My grandparents used to live on the Eastern shore of the Chesapeake bay. During hunting season all sorts of shotguns went off. . . Sometimes they were in my hands.
Anyway, I can tell the difference between a .410, 18, 16, and 12 gauge shotguns by sound. Rifles have distinct sounds as well, but it's illegal to fire a rifle on the Eastern shore since it's so flat and the bullet can travel a very long way.
When I was growing up, if my dad had a gun, I'd borrow it to go fire in the woods too. But he doesn't have a gun, and we had no woods.
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50% of new orleans is open war zone. nonetheless, it's gotten better... used to be around 75-85%. but the murder rate, i believe, has gone up (i guess their aim has gotten better). i now live about an hour outside of n.o., and it's far calmer up here (which is why so many people are moving up here), but i think if new orleans makes a concerted effort, they can have a lot of new orleans cleaned up in 10-20 yrs.
i hear shots often as i live near a firing range. i can hear automatic gun fire (or really fast semi-automatic) all the time. lots of law enforcement training going on there.
every now and then, someone drives down the street blasting their guns, it doesn't really bother me. i suppose if it happened often, i'd be pissed.
but you know, hearing a gun shot could give you advance warning that something is happening nearby. at least they aren't silent.
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Well, Ebby...the big deal is when the shots fired are on the street directly behind one's house!!!
I can remember lying on the floor for 20 minutes one time, for fear that a bullet would come through the house wall at any moment from a hostile shouting incident going on in the street beyond my cinderblock fence. That's the big deal. The distance for the bullet would have been about 40-50 feet!!!!!
A teacher friend of mine had a random bullet come through her kitchen window one night, right over the sink. It had been fired into the air from a considerable distance away, probably by teen gang members.
I can remember lying on the floor for 20 minutes one time, for fear that a bullet would come through the house wall at any moment from a hostile shouting incident going on in the street beyond my cinderblock fence....
i suppose being a teacher, you have to worry about such things. we used to love tormenting the teachers we didn't like, often to the point of nervous breakdown. though we never had much gang activity, there was certain teachers no one liked, and they were picked on. of course we never resorted to physical violence. i have a aunt that teaches in la and she hates gangs too.
I've only heard the sound once. Was walking over to my friend's dorm one night when a car screeched past me and fired three shots about 300 feet down the road from me. Thought "Oh... that's nice" and walked a little faster.
Scary, scary incident.
Apparently Salem is a little sketchier than I had thought... It makes me kind of happy that I'm living in the basement of my dorm - no bullets underground.
i suppose being a teacher, you have to worry about such things. we used to love tormenting the teachers we didn't like, often to the point of nervous breakdown. though we never had much gang activity, there was certain teachers no one liked, and they were picked on. of course we never resorted to physical violence. i have a aunt that teaches in la and she hates gangs too.
Glyph - the shouting incident had nothing to do with me. The street behind my house comes directly out of a large apartment complex two blocks south. The neighborhood directly behind me (west) is composed of large, very expensive homes. So I feel that the parties involved in the argument came from the apt. complex. Just a guess, but a good probability.
I don't have to worry about my students. I like them all very much (even the troublesome ones), and know that 'most' of them return the feeling.
we have this piece of equiptment at work that is hard to start. it backfires really loud and sounds just like a gunshot. this co-worker and myself were unloading a truck when this thing went off - you should have seen the look in his eyes. he was genuinely afraid that someone was shooting a gun. i laughed my butt off.
I would be scared shaftless if I lived in an area where people were regularly shooting each other. Never judge someone unless you've walked in their shoes fits so well here. I've visited NYC and Detroit, but that's still like a different planet to me.
But of course! I hear shots fired in my neighborhood every week. I live in the country, so they are usually fired by drunk rednecks at some kind of varmint in order to fill their tables. I must not neglect the fact that I am sometimes among them... but that is beside the point.
(Shudder) This thread reminds me why I wish Europe ran the world and not America.
The Royal Australian Air Force recently did a display over Canberra. A couple of F-18s flew over at about 1000 feet and did one of those fuel burn thingies. Only problem was, they forgot to tell anybody about it.
I don't remember the last time I was that shit-scared. People hid under beds, children were hysterical, the cops were inundated by phone calls (but they didn't know what was going on either!) To make matters worse, it was the eve of the anniversary of the Bali bombing.
Makes you think about what it must be like for people who live in war zones let me tell you.
The Royal Australian Air Force recently did a display over Canberra. A couple of F-18s flew over at about 1000 feet and did one of those fuel burn thingies.
Did the just burn unused fuel, or used an afterburner?
An afterburner works like that: Unburned jet fuel gets injected in the 'burner room' of the plane, where it literally 'explodes' which then provides an additional boost. Unfortunately, it's also loud as hell.
crazychester, that says WAY more about Canberra provincialism than the lack of violence in Canberra. Maybe the city centre is reasonably free of violence, but the 'burbs aren't. I hear gunshots several times a year.
Honestly, the fact that all these people freaked out just because a freaking plane had it's freaking afterburner on! What is wrong with Canberra anyway!? I was at a friends house and she went NUTS! She's like "COME OUTSIDE! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD GOD GOD!" Like a nuclear fscking bomb went off! I thought there was a car accident so I raced outside, and then I'm like "It's nothing, the afterburner is on silly!" She didn't believe me, the stupid clubber.
Between Canberra provincialism and the FTA, moving to Canada is becoming an attractive option
(Shudder) This thread reminds me why I wish Europe ran the world and not America.
Do you 'really' wish that, Chester???
Well, we have some crazies to deal with here. But so does everyone else. Most Americans are nice, law-abiding people.
Yours might use knives or their fists. Ours might use guns. But knives are even more readily available than guns, and can be just as lethal. Fists can do plenty of damage, too.
And we have a criminal background check before someone can buy a gun.
Frankly, I think the bad guys here kill 'each other' more often than they kill anyone else.
And from what I hear, Americans don't drink nearly as much as Australians. People can inflict a fair amount of damage on each other when they're drinking, can't they? Gun or not....they can pound someone into the pavement if they are so disposed. Yes? No?
Oh Barto I've missed you and your acerbic wit! You've been a bit otherworldly of late.
Where were you? I was in Turner - right in the flight path. I don't know whether it was an afterburner or what but it was so loud it was painful to the ears.
And I've now gone far, far more provincial than Canberra.
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Anyway, I can tell the difference between a .410, 18, 16, and 12 gauge shotguns by sound. Rifles have distinct sounds as well, but it's illegal to fire a rifle on the Eastern shore since it's so flat and the bullet can travel a very long way.
When I was growing up, if my dad had a gun, I'd borrow it to go fire in the woods too. But he doesn't have a gun, and we had no woods.
What's the (bang) big deal.
(bang)
every now and then, someone drives down the street blasting their guns, it doesn't really bother me. i suppose if it happened often, i'd be pissed.
but you know, hearing a gun shot could give you advance warning that something is happening nearby. at least they aren't silent.
Originally posted by Ebby
There is (bang) a shooting (bang) range (bang) in the (bang) mountains behind (bang) my house. If you (bang) listen (bang) for the shots (bang) you will hear them.(bang)
What's the (bang) big deal.
(bang)
Well, Ebby...the big deal is when the shots fired are on the street directly behind one's house!!!
I can remember lying on the floor for 20 minutes one time, for fear that a bullet would come through the house wall at any moment from a hostile shouting incident going on in the street beyond my cinderblock fence. That's the big deal. The distance for the bullet would have been about 40-50 feet!!!!!
A teacher friend of mine had a random bullet come through her kitchen window one night, right over the sink. It had been fired into the air from a considerable distance away, probably by teen gang members.
I really do hate gangs.
I can remember lying on the floor for 20 minutes one time, for fear that a bullet would come through the house wall at any moment from a hostile shouting incident going on in the street beyond my cinderblock fence....
i suppose being a teacher, you have to worry about such things. we used to love tormenting the teachers we didn't like, often to the point of nervous breakdown. though we never had much gang activity, there was certain teachers no one liked, and they were picked on. of course we never resorted to physical violence. i have a aunt that teaches in la and she hates gangs too.
Scary, scary incident.
Apparently Salem is a little sketchier than I had thought... It makes me kind of happy that I'm living in the basement of my dorm - no bullets underground.
Originally posted by glyph
i suppose being a teacher, you have to worry about such things. we used to love tormenting the teachers we didn't like, often to the point of nervous breakdown. though we never had much gang activity, there was certain teachers no one liked, and they were picked on. of course we never resorted to physical violence. i have a aunt that teaches in la and she hates gangs too.
Glyph - the shouting incident had nothing to do with me. The street behind my house comes directly out of a large apartment complex two blocks south. The neighborhood directly behind me (west) is composed of large, very expensive homes. So I feel that the parties involved in the argument came from the apt. complex. Just a guess, but a good probability.
I don't have to worry about my students. I like them all very much (even the troublesome ones), and know that 'most' of them return the feeling.
Jeff
The Royal Australian Air Force recently did a display over Canberra. A couple of F-18s flew over at about 1000 feet and did one of those fuel burn thingies. Only problem was, they forgot to tell anybody about it.
I don't remember the last time I was that shit-scared. People hid under beds, children were hysterical, the cops were inundated by phone calls (but they didn't know what was going on either!) To make matters worse, it was the eve of the anniversary of the Bali bombing.
Makes you think about what it must be like for people who live in war zones let me tell you.
Originally posted by crazychester
The Royal Australian Air Force recently did a display over Canberra. A couple of F-18s flew over at about 1000 feet and did one of those fuel burn thingies.
Did the just burn unused fuel, or used an afterburner?
An afterburner works like that: Unburned jet fuel gets injected in the 'burner room' of the plane, where it literally 'explodes' which then provides an additional boost. Unfortunately, it's also loud as hell.
Honestly, the fact that all these people freaked out just because a freaking plane had it's freaking afterburner on! What is wrong with Canberra anyway!? I was at a friends house and she went NUTS! She's like "COME OUTSIDE! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD GOD GOD!" Like a nuclear fscking bomb went off! I thought there was a car accident so I raced outside, and then I'm like "It's nothing, the afterburner is on silly!" She didn't believe me, the stupid clubber.
Between Canberra provincialism and the FTA, moving to Canada is becoming an attractive option
Barto
Originally posted by crazychester
(Shudder) This thread reminds me why I wish Europe ran the world and not America.
Do you 'really' wish that, Chester???
Well, we have some crazies to deal with here. But so does everyone else. Most Americans are nice, law-abiding people.
Yours might use knives or their fists. Ours might use guns. But knives are even more readily available than guns, and can be just as lethal. Fists can do plenty of damage, too.
And we have a criminal background check before someone can buy a gun.
Frankly, I think the bad guys here kill 'each other' more often than they kill anyone else.
And from what I hear, Americans don't drink nearly as much as Australians. People can inflict a fair amount of damage on each other when they're drinking, can't they? Gun or not....they can pound someone into the pavement if they are so disposed. Yes? No?
Where were you? I was in Turner - right in the flight path. I don't know whether it was an afterburner or what but it was so loud it was painful to the ears.
And I've now gone far, far more provincial than Canberra.