27
I just purchased and sailed an Ericson 27 from Charleston to St. Simons Ga with my wife who had minimal sailing experience but HAS titanium fortitude. I grew up on LIS sailing out of CT and later the Pacific. I've handled lots of boats and for size, stability and comfort (no onboard shower - at least not now) the Ericson is a hands down winner. Our boat; SanSimeon, who we now dearly love after an incredible three day sail - performed without a flaw. For what you describe - I think a 27 is a good choice. A 22 is good for close shore sailing but would wear you down as the seas go up in height. Our E27 ran 120 NM's in 26 hours out on the open Atlantic with 3 ft. plus seas and 15 - 20 knot winds and never presented the slightest problem - comfortable and stable - the helm is very balanced - a self furling jib makes trimming quick and easy - our main is smaller which sets the boom higher great for getting around the cockpit in heavier seas - the stern set helm makes a comfortable and snug area from which to pilot - it was on the chilly side! And the settees gave mom a good nap here and there. Net net personally I think 27 would be better - sounds like you'll end up there anyway - lots of 27s or there abouts out there from lots of manufacturers - Ericson just happens to be a great well respected name - good luck - GET A SURVEY! DK
My usual recommendation is to start small. A smaller boat will teach you more about boat handling a lot quicker than a larger boat will.
However, the E27 is a great boat and likely could be picked up for a song in today's market. For weekend getaways, it would be much more comfortable than either of the others and the E27 sails well and isn't too big as a learning platform.
Good luck. You can't make a bad choice.
|I love my E27...check out ericsonyachts.org, lots of info and lists of for sale, great time to buy any boat... lots out there cheap. I,m in Allen harbor near Newport, the e27 has a nice and roomy interior and sails well they had great build quality and a great following and reputation...
|The 22 is fine for daysailing and an occasional overnight, but is a bit small for more extended cruising along the southern New England coast. Like cranki above, I owned a Pearson 26 years ago and cruised on her from western Long Island Sound to places like Block Island, Newport, and Martha's Vineyard each summer. Really not much difference between handling a 22 versus a 26-27, and the added size is really appreciated when the weather is less than optimum.
It's all about condition.
All the boats you mentioned will do the job.
If you can see you and yours fitting into a particular boat and it is in good condition you should be good.
If the Ericson is the best boat you will get used to it and it will be easier to spend time down below.
If the 22 is the best boat you will have a great time and probably not spend that much time below.
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How to Jumpstart Your Life by Reinventing Yourself
You probably think your life could be better.
It's not that it's bad. It's just not what you'll call "awesome".
If you want to confirm this, answer this question:
What have you been up to?
If your answer is:
- Not much
- Same old
- Eh…
or any other variation, then you may want to jumpstart your life.
A great way to do that is by upgrading your identity.
Your identity is who you believe yourself to be and is made up of your thoughts, your actions, your habits and your outer appearance. People often make the mistake of believing that their identity is pre-determined and cannot be changed. They don't realize that their current identity exists only because they've allowed it to and that they have the power to change their identity at any time. To make a lasting change in your life, redefine your identity.
You will always be you. There is no law that says you need to be the same you for the rest of your life. The whole point of personal growth and mastery is to be a BETTER you every day.
So how do you change your identity for the better and make it stick?
Define in Detail a Better Identity
Think about the identity you want to step into. What are the inner qualities and outer appearances that make up this identity?
A good place to start is to look closely at the people you admire and isolate the qualities that you admire about them. You can get to know many great people from their biographies or interviews. You can even make it up because you're not trying to be someone else. You're finding strong qualities to build a better identity than the one you have now. To make this work, you need to get specific. Ask yourself questions like:
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Once you have a clearer picture for how this new identity thinks, looks and acts, organize this information and create a profile for this "new" you. Hone in on three key characteristics that define this new identity and highlight them in your profile.
Step Into Your New Identity
To take on this new identity, you'll need to do three things:
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Give yourself permission to define who you are.
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This is probably the most challenging step.
To make your new identity stick, other people must acknowledge it. This is tough because those around you know you as you and it's common to believe that people don't fundamentally change. Think about your own experience with people you knew when you were younger who have changed dramatically. Weren't you a bit skeptical too?
It's hard enough for you to adapt to your new mindset and behaviors. It becomes even tougher when others around you unknowingly sabotage your efforts by treating you like you haven't changed or talk to others about the "old" you.
The easy fix for this is to move to a place where no one knows you. By doing this you don't need to worry about breaking down other people's old image of you, or having them misinterpret your new actions with their perceptions of the old you. You can just adopt your new appearances and actions and others will accept you for who you have decided to be.
When you're working so hard to improve yourself and other people question what you're doing or worst yet, tell you that you're being inauthentic, it is frustrating. Unfortunately, it's always people closest to you who are most skeptical. They know you so well that they're not willing to give up the old you. They even become suspicious of the new you.
According to the bible, Jesus faced a similar issue. He was known to be a great man during his time but people in his hometown only knew him as a carpenter's son and would not acknowledge his greatness. He even said, "A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family" (Mark 6:4). This didn't stop him from being great and it shouldn't stop you.
If moving away is not an option for you, change your environment in some way. You can find new friends, change the amount of time you spend with your old friends and family or switch jobs. This allows you to get comfortable with your new identity.
Of course, you probably like your friends and leaving your family is not an option, so what should you do then?
Tell those close to you what you're trying to do. You can even show them this article to help them understand. They can support you if they want but at the minimum they should not sabotage you. If they are not supportive, it is okay. You don't need other people to acknowledge it first for you to change. It just makes it easier. If you're consistent with your new identity, people will begin to accept your new identity and change their attitude and beliefs towards you.
I've had the fortune of reinventing myself several times and it's always been easier when I was in new surroundings. Now that I'm back in my hometown, I still have people from my childhood who are skeptical about who I've become. All I can do is remain consistent with the identity I've decided to keep and to live my best life.
If you're not completely content with where you are in life, consider reinventing yourself. Take time now and figure out specifically who you want to be and take on the thoughts, feelings and actions of the new you. If you can find a way to change your environment (e.g. getting a new job, going away for college, moving to another city or country), even better.
What has been your experience with upgrading your identity and what strategies do you use?
Has changing environments ever accelerate your growth?
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Robert Chen is the founder of Embrace Possibility and author of The Dreams to Reality Fieldbook. He helps people who feel stuck move forward by guiding them to see other possibilities for their lives. He specializes in working with high performers get to the next level. If you're going through a tough time right now, check out Robert's article on How to Feel Better Right Away and if you're having trouble getting what you want out of life, check out How to Always Achieve Your Goals.
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Mike says:
Great article – so many people stop learning when they leave school or college, never read anything except a menu. Its only by continuing to read, learn and be open to change that we develop as human beings. You can only re-invent yourself or upgrade your own self if you have the vision or capacity to accept change. Continuing to read, study and learn is essential for re-invention.
Robert Chen says:
Well said Mike. You stop growing once you stop learning. If others around your continue to expand, in comparison, you're actually contracting when you don't grow.
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One singer-songwriter has proved that the charts aren't all about X-Factor winners and multi-platinum selling R&B Goliaths.
Ginger Wildheart, who made a name for himself with 90s rock band The Wildhearts, has shot to number nine in the mid-week UK album charts with an album funded by his fans.
The album, called 100 per cent, has outsold the likes of Rihanna and Coldplay despite being recorded on a shoestring budget.
The singer funded the new release by asking fans to buy a copy of the album in advance - before a single note had been recorded.
Those backing the project were offered the chance to own a limited edition triple album of 30 songs entitled 555% - and also be able to vote on which 12 tracks would make the single disc version for commercial release.
Added to that Ginger, who last year gave away his most prized guitar to raise money for Japan's tsunami victims, also vowed to donate proceeds from the album to Save The Children.
But die-hard fans kept the faith, and threw their weight behind the ambitious project - raising around £200,000 in a matter of a few hours via the PledgeMusic website.
After the limited edition release sold out and tracks picked by fans surfaced online, word-of-mouth about 100% has continued to gather pace.
The response stunned South Shields-born Ginger, who prior to the recording sessions had considered quitting music for good.
He said: "This chart entry marks a historic change in the way bands and artists can release music direct to their fans, afford quality production values and actually make a living too.
"For too many years labels have been using musicians as fodder for developing their own marketing techniques, usually at the expense of the players themselves.
"If you have a modest fan base you no longer have to consider quitting a business so obsessed with youth and photogenicity and get down to the task at hand.
"The future of music is in the hands of the people and is finally the responsibility of the musicians.
"It's the most exciting time in decades, many musicians have earned this freedom."
People within the music industry admitted they had been surprised at how high Ginger's album had made the midweek charts - given the singer's "modest" resources when compared to big record labels.
Record industry and rock music expert Dante Bonutto, who works for Universal offshoot Spinefarm, said: "Ginger has an enormous songwriting ability and is something of a maverick.
"Since the early 1990s he always been someone who has followed an independent path, and insisted on doing things his own way.
"It's impressive he's been able to get such a high chart placing in the midweek when you consider the competition he has been going up against and the way his album was made.
"Whether the album stays there at the end of the week we'll have to see.
"However, it just shows how effective social media can be and the financing model Ginger has used in cutting out the middle man could be key for many artists like him."
In the midweek album charts, Linkin Park occupy the top spot with their fifth album Living Things.
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Musician and songwriter Donald Fagen discusses his musical career in Steely Dan and as a solo artist and recounts the cultural figures that shaped him. In his memoir, Eminent Hipsters, he writes of escaping Cold War-era suburban life by reading science fiction and going into New York City to hear jazz. He recounts his college days, his time in Steely Dan, and offers a cranky account of the ups and downs of a recent cross-country tour he made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald.


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Shortages! Shortages! Shortages!
That describes life in Nepal these days. Whether it is electricity, water, natural gas, or petrol, we have been short of it.
In January, because of the shortage of electricity, rolling blackouts were regularly scheduled around the country. In the Kathmandu Valley, it started with 1½ hours per week. Presently, we are loosing electricity three hours a day. That is to be increased to 4-8 hours per day in March. This is because water resources are low, and the hydroelectric facilities' capabilities aren't large enough to provide all the electricity needed throughout the country.
This also means that the city water is low and so the supply has been reduced. City water lines that used to bring water to taps twice a day, from which people collect it in buckets to take to their homes, have been reduced to once a day. Sometimes only a small dribble comes, so that not all those waiting in line get water. Fortunately, we are spared this as our house has a cistern that collects the water from the city.
Meanwhile for the last few weeks the southern part of the country has been having political problems.That has resulted in "strikes" which close its roads, roads used to bring goods in to Nepal from India. So, bottled cooking gas is in very short supply. Some people have had to switch to cooking on kerosene, which is also in short supply. In our house, three weeks ago we started to use our spare gas cylinder, so we need to be careful with the gas we use for cooking and heat. However, our local shopkeeper just sent us a full gas cylinder, so now we are covered. But many people are not.
Petrol is also in short supply. Motorcycles, cars, busses and taxis have to wait in line 4 to 6 hours to get 5-7 liters (less than 2 gallons) of petrol. Rationing has started: 2 liters for motorcycles and 5 liters for cars. The price remains about $4 per gallon!
All these shortages, oddly enough, constantly remind me of my recent Bible reading in John 4. There Jesus asks the woman of Samaria to give Him some water. That leads to a conversation with her in which He tells her He gives living water that will become a gushing spring in those to whom He gives it.
There are no shortages where Jesus is concerned! The living water He gives will never be in short supply! In fact, it will gush out of us so we can pass it on to others.
One group of people that demonstrate that spring of gushing water everyday are the teachers of ABBS, the Children of Hope Service, a ministry of HDCS. They teach children with disabilities. Most of the 55 children cared for by the 12 teachers at three day-care centers have cerebral palsy, with the remaining having Down's syndrome, autism, and moderate or severe mental retardation. The children come 5 days a week from 10 am to 4 pm. Everyday starts with devotions, including a time with the children joyfully singing songs of praise to Jesus to the best of their ability. They know God loves them. They experience it throughout the day through the words, prayers and actions of the teachers.
The students also show that they feel loved. For example, at the ABBS' Christmas celebration last December more of the ABBS children took an active part in the program this year than previous years. Groups of children sang songs. Individual children performed simple skits, singing, dancing, and speaking. One girl, Pema, has cerebral palsy and can barely speak. But she wanted to sing a simple song in the program. The morning of the celebration her mother reported that Pema woke up early and practiced her song. Her mother could tell she was practicing because Pema was making the sounds she made when she would sing her song. Though those sounds are largely unintelligible to us, they must be music to God's ears.
As one teacher said: "Hearing about the family and the societal difficulties the parents of these children have to face makes me sad, but it causes me to love the children even more. Their circumstances challenged me and gave me a peace about my desire to help them. This work is challenging. It can take months and even years of teaching for the children to learn a simple thing. Patience plays an important role in the teachers' lives. We must have patience always. We feel we've reached a major success when the children learn what we are teaching them. I am very happy when a child has learned even a small thing. I feel their pleasure as my pleasure. God has granted me the energy, power, and grace to be able to help these children.It is God's blessing to me to be able to minister to the children at ABBS."
The children at ABBS experience God's love for them through their teachers everyday by the way they are cared for and taught. That love comes from the spring of water Jesus gives the teachers. Jesus promised that there will never be a shortage of that living water of love for the students.
As I see the lines of vehicles waiting for petrol, or people waiting for water, or the empty gas cylinders lined up in front of shops, or I use candles during the evening blackouts, I am reminded to pray for the teachers at ABBS, giving thanks that they will never experience a shortage of living water for the children they serve.
Please pray with us:
for the teachers of ABBS, that God will continue to fill them with patience and love as they minister to the ABBS children;
for the ABBS children and their parents to continue to know and experience God's love for them.
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- 1 pound orange roughy fillets
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- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
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- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- Place fish fillets in a shallow 2-qt. microwave-safe dish, positioning the thickest portion of fish toward the outside edges. In a small bowl, combine the tomato juice, vinegar and salad dressing mix; pour over fish. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle with onions and green pepper. Cover and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Turn fillets over; cook 1-3 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Let stand, covered, for 2 minutes. Yield: 4 servings.
Editor's Note: This recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.
Originally published as Italian Orange Roughy in Quick Cooking July/August 2001, p39
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"It sounds delicious and I will be trying it with some modifications. This recipe gets a fail for the low-sodium category. My husband is recovering from a heart attack and the guidelines for anyone over age 50, regardless of heart health is 1500 mg of sodium a day. Under age 50 2000/daily. This recipe could easily be made more heart friendly by using Hunt's no sodium tomato sauce instead of the incredibly higher sodium tomato juice. The other lower sodium modification I will try is my own italian seasonings and Diamond Crystals salt sense versus a pre-packaged seasoning mix. Again, most of these mixes and high in sodium content."


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This is the third event Congressman Bishop and the Concord Coalition have conducted in the Second Congressional District, holding previous workshops in Albany and Columbus.


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Henry VIII had Will Sommers, the court jester, who got away with saying things to Henry that would have made anyone else who said them "shorter by a head."
In present-day America, we have jesters from every point on the political compass vying for our laughs. Unfortunately, a good number of these people are soooo political and their humor is soooo mean that it's only funny in a nasty, gotcha sort of way. The power of good humor is its pretense-stripping honesty. But a lot of today's politically-motivated humor is as dishonest as most campaign ads.
Humor can show us truths that are right in front of us but that we don't see, probably because they are right in front of us. If it's well done, it can do this in a way that illuminates and edifies. If it's powered by malice, it can simply hurt.
Every so often a bit of humor comes along that illuminates a current reality and gives us a laugh along with it. That's satire, and satire is what The Onion dishes up in its latest offering on the Holy Father, titled "Pope To Identify With Catholic Youth By Giving Up On Catholicism."
The attitudes this bit of spoofery points out regularly show up in Public Catholic's comboxes. That may be why I found it so funny. First Things put this Onion piece on their site, and I'm going to link to it here:
Onion: "Pope To Identify With Catholic Youth By Giving Up On Catholicism"
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Video: You Can't Vote for Obama After Seeing This
This is one of the exceptional videos of this election season, with hundreds of thousands of views over the last week.
The first half of the clip very effectively uses Obama's own 2008 campaign rhetoric against him, something that would have been very effective in the debates.
It then describes the nations's debt crisis, providing definition to the enormous numbers burdening our nation.
Finally, it gives a brief history on conservatism and conservative ideals.
It's a catchy, fast-paced, and otherwise well done video. If you don't have time for the whole clip, you should watch at least the first half.


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Beck's spastic, spurious attempt to connect Obama to the New Black Panthers rests on falsehoods
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As Matt Gertz noted earlier, tonight Glenn Beck really stepped up the crazy, and attempted to link President Obama and the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) through Harvard professor Charles Ogletree, which, in Beck's creative and frightening mind, was the reason the DOJ did not pursue additional charges against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation (as opposed to, you know, the fact that no voters have said they were intimidated by the NBPP). In fact, Beck's purported evidence only linked Ogletree to the Black Panther movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which even Beck acknowledged was a separate organization that hates the NBPP.
In offering his incredibly weak and spurious attempt to connect Ogletree to the New Black Panthers, Beck issued his usual smattering of false and absurd claims. For example:
- Beck distorted Stern statement to falsely claim he was advocating "voter intimidation." While attempting to link SEIU to the NBPP, under a caption that read "Voter Intimidation," Beck quote SEIU's Andy Stern saying "We took the names, we watched how they voted. We know where they live." In fact, Stern's comments referred to SEIU's response tohow Chicago's aldermen voted on a "big box ordinance"; Stern went on to say that "there were some aldermen that were real wrong and we should send them back home into retirement." Stern was in no way calling for "voter intimidation."
- Beck falsely claimed the Kenneth Gladney case was "never prosecuted." Beck claimed that "SEIU [was] delivering a beat-down to a black man," referring to Kenneth Gladney. Beck added, "The case was never prosecuted." Contrary to Beck's suggestion, there is no evidence SEIU conspired to deliver the "beat down." Moreover, the claim that the case "was never prosecuted" is false. In fact, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on November 26, 2009 that St. Louis prosecutors had charged six people in connection with the case with misdemeanor ordinance violations; two of the individuals were reportedly charged with "assaulting a person and interfering with police" after being "accused of scuffling with and injuring Kenneth Gladney." From the article (accessed via Nexis):
Six people arrested in August outside a raucous town hall meeting in south St. Louis County have been charged with misdemeanor ordinance violations.
The six, including a Post-Dispatch reporter, had attended a demonstration outside an Aug. 6 forum called by U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, at Bernard Middle School in Mehlville to discuss health care reform.
The charges were filed Tuesday by the St. Louis County counselor's office. All six are to appear in court Jan. 21. The maximum penalty would be one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Some bloggers and others watching the case have raised questions for months about the lag between the arrests at the politically charged event and the filing of charges.
County Counselor Patricia Redington insisted it had nothing to do with politics or anyone's influence.
Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman, 30, of University City, was charged with interfering with a police officer. The charges allege that he failed to obey repeated commands "to leave the site of an ongoing disturbance."
Elston McCowan, 47, of St. Louis, and Perry Molens, 50, of De Soto, each were charged with assaulting a person and interfering with police. They are accused of scuffling with and injuring Kenneth Gladney in a clash of opinions over the Democrats' universal health care proposals.
On April 22, Beck himself acknowledged that the defendants "pleaded not guilty in the Kenneth Gladney beating."
- Beck falsely suggested that ACORN caused the financial crisis. Roping ACORN into his conspiracy theory, Beck claimed that "our banks were in so much trouble" because ACORN "intimidated the banks," echoing an old falsehood that actions designed to expand affordable housing like the Community Reinvestment Act caused the subprime mortgage crisis. That claim doesn't hold water though, since the CRA did not govern the vast majority of subprime lenders.
- Beck baselessly suggested the DOJ did not prosecute the NPBB as a favor "for all of the support" they gave Obama during the election. Beck suggested that the DOJ "drop[ping]" the case against the NBPP might have been "a little favor for all of the support ... they gave Obama during the election." His only evidence? That in an interview with Beck himself, the leader of the NBPP had expressed support for Obama.
- Beck called Obama's commentary on the Gates arrest a "debacle." Beck suggested Obama erred when he said that the police officer who arrested Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates acted "stupidly," calling Obama's commentary "a debacle." However, the Cambridge police dropped their charges against Gates, calling the incident "regrettable and unfortunate." Additionally, while a report on the incident reportedly found both Gates and the police officer "missed opportunities to deescalate the tension," the Cambridge police commissioner reportedly said that "an officer with a badge bears the ultimate responsibility for quelling any incident." Beck pointed out that Ogletree was Gates' lawyer, and questioned whether Obama might have sought Ogletree's counsel about the incident.
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The 37th Rotary Lombardi Award, presented by Wachovia Bank, which raises funds for the American Cancer Society, will be presented in Houston on December 6 at the Hilton Americas Hotel.
Any player who meets the basic award criteria (a down lineman on either side of the ball-including tight ends, and linebackers who line up within five yards of the ball) is eligible to receive votes. In each of the past two years (Erasmus James in 2004 and Elvis Dumervil in 2005) an eventual finalist for the award was not included on the Watch List at the start of the season.
This year's list is almost evenly divided between offensive and defensive players, with 54 defenders and 47 offensive players currently listed.
Founded in the weeks following the death of legendary football coach Vince Lombardi from cancer in 1970, the Rotary Lombardi Award, presented by Wachovia Bank, has annually delivered upon the mission set forth by Marie Lombardi when she first granted the use of her late husband's name. Her only stipulation was that all net proceeds from the event be donated to the American Cancer Society and millions of dollars have been generated since that time. In addition to generating the annual donation to ACS, attendees to the 2005 combined to sponsor 31 pediatric cancer patients for a week at Camp Discovery, a camp near Kerrville, TX dedicated to bringing the joy and fun of summer camp to young cancer patients.


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when I lived in london I used to go to Radical design in Camden. They are a fairly new salon, and do european and afrocarribean hair. ( I am mixed race with 3b hair). They were excellent ( I went to a stylist called Karen, she is american). They also have a new product range available in Boots called Urban therapy. The thirsty hair shampoo and conditioner are excellent.
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UKcurls, is that in central london?
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spanish curls - it's in Camden, near the market (NW1). their address is 88 parkway. Telephone: 0207 2670275
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thanks v much ukcurls! parkway is really close to where i live, so i might check them out...
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You can install win98 on your pc though, quite easily.
I would reformat the drive and do a fresh install of what ever o/s you prefer.
Are you sure it is configured properly?, I have recently moved up from a P2 500 with win98 to a P4 2.0 with XP, and the speed difference is amazing........whooooosh
Also note that processor speed is not the only (or perhaps even the most important) aspect of system performance. The size of the cache (bigger is better), the size of the "working set" (Wind 98 is an improvement on its successors in this respect), the speed of main memory and disk transfers -- all are critical. Everything else being equal, a processor three times faster can occasionally result in WORSE performances under some loads (incredible as it may seem). But of course everything isn't equal -- the newer processor has a bigger, faster cache, more (but NOT much faster) main memory, bigger (but not much faster) hard drive, MUCH slower OS. You may well find a new processor runs, say, Perl scripts 4X faster, but M$-Word macros only 1.5X faster. Or again, one Infernal Exploder window seems to run 2 or 3X faster, but three IE windows seem to bring the whole system to a standstill, or even crash it by consuming all available resources.
Why not go down to win2k? it has been solid as a rock for our company (20 computers)
I just got a pent 2.0, with 256 ram, and win2k. The sucker flys! But then again it's not much faster then my pent 3 500 with 256 ram...
1. Install as much RAM as you can afford. 512MB on a workstation and provides plenty of breathing room for running multiple apps and background services. I prefer the leaner Win2k over XP, but that's a personal choice.
2. If you browse the Internet a lot, your experience will dramatically improve if you use a RAMDisk. I have a "Z" drive that is a cache disk for my "Temporary Internet Files". It is amazing how fast the pages load into RAM instead of the hard disk!
I can't just wipe the drive and reinstall Win98. I would love to, but what about the drivers? I can't just install any video or modem driver, I need one compatible to that system and motherboard, correct?
Anyone else have an opinion on this.? I wipe my Dell about every 4-6 months, so it would be easy to do, provided I had compatible drivers.
after finding what drivers i needed installed win98 used ghost again to create win98 copy.
it took me two weeks to revert back to XP, it's so much better, memory hungry yes but I have 1 gig ddr so it runs like a dream.
if i could use it to do design work on i would bin the PC.
2) SCSI disk controller with 15K disks (most workstations come with 5400 or 7600 RPM drives on fairly slow ATA controllers) RAID if you can afford it (3 15K disks stripped with 160mb RAID controller would give you incredible performance).
The problem is not really XP - it's the perception that more CPU speed equals more performance. Most applications, however, require memory and disk performance, which has not improved nearly as much.
By the way, I've used Macs from OS 6 to 10, CP/M, DOS, Windows 3.1, 3.51, 4.0, 98, ME and NT, Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, VMS, RSTS/E, RSX and RT11 as well as 2000 and XP. XP is by far the most stable, most feature rich and easily the best operating system of them all. It's extremely stable, and very cost effective on an ROI basis over a lifetime of 3 to 5 years.
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The government of Niger has announced plans to issue 3G licenses via a statement on the state controlled television, reports Reuters.
"These licences can go to any operator who desires them," according to a statement on state TV overnight. "Operators already set up here and who have global licences also have a chance to acquire one."According to the Mobile World analysts the country has around 14.4 million mobile phone users, which represents a population penetration level of 23%. There are four mobile networks.
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Adonis Stevenson: Knockouts sell, so I want to win by knockout
An Adonis Stevenson-Tavoris Cloud media conference call was scheduled for Thursday to promote their September 28th light heavyweight title fight airing live on HBO from Bell Centre in Montreal. Cloud, however, was a no-show so WBC world champion Adonis Stevenson had the media all to himself.
"He's gonna make a mistake, I'm going to catch him," said Stevenson. "Knockouts sell, so I want to win by knockout and in boxing people want to see the knockout. Everybody wants to see a knockout and all my fights I want to win by knockout."
As for Cloud blowing off the conference call? "I don't care what he thinks or what his team thinks. I have a job to do on September 28 so I'm going to do my job and knock him out. He's not on the conference call, but next week he's coming to Montreal so I'm gonna see him anyways."


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i have been out of the body work field for a while. i am jumping back in with my 68 bird that i have hade for the better of 13 years.
my questions are the quarters. they are as far forward as they will go.the gaps are about 1/8th of an inch wider than the originals at the door and trunk. i put some pics up of the gaps.the strikers are not set in the door yet. i havent welded anything down yet.
i know i can adjust the doors but they were in perfect posithion before with no wind noise.
i had to roll the quarters up to close the gaps at the truck.
i bolted up my c5 brakes to make sure they line up and fit. im unsure of them because the caliper bracket is made of aluminum. i have seen them on a few cars. and was told they hold up. but i would trust hard steel a lot more.
its been a while since i worked at the dealership. so i just wanted to get some advice from you guys that are still in with booth feet. would you rate the fit as fair? i hated aftermarket parts when in the shop. i dont know why i expected goodmark parts to be any diffrent from other made in asia parts.
some say the fit is perfect with goodmark parts. i see no diffrence. i guess its better than working with the rusted out parts i had.
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Let me start you out with a mental picture.. I'm from Central Minnesota so I have a few options on where to hunt from rivers to open lakes, and also public marshes. My season starts out with calm water (for the most part) but towards the second half leading to the end of the season the wind picks up, waves get bigger and choppier, and rivers run faster but more shallow. I hunt out of my grandfathers old 16 foot flat bottom polar kraft with a 6hp motor he used long before I was born and unfortunately never got to use it with me, since he passed a few years before my birth. Anyhow, in the beginning of the season the 6 hp runs great (somewhat slow with a full boat). Now the problem I'm having is that it takes a reasonable amount of time to get to my spot, the weeds can sometimes be thick causing the motor to bog down a little and make it even slower and once cold enough thin sheets of ice form and it takes me probably ten minutes more to get from point A to point B. The opportunity I have is that my uncle has an older (but in good shape) 35 or 40 hp outboard motor. My main concerns are 1. will it be too heavy for my boat 2. will it increase or decrease the likeliness of taking on water in bigger waves and/or capsizing all together? Any comments and opinions are much appreciated and happy hunting Duck Hunting Chat users!
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Kanye West's New "SNL" Promos...With His Band-Aid + He's Bringing Kim K. & The New Baby ON TOUR Months After The Birth?!
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Kanye West is the musical guest for this Saturday's season
finale of "SNL". And he put on his straight face and
band-aid for the new promos. Check 'em inside, plus the newest details about how
'Ye and Kim K. will be dealing with his touring schedule as
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WARNING!!!!This Video is NOT intended for the novice, the amateur, the uninitiated, the inexperienced, the uneducated, the timid OR the WEAK! :nono:
WARNING!!!!This Video is NOT intended for the novice, the amateur, the uninitiated, the inexperienced, the uneducated, the timid OR the WEAK! :nono:
I usta culdn't spell geenus, now I ar one.
Gecko45 has gone into film?
The best part was,Quote:
"I'm going to end this video now."
No, the best part was, uh, uh, um, was the, uh, uh, um, uh, uh, it was when the uh, thing where the uh, other, uh, thing goes, and then, um, this other, uh, thing goes, uh, in on, uh, on top of it.
Some observations...
Looking at that hand and those fingers,that dude would probably field dress around 400 pounds,
There are basically,ahhh...5 parts to ahhh,firearms ammunition,
There is a little dot at the bottom of the casing,
The bullet is pushed out of the casing and flys away,
If there is a divot in the casing, chances are it has been fired.
Fill the casing with powder and put a new bullet on it.
I have lost over 6 minutes of my life that I can never recover...
HotGuns...You are right on the mark as usual. The truly sad thing about it is that the poor kid is pathetically serious.
Teaching our troops how to wrap a Shemagh....And....You can wrap it like a bandana......Whoops! :biggrin2:
I think I'm going to subscribe to his Youtube channel, seems like a winner.
That guy has a lot of time on his hands.
I get the impression that he has taken an airsoft BB right to the throat.
There's some strange folks running around.
I worked on a ship once that had a pencil stuck under the (unmoveable) bunk. It would roll back and forth like a XXXX XXXX (insert any number of two word combinations here) as the ship rolled. I can still hear it.
This made me howl. Was this filmed under that bunk?
Couldn't have said it better myself...
I don't quite know what to say.


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Just got this from the NRA Email
Important Pro-Gun Bill Moving Forward in Arizona!
Please Contact Your State Representatives Today!
Thanks to your action, House Bill 2474 passed out of the House Caucus without any hostile amendments. The bill is now stronger than ever thanks to an NRA-supported amendment.
Sponsored by State Representatives John Kavanagh (R-8) and Frank Antenori (R-30), HB2474 would permit law-abiding citizens to keep a firearm locked in their privately owned vehicle when parked on their employers publicly accessible parking lot. If passed, HB2474 would permit a law-abiding individual to store their firearms in their locked motor vehicle while parked on a publicly accessible parking lot controlled by their employer or a business they frequent. This bill will protect your right to keep a firearm in your car if you choose to hunt or target shoot before or after work. HB2474 would also allow an individual to keep a firearm in their vehicle for self-defense during their commute to and from work.


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Hi everyone,
As I posted yesterday, I have adopted out my EOS and purchased a new BMW Z4 Roadster. I have several original / OEM accessories and items left over. Here is the complete list below. I am open to offers on everything. I am including pictures of all of these items. Let me know if y'all have any questions or any interest in anything. Thanks a lot!
OEM Wind Blocker & Case: Both are in 100% flawless, brand new condition: SOLD
OEM Rubber / Monster Mats: Complete set of four in excellent condition: SOLD (then Damaged)
OEM Black Carpeted Floor Mats: BRAND NEW, Still Sealed in VW Package: Still Available
OEM Owners Manual Set: Complete set, all Books & Case: SOLD
Custom Made Car Cover: Custom fit for the EOS, weatherproof and finished in a beautiful, custom Red & Black color combination: Still Available
Custom 2-Piece Bra: Full front bumper cover and hood piece. Like Brand New condition, only used once: Still Available
OEM Tool Kit: Brand New, Unused and Complete: SOLD
OEM Remote Key: I ordered a brand new key / remote from my dealership and never used it. It can be programmed to your vehicle: SOLD
1/43 Scale Diecast Model: Salsa Red, Black Interior, Wood Trim (Lux) with Moonroof Open:Still Available
OEM Logo Valve Stem Caps: Brand New, Unused, Complete Set of Four: SOLD
OEM Euro Front Plate: Very cool, European Plate purchased from my local Dealership: SOLD
Brand New OEM Floor Mats, Carpet
Custom Weather-Proos Car Cover
1/43 Scale Diecast
Two Piece Bra


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