Even though it’s called an Initial Public Offering, only a very small number of people are actually allowed to buy at the IPO price, so yeah, those people will do fine.
Before McDonald's got their grubby mitts on them, I loved Chipotle. I know they're out from under that thumb now, but the damage is done, and they're not coming back.
Nah, the food just really sucks. Used to be good, isn’t anymore. It’s not that they can’t afford it, it’s that if you’re going out for cheap food once in a while, Chipotle is somehow worse than what you can make at home, for more money.
I struggle with this too, and I'm old. It is a difficult habit to break out of. I urge you to put a lot of effort into this, make "doing the things" your habit.
But most especially, forgive yourself if you don't do the thing. The best time to have done the thing is "already", and the second best time is "right now", and if you do the thing at the second best time right now, when you're done it will become the best.
Or, if you're having a hard time doing the thing, just do a small part of the thing. A sub-thing, as it were. "It's a little bit better than it was before."
I've bought some snap caps (dummy rounds) so that I can practice draw, rack, aim, trigger in the house. (They don't let you draw at the range.)
... how to react in a situation where people are killing each other or might start killing each other.
Yeah, I don't have an answer for that one. Most people probably don't. My logic for getting a gun was "If you find yourself in a situation where you wish you had a gun, it's too late." I have no expectation that I'll need a gun anytime very soon, although the wind can change direction in a hurry. But I do have an expectation that I'll need a gun eventually, and if that's true, I should have one now so that I can practice with it.
100%. Holster your firearm, say where it is, allow the police to disarm you. Point out witnesses. You'll certainly need to identify yourself with name and date of birth. Say nothing else, especially when your adrenaline is up: talk to a lawyer.
For almost my entire life, I never thought I'd own a gun. Now I do. You definitely need to practice with it at a range of your choosing, and keep practicing. I didn't start carrying until after I'd been to the range a dozen times. I still don't carry every time I go out. I don't pretend to be any kind of expert, but I'm happy to talk about what I do know if ever you're interested.
Something I've noticed: carrying makes me extremely polite. Because if I have to draw, I need to already have been doing everything right, or I'm going to prison. Even if I'm totally in the right, don't even get charged with anything, the aftermath of such a situation would be life-changing, in a very bad way. There is no good outcome to an imminent threat to life or limb; being armed gives me the chance of choosing the least bad one.
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