Random Announcements
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We finally finished our kitchen renovation! Here's a teaser shot, and the rest can be found in the Show Me Your House thread: http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5234.60
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Wow man, that looks amazing. Congratulations
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Off to work in a few minutes to in my Dept Head's words "bail him out of the shit". Only plus side to 3hrs overtime that I could out about yesterday evening? I don't have to wear my uniform (and I'll probably take Fri/Sat/Sun off from work while I move into my new digs… Wherever they may be).
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Finally, finally (with 2 days to spare 8)) found somewhere else to live… So, there will be a couple more WAYWT pics from my current location, then it'll be all-new (still terrible) backgrounds.
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Public service announcement
I find this most troubling
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^this is real, scary, and unsettling.
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It's happened here a number of times and I can't seem to make sense out of it. Are kids so fucked up now that this is what they need for fun?
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Wow… We had a bunch of flash mob beatings here, a real rash of them, right in the middle of downtown. Some kids tried to get me once I think when I was on my way to the bus stop. They surrounded me and were insulting me and getting in my face as I was walking. I just looked at them and didn't say anything, wouldn't take the bait. One of them gave me a violent shove but I saw it coming and leaned into it so he looked like the weak little bitch he was; kind of bounced off of me. They then decided to move on to easier meat after that. Cowards, just like these sucker punching bitches.
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I think the big difference is that a lot of people have lied so much to themselves that they believe that we live in a civilized society and they have let their guards down.
Situational awareness and a plan to either escape or defend yourself against multiple attackers should be a constant in your mindset
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Can't disagree with anything you said, but I do feel we are becoming a more savage people.
Even with really solid situational awareness, some little coward can get you. Of course you help your cause, but one of the disturbing things is that sometimes there's nothing you can do.
Here's another example that happened here. Some fucking psychopath threw a goddamn Molotov cocktail at a bicycle commuter on one of the regions many dedicated, paved bike paths from a bridge.
What the fuck can you do? Really, nothing in that situation. Fortunately he missed the rider, but someone tries that, or hurling a cinderblock at your car from an overpass, or taking advantage of a blind corner to wrap your head in with a wrench or a sucker punch, or any number of other possible cowardly sneak attacks…
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On one hand, I disagree with you that we are becoming more savage because I remember people killing each other in Chinatown in NYC with cleavers back in the 80s…or teenage girls getting raped in open Subway stations...or like you said, cinderblocks being tossed off overpasses when I was in grade school...
Not sure how old you are, but that shit has been happening since I was a kid
On the other hand, society as a whole has been trying to apply a band aid to problems without addressing the real issues for about 20 years now. And I can see that coming to a head at this point, so perhaps you are right
Because at the rate we're going, we're going to be trying to ban fists, cleavers, cinderblocks and penises...
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When penises are outlawed, only outlaws will have penises!
You can have my penis when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!
Wait, something about that second one sounds wrong…
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I wish someone tried this on me, they would quickly find out what 10 years of martial arts training can do to a few punk ass high school kids throwing blindsiders, Then we'd see who the badass is real quick like. What is wrong with kids!!
I thought the same, boxing and Krav Maga for 8 years and i'm hitting the gym since 1998… I felt pretty safe. but 6 weeks ago I was on my way home trough a small street in my hometown. 10-12 dudes (about 18 to 25 years old) came around the corner and directly confronted me, non-verbal. I tried to defense against the first two guys, then next one came from the side and hits me with his knuckle-dusters. Well, game over... I've got about 20-30 kicks on the whole body.
All-in-all i was very lucky, just a few stitches in the face. I'm surprised, it's not an easy process to handle.
Well, that was very fast wabi-sabi on my A2.
