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vejktoro (Pokaż profil) 15 stycznia 2009, 06:44:22
You`re lucky to find a security guard at the bank where I live.
These forums make me feel like I live on Mars.
I hope nobody ever visits here. It might get all shagged up.
alexbeard (Pokaż profil) 15 stycznia 2009, 11:17:34
I saw this kid get tasered at my old middle school. That wasn't pretty....
And at my school during exams if you have none you are supposed to wait in the cafeteria,....and do nothing
ceigered (Pokaż profil) 15 stycznia 2009, 16:01:54
Like nebwahs was saying, that's pretty much what happens in Australia too. Not enough people do drugs in private schools, those who do it in public schools were and are doing it anyway, and overpopulation in schools ain't a problem either. And the weapon of choice for an australian highschooler is the egg, rarely a proper weapon (some gang violence is starting up though in rare cases across the country). Overall I guess I'm blessed to live in a country full of lazy people
.@ Vejktoro: My dad worked at a bank, and his security guard was an old lady. Without a weapon to my knowledge too. I seriously wonder how they secured anything. Come to think of it, the most-robbed people in Australia are petrol stations, where the person working is often threatened with a texta of some colour and with a demeaning stare.
Clearing up for Non-Australians
:- Texta = felt tip pen. Call it a felt tip pen in Australia and it will sound extremely American (what is this in Esperanto btw? if it hasn't a name then I hereby call it a teksta-o)
- Guns are fairly taboo in Australia, so no, the Petrol (gas) station worker wouldn't have been able to pull out a shotgun
(also, what is this in esperanto, doesn't seem to be a word for it in the lernu vortaro). 
Miland (Pokaż profil) 15 stycznia 2009, 20:52:06
ceigered:felt tip pen. what is this in Esperanto btw?I suggest feltoplumo.
ceigered: shotgunBenson has kugletar-fusilo. Kuglo is a bullet, so kugl/et/ar is a collection of small bullets. Fusilo is a rifle, but pafilo is a gun in general, so in my opinion kugletar-pafilo would do here as well, because not many guns beside shotguns would fire a number of small bullets at once.
alexbeard (Pokaż profil) 15 stycznia 2009, 21:19:55
vejktoro (Pokaż profil) 15 stycznia 2009, 23:13:58
alexbeard:Whoa. Weaponless security guards? Walk into australia with a handgun and take over the country...I remember a guy came here a few years ago thinking the same thing. Because the cops generally were not carrying guns, he figured he could be king.
Guards and cops do have them, and are trained to use them, they just don`t all carry them around all time.
That guy rotted a few years in a Newfoundland prison far away from his family .
And he never even got a chance to fire the thing once.
I guess in places where lethal weapons are uncommon the penalty for even thinking about using one is high.
The pen is an effective weapon in court.
alexbeard (Pokaż profil) 15 stycznia 2009, 23:32:59
If the government EVER hinted that guns were bad, we would all be so mad.
It's our constitutional right, and man do we use that right. Most families, not mine though we are anti-gun types, have guns in their homes here.
erinja (Pokaż profil) 16 stycznia 2009, 01:33:03
Our banks have thick glass between you and the teller, although my town is small and very safe, so I expect that the banks simply use their standardized designs. I don't recall guards being vary obvious or visible at local banks, though I am sure they're present somewhere. Around here, if you go to a drive-through bank or pharmacy to pick something up, they'll frequently give you a dog biscuit if they notice you have a dog in your car. Definitely not the inner city.
Regarding tasers, I was at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas last week. Taser had a stand in the automotive pavilion. My colleague saw someone get tasered at the stand; they asked for a volunteer for a demonstration, and I guess someone volunteered, and they tasered her (on a low setting I hope?) and she screamed, and the whole pavilion turned around to look. Ouch. I passed by that booth later, but did not see anyone getting tasered.
Have never heard of a texta, is that an Australian brand name that became a generic word for that sort of pen? I definitely would not say 'tekstao' in Esperanto; words are usually only imported if they are internationally recognized, or if they are some highly specific local specialty (neither of which is the case here).
alexbeard (Pokaż profil) 16 stycznia 2009, 01:39:54
erinja:High rates of gun ownership are a very regional thing in the US. Most people where I live do not have a gun, though my dad has a bunch of them, mostly rifles for target-shooting purposes (airguns, shotguns for trap and skeet, etc). Definitely nothing for self-defense, and it's all kept locked up.That's true, gun ownership is regional. I'm so used to high gun ownership, I used to live in winchester and everybody had a gun. Ever hear of the winchester rifle used in the civil war? Came from that city.
Our banks have thick glass between you and the teller, although my town is small and very safe, so I expect that the banks simply use their standardized designs. I don't recall guards being vary obvious or visible at local banks, though I am sure they're present somewhere. Around here, if you go to a drive-through bank or pharmacy to pick something up, they'll frequently give you a dog biscuit if they notice you have a dog in your car. Definitely not the inner city.
Regarding tasers, I was at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas last week. Taser had a stand in the automotive pavilion. My colleague saw someone get tasered at the stand; they asked for a volunteer for a demonstration, and I guess someone volunteered, and they tasered her (on a low setting I hope?) and she screamed, and the whole pavilion turned around to look. Ouch. I passed by that booth later, but did not see anyone getting tasered.
Have never heard of a texta, is that an Australian brand name that became a generic word for that sort of pen? I definitely would not say 'tekstao' in Esperanto; words are usually only imported if they are internationally recognized, or if they are some highly specific local specialty (neither of which is the case here).
erinja (Pokaż profil) 16 stycznia 2009, 02:55:13
Incidentally, this same guy told me some stories of Australian soldiers he'd served with in Afghanistan. He had a deep respect for those guys, he said they were really tough, and that they plunged right into dangerous situations.