Darwin Awards ……2005 Yes, it’s that magical time of the year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us. Here then, are the glorious winners:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked…..
And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and lost a finger. The chef’s claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there
a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn’t discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6 A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer…$15. (If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?)
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he’d just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, “Yes, officer, that’s her. That’s the lady I stole the purse from.”
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn’t open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren’t available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER!
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home’s sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he’d ever had.
I’ve really fallen behind both with posting here and with patching everything, WordPress released another upgrade for the Strayhorn series, this is an interim patch up to version 1.5.2. I expect 1.6 will be released in the near future, but none the less if you are running an older version make the upgrade, by far this is the easiest web application to upgraade I’ve seen yet, unzip it, run the upgrade.php file and you are done, and no trashing of your template files. Way to go guys!
Michael and Brenda Walker of Personal Protection Specialties are pleased to announce they have more openings for their concealed carry class on August 13th and August 20th.
The classes will be held in Chippewa Falls / Eau Claire, WI. Please contact them for more information at 715-559-1243 or at their web site at http://www.concealedcarrywi.com
As with other concealed carry instructors, Mike and Brenda will be encouraging their students to make a contribution to our political action committee, the Wisconsin Concealed Carry Movement (WCCM). These contributions will go entirely to pro-concealed carry candidates in next year’s elections.
For further information about the classes, please review the letter below from Brenda and Mike, and contact them via their phone number, email address or website.
Thanks,
The Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association
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Students,
The Minnesota Permit along with the Florida Permit is recognized as valid in 29 states at this time.
These classes are Self Defense Classes. And as such, Women are encouraged to attend as well. Brenda is on staff to specifically help women with their unique questions towards concealed carry.
Please encourage your wife or woman friend to attend!! Couples cost is only $250 per couple a $50 savings!
Also for men if you bring a friend or buddy you will both save $25 per person.
Check our web site for dates and times of classes if you do not utilize the web, please feel free to call, we do this full time and you can reach us at anytime from 11am till 10pm M-F most classes are held on every Saturday of every month, if you need weekday classes please call (715-559-1243) and make arrangements with Mike or Brenda.
If you have a club that you would like private lessons for please contact us and we can accommodate you on a per club basis.
Class:
The CCW Certification Class is an AACFI Certified class that is accepted as meeting the Minnesota and Florida training standards for receiving both the FL & MN CCW permit. The Non-Resident Florida CCW permit is recognized as valid in 28 states, MN in 11 states.
You should bring to the class, Eye & Ear protection, a Handgun that you are comfortable with, 50 rounds of ammo, and 2 magazines or speed loaders (if you have them). Try to bring your concealed carry weapon, huge 45’s sometimes are not practical for concealed carry, but if you must you can. Revolvers and compact Semi-auto’s are best.
One consistent promise we make to our students is that any updates needed to qualify for the WI Permit, if the legislation is passed this session, will be passed onto our students at our materials cost.
The Range:
The Range exercise consists of 15 rounds at 15 ft and 15 Rounds at 21 ft.
These exercises are timed and are executed from the standing position of your choice.
Class size is limited to 15 students per class; however we can handle 2 classes per day if needed. Classroom training will begin at 9am. With Range Qualification to follow.
The class itself is about 5 hours long. The shooting exercise will follow.
This course is not a basic pistol course so you should have some basic handgun training before you attend this course.
Cost:
Cost of the class is $150, right now there are no range fees at Tilden, however there might be in the future.
Payment can be by Check, Cash, Credit Card or Money Order. Payment in advance is required and will reserve your seat in the class of your choice.
Please make check out to Michael or Brenda Walker
If you have any questions, you can visit us www.concealedcarrywi.com
Contact us via e-mail at class@concealedcarrywi.com or, Phone us at
715-559-1243
To sign up for a class, call or email us at the above and ask for Michael or
Brenda certified Instructors.
The MN permit is a five year non-resident permit and is valid to carry a weapon in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah. You can apply to any sheriff in Minnesota as a non-resident. I will provide everything you will need to submit your application to a sheriff. Minnesota sheriffs can (and do) charge up to $100 for processing permit applications. You need to present your application in person usually during normal weekday business hours. Minnesota law requires all sheriffs to issue permits to those who are qualified and to accept my signed certificate that you have completed the required training. The law does not permit a sheriff from asking you anything more than what you are required to provide (your completed written application, a copy of your training certificate, a copy of the front and back of your driver’s license, and a check for up to $100).
Please fill out the enclosed form along with payment information, payment is REQUIRED up front in order to reserve your seat. There is a $50 cancellation fee is you cannot attend.
Thank you for choosing Personal Protection Specialties
Michael Walker
Instructor
Personal Protection Specialties
Concealed Carry Instruction
http://www.concealedcarrywi.com
“Your Right to Self Defense”
Since our rather large saltwater tank loses a tremendous amount of water each day due to evaporation, the more water evaporating increases the salinity of the remaining water in the system, so after reviewing a bunch of different designs I created my own Automatic Top Off system to replace any evaporated water automatically. No more lugging 5 gallon buckets of water up from the basement each day!!
Since I’ve never seen a system designed like mine I’ve adopted the name DATO (Dakar’s Auto Top Off) for my design 
Here’s a simple drawing of how it works, for more info look at the DATO thread on Captive Reefing.
Feel free to adopt my design, or adapt it to fit your own needs.
Another funny passed on from a good friend.
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