LOL i wish sometimes i never bought this infernal machine! yeah its just Ol' Mac typin, and thinkin...<br>As for being off topic I am not sure.......... I suppose if you crash a plane, one just might be in the trial of his/her life. I can think of a few things that might happen if you live past the crash..... if the plane hit a house, or for that matter goes down in water... The EPA goes bonkers these days with a bit O' oil in the beloved water.... And Oh Dear God help us all if the plane were to kill a "Spotted Owl" ;-)<br>I will take my chances in the forest to survive any time compared to a courtroom.... Maybe no one would come check because then they would be on my terms "In the Forest".<br>About the things I did do in court... I did look up and use the "show cause" which brought the ever so sweet X into court, and the court said my visitation was to be renewed! But the sweetie X stonewalled and stonewalled more. She worked it like this: I drove the 45 miles after the phone call and she would say my son was grounded, went out unexpectedly, or some other BS excuse. This was after the court order to renew.... And then once to show good faith to the court she arranged to go off with her then lover to the Caribbean in Feb, and it was wicked cold Tee pee living and she knew it. Also my son had a pretty bad cold when I was notified to come get him. I should have known as she called a friend with a phone to tell me. That was about the only call I ever got... I discovered my son was ill standing at the door! I asked him if he was up to coming at all, and he seemed to want to get away from her to... During that visit he mentioned changing his name to mine as a Jr, since only the middle name is different from mine...<br>So I took him, like a fool and we had a great time for as sick as he was. I made him pine needle tea with honey, and kept him warm and occupied. The few days went fast, and I returned him home at the appointed time, but had to wait a few hours for her to return intoxicated in my opinion. (typical for a wanna be party girl, and I knew of the 3 year affair while I was still married)<br>But I was astounded to receive in the mail another HEARING, for what i had no idea once again until I got to the court.<br>This time it was because I had allowed my son to become ill !!!!<br>And I could not prove that I picked him up sick! She knew it, he knew it but was not allowed to testify! And I could not prove a [censored] thing. She was trying to use that to prevent future visits!<br>Anyway so much for that..... I am thinking of writing a book about the whole [censored] thing, and all this is just of the top of my head here, the whole thing in all of these threads, But I have this written as it happened in journals. I did not write those as i was too close and the pain was bad then, but my current wife wrote it as it happened, and so I can refresh anytime I want, and perhaps more accurately than here where I am bound to err.<br>I for one hope that the SHTF never happens, but if it does in a way I will rejoice, as I can take care of my self and my wife no problem even if I loose every single thing I laid by for a rainy day, but in a land with out LAW for even as short a time as 6 weeks there would be some very unhappy lawyers, as I would have free time being that I would not have to work to much to eat hot food, and make clothing and shelter...<br>Oh that brings to mind a rather funny to me remembrance.<br>You see I have been into the "Old Ways" now for better than 20 years, and I had taught my X when we were still married a few things like fire.... SO before I was as far to the bottom as I could ever hope to get (pre Lawyers and court dates), and was working out of state for a friend that was doing some construction, I got this phone call from my X. It seems she went off during a hurricane to meet the lover in Nantucket.<br>Now I will tell you I have no luck, and never did. Murphy has had a free ride in my hip pocket all my born days!<br>My X gets on the ferry in storm sea conditions and the ferry doesn't sink. Then she gets to Nantucket and meets the Bo', but the power goes out, and the whole island is in the dark. But wait they go swimming even thought the season is late, but the storm brought heavy surf and warm water. They both get caught in the undertow, and dragged out to sea for a bit, and even later I heard that there were sharks in that warmer water, but they both escaped with no fear (prolly intoxicated) And then after they return to the cottage, she makes a fire to cook soup, and neighbors, and locals show up to borrow the fire to cook on! She called to say thanks after she returned home. But there is more, the sea came up high and removed the lawn almost to the door, but did not take the cottage leaving it on a cliff.<br>So you see I have no luck! The ferry could have sunk, the cottage could have been washed into the sea, she could have burned down the cottage, she could have been eaten by sharks, she could have drowned, she could have fallen off the cliff! Man some times I just gotta wonder;-)<br>So that will end this topic so far as I am concerned.... <br>I do continue to wonder about what might happen if some day the Law says a mandatory turn in will happen at 2 cents on the dollar... You see even if there was a turn in at 100 dollars to the dollar I would prefer to keep my guns. In fact and I know this will never happen, but the day 40 agents kick down the door to get my guns I would give them to them, but say come back tomorrow for more ;-) with a wink... I can make guns from junk, and have