Woldan

I'm on my second playthrough but I've never been able to figure out what that strange humming sound / wind noise in some of the maps mean. Its especially loud at the storm coast and I can also hear it in the exalted plains. Anybody know what it means?

Had a magnificent time at the shooting range, the ammo I made was so accurate I broke my personal record of the smallest group ever shot at 100 meters, 5 shots center-to-center max spread of 6.5 millimeters / or 0.25''. I almost broke the shooting range record. I love those brick walls, reminds me of steam punk settings!

Yay partial solar eclipse woop woop!

You can call nonsense on that all day long, the inbound lead ban is part of the REACH regulations which is a new regulation regarding toxic and dangerous substances - look it up. Target shooters in my country and the firearms lobby stand united against the new regulations because it effectively means an ammo ban, only the hunters have openly claimed they welcome the new regulations since they would simply switch to non-tox brass projectiles. (Which is not an option for target shooting) . One of the few exceptions mentioned in the regulations is military materials meaning ammunition. Ammunition is a very small market here in Europe, almost insignificant in size. 3/4 of the ammunition and ammunition components produced in Europe go to the US.

I know I'm a complete utter fanatic in all my hobbies and that I might have a screw loose, or maybe a few more, I'm aware of that. You can still own guns in Austria, though the European Union in all its questionable glory fights teeth and claws to outlaw private ownership of firearms and pretty anything else that does not fit in their new twisted world order they're working so hard on. Their newest genius idea is a law that forbids private ownership of lead, a very obvious, cheap way rich on potential collateral damage just to ban ammunition that contains lead - which is about 99% of whats on the market.

Just received the bullets I ordered a week ago, just in time since I'm going to test them tomorrow at the shooting range. Those are hornady A-max 155 grain tipped hollow points. One of the most accurate bullets available, and devastating on game too. Great ballistic coefficient at 700 m/s and above, good consistent jacket thickness. As far as I know its the favorite bullet of many police snipers in the US. My shoulders start to fill in too.

You'd be surprised how heavy modern general issue rifles are with all the accessories hanging on them, this rifle is probably in the same weight class! Its much longer though, with the bayonet you basically have a shooting pike.

I mainly shave because of body odor, my nose is my strongest sense and hate smells of any kind, almost to a point of paranoia. Since body hair traps the small and increase its distribution into the air via super high surface area it needs to go. A friend of mine slipped, fell and broke his butt on a hike. Seems like breaking your tail bone is an extremely painful injury, she could not sit or walk properly for several weeks. Be glad yours is fine.

You do realize that this saying make no sense in this context?

Some pics of my trusty Schmidt-Rubin G11. 102 year old war horse, operates smooth as butter, outshoots most modern rifles with my handloads. When it was introduced back in 1911 it was, for a short period of time, the most advanced service rifle in the world. I also think its the longest modern age service rifle ever made, the barrel is 31'' long, and the action is very long too. I did my best to refurbish the stock (Sanded, steamed and oiled it) since it was really beaten up, I think it was an exercise rifle. The action is a straight-pull, its one of the fasted actions there is, only a semi-auto and pump action rifle beats it. Shoots a pretty big bullet that has enough steam and intrinsic accuracy to hit stuff beyond 1000 meters reliably. Holds 6 in the mag plus 1 in the chamber.

Good, that should reduce your stench by 42.5%.

I just shaved my chest.

Installed UT99 on my new computer, had to play a quick Instagib (Instagib means every hit is lethal) match against masterful bots. Intense, this game still rocks after 16 years.

LMAO noodle hair! Now I'm hungry.

Thank you! I named her Jackie.

I like this song a lot, its tells a tragic but beautiful tale. Haha!

I like the idea that the puppy can stay a little longer at her mothers side. I'm not sure if there is a real advantage for the future owner but it just feels right.

No, I absolutely understand your concerns, though in my case its not a problem. I've been carefully thinking about owning a dog for more than a year, the last thing I want is make an animal suffer because of my selfishness. If I wasn't absolutely certain that I have enough time, space, knowledge, a fitting lifestyle, fitness and sense of responsibility for this specific breed I wouldn't get a Doberman. This is definitely not a snap decision. Oh and about the Dachshund:

@ Amentep As far as I know there are very few Doberman dogs used in the police and military nowadays. Hehe, looks like a Dachshund pumped up to 11! A bit, the noses are different though, the Doberman has a longer straighter nose than the Dachshund.

I remember when I was a kid I only saw cropped ones too, it was still legal back then. Here you go, uncropped ears:

No, cropping is against the law, even owning a dog with cropped ears will get you into big troubles around here. While I have to admit that they do look better with cropped ears I would never consider cutting an animals ears just because I think its looks good. And even worse is cutting the tail, its a dogs communication device and I have no right to cut it off.

Yes, and a very healthy breed too.

Talked with the breeder, one part of that freshly generated twitching furry mass there is mine! I can get her in ten weeks when she no longer dependent on her mother. All but two of the puppies are male.

I oppose banning things because its a cheap way out that almost always leads to an increase of criminality and lots of new sub-problems. See gun and drug bans. Like you mentioned some countries - mine included- have been thinking about taxing problematic goods which are known to cause health issues if consumed regularly, which means certain hard alcoholic beverages, cigarettes etc. That money would then be used to boost the health care system budget and the increased price would reduce interest in those goods. Also there is another idea - optional regular health checks. If positive it does decreases your tax rate. Lets not forget here that almost all if not all professional competitive top level athletes, be it strongman, cycling etc. are in a whole 'nother world compared to hobby athletes that do not compete in the top level area. Professional athletes live in world full of blood doping and steroids far away from what is healthy or practical. Competitive strongmen lift in excess of 450kg (dead lift), you don't need to have access to studies to realize that loading your spine with that much weight plus increasing your muscle mass far beyond whats natural will inevitably lead to problems somewhere down the road. I'd like to see those studies made with clean, reasonable hobby athletes.

Depends on the country, in my opinion those societies who pay for a working health care system should have a little say in that matter, our health care system is overburdened with taking care of people with self-inflicted ailments. A delicate matter, but something has to change.