On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:55:04 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 12/18/15 4:45 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:11:36 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:54:45 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 12/18/15 8:48 AM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:06:47 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
...yet. Probably out of my auction range anyway!


http://www.egunner.com/auction_detai...ion_id=1953669
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Ban idiots, not guns!


They are for sale on the open market. This is "special" because it was
in a YouTube video by Hickok45...

Yeah, but this one has all the cute accessories!
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Ban idiots, not guns!


There are or were several just like it on gunbroker for under $1000,
including all the accessories, though there are several hammer 9mms
around that probably would outshoot it for much less.

Too much. I like the gun, but I've got to save up for a computer. Got a grandson
graduating high school this year. They get a laptop as a graduation present, if
they've been accepted at a university. This one has an Apple, with all the bells and
whistles, on his Christmas list. That's not going to happen. I'll surprise him at his
graduation. Three neices, one nephew, and now a grandson. These damn computers are
keeping me in the poorhouse.

I would buy an off lease W/7 machine. Most of those "bells and
whistles" are just for bragging rights. If you ask a kid what kind of
car they need to get back and forth from school they will want a
Porsche or something.


Geez, all the cheap skates aren't on hockey players!

And here, Nephew George, are four nicely used tires for that '71 Pinto I
got you last year, and a pair of slightly used high top sneakers that
still have plenty of bounce left in them, and a dozen condoms, used only
once, that I handwashed, dried, and rolled for you. Enjoy college.

Greg had the same first thought I did. I checked with his dad to see if the kid
really needed that much computing power, or if he was into some heavy gaming. The kid
plays no games on his computer!
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On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 04:36:11 -0800 (PST), "John H."
wrote:

He's going into Biomedical Engineering, so he's checked out, according to his dad, what he 'needs'. This year, in high school, he's taking third semester calculus along with 'Physics with Calculus'. Yeah, he's smart and busts his ass. He's having a rough time though. There are only 30 kids in the whole program, in Richmond, and almost all the rest are Asian. The Asian kids hang together, Korean clique and Japanese clique, and won't let a regular ol' white boy join their study groups.

===

If he's going to continue along that career path he'll be meeting a
lot more asians along the way. They're smart and highly motivated at
home. I'd suggest that he try to make friends with some of those kids
and hopefully gain a measure of acceptance.

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:02:16 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 04:36:11 -0800 (PST), "John H."
wrote:

He's going into Biomedical Engineering, so he's checked out, according to his dad, what he 'needs'. This year, in high school, he's taking third semester calculus along with 'Physics with Calculus'. Yeah, he's smart and busts his ass. He's having a rough time though. There are only 30 kids in the whole program, in Richmond, and almost all the rest are Asian. The Asian kids hang together, Korean clique and Japanese clique, and won't let a regular ol' white boy join their study groups.

===

If he's going to continue along that career path he'll be meeting a
lot more asians along the way. They're smart and highly motivated at
home. I'd suggest that he try to make friends with some of those kids
and hopefully gain a measure of acceptance.

He gets along with them, but when he asks about studying together they brush him off
with, 'Oh, we don't study as a group after school.' It's a very competitive school. I
saw the same thing when teaching eighth grade. The Asian kids stick together, by
country, especially the Koreans. They're great kids, study their asses off, and their
parents play a big role in their education. The big question is like, "Why is Jeong
getting only a B+ in Algebra this quarter?"
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Ban idiots, not guns!

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:38:53 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:55:04 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 12/18/15 4:45 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:11:36 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:54:45 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 12/18/15 8:48 AM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:06:47 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
...yet. Probably out of my auction range anyway!


http://www.egunner.com/auction_detai...ion_id=1953669
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


They are for sale on the open market. This is "special" because it was
in a YouTube video by Hickok45...

Yeah, but this one has all the cute accessories!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


There are or were several just like it on gunbroker for under $1000,
including all the accessories, though there are several hammer 9mms
around that probably would outshoot it for much less.

Too much. I like the gun, but I've got to save up for a computer. Got a grandson
graduating high school this year. They get a laptop as a graduation present, if
they've been accepted at a university. This one has an Apple, with all the bells and
whistles, on his Christmas list. That's not going to happen. I'll surprise him at his
graduation. Three neices, one nephew, and now a grandson. These damn computers are
keeping me in the poorhouse.

I would buy an off lease W/7 machine. Most of those "bells and
whistles" are just for bragging rights. If you ask a kid what kind of
car they need to get back and forth from school they will want a
Porsche or something.


Geez, all the cheap skates aren't on hockey players!

And here, Nephew George, are four nicely used tires for that '71 Pinto I
got you last year, and a pair of slightly used high top sneakers that
still have plenty of bounce left in them, and a dozen condoms, used only
once, that I handwashed, dried, and rolled for you. Enjoy college.

Greg had the same first thought I did. I checked with his dad to see if the kid
really needed that much computing power, or if he was into some heavy gaming. The kid
plays no games on his computer!

You can find some very capable machines coming off lease right now.

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:02:16 -0500,
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 04:36:11 -0800 (PST), "John H."
wrote:

He's going into Biomedical Engineering, so he's checked out, according to his dad, what he 'needs'. This year, in high school, he's taking third semester calculus along with 'Physics with Calculus'. Yeah, he's smart and busts his ass. He's having a rough time though. There are only 30 kids in the whole program, in Richmond, and almost all the rest are Asian. The Asian kids hang together, Korean clique and Japanese clique, and won't let a regular ol' white boy join their study groups.

===

If he's going to continue along that career path he'll be meeting a
lot more asians along the way. They're smart and highly motivated at
home. I'd suggest that he try to make friends with some of those kids
and hopefully gain a measure of acceptance.

My grand daughters were in the advanced school and their classes
looked like a UN meeting. Most of the kids "are not from around here".
;-)
Lots of Asians of the Chinese/Japaneese variety and the Indian
variety.

wrote:
On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:02:16 -0500,
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 04:36:11 -0800 (PST), "John H."
wrote:

He's going into Biomedical Engineering, so he's checked out, according
to his dad, what he 'needs'. This year, in high school, he's taking
third semester calculus along with 'Physics with Calculus'. Yeah, he's
smart and busts his ass. He's having a rough time though. There are
only 30 kids in the whole program, in Richmond, and almost all the rest
are Asian. The Asian kids hang together, Korean clique and Japanese
clique, and won't let a regular ol' white boy join their study groups.

===

If he's going to continue along that career path he'll be meeting a
lot more asians along the way. They're smart and highly motivated at
home. I'd suggest that he try to make friends with some of those kids
and hopefully gain a measure of acceptance.

My grand daughters were in the advanced school and their classes
looked like a UN meeting. Most of the kids "are not from around here".
;-)
Lots of Asians of the Chinese/Japaneese variety and the Indian
variety.


I went to college in San Francisco. I was the minority.

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:38:12 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:38:53 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:55:04 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 12/18/15 4:45 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:11:36 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:54:45 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 12/18/15 8:48 AM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:06:47 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
...yet. Probably out of my auction range anyway!


http://www.egunner.com/auction_detai...ion_id=1953669
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


They are for sale on the open market. This is "special" because it was
in a YouTube video by Hickok45...

Yeah, but this one has all the cute accessories!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


There are or were several just like it on gunbroker for under $1000,
including all the accessories, though there are several hammer 9mms
around that probably would outshoot it for much less.

Too much. I like the gun, but I've got to save up for a computer. Got a grandson
graduating high school this year. They get a laptop as a graduation present, if
they've been accepted at a university. This one has an Apple, with all the bells and
whistles, on his Christmas list. That's not going to happen. I'll surprise him at his
graduation. Three neices, one nephew, and now a grandson. These damn computers are
keeping me in the poorhouse.

I would buy an off lease W/7 machine. Most of those "bells and
whistles" are just for bragging rights. If you ask a kid what kind of
car they need to get back and forth from school they will want a
Porsche or something.


Geez, all the cheap skates aren't on hockey players!

And here, Nephew George, are four nicely used tires for that '71 Pinto I
got you last year, and a pair of slightly used high top sneakers that
still have plenty of bounce left in them, and a dozen condoms, used only
once, that I handwashed, dried, and rolled for you. Enjoy college.

Greg had the same first thought I did. I checked with his dad to see if the kid
really needed that much computing power, or if he was into some heavy gaming. The kid
plays no games on his computer!

You can find some very capable machines coming off lease right now.

Nah, gotta be new.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:51:40 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:38:12 -0500, wrote:

You can find some very capable machines coming off lease right now.

Nah, gotta be new.

OK, then you can't complain about the price.

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 16:08:15 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:51:40 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:38:12 -0500, wrote:

You can find some very capable machines coming off lease right now.

Nah, gotta be new.

OK, then you can't complain about the price.

--

Ban idiots, not guns!

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 16:08:15 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:51:40 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:38:12 -0500, wrote:

You can find some very capable machines coming off lease right now.

Nah, gotta be new.

OK, then you can't complain about the price.

True. His dad's going to see what the school recommends once he gets accepted. I'm
figuring somewhere between$2-3K.
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Ban idiots, not guns!