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Turning 44 years old

Kevin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:10:42 +0000

Well crap, I turn 44 years old years old in few days. Age, kinda like weight, has a way of creeping up on you. It seems like only a few weeks ago I was in high school, only a couple of days ago my kids were being born. Somewhere in the middle of working and…

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Buying a new 45acp

Kevin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:03:34 +0000

Years ago I owned a Ruger P90. but my wife and I fell on hard times and the pistol had to be sold to catch up on bills. Selling firearms is something I do as a last resort. At this time I am 43 years old, and have only had to sell 3 firearms during…

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The coming civil unrest

Kevin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:37:47 +0000

For those of you that have not been paying attention and voting for the same two parties over and over, I blame you for what you are about to read. The two party system will be the downfall of the US, and I directly blame the voters. My personal opinion, its just a matter of…

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Doom and gloom in the survival community

Kevin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:41:13 +0000

Why are so many people in the survivalist community obsessed with doom and gloom? Awhile back I posted a question to the SurvivalistBoards facebook page about the occupy wall street movement, some of the first replies were about violence. The question was not about survivalist having to use any kind of lethal force to defend their families and homes. All that was asked was if people were ready for some kind of civil unrest. From there the topic instantly turned to violence. I have never understood "why" a lot of people in the survivalist community dwell on lethal force and the use of violence? Maybe they think life is like an action movie, and they are missing out on their starring roll. Maybe they want to be some kind of hero? Life during a disaster is nothing like what you see in the movies. From my experience, the good comes out in the majority of the people. There are those that will try to steal and take advantage of others, but its not like what happens in the movies. When Hurricane Ike was passing through, I filmed footage with a couple of cameras. The footage was later combined into a video.

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What happened to the PC gaming industry

Kevin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:00:09 +0000

I dont know what it is, but over the past 4 or 5 years, I have not been impressed with the PC games coming out, and to be honest I am getting a little bored. During the mid-week madness and weekend sales I have been buying games at discounted prices. Over the past year I…

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The Left 4 Dead 2 Boycotters Were Right

Kevin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:00:14 +0000

As we approach the 2 year anniversary of l4d2, in retrospect, I think the boycotters were right. The presales L4D2 hype failed to live up to a lot of things. Dynamic paths – removed Dynamic weather – removed Dynamic night and day – removed Some of the best versus maps ruined due to glitches, bugs…

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Thieves

Kevin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:52:49 +0000

If there is one thing in this world that pisses me off, it has to be thieves. It seems to me that thieves fall into a couple of categories. Irresponsible – thieves get low on money, need a little extra spending cash, they just go steal something and sell it. The problem is the thief…

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Haters

Kevin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:22:06 +0000

Why do some people live their lives filled with hate and anger? These are the people that explode in a fit of rage at the slightest thing, like a time bomb waiting to go off at the slightest bump in the road. Why do some people gloat in the misery of others? Why do some…

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Marketable life skills

Kevin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:26:07 +0000

How do you develop life skills that are marketable? Either through an education, training or experience. But, how do you know if your skills will be in demand? Over the past few years I have seen people over spending on their education. People will go into $100k of debt, for a degree that pays $30k…

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As life moves on

Kevin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:14:51 +0000

There is one inevitable fact of life, life moves forward, even when you do not want it to. Things around you change, people get older, kids grow up, life gets more expensive,,,. As I look back on my life, I ask myself what happened? What happened to the young man that used to go camping all the time, would spend hours in the woods, and just seemed to know how to have fun? Where did that person go? These days, and for the past few years, I have almost no desire to do much of anything. At the camp there is a tree that blew down. 10 years ago that tree would have already been cut up, split, and put in the shed for firewood. But today, that tree has been in the same place for several months. Maybe its getting older, but I am only 43 years old, I should not be feeling like this. Where has my love of live, and my energy gone?

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