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[Major 2]

Superb news Professor   

[Major 2]

Roo... here is another BULL Scat news item , just to incite controversy & outrage

https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputy-branded-apos-coward-apos-130815094.html

in Florida the SRO wage is 40,000 - $42,775  ( it ranges between $25,000 - $44,000  nationwide )

In in Florida, a retired LEO gets 60% pension after 20 years ,  even a Capt. salary is $77001.00 and @ retirement $46,700-$50,000

$9000 a month is TOTAL BS

[litl rooster]

Yep great news Prof.


Coffee is up.  Starting sun up at 67 degrees.


Had some storms blow in after sundown add lightning in the area- heavy downpours from time to time. There was hail in parts of area.

Modified so it could be read

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[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee.

Good news, Professor. I'll be praying.

'Tis 55 and sunny. High of 70.

Slim

[litl rooster]

Roo... here is another BULL Scat news item , just to incite controversy & outrage

https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputy-branded-apos-coward-apos-130815094.html

in Florida the SRO wage is 40,000 - $42,775  ( it ranges between $25,000 - $44,000  nationwide )

In in Florida, a retired LEO gets 60% pension after 20 years ,  even a Capt. salary is $77001.00 and @ retirement $46,700-$50,000

$9000 a month is TOTAL BS

And they want discounts at the eating places and the gunshops and gyms.... no no i say. Arcey was a dear friend but these kind of issues we differed.

[The Trinity Kid]

Afternoon all.

Partly cloudy today.  Headed for 75, currently at 65.

Good news, professor.

--TK

[Major 2]

Quote from: Major 2 on Today at 06:27:28 am
Roo... here is another BULL Scat news item , just to incite controversy & outrage

https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputy-branded-apos-coward-apos-130815094.html

in Florida the SRO wage is 40,000 - $42,775  ( it ranges between $25,000 - $44,000  nationwide )

In in Florida, a retired LEO gets 60% pension after 20 years ,  even a Capt. salary is $77001.00 and @ retirement $46,700-$50,000

$9000 a month is TOTAL BS

And they want discounts at the eating places and the gunshops and gyms.... no no i say. Arcey was a dear friend but these kind of issues we differed.  

My point was

The BS part,  is there is NO way he is getting that kinda money from 32 years on the job.... as it seems in the news story..
total fabrocation ...

He may indeed have that kinda portfolio ...but not from his job pention alone !




 

[Professor Marvel]

Thanks Major, Major, Rooster, Slim, et al ....

Mrs Marvel is comfortable at home, walking, talking, sleeping, eating, and watching Nat'l Geographic Channel - the healing continues!

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Now that I am back on a confusicator with a real keyboard I can more easily wax eloquent at the drop of a chappeua chataeu hat.

on an earlier note,  I had an amusing experience last friday, whilst mrs marvel was stable and well-watched over in ICU, I left the horspital
for an hour to shop at wally world to get a few snacks she could eat ( oddly they have some organic gluten free stuff, like quality applesauce in single serving containers)  and a mattress pad for myself  ( the hospital was very accomodating, and let me stay overnight and sleep on a fold-out chair-bed, but the mattress was a bit thin for my back).

At any rate, after parking about 200 yards from the entrance, I heard a woman yell
                  "help me he stole my purse",
and I percieved a young man running hellbent for leather in my direction chased by 2 or 3 other young men. .....

The perp yelled "outa my way" at a middle-age feller .... who complied......

something just clicked in my head .... ( ie: not in my town!) .... apparently I loudly yelled "stop thief" several times( according to others)  
and without thinking at all I ran full on towards said perp....

Perp yelled "I got a gun man!" .....
and I bellowed ( so loud they heard it all over the parking lot) "SO DO I F***ER".

Perp did a 180, back towards the store ... and previous pursuers.
I bellowed STOP HIM while chasing....
and about 5-8 more men started converging from all over the parking lot.

At this point it began looking like an action-comedy.
Two 20-somethings ( one had a man-bun) jumped in one of those Kia mini-clown vans and took up the chase.
Three Really BIG guys made it to their pickups, grabbed their pistols and took up the chase, one driving his pickup.

I saw The Kia caught up with the perp and more guys were arriving.
I was winded and some distance off but they had the Perp hemmed in.
Words were exchanged.
Perp threw the purse the ground and trotted off before the BIG GUYS could get there.

Since none of us were LEO, having no powers of arrest, etc, and not trained in taking down a street guy probably armed with knives,
we decided "good enough" and purse was returned to Nice Lady.

Nobody hurt, but everybody was, well, rather "excited" ....
oddly in this day of youtube, no one thought to get photos or video of the perp.

take-aways:   Good Guys 1 Bad Guys 0

1) Nice Lady was unharmed, had all her stuff.
2) Nice Lady was advised to report incident, and to carry purse with strap "cross chest" instead of over shoulder.

III) I love this town and the people in it. we take care of each other.

d) Prof Marvel still has a REALLY big mouth.
e) Prof Marvel can still do the 100 yard dash.
f) Prof Marvel better make use of the "free gym" thingy in the health care plan - need more cardio vascular and leg and upper body, etc...
f) Prof marvel is signing up for CCW classes and acquiring permit and "carry insurance"
        ..... cuz "it" was locked in the car ( full disclosure to perps not req'd)

yhs
Prof ( guess I still got it) Marvel

[Major 2]

Prof Marvel is my swashbuckler for the WEEK !

Prof Marvel is a marvel stunt person...

YOU ROCK SIR !

[Silver Creek Slim]

Good job, Prof M.

Slim

[pony express]

Professor Marvel, the hero!

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are hot.

'Tis 50 and sunny. High of 72.

Slim

[litl rooster]

Prof M... we all need a action hero in our lives, you just bumped Bruce Willis off the list.


Morning coffee is up.... it’s my dreaded Monday.  Go back to work and get some rest.


Modified thumb typed post from earlier.

[Major 2]

Prof M... we all need a action hero in our lives, you just bumped Bruce Willis off the list.


 

well maybe Wilford Brimley  anyway 

[Professor Marvel]

Ah My Good netizens -

Thanks for the coffee!

It's good to be home.
Home made coffee is so much better than Hospital Brew,

Mrs marvel & I are both sleeping well and even after all this and still recovering, she is now "head and shoulders"
better than even 2 months ago. An abcess and several liters of pus & crap in the pulmonary cavity does not do anyone any good!

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Thanks for the kind words, I think I am no more a hero than the other 10-12 guys that participated,
especially the ones that confronted the perp.

The Prof is Just a crazy motivated guy with a big mouth in the right place at the right time... and a good bluff....
... timing is everything...
and having a kevlar insert in one's shopping bag gives one more "tools" !
 
I got these for us a while ago:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Stab-Bullet-Proof-Insert-Carry-on-Shield-Against-Active-Shooting-CS-1/272891848538
  
or one could get this

https://www.ebay.com/itm/V3-Precision-Backpack-Insert-made-with-Kevlar-class-IIIA/302726352577

or this

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BulletBlocker-NIJ-IIIa-Bulletproof-Folder-side-Body-Armor-Panel-Insert/222901371150

if one is on a budget they can get this for under $30, seal it with paint or varnish or epoxy, and make their own colorful cover:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BALLISTIC-SHIELD-Body-Armor-Bullet-Proof-Level-II-2-11-5-x14-STOPS-357-MAG/331578622492

Shoot, one can cover it in leather, or even make a clipboard out of it!

..........

Ah yes, I loved Wilford Brimely in Crossfire Trail. And he did well in "The Boys of Twighlight" as the deputy sherrif of a quiet mountain town. At one point he is interviewing a yuppie murder suspect as the yuppie is shooting trap and trying to look like a scary guy.... Wilford finally gets pissed and blows the next clay bird out the sky with his service pistol....

omg. imdb says the series was one season long in 1992... how time flies....

Off topic,
In the last several years I've lost muscle mass due to sendetary sedimentary lack of exercise, and it is long past time to
hit the gym and address that, as I am only 64 and have no excuse.

But due to that, my prior "goto" carry pieces - the combat commander and Dan Wesson Mod 15 are a tad too heavy for EDC
(my pants will fall down!), and I am now considering an ultra-light J-frame or plastic single stack 9.

yhs
prof marvel

[Baltimore Ed]

Prof, I will put in a vote for a scandium J frame lightweight revolver. That's my edc. It only holds 5 .38s but mine is cut for moonclips so it's a relatively fast reload. I don't plan on getting in a ncisla style gunfight. Put it in a pocket holster and forget it's there. I guarantee that it won't pull your pants down. With the crazy looking Ergo grips and Hornady Critical Defense ammo it's not hard to shoot.

And all those action heroes that we grew up with are getting pretty long in the tooth or worse. Well, at least you can drive by the gym.

[Professor Marvel]

Prof, I will put in a vote for a scandium J frame lightweight revolver. That's my edc. It only holds 5 .38s but mine is cut for moonclips so it's a relatively fast reload. I don't plan on getting in a ncisla style gunfight. Put it in a pocket holster and forget it's there. I guarantee that it won't pull your pants down. With the crazy looking Ergo grips and Hornady Critical Defense ammo it's not hard to shoot.

And all those action heroes that we grew up with are getting pretty long in the tooth or worse. Well, at least you can drive by the gym.

Ah My Dear Ed -
that is really the direction I think I am heading.
ultra-light, laser sight, funky ugly compact rubber  grips. fluff & buff, make the trigger match my stainless jframe.
probably the buffalo bore soft lead snub-nose load. get the same grips for my heavier stainless jframe.
then  I can practice with the heavy one and finish with a dozen or so rounds out of the ultralite.

the way my eyes changed, the lasers really help - trolls around here seem to have a serious change of heart
when they see the red flash and the little dot appears on their tummy, chest, or forehead ... 

dry as a bone out here and scary fire season weather.
the Marvels are considering some more landscape rock and sedum close to the house.
I already bought half a dozen jugs of sprayable fire retardent.

what's hilarious is the tourists just love it.  " Oh this warm sunny dry weather is so delightful, it's flooding back home"...

yhs
prof marvel

[Major 2]

Another fan of the J frame I have a 36 & and 60 ....the 60 is tad heavier though.

Desantis Pocket holster and I'm healed

[litl rooster]

what's hilarious is the tourists just love it.  " Oh this warm sunny dry weather is so delightful, it's flooding back home"...

yhs
prof marvel



Some people always think the grass is always greener on the otherside of the fence.  I don’t mind the rain

[pony express]

Professor Super Marvel, I just upgraded my carry gun to an S&W M&P Shield 9mm. Just bought it yesterday. Will give a range report after trying it out, probably tomorrow. Was using a Ruger LCP in a pocket holster. Little Elsie Pea is tiny, flat, easy to conceal.....and hard to shoot, although changing the recoil spring to a 13lb one helped. With concentration, it's plenty accurate, but trying to shoot fast, it squirms around in the hand a lot. Considered the Ruger LC-9s or SR9c, but the Smith just felt better in my hand, and I liked the feel of the trigger better than the "flippy thingy scissor trigger" of the Ruger.