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And when you use American terminology, 20 square KM is just less than 8 square miles (7.72). That’s not a lot of land when you consider the front is like 600 miles long.

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I don't know how long the current de facto border and/or the active front is, but Google says the land border between Ukraine and Russia is 1974 km. If you spread 20 km. sq. evenly over 1974 km (obviously advances are more in some areas and less in others), then that would be just over 10m per day--or 33 feet in American (British) units. And that's 2.3 miles per year. Again, average, at the recently-claimed / discussed 20 sq. km. per day.

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Call attorney Richard Dalton in Carencro. He does a lot of these cases. He will know if you have a good case or not.

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This, exactly. Rick is a good guy, LSU Law class of 1994, and he probably files more Louisiana lemon law suits than anyone else.

https://www.rickdaltonattorney.com/

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Bond ... the pistol he used was a women’s pistol according to Ian Fleming.

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Haven't read any of the books, but the movies and I understand also the books had him originally using a Beretta .25 ACP, which then he's told to stop carrying in favor of a Walther PPK in .32 ACP. Reportedly in the books he also got with the Walther a Smith & Wesson Centennial Airweight .38 Special.

Those little .25s really are pipsqueaks. I used to own a Walther PP (the slightly larger model from which the PPK is derived) in .32 ACP, and it's a big step up from a .25 but not a gun I'd want to rely on to protect myself--especially when the same exact gun can be had in .380 ACP. The S&W .38 is another substantial step up from the .32. Because I prefer the only partially-shrouded hammer with the option to cock and fire single-action, and also stainless steel for carry, I much prefer and recommend the stainless Bodyguard Airweight (Model 638) instead of the Centennial Airweight. As long as you're reasonably well-prepared to make your five shots counts, it remains a lot of relatively foolproof personal defense for the size and weight.

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It's a total BS assertion intended to reduce claims. I don't think it has any basis in the law of Louisiana, and I'm not aware of that being the law in any other American jurisdiction (but I don't know for a fact). If something falls off of your vehicle and damages another vehicle, you are probably legally liable.

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I don’t side with Russia or Ukraine. However anyone in his thread who doesn’t voice unrelenting support-for the Ukrainians is a bot, a troll, a Putin apologist, or an icon kisser. You are just angry that “your side” isn’t doing all the things you wish casted for the last 3 years. I’m for America first. We are 36 trillion in debt thanks to endless wars and corruption.

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Let's be clear about some things:
* It is totally reasonable and appropriate to say that you want the war to end.
* It is totally reasonable and appropriate to say that you don't want U.S. soldiers fighting in Ukraine, especially if you want to have a rational, evidence-based discussion of why.
* It is totally reasonable and appropriate to say that you don't want more, or more that X amount, of U.S. money and/or equipment going to Ukraine, especially if you want to have a rational, evidence-based discussion of why.
* It is totally reasonable and appropriate to say that you think either Russia or Ukraine is in fact winning the war / doing better / achieving objectives / etc., in general and/or in any particular location(s), especially if you want to have a rational, evidence-based discussion of why. In fact, IMO that is the purpose and main appropriate on-topic content for this thread.
* But anyone who does not actively desire to see Ukraine win this war against the country that invaded them, Russia, is IMO un-American (and certainly no heir to the politics of Ronald Reagan). Anyone happy or gloating about Russian successes and/or Ukrainian failures is un-American and IMO probably a bad person. If I were Chicken, such people would not be welcome to participate in TigerDroppings.

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he runs off with Gracie Hunt.

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hmmm … can’t decide if that’s an upgrade or downgrade

That would end when his contract does.

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You make that sound like it's a bug instead of a feature.

Eh, the boost he got in the world because his dad was DA in New Orleans got him, hmm, let's see:
* maybe Jesuit would not have let him attend half-day and then go to NOCCA the other half (I don't think they let other boys do that);
* maybe he got to meet some local musicians and local music industry figures; and
* the big one ... oh wait, not really.

If 100 is 'where you are professionally that's a really cool place', there are plenty of folks whose parents pulled them to 80 or 90. Relative to a big-time music and acting career, I think HCj's dad got him to maybe 20. That's all. Am I missing something?

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Let's see, what will Russia end up with?

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You literally can't analyze anything about Ukraine's prospects or results without multiple posters going "BUT BUT BUT BUT RUSSIA..." Its almost exhausting.

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That Ukraine is likely to end up with less territory than it started with--the statement of your earlier post, to which I replied--does not provide any new information or raise any useful or informative point. It's almost exhausting.

The more informative considerations include whether Russia and/or Putin should look at how things have gone, and ask itself / himself, 'Was this a good idea? Is it working out well for us / me? Would we / I be better off pressing forward, or trying to dial all this back?'

As it stands, Ukraine has almost no ability to unilaterally end the war without something approaching complete capitulation to Russia. Doing that would make little sense for Ukraine, and IMO would be a net detriment for Ukraine and its people. On the other hand, Russia has massive ability to unilaterally end the war, certainly by going back to the January 2022 borders but very likely even by agreeing to the current front lines as the new borders, with some trading for the Russian territory that Ukraine now controls, and by giving up ambitions to dictate Ukraine's political future (Zelensky or someone else, EU or not, at some point NATO or not). IMO such actions from Russia would be a net benefit for Russia and its people--for Putin, maybe not, which is really the key driver: what's best for Putin may well not be what's best for Russia, hence the parties' current positions and actions.

So quit yourself being exhausting and post about something relevant, or don't post.

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Woman, 34, Arrested After Police Say She Threw 'First Date' Brick Through Ex-Husband's Window Sabrina Coyne, 34, insisted she hadn't launched anything at the Florida property, despite video footage showing otherwise The video showed a commemorative brick with the date June 14, 2020 on it, seemingly referencing the couple's first date ....

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Yahoo!

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In terms of asphyxiates, nitrogen is less of a danger than CO2 and Ar. Nitrogen has a molecular weight of 28. Oxygen 32 so O2 will naturally sink below N2. Ar is 39 and CO2 is 44. They will sit the lowest. And FWIW water vapor is 18 and lighter than N2. It’s why we have clouds.

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My point--not sure who knows what, or gets the joke of sorts--was that "air" is mostly, about 78-79%, nitrogen (N2). Nitrogen is basically inert, odorless, and harmless. The issue is that if there's so much nitrogen that it pushes out too much of the remaining gases in air--mostly we need the 20+% or so that's oxygen (O2)--you can be asphyxiated without even realizing there's an issue before you pass out and eventually die due to not getting (enough / any) oxygen.

That seems pretty unlikely to occur because your vehicle offgassed nitrogen into your garage. But e.g. if you go inside an industrial vessel that's been purged with nitrogen without first connecting yourself to breathable air, you can kill yourself without even realizing you're in danger. And of course, as I've long advocated, one or two states are now using nitrogen asphyxiation as a means of imposing the death penalty, which IIRC has already been done once or twice.