NTX Roll Call (pics and bios)

[arrowolf]

I did qualify my statement by saying "generally'.

[Rugger]

Geez. I'm only gone a day and y'all are already bad mouthing me.

[762Coyote]

...But we're generally pretty well-behaved.

This coming from the woman that clearly stated that some of us require adult supervision while staring directly at Rugger and myself.

She only looks at y'all cuz I'm not there yet. You think I bring Lesli with me cuz I like her but really she's just a hot babysitter.

[Rugger]

That's awesome. I've never heard it put that way before.

[Chris1836]

Chris,

I sell RV's

Into camping, just about anything outdoors.

I would like to learn HAM and welding.

[Scoop]

It was good meeting/seeing you at the expo today Chris!

[arrowolf]

KLRvagabond is the go-to guy for ham radio.

[762Coyote]

I'm a pretty damn good welder. 15 years of welding and I'm only 26. 7 years of professional stick welding and quite a bit of MIG welding as a side effect of my car hobby. Little bit of TIG. Even welded aluminum from time to time. I have a shop and don't mind teaching people if they will pay for gas or rods. But I live far away from everyone else.

[Chris1836]

It was good meeting/seeing you at the expo today Chris!

Thanks, sorry I was so distracted. It was nice meeting y'all too.

[Woody187]

Welcome

[klrvagabond]

KLRvagabond is the go-to guy for ham radio.

That's maybe not the most accurate statement, but I'd certainly try to help with any questions you have.

[The Annoyed Man]

Name: Chris
Job: Owner of WHAM Productions LLC (Websites with Impact for Small Businesses)
Location: Grapevine
Skills/Interests: I'm a bit of a gun nut, interested in long range rifle shooting, handloading my own ammo. I'm a NRA Certified Basic Pistol Instructor, advocate for constitutional carry, etc., etc., and Grimstone's dad.
What you'd like to learn: I would like to learn more about living off the land besides hunting for meat. Also, I would like to learn more about naturally available alternatives for the various pharmaceuticals which many people of my generation depend on today. For instance, if TEOTWAWKI comes, what would somebody who is dependent on a thyroid supplement or blood pressure medication do? What about natural antibiotics, not just for traumatic wounds, but also for internal medicine purposes? How would you treat someone with a bladder infection for instance? These are all things that most young people don't need to worry about. I'm going to be 60 years old on my next birthday. When FDR got Social Security Insurance passed in 1935, the retirement age was set at 65 because most people didn't live that long back then, and those that did, didn't live to be much older than 65. Thus, they thought the system would be self-supporting. In the intervening 77 years, the average life expectancy for an American is at least 10 years older than that. Lots of people my age did not live that long back then because there were no antibiotics, no blood pressure medicines, no thyroid supplements, etc.

This is me:

[GR1MSTONE]

'bout damn time dad.

[The Annoyed Man]

'bout damn time dad.

You know me. I'm never in a hurry unless it's for the dinner bell.

[762Coyote]

'bout damn time dad.

You know me. I'm never in a hurry unless it's for the dinner bell.

Sounds like my dad

[GR1MSTONE]

'bout damn time dad.

You know me. I'm never in a hurry unless it's for the dinner bell.

Sounds like my dad

dads...

[762Coyote]

we better not talk too much shit. they collectively own more guns than my old army unit.

[GR1MSTONE]

we better not talk too much shit. they collectively own more guns than my old army unit.

lol, not too worried about it. i'm a better shooter than mine

[762Coyote]

LOL. I'm better at hiding than my dad but the shooting, not so much.

[GR1MSTONE]

wanna barrow my ghillie suit haha

[Scoop]

Name: Chris
Job: Owner of WHAM Productions LLC (Websites with Impact for Small Businesses)
Location: Grapevine
Skills/Interests: I'm a bit of a gun nut, interested in long range rifle shooting, handloading my own ammo. I'm a NRA Certified Basic Pistol Instructor, advocate for constitutional carry, etc., etc., and Grimstone's dad.
What you'd like to learn: I would like to learn more about living off the land besides hunting for meat. Also, I would like to learn more about naturally available alternatives for the various pharmaceuticals which many people of my generation depend on today. For instance, if TEOTWAWKI comes, what would somebody who is dependent on a thyroid supplement or blood pressure medication do? What about natural antibiotics, not just for traumatic wounds, but also for internal medicine purposes? How would you treat someone with a bladder infection for instance? These are all things that most young people don't need to worry about. I'm going to be 60 years old on my next birthday. When FDR got Social Security Insurance passed in 1935, the retirement age was set at 65 because most people didn't live that long back then, and those that did, didn't live to be much older than 65. Thus, they thought the system would be self-supporting. In the intervening 77 years, the average life expectancy for an American is at least 10 years older than that. Lots of people my age did not live that long back then because there were no antibiotics, no blood pressure medicines, no thyroid supplements, etc.

'bout damn time dad.

LOL Hi dad!

You're right. A lot of folks are living nowadays that wouldn't be alive at any other time in our past. Me and my manager got into a debate of why the world is so screwed up. He knows better than to ask my opinion because I'm brutally honest. I told him point blank 'no one's dying and the wrong folks are breeding'. If you think about it, a lot of diseases, viruses, bacteria, disorders, etc didn't exist in the quantities it does today because a lot of people with those kind of problems either didn't make it out of the womb alive or died before really getting a chance to spread their genetics around the gene pool. So it could be seen that there wasn't a large need for the kind of medicine that's practiced today. Those folks, not living then as long as they live now, impacts every single layer of our civilization. It can also be blamed on the modern world we live in today. A lot of man-made chemicals exist in our everyday environment that we weren't really supposed to come into contact with. That's why I honestly believe you can get cancer from anything, anywhere. Everyday we come into contact with numerous things that could give us cancer at any point in our lives. But as far as alternative medicines, you have to remember one thing. It takes holistic/natural medicines awhile to show any impact on the body in regards to chronic illnesses. If you wanted to lower your cholesterol without pharmaceutical medications, you'd have alter your diet and lifestyle a bit and it may still take years to start paying off. That versus say you burned your finger with a fire and using real aloe vera to heal it. Acute versus chronic and external versus internal can mean the world of difference.

Yes, yes, I know... I'm hijacking the thread! But this is one of my biggest arguments about why so many of my generation and younger are becoming more and more resistant biologically to things like modern medicine. At least 3-4 generations of people now have been ingesting man-made chemicals, medicines, etc and now we're giving birth to children who are completely immune to a lot of it. I don't think it is too far-fetched to say our bodies aren't really designed for it and now future generations will be born who can't tolerate it all. Sort of like me. I would say perhaps I'm one of the ones that should've/would've died without modern medicine but I've never really had any health issues nor does anyone in my lineage of ancestry.

[dragon rouge]

LMAO. I like your attitude. ive said for years that the gene pool needs a large dose of clorine.Im also amoung those who would have been toast without modern medicine but also without all the crap thats about probably would have never come in contact with what almost cancelled my ticket

[Vicarious_Lee]

Scoop, I'm pretty sure that people are getting so much cancer nowadays almost exclusively because modern medicine, safety, and sanitation allows so many more people to live long enough to get cancer.

And babies aren't really born "immune" to medications or much of anything else. That's why we vaccinate.

[unc119]

Name: Jeff Strube(brother to Kyle aka limitbreaker600)
Job: U.S. Army Infantry everything guy
Location: Currently, Afghanistan. Stationed, Germany. Roots that are miles deep, Proctor TX.
Skills/Interests: I've done lots of things in my short time on earth. Pretty good at picking up on new skills once shown. Interest include anything involving the outdoors, and cartoons.
What you'd like to learn: I'm open to always learn anything i dont already know. The more you know than the other guy the more awesome you look by comparison.


ETA:picture <3 LB600