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VonBonfire said:
I always try to be kind to homeless people since I work red light districts. They have their own beat, and are aware of who the trouble is among them. If you are a regular and in the habit of handing out a few bucks to someone who seems deserving you will find these people understand where the meal ticket is and they handle the business for you when it comes to the dirtbags. A five or ten spot freely given has earned me unshakable loyalty from more than a couple people. Watching my truck, washing my truck, helping me with gear., watching my back during load out, getting discarded but still valid parking passes for cheap, even shining my boots. Keeping the a-holes away from the door/windows of the clubs while I play. Yeah I love 'em. Had great fortune like that in every city I gigged regularly.
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When you're a 130lb woman soaking wet and most of the homeless people in your shopping area are strung out and/or have heavy levels of mental health issues, get back to me. We have an epidemic of it, not one or two people once in a while. I certainly don't look down on people who are less fortunate than myself, but I also would rather be proactive and alive. We went from top 10 town to live in to top 10 town of homelessness per capita (hyperbole, but not really) in a short time. These aren't people who are coherent, they are people who don't know what planet they are on.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
That's the plan. One of our kids just moved out, the other has a few years left of school and then we're gone. We've been looking at Montana and a few other places.
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Makes sense. Mine are mostly gone too. One straggler who is currently in L.A. - where he wants to be as a YT'r. I've been to the N.W. 5 or 6 times. My aunt is on Mercer Is., and has a cabin on San Juan Is. Beautiful - but yeah, not sure I'd want to live there. :(
 
311splawndude said:
Makes sense. Mine are mostly gone too. One straggler who is currently in L.A. - where he wants to be as a YT'r. I've been to the N.W. 5 or 6 times. My aunt is on Mercer Is., and has a cabin on San Juan Is. Beautiful - but yeah, not sure I'd want to live there. :(
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It's gotten really bad. I don't think that most of them are ill willed or anything like that, but often people will scream at you, follow you, look/break in your car, etc... A lot of it isn't from mentally unstable individuals, either. It's from people who live the "lifestyle" on purpose and migrate with the weather/drug laws/etc... There were people slashing tires just so they could "try and help you."

There's also human trafficking to worry about. I was talking to my husband a couple years ago about how I saw in the news that they were putting zip ties on car door handles to mark a victim. The scariest words I ever heard came out of his mouth when he told me that he cut a zip tie off of our daughter's car door a few months before and couldn't figure out why it was on there. She recalled him asking her about it. She only went to school and the gym. She stopped going to the gym.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
It's gotten really bad. I don't think that most of them are ill willed or anything like that, but often people will scream at you, follow you, look/break in your car, etc... A lot of it isn't from mentally unstable individuals, either. It's from people who live the "lifestyle" on purpose and migrate with the weather/drug laws/etc... There were people slashing tires just so they could "try and help you."

There's also human trafficking to worry about. I was talking to my husband a couple years ago about how I saw in the news that they were putting zip ties on car door handles to mark a victim. The scariest words I ever heard came out of his mouth when he told me that he cut a zip tie off of our daughter's car door a few months before and couldn't figure out why it was on there. She recalled him asking her about it. She only went to school and the gym. She stopped going to the gym.
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nothing more terrifying to me than one of my kids or grandkids being hurt.
 
JackBootedThug said:
nothing more terrifying to me than one of my kids or grandkids being hurt.
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It gave me nightmares for a while and turned me into full overprotective mode. We got her airtags to keep in her shoes, phone case, purse, car. She has always been pretty good at keeping contact and letting us know what she's up to, what shows/when/where she's going, but still. She's too young to be allowed to carry, but she has mace and never goes places alone anymore. It's frightening and sad that there's something so evil to have to worry about like that in the world. I can't imagine going through something like that as a victim or a parent. I know that it's not a new thing, but the people involved in doing that stuff have become more emboldened and have less fear due to the very things like the gun laws.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
It gave me nightmares for a while and turned me into full overprotective mode. We got her airtags to keep in her shoes, phone case, purse, car. She has always been pretty good at keeping contact and letting us know what she's up to, what shows/when/where she's going, but still. She's too young to be allowed to carry, but she has mace and never goes places alone anymore. It's frightening and sad that there's something so evil to have to worry about like that in the world. I can't imagine going through something like that as a victim or a parent. I know that it's not a new thing, but the people involved in doing that stuff have become more emboldened and have less fear due to the very things like the gun laws.
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How is your blade laws? Get her a karambit and find a gurka to work with her a little with it....lol...thank me later....
 
JackBootedThug said:
How is your blade laws? Get her a karambit and find a gurka to work with her a little with it....lol...thank me later....
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I think they're worse, tbh. Though, I don't know off the top of my head. She does also have a NRA sticker and some other similar things on the car as well now. Not sure how efficient that stuff is, but the more deterrence to would be scum to give them a second thought, the better. I will have to check into that. Thanks for the tip!
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
I think they're worse, tbh. Though, I don't know off the top of my head. She does also have a NRA sticker and some other similar things on the car as well now. Not sure how efficient that stuff is, but the more deterrence to would be scum to give them a second thought, the better. I will have to check into that. Thanks for the tip!
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That stuff ( NRA and gun stickers) is generally a bad idea. It’s a sign to hood rats to break into the car because there may be a gun inside.

Gun or knives or whatever it’s ALWAYS to your advantage that nobody knows what’s in your pocket.
 
Floyd Eye said:
That stuff ( NRA and gun stickers) is generally a bad idea. It’s a sign to hood rats to break into the car because there may be a gun inside.

Gun or knives or whatever it’s ALWAYS to your advantage that nobody knows what’s in your pocket.
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I can see that angle. It's funny because aside from parking in light and being on the phone when walking to the car, it was another tip that LE had given her.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
I think they're worse, tbh. Though, I don't know off the top of my head. She does also have a NRA sticker and some other similar things on the car as well now. Not sure how efficient that stuff is, but the more deterrence to would be scum to give them a second thought, the better. I will have to check into that. Thanks for the tip!
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She may be able to carry a kubotan on her keychain and/or a collapsible baton or wire whip in the car. Find a good self defense course that would teach effective use of either. If your state's laws are too strict for those a hefty Maglite as a club and hand held one as a makeshift kubotan would work.

This is a kubotan if you're not familiar with it. Some are flat and others are pointed on one end.
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MadAsAHatter said:
She may be able to carry a kubotan on her keychain and/or a collapsible baton or wire whip in the car. Find a good self defense course that would teach effective use of either. If your state's laws are too strict for those a hefty Maglite as a club and hand held one as a makeshift kubotan would work.

This is a kubotan if you're not familiar with it. Some are flat and others are pointed on one end.
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We have taken self defense classes. Mostly what we were taught was to be proactive and avoid places/times/etc that would get us into trouble in the first place. It's just sad that it seems to be everywhere, and I just want to have to not live or more importantly have her not live in fear. I def appreciate all the tips, guys!
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
We have taken self defense classes. Mostly what we were taught was to be proactive and avoid places/times/etc that would get us into trouble in the first place. It's just sad that it seems to be everywhere, and I just want to have to not live or more importantly have her not live in fear. I def appreciate all the tips, guys!
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Yeah, it's always best to not put yourself in a dangerous position to begin with. But when muggings can happen in broad daylight on a crowded street with people watching it's almost a necessity to have a backup plan to defend yourself if needed. You don't need to live in constant fear, just be aware of your surroundings and prepared.

I have a hard time imagining what it's like to be a kid these days. When I was young we'd ride bikes miles away from our house, even outside the neighborhood with our parents having no idea where we actually were and no way to contact us. Just a rule to be home when the street lights came on.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
be proactive and avoid places/times/etc that would get us into trouble in the first place.
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Kind of like this place for some :dunno:

:lol:

NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
It's gotten really bad.
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It has. My aunt used to be a very popular newscaster in Seattle. Her first and second husband both were quite wealthy. They had everything. Her oldest daughter however got caught up in the drug scene at the age of 18 - and was soon hooked on heroin. She overdosed and died 2 years later. This was like 20 years ago. And one time, I was up there on business a long time ago and made the mistake of going to a pool hall near the airport :( Found myself getting ganged up on pretty quickly. Made an excuse to go to the bathroom and walked right the fuck out the back door. :yes:

Edit: But all big cities have issues. Even the medium sized ones.
 
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311splawndude said:
Kind of like this place for some :dunno:

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It has. My aunt used to be a very popular newscaster in Seattle. Her first and second husband both were quite wealthy. They had everything. Her oldest daughter however got caught up in the drug scene and the age of 18 - was hooked on heroin. She overdosed and died 2 years later. This was like 20 years ago. I was up there on business a long time ago and made the mistake of going to a pool hall near the airport :( Found myself getting ganged up on pretty quickly. Made an excuse to go to the bathroom and walked right the fuck out the back door. :yes:
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Yeah, that doesn't surprise me at all, anymore. It's crazy we actually used to live on Mercer Island too (right on the water on the west coast,) but sold the house when the market had it valued at many times our investment. It would have been dumb not to. Now we're out in the boonies, but going into town is... well, hit or miss.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
Yeah, that doesn't surprise me at all, anymore. It's crazy we actually used to live on Mercer Island too (right on the water on the west coast,) but sold the house when the market had it valued at many times our investment. It would have been dumb not to. Now we're out in the boonies, but going into town is... well, hit or miss.
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Can't blame you a bit. They are staying for the long haul. Her husband used to literally pick her up in his sea plane and they would fly to their cabin on San Juan. Can you imagine that shit? They were also on the west side very close to 90.
 
311splawndude said:
Can't blame you a bit. They are staying for the long haul. Her husband used to literally pick her up in his sea plane and they would fly to their cabin on San Juan. Can you imagine that shit? They were also on the west side very close to 90.
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Yeah, our house there was amazing, but overkill in the long run. The property taxes were also... Well $$$.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
Yeah, that doesn't surprise me at all, anymore. It's crazy we actually used to live on Mercer Island too (right on the water on the west coast,) but sold the house when the market had it valued at many times our investment. It would have been dumb not to. Now we're out in the boonies, but going into town is... well, hit or miss.
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Are you still in/near King/Pierce/ Snoho counties? Personally, I've never had decals on my vehicles that might indicate something of value; e.g, musical instruments, NRA/gun-stuff, etc. No need for anyone to think there might be something worth stealing, or even draw attention to it. And I'm sure Buttfucker Bob Ferguson would be more than happy to prosecute any and every person that shows any evidence of NRA or any other 2A affiliation.
Montana, as you probably already know, is beautiful. Many parts of Idaho, too -- until winter. :LOL:
 
Dave M said:
Are you still in/near King/Pierce/ Snoho counties? Personally, I've never had decals on my vehicles that might indicate something of value; e.g, musical instruments, NRA/gun-stuff, etc. No need for anyone to think there might be something worth stealing, or even draw attention to it. And I'm sure Buttfucker Bob Ferguson would be more than happy to prosecute any and every person that shows any evidence of NRA or any other 2A affiliation.
Montana, as you probably already know, is beautiful. Many parts of Idaho, too -- until winter. :LOL:
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Near, but not in, fortunately. I would hope that they would have better things to do than prosecute people without cause. Hasn't become that fascist, yet. Well, to my knowledge. I personally only ever go into Seattle for shows anymore and pretty much don't stop in Tacoma for any reason. If I got a flat, I would probably continue to drive through it until my wheels were on fire. Even JBLM is full of meth addicts, it seems. What's kind of funny (and also sad) is that despite all the news coverage Portland gets, I would walk through there by myself in the middle of the night before walking through Tacoma in the day.
 
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