Who needs a firearm?!?

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Oh, caltrops? You can make those by twisting two nails over each other, then cutting off and sharpening the heads.

They are really nice because when made right, they always have one point facing up.

Of course, if you drop them on accident, picking them all back up could be a chore. It seems like it would be easier to have string or fishing line attached to them, for easy storage.

MUCH faster and easier to pick them back up!

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Anubis wrote:

It is good that the department took action. Firing him seems extreme to me; maybe suspension without pay for a couple of weeks and his agreement to stop going tothe Starbuck's for coffee would have been enough.

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I think it's called extortion, no matter how slight. And what would prevent him from claiming his slow or noresponse on a flat tire, or something else. He could flatten onehimself in retaliation. He needed to be fired!!

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unreconstructed1 wrote:

by the way, for those of you who don't know, thisis a caltrop:

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And that's a particularly beautiful one, with hollow spikes designed for rapid deflation of pneumatic tires.

Traditional caltrops are very effective against horses and foot soldiers, but less so against vehicles. That, however, is a brilliant execution.