Gift Ideas

 

1. Thumbs up on Unseen Academicals. It’s good.

   Posted by Nicole       12/06/2009  at  06:45 PM  



2. Considering the readership here and the administration we have in DC I thought that high on the list would be a box of Silver Bullets.

   Posted by Rich K       12/06/2009  at  09:20 PM  



3. Rich, most of us already know that silver doesn’t make stable bullets.

   Even if it did, we’d need thousands of the things to kill all the vampires and werewolves in government.

   Plain old regular ammo is a much better gift, but only when given to people who would appreciate it.

   Besides, I’m just tossing out ideas. I’m not saying any of these are the perfect gift. That would be a select fire H&K MP-10 with night vision sites and a silencer. And 200lbs of ammo.

   There ya go.

   Posted by Drew458       12/06/2009  at  11:10 PM  



4. What has made Christmas fun for us—a Secret Santa gift drawing.  All the adults put their names in a hat and we all draw names—limit $50 per gift AND you specify what you want. No more crazy over-spending on crap that people don’t really want.

   Most folks want gift cards.  Kids are exempt from the one-present rule.

   It’s like a breath of fresh air.  People enjoy Christmas again.

   Posted by Chops       12/07/2009  at  08:16 AM  



5. There are only two people (ok make that three - the d-i-l hasn’t asked yet) in my sphere I’d buy a gun and/or ammo for and one of them is getting accessories - magazines - for his gift of last year.

   Any and all gun purchases would be personal - it is up to the individual to arm themselves - to survive. And that doesn’t just mean guns/ammo.

   Although the kids joke about our ‘bunker’ we are building - we have pulled together a small stash of things (including those little about to be banned goodies - light bulbs) - to get us through - be it a major power out to all out survival. In that vein I offer this - the book When Technology Fails by Matthew Stein. Not as hippie dippie as some, nor as kill ‘em eat ‘em raw as others but does cover ‘how to’ most everything when we revert back to survival mode.

   Posted by wardmama4       12/07/2009  at  09:05 AM  



6. The only good hippie dippie books ever written were the Foxfire series. Books about getting back to the land, building your own cabin, growing your own food, hunting trapping and butchering your own game. They were actually a cultural capsule of the vanishing rural Appalachian way of life, but the knowledge in them is priceless for those considering TEOTWAWKI scenarios (ie, the Days After). They are still in print too.

   Posted by Drew458       12/07/2009  at  10:34 AM  



7. One late comment on Sarah. I read her speech to the grid iron club and it was really well done.Lots of jabs at the folks in DC and laughs all around the room. If it takes 3 years or 7 years to build up her rep then so be it. This gal is one genuine article.

   Posted by Rich K       12/08/2009  at  04:04 AM  

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