I think, just to get this back on the OM track, I'm going to be ready
with my OM-2n with 50mm/f1.4, Winder 2 and T-32 flash, loaded with Delta
3200 when you return from taking your leak. Should make for a
fascinating sequence! ;-)
Bruce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James N. McBride
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 2:26 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: UPS update
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>
>
> There is a lot of data now that verifies that taking weapons
> from law-abiding citizens makes crime easier for the
> criminals and crime rates increase. Of course, many other
> opinions are available whether supported by data or not. Not
> a proper debate for this forum as there is too much emotion
> involved. With respect to protection from bears, there is now
> quite a bit of data that says bear spray is a better
> deterrent to attack than a firearm. A gun-shot grizzly will
> usually stay alive long enough to get you before they die
> unless the shot hits a vital neurological center. I always
> carry both and hope there is time to get one or the other out
> before the critter gets me. Most bear charges are false but
> it's the other kind one must worry about. In a perverse way I
> like the big bears and have never had a problem with one.
> Sometimes the damn things jump on a tent in the night and
> it's difficult to defend against that. I don't feel
> comfortable sleeping in a tent in grizzly country and am
> thinking about buying a portable electric fence that can be
> put around a tent. No bear has gone through one yet and they
> have been used extensively in Alaska and Canada. They weigh
> abut three pounds with batteries. It might be kind of like
> absent people having burglar alarms though. I can just
> imagine getting up to piss in the night and forgetting about
> the damn electric fence. Life just gets too complicated. I'd
> rather be killed fighting a bear than die in bed from cancer. /jmac
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Wayne Culberson
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 1:26 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: UPS update
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> > They are nice. I have a new Ruger Alaskan revolver in 454
> caliber. The
> > 2.75-inch barrel makes it easy to carry and there's plenty
> of wallop
> > for
> the
> > local critters that eat people. It's a noisy
> > rascal though. /jmac
>
> Be thankful you don't live in Canada.
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051208/wl_nm/politics_dc_1
Wayne
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