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The NRA sets up a swag booth with stuff for sale. T-shirts, hats, pins, etc. http://www.nraam.org/special-events/nrastore.aspx

The Calypso Cafe in Cool Springs and the one in Belle Meade are closed.   Their Thompson Lane/100 Oaks location is open, and I think the one on Elliston Place is still open as well.

  This. Just "clear the fence".   Probably some better stuff in the "cage" part of the warehouse anyway. That's where the small, rare, and valuable stuff is going to be. Not sure why they rolled out there to the warehouse in a van when they have a big rig. Go out there with a crew and empty that place out. The supplies for the wall could wait a day while the truck was in use (or hey...get a 2nd truck!). They'd have enough gear to set up solar on every house instead of having a centralized array, plus spare parts for decades.

Things to do: Grand Ole Opry Backstage tour of The Ryman Country Music Hall of Fame Johnny Cash Museum The 'tonks on Broadway Frist Center (check their site to see if it the current exhibits would interest you or your GF) Cheekwood gardens Belle Meade Plantation (better house and grounds than The Hermitage, but it's not a President's home) Tours of various breweries (Yazoo, Fat Bottom, Jackelope) or the Corsair distillery. Small boutique shopping in East Nashvile, 12 South, The Gulch or Hillsboro Village A show at the Bluebird (if you can get tickets) Visit the state Capitol, state museum, and state military museum (all free). Bicentennial Mall state park Farmers Market next to the Bicentennial Mall

  Yes, Shane beat the crap out of Ed in the quarry for slapping Carol. Carol cried and begged him to stop, then tended to Ed's wounds. He got eaten in the next episode. Darryl was going to smash his head with a pick axe to prevent zombie-Ed, but Carol stepped up and did it, unleashing her pent up rage by smashing the remnants of Ed repeatedly.

I pre-registered almost 2 months ago. Still nothing. I don't think it's about turn-around time so much as it's that they'll send them all out when the date gets a little closer. I suspect they'll shut off the pre-reg option soon and then batch them all up into one big mailing process.

I'm generally fond of the GoalZero products. I like their small portable panels when I'm camping. Their stuff is easy to use and seems well built. That said, I suspect you could build a larger system for that price (or a comparable system for less money) by doing it yourself. If he's looking for an easy turnkey solution and doesn't mind the cost, it's certainly an option. Keep in mind that the output ratings will vary depending on how much sunlight he can get on the panels. When power goes out from ice, that's not usually hapenning on sunny days. The "generator" is a packaged battery/inverter/solar controller. Like most batteries, he would have to keep it maintained by either leaving it plugged in for trickle charging or by storing it in a cool dry place and plugging it in every so often (manufacturer should have a recommended schedule).   If he's worried about EMP, solar may not be there the way he thinks it will unless he stores the components in a Faraday cage. Nobody really knows what will and won't survive an EMP. Even if the solar panels themselves survive, the controller and inverter may not.

http://goo.gl/maps/vVZEc avoids MD altogether and adds 1.5 hours to the default route up I-81.   Keep in mind that you'll only be in MD for a few miles at Hagerstown up I-81. It's up to you if avoiding that is worth 1.5 hours each way or not.

She took 1/4 bar each time. They've individually wrapped 1/4 bars in foil.

You can always spot real Russian WW2 vets. They're the ones who can put their right hand over their heart by first reaching around their back.

Maybe it was this guy.....

  Spiffy, ignore nightrunner. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Your M885 is 30 better than that M855 stuff. Besides, the ATF backed off their M855 ban but they didn't say anything at all about backing off on an M885 ban. A year from now you'll be wishing you had bought another 10K at that price.

  There's a scroll window of photos. One of them shows the top of the receiver. 1946 is on it.

  This x 1,000.   The heavier the gun, the stiffer/tighter the belt needs to be. I need to use my gun belt with a G26/19, but I can use just about any old belt with a Kahr PM9 or a Ruger LCP.

Yep. Ivan was one tough SOB.

I'm not ashamed to say I have a rubber slip-on nancy pad on my 91/30. It's a cheap-o Winchester one from Wal-Mart. Size small fits the Mosin stocks. I don't have one on my M44. If I were shooting it a lot (more than say 20 rounds at a time) in the summer, I'd wuss out and put one on it too. It does tame the impact into the shoulder well. Winter's no big deal with heavier jackets to take some of the punch, but that bare metal butt plate isolated from my skin by a mere T-shirt can wear me out quick.

It was made in the Izhevsk plant (triangle with arrow) in 1946. Looks to be in pretty good shape.   The tool that looks like a mini saw/key ring is a gauge for checking the firing pin for proper positioning. there are Youtube videos on how to check that. Look for some YouTube videos for taking down the bolt. It's the same bolt as the 91/30 so a video on that one will be the same steps. Most videos of the bolt assembly will show how to check the firing pin.

You heard it here first, folks. In the zombie apolcalypse, Caster is instituting Tuxedo Tuesdays. :D   As for the RV, I can get why they don't have some super cool ride like that Actionmobil. Those are rare and not the kind of thing you'd find just sitting on a lot in a small town, or even in Atlanta's suburbs, but come on. It has been a year and a half (maybe 2?) since the outbreak. surely they could have found a Prevost or something. Heck, get in one of those abandoned big rigs, armor it, and retrofit a 53' trailer. Plenty of those abandoned auto shops have torches and tanks to start the welding. It may not be fancy, but it can roll on through a lot of herds with a nice plow on the front. Mount some .50's from those Hummers at the CDC area on top of the cab and trailer and call it a day.   Why stop at 1? They roll up on a group of bad guys, with 3 armored and armed large vehicles, it's over without a fight.   The possibilities of what you can do to armor and arm something like that are incredible. My post-apocalypse ride's going to look like James Bond and Mad Max had a crazy, albeit regrettable, night in Vegas.

  they have..... http://www.fox23.com/news/news/breaking-news/woman-caught-making-meth-inside-s-tulsa-walmart/ndkkT/ http://www.click2houston.com/news/man-arrested-for-lewd-act-with-walmart-stuffed-animal/29140044   There's also this one: http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html Cooking the meth after being left alone in the store's holding cell after being caught shoplifting.

I think the stamp is just a stamp. A kid's way of saying "you belong here". It wasn't present on the townspeople until the party, so I don't see it as anything else. The W on the other hand is clearly the wolf mark. The chocolate was for use as a cover story in case anyone saw her entering or leaving. She definitely didn't expect the kid to follow her. I loved her monologue. Carol is far and away the most dangerous one in the group. Aaron talking about Buttons was not an analogy of Alexandria. It was about Darryl. He said buttons always ran, when all Aaron wanted to do was bring him in to a place that was safe with people who would help him, but Buttons couldn't understand that and kept running. Now he's walker food. That's how Aaron feels about Darryl. He needs to come in and stop running or he'll end up like Buttons. I agree that the motorcycle parts stocking was to make it into a hobby to pass the time, but that still doesn't explain why Aaron somehow got Dale-itis and drives around in that POS RV. Seriously....is there no RV Super Center anywhere near these people? Armor up a Prevost and hit the road.

  Come on man! That's how rumors get started! It was because the hoarder was making meth in an emptied out 2L bottle in the men's room then defiled a stuffed animal on aisle 12. Get the facts straight next time.

  That's good thinking. In an emergency, you could use it as an anchor or a jack stand.

The Warner parks are Nashville city parks, not state parks. They're off-limits per city ordinance and are posted (mostly) in the proper places.   State Parks are good to go. The only parks that qualify in Nashville are Bicentennial Mall, Long Hunter, and Radnor Lake. Technically the Harpeth River S.P. has a small Nashville presence at the Hwy 100 bridge/canoe launch. You will sometimes find signs at the entrance to the state parks which say "No firearms permitted" or something similar. These signs are old and do not apply to HCP holders. They were left in place because to remove them and put up new signs would have had a fiscal note attached to the bill which allowed state park carry and would have made it DOA. The signs will be changed as they age and need to be replaced, at which time the part about firearms will be omitted from the new signs.   Another TGOer has pointed out that several of the Nashville city parks are located in part or in full on state owned land, but administered by the city. These can't be posted per the letter of the law (posting requires both owners to approve posting and the state doesn't do that). If you want to research land deeds and be willing to be a test case, more power to you. Otherwise, Nashville city parks are a no-go.

I suspect it wouldn't be a major challenge to mount it on a set of motorized gimbals, mate it to a tracking system with cameras, and put it up high enough to give it a downward angle into the engine bay.   Skynet is coming.