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Geolion91

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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #28 on: October 02, 2017, 03:25:29 PM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on October 02, 2017, 01:31:57 PM
The bump fire tactic no doubt compromises the accuracy of the shooter greatly, but the effect (the sounds of automatic fire) is achieved and presumably the objective.
I immediately thought of bump fire, too.
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #29 on: October 02, 2017, 03:31:12 PM »
it could be a recoil operated automatic loading/firing such as John Browning design, and as applicable in the 1917 M2 which is the longest lasting continuously deployed heavy machine gun in the US arsenal.  

it could be that this fool filed the sear down so as the hammer isn't captured, forcing a 'runaway gun', which is when the shooter has no control- you pull the trigger once and hold on until all ammo is expelled/exhausted. 

whether it was a fully automatic or a semi- or a freakin' black powder muzzle loader, this freak of a human set forth to intentionally injure masses of people he didn't know or know anything about other than he wanted to kill or maim them.... 

and that shit is some kind of sad.... the hate someone has to have to engage someone who they know nothing about and isn't trying to harm them is substantial, and it's being fostered in this country actively, by anyone with a platform it seems.   
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #30 on: October 02, 2017, 03:42:49 PM »
Sad,just sad,Godspeed to those affected.A fervent wish,hope and prayer it never occurs again
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2017, 09:25:15 PM »
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #32 on: November 01, 2017, 09:48:30 PM »
We were just out there on a vacation.  Stayed three nights at a very nice place that I won't name and then drove to Death Valley and Yosemite, King's Canyon, and Sequoia.  The various memorials are still very evidence on the Strip near Mandalay.

Life was going on, as expected.  We stayed one more night before our red eye flight (got upgraded to first which is not what it used to be at all).

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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #33 on: November 01, 2017, 10:16:43 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on November 01, 2017, 09:48:30 PM
We were just out there on a vacation.  Stayed three nights at a very nice place that I won't name and then drove to Death Valley and Yosemite, King's Canyon, and Sequoia.  The various memorials are still very evidence on the Strip near Mandalay.

Life was going on, as expected.  We stayed one more night before our red eye flight (got upgraded to first which is not what it used to be at all).
I'll be there next month for a concert. A country concert, in fact. 
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #34 on: November 02, 2017, 07:01:28 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on November 01, 2017, 09:48:30 PM
We were just out there on a vacation.  Stayed three nights at a very nice place that I won't name


Why not say where you stayed? Half the fun is attempting to remember which casino you were in

O:-)
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #35 on: November 02, 2017, 07:28:37 PM »
Quote from: CatsbyAZ on November 02, 2017, 07:01:28 PM
Why not say where you stayed? Half the fun is attempting to remember which casino you were in

O:-)
We stayed at a very nice place that had no casino, just off the Strip.  I don't cite the name because of, um, political issues.  I don't care, we've stayed there before and really liked it, had a one bedroom deluxe condo with superb pool, a Wolf range and Subzero fridge, first class all the way.  
It's across from the Mall.  
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #36 on: November 02, 2017, 07:45:27 PM »
hah, dead give away

I always stay at the Wynn, across from the mall
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #37 on: November 02, 2017, 08:06:37 PM »
Didn't take you for a high roller the way you get sloppy at Bone Daddy's and all
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #38 on: November 02, 2017, 08:37:41 PM »
it's always a business trip, no gambling for me

not sure of Steve Wynn's political leaning, I'd guess he maybe a republican backer, but I don't care enough to check into it
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #39 on: November 02, 2017, 08:38:55 PM »
btw, I prefer to get sloppy across the street from the Wynn at a spot called Strip Burger.  It's almost part of the mall
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #40 on: November 03, 2017, 08:13:25 AM »
We stayed four nights, the last at the airport at a Homewood Suites, which is nice.  The three nights at the start of the trip were to relax and do some hiking.  We gambled one night and I lost my obligatory $100.  The wife who plays "penny slots" was down about $40 when she hit something and made $109 on it and we quit.

I don't understand the allure of the slots but she enjoys it, and she often wins a bit.  Sometimes I get bored playing blackjack and quit before I lose my $100, but we go once every two years or so mostly to drive around and see stuff.

I rented a Mustang convertible which she liked a lot and it was easier to see with the top down and the weather overall was awesome, we saw some snow around Tioga Pass but it was still awesome weather.

I'm not very impressed with how the rental Mustangs drive and the build quality was rather lacking IMHO.  This was the V-6 and it was paltry indeed.  The steering was very numb and unimpressive.
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Re: OT - Las Vegas
« Reply #41 on: November 03, 2017, 08:16:09 AM »
I was not whelmed by King's Canyon NP.  Some reviews said it was better than Yosemite, but not even close.  A long one way drive to turn around and come back.  The sequoia groves in Sequoia NP were impressive.  The road south from there is the curviest I've ever driven I think, maybe I mentioned that.
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