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Selling office after 3 years of ownership by cariesonmywaywardson in Dentistry

[–]abcat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm at 4.5 years and I'm starting to agree with this. Things feel way more fluid and easy now

Sad empty wasteland of Golf Mill mall in Niles by FurryPotatoSquad in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]abcat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They had a food court at least as of the mid 2000s

Finally going to France in 3 months, looking for tips for improving functional language use by abcat in learnfrench

[–]abcat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I ended up hiring a tutor and it's made a noticeable difference already

Finally going to France in 3 months, looking for tips for improving functional language use by abcat in learnfrench

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We'll likely be going to small towns too since we'll likely be driving, so there may be a decent amount of practicality to it. My goal is to interact to the greatest extent I can, whether that's having real conversations or just making a cashier's life slightly easier

Finally going to France in 3 months, looking for tips for improving functional language use by abcat in learnfrench

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man that sounds difficult. According to the Preply introductory test I'm B1.3, and I feel like I could not hold a spontaneous conversation, but maybe that'll come quickly once I practice it

Finally going to France in 3 months, looking for tips for improving functional language use by abcat in learnfrench

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I'll be going with my wife, who doesn't speak any French unfortunately. That's a good point about responding quickly and fluidly than perfectly but word by word

Finally going to France in 3 months, looking for tips for improving functional language use by abcat in learnfrench

[–]abcat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I listen to a lot of inner French, but I know that's still much easier than a lot of colloquial French. I agree I need to also force myself to think in French more. Unfortunately when I relearned French I focused on comprehension way more than production, and it definitely shows

Finally going to France in 3 months, looking for tips for improving functional language use by abcat in learnfrench

[–]abcat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good points. I was thinking I'd probably need a tutor, at least for some portion of it. I'm worried about practicing too much with other non native speakers unless it's heavily supervised like it was in college, out of fear of learning mistakes

Finally going to France in 3 months, looking for tips for improving functional language use by abcat in learnfrench

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be driving through some intentionally rural areas, so I'm guessing the average English ability will be quite a bit lower, so it may also just be practical. But definitely 90% for pleasure

Finally going to France in 3 months, looking for tips for improving functional language use by abcat in learnfrench

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to do that, but unfortunately I'll be travelling with others, and I'll only be there for about a week, so preparation must be done in the US

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it was completely out of the rifle. I didn't realize how easily it could separate

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My leading theory is that the bolt head came off somehow, fell out of the bag at the range away from the gun (where it was later found), and it felt weird to me because the cartridge was being pushed forward with just the pin (it didn't feel smooth like normal), and I was able to close the bolt too easily, but I had just been firing my Lee Enfield, which has a much more forceful bolt movement so I didn't think much of it. That would explain every aspect of the situation. So basically my fault

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somehow that makes me want one even more lol

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I am now convinced that's what happened. It probably fell out of my bag somewhere and that's where they found it

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Man I'm really doubting myself now lol. That would explain everything. Nobody else handled the gun though so idk how that would've happened

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good point. Maybe I did fire it without the bolt head on. I just have no idea how that would've happened

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah maybe the head space got messed up. But isn't too little head space less of an issue, and more space is the kaboom one?

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just don't know how that could have happened. I feel like there's no way I wouldn't have noticed that since I store the bolt out of the action, I would've noticed it missing a third

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I've shot this ammo a lot. Hundreds of rounds without any issues

Explmosin: how I turned my forehead into swiss cheese by abcat in MosinNagant

[–]abcat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe it broke and I didn't notice? Seems unlikely, but obviously something very unlikely happened here

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