tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post8976139763174522069..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: poodle shooting 1 of 3-2 of 2 articles todayJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-29111904652059331872018-05-25T13:40:10.026-07:002018-05-25T13:40:10.026-07:00Great delivery. Great arguments. Keep up the amazi...Great delivery. Great arguments. Keep up the amazing effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-11334523438665211222018-05-23T05:58:38.297-07:002018-05-23T05:58:38.297-07:00Excellent post however , I was wanting to know if ...Excellent post however , I was wanting to know if you could <br />write a litte more on this topic? I'd be very grafeful if <br />you could elaborate a little bit further. Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-2693174978791459162018-02-16T10:27:23.981-08:002018-02-16T10:27:23.981-08:00You'd have to be a complete moron to not be ab...You'd have to be a complete moron to not be able to design ANYTHING better than the neighbors AC-less sweat box. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-54062161003181569062018-02-16T08:02:02.362-08:002018-02-16T08:02:02.362-08:00I FEAR the fairies are more of the 'wild hunt&...I FEAR the fairies are more of the 'wild hunt' type, than the 'clap if you believe' type. I HOPE that cold iron provides at least some of the protection it legendarily had. Thats the sort of balance I strive for. Not that risks dont exist, or that the collapse isnt happening (they do, and it is) but that there are ways I and my most important people can somewhat minimize our suffering through it. I know AC is going to be gone, as is the huge masses of super cheap grain and other foods, but I can hope that my land can provide some food, and my shelter can be setup to be less bad then the AC reliant neighbors future sweat boxes...JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-75699911029156460152018-02-15T09:56:33.232-08:002018-02-15T09:56:33.232-08:00Of course, you could FEAR that the fairies won'...Of course, you could FEAR that the fairies won't fill the oil fields, rather than HOPE that they will. :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-18534721598223478012018-02-15T08:27:35.988-08:002018-02-15T08:27:35.988-08:00Too much fear can lead to depression in those so i...Too much fear can lead to depression in those so inclined. Since I know I have a family with depressives in it (nihilism is seldom useful you know) I temper the fear with a little hope. Just as long as you aren't hoping for the good fairies to come down and fill the oil wells (aka are at least realistic) and have a little more fear than hope it can work out. JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-83438721420147585092018-02-14T14:14:52.418-08:002018-02-14T14:14:52.418-08:00I don't think we reprogram between age 13 to 4...I don't think we reprogram between age 13 to 49, we are just clouded by testostorine. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-68956262958673375232018-02-14T13:05:11.153-08:002018-02-14T13:05:11.153-08:00I wonder if age also doesn't reprogram our bra...I wonder if age also doesn't reprogram our brains.<br />the older I get the less my mind spends on thinking of sex and turns to more rational things (food, shelter and defense)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-32556225518738511412018-02-13T18:54:20.149-08:002018-02-13T18:54:20.149-08:00I wonder how much those ads played into my accepti...I wonder how much those ads played into my accepting the doomer books choice of the HK91 as the premier rifle? The more I learn the more it seems the FN-FAL was superior ( and I can't believe Rawles dumped his just because HK mags were so cheap ).James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-71866536262805034722018-02-13T18:48:16.036-08:002018-02-13T18:48:16.036-08:00A good tool does have a power of attraction all on...A good tool does have a power of attraction all on its own. Almost as if the tool performs the task without you. I think guns though are not thought of as tools as much as talismans. We are all probably guilty.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-4937409247898795252018-02-13T18:32:00.285-08:002018-02-13T18:32:00.285-08:00Guns are a tool. Tools of society/humanity. The us...Guns are a tool. Tools of society/humanity. The uses, reasons, types, values are all circumspect to its integral place as a necessary tool. I managed a gun store and often counseled folks whatever their purposes-reasoning is, to follow some fundamentals (learned from experience) aquire the best gun you can 'reasonably' afford, what is your life worth-don't be a cheapskate. Aquire main lined major branded guns for commonality with accessories-parts. Aquire enough gun with enough power/performance that you the operator can handle-effectively, don't be short-sheeted in a bad situation. Yes, Jim you are right I have seen and experienced their majic as a talisman to ward off evil in the minds of the owner. So be it. Just be smart with the power tools and practice 'shop safety' and all is well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-62875567441649160992018-02-13T14:37:46.274-08:002018-02-13T14:37:46.274-08:00Circa 1982 Ad found in manly magazines such as Gun...Circa 1982 Ad found in manly magazines such as Guns and Action (and of course ASG) brainwashed me: "In a World of Compromise, Some Men Don't" caption with photo of guy with blackened face in swamp holding an HK-91.<br />Turned out to be a long lived reliable choice. Especially when German mags new in 1960's wrapping flooded market a decade or so back for under $6. Parts also.<br />Had a long time to stockpile since and acquired a duplicate paying with metal.<br />But all said and done, if done over I would allocate less into weapons, more into tools, location and infrastructure.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-37968954546297054612018-02-13T09:24:49.745-08:002018-02-13T09:24:49.745-08:00While hope and fear are equally delusional, I'...While hope and fear are equally delusional, I'd pick fear as much more helpful.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-14579095129919547162018-02-13T09:23:59.388-08:002018-02-13T09:23:59.388-08:00If you beat him to death with a baseball bat ( sor...If you beat him to death with a baseball bat ( sorry for the current Walking Dead reference. If you prefer, reference the old movie "Warriors" ) that is a whole other symbolic gesture, superior to firearms.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-6538498940945951862018-02-13T08:37:18.230-08:002018-02-13T08:37:18.230-08:00The emotions I use to mute the emotions that push ...The emotions I use to mute the emotions that push me to spend to 'fit in' are fear of the future and hope to be in a better situation that the peers in the future. Fear and Hope are great motivators to get a habit started.JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-9739201113908354782018-02-13T07:48:42.016-08:002018-02-13T07:48:42.016-08:00Absolutely agree on the emotional angle. The most ...Absolutely agree on the emotional angle. The most rational SHTF gun in my arsenal is my Rossi Puma in .357 Magnum. But my CZ 452 in .22LR is my little darling and my CZ 550 in 7x64 is my pride (and the SL8 is the bragging gun).<br /><br />Perhaps it's a topic for another time, but I'd like to say something about guns and perceived social status : recently I had to initiate a movement in the teachers' room to stop an abusive evolution at work. Many people were disgruntled but didn't know what to do against a group of rabid feminists and left-wing activists that keeps on antgonizing and lying, and make our work more difficult. I had to do that because the head of that Junior High school doesn't do a thing about them. Now things are going in the right direction and others have acted along what I initated.<br /><br />Survivalists are PROBLEM SOLVERS and sometimes they will have to do these things for their own interest. Communities arise from people who work together on solving issues (these things are not protrayed often in survivalist fiction, or at least not like that...)<br /><br />Post-collapse, a gun or a weapon becomes a problem solver. It means that the gun you use has a symbolic, and political value : if you shoot a toxic neighbour with a modded AR-15 it doesn't hold the same symbolic sense than if you shot him with the .22LR rifle, or the shotgun, or a derringer. Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.com