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    Well, they have the God given right to do so,...

    Well, they have the God given right to do so, secured by the amendment to the constitution that says gov't is not to infringe on that right.

    Gov t apparently has willing men to use their guns to...
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    Best thing to do is throw it into compost / up on...

    Best thing to do is throw it into compost / up on the bank.

    Carp You have to cut out the "mud line / vein" (Don't ask, if you are shown it is easy to see)

    Then you score them down to the...
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    Write down where you want to be (end up, well at...

    Write down where you want to be (end up, well at least a kind of end that is really another beginning)

    Now work backwards listing what you need to do step by step down to what you need to do...
  4. Back in WWII were a lot of wood gas vehicles,...

    Back in WWII were a lot of wood gas vehicles, tractors, trucks , cars.

    Europe had some fancy ones, the american ones I have seen looked like mostly farmer improvised to keep on farming during fuel...
  5. Fellow I met has his web site on his wood gas vehicles and farm.

    Wayne Keith down to Springville here in Alabama has made some nice videos on driving on wood gas. (I have one, but not the stuff to make videos, so for a few folk who asked me about it and for an...
  6. Can't say I would shoot a deer in a walmart...

    Can't say I would shoot a deer in a walmart parking lot.

    I can say that a nice 1911 in walmart parking lot pretty much assures me that I won't have to deal with anyone looking to take what I put...
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    Nice rifle. I like it. I have a 03 (well...

    Nice rifle. I like it.

    I have a 03 (well oldest son has it now) that is one that has new military wood and a new 2 grove barrel on it.

    Still looks like a brand new issue weapon.

    It will...
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    Ya know it is like sunspots or something these...

    Ya know it is like sunspots or something

    these folk come in waves, then ya don t hear from em for a while.

    Wonder what they do inbetween times?

    Oh well, I needed to see a bunch of stoopid...
  9. I have passed most of the farm, the metal shop,...

    I have passed most of the farm, the metal shop, and other business over to my kids to run.

    I keep a 5 acre homestead that is pretty self sufficient.

    I find that it takes me about 24 hours each...
  10. Keep saving. If you are kinda foot loose,...

    Keep saving.

    If you are kinda foot loose, maybe a job up in N. Dakota for a couple years living on the cheap as best you can and save even more.

    See if you would be happy living in a rural...
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    hay box cooking using a dutch oven has been used...

    hay box cooking using a dutch oven has been used by my folk for as long as any of us can remember.

    Get the stuff hot in the fire in the dutch oven then move to the haybox and let is cook all day...
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    Nothing quite as good as boots on the ground to...

    Nothing quite as good as boots on the ground to verify and mark up your own map.

    Excuse for getting out there and doing.

    Also some work with google earth might help you look in on selected...
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    Seems I recall that early Spanish conquistadors...

    Seems I recall that early Spanish conquistadors switched to quilted cloth armor because it did a better job of protection against indian arrows (S.E. USA) than their metal armors.
  14. There are always consequences for everything that...

    There are always consequences for everything that is done.

    I have known a few folk that wish for EMP just to set things back to a simpler time.

    Of course the ramifications of taking out all...
  15. Armed fighters, disarmed peasants maybe? Kind...

    Armed fighters, disarmed peasants maybe?

    Kind of makes ya think what would happen if no one but dotgov had weapons in CONUS
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    What about one FMJ / ball round to the Thalmus?

    What about one FMJ / ball round to the Thalmus?
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    Thank you, I have a android tablet that this will...

    Thank you, I have a android tablet that this will work on I hope.

    It will be useful I feel.

    Thad
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    Sharp 3 sided bodkin points will go through...

    Sharp 3 sided bodkin points will go through anything except trauma plates from a 45# bow at 25 yards.

    Bows do not kill by kenetic energy, but by hemorrhage. The goal is to cut enough important...
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    I have and have used a straight razor (several of...

    I have and have used a straight razor (several of them).

    I mostly just grow out my epic beard and glory in all the beardiness of it, but I do use the razor from time to time to straighten up the...
  20. I taught my kids to hold a hunk of quartz and...

    I taught my kids to hold a hunk of quartz and hold the file like a knife and try to hit it so the front flat edge just barely struck the quarts a glancing blow.

    It takes a solid flick, and a...
  21. Flint and steel is one method of fire starting. ...

    Flint and steel is one method of fire starting.

    Ferrocerum rods (firesteels) are a different style.

    magnesium blocks glued to a fire steel allow one to build a pile of magnesium shavings that...
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    A green river hunting knife blade can be found...

    A green river hunting knife blade can be found and a handle added to give a similar blade style.

    How thick is the blade?

    I look forward to seeing the review

    ETA: a quick search for green...
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    I'm not to sure how I feel about leaders these...

    I'm not to sure how I feel about leaders these days.

    Hitler was generally known as just der Führer ("the Leader")

    It is a pretty difficult thing to discuss.

    I will offer up that the issue is...
  24. Personally I like the bugs out of the house, and...

    Personally I like the bugs out of the house, and me in it. For comfort, but if you want bugs in the house Rick I say go for it.

    That's freedom for you, isn't it?

    Thad :-)
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    Primitive is a somewhat vague term. I can...

    Primitive is a somewhat vague term.

    I can offer a few of my thoughts (when could I ever not bother to open up my mouth - keyboard- )

    Each individual gets to define what is primitive for them....
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