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03-16-2019, 02:22 PM
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Holy poop man, I thought you are joking here but you are dead serious! A cannon? Lol!
I think we will need more vodka!
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03-16-2019, 02:47 PM
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It is absolutely awesome lol!
The thump in your chest from 2FF is incredible from 20' away 
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I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought..... 
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03-16-2019, 02:54 PM
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When the WIFI goes out for AO members (that don't live in gramma's basement)
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Only dead fish go with the flow. The rest use their brains in life.
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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03-16-2019, 03:06 PM
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When will it all go dark is the real question, people have been preparing for the end since the 30's anybody remember "duck n cover" drills in school during the 60's
History of survivalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism
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03-16-2019, 03:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
actually I have a cannon!!! lol!
It is beautiful, Oldman made it for me. Weighs close to 100 lbs. It will launch a golfball 1500 yards, imagine what an aluminum slug made on the lathe would do to a pirate boat!
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Love the cannon. A couple fist fulls of tungsten machining inserts in front of 5 lbs of serpentine powder would be fun to shoot at pirates too.
It would be nice to have the cannon on the boat just to keep the seals away when salmon fishing.
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03-16-2019, 03:19 PM
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If the electricity went out finally all the light pollution would stop. The hum of electricity in cities would stop so the electrical noise pollution would stop. All the rural yard lights would go out. It would actually get quiet at night. There would be no way of transmitting radio waves so the air would become silent too. Everyone would be sleeping better. It would re-set people's natural sleep patterns according to natural light cycles.
And if by chance Yellowstone's Caldera decides to blow there wouldn't be much solar power to be had either. Looks like we better go back to coal fired electricity just to be safe.
Within a couple weeks of no electricity everyone would be sitting around campfires and banging the drum. And you would hear the children crying... " Ahh, do we have to have magpie soup for supper again? Can't we have the cat instead?"
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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03-16-2019, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Bullets
Love the cannon. A couple fist fulls of tungsten machining inserts in front of 5 lbs of serpentine powder would be fun to shoot at pirates too.
It would be nice to have the cannon on the boat just to keep the seals away when salmon fishing.
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I loosed a load of split shot onto the lagoon one time, WOW you should have seen that!!! You could take out a whole flock of ducks and geese with 1 fuse!!
Or light up a crab pot stealing bastard so bad they would never touch one again.
Lead balls and slingshots work very well on sealions.
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Only dead fish go with the flow. The rest use their brains in life.
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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03-16-2019, 04:03 PM
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"Back to normal" Having grown up with no electricity , telephone, running water(me with 5 gal pails) or indoor toilets it would`t be a big shock or hardship!:sHa_shakeshout . Same as I do now in Argentina every year for 4 months since I retired !! 
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03-16-2019, 07:07 PM
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I would stay at a Holiday Inn of course.
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03-27-2019, 02:15 PM
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04-02-2019, 09:09 AM
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So many people have said head to the hills...that means there'll be thousands of like minded folks wandering around the mountains and forestry fighting for firwood.
I'll find myself an island on a lake, on an island in a lake...double the security!
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04-03-2019, 10:04 PM
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Head to one of the old abandoned leasesin the area, near some body of water. Rip out some stainless lines and run to my makeshift shelter. Pretty much life time supply of gas to stay warm and cook.
Or....blow myself up or gas myself with h2s. Either or
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