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#115685 - 12/12/07 09:04 PM Re: Why Topics Go Away [Re: hamilton]
wildman800 Offline
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Registered: 11/09/06
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Loc: La-USA
It is my personal opinion that bartering may be an integral part of a Long Term Preparedness situation. Just my $0.02 worth.
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#115758 - 12/13/07 04:56 AM Re: Why Topics Go Away [Re: MartinFocazio]
ironraven Offline
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And for people who like to play in TEOTWAWKI, I could use some reinforcements in my efforts to make Zombie Squad a more sane and rational place. There are some of us there.

Just advertising an alternative for people who like to dabble in the sillier stuff. smile
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#115776 - 12/13/07 01:04 PM Re: Why Topics Go Away [Re: hamilton]
MartinFocazio Offline

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Registered: 01/21/03
Posts: 2203
Loc: Bucks County PA
Originally Posted By: hamilton

I realize the topic was about barter goods, but I don't see how that automatically equates to black helicopters, anymore than talking about defending your home using a shotgun equates to fortifying your compound.
I can see that these topics can drift in that direction, but I thought that


It's not that it can drift, it's that is always does eventually. Every time, all the time.

I'm willing to admit bartering is harmless enough, and I like the idea of it. I'm even of the opinion that gasoline and toilet paper are worth far more than gold and ammo in an emergency situation.

Again, I killed the thread because it had all the indicators of going off the rails. Was I hasty? Sure. Was the topic sure to drift? No, it wasn't, however, you'll note that it was 3:54 AM, I was just back from a messy truck wreck and perhaps I was not in the best of moods. Banter on barter all you like, I'll back down a bit. Flaggers - and you know who you are - lighten up a bit. But no black helicopters or trilateral commission. Please.
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#115805 - 12/13/07 04:29 PM Re: Why Topics Go Away [Re: MartinFocazio]
JCWohlschlag Offline
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Registered: 11/26/06
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Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
I'm even of the opinion that gasoline and toilet paper are worth far more than gold and ammo in an emergency situation.

And gasoline-soaked-toilet paper is just downright priceless! Gives you a cool-to-the-touch feeling. grin
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#115843 - 12/14/07 12:09 AM Re: Why Topics Go Away [Re: MartinFocazio]
LED Offline
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Registered: 09/01/05
Posts: 1474
Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
Flaggers - and you know who you are - lighten up a bit. But no black helicopters or trilateral commission. Please.
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Darn, and I was just about to tell everyone my theories on the "Pentavirate." grin

Quote:

Stuart Mackenzie: Well, it's a well known fact, Sonny Jim, that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as the Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.

Tony Giardino: So who's in this Pentavirate?

Stuart Mackenzie: The Queen, the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, and Colonel Sanders before he went tets-up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee beady eyes! And that smug look on his face, "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!"

Charlie Mackenzie: Dad, how can you hate the Colonel?

Stuart Mackenzie: Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartarse!


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/So_I_Married_an_Axe_Murderer

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#115905 - 12/14/07 05:50 PM Re: Why Topics Go Away [Re: LED]
hamilton Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 04/10/07
Posts: 81
Originally Posted By: LED

Quote:

Stuart Mackenzie: The Queen, the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, and Colonel Sanders before he went tets-up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee beady eyes! And that smug look on his face, "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!"

Charlie Mackenzie: Dad, how can you hate the Colonel?

Stuart Mackenzie: Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartarse!


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/So_I_Married_an_Axe_Murderer


Now that's just silly. Everyone knows the colonel faked his own death.

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