Also to note, there was some argument earlier in this thread as to whether the players were still on the stage at the time of the shooting. You can see in my pic above that the stage was indeed clear before 2pm. There was still music playing very loudly though.
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I've never been there, and it's weird to me that there's so much trouble always happening in a place that by all rights should be very nice.

Should we start calling it White Valley Ranch?
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I'm a suburbanite for the first time in my life now. I personally love it (at this stage in my life) despite having zero common interests with my neighbors

I like to get out for a couple walks a day and walked by a house the other day and heard "PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOU ARE BEING RECORED" from their security system

I'm amazed at the level of fear people live in for whatever reason. This community is gated and the biggest risk is kids throwing water balloons at oncoming cars or wilding out in their parents golf carts yet people find reasons to shit themselves daily
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i lost a few pounds and my ring was not THAT loose but was a little loose and it flung off while i was mowing the lawn. It flung off when I waS re-starting the mower after dumping the grass clippings out into my garden.


I knew sort of where it flung off but damn it was a bitch to find. I had to use a metal detector and grid off my lawn and scour little sections till I found it. Took me a few hours over several days.


Found it though. But yeah, they can fall off , especially if you lose a little weight..




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I'm really curious about trends in feelings of security. I feel like a lot of people feel besieged any more, but most statistics report long term declines in crime. I theorize that it's sensationalized media coverage on a national level, and maybe hysterical social media on a local level. But at the same time, I feel like the trend started earlier than that.

I live in the middle of the city in a very nice neighborhood, and I've had people refer to my area as "the inner city" and state that they avoid driving there. The most dangerous thing here is maybe an occasional lawyer who is disillusioned at not making partner. I walk around here every day, and the worst thing that's ever happened to me was being hit by a French bicyclist. And yet there are people who are afraid to drive through the area on a one-time errand. It's bizarre.
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What are you all afraid of?!?! he yelled from behind the gate...


:-)
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Mods I don't want to cross any lines so if I do or come close let me know but I live here in MO and had no idea about this and since the perps were juvies I find it very relevant.

I just read it is legal here in MO to open carry as a minor and there was a bill voted on last year in the state legislature to try to make it illegal but it didn't pass.

Here in MO you can't get a drivers license until you are 18, can't drink until 21 but gosh darn you can open carry at 10.

This state man. wtf..
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Imagine an Iowan military guy trying to be the authority figure in a parade. Nobody was even stopping them but me!


lmao AND THEY WERE DRINKING!

That's the most red faced Iowa shit I've ever read. Was that written by Weatherwax?
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People from the suburbs with little to no experience living or spending a lot of time in a more densely populated area are not quite as understanding how it’s possible or simply don’t realize that really nice and not so nice areas can be in such close proximity to one another and it’s relatively normal. They are used to more space and as such more gradual transitions in quality of neighborhoods and surroundings.

But honestly in your particular area which seems to have a lot of French people, I think people are right to worry about going there due to the risk of Germans invading.
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:-)

He was from a small town! He didn’t understand what the big city was like!!
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From Google (and my earlier post in the DC thread):

"Missouri is a "shall issue" state for citizens and lawful permanent residents who are 19 years or older. Permitless carry took effect on January 1, 2017. Permit required for open carry? May carry openly without permit, except localities can pass ordinances restricting open carry."
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I thought that too...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mis...-carrying-guns
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That's a good point. Sometimes I'll hear about a shooting, and I'll cock my ear for the address. I live south of 10th Street, and a shooting here is big news. But if it's north of 30th Street, a shooting is just another Thursday. I could run up to those neighborhood in 20 minutes, but it's a completely different world.

Good point about the Germans too. I occasionally see them massing on the border of 30th Street.
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Thanks for sharing that, it was great by all three. For those who would use the shooting to tar KC, I appreciate Brou speaking to that.

Wildes was heartfelt, and the undeniable truth is that young people today have inherited a darker reality on this topic than we grew up with, regardless of what you might believe the causes are.

As far as Nick, he's speaking in the context of being a dad acknowledging the risk to innocent kids and the psychological impact even on those who are otherwise unharmed. You can disagree with his solution but not the grief. They all handled it very professionally, and it's not like they could just ignore it since they were there. The authenticity and transparency were evident.
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I know who wrote what you read, and won't discuss it further in this particular thread. But the truth speaks for itself.
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