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For the better part of 200 anyway.

Has he taken that ASVAB yet? If not, he needs to get that done. That will determine which jobs he is eligible for and may make picking a service easier.

I didn't know that. I ASSumed that the Lt. Gov. was like the VP, chosen by the Gov. I sit corrected. That makes a HUGE difference. Thanks Matthew. I will look into both of their records more in depth.

Must you tell us EVERYTHING?

As Bredesen's Lieutenant Governor, I had pretty much written him off. As of now I'm undecided but leaning toward Wamp, admittedly with not a whole lot of research. Care to tell me why I'm wrong? That's seriously not a smart *** comment. I just couldn't think of a better way to word it.

Good rebuttal. I'm surprised it was printed.

For those that are coming to the meeting tonight, I will get there a little early to try to secure us enough real estate for about 5-8 people. You will know me because I will be the one wearing the black Zombie Research Society t-shirt. I'm 5'8", stubble for hair, and a goatee. See you there.

Amen. A man seems to have been sincerely asking for help and people here are busy debating whether or not there's a God. I'd say it seems apparent from Mike's request he thinks there is, so I'm not sure how saying there isn't is helping him, exactly. Mike, look to your friends, family, and yes, to God. Don't give up hope, whatever form that takes with you. Most of us here have been through some bad times. Some more than others. Sometimes just talking about it renews your strength. I don't know what it is that is troubling you, but I know you'll pull through. Maybe beaten, battered, and scarred, but sometimes that's the price we pay.

For those that missed it in the "May is Zombie Awareness Month" thread, this is your official notice. The 1st Meeting of the Nashville Zombie Research group (more info at Zombie Research Society) will be conducted this Saturday, May 22 at 7:00PM CDT at the Flying Saucer, 111 10th Avenue South. All are welcome. This will be an informal meet & greet type of thing to decide on whether there is enough interest to get this thing started and get our patch on the ZRS homepage, etc. I look forward to meeting those of you that are interested. If anyone has any questions, you can view the aforementioned thread here: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/general-off-topic/39480-may-zombie-awareness-month.html or you can post questions here, or PM me for my phone number if you need anything else.

Absolutely true. One of the big issues, for example, that prevented immediate ratification was states' rights. New York was a very important state even in those times and many states looked to them for guidance. New York wanted the ability to secede from the union if the federal government got too big and powerful. Well, I guess we see how that all worked out. I firmly believe that if the states could see into the future and see how much power the federal government has today over just about every aspect of our lives, not a single state would have ratified it. It wouldn't have even come close. It makes no sense that a country that had just fought a war to maintain their states' rights would then turn around and sign it over to another government. Oh well. Hindsight is 20/20 I guess.

Niiiice!

Jay sure knows how to get the truth out of them, doesn't he?

Yea, that's what I said. Check my post again.

How about we tentatively plan to meet next Saturday, May 22, at the Flying Saucer at 7PM CDT? We can have a brewski, maybe a Bratzel and get the ball rolling.

Congrats on the new lil shooter.

And when you say blockers you mean zombie food. Mmmm, braaaaaaains. Wait, where's the brains?

I have no beef with that. But my impression is that this is supposed to be generally open to the public, so there may be some who don't shoot, and maybe even, dare I say, anti-gun? Since this will be listed on their home page, we can't exactly limit it to TGO'ers, though if we DID have it a range, that might have the same effect. Also, unless you're talking about an out door range, like Charlie's place, and even there, space may be limited. Parking might become an issue too. Of course there could be some kind of issues no matter where you have it. I think we should have our first meeting soon and vote in some officers, etc. to get the ball rolling. I for one want my T-Shirt. What do you think? Time for a poll type thread for first meeting place? If so, what are your suggestions? I vote for The Flying Saucer, even if you can't carry there yet, it's got lots of great beer, etc. And you can reserve a table for groups.

^^^What he said.

As long as there's a Winchester hangin' over the bar.

Sorry for the delay. Here is the response from Andrew at ZRS. Hi Robert, Thanks for getting in touch with ZRS about possibly starting a chapter in Nashville, TN. Great city. Here are the basic chapter requirements: 1) Each local chapter has to have at least 3 lifetime ZRS members to act as the core of the chapter. This includes a President, Vice Prez, and Sergeant At Arms. The reason we do this is to make sure there is enough interest in the chapter to keep it going. If it's just made up of one person, the chances of someone losing interest or moving, etc, could mean that the whole chapter falls apart. To find out more about membership check out the membership page at: www.ZombieResearch.org. The President is in charge of the overal direction of the chapter, is the main contact between the chapter and HQ, and leads the meetings and events. The Vice President acts as prez when the president isn't there, and is responsible for all of the note taking at meetings, and putting together the documents that need to be sent to HQ after every meeting and event. The Sergeant at Arms makes sure that everything runs smoothly and on time. SA also handles new members to the local chapter. 2) The chapter must complete at least 2 "research" projects per year. This could be anything in the ZRS core areas of zombie pop culture, science or survival/preparedness. Example: The Los Angeles Chapter's Fall Survival project was to complete an in-depth study of the strengths and weaknesses of Los Angeles from a public health, public safety and transportation perspective. For their Spring "pop culture/arts" project they are co-hosting a zombie walk with another local group. 3) You must have at least 5 meetings a year, and at least 2 of these meetings need to be open to the public. In these meetings you will plan your upcoming project, talk about zombies, and hopefully recruit new chapter members. I know the Los Angeles chapter does movie nights at theirs- getting the work out of the way and then cracking some beers and watching bad zombie flicks. 4) Each new chapter is on a probationary period until it completes its first project and has two meetings. Once that is completed successfully, then the chapter officers get "Patched In" to the organization. You receive chapter-only embroidered patches - one for each leadership member. These patches are not for sale anywhere, and they mean that you have become a part of the global leadership team of the ZRS chapter program. But even before that you get your custom chapter insignia posted on the ZRS website, along with an announcement on the ZRS blog and facebook page welcoming your new chapter into ZRS. This should help with recruiting and building a strong foundation. Also, once you get your leadership team in place, we will send you a full chapter orientation packet that explains everything from the specific responsibilites of each member, to how to run a meeting and plan an event. It even has sample notes from the Los Angeles Chapter, which has been around a year now and served as our test site to make sure we worked out many of the bugs of this chapter system. That's it! So as you can see, we need at the very least 3 people who are serious about getting and maintaining a local chapter. That means meetings and everything. Of course the same guidelines apply for any locality. So if you can get enough crazy SOB's together, you're ready to rock and roll. If we decide to make this happen, we need to hold our first meeting somewhere "festive." Meaning a place that serves beer. Like The Flying Saucer or something. At least that's my opinion, for what little it's worth.

^^^^Yea, what he said.

I don't think he cares. He's outta here and he knows it. Me too. "Move over m'am. I can subnet that Class B network for ya. Looks ta me like yer needin' a bunch o' /23's. There. That'll fix ya right up. No thanks necessary. I'm a network engineer."

I've sent an e-mail to get information on setting up a chapter. More to follow.

For "Volunteer Group" are you putting tngunowners.com, or Tennessee Gun Owners, or TGO, or what?