...you merely pull all the way through facing out, and NO backup is required.
Posted on 07/23/2012 10:08:01 AM PDT by marktwain
What's the difference? If you pull in straight and have to back out when you leave, or back the car IN when you arrive. Either way you have to back up once. Do it on the front end and you're set. It may even come with the advantage of being earlier and/or daylight when you back in.
I drive a full sized pick up truck and ALWAYS "combat park" (though I've never heard it called that either). I do it for a different reason. In a pick up truck, you can't see immediately behind you and with vehicles on either side, you can rarely see any traffic, pedestrian or otherwise, comming from side to side behind you. I just try and avoid backing up all together. It's safer for the rest of the world if I can see you.
...you merely pull all the way through facing out, and NO backup is required.
Always called it get the hell out of Dodge. Picked up that
habit in 1956 to get out of high school parking lot.
Thanks. Much to think about.
ichabod posted:
“I’ll try it. Kind of a pain in the rear though.”
Not really. It takes just as much trouble to back out as it does to back in. It is just a question of when you invest the time. It is safer to do it when you approach the spot and instinctively observe the area to see if there is anything in your rear, and you are more likely to have time to do it without a rush.
It has a scalloped bezel for a reason ;'}
Still, the 3-cell MagLight makes a supreme beatnik-bopper.
Roger the sheepdogs - forwarded this to both my daughters for their SA.
jagusafr
Excellent post!
(searching for best flashlight even as we speak)
Wasn’t it Lazarus Long that said “Keep your weapon and your pants where you can find them in the dark.”?
I recommend testing a 100, 200, and/or 700 lumen on yourself (not just you, all Freepers), both in the daylight and at night. At night, the 100 was a bit disturbing for several minutes - a long time in a stressful situation. The 700? I couldn't focus straight ahead for perhaps 20 minutes (not sure because I couldn't see my watch or clocks), and couldn't read until the next day. I carry a 700 at all times. It won't harm anyone permanently, but it will make a bad person a whole lot less of a threat, and the gutless liberals have not yet done anything to interfere with our right to keep and bear flashlights.
I usually do the same.
In 2006 I had to visit a Revol (I think?) cell phone store to get some tech help on my wife's phone. They had a rather ominous sign on the door about "Absolutely no firearms allowed". This was in Indiana mind you. I went in anyway and got my business done. Then I asked to see the manager. Turns out the guy that helped me was the manager. I asked about the sign. It was corporate policy according to "Tim." I asked about police officers and licensed to carry citizens. Tim said, "It was more for would be criminals." Without me saying a word, Tim immediately realized just how stupid that was and said, "I guess that doesn't make much sense does it." It was as if he had never really heard how stupid that sounded until he himself had to say it out loud. I smiled and left without him ever realized I was carrying concealed. The sign was gone the next time I happened to drive by the store.
When shown direct evidence that these things happen and that there are in fact times when a pistol could be the difference between you and your family's survival you react with mockery. Do you think my blood pressure is raised by this? I simply shake my head that someone smart enough to read and write could be so irresponsible with their own life to not take basic preventative measures.
No, thinking more in terms of someone attacking you. Hasn’t fired off the gun yet. You blind him and he starts randomly shooting.
Love the graphic
What is the brand name on that three pack of flashlights?
Your interaction with the manager revealed that most people don’t like being made to look or feel stupid, especially in a work environment. Two thumbs up to you for your gentle nudge for him to see the light!!
LOL
Well, my brother and I shut off the lights in the shop and from 50 feet away gave each other a healthy dose of blindness.
It definitely took a few minutes before either of us could move and we didn’t shine the lights all that long.
I think it was more of a swipe of the light across our faces.
I felt my way back to the front of the shop and held on to the work benches so I wouldn’t take a dangerous step.
My brother did the same thing and the book keeper said she helped him back into the office.
By the time I made it to the front he was sitting in a chair squinting and sat in the recliner.
We were laughing for doing something so dumb but giddy as if we had discovered fire and weren’t going to tell anyone about it.
We are looking at the 6000 lumen light from the same manufacturer but hell, I don’t know where’d I’d use it.
This light is plenty....for now.
There is much in the article that I consider to be the common sense my momma taught me. I guess to me I have always been aware of my surroundings and make an effort to not put myself in what could be a dangerous (or could become dangerous) situation. In the areas where CCW is in effect, I am not bothered that people carry.... in fact I prefer it. I have a weapon and a permit but I don’t carry precisely because in the classes I have taken I learned that there are situations in which I am too slow on the trigger. I have always carried my trusty mag lite with me (small one).
But I don’t go out of my way to sit in a corner with back to wall so I can eye everyone. I do sit in the center of a theater row because I like the view better. But you will never ( and have never) found me at a midnight showing of anything. I did not take my children to movies that were rated higher than their age level.... and sometimes I wouldn’t even take them to some that were ‘rated’ PG or PG-13 because I thought the movie to be trash.
I admit I grew up in a different time. What I know is that my daughter learned my values and carries them with her today.
I also admit I do not go to the movies much anymore because the audiences are really annoying.
That I agree with
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