by Woodsbum
I ran across this bimbo that obviously has brain damage due to peroxide poisoning. She claims that she is just completely exhausted because she has been shopping for a “protection gun.” Since she loves being single, she wants a “protection gun” and not a “murder gun.”
Yes, you read that correctly. The Murder Gun Moron believes that there are two types of guns:
* Murder guns
* Protection guns
I am not joking…. Watch the video.
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by Woodsbum
Anyone who has been fishing and crabbing for a while can tell you about the crab pot thief in the Puget Sound is this:
Our family has seen it take place on many an occasion. People fly up in a fast, pleasure craft and grab the pot or the crabs and then take off before the owners can even get there. It has even happened to us more than once. Usually it will be a couple of guys in a Bayliner ski type boat that come in and pull several pots up and take off to sort out the legal crab away from the scene of the crime.
On one occasion my brother followed the thieves and called WDFW enforcement on them. When they were stopped nothing happened to them and they were let go. They had already put their name on the crab pot buoys, all the crabs in their cooler were legal size, and they has stolen the maximum legal amount of pots allowed per licensed person on the boat. Being a witness didn’t matter. Having them on camera didn’t matter. Even having the names written over the top of other people’s names didn’t matter. They were just let go.
Here is the news story that is now SUDDENLY covered by the news. Of course it is YEARS too late and is more of a “gosh people, that sucks” type story.
The news and WDFW claim that only 10% of the pots that are missing truly were at the hands of humans. They say that all other missing pots are due to currents or people not being able to locate their pot hours later. Either way losing a pot is not a pleasant thing.
Considering how sitting on top of your pots rather than leaving them and returning later ALWAYS results in more crabs, less pots missing, and fewer incidents of your pots mysteriously moving locations I believe that both the news and WDFW are in a bit of a denial state. If standing guard over your equipment is such a night and day difference, it doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure out that there is more than “currents” at work.
As always, do your own research and draw your own conclusions. After watching it happen and nothing happening to the perpetrators, I feel that at least 50% of the sketchy crab pot incidents have a human messing with your equipment.
by Woodsbum
Now that I have body armor and have been wearing it around a bit to see how well it wears, a thought kept creeping into my head, “Is this expense really fit properly and am I wearing it correctly?”
When I was in the military we wore flak jackets. Considering it was simply a vest that you put on, it was quite difficult to wear it incorrectly. Even the new military armor systems are difficult to wear incorrectly because they are also vest type construction that offers very little adjustment.
Here is the article that Gunguy found and sent to me:
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Body armor is meant to keep you in the fight. It should protect the vital organs which, if hit, would quickly take you down and prevent you from putting rounds on target. The possibility of saving your life is a secondary benefit of body armor. With this purpose in mind we must understand those structures we need to protect which we can realistically protect while still maintaining a great degree of mobility.
Our primary concern is the heart and the large blood vessels which sprout from the top of the heart: the superior vena cava, the arch of the aorta and the pulmonary trunk. These vessels are collectively referred to as “the great vessels”.
The heart is important for its obvious function of providing pressure to circulate blood to the lungs via the right side of the heart and then on to the body via the left side of the heart. Within the body the heart lies left of center, with its apex near the left nipple. Thus, while fitting a plate as a general guideline we must select a plate which will cover the nipples to ensure the entire heart is protected. Note that in some individuals the nipples may be more lateral than the apex of the heart.
The great vessels of the heart lie directly behind the uppermost portion of the sternum, known as the manubrium, and sit directly on top of the heart. The great vessels wrap and twist around each other, making it likely that a hit to one will likely perforate another and result in massive hemorrhage.
Arguably the most important of the three great vessels in the Aorta, due to its size and high velocity of blood flow, 5 liters a minute. The average 165 pound man has 5 liters of blood in his body and thus can completely bleed out within one minute if the Aorta is dramatically perforated. Loss of consciousness can occur with less than 40% of blood loss, approximately two liters, and thus can occur in well under a minute.
Of equal importance to the heart is the respiratory diaphragm, the muscle which, when contracting, allows you to decrease air pressure within your lungs and thus draw in air. Destroy the diaphragm and you destroy one’s ability to breath. Protecting the entirety of the respiratory diaphragm is not realistic, but the majority of it will be protected by a properly fitted plate. The diaphragm is dome shaped, following the bottom of your rib cage and doming up into the chest cavity.
Protecting the vertebral column goes without saying -we wish to protect as much of this as possible without sacrificing mobility. Unfortunately, protecting the entire vertebral column is not realistic at this time.
It is important to note that a hit to the lungs may prove to eventually be lethal through blood loss or tension pneumothorax, but is not nearly as lethal as quickly as a hit to the heart and its great vessels. The liver and kidneys, while highly vascular, are also not immediately incapacitating and thus are of secondary concern. The rest of the viscera in your abdomen are of tertiary concern.
Finding Balance: Protection vs Mobility
When properly fitted a chest plate should not impinge on the anterior deltoids or pectoralis major muscles when punching out with a handgun or carbine. Any impingement on the shoulder may create discomfort, premature fatigue and possibly even aggravate certain shoulder conditions. In some cases too large of a plate may prevent a shooter from assuming an ideal hold on their weapon. This, and even discomfort, can translate to misses down range.
A slightly smaller chest plate which fits with no impingement while punching out will not expose the heart as long as it still covers the nipples. A smaller plate will translate to a small increase in exposure of peripheral lung tissue and abdominal viscera, but these are organs which can take a hit without immediate consequences to the shooter. As stated previously, a shot to the lung, liver or kidney is not immediately fatal. This should be considered when choosing a plate that fits properly.
Positioning of the Front/Chest plate
The top of your chest plate should be at the level of your suprasternal notch, which is also known as the jugular notch. Tracing the sternum with a finger superiorly, the soft spot you reach at the top of the sternum is the suprasternal notch. If you press in with your finger and choke yourself you are in the right spot. The chest plate should ride at least level with the top of your sternum while standing. An easy way to ensure this is to place a finger in your suprasternal notch and position the plate such that the top of the plate touches the bottom of your finger.
Reference image (anterior view)
Positioning of rear/back plate
Find the most prominent bony eminence at the base of your neck. This is your vertebral eminence. Count down two bony spinousus (or measure down about 1.5 inches) and that should be above the level of the superior aspect of your sternum and thus level with the top of your front plate. Positioning at least this high will ensure your entire heart and the great vessels are protected from a shot to the back. The front and back plate should be level with one another when viewed from the side.
The vertebral eminence is marked in the diagram below in blue.
Side and Shoulder Plates
Side plates are intended to protect the highly vascular elements of your abdomen. They were introduced to prevent troops from bleeding out in the chopper on the way to the field hospital. Side plates were not necessarily intended to protect the heart, but if you wear them high up into your armpits you can protect some of the lower portion of your heart.
Protecting your heart from a shot to side is accomplished by shoulder plates, such as the ones manufactured by Crye Precision.
To Sum it Up
An example of proper chest plate positioning
An example of improper chest plate positioning
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Hopefully, this article will help you to understand how hard plates work. Obviously, you will not be walking around like a juggernaut and completely bulletproof from toenail to beanie. You also don’t want to go into a dangerous situation in a Speedo and flip flops. Find what works for you and just make sure you wear it as intended.
Good luck!!!!
by Woodsbum
Okay. This is a drastic departure from my normal posts, but I was truly shocked enough by this incident that I had to write something.
For those of you who are not aware of what took place, a reporter and her camera operator were killed by a former coworker this morning on live TV. At this point it looks like Vester Lee Flanagan II (aka Bryce Williams) walked up and killed the two news station employees (reporter and camera operator) and wounded the lady who was being interviewed.
This clip was the footage from the camera man’s perspective. He was filming the interview at the time he was shot and killed. As you can see, he does get a picture of the shooter as the camera is dropped.
And here is the video from the broadcast.
Ultimately, I am seriously ticked off that this guy did this. Not only does it add more fuel to the gun control fire, but it was a horrible way for this guy to express himself. I mean, seriously? This idiot gets fired, makes false claims about “racism” and then goes and shoots two of his former coworkers? Then, because he was such a sniveling weasel, he shoots himself. He seriously was such a little bitch that he couldn’t face the consequences of his actions. No wonder he started whining and filed false claims with anyone who would listen.
Here is the face of evil:
Vester Flanagan
Alison Parker and Adam Ward
Here is a snippet from that site’s report:
MONETA, Va. — The suspect accused of killing two WDBJ7 employees died at a hospital in Northern Virginia, according to Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton.
Vester Flanagan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Fairfax hospital around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. He is a former WDBJ7 employee.
Officials believe he shot and killed WDBJ7’s Adam Ward and Alison Parker during a live broadcast Wednesday.
Flanagan’s personal car was found at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. Flanagan rented a separate car.
Around 11:30 a.m., law enforcement tried to stop Flanagan on Interstate 66 in Fauquier County but he refused to stop. Shortly after, he shot himself.
Flanagan sent a lengthy fax about the attack to a New York media organization.
My only hope is that this asshole’s estate is completely wiped out by the families of the two killed and survivor.
by Woodsbum
Pipsissewa is an herb that has been credited with having medicinal properties. It can be applied directly to the skin for sores and blisters. If brewed into tea it is used for UTI, bladder/kidney stones, fluid retention, spasms, epilepsy, anxiety and cancer. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make the medicine. They can be dried then ground up or used fresh.
Pipsissewa
If you don’t want to go traipsing through the woods looking for this plant, you can just order it online. Here is one supplier I found.
Rather than buying it you can go find it out in the wild. There is even a trail over near Okanogan/Wenatchee that sports the name of this plant. Just look in drier wooded areas or near sandy soil. It is fairly prevalent in those locations. In another words, check the tree lines on the East side of the state.
