Mark Knapp

As I remember, nuclear weapons have been used in war before. Now, there's nothing to show for it but some old photographs and monuments, the people there seem to be doing OK now. I don't pretend to know to what degree nuclear weapons will be used in the future, or what our next word war will look like but, if it's anything short of what will kill me, I might need some stuff and I have no reason to believe my government or anyone else will provide it for me. I may never need fire insurance but I have some. I may never need life insurance but I have some. If I never get to use the food I have put away, some one else will. Catastrophes come in many shapes and sizes. Truckers and longshoremen have been known to go on strike, supply chain problems can occur and, I have a sneaky suspicion the price of gas might go up. I live in an earth quake zone. If I get sick and can't work, the money stops coming in. If I lived in tornado or hurricane ally, I'd have a bunch of ply wood stock piled so I wouldn't have to beat every one else to the lumber yard when a big one was predicted, it's the same thing really. War does not have to include nuclear weapons, humans have survived every war so far. Food is cheap (right now), to me, it makes sense to put some aside. You will never be able to say to me, "See, I told you, you would never need that food" and I hope I never get to say to you, "I told you, you should have put some food aside" Go catch some fish.

Sweet

I wish you well. This too shall pass, till then, I'll work more and fish less, or do without some other things.

Another good reason not to live in LA. 😁

That's nice.

I get that, but you'd think there'd be some savings cuzz it doesn't have to be transported very far. Most of the time our gas is a buck higher than the national average.

Maybe not the apocalyptic future but WWIII I wouldn't bet my life on it, or my wife's. I would have thought you more than any of us could appreciate how much people could screw this up. I'd rather think it "could" happen and be ready than think it won't and suffer the consequences. I wish us all the best. Even you.😁 Your bud.

Yes, I wish you all happy things buddy.

I think that anybody that planned ahead enough to put aside food will also be armed and prepare to defend it. I'm not sure there are going to be very many unarmed people with stockpiles of food. I think you need a new plan. At least there's some feral chickens and pythons around you can snack on for a bit.

Yep, I might have the most fun on these trips.

I never knew they did that, ours spawn in the ocean, no river migration. We fish them for bait with sabaki rigs too.

I've had a hundred pounds of rice and a hundred pounds of beans on the shelf for years. lately we've been adding canned, dried carrots, milk and eggs etc. to the storage. Not to mention four plugged in freezers full of stuff we harvested. No you are not crazy. It's worse for us up here because we are so dependent on shipping. If the truckers or the shipyard workers get upset, (and we know they do) we don't get stuff, it means empty grocery stores. Remember the toilet paper thing, change that to food, it can happen any time. Nothing wrong with being prepared, even if it never happens. So to be clear, you'd kill people and take their food? Wow, dude. Buy some food.

It could be that you could resurface the insides of the jaws and have a very good vise again. That's what I would do. Get some 800 grit emery cloth, fold the cloth so you can grind on both sides at the same time, close the jaws so they are almost gripping the cloth, pull the emery up and down through the jaws. It will cut only where the jaws touch it snugly. As it loosens up, tighten the jaws a little more, and repeat. Do that till the jaws are crisp and sharp again.

Sounds like you need another "Little Monkey head". I hate losing pets but I hate not having a pet more. I was left with my little brothers cat, "Max", and he doesn't even like me but I will miss him when he's gone.

It's $4.46 a gal. right now up here. And we drill it and make it in state. Check with me in a week. Scary.

Thanks guys, it's a lot of fun. I just love the smiles on those kids.

What do you do with the herring? Do you fish them?

Fixed your "M" for you buddy.

Have fun.

Sheesh, God bless'em

What I think is, he's clinging to Squatch and as Squatch is crossing the stream to fish the pool from another angle the stone nymph falls off. He should'a hung on better.

Yeah, that.

I'm pretty sure I didn't have one on there.

It took me a while but I see the innuendo now. It's really pretty funny, glad I came up with it.🤣

Actually, I don't think pike are scared of anything.