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I was going to guess a water distiller. I've had a couple electric ones from Sears.

Gotcha - I was out at Killeen/Ft. Hood earlier this month. Man, it got windy!

Let me tell you what I'm running, after 30+ years on the air: A Kenwood TS-850SAT that I've had for 10 years, bought it used and have had it reconditioned recently. 160-10 meters, including WARC bands. It's a fine piece of equipment. Drake twins - T4X transmitter and R4-B receiver, made in 1967/68, that I've owned since 1982. 160-10 meters plus any other band in between that you have a crystal for. Beautiful, vintage tube equipment. Listening to 3980 right now. Icom 706MkIIg for mobile use. I've had it mounted in my truck since new about 10 years ago. They now sell used on Ebay for the same price I paid for it 10 years ago. A great radio and a lot of bang for the buck. For VHF/UHF base, I use a few single band mobile radios - Motorola, Icom, Kenwood, ADI -- all bought used. You can spend more money, but the question is: What satisfies your needs and wants? ps - look at the equipment review on eham.net

It's a Cabachupra!

Absolutely! The good news is that your groups are smaller than you thought!

[quote name='mikegideon' timestamp='1353715241' post='849888'] Viola: French word for big fiddle [/quote] Voila! Welcome to the site!

Welcome! What is Stephenville semi-close to (it's Texas, after all) that a furriner might recognize?

Other things you're going to need on short notice - a stuck case remover and replacement decapping pins.

Danged Moderators . . . .

The Zombie Apocolypse is starting! We've always known who the real zombies were.

[quote name='QuietDan' timestamp='1353014096' post='846165'] Ok, so many of us here believe the Obammunist and his minions are low down evil and dangerous thugs who will stop at nothing to fulfill their evil designs on us and the United States. So, why would you put your name on a list that says you think he's an Evil Bastard and that he'd stop at nothing to destroy the U.S.? Are you going to use your real name and address? If you think he'd stop at nothing, he wouldn't stop himself and his minions from knocking on your door in the middle of the night, collecting you and your family barefoot in their nightshirts and hauling you off in the back of a five-ton truck to a barbed wire compound in the middle of North Dakota. It would probably be smarter to sign up at one of the ObamaLove websites, learn the Worshipful Songs and the Secret Handshakes, all the while keeping your powder dry in a vault in your back yard and waiting for The Signal. [/quote] I'm not scared of him. He's a LITTLE man. I think I could whip his wife also.

The election showed that a lot of people don't value freedom, they just want someone to take care of them. This discussion shows the same thing.

[quote name='crimsonaudio' timestamp='1352819920' post='844814'] Haha, so whether they even read it or not, no matter how they reply, or don't, it's a response? [i]"They ignored our outrageous request completely - victory!"[/i] [/quote] Yes it is. This government is "of, by and for the people". We retained the right to petition Congress for a redress of grievances. There is no requirement for Congress to redress our grievances, but we're giving them the opportunity, within the constraints of Supreme Law of the Land, the Constitution. Lack of redress, from another government in another time, led to the founding of this new country. It wasn't a pleasant process. I don't expect Congress to cut Tennessee or any other state loose, but this hopefully starts a conversation about grievances between the people and their creation - the Federal goverment. It's how it's done, legally, when our elected representatives can't or won't represent our interests. It's appropriate when elections don't change the massively unpopular direction of the government. It's appropriate when a large portion of the people, even though apparently a minority, don't like their treatment by the apparent majority. It's appropriate to avoid a tyranny of the majority. It's something our government has always had trouble understanding and dealing with -- people who lose elections still have rights equal to those who won the election. No majority has the right to feed on the minority.

[quote name='TMF' timestamp='1352818567' post='844797'] Hmmm, like, the whole government? I guess when I was in the military I was part of the government and was never filled in on any vast conspiracy. Maybe I just wasn't high up enough. I'll send a text to my buddies at the Pentagon and see if they know anything about it. Maybe you meant our elected officials. In that case I'll give a call to a friend of mine who served as a state representative in Florida. He would have to know something about this. Or maybe it's a sneaky shadow government. That would make more sense I guess. I don't know anyone on the "Smoky Room, Hand Wringing Panel", but I guess that's why they're so sneaky. [/quote] Not worth a response.

[quote name='BryanP' timestamp='1352817735' post='844792'] The rights outlined in the Constitution allow the people to petition their government for redress of grievances without fear or reprisal. It doesn't mean they actually have to do anything about your petition. [/quote] Exacty right. But no response IS a response.

[quote name='TMF' timestamp='1352814860' post='844772'] Who is "they"? [/quote] The Government. Who else are we talking about here?

[quote]Regardless, this whole thing is a futile argument anyways, as the Feds simply do not care about this petition.[/quote] The government is REQUIRED to [s]care about[/s] receive the petitions - it's in the Constitution. Read it some time. By the way, it's SEcession, not SUCcession.

And I think they ARE dumb, and arrogant, enough to open the box.

Some day we'll be their biggest problem, and they're well aware of that fact.

[quote name='CCI' timestamp='1352773938' post='844624'] The goverment may ignore it, but the media won't! [/quote] Yes they will. It's their media. Won't make a headline in Bugtussle TN. I'm already on government lists and they know where I am.

Regardless of the wording, regardless of the originator, it meets the requirements of the government's website. If it gets the required number of votes in the specified time, it will provoke a response from the government. Even if the government ignores it, which I expect it will, it's a response. It will hopefully become a "link in a chain of evidence" that the federal government intends to enslave us.

I didn't vote for the bastard. For all who did - you own this s___! I don't have any representation in Washington or Nashville. I'm beginning to wonder if voting can change anything -- it's starting to look like a rigged game to me. You choose door "A" or door "B", but they both go to the same room.

Nope - I guessed wrong. Nearer to 12% per the internet.

It's under 5%, probably closer to 2% as I recall.

Surefire sells parts on their website. I'd rather have a used OE part than a new Chinese one.