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harbingersolution OP t1_j53eltc wrote

Reply to comment by lilylochness in A little painting of the Sound by harbingersolution

Thank you so much! That means a lot. I learned by learning how to draw first before painting, because color is a whole different game than the greys of pencil. Most all of the the skills also translate over to painting, as well. My biggest tips would be to paint stuff that you think is cool and stuff you like. Breaking things into really basic shapes like rectangles, triangles and circles helps a lot at first too, because those basic forms make up everything.

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chromecod t1_j53djqx wrote

Reply to Enjoying a day at Spirit Lake by araemo28

When I was a kid my mom and dad and I would spend a week every summer fishing and staying in the cabins. Harry Truman taught me how to use a canoe much to my mother's chagrin. What great memories

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lavender_tailor t1_j52y1w0 wrote

Reply to comment by whitepawn23 in Wipers on lights on by dualstrombolifeast

I took a defensive driver's course some years ago. Something interesting I learned is that even on the most beautiful, sunny day without a cloud in the sky you still can't really see an oncoming car at about 1 to 2 miles out. They showed us a few slides and then a video clip of an oncoming car with and without headlights on, on a very long, very straight stretch of highway. Even from a couple miles out in those pristine conditions, you could just barely see them but with their headlights on you could very easily spot them. Ever since then it's habit for me to always have mine own.

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VaeVictis997 t1_j52wix8 wrote

Reply to comment by broham97 in FBI warned of neo-Nazi plots as attacks on Northwest grid spiked by glitterkittyn

More that they don’t consider them a real threat, and sympathize with a lot of their points.

They absolutely know where the real domestic terror threat is, but they clearly don’t believe their own stats, based on where they put their resources and how badly they bungle prosecutions of right wing groups like the Bundys.

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CryptoNerdSmacker t1_j52ve3o wrote

Reply to comment by SenorMudd in FBI warned of neo-Nazi plots as attacks on Northwest grid spiked by glitterkittyn

Yeah was kinda hoping most of that generation/population would die off and fade away but it looks like they were just laying in wait for one of “their own” to take power. It’s not just them though, anyone else witnessing all this shit going down and not standing up for what’s right are complicit as well. Inaction is enablement.

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whitepawn23 t1_j52pd2l wrote

Reply to Wipers on lights on by dualstrombolifeast

My lights are just on whenever I drive. Key, lights, go. Why not? Less divided attention while driving which is already a divided attention task.

Seriously though. This is only one tiny piece of the problem with the I5 from Tacoma to Vancouver. That shit has some scary assholes weaving their lane worse than a Wisconsin drunk. Watched one tailgating in the left lane recently, weaving hard over the line, onto the shoulder, and back again.

Or the fuckers who try to pace you as their lead car while they read their phones clutched in both hands on the drivers wheel.

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420_Braze_it t1_j52mser wrote

Reply to comment by broham97 in FBI warned of neo-Nazi plots as attacks on Northwest grid spiked by glitterkittyn

It just doesn't make any sense. You don't need to shoot up four separate power stations to rob a store first of all, and the potential payout for it wouldn't be worth the risk. Power substation attacks were investigated by the feds and are considered domestic terrorism so they carry a significantly higher risk and way higher legal penalties.

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