(NC) This burglar wishes his victim had a gun...
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)280PLUS
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"You know how NY, PA, and Michigan are losing population so rapidly? Guess where all those people are going? "
Sigh, guess I'll stay here...
There's nowhere to run anymore.
"You know how NY, PA, and Michigan are losing population so rapidly? Guess where all those people are going? "
Sigh, guess I'll stay here...
There's nowhere to run anymore.
Bullet Bob
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There's a town near Raleigh/Durham named Cary;
The joke is that it stands for Containment Area For Retired Yankees.
The joke is that it stands for Containment Area For Retired Yankees.
280PLUS
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"The joke is that it stands for Containment Area For Retired Yankees"
ROFLMAO...
ROFLMAO...
"There's nowhere to run anymore."
Amen, brother. There's very little left of the real differnce among the regions in this country, apart from the movies and nostalgia. Every place is more and more rapidly becoming like every other place, with a McDonalds on one corner and a Pizza Hut on the next. Currier & Ives sold millions of pictures to hang over mantelpieces depicting the frontier, agrarian scenes or little churches amidst snow-covered landscapes- an America long gone, if it ever really existed. But I think many of us still keep it in our hearts, somehow. Snow & ice or not, I don't think FL or AZ or any of that is for me. I'll keep the seasons and stay in the Midwest.
Amen, brother. There's very little left of the real differnce among the regions in this country, apart from the movies and nostalgia. Every place is more and more rapidly becoming like every other place, with a McDonalds on one corner and a Pizza Hut on the next. Currier & Ives sold millions of pictures to hang over mantelpieces depicting the frontier, agrarian scenes or little churches amidst snow-covered landscapes- an America long gone, if it ever really existed. But I think many of us still keep it in our hearts, somehow. Snow & ice or not, I don't think FL or AZ or any of that is for me. I'll keep the seasons and stay in the Midwest.
thorn726
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OK GUYS- on the booby trap thing...
some of you get it , some don't.
me personally, i think we should be allowed to booby trap whateever, after all if nobody trespassed, no problem.
BUT= get real guys, there is an obvious difference between a blackberry bramble and actibely placing razor wire, further SURE during the day you might see it , but at night you won't.
bottom line, where there are laws against these things (like here unfortunately),
this trap would be illegal. any defense trap not openly visible at all times is going to get you in trouble.
the police TOLD ME i could NOT put hidden spikes on the inside of my fence where people could grab it and get cut if they couldnt see it.
all we could do is put this sticky paw goo stuff that keeps animals off to try and discourage jumpers. (or put up ugly visible razor wire)
it is incredibly stupid logic, but it exists.
like i originally said, i am pretty sure the CA laws originated from people getting zapped by growers traps in the woods, stupid lawmakers passed a blanket law instead of a particular one.
some of you guys who think this "passive" system is ok might want to look into that, hidden wires may not be legal.
ps we can all thank a bunch of stupid lawyers and their crazy lawsuits for most of this.
think of it this way= if you ar eat home and someone breaks in , you can shoot them, but can you legally set up a gun to fire at anyone who opens the door while you're out???
some of you get it , some don't.
me personally, i think we should be allowed to booby trap whateever, after all if nobody trespassed, no problem.
BUT= get real guys, there is an obvious difference between a blackberry bramble and actibely placing razor wire, further SURE during the day you might see it , but at night you won't.
bottom line, where there are laws against these things (like here unfortunately),
this trap would be illegal. any defense trap not openly visible at all times is going to get you in trouble.
the police TOLD ME i could NOT put hidden spikes on the inside of my fence where people could grab it and get cut if they couldnt see it.
all we could do is put this sticky paw goo stuff that keeps animals off to try and discourage jumpers. (or put up ugly visible razor wire)
it is incredibly stupid logic, but it exists.
like i originally said, i am pretty sure the CA laws originated from people getting zapped by growers traps in the woods, stupid lawmakers passed a blanket law instead of a particular one.
some of you guys who think this "passive" system is ok might want to look into that, hidden wires may not be legal.
ps we can all thank a bunch of stupid lawyers and their crazy lawsuits for most of this.
think of it this way= if you ar eat home and someone breaks in , you can shoot them, but can you legally set up a gun to fire at anyone who opens the door while you're out???
Pyracantha for T3H W1N!
Yeah, they grew 'em tough in the old days. My ex's grandma lived by herself on top of a ridge in Alabama. She was in her 80's at the time. Every so often, you'd hear about escaped convicts. One night the conversation went like this:
"Grandma, aren't you scared being up here by yourself all the time?"
"Heck no! If they come to the door and don't identerfy theyselves, I'll just shoot through the top of the door, then the bottom of the door, and iffen they're still standing, I'll shoot through the middle!"
Yeah, they grew 'em tough in the old days. My ex's grandma lived by herself on top of a ridge in Alabama. She was in her 80's at the time. Every so often, you'd hear about escaped convicts. One night the conversation went like this:
"Grandma, aren't you scared being up here by yourself all the time?"
"Heck no! If they come to the door and don't identerfy theyselves, I'll just shoot through the top of the door, then the bottom of the door, and iffen they're still standing, I'll shoot through the middle!"
Fumbler
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I freakin hate people from Cary (as a whole...I do not discriminate against individuals
).They're the kind of people who move into new developments next to farms and then complain about the cows because they mooo too loud.
They're the kind of people who will stand on the pine deck attached to their newly built 4000 sqft house with real wood siding on the 200 acres of timberland the developer cleared and preach that cutting trees down is bad.
iiibdsiil
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I had someone that kept doing lawnjobs in my yard. Took a 2x6, drove nails and screws through it, painted it green. Just left it out there.
Cops came by once, I showed it to 'em, they laughed about and even complemented me on it.
Found out about 6 months down the road from my ex girlfriend that her boyfriend came to her house with flats a couple times....
About the Yankees....
I was in class one day, kid everyone calls "Redneck Chris", which he also called himself, was arguing with a typical New Yorker. Typical, as in what everyone assumes New Yorkers are like, loud and obnoxious, etc. They are going at it about Chris's Confederate flag t-shirt, and the yankee goes "Dude! You guy's lost the f-in war!" It was HILARIOUS, although maybe one of those "You had to be there" stories.
Cops came by once, I showed it to 'em, they laughed about and even complemented me on it.
Found out about 6 months down the road from my ex girlfriend that her boyfriend came to her house with flats a couple times....
About the Yankees....
I was in class one day, kid everyone calls "Redneck Chris", which he also called himself, was arguing with a typical New Yorker. Typical, as in what everyone assumes New Yorkers are like, loud and obnoxious, etc. They are going at it about Chris's Confederate flag t-shirt, and the yankee goes "Dude! You guy's lost the f-in war!" It was HILARIOUS, although maybe one of those "You had to be there" stories.
280PLUS
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I lived in Fla for a while and what you folks are saying about Yankees and New Yorkers is pretty much what the natives (as they called themselves) were saying there back in 82-84. I was told once that Connecticut Yankees were ok just not the rest of them.
Quote:
"You're a Ct Yankeee? Oh, you're ok."
(I apologize for taking the thread off topic )
Afterthought:
A long time private range here in Ct (Metacon) is now fighting for it's life because they built one of those developments right next door knowing full well it was there and now the people are complaining about the noise.
So it's going on everywhere.
But don't worry, I'll be steering clear of NC and especially Cary.
Vermont is looking pretty good...
Just so you know, most UPSTATE New Yorkers are actually pretty nice people.
Quote:
"You're a Ct Yankeee? Oh, you're ok."
(I apologize for taking the thread off topic
)Afterthought:
A long time private range here in Ct (Metacon) is now fighting for it's life because they built one of those developments right next door knowing full well it was there and now the people are complaining about the noise.
So it's going on everywhere.
But don't worry, I'll be steering clear of NC and especially Cary.
Vermont is looking pretty good...
Just so you know, most UPSTATE New Yorkers are actually pretty nice people.
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NC Shooter
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>The joke is that it stands for Containment Area For Retired Yankees<
I always heard it as Containment Area for Relocated Yankees.
There is a another town that has grown lately called Clayton shich stands for "Cary Like Area Yankees Are Trying Out Now".
Me, I live in Apex, but actually out in the country. Hate Cary. When I retire I'm moving to... A secret place.
Mark
I always heard it as Containment Area for Relocated Yankees.
There is a another town that has grown lately called Clayton shich stands for "Cary Like Area Yankees Are Trying Out Now".
Me, I live in Apex, but actually out in the country. Hate Cary. When I retire I'm moving to... A secret place.
Mark
Fred Fuller
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Razor wire is pretty tame as a response to peeping Toms. Locally folks set a couple of Victor #15s (aka "bear claws").
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Fed168
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Don't fly a flag or paint your house any color other than any color in Cary.
Fumbler
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It's sad when a town restricts the size of an American flag if you choose to fly one. 
Fed, what do you do in Durham? I'm in Raleigh as an NCSU student, but grew up in Durham off of guess rd.
Fed, what do you do in Durham? I'm in Raleigh as an NCSU student, but grew up in Durham off of guess rd.
one45auto
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Maryland was a Confederate state, believe it or not - that is until Lincoln ran out of bathroom tissue and decided to use the Constitution.
Needless to say, I don't hold him in the high esteem most do. Quite the contrary, I rank him about a step lower than FDR - and that's saying a lot, believe me.
cls12vg30
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45auto,
I know exactly what you mean. Well the fact that both Lincoln and FDR are so worshipped by those who control our education system should tell you something......
They both get credit for things they didn't do (Lincoln freeing the slaves, FDR pulling out of the Depression) and their desecration of our Constitution goes uncondemned and often praised.
Many people do see it as you and I do, Lincoln hammered the first nails into the coffin of the limited-republic form of government the Founders created, and FDR hammered if not the last, a good number of additional nails, and bequeathed upon us the nanny state we know today.
As far as the War Between the States, I'm just ticked it ever happened at all. Slavery aside, (since that's not the reason Lincoln went to war), what kind of free republic has to keep its member states united at the point of a gun?
I know exactly what you mean. Well the fact that both Lincoln and FDR are so worshipped by those who control our education system should tell you something......
They both get credit for things they didn't do (Lincoln freeing the slaves, FDR pulling out of the Depression) and their desecration of our Constitution goes uncondemned and often praised.
Many people do see it as you and I do, Lincoln hammered the first nails into the coffin of the limited-republic form of government the Founders created, and FDR hammered if not the last, a good number of additional nails, and bequeathed upon us the nanny state we know today.
As far as the War Between the States, I'm just ticked it ever happened at all. Slavery aside, (since that's not the reason Lincoln went to war), what kind of free republic has to keep its member states united at the point of a gun?
one45auto
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cls12vg30,
Yes indeed, you're absolutely right about that. What most people don't know is that the War for Southern Independence (aka The Civil War) wasn't about slavery, it was about who ruled - were the individual states truly sovereign, or did the federal bureaucracy call the shots? Sadly, the victory of the northern states heralded the birth of the big government - the idea that Washington plays the tune while the States dance and not the other way around as was our Founders intent.
Basically, Lincoln's war put the federal government in charge of the states and FDR completed the reversal of power begun by Lincoln by putting the state in charge of the people through dependency programs and promotion of the idea that the role of government is to take care of us. A mere glance at FDR's idea of mankind's "freedoms" dispels any doubts about his stance. Freedom from want? Freedom from fear? What the heck kind of crap is that? That's communism, for crying out loud! How did he ever manage to peddle it to the American people, were they so desperate that they'd sell out for a bowl of soup?!?
Yes indeed, you're absolutely right about that. What most people don't know is that the War for Southern Independence (aka The Civil War) wasn't about slavery, it was about who ruled - were the individual states truly sovereign, or did the federal bureaucracy call the shots? Sadly, the victory of the northern states heralded the birth of the big government - the idea that Washington plays the tune while the States dance and not the other way around as was our Founders intent.
Basically, Lincoln's war put the federal government in charge of the states and FDR completed the reversal of power begun by Lincoln by putting the state in charge of the people through dependency programs and promotion of the idea that the role of government is to take care of us. A mere glance at FDR's idea of mankind's "freedoms" dispels any doubts about his stance. Freedom from want? Freedom from fear? What the heck kind of crap is that? That's communism, for crying out loud! How did he ever manage to peddle it to the American people, were they so desperate that they'd sell out for a bowl of soup?!?
cls12vg30
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Is it any surprise that Lincoln and FDR are so universally loved by the media and educators in this country? The two fields which push the idea upon us that more government, especially centralized federal government, is better?
red_devil1469
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C'mon now with all the Cary hate.I live there right now.I was born in Very southwest VA, so don't start with the yankee stuff.(Although on April 22nd ill be living in NE Raleigh, so keep it down till then )
)cls12vg30
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Cool, devil, whereabouts are you moving to? I can't believe how North and especially NE Raleigh continues to grow, it's pretty much merged with Wake Forest now.
Is it only a matter of time before there is one huge metroplex running along the Raleigh-Greensboro-Charlotte corridor? That's practically the case now with NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC.
Is it only a matter of time before there is one huge metroplex running along the Raleigh-Greensboro-Charlotte corridor? That's practically the case now with NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC.
red_devil1469
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Well I'm moving to Hedingham.I guess thats NE/E Raleigh technically.Funny thing is I don't even play golf.
20cows
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"There's nowhere to run anymore."
Boy, talk about thread drift.
Trust me when I say i am NOT wanting mass migration of unhappy folks. But for the hearty few, there are places to go. Loving County in West Texas is the least populated county in the nation. It's bigger than Rhode Island with a population of about 100 souls and most of them live in Mentone. Ask Art about Terlingua.
This is desert country, some parts prettier than others. The land will never support huge populations, but once again they can provide refuge to the hearty few.
Boy, talk about thread drift.
Trust me when I say i am NOT wanting mass migration of unhappy folks. But for the hearty few, there are places to go. Loving County in West Texas is the least populated county in the nation. It's bigger than Rhode Island with a population of about 100 souls and most of them live in Mentone. Ask Art about Terlingua.
This is desert country, some parts prettier than others. The land will never support huge populations, but once again they can provide refuge to the hearty few.
cls12vg30
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Tell that to Phoenix.
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