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2017-05-09 -Obits-

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Posted by badanov 2017-05-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Hoplophile, in contrast to Hoplophobe

Uh-huh. Drove to a stop sign on his way to lunch then pulled the bang switch.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-09 06:08|| 2017-05-09 06:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Ran out of gas before getting to Fort Marcy Park, I guess.

Posted by Glenmore 2017-05-09 10:17|| 2017-05-09 10:17|| Front Page Top

#3 No one will like this, but here goes. The man absolutely felt some things have to be done a certain way, or it was a sign you are a raging idiot. He said as much all the time in his writings. Lack of flexibility explains a lot...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-09 11:17|| 2017-05-09 11:17|| Front Page Top

#4 The notion that "the machine" had this guy assassinated is bizarre. People who really think that should avoid carrying at stop signs themselves...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-09 11:21|| 2017-05-09 11:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Bang switch is up there with calling every change you make to anything a "hack." Scrambled egg hack. Wall painting hack. Comon. Switch implies electricity. Bang switch is stupid calling itself stupid.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-09 11:24|| 2017-05-09 11:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Quibble.

When trouble runs over the gunnel
And current flows into a funnel,
Sit tight in your britches
And trust to the switches.
Alight at the end of the tunnel.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2017-05-09 12:40|| 2017-05-09 12:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Bang switch is up there with calling every change you make to anything a "hack." Scrambled egg hack. Wall painting hack. Comon. Switch implies electricity. Bang switch is stupid calling itself stupid.

I would put Skid's knowledge of firearms up against anyone any day.

Posted by badanov 2017-05-09 13:13|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2017-05-09 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Well coined phrase in the military.

"Keep your booger miner off the bang switch, fucker!"

Posted by DarthVader 2017-05-09 13:22|| 2017-05-09 13:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps la Murcek is unfamiliar with mechanical switches.

He may be more comfortable with "turned out the light". It has electricity.

Posted by al aSha-med 2017-05-09 14:47|| 2017-05-09 14:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Going to stand with what I said. I'll bet the negative commenters haven't ridden over a railroad switch in years or ever unless they ride the Acela corridor or NYC / NJ or Chi cosmo rails. OTOH, Brits call a vacuum tube a "valve" so there is room for disagreement. Bang switch still dumb phraseology.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-09 17:26|| 2017-05-09 17:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Trying to imagine an USAF or USN jet pilot talking about the "go faster thingee." Failing to envision it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-09 17:41|| 2017-05-09 17:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Perhaps la Murcek is unfamiliar with mechanical switches

Quite familiar with. As I'm German / Slovak ancestry, not sure what "la" is about tho. That said, I do speak French as a second language.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-05-09 18:43|| 2017-05-09 18:43|| Front Page Top

#13 How many time did he shoot himself?

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-05-09 22:35|| 2017-05-09 22:35|| Front Page Top

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