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Post by WildKnight on Mar 7, 2014 9:39:48 GMT -5
I grew up in a rough area and I have a big mouth. It's really not a big thing. I've also been beaten so severely that I spent several days in the hospital and shot at (never actually hit, thank God). Mind you, all of this was 20+ years ago, in my misspent youth. The closest I've come to any rough stuff since my oldest son was born was this past Valentines Day when I saw some dude pawing some other dude's date and I (and a couple of other guys who were there, thankfully) stepped in to stop things from getting out of hand.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 9:54:37 GMT -5
That's pretty cool. You sound like a pretty stand up guy. My Valentines day didn't suck, but in general the holiday is a pain in the ass. At work, we had several suicide attempts that month. I blame because of valentines day.
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Post by WildKnight on Mar 7, 2014 10:01:45 GMT -5
I've been married 16 years (and was with my wife for four before that) and that was the first time we've ever done anything special for Valentines Day. We generally don't celebrate canned Holidays.
... I can see where romantic holidays (holidays in general) can be very rough on some people. It's a shame.
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Post by Manah on Mar 7, 2014 11:18:28 GMT -5
That is is. And I agree with F-Bomb, way to go WK. Keep up being an upstanding citizen. And try to avoid getting stabbed. I only celebrate the Holidays I have personal reason to, and even then, I celebrate them my way. I celebrate Christmas because it is mostly a family love thing, and I love my family more than anything. We get together, and while there is still an exchange of gifts, it is a big total of 1 gift to one person in the whole family whose name we picked in a previous family reunion, so everyone gets a little something (which is fun), but in the end we only spend like 25 bucks each for Christmas expanses and that's it, commercial holiday be damned. We do give several gifs to the younger ones, though, but for the adults, it makes for an entertaining, but minor, part of the evening as opposed to the whole point in many families. Another example is Halloween. Sometimes, I dress up 'cause it's fun, but I don't care about the candies. On the other hand, I always spend some time on that day to send a couple of prayers to my dearly departed close ones, because that's one of the original purposes of the Holiday in question, a fact most people seem to have forgotten in favor of.... candies. Sigh. But I digress. Keep on being awesome, WK.
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Post by WildKnight on Mar 7, 2014 11:34:05 GMT -5
It wasn't so much an exercise in good citizenship as it was in keeping my peaceful night peaceful. If those two guys had started fighting, because of where I live, it wouldn't have been resolved with the manager tossing someone out... it would have ended up with police being called, etc. Standing around waiting to be interviewed by police is now how I imagine my wife wants to spend any of her time, much less "date night."
You'd be surprised how good people around here are at diffusing fights in theaters, etc... it's simply easier than allowing something to boil over and having the police get involved.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 13:24:03 GMT -5
Plus, sometimes a good show of courage will impress your betrothed, but you have to know her or that could backfire. I've seen some women who freak out when you do something like that, or get into a fight. Even when it's for the right reason, some people just freak out.
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Post by shenron on Mar 10, 2014 3:34:47 GMT -5
That is crazy you have been stabbed WK. Glad it was a long time ago and you are alright.
I have been in my fair share of altercations, a handful of them were in my younger days and the rest were because of my job choice over the last 7 years (had to testify in court a handful of times, etc). I am lucky I have never had any serious injuries. Though, I have had a handful of close calls;
- Had two knives pulled on me - Had a homeless guy try to stab me with a needle - Thought a guy was pulling a gun on my but it ended up being a power drill - Only had to draw my sidearm once when we new a guy was coming back with a gun in his pocket. Did not even point it at him, my partner and I had both of are ours on by our hips ready to roll.
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Post by WildKnight on Mar 10, 2014 5:34:55 GMT -5
A guy pulled a drill on you?
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Post by shenron on Mar 10, 2014 11:24:19 GMT -5
A guy pulled a drill on you? Ya, go figure. Some crazy homeless guy at the city library. Was an interesting moment - that was early in my employment for that company.
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Post by Savant on Mar 10, 2014 13:27:37 GMT -5
That drill guy was traumatic enough to be funny...or funny enough to be traumatic.
I forget which.
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Post by WildKnight on Mar 10, 2014 14:45:36 GMT -5
A guy pulled a drill on you? Ya, go figure. Some crazy homeless guy at the city library. Was an interesting moment - that was early in my employment for that company. It's funny on this side of it, but that's the kind of situation where people accidentally get shot. Scary.
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Post by Manah on Mar 10, 2014 21:03:38 GMT -5
Dean Winchester, Supernatural: "Demons, I get. People are crazy."
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Post by WildKnight on Mar 10, 2014 21:14:02 GMT -5
Dean Winchester, Supernatural: "Demons, I get. People are crazy." Most good horror is predicated on the notion that people are more frightening than anything our imaginations could conjure 8)
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Post by Ushima911 on Mar 10, 2014 21:19:35 GMT -5
Oh, we switching stab stories? Cool...
Was stabbed in the leg by my 3 year old cousin wielding a steak knife. Nothing super bad, had to get stitches and some surgery, and couldn't play soccer for a few months. lol.
And before you ask, yeah, the 3 year old got a knife. Where? Who knows..to this day nobody knows. We blame it on my horrible aunt on drugs. -_-
Sorry about your stabbing though, WK. We can be stabby bros.
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Post by Manah on Mar 10, 2014 21:35:14 GMT -5
Umm.... well, I-I got bit by a dog. A big dog, dozen years back. Bit through my jeans, still got the scar? Stabbed by dog'S teeth?
..........Okay, I lose. Got nothing on you guys. XD
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