Semester3383

Given that a lot of guns turned in to buyback programs have been inoperable... No. Also, there was at least once case of a guy printing a lot of pistol frames--and for most pistols, the frame is legally the firearm--and then turning them in for cash. The filament for the printer cost far less than the cash he received for each one, so he made a pretty significant profit.

Having spoken with a few women that have done things adjacent to pornography, their regrets are mostly in regards to the way they were treated by people that were not in the industry. The escorts I've spoken with enjoy the work itself, although not necessarily all of the customers.

What you're saying about the horrors of pornography and prostitution apply to ALL people that need to work for a living. The company I work for buys my time, the product of my labor--which they sell for many times what I'm paid--and even my dignity by forcing me to wear a uniform of their choice. I absolutely do not like the customers that ultimately purchase the products of my labor, but I have little choice if I want to have a place to live, and food to eat.

He seems to be a cool dude. IIRC, one of the big things that he does is organize feeding homeless people in Texas.

You might like Punk With a Camera.

I'm trying to find a ticket to a show at Club Soda; I can't seem to find them on the resale market... It's only a ten hour drive, that's cool, right?

In re: TERFs, transgender people make up a very small part of the general population, roughly .5%. The odds that any given TERF would get picked up by an UBER driver that is a transwoman are very low.

I suspect--and I'd need to be checked on this--that you would need to have gotten your gender marker changed on your driver's license in order for Uber to correctly identify your gender. And that makes it an even smaller subset of trangender people that could trigger TERFs. OTOH, I could absolutely see a TERF going ballistic over a cisgender woman that wasn't fully gender-conforming..

The good news is that, relatively speaking, a water heater isn't too expensive, and you can usually do it on your own without too much trouble. Assuming that you're moderately handy. Roofs are... A different matter. Depending on your roof type, pitch, and geographic location, it can either be fairly easy, or require a high degree of expertise.

Go to an actual archery store to get fitted and try some out; read reviews in Bowhunter magazine. A lot of the differences are pretty marginal for new users. Current bows have a pretty amazing drop-off rate, which makes it very easy to hold at full-draw. But you do need upper body strength the get to the drop-off point.

If you're talking real, serious, the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it apocalypse, then I'd recommend getting either a fiberglass recurve bow in the 80#+ range and a few spare strings, or a Mossberg Shockwave and a single shell. The fiberglass recurve bow will be difficult to learn to shoot effectively, but it essentially maintenance-free. The Mossberg will prevent you from having to learn to use the bow effectively.

I have a very strong preference to the silicone triple-flange ear tips. They help block outside noise and fit comfortably. Unfortunately, they also don't work with many ear buds. Shure is one of the few brands that they work with for certain.

Wut.

Susan Collins IS NOT A DEMOCRAT. She is a REPUBLICAN. I don't mean that she's a DINO, she's literally a Republican.

I live in Maine. Every week I get email alerts telling me where Platner is going to be, and what I can do to help. (I'm currently doing huge amounts of OT, so I don't have the time to volunteer.) He's doing town halls weekly (I think that he's doing Millinocket soon; I should be able to make that one), and constantly doing outreach. I see his campaign posts on Bluesky all the time. He came to a town near me, a town with a whopping 6000 residents, and treated everyone respectfully, including the MAGAt that was there trying to poke holes in his campaign.

I have seen ONE Bluesky post from Mills' campaign. AFAIK, she's done exactly zero town hall meetings, certainly not ones where she's taking questions directly from the audience. I haven't seen any campaign signs, no radios ads (altho I only listen to Maine Public Radio; but I also haven't heard anything about her campaign there), and I've seen Collins' ads on the TVs at the gym, but nothing for Mills. Oh, the Collins ad? It's got a great snippet from Mills saying that Collins has done a lot of great things for Maine. Oops.

So I don't fucking know where Mills is spending the money that she has.

The fact that the cancelled in the face of public pressure means nothing; they can always resume the partnership once the pressure subsides.