And best wishes, Noir, in making the system work.

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Originally posted by editengine:

totally forgot she is from Columbia.

Maybe I should have waited until after the quiz was graded to insult her home country?

Colombia. Can't talk for her, but I'd be more pissed if people kept having that typo than about my country's reputation.

I'm in Columbia. Which requires a whole different type of insult.

COLOMBIA

wow a good thing I wasn't texting the instructor. I would have added insult to injury.

really I dig this class. I am thinking about continuing with the next level of Spanish regardless of my grade. I don't need it to graduate but I always felt closed off from such a large part of my community because I don't speak it.

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Originally posted by lithos:
Did they pass the law that lets you shoot someone because you think they might be a threat?

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The 2008 Florida Statutes


Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 776
JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE
View Entire Chapter
776.012 Use of force in defense of person.--A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other's imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if:

(1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony; or

(2) Under those circumstances permitted pursuant to s. 776.013.

Yeah. The world hasn't ended though. It is actually proven difficult to show you think you are in danger unless the other guy really is about to try and kill you.

Surprising given the fact you can get a concealed weapons permit here almost as easily as you can buy a lottery ticket.

Soooo...if I walk down the streets o' Tampa naked, I'm good?

Well you might threaten people to the point they are in fear for their lives, what with your funny accent and ... weapon?

GayBor days is this weekend. Huge coming out event for the Gay people in Tampa and we were busier than ever last night. Drag show and a strip pogo stick contest.

Drunk people. In their undies. Pogo jumping.

It didn't really work out that well.

At the end of the night the count was two people tossed out by me (one covered in vomit). Three people carried out by their friends because they were too drunk to walk down the stairs. One girl denied entry because she solicited drugs in front of me. And one cute Asian girl pissed at me because I tried to hook her up with a friend of mine she thought was too young for her.

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Originally posted by editengine:
Well you might threaten people to the point they are in fear for their lives, what with your funny accent and ... weapon?

Well, it does have excellent penetration and a high rate of fire.

HAH! Three hours and I finally thought of a witty reply!

HA! I work with almost all gay boys so I am used to almost nothing but cock and ball humor.

Spent the day so far laying around. No workout for the past three days. I feel bad saying it but I can't wait for the baby to be back in daycare just so I can get stuff done that needs doing every day.

Had an interesting day...

My meeting in Norway finished at 10am, so I returned to KRS airport to be reunited with my luggage, which had gone missing on the way out. Held on to it for all of 10 minutes before checking it back in for the return journey.

Arrived in Amsterdam without problems. After a three-hour stopover, we started the flight back to Bristol and at one point when I looked out of the window we were over Clacton-on-sea. However, the next time I looked out of the window, we were flying much lower, and over the North Sea again. I commented to the guy sitting next to me that we seemed to be going an odd way; the next minute the Captain announced that the deicing system for the flight deck windows had developed a fault, and he was returning to Amsterdam ASAP.

When we landed, he explained that the system had short-circuited and damaged the window so it wasn't safe to fly the aircraft. He rapidly arranged for another aircraft to be lined up and everyone tromped off the plane to get on the bus. I was the last passenger off, so I had a quick chat with the captain and ended up on the flight deck. There was a foot-long crack across the co-pilot's windscreen - I'm not surprised he turned round!

Eventually the bus driver got the all clear to take us to the next aircraft. So he set off, and five feet later drew to a halt again. The replacement aircraft was the one we'd parked next to. At the second attempt, I got home without a problem. I even have my luggage!

best
Chris H

I had an awesome day at work - not too many books to put away, many interesting people to meet, I was commended for "kicking ass" over the past two insanely busy weeks in the store, and an old friend came in, I thought he was still in Oregon
I got a bunch of errands done yesterday - renewed the insurance on my car, had the oil changed and everything checked so the car's all good to go for the Minobot roadtrip in two weeks!
The weather's warmed up again too, so I've been rocking skirts and sandals for the past couple days and loving every minute
14 days till Minobot 4: The Canadian Reunion!!

Went out last night for a bit. Love having Fridays off now. Went by work for a sec. Introduced the Girl to some of the leather daddies that I see every weekend there. The Girl's sis was watching the baby. Her scummy boyfriend was at the house but she was our only option and she has been doing so well with working and going to her NA meetings we thought we would try to let her watch the baby. 11am the next day I went over to get her and the sister was not even awake yet. The baby is in the crib, naked, and either hadn't eaten or had just a handful of cheerios I guess.

So we aren't going to do that again.

Went to a little 4th party late this afternoon. Good times even with the heat. The host of the party insisted he knew me, and seemed a little miffed I didn't remember him. His wife was a little bit of a terror. She bitched about him not getting the trash out, then bitched at him for forgetting stuff at the store, then belittled him for not doing what she asked.

Then she showed off her curio cabinet full of odd medical items. Literally it is a curio cabinet in her living room with jars containing dog testicles, cat fetuses, glass eyes, antique hypodermic needles, etc... Kind of like the Mutter museum only, you know, next to the dining room table. She reminded me so much of my ex-wife I almost asked if she knew her.

Work tonight, taking some fireworks to set off in the alley. Should be fun but I don't have medical insurance now so if I blow off a finger I might have to stick it back on with duct tape and super-glue and hope it reattaches itself.

I went down to the local ham store and techie hangout today. It's a little place behind the owner's residence, and while there is a decent-sized sign out in front you probably wouldn't think of stopping in there. Yet this very place is my first stop when I'm looking for something unusual and often I either find what I'm looking for or get a very good lead towards finding it. Their primary business is not ham radio-related and the only consistent time they are open to the public is Saturday morning for about three hours. In those three hours however you see more old-school techies than you ever will attending a year's worth of 2600 Meetings.

I started working again on the Hacking Invisible Worlds concept again. Looks like we may see a book in the not too distant future... I haven't visited (REDACTED) in a few months and figured it was about time, so I called "JR" and found out he was open today. I drive down, walk inside, and after the usual greeting ritual with the other "regulars", start looking around to see what new stuff came in since my last visit. Even with Ebay and other online venues for offloading one's surplus, the old school techies of the area still go to (REDACTED) to get rid of their excess stuff. I noticed a cardboard box that had some TV tuners, other assorted circuit boards, and some rather extensive documentation in it. Curious, I start investigating further. TV tuners are useful items in themselves, but after examining the docs and other boards I quickly realize that I had stumbled across one of these, albeit partially completed. A quick consultation with "JR" and I soon found out that the price was right. The box went home with me.

A spectrum analyzer is one of the primary tools for hacking invisible worlds, and the second piece of equipment you should buy after a good wide-band receiver setup.

Just saw the Spaghetti Monster hanging above the Pacific in smoke form.

Well last night was pretty humid even by our standards. I spent the night trying to stay cool (note orange/cranberry/sprite mixture is excellent for this) setting off fireworks in the alley next to work (hee hee I almost set the tree there on fire), and dealing with Starbucks Girl who came to my job. After I told her not to.

The good news. She told me she got fired from my local Starbucks for calling out drunk or coming to work drunk or something. It doesn't matter the point is I can NOW GO BACK TO STARBUCKS!!!!!

The bad news, apparently when the Sis went there her visit culminated in shouting over the counter that SG was a whore or something and she got in a lot of trouble for it. This means that I have to now acknowledge the Sis for this right after bitching at her about her crappy babysitting performance.

I sent the barback upstairs to keep an eye on her. Underage still, she was with some drinkers and she wouldn't have been there unless she wanted to sneak a few drinks. He did not catch her though and she left. I did get permission from the manager to bar her from coming back. I would have asked him before but I really thought that she wouldn't come to my job since, you know, I said DON'T COME TO MY JOB.

Odd conversation though. How many other jobs can you ask your boss if you can not serve somebody because you used to talk to them behind their Girlfriends back and you don't want them around?

Try that at McDonald's.

Sweet! Another Life of Edit installment!

I need to get a ticket to Oz. I think that would generate some excellent stories.

You guys got stuff there right? Pretty good stuff?

Meh. Most of it you've seen. It's kinda postmodern.

Good fishing, but. Also, if you ever wanted to shoot a camel or a donkey and not have to join the army and go to Afghanistan, it can be arranged.

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Originally posted by lithos:
Also, if you ever wanted to shoot a camel or a donkey and not have to join the army and go to Afghanistan, it can be arranged.

The only camel I ever wanted to shoot was the one I rode on. Do NOT ride a camel. It has got to be the most uncomfortable mode of transport possible.

They´ve got camel rides where I am, so I´ll bear that in mind.

We´re having a week off in Queensland, and of course we´ve both come down with the flu. At least the weather´s a bit warmer up here, but we both feel like shit.

C´est la vie, I guess.

Very sorry to hear that. About all I can suggest is going hard on the symptom-masking meds... including hot coffee with your choice of whisk(e)y...

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Originally posted by editengine:
HA! I work with almost all gay boys

Me too, but nearly all of them still refuse to face up to it.

Today I ate more delicious New Mexican food (in Santa Fe for a few days), drove and walked around with the wife, saw awesome scenes of massive blue-black thunderstorms ripping in over bare red rocks, and drank some damn fine coffee (Aroma, a Santa Fe roaster). If I had a guitar with me, it would be perfect. Though to be honest, a couple more days here will probably have me ready to throttle the stereotypical rich Southwestern pseudo-hippies who abound here.