BurkeyTurger

BurkeyTurger t1_iye4lbt wrote

None of us know the exact details how it went down, what floor, how close to an exit, etc. but don't pretend that spray and run is never a viable strategy, especially in a relatively well trafficked part of town in broad daylight.

Who is talking about fighting them? Pepper spray isn't for subduing it is literally just to disorient to give you a chance to get away.

Obviously a gun is better but the point of pepper spray is if you are forced by your employer/state to otherwise disarm yourself it is better than nothing.

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BurkeyTurger t1_iydwzwu wrote

To each their own, it is still better to have the option to have it if you want to try to spray and run. Not just in this case, but just in general.

Never been a fan of the "just bend over and take it mentality".

Edit: They do sell both gel, foam, and mist types. The latter you're likely to get some blowback but you get a bigger cloud.

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BurkeyTurger t1_iyaxti8 wrote

Obviously, he knows how you get it done. No delivery company big or small is going to bother following traffic laws and parking tickets are just the cost of doing business. UPS one year paid NYC over 30 million dollars in parking fines.

Can they be dicks about it? Absolutely. Is anything going to change? Unlikely, especially as the supply of legal street parking dwindles.

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BurkeyTurger t1_iy5pxvt wrote

From what I gather the CA is going along with the story that the dog/owner got startled and was supposedly protecting the owner.

Which to me is bullshit, if you can't control your dog you have out in public off leash from killing someone in their own yard because they said hi to you then you should be getting involuntary manslaughter charges.

Hopefully there will be a civil suit.

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BurkeyTurger OP t1_ixsm3va wrote

Reply to comment by juwanna-blomie in Black Frinightly by BurkeyTurger

It probably would work fine but would just be redundant for now. 95% of my downloaded media I watch on the TV that is close to my PC so being plugged in and controlled with a steam controller works out fine.

The other 5% I end up watching on the bedroom TV I just run through Handbrake and stick on a USB since Roku is weird about certain codecs.

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BurkeyTurger OP t1_ixskmk4 wrote

Reply to comment by juwanna-blomie in Black Frinightly by BurkeyTurger

Good find on the SD cards. Agree about the rest of PC stuff. I was hoping EVGA would discount more of their B-stock 30 series stuff since the 3070Tis they have are just above my insta buy price.

WD had their Reds on a decent discount but idk if I want to deal with a Plex server yet. So far running a long HDMI cable from my PC to TV is working out well enough and I still have a few TB free internally.

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BurkeyTurger OP t1_ixsi9yn wrote

After a very stressful Turkey day I was happy to have today to decompress and decided to push work to Sunday since it's gonna rain anyway.

My only forays into shopping were cat litter and liquor but deals are deals.

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BurkeyTurger t1_ixokx1d wrote

Relieved to be back home. I have nothing positive to say about today other than the food was fine. Happy for the people that had good family days, cherish it.

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BurkeyTurger t1_ixient1 wrote

Reply to comment by BrendanQ in Turkey day eve Wednesdaily by Herownself

Lucky, I have a couple that are only a short drive from my office and they're always mobbed. Like literally I leave a minute or two after getting the email and there will be already be a decent line by the time I get there.

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BurkeyTurger t1_ixhn42g wrote

If it's anything like the Brightpoint(dumbest fucking name btw) renaming you have school branded shit everywhere that they have to change.

All the letterhead, signs, promotional materials, website, apparel, etc. have to be switched over and can add up quickly.

Brightpoint for example is still using furniture that has the John Tyler seal on it because they either didn't budget for replacing it too or just don't care.

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