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Post by rimjobflashmob on Feb 16, 2013 11:41:49 GMT -8
This is essentially how I reacted to hearing that news yesterday morning. "WHAT? NO WAY! FUCKING RAD!" Then I realized I was a horrible, horrible person. |
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Post by davers on Feb 16, 2013 18:43:48 GMT -8
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Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Feb 16, 2013 18:48:08 GMT -8
Ha! I saw that as well. What a fucking joke. One can only assume this has to do with Harper loving America so much. |
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Post by weenie on Feb 16, 2013 19:08:20 GMT -8
It's all volunteer, and they get their lift tickets paid for. Methinks a bunch of Albertan cops are having some nice vacation days.
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Post by davers on Feb 16, 2013 19:20:14 GMT -8
But they're armed, with (I'm assuming) guns. That's the part that seems really weird. So he sees a teenager smoking a joint, and the paranoid guy makes a break for it, is the cop really going to shoot at him?
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Feb 17, 2013 13:44:47 GMT -8
Obviously not. It's for their own protection. On duty officers always have a sidearm.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 17, 2013 13:50:33 GMT -8
Weed is the great ski slope menace. Do the RCMP officials ride horses down the mountain? Because that would be funny.
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Post by davers on Feb 17, 2013 13:54:58 GMT -8
On duty officers always have a sidearm. This I did not know. I just can't foresee any situation where a cop would need a gun on a ski hill. While I have no idea how gun holsters work, I would think there is some chance he could fall and lose it. He might be able to keep it under his clothing, but then that defeats the purpose of having it for emergencies. |
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Post by Cysquatch on Feb 17, 2013 14:48:20 GMT -8
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Feb 17, 2013 18:57:35 GMT -8
On duty officers always have a sidearm. This I did not know. I just can't foresee any situation where a cop would need a gun on a ski hill. While I have no idea how gun holsters work, I would think there is some chance he could fall and lose it. He might be able to keep it under his clothing, but then that defeats the porpoise of having it for emergencies. The holsters have belt that snaps in place around the gun.  |
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Post by davers on Feb 17, 2013 19:20:58 GMT -8
I know that, but it looks to me like you could easily unsnap that with a good fall off your skis. I've taken some pretty big spills while snowboarding and things like googles, gloves and pretty much anything else that wasn't inside a zipped pocket have ended up sliding down the hill. I guess the cops wouldn't be flying down the hill, but it could still happen.
The thought of armed cops on a ski hill trying to stop the odd person from smoking a joint seems insane to me, so thankfully this isn't going on in BC (yet?).
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Post by weenie on Feb 18, 2013 8:56:34 GMT -8
So dumb. They've stopped like one person. I highly doubt the big deals are going down on the chairlift.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Feb 18, 2013 13:28:24 GMT -8
It's a ridiculous idea and a complete waste of taxpayer money. If the ski hills really want to stop kids from smoking in the gondola or on the hills they should be footing the bill and paying these guys as off-duty.
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Post by Cysquatch on Feb 18, 2013 18:00:34 GMT -8
The police chief shut down the Knitting Factory in Spokane for 20 days, because some gang members were shooting each other outside after a private party that took place there. It wasn't even a music related event. www.krem.com/news/local/Poli-191708571.html |
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Post by kymess_jr on Feb 18, 2013 18:32:03 GMT -8
The police chief shut down the Knitting Factory in Spokane for 20 days, because some gang members were shooting each other outside after a private party that took place there. It wasn't even a music related event. www.krem.com/news/local/Poli-191708571.htmlActually, it sounds like they shut it down for good and the Knitting Factory has 20 days to appeal the decision. At least that's how the article read to me. |
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Post by Cysquatch on Feb 18, 2013 19:29:51 GMT -8
The police chief shut down the Knitting Factory in Spokane for 20 days, because some gang members were shooting each other outside after a private party that took place there. It wasn't even a music related event. www.krem.com/news/local/Poli-191708571.htmlActually, it sounds like they shut it down for good and the Knitting Factory has 20 days to appeal the decision. At least that's how the article read to me. That's what I was thinking, but the title was a little misleading. This is kind of a bummer, because that was my go to for shows for a long time. More of those shows are coming to Missoula as well though. Maybe even more of those shows will just come to Missoula now. |
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Post by Pea on Feb 18, 2013 19:37:45 GMT -8
A representative of the Spokane Police Department posted on their Facebook page that the shutdown was only temporary.
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Post by Cysquatch on Feb 18, 2013 19:50:12 GMT -8
Knitting Factory released an official statement on facebook that made it sound like they were only cancelling shows for the upcoming weekend, and that is how I even came across this news, but people are talking like it could be shut down for good, and there has been a facebook page created to keep it open. A little confusing really. www.facebook.com/knitspokanewww.facebook.com/groups/139408409559467/?fref=ts |
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Post by StormyPinkness on Mar 4, 2013 0:12:02 GMT -8
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Mar 4, 2013 7:45:01 GMT -8
That is ridiculous and awesome. Could be the start of something huge.
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