Ministry of Sound bomb plot

[silvia]

I'm so used to it I hardly notice any more...the twatty ministry bouncers have tried to get me to remove my piercings on a few occasions and nearly didn't let me in once because they thought I might cause trouble with all the Wetherspoons/Walkabout/Leicester Sq crowd.
So there I was, outside with a flock of geese and (almost) nowhere to go.

I guess it's justified though because I do have a tendency to kick off in there.

Why did they want you to remove your piercings?
What are geese?

 

[Robder]

I've no idea...Every time I go there I have an ok-ish night - the club is lovely but the crowd is one of the worst I've ever set eyes on.
So I guess it's a mutual misunderstanding.

Geese:

 

[silvia]

I've no idea...Every time I go there I have an ok-ish night - the club is lovely but the crowd is one of the worst I've ever set eyes on.
So I guess it's a mutual misunderstanding.

Geese:

I still can't see the problems with your piercings

lol at geeses, in catalan is one of my fav words when I meet my girlies or my mum and my sis

 

[Bakerman]

geez and what can we do? Stay at home to avoid boms in planes, public transports, bancs, clubs, touristic ressorts?

never said that, just said its scary

 

[Ferd]

As long as they only bomb it on a boompty boompty night I dont care.

 

[Barbie]

As long as they only bomb it on a boompty boompty night I dont care.

So basically you're saying that you want me to be bombed

 

[Ferd]

So basically you're saying that you want me to be bombed

Not necessarily, only because it will mean I wouldnt be there. Only looking out for myself

 

[Barbie]

Not necessarily, only because it will mean I wouldnt be there. Only looking out for myself

Well I hope you have this on your conscience if The Box gets bombed while I'm boompety boomping to Delboy

 

[LagunaBeachCA]

See your point, LB, but it's hard to keep situational awareness when your less than sober

I'm usually vigilant going to/from the club (as is necessary for me in Moscow) but inside you rarely pay attention to what's going on around you (other than when you're people watching ).

That's why clubs, unfortunately, make good targets... remember all those German disco bombings back in the 1980s?

All of this may sound weird or paranoid but it is second nature to me and very much engrained in me.

Whenever I go into a club the first thing I do is check where the exits are, and then time myself from the dance floor to the exit. I know it is not the same when one is under duress, but as my teacher once told me “No one rises to the occasion; they default to their level of training”. So learning how to maneuver one-self when the poop is really hitting the fan is not the best place to be.

Another thing that I instinctively do is see (and be reasonably comfortable) who the folks are in the club. By that I want to be at relative comfort with their eye movement, body language, etc. If is far easier to do that in a club where you have 300-500 people that when there are 2000 people. But the principle remains the same. In a huge club environment, you at least want to be comfortable with the people a 25meter radius.

Even when I am shaking me hiney and having a great time, I would take breaks frequently and walk around the club. It makes for interesting people watching too. My teacher once told me, “Try to be like a cat and not a dog”. A cat is always walking around the house making sure everything is OK. A dog comes to attention when something happens. Be proactive not reactive.

Morbyd, for someone like you who lived in DC with some of the highest crime rates in the country (even though people cannot own a handgun in DC; but that is another story) you are still exposed to developing a relatively high degree of SA when compared to most of the folks that I have come across in Orange County and San Diego. This is flippin’ Disneyland, and unfortunately the folks have a very low level of SA. But, the excellent news is that all of this can be learned.

I fully agree that it is very tough to have any decent level of SA while being impaired, but that’s the discipline. You can still have a few drinks and have a great time without any major compromise.

Unfortunately, I do not really remember the bombings at German discos as I was only 11 in 1986. Now I am dating myself.

 

[Morbyd]

Morbyd, for someone like you who lived in DC with some of the highest crime rates in the country (even though people cannot own a handgun in DC; but that is another story) you are still exposed to developing a relatively high degree of SA when compared to most of the folks that I have come across in Orange County and San Diego. This is flippin’ Disneyland, and unfortunately the folks have a very low level of SA. But, the excellent news is that all of this can be learned.

Ah... I grew up in the suburbs. People left their cars and even houses unlocked in my neighborhood

Orange County is Disneyland though, you're right (literally!). The place kind of freaked me out, to be honest!

 

[LagunaBeachCA]

My mom's entire clan is in the Bethesda, Potomac, Richmond area. Small world, is it not? By the way, my Port of Entry when I immigrated to the US was Dulles.

 

[Robder]

Whenever I go into a club the first thing I do is check where the exits are, and then time myself from the dance floor to the exit.

I'm sorry but



Not meaning any malice though.

 

[LagunaBeachCA]

I'm sorry but



Not meaning any malice though.

No offense taken, Robder. As I said, it sounds weird and paranoid and it is if were looking as if I am in a Hollywood horror movie, but when something like that becomes second nature you are totally calm about it.

 

[fatphilb]

Is this your teacher?

Fair play to you LB but I don't think even 1% of clubbers would practise what you preach.

You been in the Military? Most of your posts are punctuated with abbreviated Tactical terms (SA off the top of my head) and I recall you having a concealment jacket shipped to you in NYC. Oh yeah, and plenty shifty SA behaviour there too (which I did take note of).

 

[LagunaBeachCA]

Is this your teacher?

Fair play to you LB but I don't think even 1% of clubbers would practise what you preach.

You been in the Military? Most of your posts are punctuated with abbreviated Tactical terms (SA off the top of my head) and I recall you having a concealment jacket shipped to you in NYC. Oh yeah, and plenty shifty SA behaviour there too (which I did take note of).

Good one Phil, and a good memory also. Most of the SA stuff was due to growing up outside the US. However, I consider myself extremely lucky to have teachers like James Williams (http://www.dojoofthefourwinds.com) who continue to push my limits. Morbyd in Moscow has an excellent chance to learn directly from Mikhail Ryabko (http://www.systemaryabko.ru/) a true legend. Hopefully, in the next few years I will get a chance to study under him or Vladmir (http://www.russianmartialart.com/).

As far as being in the armed forces is concerned, unfortunately I have not served in the armed services . However, I have been tremendously lucky to regularly train with guys from our Marines Force Recon. They are a great bunch of guys; extremely humble and totally dedicated. We owe our freedom to them. Working with them really helps me try to perform to my maximum level of training, as I want them to be best "equipped" when they go to serve our country. So, I guess it is a win-win for both parties.

As far as the acronym SA is concerned, I used that even before I came across the guys from the armed services just because it saves me the trouble of typing out the whole term. That's just pure coincidence.

The SigTac jacket is a good one to have. I highly recommend it. It also looks good. I had to get a jacket one way or the other as I had no warm clothing when I left for NY (apart from track suit tops which is not sufficient when the temperature is about 0deg.C). So instead of spending $100 on an Eddie Bauer, I thought I might as well spend it on something I would use once I get back to San Diego.

 

[Robder]

when they go to serve our country.

God bless America.