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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Dec 25, 2008 - 10:54pm PT
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Chupacabra roast in this house, skip :-)
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Dec 25, 2008 - 10:56pm PT
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Merry Christmas Skipt and Mojede clan, keep truckin', guys.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Dec 25, 2008 - 11:13pm PT
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"Hey Karl,
I'm hungry.
What's for dinner?
Skip"
Dude, you missed it. Made Lobster and Rice for my folks. The leftovers look a little skanky
Hundreds of years ago. Nobody knew lobsters tasted good so they used them to fertilize the fields
Peace
Karl
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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Dec 25, 2008 - 11:25pm PT
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The sky is falling, the sky is falling, yeah I've heard that crap before!! Didn't you know that the world actually ended in the year 2000, and we are just figments of our own imagination now anyway!!!???
Now go eat some turkey, don't be one!!!
Thor
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Dec 25, 2008 - 11:27pm PT
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Thanks Bluey from Montucky--keep on keepin' on yourself. Merryment for the holidays !
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couchmaster
climber
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Dec 26, 2008 - 02:13am PT
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To do list:
Get out of dollars and into Yuan. This is assuming you were smart and already have @ 20% of your assents in gold that you bought when the bank of England was unloading it and the price was $280 an oz. Real gold and in smaller denominations for ease of carry and transactions, like Eagles or Krugerands, if not, start there. (Jim Rodgers recently had an article dealing with no dollars/all Yuan, it's not an original thought of mine. Warren Buffet did this last year BTW, read it here: http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalHedgeFundandPrivateEquity07/idUSN1043707420070411);. Buying Chinese stocks may be an easy way to do this, easiest may be a China fund by a mutual fund. Chinese stocks are down 61% this year! Chinese Mfgs are rolling hard, even if they do have structural banking issues. Maybe split it 50-50 with another country like india, that way an invasion of Taiwan ad China embargo won't totally hose you.
Stock up on food. The Mormons have some great info on this, or you can take the easy way out and just get some Mountain House #10 sized cans. These taste good, are super easy to cook (just add boiling water), are nitrogen sealed and will store for 25-30 years! (Karst sports has good pricing: http://www.karstsports.com/); Don't buy the backpacker sized pouches as they only last 5-7 years. This is damn frustrating if you are not an organized person and you put them away and forget about them. Then when you rotate them out, ie. use them after their expiration date, they will taste worse than sh#t.
Put an emergency kit of various sh#t you'll want if it hits the fan together, like iodine tablets, flashlights, food, sleeping bags and water purification pumps into a separate box you can grab and go in a emergency. If the power goes off: grab and go as it may be a precursor to something big. We don't know what our enemy's have for military weaponry. They are working on Nanotechnology and EMP pulse weapons which won't be public till after the next war. Needless to say, if after some rising international tensions the power goes out, and you chose to just sit in the dark and ignore it: kaboom. You won't have phone service either as it will be one of the first to get hit and wiped out.
Have a real good safe, a big gun safe that is fire rated, bolted down to cement. If you grab and go and you get looted, you'll have a chance of coming back to something. http://www.cannonsafe.com/safarisafes.nxg Wrestling a 600-1000 lb safe loaded with 300-500# more metal like ammo and guns out of your house will be next to impossible. Have a smaller, second wall safe, hidden elsewhere anyway, split your stuff 50-50. That way a tweeker with an acetylene torch won't break the bank.
Guns and ammo sound good, but if they get banned or restricted, you may be in for a big loss if you get caught. So get some anyway, - probably a 5.56 M15 and a good stainless steel (cause you'll be living in the dirt and don't want it rusting).45 and a 9mm with a few thousand rounds of ammo, but don't get crazy. Buying FTF will keep it off the grid. Go to AR-15.com, Glock talk or the firing line and look for a sale in your area. High cap mags will be restricted, so get some of them now with your purchase. Of course, arguably the single best weapon to have is a pump action 12 ga shotgun. Very reliable, inexpensive and more versatile than any other single weapon. Most likely be the last firearm restricted. I had bought a Remington for like under $200, loaned it out to a friend like 3 years ago and haven't seen it since. For survival, it will take down anything from a bird to a buck and still be a personal defense weapon unparalleled if you just change the shells from birdshot to buckshot (or use Rhodesian Jungle shells of mixed sized shot).
Buy gas masks for you and yours. Make sure the filters are new and current.
Keep writing to you congressmen and senators on these structural and freedom issues.
Cross your fingers and hold your breath. If the sh#t rolls: treat others like you would want to be treated and we'll all get through it together.
Help a brother out: what have I missed that we all need to do?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 26, 2008 - 02:46am PT
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Don't forget the clean underwear.
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Clu
Social climber
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Dec 26, 2008 - 03:27am PT
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Lafta, are you French? Perhaps a disgruntled UC Berkeley physicist who climbs at the Berkeley Ironworks in spandex tights? I am not sheeple or klueless, I am Clu, your worst nightmare.
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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Dec 26, 2008 - 04:03am PT
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"Help a brother out: what have I missed that we all need to do?"
Love and faith, that's what works for me. Love all and have faith it all works out like it is supposed to.
and I think it might be a tad more productive to learn to live in a new way, rather than hoard what's familiar and cling to the past. It obviously does not work for the long term health of the species, thus it is illogical to continue so.
Love and faith man, your welcome.
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Fish Finder
Social climber
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
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Dec 26, 2008 - 04:22am PT
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Hey Lafta ,
Where are Ewe, to defend yourself ?
Happy New Year ! Lurker turned motivational speaker.
P.S. Sounds like your a day late and a few Ameros short !
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S.Powers
Social climber
Jtree, now in Alaska
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Dec 26, 2008 - 05:26am PT
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I like peanut butter cookies, they make me happy!
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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Dec 26, 2008 - 09:37am PT
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Hooray for peanut butter cookies!!
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bluNgoldhornet6
Big Wall climber
Tampa, Fl
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Dec 26, 2008 - 09:54am PT
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Well, it sounds like someone has been telking to Morpheus again and probably ended up taking the blue pill.
No worries bro. Even though we can all have our own views of the Government, our Founding Fathers were amazing authors of a couple documents. All set in place so that one person can NOT stay in control FOREVER.
Now take the red pill to balance yourself out.
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dirtbag
climber
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Dec 26, 2008 - 11:11am PT
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"I am the decider."
Don't taze me Bro!
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana (the other Mideast)
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Dec 26, 2008 - 02:41pm PT
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Surprise, surprise...71 posts and numerous call-outs and Lafta hasn't rebuked anybody!??? I'll sum up Lafta's post:
CUCKOO!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 26, 2008 - 02:46pm PT
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How's come nothing about "Strawman"
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David Icke and the lizard people?
Jeebus,
for a conspiracy theory thread this is pretty weak.
Welcome to the forum Lafta.
Have fun, post up some climbing stuff and
....... watch out for trolls!!!!
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OTCGENO
Trad climber
CALIFORNIA
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Dec 26, 2008 - 02:51pm PT
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And people wonder why I collect guns and ammo.
Soon you won't be able to.
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apogee
climber
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Dec 26, 2008 - 06:42pm PT
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Has Lafta posted anything since his op, or has he been chased back to ST lurking status or rc.com?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 26, 2008 - 06:53pm PT
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Lafta?
Who cares anyway...
We need more about MACROBES and other neato-scary stuff.
I'm going to go play some albums backwards, maybe take out the trash.
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