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ETA: '97 F150, 5spd, hit 137,000 Monday. I love my truck.

I should be able to make it for part of it.

Fight fire with fire, they don't play by the rules. Us playing by the rules only puts us at a disadvantage. And I don't think the Bill of Rights applies to Afghanistan, similar to how Sharia law doesn't apply to the US. Hypocritical? Probably, but I can live with that.

I wouldn't say most, but definitely the more popular ones right now.

Hot damn, that looks like a good time.

I was going to reply to all the things I agreed/disagreed with but it would have taken too long, so I'll sum it up with this; I'm all for torture, and I don't care if (insert name of terrorists/foreigners/other countries here) respect us. I want them to butt out and leave us alone, and if fear of bombings/torture/whatever accomplishes that so be it.

It's some company in California. The wood furniture is expensive but apparently you get what you pay for.

I think it's kind of cool, but Joe's model would be black.

Liar, they'd never tell until it was too late.

here's what I wrote Please do not place a county ban on letting people with handgun carry permits carry in restaurants that serve alcohol. Guns and alcohol will not be mixing, this law did not change that. It does not allow people to drink while armed, it merely allows them to be in the same restaurant. If restaurants do not want people carrying in their building let them post it. But please do not put out a blanket ban. And yes I understand you are worried about tourism, but don't forget your responsibilities are to the residents of Nashville who elect you.

I wouldn't call, they'll probably tell you yes it's posted and you may get there and it might not be or if it is isn't posted right. Drive by and see for yourself on the way home or something.

Have you seen the trailers for Modern Warfare 2? I'm thinking about buying a 360 so I can get that game.

That does look pretty good. Hopefully it won't flop, like a lot of games.

I've heard awful things about them and every once in a while I hear a decent story about them. For $50-$100 how bad are they?

I'm heading to Italy July 1st to finish up my degree. I get a couple of free weekends and I'm staying for a little while afterward, what are the places to go to and see?

I'm not ready for disasters or invasions... but I am ready for the zombie threat.

I've got trijcons on my 45C, that I'm thrilled with. How much was the trigger kit?

My current watch is a Timex Solar Ironman, it's an ok watch. I like the solar but the backlight already died. My next watch will probably be one of the GShocks, or maybe one of the Suunto's if I have some money.

wow, I want to see a rerun of that.

I've been meaning to getting around to writing a little about what I learned about my bug out/BOB dry run at the Mountain Man March about a month ago now. So here it goes. To start off, I was hung over. It wasn't something I planned for, but it did end up being quite the learning experience. Being hung over changes distance hiking, you start out already dehydrated so pretty much right off the bat you have to start taking in water. This affects things like having to stop and piss, and your on a limited water supply or are using purification tablets it all comes into play. My water supply was a 3qt bladder and a 1qt nalgene bottle. But if your using tablets that take up to four hours to purify your water, I would have wanted another nalgene bottle so I could have 2 water supplies getting ready at all times because you don't want to run out of water. That'll add more weight but I think it's necessary. Things I've taken away: weight came in an issue, my pack is pretty nice(it's a Camelbak Talon) but when you wear it long enough every pack becomes uncomfortable. I had a 4D cell maglite as my back up light in my pack; it has been replaced with a 2AA maglight. I also had a change of clothes jeans and a tshirt. The jeans are gone, but my tshirt stays as it can pull multiple duties. Things I've added: a boonie style hat to my bag, the suns sucks and most trees are cleared far away from major roads that there isn't shade. Since I wasn't worried about being jumped or anything, I brought my ipod. It was nice when there wasn't other people around and it helped as a little pick me up when the addrenaline has died and you need a little motivation. Although I'd like to replace that with a little FM/AM radio so news could be picked up in a disaster scenario. I added a blister kit to my FAK, I'm ashamed to say I didn't have one already. I usually don't use sunscreen so I didn't have any, but if I had been out there much longer or had more then a day's worth of walking I would have wanted a little bottle(at least enough to keep the neck good). Things that I noticed from others: shoe/boot inserts are very usefull, I haven't gotten any yet but I'm planning on it when I get some new boots. And if you are going to be wearing shoes that aren't exactly made for this sort of thing, it'll be much easier on your feet if you have some inserts in the pack. The other thing a lot of the army guys were using was Body Glide. They suggested two main spots, the inside of the elbows and the balls area, or anything that will rub together that you don't really want to. I don't get chaffed too bad, but I tried it anyways it helped a little but not too much; but the guys that chafe a lot love the stuff. Instead of all power bars, some people had the goo packs power bar makes; I didn't try any so I don't know if they're any different but I thought I'd mention it. I was surprised at the amount of people not wearing sun glasses, I was very happy I had mine and wouldn't have traded them for anything. All in all, it was interesting. And now that it has been a month I can say I enjoyed it. But it was the longest 26.2 miles in my life. If you're a drinker I'd say you should try doing one hungover at least once so you see how it changes. If I think of anything else, which I know I will since it's been over a month since it happened I'll add it. And here is one of the mile markers near the end that summed it up pretty well:

Your best bet would be finding another shooter with some land, or maybe someone who has a hunting tract that wouldn't mind you shooting during the off season.

Wow, nice camo job.

Investigating? Fine. But WTF did they arrest him for? It was a pellet gun, who didn't run around with one of those as a kid?

Wow I laughed and the dog looked at me like wtf?