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Too young to remember the 60s Civil Rights movement? The anti-draft riots? My point exactly, to call either a Civil War sounds absurd to my ears, but we have fundamentally different definitions so we are unlikely to agree to that point. As for the former, it was my impression the majority of the vi...

So to the question posed by Ronny R - I'd say #4. If I'm reading you correctly I think what your are describing is close to what I was trying to describe in #3, just badly. I'm reading that what you are saying is because the violence is coming from organized groups and with specific goals in mind i...

The obvious question would be: does China, the epicenter of COVID-2019, currently have power and water? Yes? Well perhaps that's your answer then. In general, I tend to agree. My question would be how do the utilities differ between china and the US? I assume the chinese system has more leverage to...

majorhavoc wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:51 pm

I question whether the incidence of violent crime, in and of itself, is indicative of civil war.

I'm not sure if you mean this in the positive or negative sense, could you expand?

I've posted more than once the US is currently in a low-level Civil War ( you pick the number) as shown by violent crime. I'd like to tease this out a bit, as I hear this somewhat often. I've heard several people making this claim that simply moved the goalpost so far on the definition of "civil wa...

I would love some suggestions as well, I hunted about for a while a year ago or so and found most to be pretty terrible.

Called up an old friend in tech that has some personal connections in China, his (completely anecdotal and heavily biased) take is that the locals feel its about 10x the official numbers on the low end, he has also reported fairly extensive disruption at his particular ($3 billion) company and that ...

some updated testing photos

TacAir wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:16 am

A folding hard shelter that will fit in a PU truck

For the weight and bulk I think a hexayurt wins over that, mostly just on insulation, but it would probably be lighter for the same square footage as well.

The criteria I've stated in the past: For long term living out of the home (over 1 week) - these are non-negotiable... 1) Stand up headroom. 2) Room enough to leave your bed [deployed] 3) Room for at least some storage; say in Kitchen Maid tubs, for example. 4) Dry in the rain, proof against the wi...

glad to hear it! whats the long term report? I've put a few miles on mine but I have two many packs to use any one very regularly. In other news, I chopped the hard plate off from behind the straps and mounted them directly to the frame. Saved around 8oz Also finally got around to replacing the duct...

some interior shots: https://i.imgur.com/x3Z0tqO.jpg https://i.imgur.com/blxGDbr.jpg about the only cutting I've done since the last round: https://i.imgur.com/E2rcSEt.jpg the internal sleep compartment divider, saved about 2.5 oz. My modded bag (side sleeves, bottom strap attachment rings, some yib...

The expensive but turn-key solution for perhaps the ultimate FILBE pack: https://i.imgur.com/U7N3CZB.jpg Mystery Ranch Guide Light, Hard to see but the side mounting is similar and the bottom mounting utilizes the bottom frame-side buckles being routed between the frame and belt: https://i.imgur.com...

Mega thread necro, but I feel timely. FILBEs continue to drop in price, I recently participated in a group buy that got us several main bags for around $15 each. While I am still hesitant to recommend the frame and suspension the bag is certainly a cheap way to get some capacity onto a host of frame...

Thanks for the reply and info. That tent looks like it would work well here in the northeast woods. BTW your Ruger reminds me of Patrick Smith's old Remington 600 Ramblin rifle. oh man, I miss the golden years of Kifaru and the Kifaru forums, a lot of people asking interesting questions and coming ...

I have to ask. Who's 10/22 is that? And what did they do the stock? I get the weight savings in the buttstock. But what is that up front? thats mine, its all weight savings. Plus it fits my bike-scabbard better with a shorter forend: https://i.imgur.com/0CNY8jn.jpg I just chopped the forened down a...

Interesting looking tent! It reminds me of a canvas tent my Boy Scout Troop used back in the sixties,but with no stove. Is that something you made? The stove and tents are made by Seek Outside, the tent is their "courthouse" model, which was partially based off of an old canvas range tent but adapt...

well done! XJ beats ZJ any day, I know a few families where I grew up that had whole fleets of jeeps, and while the zj's aways ran they were always having strange issues and the interiors just fell apart. 99 is a great year for XJs as well, should treat you right!

I have been on my church security team for at least a year now. we are a small, fairly homogeneous congregation in a very quiet part of town. We are tucked away in a quiet neighborhood with little traffic, and what foot traffic we get is largely joggers on a path across a creek. The town itself has ...

for occasional use Mr. Buddy heaters seem the most popular, I was recently camping with someone that was heating a 3-man dome tent with one, but he had to swap out the 1lb cylinders at least once during the night. The size and weight is a non-starter for backpacking, but for car camping it might be ...

I tend to stay away from goretex boots as well (except they are so much easier to find used and cheap, so only when I can). Goretex in boots is really destined to fail; WPB membranes need to be cleaned to work properly and the constant repeated flexing in same spots further dooms them to early failu...

I was just talking to the_alias the other day about the term "boogaloo" I think it has caused a strange effect, where its a silly word that people enjoy memeing about (in case you missed it "big igloo" is another code word) but it is also so vague and ill defined that it creates a false consensus. I...

forgetting loctite on optic mounts has been my nemesis for years. Nothing like spending a few bucks in ammo to have your $700 optic shake loose, have to drive home and spend a few bucks on more ammo sighting in later. Now that I have a 2 hour round trip to the nearest public range the problem is eve...

Usually I do carry-on only, and I've started taking a neoair and a costco down blanket (mostly in case a hotel bed or guest bed doesn't agree with my back) in addition to my usual paranoid GHB gear. I'm very much considering cutting my neoair down to a 3/4 pad since I use it so rarely and in a publi...