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Nix wrote:

Sherlock wrote:
You might think about renting a cabin at a park. Imagine a nice fire going in the fireplace, cozying up to one another while drinking a glass of wine . . . this would probably be a good time to rent one. And you can still enjoy nature--no matter what time of year it is.

Mrs. Sherlock and I want to do that this summer in the States!

Im looking for one right now for my birthday :) Lake district of cotswolds, i cant decide

I can verify the lakes are nice

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That's pretty much exactly how it is here in England too.

I used to have some replica knives from the film ' blade ' in my lounge.

The police came round in reference to something I may have witnessed, when they came in they informed me that even though they are being used as ornaments in my own home and displayed in ornamental holders, I am not legally allowed to have them there.

I could however hide them from site and access and that may be ok.

I also had a cricket bat by my door, but since that could be considered a weapon I bought a cricket ball to keep at the side of it.

Now I just need a 12 inch dining fork to accompany a huge knife in my bedroom......

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Rockster160 wrote:
And I don't own a gun, but if I was told I wasn't allowed to defend myself- I'd be pretty angry.

We aren't allowed to defend ourselves in our own home even without a gun.
If we do, we get prosecuted.

This is what the opposite of the right to defend yourself is like.

If someone breaks into my house, I'd rather be legally allowed to shoot them than get prosecuted for beating them with a rolling pin or whatever other pitiful object of defence I am allowed to own.

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Nix wrote:
So itโ€™s better to stop people hurting themselves than hurting other people?

But why would the gunman be restricted? He had no criminal record.

So I assume that the other answer to this problem would be to arm everyone. Allow everyone Iโ€™ve 18 to carry a weapon.

Americans must be the most paranoid bunch of people I have ever known.

Well, if every kid and teacher in that school was carrying, he wouldn't have killed 17 people....

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But that is being judged by earth standards.

It could be entirely different rules up there.

Just because earth life can't survive high radiation levels doesn't guarantee alien life can't.

They found organisms living on the outside of a satellite.
They don't seem to have had an issue with radiation.

I don't buy it that a planet that has water would not have some sort of life on it.

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How are we so sure it's sterile up there anyway?

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How to stop mass shootings.

Why not put metal detectors in every entrance to schools, or the full body scanners they use in airports, would just take 1 male, 1 female member of security manning them, then no knifes or guns could get in.

If we were allowed guns in the UK I would definitely have one.
I've no intentions of going on a mass random shooting spree, but If the worst came to the worst and I found myself in a life or death situation, I would be very glad to be armed and willing to fire.

We have a fair amount of gun crime considering guns are illegal here.

I would also be a lot happier if aฤบl our police were armed.

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Can you both get any time off work to go away fora few days?

Often being away from normal life, not having to rush around can help.
You can just enjoy each others company and get to talking in a relaxed atmosphere without any pressure.

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Gamma can travel through a vaccum, and if it can do that then the supposed sterile areas of space would be radioactive.

I don't know how convinced I am about it being sterile.

I get why were being careful and not letting the mars rover and it's predecessors near the water for fear of contamination, but that still doesn't mean it's sterile.

(Having to write in parts as I'm at work, a few times when I've had to close my phone and do my job, when I've come back to a partially written reply it's vanished)

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The radiation -
It's gamma rays from star / planet explosions, right?
Gamma can get through pretty much anything.
If I remember rightly from science lessons it can only travel in straight lines.


There's all sorts of radiation going on up there.
Pretty sure we don't know everything about it.
Contamination and radiation acts differently depending on it's surroundings.

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