Near-death experiences are what you make of them. The funny thing is that we have all had these, and I’ll bet that most of us are unaware of the ones we didn’t notice.

Right? The perceived gulf between two Christian offshoots is greater than the gulf between Christians and Jews.

“I would love to just vote my ideals here, but I don’t have that luxury.”

Ever studied a dog pile? When I was a kid, our dog ate an entire Crayola 64 box. I can’t eat confetti frosting to this day.

I do hope you’re both there for that.

Oddly, they have also included inanimate objects: the Earth and the computer, though they are as perverse as us humans.

No one is cooler than Steve McQ!

Is the first one free?

I’ve heard it was ‘The Firm’, AKA, the British Royal Family.

My 95 Chev W/T had always-on headlights. One ‘click’ on the E-brake pedal would turn them off. A friend of mine learned this from me, but ‘double-clicked’ instead and burned up his shoes.

I remember my wife and I watching a program about how they came to be - gathering the idea and the formulating the mfg process - 6 or so months before they came out. I looked pretty weird (you really don’t want to see your ‘sausage’ being made).

“Additionally, you are somewhat responsible for everything they do. If they are downloading bears, or running a darkweb assassination service...”

Thats the one, zark!

Read the (old) story: ‘Beep’.

Did you check the date on the article?

In NH, we had concealed carry permits that were issued by the Chief of Police in one’s town. The enabling legislation was such that, if you fit some VERY basic qualifications (none having to do with gun safety, but mostly with criminal history), the ‘Chief shall issue’ the permit. (Note: the use of ‘shall’ in a legal…

No, they probably don’t. But I’d wager that they often use a semiautomatic ‘deer’ rifle in .30 cal, as many of my hunter friends do.

INRE: Katy Perry

Heroes are those who perform their work in the face of adversity, and seek no accolade other than having their peers respected for the work they also performed in the face of adversity.

Similar for me, but directly across the road. Occasional cat feeding, an eye on the house when away (we live in a semi-rural area), sharing wildlife sightings, his chickens cross the road to forage on my lawn. We don’t ‘hang’, but are friendly enough to share a drink every so often, usually in a driveway. Whoever…