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by Kiwirob
Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Nearly half of Brits say Prince Harry should lose his title, survey suggests
Replies: 151
Views: 7085

Re: Nearly half of Brits say Prince Harry should lose his title, survey suggests

Aesma wrote:
As long as Andrew has a title, Harry will have a title.

End of story.


Since neither of them have done anything illegal, fair call.

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by Kiwirob
Sun Jan 01, 2023 2:49 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Nearly half of Brits say Prince Harry should lose his title, survey suggests
Replies: 151
Views: 7085

Re: Nearly half of Brits say Prince Harry should lose his title, survey suggests

I am still of the opinion it should have bypassed Charles, never have liked him. Well, he was the firstborn, so that is his claim to fame. So either you have Royals with everything that comes with it: expensive, scandals, head of state which no subject has any control over, or you do not have a Roy...

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by Kiwirob
Sun Jan 01, 2023 2:38 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Nearly half of Brits say Prince Harry should lose his title, survey suggests
Replies: 151
Views: 7085

Re: Nearly half of Brits say Prince Harry should lose his title, survey suggests

What a disgusting and racist family. May they go the way of other royal families in the past. What makes them racist? All we have to go on is the racvings of one slightly potty women. And she was not the first person of colour to marry into the Royal Family, a Māori from NZ married Lady Davina Wind...

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by Kiwirob
Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:20 pm
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Rafale pre-selected over F-16 and Gripen by Columbia
Replies: 34
Views: 5634

Re: Rafale pre-selected over F-16 and Gripen by Columbia

Good news ! I'm guessing 2 engines (also true for the Gripen) played a role for a country with plenty of places you can't hope to land on and don't want to eject over either ? The Gripen is designed to land on short landing strips. Sweden (and Brazil) are also full of land you don't want to eject o...

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by Kiwirob
Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: New MINI Cooper Convertible ‘coming home’ to be built in the UK
Replies: 34
Views: 2828

Re: New MINI Cooper Convertible ‘coming home’ to be built in the UK

The Mini is coming back but the PM will be riding in German made Audis : https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/brexit-causes-government-ditch-jaguar-25831678 No British manufacturer can make armored limousines. Now I will correct that headline, since the only possible contender (and c...

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by Kiwirob
Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:57 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: New MINI Cooper Convertible ‘coming home’ to be built in the UK
Replies: 34
Views: 2828

Re: New MINI Cooper Convertible ‘coming home’ to be built in the UK

The clubman is OKish, it's a family/wagon mini. The countryman, that's huge and shouldn't be called a mini. I owned a first generation Countryman there was noting huge about it. I also owned a Clubman with the suicide door, loved that car and just took delivery of my 5th MINI a Cooper SE about 3 we...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 29, 2022 11:59 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Now you’re just creating a straw man, I stated quite clearly I am not particularly interested in the welfare of the criminals, just the societal outcomes. However you have stated very clearly here: You put personal gratification over the welfare of fellow law abiding citizens. Each to their own. Fr...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:11 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

You don't like the death penalty and you don't appear to like prison, if we follow your thought process nobody should be punished for anything. Some society that would be. Now you’re just creating a straw man, I stated quite clearly I am not particularly interested in the welfare of the criminals, ...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 29, 2022 8:24 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Why? Why? Is that helpful? is it? That’s sounds like an opinion dressed up as a fact. I don’t care what it is to be honest as long as it is the best way to reduce crime and increase societal wellbeing. Fred Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Because if you are sentenced to life for murder than it s...

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by Kiwirob
Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:30 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Why? Why? Is that helpful? is it? That’s sounds like an opinion dressed up as a fact. I don’t care what it is to be honest as long as it is the best way to reduce crime and increase societal wellbeing. Fred Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sentencing is an opinion? Appears pretty factual to me, c...

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by Kiwirob
Tue Dec 27, 2022 5:20 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

So we need to find logical reasons to keep people alive rather than keep them alive until we find logical reasons to kill the ? I.e. the default is murder till you can find a reason not to? Yes, I can’t see why this sentiment is a good one to demonstrate to a populace. Fred Sent from my iPhone usin...

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by Kiwirob
Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:36 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Indeed, you choose to believe that it’s a acceptable course of action for an authority to kill people without a demonstrable benefit to society based on feelings. Why should a person then not act on what they believe through feeling and with no demonstrable benefit end the life of another human bei...

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by Kiwirob
Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:33 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Indeed, you choose to believe that it’s a acceptable course of action for an authority to kill people without a demonstrable benefit to society based on feelings. Why should a person then not act on what they believe through feeling and with no demonstrable benefit end the life of another human bei...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:00 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Migrants dropped off at VP Residence Xmas Eve
Replies: 74
Views: 4304

Re: Migrants dropped off at VP Residence Xmas Eve

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sout ... encounters


That’s an enormous jump from the 460k in 2020, and a few more than the 1.7m in 2021. How can this be sustainable?
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GalaxyFlyer wrote:


That’s an enormous jump from the 460k in 2020, and a few more than the 1.7m in 2021. How can this be sustainable?

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by Kiwirob
Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:06 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Oslo airport with self-driving plows
Replies: 29
Views: 5190

Re: Oslo airport with self-driving plows

Self driving cars don’t work in blizzards, these self driving ploughs will have to. Self driving trucks and snow plows can work perfectly in blizzards. Depends on their steering and guiding system. They can drive blind much better than any human driver. Differential GPS (or take GLONAS as backup) w...

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by Kiwirob
Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:03 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Indeed, my position does not change no matter how much you try to introduce Godwins law. It’s telling that you can’t say what it’s solving for and how it solved it and the only recourse is to bring in the nazis to your argument. Meh. Fred Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I’ve told you what I beli...

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by Kiwirob
Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:15 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Some people just aren’t worth keeping alive, they can’t be rehabilitated, there crimes are so heinous execution is the only fitting punishment. I mean there have been heinous crimes committed all over the world in non-death penalty countries, other societies are able to enact a criminal justice sys...

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by Kiwirob
Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:00 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Solution: a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation. 1. What is the problem being solved for? 2. How is the problem being solved? Fred Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I take it you have a proble with the allies executing the German leaders after WW2? Some people just are...

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by Kiwirob
Sat Dec 24, 2022 8:28 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Oslo airport with self-driving plows
Replies: 29
Views: 5190

Re: Oslo airport with self-driving plows

Most of us have a Xiaomi Robot Vacuum Mop at home, these things know where the furniture are and sense the changes in their locations. Basic technology at negligible cost. Any plow could easily be self driving. Much cheaper than heated runways which require a new runway and minimum of a year of clo...

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by Kiwirob
Sat Dec 24, 2022 8:19 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Oslo airport with self-driving plows
Replies: 29
Views: 5190

Re: Oslo airport with self-driving plows

This seems ridiculous to me. The cost of human operators is peanuts in the big picture of airport snow removal. The project already costing 400 mill. NOK, how is this going to be cost effective? Self driving machinery is not anything new, farmers have had autopilot in their tractors for years. But ...

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by Kiwirob
Sat Dec 24, 2022 8:13 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Why, then, are there still violent crimes like rape and murder still happening all across this nation? So, I don’t see true death penalty as a deterrent, it’s a final solution for terrible people. Solution: a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation. 1. What is the problem b...

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by Kiwirob
Sat Dec 24, 2022 7:09 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Yes, it’s well known that the best way to deal with difficult things is to put our fingers in our ears and hope the nasty thing doesn’t happen again…. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Or you execute him and the problem go away. Why, then, are there still violent crimes like rape and murder still ...

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by Kiwirob
Fri Dec 23, 2022 5:34 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

What’s the benefit of killing them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Once they're gone you don't have to think about them anymore. In Norway Breivik is in the news multiple times per year complaining about his treatment in prison, if he was executed there wouldn't be any of this bullshit, society...

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by Kiwirob
Fri Dec 23, 2022 5:32 am
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Rafale pre-selected over F-16 and Gripen by Columbia
Replies: 34
Views: 5634

Re: Rafale pre-selected over F-16 and Gripen by Columbia

Wouldn't it make more sense to buy F-35? Colombia is fairly close with the US (politically speaking) and this would put them a step above their neighbors, as well as providing superior firepower against drug cartels. Firepower? Maybe not. But stealth? Surely you need stealth to sneak up on all thos...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:35 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Never said they were. I just think it's fair to have some options. Society has a need to exact justice, but the victims' family are the most directly affected, and they should be able to choose from the justice options they feel 'right' about. If you argue death sentence is bad because some victim ...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:21 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Here's a good reason, whenever someone in favor uses callous language about ending a human life like they're putting a horse out of their misery, maybe we should take pause. Tons of innocent people in the United States were murdered or lynched for hundreds of years. Our justice system still seems t...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:42 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

There's no such thing as "Shoot to wound" and you're not in a movie, you'd probably miss legs. Yes there is such a thing as shooting to incapacitate. But you need police training a bit more advanced then what’s typically found in the US. Dutch police, for instance, are trained to aim for ...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:39 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

There's no such thing as "Shoot to wound" and you're not in a movie, you'd probably miss legs. Yes there is such a thing as shooting to incapacitate. But you need police training a bit more advanced then what’s typically found in the US. Dutch police, for instance, are trained to aim for ...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:30 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Clever - we don’t know they’re innocent until they’re exonerated. But feel free to discuss any of the 190 people exonerated in the links I supplied earlier. Sometimes mistakes a re made but when the guilty person is so guilty there is no possibility of their innocence why not put them down. We have...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:40 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

The United States of America has the greatest criminal justice system in the world. The death penalty was never meant as revenge or a deterrent, it's about justice and accountability. Many states have found it nearly impossible to secure drugs for lethal injections, hence why methods like the elect...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:38 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Cool story bro. Though I am sure there are probably a few wrongfully convicted people in the US - some sentenced to death - who would strongly disagree with you. Believe it or not, other countries base their justice systems on innocent proven guilty, and provide for appeals - so the US is not an ou...

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by Kiwirob
Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:36 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

“Man in charge in Oregan decides to stop using method of crime prevention that doesn’t work anyway” The fact that the closest thing to justifying it in this thread was because a book about boy with no dad where the magic rib woman gets told to eat an apple by a talking snake says give as good as yo...

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by Kiwirob
Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:10 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Welcome to the right of states to self-determine their justice system. The death penalty is a crime against humanity. The funny thing about these affluent, soft-on-crime clowns is that they never expect violent crimes will happen to themselves or their families. It is a complete segregationist ment...

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by Kiwirob
Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:57 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Oregon governor has commuted the sentence of all those on death row to life in prison. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/12/gov-kate-brown-commutes-sentences-of-all-17-people-on-oregons-death-row.html Nevada governor Sisolak has also joined in, as a me too. https://news3lv.com/news/local/sis...

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by Kiwirob
Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:57 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.
Replies: 120
Views: 6034

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

Oregon governor has commuted the sentence of all those on death row to life in prison. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/12/gov-kate-brown-commutes-sentences-of-all-17-people-on-oregons-death-row.html Nevada governor Sisolak has also joined in, as a me too. https://news3lv.com/news/local/sis...

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by Kiwirob
Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:52 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

I recall talking to a kid at school about this many years ago. He said that at short range it would make a hole the size of a dinner plate. You don't need accuracy, even if you hit his foot he will never walk again. Any hit above the knees will probably be fatal. If you are shooting #00 buckshot, y...

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by Kiwirob
Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:53 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

Explain to me why you’d ever need to have a gun that can “fire as fast as..”? Are you planning on getting into it with a drug cartel? Or is it that “just in case” you do scenario? Maybe it’s that spouse is home alone and someone comes to the door and you feel uncomfortable so you spray the front do...

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by Kiwirob
Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:49 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

Semantics, with these devices they can empty the magazine as fast as an M16 on full auto can. The manufacturer even calls it simulated full auto. No, they can't fire that fast. I've seen them. What the manufacturer advertises is pure marketing. A hundred year old revolver can fire as fast as you ca...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:34 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

Only if you're a trained machinist. Of course, a machinist can build a gun. You don't need to be a machinist, there are devises you can buy that can make an AR rapid fire, you know this. https://patriot1tech.com/magazine/3-rapid-fire-devices-not-covered-by-the-bump-stock-ban/ None of those devices ...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:24 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Title 42 Expiration and the Border - What happens next?
Replies: 126
Views: 4583

Re: Title 42 Expiration and the Border - What happens next?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... ates_Index

If the map from this link doesn't scare the beejeez out of folks in the West, I don't know what will.


Say it louder so the people down the back can hear.
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MohawkWeekend wrote:
List of countries by Fragile States Index. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... ates_Index

If the map from this link doesn't scare the beejeez out of folks in the West, I don't know what will.


Say it louder so the people down the back can hear.

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:36 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Title 42 Expiration and the Border - What happens next?
Replies: 126
Views: 4583

Re: Title 42 Expiration and the Border - What happens next?

4 million ? That would be far too many, and then the issue becomes one for Mexico as the migrants that are wanting to claim assylum would just be stuck in lines. Title 42 is about assylum seekers. Not hordes of folks as Right Wing Media would like you to beleve. Why call the asylum seekers when the...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:31 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

Which society has banned pools? Far more kids drown each year than are killed in mass shootings. Are you sure about that? On average 389 kids under the age of 15 drown in pools or spa pools each year in the US. https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2022/CPSC-Report-Shows-Fatal-Child-Drownings...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:26 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

what actually has been done since, in order to prevent such a shooting? I asked the same question but my post we deleted. The answer is nothing, the right to own a gun is more important than the right to life, those 20 children and the lives of all others taken in massacres before and after Sandy H...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:24 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

It looks like an M-16 but does not function like one. M-16s are capable of fully automatic fire while the ARs are not. You know that there are ways to make an AR rapid fire like an M-16. Only if you're a trained machinist. Of course, a machinist can build a gun. You don't need to be a machinist, th...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:03 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Brand loyality
Replies: 128
Views: 8671

Re: Brand loyality

Here are are a few more: Hair salons - SuperCuts Safety razors - Gillette Shoes - Mostly Skechers Web Browser - Microsoft Edge A/V Recievers - Yamaha How often do you change AV receivers? I have a home cinema and have changed receivers twice in 16 years, the first was a Yamaha, when I bought new sp...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:56 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Brand loyality
Replies: 128
Views: 8671

Re: Brand loyality

How many years do you keep a car? Five years is about it for a battery. I never changed a clutch either four cars all over 125,000 miles each 4 to 5 years - 80000 to 120000kms on average. VW was having an issue for the last few years where batteries needed to be replaced after about a year - not su...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:46 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

AR stands for armalite, a brand a rifle. The AR is simply a semi-automatic rifle that functions like any other semi-auto. There’s nothing special or unique about it. If it is a replica or equivalent of an M16, it is probably not going to stay legal. The AR, while not standard issue military, can be...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:23 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

There is no solution to mass shootings. But, one of the tradeoffs that society decided to make resulted in a police officer hesitating to take down a shooter and a lot of innocent kids died as a result. I can think of a different tradeoff society decided to make that's killed a lot more kids than o...

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by Kiwirob
Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:11 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting
Replies: 99
Views: 4108

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

Yesterday marked the 10 year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. This was a very shocking event that has since become quite common in schools across the United States. Surprised no one has posted on this yet. https://www.wfsb.com/2022/12/14/its-been-10-...

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