Gunplumber

glad to hear dog is back from vet - that was scary - and messy - puppies did not like being force-fed meds and (surprisingly) pureed chicken parts - tried to spit all over me and Mt_Rider. And it was tormenting to hear the one (don't ask me to remember their names) crying as I held her and mean 'ole Darlene jabbed her with needles for sub-Q IVs. But those two perked right up. Glad koa is better. And Madison - I have plenty of sarcasm, so if you're going through withdrawal I can taunt you electronically. Why can't I ever embed these videos? Stephanie - How are Jessie's hands? I finished washing out some of those canning jars and discovered I'd put way too much bleach in the rinse water - my hands were all wrinkly most of the day. Sorry.

For those wishing to enhance their skills with firearms. There should be available for instruction, AK-47 rifle in 7.62x39mm AK-74 rifle in 5.45x39mm Glock 17 pistol in 9x19mm Ruger 10/22 rifle in .22 LR Ruger Mk II in .22 LR Another .22 Handgun (Sig?) a .45 ACP handgun. a .38 SPCL / 357 Magnum revolver. I have arranged for enough ammunition to be available for everyone to have a taste, and in .22 LR, to more or less shoot until you are bored with it. .22 LR is relatively cheap at 4-1/2 cents a round. You aren't going to wear the guns out, but the other calibers do cost real money and there is only so much that Darlene and I can donate. I'm flying so could only ship around 1000 rounds of .22 and 500 rounds of mixed calibers. So if you are driving and wish to bring ammunition in any of the calibers listed above, or a firearm and ammo in whatever caliber, I expect to be able to provide beginner, intermediate, and advanced training in rifle and pistol markmanship. I don't know the first thing about beekeeping or canning or what makes a chicken happily lay eggs, but combat shooting and firearms technical, is what I do for a living.

Me too. Epee or saber? Anyway, you can buy adapters to go from a hose thread to a pipe thread. A section of 1/2" black iron pipe on the end of the hose, increases the efficiency. I had to run an irrigation pipe under my concrete driveway. I dug a shallow trench deep enough to get under the concrete (about 8-10") and long enough for a 4' pipe section. Then attached the hose and blasted through. Reach the end of the pipe, and screw a new 4' section to it. Depending on your water pressure, there may be an advantage in attaching a black iron pipe reducer to the end. With any liquid (or gas) reducing the diameter increases the pressure (venturi effect). If you're going through particularly difficult earth, cutting the end of the pipe at an angle and rotating your "drill" back and forth, may help cut through it.

Couple years ago, we tried the Golden Corral "free" vets. The manager told us it was only during a narrow time frame on that day. Which was not in all the "see how we honor our vets" posters. We left. There were about 10 of us - 5 vets and 5 paying. So screw 'em.

I've always favored saccharin While some think it has a bitter aftertaste, I only use it in iced tea, which already has a slight bitterness to it - which is what I like about tea. And it has no demonstrated negative side effects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharin

Bic Lighter + Corn Chips. I've taught all sorts of primitive fire starting procedures for Boy Scouts & Wilderness Survival. I carry a couple of BIC Lighters and candles. Corn Chips (And cashews) were new to me, but they burn the same as a candle. In the old days of pencil sharpeners and pencils actually made from wood, I'd save that as kindling, but If my life depends on it, I Pop a road flare. Save the bow drill for amazing the peasants.

I'd be happy if schools in the United States would just teach English. Americans are one of the only modern cultures illiterate in ANY language. I were just lokin thru sum posts on intenet chat bords and I couldnt beleve my eys on the teribul speling and gramer from suposid adolts.

yes, they do make doggie ear muffs http://www.safeandsoundpets.com/albums/album_image/2449012/6929844.htm skip to end, guy is long winded and boring - just see how he modified over-the-counter ear protection

Will I still get to carry you around?

You can't fake the smell or the flies. And it prevents repeat offenders. Many times I've tried to differentiate for people CRUEL and RUTHLESS. Both may do the same thing. Only one enjoys it. You know, I've got a so-so analogy. You've got a grossly overflowed and clogged toilette. You can be dainty about it, or you can just reach in there and do what needs to be done. You may be covered in $hit, but it doesn't change who you are. You're just doing what needs to be done for the greater good/result. I remember a story about North Korean infiltrators in the American and the South Korean zones on the DMZ. The Americans would remove the dead bodies from the barbed wire/mine fields. The South Koreans left them there to rot. The Americans continued to experience infiltration attempts. The South Koreans did not. I have no "proof" of this story I heard/read somewhere, but even if not true, it makes for a fair illustration.

The Colony is a Discovery Channel documentary of putting a group of people in an area notionally wiped out by pandemic, and testing their survival against real and manufactured crises. While I think most of the participants are a little dramatic over their "feelings" (they are interviewed frequently, with commentary by so-called "experts") it is a good show well worth watching. I got it at the library. Season 1 is a large warehouse. Season 2 is an area wiped out by Katrina and still abandoned. Their search for food, water, shelter, is pretty good. Their "security" is a joke. Partially because they really can't kill the marauders, as the marauders are actors. So my idea of cutting off the marauder's heads, and putting them on a spike at the entrance, would not work. It is what I would do, as nothing says "behave yourself" better than heads on spikes.

So Gunplumber, are you able to tutor some of us who live rural...on how to THINK like a predator, and set up so we MIGHT be able to survive on our lands with our resources? ....like, at the October Gathering? I thought about this and since I'm currently watching season II of The Colony, I'm thinking about it a little more. I think all of us are capable of thinking like predators, but it is a dark place. I recognize a need for being able to go there, but what's that thing by Neitze (paraphrased) stare not too long into the abyss, as the abyss is staring back at you Best I can say off the top of my head is to envision others outside the tribe as very intelligent, very hungry, wolves (with opposing thumbs). Wolves don't think in right and wrong as they don't share our society's moral code. They think on satisfying their base impulses. Food, water, shelter, procreation. Adversaries to your tribe will think the same way. How to get what they must have with as little effort or risk as possible. To some this will be through trade. And to the long-thinker, this is what builds societies and raises everyone. Trade is always more profitable than war. But it is also a higher level of thinking. When one is starving to death, there is no long-thinking. It is only the here and now and what happens tomorrow or a month from now isn't even on the radar. During the Bataan Death March, soldiers drank polluted swamp water, knowing it may kill them. But that was for tomorrow. Today is drink now or die now.

I'd be concerned with such a basic item as water, that someone would just shoot you and take it (if they are short-sighted). Or follow you home, shoot you and take it all. Couldn't find the movie clip for BlackHawk Down, where The warlord Adid's men seize the Red Cross food shipment, but I think it bears watching. The problem with "good people" is mirror imaging. Assuming that others share the same logical thought process, couched in Judeo-Christian morality, that they do. Big Mistake! Some people are just so "good" that they cannot imagine the animal behavior of someone starving - I don't even want to call the animal behavior "evil" because starvation overrides any morality as people revert to their most base, amoral, survival mode.

Was hoping maybe the British people had finally decided to throw the bums out. But I guess subservience to an in-bred conqueror is a cultural thing. Another thing I don't get is American fascination with self-proclaimed "royalty". I thought we sorted all that out in the late 1770s.

I did it once and have failed every time since. I right click on the video and select "copy embedded HTML", and paste, but this is all I get. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JvKIWjnEPNY?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Forgive me for being a party pooper, but I have no use for self-proclaimed monarchs. Who made you Queen? Oh, your family the toughest Norman warlord? And Norman is simply a Viking who liked the warmer weather? So if I kick your butt I'm king? (sigh).

Perhaps for those flying in to Atlanta, you can post your arrival times for shared ground transport?

Sure you're making bread? Sounds a lot like Ale!

FWIW, it is 7.62x51mm NATO. Which is just the NATO designation for .308 Winchester. You'll find .308 Winchester at most WalMarts. Ishapore IIA is a nice rifle. Indian version of an Enfield #1Mk III, but in .308 instead of .303 British.

those interested in firearms training, please advise. As I'm travelling by air, I am limited by what I can bring, but I can ship stuff if necessary.

just one of the blades - the one that looks like a knife blade. I noticed it didn't fall all the way to the bottom. Anyway, it made a great salsa texture - chunky enough to identify individual pieces. I've also used the blender for half, and chopped the other half by hand, then mixed together. It will get foamy in the blender and needs to sit in the fringe for a few hours to settle, otherwise it doesn't look right - too bubbly.

My brother is a Hari-Krishna (long story) and his family is vegetarian when his wife isn't looking. They introduced me to Quinoa and I am favorably impressed. I use it by itself or in addition to rice as a pilaf (cooked separately, mixed after reconstitution) with some finely chopped parsley, lemon, and maybe other finely chopped vegetables such as just the tips of broccoli florets. Or reconstitute it with chicken/beef stock instead of plain water. It is an interesting variation to plain rice. Kindof like couscous. A good bed for shish-kabobs

Freezing usually makes the tomatoes mushy as their cells rupture. So for texture, just blend it first, so now it is "sauce" instead of "salsa". Tangent: I finally figured out how to get my food processor to chop into small pieces without blending smooth. While that may be a no-brainer to others, it was confounding me. And it takes way too much time to cut everything by hand. And since salsa is one of my favorites, I did some playing. This simple recipe was a big hit. 2 part onion (bermuda, sweet yellow, whatever) 4 parts tomato (I like romas) 1 part cilantro jalapenos to taste* squirt of lemon or lime and here's the kicker - 1 big tablespoon of orange marmalade About 1/8 of whatever you're using for onion. * char jalapenos with torch or on grill for a smokey flavor. Do inside only with a powerful vent fan. There really isn't much you can't add in, but I went too heavy on the peppers as I used habeneros instead of jalalepneos so I was looking for a way to cut the heat and give it a citrus flavor. I saw the orange marmalade and WOW did it change the whole dynamic.

Contingent on the finances . . . (So don't save up all your heavy lifting)

nah - I wasn't referring to anyone in particular, just the irony of having a Demo city counsel turning down the Demo mayor's demand for higher taxes. Firefighters are paid what they are worth or they wouldn't take the job. Add unions to it and the free market no longer applies. Fire them all and hire new non-union firefighters eager to do the work for half the pay. That would be a good start. I wonder if the mayor has taken a corresponding pay cut? That would be the honorable thing to do. Maybe he has. It is an interesting side note that someone brought up about not being able to collect unemployment insurance unless they are laid off. That is something that should be investigated more deeply - was it by design or an unintended consequence? Now unemployment INSURANCE is another issue. It should have a beginning and an end. After 90 days in my opinion it is merely tax-payer funded welfare for those who must not be that employable anyway.