Old 03-31-2006, 11:24 PM   #1
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I find myself getting very practical these days

It started with 9/11 - being so close to New York and a firefighter at the time.
And it's just been reinforced watching New Orleans last year and now watching what's going on with the illegal immigrant situation coupled with the path this administration has chosen for the country.

I find myself getting very practical in alot of things. Tying up loose ends and spurning form for function. Thinking alot about contingencies and whether I'm prepared for them.
Even with firearms, I've been doing alot of trading to make sure my battery consists of either the indestructible type of firearm or the type that parts are available everywere. My calibers of choice have migrated away from the interesting to the common and practical.

I dunno. I'm by no means an alarmist, but I do find my mindset changing from a comfortable position to a "just in case" position.

It seems like things were so much easier we we had the Soviets as a concrete and consolidated enemy. Can we start an e-mail campaign to convince the Russians to start up the Cold War again?
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Old 03-31-2006, 11:30 PM   #2
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im feeling normal can you believe that ---anti biotics are wonderful
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Old 03-31-2006, 11:40 PM   #3
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Is that good, 7mm?

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im feeling normal can you believe that ---anti biotics are wonderful
I mean, "normal" for an old marine can be kind of scary...
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Old 03-31-2006, 11:43 PM   #4
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It started with 9/11 - being so close to New York and a firefighter at the time.
And it's just been reinforced watching New Orleans last year and now watching what's going on with the illegal immigrant situation coupled with the path this administration has chosen for the country.
I find myself getting very practical in alot of things. Tying up loose ends and spurning form for function. Thinking alot about contingencies and whether I'm prepared for them.
Even with firearms, I've been doing alot of trading to make sure my battery consists of either the indestructible type of firearm or the type that parts are available everywere. My calibers of choice have migrated away from the interesting to the common and practical.
I dunno. I'm by no means an alarmist, but I do find my mindset changing from a comfortable position to a "just in case" position.
It seems like things were so much easier we we had the Soviets as a concrete and consolidated enemy. Can we start an e-mail campaign to convince the Russians to start up the Cold War again?
Every fundamentalist church in the country has already replaced the commies, and their yen for world domination, with the gays and their agenda for destroying family values.

Do you have any idea what a headache it would be to redo all the paperwork again now?

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Old 03-31-2006, 11:55 PM   #5
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I actually don't have much of a problem with the commies (neither did any other American till Stalin and Mao turned it into a forced franchise). Marx and Lenin had some pretty interesting philosophies (No, I'm not a communist. I'm just able to see the value in other peoples way of thinking).

I just want them to act like they hate us again so we can focus on SOMETHING!

Sheesh. You'd have thought Gore's paperwork reduction crap would've made the paperwork time on something like this easier.
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Old 04-01-2006, 08:20 AM   #6
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I agree....it's not a bad idea to be prepared...you never know when things could turn bad.
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Old 04-01-2006, 12:22 PM   #7
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At one time during the lumbering era, 2/3 of the lower penninsula in Michigan was on fire at the same time. There are a lot of earthquake fault lines that people don't think about like the Laurentian Fault Line. Potential pandemics abound. A little bug-out-bag might always be in order.
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Old 04-01-2006, 04:29 PM   #8
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Marx and lennon did have a good plan.
But they forgot incentive (greed). Under communism a guy that works at McD's get the same as a brain surgeon.
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Old 04-01-2006, 04:46 PM   #9
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Right. They didn't recognize varying value.
As a truck driver, I'm certainly less valuable than, say, a firefighter or doctor.
A doctor can drive a truck if he has to but a truck driver can't operate on someone no matter how much he has to.
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Old 04-01-2006, 08:16 PM   #10
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Well, that's the theory anyhow.
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Old 04-01-2006, 08:26 PM   #11
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Quote:       Originally Posted by Outriderdark
You'd have thought Gore's paperwork reduction crap would've made the paperwork time on something like this easier.
I get a kick out of getting aa additional separate sheet a paper from the government explaining the Reduction in Paperwork Act!
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