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Ya gota love Colonel Jeff..lol
If you shoot someone with a 25ACP and he finds out about it, he is going to be very upset with you.
 

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One of the leading causes of problems is solutions.
 

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If you shoot someone with a 25ACP and he finds out about it, he is going to be very upset with you.
If I can remember Jeff Cooper's exact words, it was something along these lines:
A clandestine government agency had come to him (Cooper) for advice on a small gun for their lady agents to carry; they were set on a Colt 25ACP. He tried desperately to try to talk them out of it, but they were adamant on their choice of handgun.
He finally gave up & said "If you insist on sending them out with that gun, make sure it's not loaded."
"For God's sake, why?" they asked.
He answered, "Because if they load it, they may fire it. If they fire it, they may hit someone. And if they hit someone, the person they hit is going to be very upset, and will likely come over & do your agent great bodily harm."
 
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I have a very strict gun control policy. If there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Clint Eastwood
 
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If I can remember his exact words, it was something along these lines:
A clandestine government agency had come to him (Cooper) for advice on a small gun for their lady agents to carry; they were set on a Colt 25ACP. He tried desperately to try to talk them out of it, but they were adamant on their choice of handgun.
He finally gave up & said "If you insist on sending them out with that gun, make sure it's not loaded."
"For God's sake, why?" they asked.
He answered, "Because if they load it, they may fire it. If they fire it, they may hit someone. And if they hit someone, the person they hit is going to be very upset, and will likely come over & do your agent great bodily harm."

32ACP pretty much same story
 

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Interesting because both those caliber are prohibited in Canada!

45 acp, 44 mag and 50 cal rounds are just restricted?

Huh?

Apparently countless lives will be saved by our government!
 

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Marry a girl who is an only child with rich parents.

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"I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love!"

Beatles

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36 Inspiring Quotes From 12 Self-Made Billionaires

1. Jeff Bezos


  • I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.
  • Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful.
  • There's no bad time to innovate.
2. Sara Blakely


  • It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.
  • We don't have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it's important to be with our family and friends.
  • We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.
3. Michael Bloomberg


  • Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.
  • To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.
  • I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.
4. Warren Buffett


  • There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
  • Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.
  • If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
5. Larry Ellison


  • When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.
  • I believe people have to follow their dreams--I did.
  • I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.
6. Bill Gates


  • Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
  • We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.
  • Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
7. Elon Musk


  • When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
  • The only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
  • The single best piece of advice: Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
8. Larry Page


  • Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.
  • If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.
  • We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.
9. J. K. Rowling


  • It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
  • It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
  • It is our choices ... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
10. George Soros


  • The worse a situation becomes, the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
  • Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret.
  • An open society is a society that allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.
11. Oprah Winfrey


  • What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
  • Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
  • Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
12. Mark Zuckerberg


  • The biggest risk is not taking any risk ... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
  • I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.
  • I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that's always existed.
 

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If woman dont find you hansom, They should at least find you handy!
 

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If woman dont find you hansom, They should at least find you handy!
In my experience handy men are highly appreciated by women... and of course if you are handy on one area, you probably can grow your skills to be really handy in some other ummm.. highly appreciated skills..:D:p
 

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"Good thing it hit you in the head, otherwise you might have got hurt!":eek:

...My father, after I told him I got hit by a widow-maker while cutting firewood.

I know this is a serious subject, but it really happened....and my head was harder than the limb.....;)
 
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