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Grabbed 48 miles today part rainy part sunny, all good biking from delray beach to the end of Palm Beach Thinking about a custom steel bike by Stinner Frameworks

If it is the only Mac in your new place, then I would not opt for 11" Air. I can use mine for lots of things but it would make me nuts if that was the biggest computer screen in the house. I think I would go with Air 13" if you intend to travel with it too. The rMBP would be cool but I agree with others that it is starting to feel like a burden to carry a regular sized laptop.

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Ok what kind of gun can you ban to prevent a school shooting? Which color rifles are acceptable and what makes them different from the ones you think should be restricted, and what make them less likely to kill kids? Which laws stop criminals from breaking them while not restricting law abiding citizens? Which restrictions not already in place in Connecticut, Chicago, or Washington DC would make those places safer?

With trepidation, I want to make one more point and then will move to bystander status. I think there's this mistaken tone in this thread there are two immovable sides on this issue and we just need to sit down and chat. I don't believe that. Although Grawk is certainly correct neither side is 100% stedfast with its compatriots, even in this thread one side views this issue often as all guns v. none, American Liberties v. statistically insignificant safety, core reasons v. band-aids, mental health v. firearms, past freedom v. current police state, etc. The other side rarely speaks in these dichotomies. They as a whole don't lobby for all guns to be removed from society, nor use the lens that all weapons removal to be necessary to have a desired effect. They don't list Franklin's famous liberty quote, because there are already restrictions and if every restriction (food, driving, healthcare, phosphorus grenades, etc.) is an assault on liberty there seems higher battles to save the country/world. They tend to target specific weapons and address possible misuse and safety. They are already trying to engage in a conversion on practical solutions (right or yes, wrong). And in response as a whole (again see Grawk's comment) the other side jumps to the framed dichotomy stance (coupled with 'it's a slippery slope'). That's not a two-way conversion in my book. See difference between: assault rifles X,Y,Z and kill rates versus American Freedom. Okay, a few have given their backgrounds. Here's mine - grew up in rural Ohio including hunting. Was a Gunner's Mate in the Navy. Was a pretty good shot then. Have lived in urban areas (in CA) most of the last 20 years, but I don't forget what it was like to grow up in small town with nearest law enforcement 40+ minutes away. Father and Grandfather were avid collectors (Dad has gone on buying sprees twice based on elections). I've never owned a gun. From my perspective it's not both sides unwilling to have 'a conversation.' One is already trying to. The other is remaining absolute. It reminds me of driving through Ohio before the last election. As you can imagine there were a ton of Obama and Romney lawn signs. About a quarter of the homes participating had a "Save the Republic" sign too. They were always followed by the same candidate (wild guess?). There was no equivalent for the other candidate. Taken for their word, if those individuals really believed we were on the edge of our Republic collapse, do you think they were as prepared as others for a rational conversation with opposing opinions on new solutions? As willing to sit down and chat?

I'm alright with discussing this further. And I apologize for not addressing your specific concern earlier -- you did mention it before -- blame it on my inferior reading comprehension and trying to get through this thread too quickly when reading it in bursts. I'm now going to go watch Hachi and plan on crying my eyes out.

Samsung.

There you go again with that again!!! (I can't add smiley faces for some reason... penis reference above).

Dinner at Ella's:

I'm more a minimize the pain while treating the underlying cause kinda guy, but to each their own.

Has anyone here recommended against looking at the root cause(s)? What I don't understand is why some view any other but root cause treatment has inherently off the table. Simply can not be part of the solution. I'm being silly, but if you, your boss, your local law enforcement/fire department/mental and physical facilities, etc. only treated root causes and nothing else starting tomorrow, how well would that work out for all of us?

^^^^^ very small flash mob?

Rainy and cold here so we did Kansas City Steak Soup: