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I rather preferred the puppies when I had them. I keep thinking of the ADT commercials. One where the alarm goes off when the thief breaks a window. Couldn't help thinking the dogs go off well before that. Or the one where the guy kicks in the door as soon as the husband leaves for work. So...

Running through all the teachers I have known I only think of 2 I'd not object to being armed. The vast majority would object to being armed and likely of little use in a violent situation. A gun in their hands has no upside. One of the 2 I'd trust used feigned anger and used it well, I...

I think back and realize I've never had a dog that did not get along with cats. From the Boxer we had when I was a kid who finally got the feral cat who had a litter in our garage to accept him, through lucky a cat we had who destroyed 2 weimerieners and stupid a cat chasing dog I got from a...

That is one huge advantage with hunting, the kid soon realizes in his gut that guns kill and the animals don't get resurrected.

At times I rather like the idea of saying beer and wine at 18 and distilled spirits at 21. It is really really hard to die from alcohol poisoning from drinking beer.

If more families did this the forbidden fruit, the if I drink I'm grown up and the mystery aspects of alcohol would decrease and there would be less problems with booze. I sampled beer very young and by 16 had a rather impressive liquor cabinet because I had taken up gourmet cooking. It took...

Yup until that point zip ties should be used because cuffs don't fit right! Honestly it depends on the crime and the demeanor of the child. If the kid looks like he might bolt then cuffing is definitely in order and simply removes temptation. In a lot of cases where it seems 'over the top' it...

Letting kids mess with guns, no. Teaching kids that guns are a dangerous tool, not unlike a chainsaw, yes. I picked chainsaw because while I've never owned a gun I used a chainsaw a lot as a teen. I've also seen kids taught gun handling at camp, done well, overall I'd say the kids at camp...

No employer I have ever had looked for ex military. But then I've worked at jobs that actually required skill and intelligence.

I wrote that to lay the foundation for this post. After getting laid off due to a corporate reorganization I volunteered at a no kill shelter for a while, specifically to walk large dogs. (My 2 maxed out at 110 and 120 Lbs. I learned to like big dogs). The first day, a Sunday I learned the...

Nope. If I could remember it I'd go with 2 sets of equations that were written in a toilet stall in the first floor of the physics building. Maxwell said: {Insert Maxwells equations here} And there was light. The Einstein said: {Insert the relativistic equivalent} And the darkness returned.

Source? My bet is it is only a quarter of those who want in qualify. My experience was Vietnam era but I'll bet things are not that different today, save for one little thing. I and several others I knew in school ended up having to go to pre induction physicals. The vast majority of the guys...

I've had 2 dogs where I had to make the decision to end their lives. I was lucky, both decisions were as easy as such a decision could be. The first one was our second dog. He had a tumor in his spleen and we spent a few thousand dollars on the emergency spleenectomy. The vet told us if the...