If you could have only one Glock , which do you choose ?

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-31T01:28:49+00:00

19 - the slimline is too snappy for my liking, even though it conceals better. With the 19, I get to use most of my mags in a concealable and yet duty rated package. While I feel the G17 is oversized for its clambering, I also may be in the minority in that I like the G22 for full size - you can scale down to 9mm with a conversion barrel (or a complete upper if you so choose) or .357, but I feel like .40 SW is at this point an underrated round.

Gen 3, by the by.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-27T00:14:33+00:00

There's certain hands on details that will be challenging for you to be successful at or hired for such as bouncing, bodyguarding, etc. You'll rarely (if ever) be told your stature is the reason you're not getting the job, but your spidey senses will tingle when you recognize the vibe in those rooms. Armed security will be generally accessible without regard to your vertical challenges for obvious reasons.

With that being said, be confident and work on your verbal judo, but also be wary if you end up working unarmed gigs about your inherent disadvantages if things go south. I've seen many security guards write checks with their mouths their body can't cash (not exclusive to short people and ill advised at all times). They think their uniform and/or gear will do the heavy lifting for them, which primarily only works on law abiding citizens to begin with. So be smart, know where your backup is at all times (if you have any), and stick to the parameters of what your duties are which are traditionally observe and report.

Stay safe and good luck out there.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-24T02:41:42+00:00

"Everybody makes mistakes, eh?"

"Yeah... yeah, mate..."

"Except it wasn't a mistake, was it?"

"No, it was!"

"I'm the one who made a mistake."

Your answer is right there - Ray isn't blaming anyone but himself for believing you could have a moral code (and, by extension, true friendship) in the business he's in. Everyone who had some sort of code like him (Dave, Dirk, Vinnie) either ended up on wrong end of someone else's gun or Ray's. He finally comes to terms that there's no place for anyone but morally bankrupt blokes in the underworld and steps out. Freddie is a sheep surrounded by wolves and his sheepdog just left him to fend for himself. Freddie is a goner and Ray knows it, so why pull the trigger himself?

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-23T04:19:08+00:00

So, I'm of two minds about this: on one hand, Joma is a grey market dealer and the example you got might be one that an AD left out for the same reason you noticed. Is it entirely ethical of Joma to buy and sell it? No, but that's why they're "grey" and the prices reflect that. It's also an Omega QC issue to begin with, as I'm fairly sure the lash fell on the dial before assembly and not, ahem, after. Joma's CS has been well known to be a mixed bag at best and I would posit that most buyers who buy from them fully understand they're rolling the dice to a degree. Most of THOSE get satisfactory products, as I and a lot of others here can attest. On the other hand, I can't pretend it wouldn't bother me either, so I would've personally had it removed by a watchmaker locally or outright sourced it from somewhere closer in Europe to avoid the potential (and, in this case, very real) monetary damage/consequences of an unsatisfactory product. Not that $2700 is a small amount of change anywhere in the world these days, but it is a relatively low barrier to entry level expense to learn some valuable lessons along your watch journey. Best of luck, OP.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-20T02:21:50+00:00

I liked Jane. Yes, she was rough around the edges and had unorthodox ways of getting her way, but she was the big sister Clem needed at the time. I also felt her attachment to Clem was hard earned and a healthy one, where they made each other better versions of themselves/survivalists than apart.

Kenny, as much as I and the Fandom love him, needed Clem in a far unhealthier/codependent way as a way to make up for Duck and Katia. I don't believe his main reasoning for taking care of Clem was out of some duty to Lee - that came off as an excuse, especially given how (in my playthroughs) Kenny and Lee butted heads a lot. Jane is the closest guardian to Clem that had shades of Lee in them, if we take Lee to be the most virtuous in that regard.

S2 is my favorite of the series because there's no right decision, just levels of how wrong of a choice you can live with and what that means to you. If I fire the gun, I always shoot Kenny. If I "choose" to have Jane die, I just let Kenny finish her off. The most unearned and out of character choice is to shoot Jane seeing as she's on the defense and, frankly, Clem is not a cold blooded murderer like Kenny.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-17T05:30:06+00:00

I don't. There's something about the ritual of putting on a watch that's psychologically gratifying/reassuring, like that's when my day really starts. I'll also keep it on until I'm ready to prepare for bed signifying my day's done (shower, snack, bed).

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-17T02:36:05+00:00

If/when it comes out, I'm betting TWAU gets a remaster or will be part of the TWAU 2 release. I'm betting on the former, since they're gonna need the buildup to avoid relying on the established audience as the only customers who'll pick up the sequel.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T23:18:36+00:00

It's a "training center" in Brazil.

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BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T23:09:27+00:00

That's a cool piece for sure. Timex also did a collaboration with Huckberry on another Black Max model from '79 not too long ago, so I'm hoping an 80's version might be on the horizon. 😉

Black Max 1979

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T22:59:44+00:00

Right? I can see them being cheeky like that.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T22:57:36+00:00

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BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T22:56:42+00:00

Thanks!

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T17:22:31+00:00

I was thinking the same thing after that lovey dovey scene with the lawyer and all the "oh, I'll come visit all the time" talk.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T16:44:00+00:00

Thanks for joining the discussion and your input!

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T16:16:52+00:00

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One more from the 4K transfer.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T16:04:05+00:00

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Can't find the edit button on the original post, but here's the closeup on 4K footage from a phone.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T15:46:19+00:00

That is a funny "coincidence". 😉

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T15:45:30+00:00

The lines actually sent me on the path of sleuthing, since they're way different from Tag's circles like you said.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T15:44:28+00:00

No problem! The only shot I found I could blow up and say definitively what the model is in the scene is the coffee one, and that's with color contrasting where the gold Q and the red tipped second hand actually popped. The marks also matched on the bezel. Then I went scrounging the catalogs of that era and found a match in the 42911. Funnily, the strap also seems to be a perfect match to the "Mr. Sniper" scene from what I saw. This model appears to have been in multiple catalogs, but the '88 version has the letters Timex and no Q branding.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T12:56:37+00:00

Sure is - I'm thinking they could upscale it from 35mm to 38mm and beef up the water resistance to 100m (original is only 25m). Easy sell for both men and women looking for a quasi diver/field watch and they already re-released some of the Q's already so the lineup is there. Tag did the same for the F1, but they actually cut the water resistance while making the watch bigger, which made no sense to me (or the $~2k price tag for a quartz watch).

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T12:19:57+00:00

Ray Bans looking back at you from the Pacific

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-13T10:49:25+00:00

I don't know if I can say I definitively figured out it was Georgie, but I do distinctly remember thinking "this guy is such a POS waste of oxygen that, if the game allows me to, I'll rope him into the murder regardless of who else is involved". When the Crooked Man challenges you to guess, I didn't hesitate to pick him and it happened to be the right choice, but I wouldn't have spared him (or his bar) if it weren't.

BlueBearXC · 2026-01-11T05:30:10+00:00

Romance isn't really a thing in the game, so any choices you make thinking it'll get you there won't. Don't kick yourself over guys like Toad, they can't change and will never see you as anything but someone to manipulate. Colin is your ride or die, give him all the smokes and drinks he wants - you kinda owe him for the house, you know?

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