So, Peter at the gates comes from a more or less literal interpretation from the passage where Jesus was making Peter the first pope. “To you I hand the keys to the kingdom of heaven….”

What Jesus was saying is that Peter got to decide who was in the Blood Ritual Cannibal Club,

Keep in mind, the books were written well after Jesus died, and the scriptures weren’t canonized until 300 years later; at the council of Nicaea- which was called specifically to “unify” the church. A lot of the choices about what was canon or not was specifically made to protect the bulk of the bishop’s authority (by drawing a straight lineage of succession from Peter.)

Definitely true, of course,

I certainly get the impulse to kill Clippy.

Dude was an asshole. “Oh it looks like you’re trying to finish a school report at 5 am, let me delete that for you!”

I’m thinking it’s trying to say:

(2/6) + (1/6) = (3/6) = (4/6) - (1/6)

But either in “colloquial English for those who want to give other people aneurysms” or “colloquial English for those trying to sound smarter but aren’t”

Basically that the degree of difference between a half and a third is the same degree of difference between a half and two thirds- and that degree of difference is “one part”.

but… I don’t want to save the world from red pandas.

I want to leave, and dying from cuteness overload sounds like not such a bad way to go.

Die from cuteness overload?

Everybody talks about Hitlers camps, nobody talks about America doing the EXACT SAME THING, ROUGHLY AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Not that the internment camps were or are defensible, but we weren’t gasing Japanese Americans or driving them out by the truck/trainload and shooting them in the woods.

Yes, some died in the camps- roughly 1,600, but none through and intentional and concerted effort to exterminate an entire race, with the number of Jews dying in nazis germany roughly 6,000,000.

You don’t need to be hyperbolic. The internment camps were bad enough on their own; but they were not the same as the holocaust.

If you can, ask someone already there. Depending on the exact type of work, they may have very specific recommendations, and they’ll have a better idea of what the climate is like than we will.

In general, you’ll want to be able to layer clothing. Start with the base layer, whose job is to be wicking away sweat.

Mid layers are for insulation, and it would be prudent to get one light sweater and one heavier sweater, maybe a third or whatever. The idea being you can increase your mid layers to stay warm but not too warm as necessary. Same for pants. Around here, I usually go for a tight base layer, a loser waffle-weave longjohns and shell blouses into boots.

Keep in mind, that layers being worn to the outside should be looser so as to not compress layers being worn closer to the body.

Patagonia makes some good, hard wearing stuff as a general brand to check out, but there far from the only one.

Hats and gloves are important, too and for gloves I’d consider getting mittens at least as one option and maybe lighter fingerless gloves to wear inside. (Or lighter gloves. Especially if it’s possible you’ll need manual dexterity)

Also, bring a book or something to read, and plenty of snacks that don’t necessarily freeze. Hydration is also important and illumination.

Try to stay away from caffeine, among other things it also constricts the blood vessels limiting circulation in your extremities.

That’s a perfect body pillow. Perfect for snuggling up to on a cold rainy day.

I use muhle’s open comb head with feather blades.

Can’t go back to cartridge shavers.

(And for the love of all that is holy people, dump the goop. TOBS cream, or even the expensive French soaps like Martin D’Candre are less expensive per shave and just better.)

Wool should not be a base layer, but in the mid-layers. It can be a decent shell in lightning, and felt can hold against light rains (and will stay warm even if it does get soaked.)

Merino wool can be considerably less scratchy than lower-quality wool; alternatively wool blends will also be better (“smart wool”).

As a material, it can be quite hard wearing if it’s made sturdy. That’s less about the material and more about how it’s made.

You might want to consider a shell layer that’s wind proof, but for fall, a light sweater and a shell while active should be enough unless it’s ghastly out. (Cold and rainy. That shit seeps; and nothing wholesome ever seeps.)

Remember the critical thing is to dress in layers so you can adapt.

Somebody deserves a Scooby Snack! One of the good ones!

hey! dogs want to know too.

They’re just a lot slower, so it takes them longer to figure it out.

(I was referring to the Power-On Self Test. It’s that blinky-light thing mobos do before booting off a disk. For a mobo to post, it just needs a cpu, ram and power.)

Does it post?

Considering that Craigslist is all a bunch of feebs moonlighting, contract disputes can get uncomfortable.

This is why you go with the assassins guild. They ensure it gets done, because their reputation is on the line.

Just saying.

Not really. Most CF filaments are PLA with a chopped strand fibers added in, and the strength gains are marginal.

You can get CF-impregnated ABS/ASA but it’s really hard to work with and liable to be weaker unless you get everything perfect.

Ultimately the best approach is to go the same route as the Defcad people, printing the lower receiver of an AR and paying cash for the rest (or maybe also stock and frame. The important bits line the breach block, barrel and other things that get hot would still be metal.)

The thing with that is that the LR is technically “the firearm” as far as the ATF is concerned.

No. That’s a Charlie Chapman ‘Stache.

The furball lacks that crazed gleam in the eyes

Listen to you Elder.