As someone greatly disturbed by noise, I feel a bit differently about the story. A slip-n-slide on the street is probably not legal (or safe), which they ignored. And they immediately dismissed the noise complaint "It was literally the sound of kids playing". Kids "playing" can range from insanely loud (screaming at 120dB over and over, blasting stereos, crashing on cooking pots, for example) to no problem at all (laughing, talking, running around). Now, I wasn't there, so I don't know how much noise it was or for how long, but I know exactly what it is like to be severely annoyed by unnecessary neighborhood noise for long periods. But I admit I am unusually grumpy. Bah humbug. Of course, it is cool that the cops joined in and got wet.
And I think we all have to agree, far better this 'social disturbance' than a Chicago shootout, right?
As someone greatly disturbed by noise, I feel a bit differently about the story. A slip-n-slide on the street is probably not legal (or safe), which they ignored. And they immediately dismissed the noise complaint "It was literally the sound of kids playing". Kids "playing" can range from insanely loud (screaming at 120dB over and over, blasting stereos, crashing on cooking pots, for example) to no problem at all (laughing, talking, running around). Now, I wasn't there, so I don't know how much noise it was or for how long, but I know exactly what it is like to be severely annoyed by unnecessary neighborhood noise for long periods. But I admit I am unusually grumpy. Bah humbug. Of course, it is cool that the cops joined in and got wet.
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....THIS is how you do P.R. IMO. And I especially got a kick out of the female LEO actually riding in the water, sitting inside a large garbage bag to keep her gear dry; again whatever damage might have been done to any of her gear, it was more than worth it for community relations IMO.
United Airlines: pay attention.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/north-carolina-police-respond-call-end-joining-slip/story?id=48437620
Brian
What's funnier is this has been going on for years, it was just brought to the surface with cell phone cameras and the recent "extraction" of the Asian doctor.
See this is exactly why we now know there are no alien ufo's or big foot. It used to be argued that sightings were rare and most people did not walk around with a camera so no credible pictures. Now the vast majority of people walk around with a camera and still no credible pictures. On the other hand, airlines, cats, the police (LEOs, not the group), and bikers misbehaving we have 1000's of videos a day.
I tried out a new target sighting system today; it is a very simple combination of a video camera, battery pack, antenna and WiFi hub, all mounted in.... wait for it, a plastic ammunition box (of course). The whole thing is set up near the target, the camera pointed at the target, and a software package on a [smartphone, Ipad, tablet or a laptop] watches and records each strike. Not really all that sophisticated but a fantastic idea for shooters, at least those of us NOT located in big cities such as Chicago and who have to use actual paper targets.
Anyway, here is the odd thing: in addition to normal, visible light, the camera works very well in infrared. In fact, it is superb in infrared and actually has an infrared emitter to 'illuminate' whatever the camera is pointed at with infrared light. And I could not figure out why the mfg. did that- who shoots at targets in the dark? How would one target shoot.... in the dark? Not only is it against all range rules I have ever seen, and a really, really bad idea but how would it work anyway? Then I found the answer: the mfg. is using a security camera and THEY are made to work well in infrared! Aha, that makes sense. Used for the task I purchased it for it is simply ignored, or in some cases seems to confound some buyers but it is only there because the camera is begin used for a different task than it was designed to do.
Brian (always confused and sometimes in the dark)
I'm going to have to check these things out. It's been a few years since I've done some long distance shooting and even with a decent sporting scope it was difficult to see some hits. I can guarantee you my eyes haven't exactly gotten better in the last 5 years. I don't know what you paid for this device but I bet it's a lot cheaper than and really good spotting scope.
In honor of the opening of the movie Dunkirk:
There have been a lot of truly gifted writers / speakers native to the English language. My own favorite is an American, the inimitable Mr. A. Lincoln. But everyone has a personality and certain traits, and part of what I think makes Lincoln so wonderful is that he wrote / spoke with a lot of sentiment (not sentimentality, what Hallmark greeting cards uses to shame us into buying cards for Grandam, etc.) and was so very eloquent in expressing that sentiment. And so of course he was never very good at biting, slightly caustic or acerbic language. For that we have Winston Churchill, an altogether different type of person but also simply excellent as a writer and speaker (professional, public speaking) in the English language. One of my favorites:
When accused of occasionally ending his sentences with prepositions, he is supposed to have icily responded: ""This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put." Way better than that pig story, which I do not believe ever actually happened anyway. But as the story goes: a female MP, Bessie Braddock or the Conservative Lady Astor depending on which story one happens to hear, is supposed to have said to the PM Churchill that he was 'disgustingly drunk'. To which he replied: 'My dear, you are ugly, and what’s more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly.'
Brian
Looking forward to movie "Darkest Hour" about Winston Churchill. The trailer looks great. Funny how movies with similar themes seem to come out at the same time.
http://youtu.be/DH9ZWmizdIc
Islam does not allow the consumption of alcohol. And this explains some other benefits of not drinking any alcohol..... :https://www.yahoo.com/news/emirates-airline-caught-pouring-unused-084824373.html
Brian
Not strictly true as Islam has as many (if not more) sub branches as Christianity.
(some ) Turkish Muslims for example are free to drink alcohol whilst others discourage rather than prohibit.
On the other hand Black Pudding is a definite nono , not only being a pork product but being made of blood