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Yeah, pimps is an ugly word. Love brokers is much better.

Yeah, I have it. It started around 12 years ago. At first it sucked and seemed really loud. Now, it's just part of my life. The sound doesn't bother me as much now as when it first started. Mine is largely due to just being in and around the military and the loud noises associated with that lifestyle. 10 years active duty in the Marines and another 5 years or so in Iraq/Afghanistan are the obvious culprits. When I got out of the military and had my final physical, they noted that my hearing was somewhat degraded from when I first went in. Now, I have a very hard time hearing what people are saying, especially when there is other noise around. The best part of all this is I can pretty much ignore anything that anyone (wife, kids) says from any other room in the house. I can usually hear that they are talking, but I got tired of yelling "What!?", so I just ignore them now. Gotta take the little wins when they present themself.

Pretty good in Dodgeball, too.

I really need to open a used car lot.

We got some good donations from small local banks.

I was in the same boat. I'm the president of our local wrestling club and ran into similar issues. When our group took it over, we had $400 in the bank and zero uniforms. Our financial requirements are probably much smaller, but the issues are similar. One thing that we did was figure out exactly how much we needed and then went to local businesses soliciting donations in exchange for banners at our tournament. We were able to get half of what we needed through those. The next thing that we did was host a tournament that more than covered the remainder. Next year we are going to be looking for companies to sponsor our tournament. One area that we have our eyes on martial arts schools and gyms. We'll look for a certain donation amount in exchange for giving them a table to do on site sign ups. We do have other fund raising requirements, but we did get enough to get us through this season. We're planning on doing some stuff over the off season, like hosting trivia nights and other stuff like that. Hope it all works out for you.

Or three...

I think it's more than just access to firepower. Other countries have access to the same firepower, yet we have far more things like this happening. I hate to say it, but we are just broken and I don't know that there's a way to fix it. There are people in our society that have no regard for human life. It's sad, it sucks, and I do hope that there is something that can be done. I don't want the solution to be more security in our schools, having more people armed, or any other ideas like that. I'm a supporter of the 2nd amendment, but there has got to be something better than more people armed. I have weapons, but they do not leave my house except to shoot at a range. My weapons are for peace of mind within my home. If someone were on my property and stealing something outside, they can have it. I'm not going to kill another human being over a "thing". Maybe I'm in the minority of other gun owners, but for anyone to be on the wrong side of my weapon, they will need to be in my house and a threat to my family. When I was a kid, my dad taught me how to shoot when I was around 11 or 12 years old. The very first thing that he told me was to never point a gun at any other person or animal unless I intended to kill. He taught me that every gun was loaded, whether you think it is or not. My dad and I both served in the Marine Corps, so we had a bit more training than the normal person on the street. I guess the bottom line is that in my mind, we're simply screwed up as a society.

Apparently it's what military spouses do when their significant other is deployed. Long over that part of my life.

` Well, if you spent any time in the greater Jacksonville area in 1994, you probably fucked my ex-wife. My condolences.

Hmmm... I got stationed there in 1993 or so. There was a restaurant there and I can't remember the name, but they had an all you can eat beef rib night.

HUGE roller derby fan here. This will be really confusing for me. Just like back when the NFL Cardinals were in STL people would preface their sports team talk with "Football" or "Baseball" Cardinals. This will be no different. How am I supposed to know which Guardians team people are referring to? This is an outrage.

This definitely fishy. 1. You are absolutely right. The email client doesn't automatically compress files. You can get prompted if you want the compress it, particularly when sending from your phone. It will not, even if you do elect to compress the size of the file, rename it. Prosecutor definitely came across as dishonest at best. 2. Why the fuck is the prosecutor sending evidence via his personal fucking gmail account? That's just stupid. 3. Isn't it the prosecutor's responsibility to ensure that the defense gets the evidence? Then to sit there and say that they had every opportunity to object to it is flat wrong. How can they possibly object to it when the file that they were given was not the file that was entered into evidence? "Oh, they could have had an expert look at it and see that it had been compressed." None of them know anything about this stuff and it's aggravating.

There was also a really weird part of Binger's (may have been the other prosecutor during rebuttal, I can't recall) closing arguments: 1. He said that if you bring a gun, you lose the right to self-defense. 2. He then said that the people attacking KR had the same right to self-defense as he did. That was just really odd and all over the place. I wonder if anyone in the jury heard it the same way that I did, which is basically that KR did in fact have a right to self-defense.

Same guy, right? He was armed and unarmed at the same time.

If I was the defense I'd be accidentally dropping Twinkies on the ground every time that big boy was talking.

It is if you want to be.

So the original image was altered. Does that about sum it up?

Yeah, I guess they had different standards in combat. We always called them Army gloves. My sister sent me that picture this morning and it's the first time that I have ever seen it. After seeing his face and recovering from the dust in the room, I thought "Look at the old man wearing his Army gloves!"

PM sent. I thought of another way to get service records.

I posted this picture in the USMC Birthday thread, but it's also very appropriate here. A picture of my old man (far right) in Korea circa 1950. Marine Corps Sergeant, mortarman, and the reason for my joining the Corps. Good man with faults, and a great father. He passed way about 8 years ago and I miss him every day.

It depends on the branch of service and the years. Your best bet is to probably start by getting the DD214. This page has some good links: https://nvf.org/how-to-get-a-copy-of-dd214/ Be warned that some records were lost in a flood or fire or something like that. I think it was St. Louis, but I really can't recall. I ended up having to go to Headquarters Marine Corps for my DD214 because of it.

My dad (far right) in Korea, probably 1950. Sergeant in the Marine Corps, he was a mortarman and the reason that I joined the Corps. He died about 8 years ago. He was a man with his faults, but a fantastic father that made sure to spend time with me. He taught me more than I can possibly express here. Edited to add that we talked every Marine Corps Birthday after I got out of boot camp.

But according to pinchy-zoomy, he fell down simply because he was light headed. I have no idea what the purpose was of the DA making that point.