JamesTBagg
@JamesTBagg@lemmy.world
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 2 weeks ago:
I’m glad my two anecdotes of 25-ish years of driving have given you a complete picture.
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 2 weeks ago:
Did I say it doesn’t count? The cop didn’t issue me a ticket so he didn’t think so.
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 2 weeks ago:
I was once pulled over for doing 50 in a 30 and I was just coasting down a long hill. I’ve also been pulled over for doing 35 in a 25mph zone (a classic Texas small town speed trap where the posted speed went from 65 to 55 to 25 in a very short distance with a cop posted at the 25 sign. You had to be on the brakes to make it.) Some cars are quite quick, foot on the gas pedal a moment too long and you’ve blown through 8mph. Some people spend more time with their eyes outside the car than on the dash. Hell a lot of you drive around with highbeams on and there’s an indicator light for that too.
But also, “Watson already had nine points on her licence before the speeding incident occurred, the court heard.”
- Comment on Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem? 4 months ago:
Yeah, this was before the industry decided on their panic price increaes. It’s weird how post panic prices never corrected. Going shooting is almost painful now on the wallet.
- Comment on Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem? 4 months ago:
When I moved out of Texas in 2016, some friends told me there was a $5 bounty for hog tails from the state. So, you could do it for more than fun; less than a dollar a round for .308, then 5 dollars per tail… that’s a decent profit.
- Comment on Don't ya know, guns can just ✨ magically appear✨ so any attempt to ban them is impossible. Dumb liberalssss tryna to take away my GOD GIVEN right to murder people!!11! 5 months ago:
The whole proletariat must be armed at once with muskets, rifles, cannon and ammunition […] Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.
- Comment on Don't ya know, guns can just ✨ magically appear✨ so any attempt to ban them is impossible. Dumb liberalssss tryna to take away my GOD GIVEN right to murder people!!11! 5 months ago:
It’s worse than what was faced overseas, here at home you have large number of War on Terror veterans. Trained, armed and experienced, many disillusioned with the tilting of the government, and the media, and the populace around them. There’s been a blue shift in both active duty and veteran communities.
The optimist in me hopes it’s enough.
- Comment on Rainbolt never misses 6 months ago:
I’m sure all those old European royal families are going, “Yeah, yeah, it’s those tiny middle of nowhere American towns where the inbreeding happens. Not here. Never here.”
- Comment on In general, people on Lemmy don't want high effort or high quality posts that take longer than 30 seconds to digest. 8 months ago:
OP is conflating effort and quality. Seems they think just because they put effort into something it should be accepted as good quality, so they deserve worthless upvotes.
They aren’t getting that so it’s everybody else’s fault. - Comment on Why is the price of real estate rising so dramatically? 8 months ago:
I like that the line you quoted from the article is pretty much a bait and switch.
- Comment on Myanmar rebels take the road to Mandalay 9 months ago:
The news has been barely covering this, even since the outbreak. I forgot it was happening and am surprised and happy the rebels are still fighting.