I'm assuming they're emailing you, and not just clicking "Like" on you. Did you know there's a "Limit Who Can Send You Mail" setting under Account Settings? You can block messages from anyone who doesn't meet what you set for gender, age range, and distance from you. You can also block users who smoke or drink, and a couple of other criteria.
Just be aware that they won't be blocked once you message them, and I think clicking "Like" on someone opens up the channel, too.

If you enjoy chatting with them, you certainly could, but be prepared to report them at the first sign of scammery. Personally, I ignore 'em, especially if I see they didn't even visit my profile before clicking "Like."
Any "To-Whom-It-May-Concern Likers" who are outside my settings for age, etc., will probably also be ignored, especially if they don't have a photo (or posted one that looks "too good to be true"), and/or if they can't be bothered to fill out their profile. Anyone looking for marriage gets ignored, especially those from places with names like Cebu City, Bihor, and Zeeland. (I'm not dumping on any of those places, but it's just more "yeah, right, sure." Hey, it's kinda like a free geography lesson. "Where the hell is that? Wow, she's not only in a different time zone, she's in a different hemisphere." )

Hey, you could be the next Sean Connery or George Clooney, and not even know it yet.
I, on the other hand "know I ain't nobody's bargain" (Springsteen wrote that), and never will be. So when some 20-something, even (supposedly) in my own state, clicks "Like" on me, I just say "Yeah, right, sure, Muffie" and ignore it, especially if she hasn't visited my profile. I didn't get to be this old without having a good BS Detector.

I used to find it annoying, but now I'm mildly amused. I think I'm going to see if I can collect BS "Likes" from all 50 states before quitting the site. So far I've got Alabama, California (3), Delaware, Georgia, and Kentucky, plus Canada and places beyond. It's kinda like that game where you have the kids try to spot license plates during a long car trip on the interstate.

I wouldn't vote for Billary if she were the only candidate.

Vader would probably be even tougher than Trump on immigration, etc.

We'd probably end up with Lord Dark Helmet (Spaceballs) instead.

And testing and training can't prepare for every possible situation.

I wish more law enforcement agencies could do what St. Louis did last year. They invited 60 people (aldermen, representatives, etc.) to a special "training day." Eighteen people showed up.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-police-union-shows-politicians-the-stress-of-the/article_750c7761-fcca-563d-9f32-42fa6df0ef0a.html

This is from another article about it. (If you didn't read the other article, when it says "several people shot him," they were using blanks.)


Body-worn cameras are great, but they have limitations, including not "seeing" everything the wearer sees, and only "2D" recording (no proper sense of distance).

"Unknown Legend" -- Neil Young (First track on Harvest Moon, a great album.) For all the ladies who ride a Harley-Davidson and/or work in a diner.

Another song I've been meaning to learn the guitar and harmonica parts for. There are only like two chords in it, but there's more going on in there.

"I'm at the stage where if a body part doesn't hurt, it probably doesn't work, either."

I don't know who said that originally, but I've said it many times.

True, and they usually end up getting "jammed up" for it, and I don't mean just losing their job.

Once again, "assumes facts not in evidence." The autopsies (plural) found that none of Brown's wounds were sustained while he was running away.

So the original post might well be asking what are we hearing from President Obama and Black Lives Matter and Sharpton, et al, about the murder of Officer Randolph Holder? (Holder was an immigrant from Guyana.)
I Googled it, and got this: "So what's a movement supposedly all about the importance of black lives to do when a black cop is murdered? Celebrate, of course -- which is exactly what some members of the Black Lives Matter movement did last night." http://www.allenbwest.com/2015/10/black-lives-matter-despicable-response-to-death-of-black-police-officer-speaks-volumes

There is life there . . . sort of.


That reminded me of something from another National Lampoon film:
Rusty Griswold: Ya' got Asteroids?
Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days.

Sorry, couldn't resist that.

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Quoting a couple of different posters here, one of whom is perhaps just misinformed. The other apparently believes only what he or she wants to believe.

Because a society that tolerates the murder of its protectors is doomed.

Please cite one case where a cop actually murdered someone, and "got away" with it. (And this is using the legal definition of murder, "the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.")

Dr. Baden's autopsy, performed at the request of the Brown family, said he was shot in the head twice. I don't believe the separate autopsy ordered by the Justice Dept. had any different results.
You seem to conveniently ignore this information, which is an excerpt from an article in the Washington Post: "The significance of this wound and related physical evidence is that it places Brown’s right hand within 6 to 9 inches of the barrel of Wilson’s firearm. This physical evidence is thus quite consistent with Wilson’s testimony that Brown was trying to get hold of Wilson’s weapon, creating a fear in Wilson that he was going to get shot. It also creates a problem for those who view Brown as having been somehow accosted by Wilson and was just trying to escape."
In a court of law, the underlined statement above would probably draw an objection of "assumes facts not in evidence," and the objection would probably be sustained. But when an assailant has his entire body inside the car, apparently trying to kill the driver of the car, what might you suggest as a "kinder, gentler" target? How about his big toe? Or maybe just fire a "warning shot" through the roof of the car to scare him away?

Some of the previous replies read like the words of Armchair Experts who know all about how to do a job that they themselves wouldn't (and couldn't) do.

Good ones.

I was just about to say "Ditto what Igor and Eric wrote," and then the thread made a sudden turn.

That's kinda like real life: she appears to be saying something, but I can't catch it.
"Your lips are moving
I cannot hear
Your voice is soothing
But the words aren't clear"

Nah; if we were ol' farts (or fahts, as they say here in Maine), we wouldn't be yakking it up on this forum.

We're just a group of people who remember some good music, and stuff like this:

^^^ That. The brain cells have to be able to rub together in a meaningful way; can't just have tapioca up there.

Some of the great minds on the forum (even the slightly warped ones) are what keep me on the site.

I hung a copy of something similar (apes instead of monkeys) on a wall in the meeting room of an organization I once belonged to, maybe 15-20 years ago. It stayed there for a long time, but it's probably gone now.
I put it up after I got damned sick and tired of hearing a certain few members saying "Because that’s the way it’s always been around here."

Some people might have thought the boss put it there, so they left it alone. Others (maybe including the boss) might have suspected I had done it, but also left it there. (Because they agreed with it, I hope.)

Yup. I found out it was Willie before I watched it, but otherwise, I'd have had to stare at the image for awhile to figure it out. Maybe the audio would have given me a clue.

Thanks; dunno how that crept in there.

Stuff discovered while looking up other stuff:
There was a thread about Glen Campbell recently on a guitar forum I use, and someone posted this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MYSIDvAbso
See if you can recognize the guy on the left without scrolling down the page to see his name. Maybe his voice will be more familiar, 'cause he looks different now.

That video led to another one with Glen and Jerry Reed, and Jackie DeShannon, which led to the revelation that Jimmy Page might have written the song "Tangerine" about his breakup with Jackie. Heck, I didn't even know they knew each other.
YouTube and Wikipedia can be such a "rabbit hole" sometimes. You can end up in there for an hour or more if you're not careful.

I didn't look through the entire thread to see if this was already mentioned, but have you made any contact with the organization Concerns of Police Survivors? I don't know if every state has a chapter, but some states (CA, FL, NY) have regional chapters, and the six New England states are in one chapter.
http://www.nationalcops.org

WTF . . . I thought El Ni�o was supposed to be my fault.
Oh, waitaminnit, no; that's the Santa Ana. And I've never even been to California. Never mind.


"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?"

I forgot where I read this: "First Amendment? Son, the First Amendment protects you against the government. I, on the other hand, will kick your @$$."

Exactly. As another saying goes, "Your right to free speech does not trump my right to not have to listen to it."
Put that in the back yard, have a party after dark and invite all the weirdo friends over. Maybe take it down once sober. Everyone's happy.

Are you from MI? I've heard Michiganders aren't too fond of people from OH.
Kinda like Mainers versus Massholes.

That happened again just recently, only it was a murder victim. Passersby thought it was a Halloween decoration. I only saw the headline, didn't read the article, so I don't know where it took place.

Something like that could bend the needle on neighbors' weird-s***-o-meters.