monkeylizard

I watched Resident Evil yesterday. I want those 2 hours of my life back.

When I ordered 4 cans, it came in 2 wooden cases (2 cans in each wooden case). One can opener was included in each case attached to the underside of the lid. If I didn't have the can opener, then a putty knife/chisel and a hammer would do the trick. The can metal is pretty thin.

I want to know why the trailer was on fire.

Thanks for the link to the GFSZA. It looks like it only applies to elementary and secondary schools. So it's still a non-issue for teaching hospitals which would be part of a university system. Right?

Is there still a federal law against carry in school zones? I thought the SCOTUS killed that with US vs. Lopez in 1995.

That's true. I wonder how they'd handle that if an HCP holder legally carried into an unposted courthouse building and ran the handgun through the X-ray machine.

Is this still available?

And a large part of that comes back to their cost of inventory. If a business has a competitor selling product for less than they can buy it, they have to (a) find new ways to motivate the supplier to lower costs ( find a new supplier or © go out of business. Option (d) is hope people don't find out about the lower priced competitor, but that's just biding time until ©.

OK...let me re-phrase that... Any natural leaders (NOT alpha males) looking for a youthful sidekick?

There's no question that dealers like Bud's, GlockWorld, and CDNN have changed the game. So did Amazon and iTunes. The locals need to find a way to lean on their distributors a LOT more or they'll be the next Blockbuster, Borders, or Tower Records. Bud's saw the power of the Internet and jumped on it. I don't know why local shops can't do the same thing. I understand their costs are higher from the distributors, but you have to start somewhere. An e-store with an inventory system isn't horribly expensive to setup and can really drive a lot of traffic, both in e-sales and in getting customers into the store. Plus it cuts down on phone calls tying up staff telling customers if a gun is in stock and what the asking price is. A website with an address, phone number, and picture of the store? Please. Just take out an ad in the Yellow Pages. 1992 will be right with you.

You're correct. Look extra carefully for the sign though. The Metro Nashville libraries are posted, but with a clear backed sticker on tinted glass doors with a gun & knife in the circle-slash about the size of a half-dollar. Easy to miss whn placed beside the much larger and white backed no smoking stickers. Court houses aren't off limits unless posted. Any room with a judicial proceeding is. That would be an unposted court room while court is in session, but that court room is OK if court is not in session. Common areas of the court room would fine at all times unless the building is posted. Likewise, a judge could be holding a proceeding in a hospital room, making that off limits even if the hospital is an unposted building.

yep...that's the big giant turd I was talking about.

True. They could have done something more measured with experts from places like FEMA or the CDC showing how to build a "normal" emergency prep kit and focused on different items need depending on geography. They could have even featured people who had survived disasters using their kits after hurricanes, tornados, floods, etc. But that would look like a big giant turd in the ratings lists next to Jackie and Gidget and their little dog.

since when?

I don't know that being prepared for a normal emergency is considered extreme, but when being prepared for an emergency consists of a storm shelter/root cellar at home, and a stocked up bomb shelter at work with sleeping quarters for the whole extended family, and a bug out camp in the mountains (not to mention farming tilapia in the backyard swimming pool), it's not really what a typical person is doing to prepare for a normal emergency. I'm not saying I wouldn't like some of those setups myself, but it certainly is extreme. Not as extreme as say buying a surplus ICBM silo and going ahead and moving in, but extreme nonetheless. The show didn't exactly feature people with 25-50 gallons of water, a few cases of MREs, a small genny, and spare batteries for their flashlight. They found some people preparing for the end of society, not for a week without power after a storm. That's not what most people do and is therefore by definition "extreme". Unless they turn out to be right, then they're just smart. One of the nice things about the "green" movement is that sustainability and self-sufficiency will become more and more feasible for a lot of folks as that technology develops, prices drop, and installation becomes more standardized. Whether one sets up, say, a solar array with some yet-to-be-developed advanced battery storage becaue they think it's good for Mother Earth or because they think the zombehs are coming, or they're just cheap and tired of paying electric bills, the tech's all the same. Then being self sufficient isn't extreme. It becomes the new normal. Popular Science ran an article several months ago about a commune out west with a pretty even mix of survivalist/armageddon folks, and tree-hugging dirt people. They all had different reasons for being there, but got along great because they were all doing the same things and helping one another get better at it, just for different reasons. It would make a very interesting case study in human sociology.

Anyone need a youthful sidekick?

The first couple had it together. Didn't seem overly "crazy" and had a multi-tiered plan. Very organized. Certainly focused on EOTWAWKI scenarios. They came off looking a bit paranoid, but prepared. I'd say they could make non-preppers rethink a few things, and make most preppers jealous. Survival Doc seemed to be a mix of EOTWAWKI prppeing and a little off the grid living mixed in with some paranoia. His appeal is limited to like-minded people. The best FAIL of the show was that he said he didn't want to use his real name on the show, then when his patient arrived, you can see his name and the name of his practice clearly on a sign behind them. oops. The pool people were more of just off the grid living (gas masks/chem suits aside). That setup is great for sustainable independent living, but I suspect that it would probably get trashed/looted quickly in a neighborhood during SHTF. Some of their ideas could get some of the sustainable living people thinking up some new ideas though. Not a bad feature at all. It shows what can be accomplished in your own backyard if you're willing to learn and get dirty. Those things pay benefits now, not just if their fears are realized. TLC had to have it, so they saved the super-looney-drank-the-Kool-Aid-call-the-men-in-white-coats-makes-Tyler-Durden-look-normal crazies for last. And boy did it deliver. The pool people showed their home canned items and said you have to be really careful about it and get the rings locked down tight and that she never cans meat. Then the last people have "chicken sausage" and "beef heart" in half-filled jars with no locking rings at all sitting on a wicker shelf in the bathroom. DOH! I loved that 1 of their 2 small bottles of liquor stored for bartering or as an antiseptic was already half empty.

That's the new TLC way. Hoarders, Intervention, now this. They used to be a good solid competitor to the Discovery Channel back when both of them ran good documentary shows. TLC tended more towards medical documentaries, but in the past few years, they've fallen into sensationalism and a constant parade of freak shows meant for us to point and laugh. It's sad that they think this is what people want to see. Even worse is that it probably is. Discovery is going the same way with their not-so-reality shows, but TLC is one step away from being a tabloid.

Show aired tonight. I don't think it's a series. Replaying at the following times (central): 8/28 11:00p 9/1 6:00p 9/2 1:00a Umm.... interesting.

9v+ steel wool will light kindling like dried grass. Cell phone battery will work if you don't have a 9v handy.

The worst part will probably be drinking water. With last May's floods, electricity was back up in a few days in most areas. Metro water's 2nd plant was just a few feet from being inundated like the 1st plant was. Wolf Creek breaking would take out both, so no water for a while. Metro gov't was pretty worried about that 2nd plant. Harpeth Valley Utility District is also going to go under. If Wolf Creek goes, spend those 2 days finding every container you can get your hands on that will hold drinking water and filling them up while the taps are still flowing. Ironic.

+1 for StonesRiver on the rifle side. I'm still not comfortable with the way the handgun side is setup, but I'll go occasionally, like this afternoon. About 45 minutes south of downtown is CHMR. It's a $40 membership for a year. You can go every day that they're open all day long and you're still only out $40 for the whole year. It doesn't get cheaper than that and you'll never find a nicer guy than Charlie who owns and operates it. Middle TN TGO meets are often held there. It is good for rifle. He even has a couple of clay throwers setup for shotgun. There is also a small handgun pit. Rifle distances are set at 25y, 50y, and 100y. I hear he's working on some 200y lanes, but I don't know if those are finished yet. CHMR Guns and Leather in Greenbrier has a computer controlled indoor handgun range (5 lanes) with lots of programmable modes. I think it's $15 for an hour. They also have 5 lanes of just motorized target clips (the regular indoor range stuff) for $10 an hour. the Hendersonville store doesn't have the computer control if that's important to you. For shotgun, nothing beats the setup at TN Clay Target Complex. But it's not cheap. http://www.tnclay.com/

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Right. And if it had been a .22 or .380 she would have had a nice bruise to show for her troubles.

I heard about DVDs once. I think I saw some at the Smithsonian.