Statistically, it’s not the speed or the tumble that gets you - it’s the fall off the bike. This is why people sometimes die in bicycle accidents where you don’t think they would. A six foot drop with the your head cracking into asphalt is no bueno. Add in additional velocity from the crash and the picture gets…

People in tame countries don’t carry guns. There is nothing tame about the United States. And I don’t say that as some sort of macho thing. It’s just reality.

“If you need a gun to go someplace, don’t go there.”

I dunno. I do fieldwork in a territory that covers a lot of rural, remote areas, as well as urban ones, sometimes rough. Been attacked by dogs, turkeys, geese, etc in the course of work, and run across more than one venomous snake. People too, a couple of times. If I carry, it’s certainly not because of people. I…

That’s fantastic, wow.

I think it is more a matter of internal compromise here. The republicans are a weird agglomeration of disparate influences united under basically hatred of the left. That’s really it. The Freedom Caucus would really like it if the Dominionists would ratchet the Jesus talk down a notch or three, the Dominionists really…

I say this as someone that has a klr250 that is dead nuts reliable. I use it as my rescue bike. When one of my buddies calls up broken down on the side of the road somewhere, here I come with my stupid little klr and a bag full of tools on the rear rack. Oldest Son is going to be 16 soon, and I stupidly told him he…

Raph, buddy, don’t. Well, do, but do after you buy something easy.

You know, I’m fine with the idea that it was a history assignment, and fine with saying that kids are dumb, sure.

Stef, you speak the truth. I’ve been dicking around on a project bike for a while now, stuck with lights and a few other things. A buddy of mine urged me to just duct tape shit up and take it for a spin, and I was glad I did. I bought a bunch of part sand am just gonna make the bloody thing work. It’s a ratbike…

Normally I don’t respond to these articles, but this time? Yeah.

Not a racing tech, but am a collison guy. Check welds, check tubes for damage/kinks/stress-bluing, and measure to your indexing points like a tech doing a unibody/frame pull on an ez-liner or whatnot.

I would also argue that a non-trivial pillar supporting white privilege is the nearly invisible discrimination in real estate.

And, for the record, this is a fucking tragedy. I’m sorry that family has to go through this.

“I hate to admit it, but having your own guns and training your kids about and with them might actually be a better strategy, whether you need the guns around or not. At least then they might have the instinct not to play with one, accept one from someone else, or hang around someone they don’t trust with their…

I made a follow-up post that said that this was a possibility. Some locales provide “special police” (or whatever the local term is) designation to security forces.

Note - There are exceptions to what I said. In some case, corproate security officers are given further certifications. Herein Virginia they’re called “special officers” and are a step below cops but above security. They may occupy that sort of strata in Illinois as airport security. I doubt it though, because most…

I remain skeptical.

From the article:
The incident on United flight 3411 was not in accordance with our standard operating procedure and the actions of the aviation security officer are obviously not condoned by the Department,” Pride said.

“Aviation security officer” =/= law enforcement officer ie actual police

The…

He did not consent to assault. And those were not (as far as I can tell) law enforcement officers. They were security. He was offering no violence or threat (that I can see), thus they had no grounds to take violent action against him.

I believe you, and I had that explained to me a long time ago, but it would’ve been optimal to have it explained early on. I will never forget being in situ and she was getting close. Thinking it would help, I upped tempo and got literally slapped upside the head for it. She was mad at me because I killed the moment…