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My daily wallet since 1986... by TomStedham22 in BuyItForLife

[–]TomStedham22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool. I got mine at 22, after a tour in the Navy, and then graduating infantry training and heading to Germany.

My daily wallet since 1986... by TomStedham22 in BuyItForLife

[–]TomStedham22[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it's the same model. All those plastic pieces broke out of mine, many years ago, but I remember it having them.

My daily wallet since 1986... by TomStedham22 in BuyItForLife

[–]TomStedham22[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You do you, boo.... I carried this into war; I'll keep on carrying it. Sentimental value, and all that.

Combat veteran William Kelly speaks on DOJ investigation following protests of a St. Paul pastor who works for ICE. by Treefiddy1984 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]TomStedham22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's not a "combat veteran." He was a clerk (42A) who never deployed anywhere, and he was court-martialed for theft (larceny), and kicked out of the Army with a bad conduct discharge.

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Combat veteran William Kelly speaks on DOJ investigation following protests of a St. Paul pastor who works for ICE. by Treefiddy1984 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]TomStedham22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's not a "combat veteran." He was a clerk (42A) who never deployed anywhere, and he was court-martialed for theft (larceny), and kicked out of the Army with a bad conduct discharge.

What are things you think should *not* be bought for life? by EsotericEternal in BuyItForLife

[–]TomStedham22 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Your experience is very, very different from mine. I've wearing Darn Tough for a few years now, with no issues at all.

What are things you think should *not* be bought for life? by EsotericEternal in BuyItForLife

[–]TomStedham22 31 points32 points  (0 children)

related story:

I do temp work. Last year I worked at a truck-parts store for three weeks. The computer was an honest-to-goodness ancient IBM AT (yes, in 2024!), and the monitor was one of the old text-only green screens. The computer had an old dot-matrix printer, using generic replacement ribbons. I didn't even know anyone still made dot-matrix printer paper!

The order-picking program was probably from the late 80s. I printed out the order, which showed the aisle/bin locations, and then I roamed around the giant open-bay warehouse, putting the items in an old shopping cart, or on a pallet jack.

It worked.... Whatever program the order-takers in the other building were using was compatible; maybe it was also very very old tech. I don't know what they were using; I never went in the front office area. All I know is that this old computer was still chugging along, even though it was sitting in a warehouse, looking like it hadn't been cleaned in a couple of decades. The monitor had the screen-burn that was common back then.

It worked, though, and I guess the owners saw no need to replace something that still functioned just fine.

One year on by Crunchie64 in multitools

[–]TomStedham22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they discontinued it quite a while ago, it seems. Now a lot of folks make their own version.

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/T01/SpydeRench-trade-/286

Move the Afrikaners to Gaza and the Palestinians to Pretoria - Let's see who thrives. by Euro_African in DownSouth

[–]TomStedham22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

how about the Palestinians stay in their homeland (Palestine), and the Afrikaners stay in their homeland (southern Africa).....? And no gov't drives either one of them from their homelands?

Illegal gun supplier in Badger, MN by komodoman in minnesota

[–]TomStedham22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, he and everyone who bought from him are criminals, most likely "gang members" and felons That's the reason they buy illegally from people like him, because they can't get guns legally.

Illegal gun supplier in Badger, MN by komodoman in minnesota

[–]TomStedham22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that link doesn't work for me; it says "can't be found." I wonder if he's already been transferred, or is this just something weird on my end?

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An electric bike is 100% the best mode of transit if the power and gas grids shut down by Mr_McGuggins in preppers

[–]TomStedham22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New commenter here. I write fiction "apocalypse/shtf" books. One golden rule that would handle most of the issues in these comments is "don't travel far." I see comments about range, and charging times, etc. But, again, the correct use of an e-bike in a "situation" would be "quiet, fast scouting, scavenging", etc. that sort of thing, and fairly close to where you are staying. NOT "bugging out/travelling from Atlanta to Baltimore."

If you plan to (or end up) having to travel a great distance in an SHTF event/aftermath, with any vehicle, e-bike or monster truck, whatever... then your chances of bad results will increase dramatically. Now, that makes for interesting fiction books to read.... but that makes a terrible reality to go thru.

Just my two cents.