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Well the faggot thing (I believe, though I am happy to be corrected if I've been fed a lie) came about from the practice in a less-enlightened time of burning homosexuals at the stake, atop, obviously, a big pile of burning faggots. The gleeful crowd would shout things like "Throw another faggot on the fire!" and other such comments, and the name stuck. I wonder if the Italian is a translation of a bundle of sticks or the gay slur. But I don't wonder enough to Google it. Edit Do you know what, I just Googled it, and it turns out the burning thing is one of those urban legends. Fascinating, I wonder who started that.
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To engage in the usual homophobia in a variety of languages? It just translates to faggot or faggotry as far as I can tell. Maybe I'm missing why it's such a great insult. Or maybe... I'm just not homophobic enough.
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At that price point, do you know what kind of distance or definition you would be looking at? Have you compared a 300 quid device to a 1300 one? Like I say, we'd like another one, but if multiple cheaper units would work better for us than a single pricey one, I'd lean that way. It's got things like WiFi connectivity and camera too, which is useful, but not essential. I'll go squirrel spotting the next time we are playing with our device 👍
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We have one on the mountain rescue team. Amazing bit of kit. Monocular, not scope, obviously. Don't know how cheap it is relatively, but it was about 1400 euro. Don't know how good it would be on squirrel sized targets at any great range, but it can spot sheep and people through fog and light foliage fairly well. Edit to add some numbers: people/sheep sized targets through swirling cloud at 800m easily, I'd never played with this sort of kit before and I was blown away by it. There was the same kind of device with a laser range finder for another 400e, and HD lens for another grand, so I guess ours is relatively cheap. If you find one cheaper, I'd love to hear about it because we'd like one for our other van too.
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Did that on my cs31. Very charitable of the guy to pass me, really.
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I'd relegate it clothesline duties personally.
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You've lost me again.
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There is nothing even remotely controversial or conspiratorial about what he has written.
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You want a mongrel. Ticks all the boxes.
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As long as the logs are off the ground and there's decent airflow that shouldn't be a problem.
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That's just a screen grab and EASILY doctored. Post all 1.7 million links or you are LYING, the lowest thing a man can do.
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Yeah Steve-In-Pee, you have NO PROOF that Trump is wholly unsuitable to be the most powerful man on the planet again.
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I imagine that was more intended to mean that you should only bring out your weapon when you absolutely have to use it, and not just wave it around willy-nilly, rather than every time you draw your blade you have to ice someone. As in try negotiations, discussion, diplomacy, etc. before resorting to the nuclear option.
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That is absolutely laughable. What world is that cartoonist living in.
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Tip it onto the front, prop the lid open, stick a mattress and a blanket in it... boom, one less homeless person. If we all chip in a bin or two we can solve this problem once and for all!
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Tax the rich. Might not help with the rain, though.
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Maybe you need a nice thick layer of mulch.
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Piece them all together, maybe it spells out a message from Them.
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Loads in Iran too.
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Hmm. I'll put it on the maybe pile...
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I thought it was my turn this decade.
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Well it kills every other insect that goes swimming in it, opens their breathing tubes and they drown.
