ReeferMac

Very well said Darrell!

I've heard good things sbout Gunnys out there in Mrrrrrrrville. I shop at Frontier Firearms.

Our place here in EastTN had a well when we bought it. Pump blew, replaced it and 60' of pipe, guy said pump was 80 ft down, water was at 60 ft. When we built the house, on advice of the bankers (and the missus), we ran a line to city water at the road. We use the city water in the house, the well is used mostly for irrigation, but we do drink from it. Tastes pretty good. I like it better than city. I'll second the Reverse Osmosis (RO/DI). Used to be all we drank, I miss having my filter plumbed right next to the kitchen sink. If I were in your shoes: Budget 500-1k for a home water filtration system. Don't buy any carbon filters or softeners, RO and DI, with a bladder tank, and one of those spigots next to the sink. Can run a line to your fridge, too. DIY with Guest fittings from big box store is pretty easy to do.

Carrots, brocolli, leeks and turnips are coming up. Beans went in yesterday in between storms. Trying some pseudo-raised beds this year: terrible soil here, ammendment isn't conducive. I dig out about a foot down, use waste as a border around perimeter. Backfill with quality topsoil, I get about 18 inches depth to grow into. Of course the plants can go further, but its chert and clay, so I suspect these will be essentially like raised beds. So far I have 1 setup last year that ran garlic over-winter. Put in a new one for onions, and another one elsewhere on the property for berry bushes.

Funny story.... In my past life as a Prepress wizard extrordinaire, I was working at an MBE print shop downtown. Only 2 white guys in the whole place (the estimator and me)..., that was the shop where I came across the photo I'm currently using as my avatar! So a bunch of the guys would get lunch from some bodega down the street every Friday. Real home cooked soul food, 10 bucks, got a big styrofoam clamshell filled with whatever they made that week. Driver walked around at 11:30 taking orders from everyone in the plant, I'd stop for a sniff, sometimes it was interesting, smelled good, sometimes. One day Kameron our driver asks "wanna try some?" Me: Smells good. What is it? Kameron: Ox Tails, white beans and rice with greens. Me:...... Kameron: (holds up forkful) Me: Nah man, white folks don't eat that part of the cow. They were all rolling on the floor laughing. Ya know its funny, out of all the jobs I've had and places I've worked, I experienced the least amount of racial tension while there. We'd cut up all kinds of jokes and stereotypes about each other, nobody got offended. Good times!

One brick at a time!

Sorry for your friends loss. History I believe will not be kind to this period of time. The things that have happened astound me. I literally, find myself at a loss to put the magnitude into words. The future I both welcome, and shudder at. The only way out is through, many of us here will not survive. May God have mercy on our souls.

Part of the problem is your two requests are mutually exclusive. Most high speed service is distance limited, either due to technology limitations (dsl) or cost of cabling (fiber). Rural = distance = putting wires on lots of poles (or underground, etc.). If you truly want rural AND speed, you may want to search for a nugget of privacy near a main road, route, college, civilization, etc., and budget for running a line to your property at your own cost. You may be able to do point to point microwave, but again you'll be distance limited to proximities of larger cities.

Ropes, pulley, buddy? Saw a neat drill with a .22 where they let a dozen balloons go in a stream and the shooter was downstream.... current provided plenty of randomization, looked fun!

ORSA has a steel range, goes out to 100 yds, 1st targets at 50 yds I believe? Was there one time with my son, another gentleman came and went down to the other end of the range with something big and fancy looking that made an awesome THUMP when he shot. Think it was 7.62 rifle. My son claimed he got some shrapnel first and I didn't believe him, thought it was a bee sting. Then a few rounds later I felt a sting on my cheek and there was a little blood. We packed up and left quickly. I dunno if he was banging the 50s, 75s, or 100s, but he was a good 100 feet down the row from us? Heck of a rifle, we stood there watching for a few minutes.

Thick wall PVC. I like the idea of motor oil, but any wood or plastic may be ill effected? Aren't there commercial products and bags available (gunsock?), that could be used to place inside the tube? I'm a big fan of layered protection. Multiple water proof bag layers inside a sealed PVC tube. If one layer fails, there are multiple others. Retrieval may prove difficult... how long of a tube? Multiple units lashed together? Some way to attach it to something (run the chain up on shore?), even just a float (duck decoy?) to mark its location? How long do you anticipate storage? Could plan to retrieve it (semi)annually to ensure sedimentation doesn't become a problem. Might be better served by burying it in dirt, perhaps under a new bush/flower bed? Get some cheap bulbs (only grow down about 9 inches) and some mulch, looks like landscaping. K

Haha, guilty as charged, I'm no doctor. I also didn't give any medical advice. I attempted to clarify a point in the discussion: the mRNA gene therapy being pushed as a 'vaccine' is anything but. Its hard to have a cogent conversation when people misuse language. Can't have a talk about sports cars with a prius owner that thinks its a sports car. Its simply not possible if everyone doesn't agree on the language? That's why this whole debate is useless, we're talking passed each other by not understanding what we're saying to each other (due to ignorance or misuse). The advice I offered is about life, not medical in nature. You probably shouldn't inject yourself with something put together by the same people who have publicly stated they want you dead.

Awesome stuff mamcdonald (hey, I'm a McDonald, too!) I especially like the old Korean pics, don't see many of those.

Calling them "vaccines" contributes to the propaganda. They are not anything like a traditional vaccine, they are mRNA gene therapy drugs adapted from cancer treatment. They trick your body into producing the spike protein found on the Kung-flu virus to help your immune system recognize and attack it. That's right, it causes your body to create a protein and attack itself! And it spent less time being developed in the lab than toothpaste. ... what could possibly go wrong? To give you ~80% immunity? For an illness you are 99.7% likely to survive. Once you're outside the nursing home/immunocompromised club, I can't fathom why anyone would.

I won't debate the facts surrounding this topic as there is quite a bit of mis/dis/mythinformation out there, and frankly, let's be honest, anyone here who ISN'T a doctor, should just STFU? Beating each other over the head with our preferred version of the truth will not convince anyone to change their opinion. Trust me, I've tried, no amount of truth or facts will matter. For me, its all very simple, and requires no expert opinion or medical knowledge. I could not have said it any more succinctly than Vox Day: If you wouldn't have a glowing target tattooed on your forehead, you probably shouldn't submit to genetic therapy by people who openly talk about their desire to reduce the human population.

I used to watch boxing with my Dad when I was a wee lad, took forever to understand it... Hagler was a beast. He was a good fighter. The sport will miss him.

Hahahaa, too true! It sounds similair to the way an old friends house was situated on his property. Hillside ran into the back of his house. It sounds like a couple french drains and gutter/downspout work should fix the problem? Couple grand, max, they're easy to install DIY (happy to help another EastTN TGO'er). If the retaining wall is being rebuilt, it ABSOLUTELY needs a drain installed behind it. Big 6" MF'er, backfilled with 1" or larger stone maybe 2 horizontal pipes if its a tall wall (any deadmen?).... If you're going to excavate the exterior wall to install drainage, got some comproco or like product (roofing tar...) on the outside surface. If you're going to rip the drywall off, Dry Loc paint on the inside as mentioned. Either of those should do the trick, both would make it bullet proof. Diverting and moving the water away from where you want it is the key. Weekend project if you've got a couple strong backs and cold beers.

Personal feelings about the issue aside, I commend you for being honest and transparent about it. Adapting ones opinions to new and updated information is a good thing. Not being too stubborn to change is a positive personality trait in my book. If my Dr. said "do it now dumbass", it may impact my opinions on the issue as well (tho I doubt that). That being said, I share Greg's fear, that this will be used to control and manipulate the population at large (already is/has). You can bet your bottom dollar your movement and access to all sorts of things will be curtailed based on acceptance of the vaccine.

I hear them out on Watts Bar. My cove has a lot of bird activity. Baitfish are about. Tomorrow will be busy. Think the fishing will pick up in a few weeks. Waning moon.

There was a Knox area guy with an ad in the classifieds not too long ago.

We've had a small flock for a couple years, they're pretty easy to manage. They're more the wife's hobby, but I seem to get sucked into a lot of the work. Different breeds have different traits, depending what your needs are. There are a bunch of different websites that get into it. See what your local co-op recommends. We've had better luck with their chicks than TSC. If you're going to freerange, they will put a hurting on your landscaping. Winter laying is much lower than summer. Age is a big factor, too. If you're going to get ~6 you could get 2 each of 3 different kinds, and see which suits you best.

Tagging in to see where this goes... Like you, I'm interested in alternate forms of communication should standard methods become unavailable or unreliable. I've got some handhelds that work multiple frequencies... not quite ready for Ham, yet.

ORSA has a great facility, and members. Was a member for several years. Did not have a sponsor for my first year, but was allowed to join. Ended up meeting @jpx2rk out there and he was my sponsor for a few years. They let me join under a conditional situation (aka don't do anything stupid your first year). Everyone was extremely friendly and helpful there.

LMAO! Thats exactly what I told friends and family after I moved here: I found America again!