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Our Walmart sells them for around $5 a pouch, which is cheaper than I've seen anywhere. Of course, they only have Lasagna, Beef stew, and Scrambled eggs.

Just picked up a SOG Seal Pup this weekend at Smoky Mountain Knifeworks near Sevierville. That place is swesome! The knife looks and feels very solid. Feels good in my hand. The only thing I didn't like was the made in Taiwan label. I was expecting this thing to be 100% USA. The salesperson tried to spin it off as "Well, it's just assembled there. Besides, Taiwan is one of our closest allies, and we have a treaty to protect them if China invades, blah, blah, blah." Whatever, I know he just didn't want to lose a sale. I had already made up my mind to buy is anyway.

My plan for food is to use the Mountain House freeze dried packs. I go backpacking several times a year, so I'm just going to buy a new pack before I go on my trip and replace it for the oldest one in my BOB. I'm writing my purchase date on the pack with a Sharpie marker so I know which one is the oldest. I'm sure the Ibuprofin in my BOB won't last past the experation

Well said!!!

Sadly, I think they will be exempt from this law if it passes. I think all Federal sites will still be able to ban firearms in cars. Which, I still don't understand how "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" does not apply to them. They are the government, and are infringing on my ability to "keep" a weapon locked in my vehicle, which prevents me from "bearing" it if need be on my way to and from work.

An old-timer showed my dad this trick when I was a kid and I've been starting campfires ever since. Take a soda can and cut it in half. Then take the bottom half of the can and fill it halfway with gasoline, or campfuel. Put it in the fire pit and stack kindling around it, and some smaller logs around that. Light up the gas with a long match or a lit stick. The gas will catch on fire, but will not explode or flare up. You'll get a nice 6" flame that will burn for 10-15 minutes. Works great if your wood is a little wet.

I agree. I rarely watch a show live. If I don't record it one day and watch it later, I'll just pause the show and go do something else for 15 minutes, then FF thru the commercials. I found a hack on google for the comcast remote to reprogram any button you don't use to be an instant 30 second skip. Makes it real easy to jump past commercials.

Let us know when you get the petition in your shop.

Here is what Dave Ramsey (financial advisor / consumer advocate) has to say about the whole Cash for Clunkers program Personal Finance Newsletter - Dave Ramsey's September 2009 Newsletter

Resident wants to recall Oak Ridge mayor - Oak Ridge, TN - The Oak Ridger I hope it gets some traction. He is very anti 2nd Ammendment, voted to opt-out of Park Carry. If we could replace him and the police chief, this town might become bearable again.

I believe there needs to be some middle ground here. People should provide proof of citizenship to get healthcare, however I realize that there may be occasions where you may not have proof at the moment. In cases of an emergency, I don't think anyone should be turned away. This is just showing human kindness. I mean if someone has a broken leg we shouldn't say "Sorry no ID, we can't fix you up, now run along". But if you need cancer treatment you should bring your ID with you, or if you need antibiotics for a cold, I don't think it unreasonable to require you to go get your ID. I for one never leave without ID of some sort. I mean really how hard is it to carry a wallet?

I think Austin's TN Firearms in Oak Ridge does the Baton class occasionally.

I had them something terrible on a porch on a house I was remodeling. We would take breaks from work and whack them with 1x4's. I thought there was only a handful, till we started counting how many we killed. We could kill dozens at a time, and the next day there would be just as many. I eventually rebuilt the porch, and used pressure treated wood, and painted it all. That seemed to send them off, but it is the end of their season here, so we'll have to see next summer. I did build one of those Carpenter Bee traps you can find on Google, but I didn't catch a single one. Made a good conversation piece though.

Mine is from the title of a song by Rush. Years ago I set up an email address using it, but AnalogKid was taken, so I just added an extra "d" at the end. It just stuck. Plus, it alwas seems to be available as a screen name. The irony of the screen name is I am a computer guy, and a better fitting title might have been Digital Man, another Rush song. But I like the contadiction.

I love the freak show that happens, especially late nite, at Walmart. I have a favorite saying to my wife when we run across some of these interesting folks: "They must not have mirrors in their house", otherwise they would have seen how they looked before they left.

Last time I was there (about a year and a half) a place in Fountain City had some. I think it is called Cherokee Surplus, or something like that. Just have a good exit strategy, the owner will keep you there for hours talking.

See, theres the thing, I was trying to be frugal AND get something that would stand up to some abuse. That's why I was looking at the MOLLE's.

I thought about the RUSH bag, but I really didn't want to spend $100 bucks on a bag I'll rarely use.

Was thinking about picking up a MOLLE pack for an emergency bug out bag to be left in my truck. I've never used one of these before, and was hoping to get some comments on them from some of the TGO locals. Looks to me like there is a frame, the main ruck, and an assault pack, as well as other attachments like sleeping bag pack, sustainment packs, etc. I'm not really interested in the frame. I want something that will just stay in the truck, not be too bulky and be able to flex around whatever else I'm carrying in the cargo area. Does anyone know if the shoulder straps can be attached directly to the main ruck, and just ditch the frame alltogether? I see the assault pack configured with shoulder straps, but is that pack really big enough to carry enough items? Looks to me like it might be a little smaller than a typical backpack you might find at Wallyworld. Any other comments?

Bet 98% of those pledges have already been broken and forgotten by each and every one of them. They talk about saving energy, meanwhile they are flying in airplanes to get into their limo's to go to some public gathering where the building will pump out massive ammounts of carbon emissions from lights and A/C. Blech!!

Signs exactly like that one appeared in a park near my house(Cedar Hill park on Michigan Ave.). Wasn't sure if they were always there or not, as the sign post did not look like it was freshly planted. I never paid attention before, but I went on a mission this week. I wasn't sure if that was the proper wording or not either. The way it is written, it almost sounds like pre new law verbiage. I guess not

I hate comments like this. It's like saying, "I've never had a fire in my house, so stores shouldn't seel fire extinguishers" or "I've never had an accident, so I don't know why manufacturers install seat belts". Just because you are too naieve or dense to understand why I might want to carry one, doesn't make it a truth

Just take the pistols, leave the long guns home. You'll be OK.

Maybe call the park and talk to the ranger. Ultimately he/she will be the one to arrest you if a long gun is discovered.

We have one of the Bed Store's knock off models and I love it. It is really stiff at first an dtakes some getting used to. You'll lay down on it and sink in slowly for a few seconds, then find it difficult to roll over because you are in a you shaped mold with stiff sides. Feels great though. After a while the stiffness wears off. They say there are little micro bubbles that need popping for the stiffness to go away. We let the grandkids jump on it for a while. Of course there are other activities that break it in Anyway, I love ours and would never go back to anything else.