G'day. You could always get a CCW license, some good training and carry a handgun.
Hooroo. Regards, Trevor. Australia -----Original Message----- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 July 2005 1:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Major Tactical Error Ugh. Sorry to hear about it. Heal quickly and fully. Take self-defense training. Godfrey On Jul 10, 2005, at 8:07 AM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: > Note to self: if I'm ever jumped by a half dozen younger, faster guys > again (and I hope not -- once is too many), and I'm carrying the > K1000, do not protect the camera; use it as a weapon instead. Probably > would've cost me the FA28-80/3.5-4.7 that was on it, but that body's > as hard as their fists and harder than mine. > > Another note to self: for getting knocked on my ass on pavement, the > K1000 is probably the most rugged camrera I've got right now. > > Final note to self: on the other hand, something with automation > might have stood a better chance at capturing a useful image of my > assailants fleeing the scene as I, thoroughly dazed by multiple blows > to the head and a fall, tried to shoot without a flash. > > And a whine: the flash they first damaged knocking it off the camera > and then took with them, was my last still-properly-working flash. > > After nearly a quarter century of being out-and-visible without being > physically attacked, my streak has ended. I got bashed. > > The good news is that physically I shall heal (large swelling on my > right cheek with no purpling, bruising under both eyes so small it > looks like a mascara smudge (except that sp far it's blue, and I wear > black mascara), a scraped elbow, and the biggie is a bruise inside my > torso (no purpling on the skin) that makes it too painful to take a > deep breath or stand up completely straight). Basically nothing but > mere pain. Admittedly rather a lot of pain, but the anger is still > larger than the pain. And will probably last longer. > > (More details, if anyone wants more info than I've written here, are > available at: <http://www.livejournal.com/users/dglenn/593294.html> > and > <http://www.livejournal.com/users/dglenn/593914.html>.) > > -- Glenn > >
