January 1, 20206 yr I watched a late night episode of Law and Order and shut off the TV set. Then the shooting started. That's how Roswell celebrates the New Year. Everybody goes outside and starts shooting their guns in the air. It lasts about 5 minutes or so. We don't have a tower to drop a gilded ball from out here on the frontier. We take out our six guns, shotguns, and rifles and shoot the sky. When it gets light in the morning and warms up a bit people will be on their roof tops picking up any stray bullets that might have rained down on them. Deadwood. Tombstone. Roswell. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 1, 20206 yr In Chicago they *stop* shooting for 5 min to mark the new year. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
January 1, 20206 yr 2 hours ago, birdguy said: stray bullets what is a stray bullet if you can help me understand ...... recyclable perhaps in the weekly collection ? downunda, shooting in the air they can't rain down. for now, cheers john martin
January 1, 20206 yr 5 hours ago, w6kd said: In Chicago they *stop* shooting for 5 min to mark the new year. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/31/us/chicago-murders-drop-2019/index.html
January 1, 20206 yr Author Well, John, stray bullets are bullets that don't go where you intended them to go. When you shoot up in the air that bullet has to come down someplace, but the shooter doesn't know where. That's a stray bullet. Are you telling me that down under bullets shot into the air don't come down? Isn't your physics the same as ours? Or am I misunderstanding you? Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 1, 20206 yr 6 hours ago, birdguy said: I watched a late night episode of Law and Order and shut off the TV set. Then the shooting started. That's how Roswell celebrates the New Year. Everybody goes outside and starts shooting their guns in the air. It lasts about 5 minutes or so. We don't have a tower to drop a gilded ball from out here on the frontier. We take out our six guns, shotguns, and rifles and shoot the sky. When it gets light in the morning and warms up a bit people will be on their roof tops picking up any stray bullets that might have rained down on them. Deadwood. Tombstone. Roswell. Noel I live in Rio Rancho - same here, as it was when I lived in Santa Fe many years ago. Tragedies do happen, in 2005 a baby being held in someone's arms outside in their driveway was struck in the head by a stray bullet on 4th of July. She survived, but it was touch and go. Joe Lorenc
January 1, 20206 yr That is crazy. You can't just shoot bullets everywhere without considering where they are going to come down. People can be killed or seriously injured by that sort of nonsense Edited January 1, 20206 yr by Christopher Low Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
January 1, 20206 yr Administrators I guess in certain areas it's considered "cleansing the gene pool"! Most of the idiots that do it don't realize that those bullets come down at the same rate as they go up. They can go through the roof and nail someone on the inside! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
January 1, 20206 yr Chicago's gunshot casualty rate has declined? Maybe that's because there's been a big decrease in moving targets?
January 1, 20206 yr A few years ago we had a child killed by celebratory gunfire. A 40 caliber pistol bullet fell from the sky and pierced his skull. Neither the weapon nor the shooter were ever found. We now have a law that makes an injury as the result of celebratory gunfire a felony. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
January 1, 20206 yr Author Puck said it best in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, "What fools these mortals be." Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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January 1, 20206 yr 15 hours ago, birdguy said: That's how Roswell celebrates the New Year. Everybody goes outside and starts shooting their guns in the air. It lasts about 5 minutes or so. We don't have a tower to drop a gilded ball from out here on the frontier. We take out our six guns, shotguns, and rifles and shoot the sky. Probably hitting the odd passing UFO causing it to crash? Edited January 1, 20206 yr by jon b 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
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