Laptop theives should be drawn and quartered and dimed

[Lancer]

Laptop users should be drawn and quartered, but I almost hate to ask...what do you do with the dime?

[Ben Kenobi]

Since quartering means cutting them in 4 pieces, what does diming mean?

[Lancer]

Ahh. Well, a just punishment.

[Hercules]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Since quartering means cutting them in 4 pieces, what does diming mean?

I wondered about that too.


So you 'd cut them into even smaller pieces. Ok

[Ben Kenobi]

Good news.

They missed my keydrive. I lose 11 months instead of 10 years.

I am so happy right now.

[snoopy369]

Good to hear, Ben.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Good news.

They missed my keydrive. I lose 11 months instead of 10 years.

I am so happy right now.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy


LOL, about 3-4 years ago, me and teh cowgirl were going to Key west on our vacation. I had some alternate suggestions, a few involving staying in Miami, then driving down to Key West from Miami.

The Cowgirl said we are flying from Miami to KW since Miami is not safe.

She's right. Miami is scary. But very few people get car jacked on the expressway. Really I'll bet she just didn't want to have to drive over the seven mile bridge.

[Solomwi]

Originally posted by Comrade Snuggles


She's right. Miami is scary. But very few people get car jacked on the expressway. Really I'll bet she just didn't want to have to drive over the seven mile bridge.

My wife has a paralyzing fear of bridges over water. We honeymooned on Sunset Key. Instead of come up with anything like that, she just point blank let it be known that no ****ing way was I getting her in a car past Florida City.

[David Floyd]

You are aware that is utterly illogical. You are still far, far safer in Canada than you are in the U.S. And you are far, far safer in most of the U.S. than you are in Texas. Texas, quite frankly, is one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

Come on, che, that's pretty ridiculous. There are places far, far more dangerous than either Texas or the US. Also, the vast majority of violent crimes are committed by a segment of the population with whom, presumably, BK won't be associating with or around. I, for example, have never once had a problem with violent crime in the 25+ years I've been living in Texas.

As for crimes like theft, again, I've never had a problem. Most people I know have never had a problem. Just lock your door, don't leave expensive items out in the car or laying on a bar somewhere, and you should be fine. OTOH, crimes such as theft are extremely common in major cities throughout the world, whether the US or one of your socialist utopia states like France. Crimes like that are a result more of poverty than anything else, and poverty is much more common in large urban areas than anywhere else.

Personally, I'd feel more secure walking around Austin or any other major US city than I would walking around Paris, at least in terms of getting robbed/pickpocketed, and I'd feel safer walking around Austin (other than the part overrun with the crime-committing segment of the population) than I would anywhere.

[chequita guevara]

But Austin is only geographically part of Texas.

[David Floyd]

Out of curiosity, have you spent any length of time in Austin or any other part of Texas? Have you ever lived in Texas?

I do understand your point about crime STATISTICS, but my point is that it all depends on where you live, with whom you associate, and your lifestyle. Just because the big picture stats show a higher overall crime rate doesn't mean that Dallas or Houston or Austin or San Antonio are any less safe than Alberta or Ottawa or Vancouver for any given individual.

[Ben Kenobi]

Exactly.

There are two problems with downtown PG, first, that the city is so concentrated and secondly, that it houses all the prisons in all of northern bc.

It's ok if you live outside of town, but downtown is not very nice at all.

Unfortunately my job needs me to be here for now.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by David Floyd
Out of curiosity, have you spent any length of time in Austin or any other part of Texas? Have you ever lived in Texas?

I don't see why my lack of first hand experience about Texas should deter from any chance to make fun of it I can get.

In any event, individual experiences may very. You can live in the worst neighborhoods, and never have any problems at all, and live in the suburbs and experience repeated crime. For example, I never had any problems at all in Chicago, and I lived in some of the roughest neighborhoods. As soon as I move to suburban Jacksonville, I get attacked. Chicago is one of the most crime ridden cities in America.

So statistics are the only really scientific data we have to base a decision on. Statistically, Texas is more dangerous than Canada, and it's more dangerous than any other state in the union.

[David Floyd]

I don't see why my lack of first hand experience about Texas should deter from any chance to make fun of it I can get.

Fair point, as long as you are scoring joke points and not actually making a value judgement. Judging someplace or something with which you have little actual experience would be foolish, or at least that's what you tell the rest of us about Communism, right?

In any event, individual experiences may very. You can live in the worst neighborhoods, and never have any problems at all, and live in the suburbs and experience repeated crime. For example, I never had any problems at all in Chicago, and I lived in some of the roughest neighborhoods. As soon as I move to suburban Jacksonville, I get attacked. Chicago is one of the most crime ridden cities in America.

Fair enough, although doesn't that sort of agree with my point? If you were perfectly safe in Chicago, why shouldn't BK be perfectly safe in Texas? I'm guessing part of the reason you were safe in Chicago was that you didn't go out looking for trouble - ie, picking fights, talking **** to gang bangers, doing drug deals, etc. Not that you did in Jacksonville, either - that could get chalked up as bad luck, the same as BK's in his current location.

So statistics are the only really scientific data we have to base a decision on. Statistically, Texas is more dangerous than Canada, and it's more dangerous than any other state in the union.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics, right? I don't dispute the statistics that say that Texas is more dangerous than Canada on the whole. I do dispute the assertion that Texas is one of the most dangerous places in the world, as not even the statistics back up that view. I'm just saying that you don't necessarily have anything to worry about, even if you live in a statistically dangerous place.