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Found it, 22 signs that show you are from Philadelphia! 22. You hate Dallas 21. You realize that your favorite dessert is "wooder ice" ( it comes in churry, strawburry, and other assawrded flaverz). 20. You find yourself using "YO" and " Youse guys" when talking long-distance to your family members. 19. You know how to spell Schuykill. 18. You pronounce ACME as "ACK - A - ME." 17. You think $2,500 a year on a 1977 Toyota Corolla is a bargain. 16. You find yourself at a nice restaurant thinking, "I wonder if they have cheese steaks?" 15. You can sleep soundly through gunfire and ambulance sirens. 14. You visit new York City and are impressed by how clean it is. 13. You believe the car on your left, with turn signals flashing and the driver pointing at your lane, wants you to close the gap with the car in front of you. 12. You can't eat french fries without Cheez Whiz. 11. Street people greet you by your first name. 10. You don't think WAWA sounds funny. 9. You snub a cheese steak that isn't on an Amoroso roll. 8. Your parents,brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles all live on the same block. 7. You know who Jim O'Brien is and how he died. 6. You can't imagine breakfast without scrapple. 5. You're still not sure about Jerry Penacolli. 4. A vacation down at the Jersey shore (pronounced "shoore") is better than going to an island (there's more stuff to do, plus you know everybody) 3. You know where to find the Rocky statue. 2. You know only tourists go to Geno's, Pat's and Jim's for authentic cheese steaks. You go only if you're drunk and it's 3:00 AM. AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM PHILLY 1. You buy a soft pretzel at a traffic light without wondering where the guy goes to wash his hands and you don't even care! sorry for the back to back long posts, I figured you guys would enjoy these. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

I have a e-mail of top 20 ways you know your from Philly. I'll have to try and dig that one up. Here's something for anyone that lived in Philly and really learned the language. You won't miss Philly until your not there and you eat a tastycake. Yes they are more addicting then Krispy Kreme. HOWDA TAWK LIKE A PHILDELPHIAN We gots our awn way aspeakin, and yuze can figger out wot weir sayin, by uzen dis pronunciation n translation guide ta Philly's langwich: Ack A mee: Acme, a local supermarket Addytood: Attitude Be Yoo Dee Full: Beautiful Bin Dare: I've been there Caw-fee: coffee Samson Shtreet: Sansom Street Senner Siddy: Center City Dah Iggles: Philadelphia Eagles Dah Fills: Philadelphia Phillies Dah Fliers: Philadelphia Flyers Dah Semi Sixes: Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers Downashore: The beach (as found along the New Jersey shore) Fluffya: Philadelphia Goddago: I have to go Goes: Use in place of "said", as in "He goes, 'I'm not feelin' so good." Guh Head: Yes, you may do that Langwich: Language Jeet Yet?: have you eaten yet? No jew?: no, did you? Jeez Take: Cheesesteak Mondee, Twosdee, Whensdee, Thirsty, Frydee, Saradee, Sunny: the days of the week Niceta Meechas: Nice to meet you Nint Shtreet: Ninth Street Sammich: Sandwich Scrapple: Local delicacy made from ground pork products Scappleinecks: Scrapple and eggs Skookle: Schuylkill (the river that flows through Fluffya and da expressway by da same name) Siddy Haw: City Hall Skeeve: hatred/disgust. (Example: "I skeeve raw scrapple") Skowne On?: What's going on Sout Fluffya: South Philadelphia Wah?: Excuse me, what did you say? Yunner Stan?: Do you understand? DART MUZEEM: A large Greek revival building on down on da Porkway housing an impressive collection of art. Known to most Fluffyans as" da steps Sly ran up in dah first Rocky movie." WOODER - a clear, bad tasting beverage that flows from da fawsits in Fluffya. WOODER ICE - an Italian treat that you can buy on da shtreets of Souf Fluffya YUZE - the Fluffya version of the southern "y'all", plural of "you" YUZE-GUYS - redundant of "yuze", for when a single "yuze" just ain't enuf. SOF PRESSLE - a uniquely Fluffya treat sold at iggles games and by street vendors with filthy hands. Yooz want mustid wit dat? "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

At this shop the handguns are only rented on their indoor range. You can't take it off to another range to shoot them. Theres even been a bunch of suicides with those range guns. They go in rent one walk out onto the range and then leave an unsightly stain on the floor and a hole in the ceiling. Hell I'm in California. You can't say the word gun without getting 20 people looking at you funny. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

A handgun, needless to say the look on the salesmans face was priceless. I wish I had a picture of it. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Not to long ago I heard a conversation in the local gun shop I think I should share. Guy: Do you rent guns here? Salesman: Sure do. Guy: Great, I need one for about 3 days. It's people like that where these gun laws are good. It keeps weapons out of the hands of this guy. Now do I believe there should be waivers, yes. If someone has a legitiment threat on his/the family's life same day purchase can be authorized. These cases would be interviewed same day by 2 senior officers for the legitimancy of their cases. When legitimancy is decided you get a offical letter to take to the gun shop, which is verified by calling one of those 2 officers. Then you can buy the gun the same day. Now if sitting in the police office for 8 hours waiting for your turn to talk to the officers is to long for you then your case must not be worth enough to hear in the first place. I won't even get into the issue of training to use those weapons because anyone who works with firearms know's it takes a long time to become truely familiar with your weapon, grip, body position, trigger squeeze, breathing, follow through etc. Sometime's just having the weapon is enough to stop a crime. Back to the original post, Philly has some good idea's, now to find someone with enough balls to impliment them. Screw public opinion and doing what's going to get you voted as prom king. Do what will piss people off but get the job done. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

What if he had 300lbs of C4, 5 miles of detcord and a gatling gun like the terminator? Guns aren't the problem, stupid people with guns is the problem. Either way he did it, this guy deserves to be bubba's boyfriend for a long long time. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

If you need more creature comforts, the city of Temecula is down the 215 south a little way. That might be a better deal. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Makes you think about how horrible people can be to one another, over something so stupid. One good thing out of this is that the little girl survived. This very easily could have been a triple murder. I can only imagine the feelings the LEO must have had at that scene. The operator did a damn fine job of keeping the girl calm and occupied too. No matter what training you have nothing can ever prepare you for a situation like that. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

2004 Subaru WRX STi 300 Horses 300 lbs torque 3000 lb car. Hauls big nuts fast, grips like a virgins thighs and has a rear wing big enough to draw the attention of a blind man. Toss in a blow off valve to hiss at motorist driving to slowly in front of it and you have one of the coolest cars around. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

My selections are in no particular order but should all be considered in my book. The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly) The Marx Brothers (gotta love groucho) Mel Blanc (For Looney Tunes) Ed O'Neil (GO AL!! 4 TD's 1 Game) Rudy Boesch (45 Yr Navy SEAL Vet and could still take those kids on Survivor) and finally The American fighting men from the revolutionary war to tommorow (god bless them all) "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

OK should the father have been arrested? Yes, should he not have been able to commit this hanious crime? yes. Bottom line is it happened and noone should monday morning Q-back the police officers decision. We don't have all the info the officers did. We didn't get to look into the eyes of the woman or hear the words she used to talk about her ex husband. These officers did what they thought was right. These officers are paid to make those decisions and trusted by the city and community to make them. If the community stops trusting one of those officers they can get them fired by pettitioning the city/town legislature. If this woman were to pursue the punishment of officer so and so who failed to exercise good judgement in this case causing the death of those kids she might win, or at least get a settlement. However by pursuing the entire police force she is biting off more then she can chew. Now she's fighting the law enforcement community as a whole. I can only imagine the lawsuits that will come up in cities if she wins this case. Any cop that doesn't bend to the will and whim of any person is going to get the city sued for millions. Anyone want to form a skydiving vigilante group? We can prosper in this brave new world. Drop in on the criminals from above. We can have cool names like swooperman "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Navy, I was 18. Why, because I wanted to do something for me. It was all my own decision noone else could make it for me and I was going to do what I wanted. I choose my branch because it was the only recruiter that didn't try to feed me a bunch of BS. He told me he didn't know something, but he would find out and get back to me with the info. He did, and I joined the Navy. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

I love it! I'm looking to get one of HK's bumper stickers, that says "insured by H&K" I'm probably going to pick one up at the next gun show. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Serve and protect, sounds great doesn't it? I like it, it's catchy. The few the proud, be all that you can be. I love it, you say that phrase and everyone know's who your talking about. The secret service is here to protect our high ranking officials, there are body guards to protect, movie stars and other celebrities. Then there are police officers, out there to protect the entire city/town/community. If you are relying on the individual officer for your protection you are nuts. I have 2 guns at home, just in case one doesn't work or runs out of bullets. Do I trust the police to come to my aid, yes. Will they be here quicker then I can put a few bullets into that guy wearing the ski mask and carrying a pistol coming into my apt at 2 AM, no. Your personal protection is up to you. I'll be moving to Florida in 2 months time and I've already taken steps to protect myself. I've gotten a concealed carry permit and got a gun specifically for concealed carry (HK USP compact .45). I've gotten numerous holsters for different types of clothes and situations. I've familiarized myself with the laws concerning concealed carry and the use of deadly force withing the state. All that before I even moved there. The cops cannot protect you 24/7 if you want protection 24/7 there are companies that will provide the protection for you, at a price. It's a helluva lot higher then a cops normal wages. Enjoy your protection, you may not need it all the time but it's nice to know all the money your shelling out could protect you someday. Or just maybe that bodyguard will be looking at someone else suspicious, and the suspicious guys buddy will walk up from the other side and put a bullet in your head. Maybe you need 2 bodyguards, and a personal assistant. Hey get the guy from tomb raider he was there to serve the girl and when all those guys in ski masks raided the house he grabbed a shotgun. I want him on my side. So in closing are the cops here to protect and serve, HELL YES! Are they here to protect and serve you as a individual, no. If you think otherwise, you need to stop thinking, your going to hurt yourself. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Damn miss 2 days and I'm outa the loop. OK time to catch up. Good arguements for and against drugs. Hey if you want to make drugs legal join the constantly circulating lists of people petitioning the government for it. Alcohol maybe legal now but don't forget about prohibition. Alcohol is allowed, now it's not, good upstanding citizens not to mention the wealthy and influental all drinking illegally. Nowhere will you find someone that says drug or alcohol abuse will make anyone into a certain profile of person. Then the repeal of prohibition suddenly everything is ok again, alot of people released from prison and so forth. I'll spare the what if scenario about drugs and legalization because all we'll hear is the same arguements over again. If you want to use (not abuse) drugs go for it, I hope you don't get caught. If you do well man up and take your beat down by bubba. Needless to say you won't see the inside of jail until your caught god knows how many times, or if you'll even have enough on you to warrent a felony charge or if the cop will even push the issue besides destroying the drugs. So if you just have a little pot or are stoned every once in a while in a private area you'll probably never have a problem with the law. However there are a number of people that get stoned and then go on a munchie run or are just going home, they get in their car and get pulled over. Uh oh another DUI, hands behind your head, your going to jail tonight. Yes some cops may be corrupt, it happens everywhere not just the police. If you become friends with some cops you may find they are just like you, only in a different line of work. Do some cops smoke pot? sure. Do some drink heavily? yup. Do some go out and womanize? better believe it. Do some go home to their wife and kids? Do some trade out uniforms and goto their 2nd job? Do some stay after their shift for hours on end because they have to get reports done? Do some get called back to duty because someone else is sick? There are so many scenerios that could be run. Noone likes the cops until they have a crime commited against them. We are always picking on you right up until you need our help. We are not allowed to speed down your street until it is your house that got robbed. We shouldn't shoot someone to save our lives because it's part of the job, to risk it. I don't expect anyone outside of law enforcement to understand my point of view. I'd highly reccomend a ride along with anyones local police to see what goes on out on patrol. You may just change your mind about the local cops. It's not all supertroopers and shaft. It's 6 hours of sitting in a car drinking coffee and driving in circles, followed by the minutes of sheer terror when you arrive at the "disturbance" call and have no idea whats happening but a "disturbance". Sorry for the rambling here. At the end of the day the choice is up to you. At home there is noone there to stop you and you can do whatever you want. The beauty of freedom, you close the door shut the shades and turn on the tv. You open a beer, the 2nd bottle of gut rot or light up the pipe and watch PCU with a bag or dorito's. The tolerance for anything is up to you. If you tolerate it then it will occur, if you step up and say this is wrong and won't be done. Enforce what you said and punish those that don't follow the rules you will gain compliance. If a dropzone says no hook turns, you hook it in and the DZO grounds you. He is doing the same thing as the police. Enforcing the rules at that location. Now you could stop doing hook turns or you can goto another DZ. Many would say, I'll goto another DZ. Drugs are illegal in america, you want to goto another country where it's legal, I hear Scandanvia is looking to increase their poulation. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Drugs is a difficult thing to discuss punishment for. Different drugs carry different punishments based on their drug schedule, amount in possesion, prior convictions for possession, distribution etc. As a LEO my line in the sand is any drugs, but that is the Navy, Zero tolerance. Most people that are in prison are not there because they were caught with a little pot(edited here: or a speeding ticket or 1 arguement with their spouse). It's because they were caught with a little pot (or offense) alot of times. Or they were caught with alot of pot, normally for distribution or trafficing to the distributors. The line isn't where is it illegal, it's where is it tolerated. Eveyone knows where the line is for illegal, but tolerance of the drug thats in the mind of the individual. I've seen drugs tear alot of people apart, throw away careers, break up families because they wanted to get high. The drug users in prison are not there for having a joint, they are there because they were caught enough times by normally the same officers, in the same spots doing the same thing. The better topic is why do we have so many people on death row for 20-30 years. I know alot of people who would volunteer to aid in the killing of those people. "Oh but there are some people that are innocent on death row" Yes and there is also people like Charles Manson on death row. Guys and girls that were caught in the act of raping, killing, kidnapping the list goes on. End it now and save the money. I'm all about saving some money and putting it back into the system where it is needed in schools and IMHO the pockets of public servants like fire fighters and LEO's. In my time I've been thanked by a number of people, some old, some young, some pretty, some pretty ugly. But no matter who says it whenever I've been thanked for just doing my job it feels great. I have a smile on my face for an hour because those are the people I serve and they are happy at my performance. However I may walk into a fast food restruant and order a burger and I'll get the wrong order with spit in it just because I wear a badge. How F*^$ed up is that? But it comes with the territory. Not everyone convicted is a criminal and not everyone exonerated is innocent but it happens and all we can do is try to make the best decision to put those guilty behind bars or on the table for lethal injection. Don't look at jury duty as something that is going to ruin your day. Look at it as a chance to make the decision. Everyone whines about the juries actions but noone wants to be in the chairs. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Horrible idea. Congrats on your being caught. The owners of those 10 houses you broke into, stole all of their worldly possesions and then sold them for drug/spending money who will never recieve compensation for the feeling of violation they now have will have some justice. You didn't use any violence in the acts so you are punished to 5 years on parole, you must get a job at this warehouse where you will be in the inventory and distribution center. From your paycheck you will pay 150 dollars to the state as a penalty for being caught. You are also sentenced to goto school get better educated and recieve drug counciling about your addictions on the states dime. Welcome to the new judicial system. If you get caught again you will goto jail but for now, your free. Here's a printout of your school and rehab meeting schedule. Oh yeah because we can't prove anything you can keep that new porsche you just bought with money possibly made during those robberies. Again, horrible idea. Americans in cages, hmm I don't mind. Hell at least we didn't send all of of prisioners to another country like England. I don't suppose anyone else has seen the Federalies vans full of people cruising around in TJ looking to stuff one more body in there before heading back for the drop off at the prison. I won't even get into the population differences in the countries. So in conclusion, horrible idea. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Oh the joys of CSI. I must say though I do watch the show and enjoy it for the drama and alot of the scenerio's that come up. It's a good show and I can see how it's been so popular. Now cops that is the one I love to watch. Granted the officers screw up alot and half the time the camera is pointing in the wrong direction. But just the look on the perps face as 3 officers are on top of him with a foot/knee in the back of his neck and those really nice pierless braclets being hooked up brings a smile to my face. The comments after a chase are classic too, like "why are you running?" "cause the PO-lease is chasin' me!" HAHA gotta love it "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

The CSI effect has a really crappy effect for the beat cops as well. I'm not even close to forensic scientist level. Hell I can't even stand to study it there is so much technical info in there. Yet I love how some people want me to fingerprint their lockers because someone took their CD or something like that. Most people will never understand how much work and time will go into doing simple fingerprinting or how difficult it is to actually find and lift a full print. Not to mention how easily it can be messed up and your 1 good print suddenly doesn't count anymore. Not to mention those people that freak when something comes up missing when they left it sitting out in plain sight in a place where over 400 people have access to. "Sure I'll take this head on, who's your primary suspect? You don't have one, wow. That'll make this a little more difficult, I'm gonna go start arranging to fingerprint the entire command so we can find out who stole your 50 cent CD." Personally I'm just waiting for someone to ask me face to face why I can't process their *insert stupid crime scene here* like the guys on CSI. Hell if I had 1/2 the budget that the guys in CSI had I would never have to go steal someone else's pens/sharpie markers/ masking tape or printer paper ever again and how great would that be? "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Unfortinetly I only have a short time left at SDSD. The end of May I will be moving to Key West FL. I'll probably end up with SD Miami as my new home DZ. I'm definetly going to try and hit a bunch of DZ's between here and there though. It should be a fun drive X country to say the least. "I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot."

Hi everyone, I've been lurking around for a little while and decided to get off my ass and join up. I started AFF in Jan at Skydive San Diego and have been getting poorer and poorer every weekend since. I'm glad to be here, I look forward to learning alot and have a blast doing it.