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      01-09-2022, 04:23 PM   #5215
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My first car was a '68 Bug in 1973. I was 18. Believe the plate was blue with the gold/yellow then.
That makes me think that my memory may be lacking.

I know for sure that at that time the plates stayed with the car when sold and both my 67 Camaro (bought in 77) and 59 Baja Bug (bought in 78) had the black plates. But since I think the blue ones came out in 69 or 70 that means that my 72 Mach I definitely had to have the blue ones.
You had some nice cars. I was poor as a kid and had to save up for my bug. Don't remember how much it cost but I know I paid cash for it.
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You had some nice cars. I was poor as a kid and had to save up for my bug. Don't remember how much it cost but I know I paid cash for it.
I started working in junior high and all through high school so that I could save the money to buy my own cars and paid cash for all of them as well (my plans back then were to be an auto mechanic, which I was for awhile).

It certainly helped that it was a time when you could get some great cars for bargain prices.

The other good thing was that my parents made me pay for my own insurance as well. This kept me from doing much stupider things than what I was already doing!
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You had some nice cars. I was poor as a kid and had to save up for my bug. Don't remember how much it cost but I know I paid cash for it.
I started working in junior high and all through high school so that I could save the money to buy my own cars and paid cash for all of them as well.

It certainly helped that it was a time when you could get some great cars for bargain prices.

The other good thing was that my parents made me pay for my own insurance as well. This kept me from doing much stupider things than what I was already doing!
I was on my own when I was 18. My mom died when I was 17 and my dad was not a real father to us. Had my own apartment then (with my girlfriend) and had bills to pay, plus saving for a car.
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      01-09-2022, 05:59 PM   #5218
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      01-10-2022, 07:41 AM   #5219
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Kudos to the LAPD officers for saving this Cessna 172 pilot's life!!!!!







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      01-10-2022, 07:28 PM   #5221
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Kudos to the LAPD officers for saving this Cessna 172 pilot's life!!!!!







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      01-10-2022, 07:45 PM   #5222
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That's absolutely nuts. These guys were tugging on the pilot and they could see the train coming
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      01-10-2022, 09:24 PM   #5223
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That's absolutely nuts. These guys were tugging on the pilot and they could see the train coming
That's what she said
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      01-10-2022, 09:45 PM   #5224
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That's absolutely nuts. These guys were tugging on the pilot and they could see the train coming
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      01-10-2022, 10:04 PM   #5225
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      01-11-2022, 08:33 AM   #5226
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5-0 all safe and accounted for?

Even off duty you are at risk. Thank you for your service!!!!!
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      01-11-2022, 12:31 PM   #5227
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Charges dropped against Dominick Black, the individual who bought Kyle Rittenhouse his rifle when he turned 18 years old. Good! Charges should've never been filed in the first place.
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      01-12-2022, 10:13 AM   #5228
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I know that.

Yes, it was clearly not a SBR.

The “straw buyer” has a good chance of beating that charge as well.
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Charges dropped against Dominick Black, the individual who bought Kyle Rittenhouse his rifle when he turned 18 years old. Good! Charges should've never been filed in the first place.
As expected. Justice prevails once again.
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      01-15-2022, 03:43 PM   #5229
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I finally picked up my Staccato C2 DUO prior to heading into work. I can't wait to train with this gun.

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I finally picked up my Staccato C2 DUO prior to heading into work. I can't wait to train with this gun.
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      01-16-2022, 04:50 PM   #5231
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I see the skeleton hammer.
Is that a grip safety below the beaver tail?
That and the trigger are giving me 1911 vibes...
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Is that a grip safety below the beaver tail?
That and the trigger are giving me 1911 vibes...
It's a 2011 (…so essentially a 1911), skeleton hammer, grip safety and all.
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Hey there, just a general question about speed traps.

The policeman was pointing their radar gun through their rolled up window (it wasn't terribly cold today but I won't judge). No one even got a flinch from him.

Do radar guns even work well with a rolled up window?

For the record I was being responsible and traveling behind the flow of traffic knowing they were there. It's fun to watch people react after seeing the speed trap.. sometimes people blow right by... I wonder what their "limit" was today.
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What happened to the muzzle? It looks chewed up.
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Hey there, just a general question about speed traps.

The policeman was pointing their radar gun through their rolled up window (it wasn't terribly cold today but I won't judge). No one even got a flinch from him.

Do radar guns even work well with a rolled up window?

For the record I was being responsible and traveling behind the flow of traffic knowing they were there. It's fun to watch people react after seeing the speed trap.. sometimes people blow right by... I wonder what their "limit" was today.
A rolled up window does not affect LIDAR, which is what the officer was using.

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I finally picked up my Staccato C2 DUO prior to heading into work. I can't wait to train with this gun.
What happened to the muzzle? It looks chewed up.
It's oil. The picture is distorted.
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I was a bit annoyed today at the sheer disregard and inattention drivers show when behind the wheel. A power outage took out four city blocks (…including the tri-phase traffic signals) and motorists candidly blew through pitch black intersections with flagrant disregard. After writing five traffic collisions from 11pm yesterday through 5pm today, I got fed up. Once darkness fell this evening I wrote 21800(d)(1) CVC violation citations for every driver I could catch…….to the tune of 15 in two hours before I shut it down to end my work week and go home. I don't write a lot of citations, but this phenomenon just irked me enough to put pen to paper.

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