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I'm thinking not the first... or even first hundred... But I'm a hater...

Good bust. Hands up, don't shoot!

"The Judge" Robert Duvall, Robert Downey, Jr.. bug guy from Men in Black/detective from Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and the chick from Up in the Air.

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/1113/Hagel-orders-top-to-bottom-changes-in-nuclear-bomb-systems-to-fix-failures Make another four-star billet, another three-star billet, and problem solved. If the rational is that a four-star can advocate better to fix these long-festering problems, that doesn't say much for the combatant command that is notionally responsible for nukes.

.380s are fun to shoot and back before the ammo drought, reasonably cheap. Now it's one of the more expensive pistol rounds around. If you can find it. I have three .380s. Walther/S&W PPK/S - James Bond gun (actually he used a PPK in .32). Minimal recoil due to steel mass. Looks cool. Jam-o-matic Walther PK380 - light, reliable, easiest semi-auto to rack I've ever used (could be important to those with small hands or arthritis or the like). Has been reliable. Have used it for a basement area 'ready' gun before. Kinda cheap looking to me. Browning BDA - nearly the same as the Beretta Cheetah/84. Looks great. Big, clunky solid gun, no recoil. Believe the Dutch (?) used them as a police sidearm for a long time. In the day, .380s were great for concealed carry due to size. Now, certainly 9mms are as small. Heck, my XDs in .45 is nearly identical in size to the PPK/S. .45 acp in a palm-size CCW? Yes, please!

Don't know if it is THE reason, but A reason is that in some countries where it is legal for private citizens to possess weapons, they cannot be the same caliber as that of the current or former military weapons, hence 9mm is out.

Well done.

To your point, if the "market place" dictates, BO will become like the OP wishes. Or, more likely, and how I will vote with my eyeballs and mouse clicks, is to go with the "GTFO" advice for those that don't like the place. I suspect the "market" likes the give and take (sts) of a wider, yet related, community than the "only current pilots can play here" mentality.

I don't smoke the substance legal in some states now, but reading this now-modified thread must be similar to the after-effects. "Wait, what?!"

Another "exclude" to make it better thread. Amazing this thought have never been thunk before. Guess that's what comes from being "current." Everything is new and, therefore, brilliant. In operational TTPs, I can see it. In military, specifically Air Force, culture and problems, not so much.

More old school nonsense - S&W Model 36 "Chief's Special" with 3 inch barrel (not my photo) Soooo, the wife carries a S&W Model 642 Airweight .38 special snubbie. At only 15 and some change ounces, it is a great carry piece. Light, simple to operate, going to go 'bang' when needed. But a real b1tch to shoot. For her or for me. After 5 rounds of practice, she's more than done. In fact, the 'dread' factor becomes apparent when I propose some practice time. Even for me, 10 or so rounds and I've had enough 'fun' with the little bastard and am ready to switch to something else. The original S&W snubbie, the Model 36, is all steel and has more mass to soak up recoil. Since I had the 642 snubbie, I didn't want another since it wouldn't be a carry gun, but I did want one to allow some non-apprehensive practice time. And the longer barrel just looks better. I found on-line a LNIB Model 35 with the 3" barrel. At 1.4lbs on the home scale, it is heavier and after testing it yesterday, it does the trick in making it fun to shoot and not painful. Before shooting it, however, I had to replace the original wood grips as pictured above with something I could actually hold. The skinny 1960s style detective-style grips might be good for concealed carry, but anyone with hands bigger than a 10-year-olds will want after-markets. I put a Pachmyer on it and solved my problem. Although not very attractive, at least I can actually grip the revolver and not have to hold it like a dainty tea cup. To enhance the grip and keep the old-school blued steel and wood look that I like, I have ordered some custom after market wood grips, but those are several months from delivery. I put 50 rounds of 158gr. semi-wadcutter through it yesterday at 7 yards. Using a bull's-eye target, all but one went into the 10 ring. The one fly-away went way high and right when I tried the double-action. Damn, that was stiff and took some 'oomph.' Single-action was incredible. No idea what a gauge would call it, but the trigger broke very lightly and very crisply. No staging, slack or anything. Conflating a very analog gun with digital terminology, the single-action trigger was either 1 or 0. I haven't verified the manufacture date yet with Smith & Wesson, but I'm guessing this was a 1980s gun. (Edited to add: I just called S&W to see what the date of manufacture is - between 1957 and 1962! This thing is in GREAT shape.) It is not marked "+P" so I have no intention of trying those out. Although our 642 is, that power rating is just too much for my wife, so 124gr JHP from Buffalo Bore will have to suffice. Again, my rationale for this acquisition was a practice gun for my wife. Therefore, she and I are gonna have to practice the double-action use of this one. Although I said "rationale" as a justification to her (which she is not buying for a second), the truth is I just wanted it. Compared to either of my S&W .44's this is like a 2/3 scale trainer. But it looks good and is fun as hell to shoot. I would not feel out-gunned with it in a nightstand or as a carry weapon. But, in my opinion, there are much better options available which why I have other guns for those uses, but if you are handed down one of these from a relative or find a good deal on one, don't be quick to pass it by.

Soooo, dropping to knees by an Eagle guy (unorginial, I know) at a nationally televised event followed by widespread media coverage somehow makes this a "private" matter? That's convenient. But for the record, I gave her a "Damn!" Twice. So she can't get offended at me.

Damn! (re her). As for him, sleeves pushed up, zipper too low, knife pocket removed. Fail. (kidding) Damn! (re her).

Big Green says, "No degree for you!" https://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/10/10/john-walsh-plagiarism-war-college-degree/

Hopefully, the military contacts because he's a former four-star have moved on and his relevance and ability to schmooze/score business for his company falls flat quickly. That and the fact that warfare itself has moved on should find him, once again, spending more time with his family, painting his mailbox brown.

You can decline once selected. Did it, got the t-shirt. You can separate once selected and even after pinning on. Years required in grade to retire at the new rank fluctuate with Big Blue's needs. (sorry, if I win the Capt Obvious award here.) You also cease being considered "involuntary separation" and no cash for you if you decline. Any remaining ADSC can then still hold you in as I also found out. Worth it to bail from AD (at the time - late '90s).

Popularity of the idea and amount of support is scaring Spain with its Catalan state. Rumors of EU not admitting Scotland or at least slow-rolling it. Same for NATO. Not a done deal that Scotland gets in. In fact, a "yes" could be the wedge for the EU to start to break up. (Not that there's anything wrong with that...). I'm sure there are other county-sized wannabe's that think being "independent" will be all that. If Scotland does it, their finances will be in the sh1tter. Oil revenue compared to the lose of economic advantage of buying in bulk as part of UK will soon run them out of their socialist ideals. I think the final verdict will "no" with lots of Braveheart-like "we are free" chanting ever after.

Didn't see this posted and assumed this would be the logical place for it be, so here goes: https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/sons-guns-star-william-hayden-charged-child-rape-article-1.1918473 It is innocent until proven guilty and I have actually seen the scenario Hayden is claiming - ex-girlfriend has young daughter cry "molestation" against an Air Force dude. He was court-martialed, found innocent, but Big Blue had shunned him upon the first accusation, so he was toast. He got out and made a mint as a consultant. So, Hayden could be innocent. But the show is a mort (no loss really, but it was a good try for a few shows at the beginning). Red Jacket Firearms also was quick to distance itself from Hayden.

Been a bad week to be Senator Walsh: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/us/politics/plagiarism-raises-ethical-alarm-at-military-school.html?_r=0 Not only is Army War College investigating, but now so is Big Army: https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-walsh-plagiarism-20140729-story.html Several Montana papers are calling for him to resign in time for another candidate to run in the Democratic primary: https://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/sen-walsh-plagiarism-choose-resignation-and-retirement/article_7b6d7728-17fc-11e4-8ad7-001a4bcf887a.html Sometimes, you wonder about the things that can come back from the past to bite you in the ass...

"Worked up?" My reasoning for starting the thread was to show how the standard way to get through PME bit this guy in the ass because he got caught. Others weren't thrilled about the douche trying to blame PTSD when he got caught after the fact. That it comes out during the election is just gravy. As to Obama, if the press didn't cover his plagerism, then it didn't happen as far as they are concerned. Hence, my pointing out Biden's track record wasn't even brought up during the 2008/2012 cycles. Obama's elections are over. Can't unfcuk 'em now. This guy can be a deserved political plagerism scalp if it's covered. Since the NY Times dimed out a fellow liberal by reporting this story, ergo, they don't want him to win or are trying to sell papers ginning up a controversy (gasp...shock, horror...).

Our illustrous current Vice-President got caught lifting passages from a Brit leader's speeches when he ran for President in 1988. Biden dropped out of the race. Didn't even get raised as an issue in his 2008 and 2012 runs. Walsh is running behind his GOP opponent even before this. This is just piling on and will finish him off. Not that it's a bad thing...

Didn't see this elsewhere, so here goes... https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/us/politics/montana-senator-john-walsh-plagiarized-thesis.html?_r=0 Dang, I hate when that happens (and you get caught)...

Or one could simply disagree with the position and points made in the referenced post. Much like I do with this one. The reference to a crappy show on a cable channel that I don't pay for, much less watch, seemed to not be relevant. One can write in an older, more formal style freely. Not my problem if you don't like it. So perhaps you, or even you as noted above, can differentiate between "quitters." The post I disliked did not. Blanket statements draw blanket condemnation.

One might state the obvious with a "you first." But one is retired and thus a "quitter" because the giveash1t meter pegged simultaneously with the OLC to the tilting at windmills award.

So the apparent answer to the question "Is a DUI recoverable?" is 'it depends.' Be a fast burner with top cover, and, maybe. How public was the fcuk-up, who knows about it, etc, etc. Be in the 80%, and I think not. That was my observation during my career.