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No, the shooter who is taken down, eventually went back to the bridge before he was taken out.

Drone footage of take down.

Far away but graphic footage. Remarkable clear video of the events.

Best middle ground is finding a hot cashier who can crush your grapes

Yeah he is:

Ahmed Al Ahmed - the Bondi Hero. He's a 43yo, married father of 2. He owns a fruit shop and has no experience with guns. He was shot twice in the arm and maybe leg

Airports. Still see them at times.

Funny, yesterday at the Saint Paul train depot, we passed one of those built-in shoeshine stands and my son was asking about it.

Beautiful. It slows everyone down and literally mutes the noise, so quiet!

@Renauda said in Two killed, 8 others shot at Brown University:

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Saw the cctv coverage of the perp leaving the area on the BBC. He (no doubt in my mind as to his gender) has an odd gait. Almost knock kneed on his right leg. Hope they catch him soon and alive, and keep him alive to stand trial.

Haven’t seen any video yet but damn if he’s pulling a Keyser Söze and fakes that limp…that would be genius.

@Mik said in Winter thoughts:

2F here and headed for -2. Got 6" of snow yesterday. Hate it.

Sounds like a beautiful white Christmas!

Growing up in Virginia we had blizzards every 3 years or so, I had fantastic memories sledding and building ice caves almost every year. When I left it felt like winters there were near-freezing slushy freezing rain. Gross. Give me a blizzard or give me 50s!

@jon-nyc said in Mass shooting at Hanukkah event in Sydney:

Almost movie-like that he tackled him. Even more heroic knowing now that another gunman was on the bridge and could’ve shot him, or maybe he did get shot, who knows. Also awkward once he had the attackers rifle he had to also signal that he wasn’t one of the bad guys!

I mean, what if a woman dressed as a man disagrees with her sister?

Oh winter thoughts indeed. Currently feels like -19 here. I told my friends I moved here for the lower dew point in the summers, but man does that dew point get LOW in the winter.

My kids love the snow, although they hate the arctic THROAT PUNCH that is walking when it's negative-whatever.

Yesterday we went to the St Paul train depot, beautiful building, explored a classic locomotive, they had a nice european christmas market outside...and when you step outside when it's -5 or so, for a few minutes you think "you know, it's cold but not that bad" but after about 4 minutes suddenly your nose starts to bite, kids start to cry...it's a true exposure risk if you don't know what you're doing. So maybe my kids will be raised up not to be wimps, or maybe they'll get smart and move somewhere warmer (at least snowbird during the winter months) when they get older.

That being said, as someone who hates humidity and uncomfortable heat, there's a reason I chose to move to Minnesota over the south. I'll take Minnesota winters over southeast summers ANY YEAR.

I haven't followed the debate, but isn't the administration totally admitting that the goal was to kill the people, even the survivors, not just stop the boat? There are less lethal ways to stop the boat, yes there are nets that can clog a motor if you're close enough, and the coast guard has specific weapons to be precisely shoot/terminate onboard motors.

@jodi said in Good news..:

I like self checkout too. But only when I’m buying a small number of items.

Same here. If I have a good volume of stuff, I prefer the folks who are extremely efficient at scanning and bagging.

Yeah gambling is destructive. It’s mostly illegal here in Minnesota but I did find an app where you could place parlay bets on sports. I did it for golf and some baseball this past year and deleted the app after losing more times than I would win. Just not fun, but yes addictive!

@jon-nyc said in Where's TG?:

She does disappear for longish periods of time then bump 100 threads at 3am Eastern time.

Haha spot on! And yes, just yesterday I was wondering where she has been. @taiwan_girl where are youuuuuuu

I am really surprised.

Also, the phone?

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/843498/trump-phone

@blondie Really great advice. Wish I could reply to all, but a few ones>

3: Procrastination. Not me, I'll donate something in a snap if I can. My dad is a bit of a hoarder, less with volume but more with dressers (plural) that he keeps in storage because they've been in the family forever. They've also been in musty storage basements for 40 years.

4-5: Dirty little secrets. Ha, I'll ask one day! The little cleanings I do are a thankless job. We'd have 300 happy meal toys all over if it weren't for my heroic efforts when folks are away, LOL.

6-7: Elders. No they aren't the source of the clutter at all. And very good point about not being their avenue to downsize as they minimalize things, too.

10: Booze. Yeah that was becoming a problem. Not in a "can't stop" (I could stop for weeks) way, but more of a way at night to numb out the stress of the normal day plus stuff on top, like clutter. As I slowly get back in shape, I've learned staying disciplined at night and not snacking/drinking is 2-3x better (caloric, even!) than a 30 minute jog!