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Talk about parity. With all of 4 W's and only 2 games to go I think I still have an outside chance of making the playoffs. OK, way outside, and I need some major help from others, but I do believe it is mathematically possible. If it's not, please don't burst my bubble. At least let me end...

Personally I find talking on cell phones in most public places to be annoying, but I'm not sure about rude. To me, your wife was ruder to you than she was to others in the establishment since you were having dinner together and she chose to converse with someone else. The other people who were...

20 steps: 1. hit snooze 2. hit snooze 3. get up 4. drink water 5. brush teeth 6. put in contacts 7. shave (only every other day) 8. sit on the crapper 9. read The New Yorker (my standard bathroom reading) 10. take a shower 11. get dressed sans shoes 12. take vitimins with a glass of V8 or tomato...

Right Front: change, lucky buckeye Left Front: 2 sets of keys Right Rear: wallet Left Rear: empty

Likewise. The first thing I do when I arrive at the office (my current location) is empty my pockets. Greenish khaki pants, a drab green wool sweater with a t-shirt underneath, socks, underwear and sturdy brown leather shoes. I am wearing a belt and my cell phone is attached. My contacts...

Funny you should mention that. Several months ago one of my characters became the default "King" of a tribe of xvarts when he killed their leader. The question later arose as to how xvarts reproduce. I'm not sure I ever got a clear answer.

So, if you've got more than 5 inches it's considered a deadly weapon?

Hmmmmm......Dragonlance...Eberron.....I'm disqualified from this conversation then.

Hmm.....this thread seems to be rapidly going nowhere, which is actually a difficult thing if you think about it.

Please elaborate.....I'm having a hard time wrapping my imagination around these circumstances. Sounds intense though. Pray tell?

OK, this sounds like a beer and pretzel story. Inquiring minds want to know.

How do you know for sure that you know what you're doing with it if you've never had to use it before? Have you been professionally trained in some way? I'm just curious because, and I feel the same way about handguns, if you're going to pull something like that out in a crisis situation then...

Thanks for that. I was envisioning a Cap'n Hook sort of device. So, how many bags can you hook on that thing? I don't usually have the "cut into the hand" problem unless I'm toting at least 5-6 bags.

This just sounds freaked up from bottom to top. It's one of those rare instances where I would counsel cut and run.....which is pretty much what you did. Your actions were over the top, but the extremity of the situation almost demanded such drastic measures. Since this was apparently your...

MerricB, normally I get where you're coming from but not so in this instance. None of the last three novels I've read deal with a world-changing event ("English Passengers", Matthew Kneale; "The Kite Runner", Khaled Hosseini; and "I Get On The Bus", Reginald McKnight). In fact, they were all...

Have you, or has anyone here, actually used a knife in self-defense?

Dang! That's some knife! A hook to carry grocery bags? I've never seen such a thing.

Letter and package opening? Cutting out newspaper clippings and flowers? Screwing odd items? Pretty innocuous stuff. To each their own, but to me a big ol' honkin' knife seems like overkill for most of these tasks. When I see a knife attached to a guy's belt the first thing that comes to...

OK, I can understand carrying one if you use it for work, but what are the non-work related uses?

The "Do you wear a watch?" thread reminded me of something I wonder about. Why do so many guys carry knives? What do you use them for and/or why do you think you might need one? I'm especially curious about the big ol' buck knives that are carried in a sheath attached to one's belt.