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Day: August 18, 2007
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Letter Re: Suitability of Missouri as a Retreat Locale?
Dear Mr. Rawles, In response to your post replying to ‘Marie R.’ regarding Missouri as a retreat location; here is some information that other families on this blog may find interesting. I’m writing this as someone who has a wide venue of travel and associations across the country. I am a professional trucker, a licensed ham radio operator for over 35 years, and was employed in the defense electronics industry for many years. I have been preparing for TEOTWAWKI here in the mountains of the Arkansas Ozarks for some time. With no disrespect to your research and personal choice(s) for …
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Letter Re: Steam Locomotives in a Post-TEOTWAWKI World?
Dear Jim and Family, Its true that boiler maintenance and safety are a serious concern. As my wife is a rail fan (train chaser), she knows a bit, and knows people who know a lot more. One of these was kind enough to send me this info in his reply. “Bear in mind that the great costs mentioned are all meant to get the boilers up to federal-mandated standards, i.e. extremely safe conditions. If you just want to get it to function, you don’t have to do near as much work. The problem of course is that while under steam …
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Odds ‘n Sods:
Our friend Nick recommended this article by Douglas MacKinnon at Townhall.com: The Two Things To Know Before Your City is Nuked By Terrorists o o o My thanks to “J”, who gave a prominent plug for SurvivalBlog over at The Rumor Mill News Reading Room. o o o Alphie sent us this one: NYPD Warns Of Homegrown Terror Threat
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Jim’s Quote of the Day:
"A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law." – Justice John Marshall (1755-1835) US Supreme Court Chief Justice
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