Not true! There ARE the occasional males produced that have a blissfully short life of fornicating - with the queen no less. Boo-ya, bragging rights. Then they die. Got to love the hymenoptera.

Not quite accused. My dad likes to joke that I want a disaster to happen so I can use my supplies. My girlfriend thinks I'm a bit over the top, but as she grew up in rural Wisconsin, she's not too surprised that I carry things. In fact, she thinks my car needs more tools. it's the house she thinks is a bit overdone, but she bears it well and rarely comments.

On a side note, I went to a bonfire up here yesterday ("here" being rural Alaska). No one blinked twice that I had a LM and a sheath knife on my belt, even though only one other person was carrying a leatherman. Both were used more than I thought. The amazing thing? Nearly all of them are transplants from the Lower 48. People can learn.