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Forum: Just the Facts 22nd December 2017, 09:57 PM
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Posted By Paul in Qatar
Well, I gave away all my guns after Sandy Hook,...

Well, I gave away all my guns after Sandy Hook, so my interest is theoretical. That said, and as Jaglavak said, it seems like the sort of thing a person might really be willing to carry all the time....
Forum: Just the Facts 21st December 2017, 09:14 PM
Replies: 1,931
Views: 215,830
Posted By Paul in Qatar
I see North American Arms makes a .22LR revolver...

I see North American Arms makes a .22LR revolver (and that would not be worth note) that can be fitted with a folding grip making it very small indeed. That are your thoughts?
...
Forum: The Game Room 21st December 2017, 09:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,373
Posted By Paul in Qatar
First Annual Giraffe Time Capsule (Results)

About this time last year I proposed we might amuse ourselves by posting private messages to the board in general to be opened later as a sort of a time capsule.

Here are the ten messages. I would...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 31st December 2016, 04:27 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,652
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Am I not living up to the kind, no, dare I say...

Am I not living up to the kind, no, dare I say loving? Yes, loving standards of this message board?
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 31st December 2016, 06:12 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,652
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Oh, had you said that i would have know that. ...

Oh, had you said that i would have know that.

The "emotional event" is a term of art I stole from the FBI. The idea is four killings in a short span of time without a period to "cool off." This...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 31st December 2016, 05:27 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,652
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Thank you for sharing that. I know typing that...

Thank you for sharing that. I know typing that was very important.
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 30th December 2016, 11:43 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,652
Posted By Paul in Qatar
I have made such list for the last nine or ten...

I have made such list for the last nine or ten years. I deeply regret that the numbers are not strictly comparable. I have simply gotten better compiling it, so I miss fewer incidents. I think at...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 30th December 2016, 09:59 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,652
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Mass Killings in the US in 2016

2016 Mass Killings in USA
4 or more killed, including suicides
One killer
By any means
In one emotional event

1) 11 January 2016, Northfield Center, OH 4 killed (arson)...
Forum: General Blah Blah 30th December 2016, 09:24 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 6,077
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Every town has a company that rebuilds old...

Every town has a company that rebuilds old washers, dryers, stoves and fridges and sells the with a year-long guarantee. Seek out out such a place.
Forum: Better Living Through Posting 30th December 2016, 06:50 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,291
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Dollywood is practically made for this event.

Dollywood is practically made for this event.
Forum: Longneck Public Library 30th December 2016, 03:19 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 5,285
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Lincoln's Greatest Journy (Trudeau) The Fifties...

Lincoln's Greatest Journy (Trudeau)
The Fifties (Halberstam)
Bartley's Man as a cheap science fiction read.

I was pleased that His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt
made the...
Forum: The Game Room 29th December 2016, 06:13 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 57,941
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Keion Carpenter...

Keion Carpenter (http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/nfl/bal-keion-carpenter-former-woodlawn-high-nfl-player-dies-at-39-20161229-story.html) former player for the Buffalo Bills seems to have died at...
Forum: Arts and Entertainment 28th December 2016, 05:27 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,436
Posted By Paul in Qatar
A son, a brother survives them both. A horrible...

A son, a brother survives them both. A horrible blow for the poor man. There is also a daughter who lost both a mother and a grandmother.
Forum: The Game Room 28th December 2016, 05:24 PM
Replies: 363
Views: 57,941
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Gosh. :(

Gosh. :(
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 28th December 2016, 05:01 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Look, the people you work for are financing half...

Look, the people you work for are financing half the war in Syria and the entire jihad against the West. As long as you're taking blood money I don't see where you have authority to preach.[/QUOTE]
...
Forum: Arts and Entertainment 27th December 2016, 05:26 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,619
Posted By Paul in Qatar
It is always so sad to learn a parent must bury a...

It is always so sad to learn a parent must bury a child. That ought not to happen.
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 27th December 2016, 05:24 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Thank you for your thoughts.

Thank you for your thoughts.
Forum: The Game Room 27th December 2016, 04:35 PM
Replies: 363
Views: 57,941
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Surely there cannot be another one this year....

Surely there cannot be another one this year. This must be the end of it.
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 27th December 2016, 04:26 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Honestly, here we are two days later and I am...

Honestly, here we are two days later and I am beginning to suspect I might be wrong. Still, I am very upset at the silence on Aleppo. Singers and dancers we are upset about. An entire city not so...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 27th December 2016, 06:57 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By Paul in Qatar
I am educating their children. I am Westernizing...

I am educating their children. I am Westernizing them.

(OT, did you see the article on the finances of the Royal Family in the NYT today?)
Forum: Just the Facts 27th December 2016, 05:33 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,382
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Thank you all.

Thank you all.
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 27th December 2016, 05:32 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Bingo. Seriously, based on your posting...

Bingo.

Seriously, based on your posting history here, you are a fucking moron. Seriously intellectually challenged. And you are in the Kingdom, representing Americans. Jesus wept.[/QUOTE]
...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 26th December 2016, 04:48 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Actually no. I lived in Qatar for a year, changed...

Actually no. I lived in Qatar for a year, changed my user name and did not change it back. I am in Saudi Arabia. I have worked in the region for nineteen years. I like to think I am destroying this...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 26th December 2016, 04:21 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Yes, they sang very nicely. You ought to give...

Yes, they sang very nicely. You ought to give them a look. They were singers and dancers, hardly soldiers at all in the real sense.

Yet they were. You don't get to wear the uniform and then claim...
Forum: Politics, Philosophy and Religion 26th December 2016, 07:32 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By Paul in Qatar
Thank you. That means a lot to me. (I am...

Thank you. That means a lot to me.

(I am going to bed. Please do not think I am ignoring you.)
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