For the record, if anyone here doesn't read Bitches, the list of words were contributed by the Bitches this morning. You may thank and/or blame them.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
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Steph L. - Jan 11, 2005 11:05:19 am PST #9341 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Amy - Jan 11, 2005 11:11:48 am PST #9342 of 10001
Because books.
Nutty, I love yours.
It just makes it more fun for me to use as many of the words as possible.
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That tag doesn't close.
SailAweigh - Jan 11, 2005 12:25:36 pm PST #9343 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
erika, I've got a question about your wannabe P.I. Why can't she qualify on the range, what's her roadblock to success? I'm just curious because I had to qualify on the range for military police and I found it ridiculously easy. It was only the second time I'd picked up a handgun and I fired a 183. I needed a 180 to qualify (this is marksman level in the military.) This was firing a .38. I have no idea how I would have done with any other handgun. I've fired a .45 since then, but never for any type of medal qualification, so I don't know how much more practice I might have required to qualify at a marksman level. I know nothing of what's required for qualification among civilian clubs/professions, etc. I just wanted to add my experience to help you flesh out whatever it is your doing with your P.I.
Nutty - Jan 11, 2005 12:28:07 pm PST #9344 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It was only the second time I'd picked up a handgun and I fired a 183. I needed a 180 to qualify (this is marksman level in the military.)
..so, when some dude in a uniform tells me he's a marksman, I should hide in the nearest concrete bunker till he puts the ordnance down, is that what you're saying??
Good to know.
SailAweigh - Jan 11, 2005 12:29:49 pm PST #9345 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Not really. Highest possible score is 300. So 180 isn't really that great. Now, if he said he shot expert (240 and above) then I'd start worrying.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 12:31:39 pm PST #9346 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Nutty's panicked by the lack of accuracy, Sail.
Strix - Jan 11, 2005 12:33:21 pm PST #9347 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
A friend of mine puts time in now and again at an a local range. I want to go, just for educational purposes; if I ever need a character to use a gun, I want to know what it feels like.
Hi, all. I was going to post the first 6 pages of the new novel here, but I left it on my old hard drive. Now I have to plug The Monster back in and retrieve it. Dammit. And I was sure I'd backed it up to dick.
Er, to disk. Really, that's what I meant.
SailAweigh - Jan 11, 2005 12:33:50 pm PST #9348 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
the lack of accuracy
It just means he wings you instead of making the head shot. That's all. He's still hitting the target, just farther away from the center.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 12:34:16 pm PST #9349 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It just means he wings you instead of making the head shot
Ah. I thought she meant friendly fire.
SailAweigh - Jan 11, 2005 12:40:56 pm PST #9350 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I thought she meant friendly fire
There might be some of that, too. But only if you're standing right next to the person being fired at. A typical target has concentric rings, bullseye highest, outer ring lowest. You don't have to get all bullseyes (that would be the 300), but you can't be all in the outer ring and still qualify. Plus, we had to night qualify, which was 5 shots (out of 6) in a human silhouette with no external light source.