NYC - again

[GunnyGene]

Check the news.

[Mags]

... and Reno and Las Vegas and Arkansas...

[GFK]

Are these things a coincidence or just getting more news time now?

[GunnyGene]

Are these things a coincidence or just getting more news time now?

Both, and many other things.

Something to think about:

“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

[Hatchdog]

“ “A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Friday”

Scary but true. Thanks for sharing.

[GunnyGene]

“ “A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Friday”

Scary but true. Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome. But unfortunately, the authorities, and the public at large, always look for an easily defined motive/reason for things like this NYC event; because what Heinlein observed cannot be fixed by laws or money.

[Sir Henry]

I dial 811 not 911.

[The Wiz]

I grew up reading Heinlein. Influenced a lot of my thinking and behavior. I have probably read most of his writings with "Stranger in a Strange Land" my bible for a long time. I did not always agree with him but he made me look at things in a different way.

[CT_Shooter]

I grew up reading Heinlein. Influenced a lot of my thinking and behavior. I have probably read most of his writings with "Stranger in a Strange Land" my bible for a long time. I did not always agree with him but he made me look at things in a different way.

I first read Stranger in a Strange Land in the early seventies and read it a few times more in that first decade afterward. Interestingly, I just read it again a couple of months ago. It's a great novel that absolutely shaped my life. "May you always drink deep. May you never be thirsty."

[GFK]

I mentioned this before, but the rise of lawlessness has been foretold: Matthew 24:12.

[The Wiz]

I grew up reading Heinlein. Influenced a lot of my thinking and behavior. I have probably read most of his writings with "Stranger in a Strange Land" my bible for a long time. I did not always agree with him but he made me look at things in a different way.

I first read Stranger in a Strange Land in the early seventies and read it a few times more in that first decade afterward. Interestingly, I just read it again a couple of months ago. It's a great novel that absolutely shaped my life. "May you always drink deep. May you never be thirsty."

I too read the book about a month ago. Maybe we are starting to "Grok" with each other.

[Vaquero]

I grew up reading Heinlein. Influenced a lot of my thinking and behavior. I have probably read most of his writings with "Stranger in a Strange Land" my bible for a long time. I did not always agree with him but he made me look at things in a different way.

I just ordered a copy of it.

RP

[dave77]

I don't think there's a book by Heinlein that I haven't read and I still have most of them. His early novels for kids were very tame but his later novels starting with "Stranger in a Strange Land" brought up some subjects that would definitely shock a lot of people.

Have you read "Grumbles From The Grave", not a novel but a collection of letters that he wrote over his life, edited by his wife Virginia after his death.

[RanchRoper]

Keep your powder dry.

[cooperhawk]

I just ordered the eBook.

[Vaquero]

Well, mine showed up today.

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[cooperhawk]

Well, mine showed up today.

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OK, I have a knife just like that. Is that a TJ Yancey? I have two of his knives.
I actually visited him prior to his death in Estes Park, Co.

[Vaquero]

Well, mine showed up today.

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OK, I have a knife just like that. Is that a TJ Yancey? I have two of his knives.
I actually visited him prior to his death in Estes Park, Co.

No markings on it. I picked it up at a gun show several years ago. Supposedly was made somewhere in MO.

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RP

[cooperhawk]

OK, that's a Damascus blade. Mine is not.
Nice knife though.