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Post by iamnobody on Nov 19, 2021 13:13:04 GMT -6
hopefully they are not leaving a well trodden pathway to the mine. With all that stuff going in there. thank you for your story There are ways to avoid leaving a path, they are slow but I am told it is doable.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 19, 2021 13:20:31 GMT -6
2 tons of led for bullets wow his great grand kids will have plenty. 2 tons of lead = 4,000 pounds
4,000 pounds x 7,000 grains per pound = 28,000,000 grains
28,000,000 grains divided by 68 grains, the weight of each 000 buckshot pellet = 411,176 pellets
411,176 pellets divided by the 10 pellets per load - 41,176 rounds of ammo
Hopefully Bob would never have a need to use that many rounds of buckshot, but its always nice to be safe..........
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Post by biggkidd on Nov 19, 2021 14:26:51 GMT -6
Not sure there's a shotgun made that can take 40,000 rounds down the tube. I know most weapons never see 10,000 rounds. Shoot my EDC .45 I've been carrying for 12 years doesn't have but 1500-2000 rounds down it.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 19, 2021 15:58:15 GMT -6
Back at work and went to the diner. The talkative new waitress is in the parking lot crying. As Bob walks by he sees a flat tire on the car she is leaning against. She sees Bob and tries to stifle the tears. Bob asks if she has a spare tire and a jack. She has a spare tire, one of those hard “doughnut” ones but no jack. Bob gets his jack from the truck, changes her tire, puts the bad tire in her trunk, puts away his jack and goes inside to clean up and eat. The new waitress is constantly thanking him, saying she had no money to call a garage to come fix it and would have to wait til payday to fix the flat tire. Bob did not take the bait of offering money. She almost touched his arm again but stopped herself in time. She did say her name was Lori. Talk about flashbacks, Bob's meal was tasteless to him and the waitress realized she messed up again.
Bob wanted a better solar power system for the cabin and found what he was looking for at Missouri Wind and Solar, ended up ordering several of their panels, an inverter and wiring. He wanted enough to run the shortwave radio, some lights and a small fridge. He also sent away for some “advanced” medical supplies. The presidential election was just 2 weeks away and there was a lot of talk on the internet about the outcome. It didn't look good.
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Post by papaof2 on Nov 19, 2021 16:48:27 GMT -6
If things look really bad, you might not want to buy a complete "solar system" from one vendor. $5,000 (and up) of equipment from one vendor says that you're building a "don't need the grid" system. My small system has parts acquired from at least a dozen vendors over 4 years. Just looks like someone dabbling in solar and trying different things until he finds something that works...
Dropping back to a small fridge and a few lights, we'd be good for a long time. I would like to add 2400 watts of solar panels and replace the current 420AH AGM battery bank with 800AH of LiFePO4 batteries - that would provide 4 days of power without sun and, at my age, be a "lifetime" battery. Anyone have an extra $3600 lying around collecting dust? It's certainly not collecting a useful amount of interest...
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 19, 2021 17:05:20 GMT -6
Anyone have an extra $3600 lying around collecting dust? It's certainly not collecting a useful amount of interest... If we take a trip to Mexico and walk back across the border in the desert, we could get up to $450,000 each from Biden.
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Post by papaof2 on Nov 19, 2021 17:17:51 GMT -6
Not sure I'd ever get my hands clean again if I took that money from Joe Burden. Sort of like "Out, out, damned spot!" from MacBeth.
You shouldn't name your dog Spot and then let the kids see MacBeth - you'll probably hear "Out, out, damned Spot!" for as long as the dog lives...
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 20, 2021 10:09:22 GMT -6
The new waitress Lori was still yakking his ear off and then 1 time after he had finished his meal, she asked if he would haul some things from COSTCO for her now, she would give him gas money to do it. Bob agreed and then waited in the truck while she shopped. She came back with a sales clerk pushing a hand cart heaped up with bags and boxes of food. Putting it in the truck, he drove her to her place which turned out to be a small efficiency cabin at the edge of town. He helped her unload and placed in just inside the door. She paid him and then offered a cup of mint tea but he refused. Back in his truck, pulling out, he saw a black SUV with dark tinted windows setting up the street a little ways.
A black SUV with tinted windows, that was nagging in the back of his mind. Later that night when he was almost asleep, he sat upright in his bed, smacking his head on the camper roof. Black SUVs with tinted windows were government vehicles from the PAW stories he had read. He felt for his shotgun and pulled it closer before slowly falling back to sleep.
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Post by bluefox2 on Nov 20, 2021 11:42:14 GMT -6
The new waitress Lori was still yakking his ear off and then 1 time after he had finished his meal, she asked if he would haul some things from COSTCO for her now, she would give him gas money to do it. Bob agreed and then waited in the truck while she shopped. She came back with a sales clerk pushing a hand cart heaped up with bags and boxes of food. Putting it in the truck, he drove her to her place which turned out to be a small efficiency cabin at the edge of town. He helped her unload and placed in just inside the door. She paid him and then offered a cup of mint tea but he refused. Back in his truck, pulling out, he saw a black SUV with dark tinted windows setting up the street a little ways.
A black SUV with tinted windows, that was nagging in the back of his mind. Later that night when he was almost asleep, he sat upright in his bed, smacking his head on the camper roof. Black SUVs with tinted windows were government vehicles from the PAW stories he had read. He felt for his shotgun and pulled it closer before slowly falling back to sleep. Brother bob needs to steer clear of little missy Lori. I smell serious trouble ahead.
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Post by kansasterri on Nov 20, 2021 12:02:25 GMT -6
A thought occurred to me.
Special boots that are wide and have soft bottoms so that they do not leave a track are not available at the local Shoe Carnival. But, it would be fairly simple to wrap an old towel around the boots. That would make your footing precarious, however.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 20, 2021 12:20:46 GMT -6
A thought occurred to me. But, it would be fairly simple to wrap an old towel around the boots. That would make your footing precarious, however. You're thinking along the correct line of thought - or so I have heard............
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 20, 2021 12:24:24 GMT -6
This Thursday after work, Bob loaded up on extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil for cooking. This would be stored in the basement of uncle's cabin. They had also arranged to have the pigs butchered. A neighbor did that and would also cure the hams and bacon. The family had been doing this for generations. Bob would get the pig fat back and cook it for making lard.
Bob told his uncle about seeing the black SUV and his uncle was concerned and told Bob how there were more sightings reported of the FEMA people. In fact now the local people were calling them FEMANAZI because of the lightning bolts on the patch.
Back at work, the company was busy. Because of the uncertainty of the presidential election, people were buying lots of food. They were just barely able to keep up with demand. Bob was helping out on the warehouse floor, helping to get together the orders to be shipped out. At least he was staying in shape from the work and not getting flabby from being a boss. At the diner, Lori still kept talking about storing food and Bob just let her talk with an occasional noncommittal grunt or hmm. 2X Bob thought he caught a glimpse of black SUV but wasn't sure. 1X a man came in the diner while Bob was eating. The man was “out of place” with the normal dinner crowd of people. The man looked fit, had short cropped hair, wore sunglasses even inside. He kind of screamed government issue. Lori waited on the man and seated him a few tables away from Bob. She tried engaging Bob in talk and she seemed to be speaking louder tonight.. Bob didn't respond to her, finished his meal and left. No one seemed to follow him.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 20, 2021 13:19:40 GMT -6
The elections were held and results given. The man who won was being interviewed. He was an old man and he fell asleep during the newscast and had to be woke up. His policies that were stated while running for office would clearly destroy this country. People were already going to the stores and buying cartloads of everything from food to clothing. Bob scheduled a day off work and was one of the people already lined up at the local gun store. He bought 3 kegs of powder and 15,000 shotgun primers which was the limit of what he was allowed to buy. He stopped at the warehouse and loaded up on food. His truck bed was so full, he doubted he could fit in a pack of bubble gum.
He had just finished closing the truck bed gate and his cellphone rang, caller ID his uncle. He answered it and heard his uncle's heavy breathing and his uncle saying “ I need an apple” That was their code phrase for trouble, need you here now. Bob made it back home in 1 ½ hours for a trip that normally took 2 hours. Coming to a stop at the cabin, Bob flew out the truck door, deploying his shotgun, searching for any enemy targets – none.
Inside he finds his uncle sitting in a chair with a bloody cloth pressed to his upper arm. Uncle told him that it was a gunshot would. Bob grabbed the medical kit and started treating the wound. Uncle had been out scouting his property when he encountered 2 FEMANAZI. He told them to get off his land and they shot at him, 1 bullet going into uncle's arm. Uncle didn't miss and there were 2 FEMANAZI bodies dumped in a gulch and covered with rocks and brush. He made it back to here and called Bob. Bob said it was a hole punched straight through and most likely was a 9mm FMJ bullet. He should heal up with no problems but to keep an eye on it for infections. Bob called into work and asked for a week's vacation and was granted it.
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Post by texican on Nov 20, 2021 14:43:46 GMT -6
And it starts.
Texican....
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 20, 2021 15:38:02 GMT -6
Bob stayed at the cabin the whole time and looked after his uncle, the wound was starting to heal nicely. Bob carried the shotgun everywhere, including the bathroom, but nothing happened. They listened to the shortwave radio every night. There was a lot of speculation but nothing definite. People just seemed to be hunkering down and waiting. After the week, Bob headed back to work.
Work was still busy. People were buying everything. Vendor prices were going up and the company had to pass the price increases along to the customers. It was hard to keep the warehouse stocked. Reports of trucks being hijacked on the road and their trailers being emptied out. Around this town things weren't that bad yet. Most people had spent what cash they had on supplies and were now maxing out their credit cards. Bob pulled his money out of the bank except for enough to pay bills for this month. He bought an enclosed trailer and hitch for his truck. He paid a fee to the company to store the trailer in their secure parking lot with guards. Every day he was buying and stashing food in the trailer, stacking it neatly. Every week he pulled the trailer home.
It was the day before the inauguration and he was at the diner eating. Mr government came in with his sun glasses and GI issue suit. Lori waited on him. Bob finished his meal and paid. Walking out the door, from the corner of his eye he saw the government guy get up and follow. Instead of getting in his truck, Bob kept walking and soon came to a poorly lit area and went down the alley way. Walking down the alley he made a sharp right around a corner in the dark. He could hear the government guy pick up speed to not lose him.
Bob wasn't trying to lose him though. He was waiting just around the corner and as the government man came around, Bob's ham of a fist connected squarely on his chin. The man collapsed without a sound. Pulling the man further into the shadows, No one seemed to of noticed. Bob started going through the man's pockets looking for anything. He found a badge – FEMA. He opened the man's wallet and another surprise, a drivers license with an address from northern Michigan, near where he used to live. What?? Thinking fast, Bob decided on a plan of action. The man would probably be knocked out to at least morning, Bob's fist was a mighty weapon.
Stripping the man's clothes off so he was naked, he found a homeless man in the back alley passed out with a bottle of cheap whiskey still clutched in his hands. Bob took the whiskey, rubbed dirt all over the government man and then doused him with the rest of the whiskey in the bottle, making sure some was in his mouth. Bob took the money in the wallet and put the money in the drunk's hands. Taking the FEMA man's clothes and wallet, Bob headed for his truck. Dumping the clothes blocks away, he headed for the warehouse and did last minute shopping. Bob spent most of his money on food at the warehouse, loaded the trailer and headed home. Once in the truck, he called his uncle and told him “I have the apple” meaning Bob was coming in “hot”.
Back home safely, Bob told his uncle what had happened and the FEMA badge and northern Michigan ID. Both were puzzled. Next day was Inauguration day for the new president. They watched it live on the internet, the swearing in and the old president and his family boarding a private jet, to be leaving the country. The jet took off, gained some altitude and on live news they watched a streak of fire from the ground head to the jet and it exploded in a fireball.
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Post by ydderf on Nov 20, 2021 18:16:49 GMT -6
Thanks for the update.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 21, 2021 8:22:31 GMT -6
The new president was standing near the congressmen with their mouths hanging open in shock at what they just saw. Suddenly a 2nd blast erupted where they were standing and the news cameras showed a dead president and 99% of the congressmen dead. The cameras also showed the new Vice President Jane Doolittle being escorted from the scene by her body guards. Bob and Uncle sat up and looked at each other when they saw the patches on the arms of the bodyguards – FEMANAZI.
Within the hour Jane Doolittle made a broadcast saying that with the president and congress now dead, she was the president. She said she had information that domestic terrorists had done the killing and she was declaring martial law to fight the conservative right wing so called patriots that were responsible for this dreadful mass murder. She stated that FEMA would be in charge, the military would take orders from FEMA, all banks would be closed for a week, and ALL guns would be illegal and people had 72 hours to turn their guns into the nearest police station. When the banks reopened, it would be with a new digital currency, all old cash would be turned into the bank within 5 days to be credited to your account. All veterans of the military had 72 hours to report to the nearest FEMA station for processing to camps for re-education on the new socialist society. It was bedlam in the press room when she finished her speech.
FEMANAZI was escorting the reporters out of the room. Several reporters from conservative news stations were forced into another room. A reporter noticed it and started recording it on camera. A FEMANAZI smashed the camera back into the reporters face causing blood to spurt and he went down. Several FEMANAZI moved in and started kicking the fallen reporter. The rest of the liberal reporters started cheering. The fallen reporter was picked up and carried into the room the conservative reporters had been forced into. They were never heard from again.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 21, 2021 10:29:58 GMT -6
Bob and his uncle are sitting in chairs looking at each other in disbelief. Bob asks “what just happened” His uncle says we just saw the end of the US. They realize they have just become “wanted men” Going from upstanding, hardworking men to “terrorists” in a few minutes. In an attempt of humor, Bob asks if this means he no longer has a job as a boss. His uncle says he doubts if many people will now have a job.
Bob and Uncle set up watches, knowing that from now on, they can't both sleep at the same time. Guns are checked and ammo loads are topped off. The last trailer of food Bob brought with him will be packaged and stored in the basement. Shortwave radio is abuzz with news of what happened. Other countries are speculating on how it will affect them. Ham radio operators in the US are reporting on what is happening in their area. Major cities are already burning and looting. News shows the “misunderstood and peaceful” people carrying out large screen TVs and getting their “fair share” of things they are owed. Very few grocery stores being looted. It seemed like it was only the small family owned stores that were being looted and the large corporation stores were untouched. Ham radio operators were saying that the mob “leaders” were directing the looters away from the corporate stores, That when some of the looters still tried to loot the corporate stores, the leaders had them beaten or even shot.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 21, 2021 13:04:02 GMT -6
It actually came out later on shortwave that it was discovered the big corporations were paying the mob leaders money to keep them away from their stores. There were so many veterans and other people needing processing to re-education camps that Walmart graciously offered their stores and parking lots as processing centers. Soon the only stores left standing and not looted and burned out were the big corporation stores. Prices in those stores went sky high, supposedly due to shortages of product but there was a lot of speculation on the shortwave radio it was due to no other competition. While most people were losing money and jobs, the word was big corporations were making more profit than at any other time.
Bob had rigged up some low tech alarms for around the place. He made up a bunch of trip alarms using fishing line, empty food cans and some old marbles. He strung the fishing line through the food cans and stretched the lines across every trail near the cabin. He put several marbles in each empty can. When someone tripped on the lines, it caused the cans and marbles to rattle. Bob placed 3 tripwires across every trail, spaced out a few feet apart. Bob liked to be safe.
The warehouse company called Bob and left a voicemail, demanding him as a boss, to get back to work. Bob had to chuckle at that. Then uncle pointed out there was a low voice in the background telling the person speaking, what to say. Bob listened to the message several times, could hear the voice but did not recognize it. Bob had always used a Post Office box as his mailing address and no one there knew where he actually lived.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 21, 2021 16:06:18 GMT -6
A week later in the late afternoon, a tin can alarm went off. Bob was near the area and heard 2 voices cussing. As he got nearer, he could hear 2 men trying to talk in low voices while getting untangled from the trip alarm. 1 voice was saying how he wished they would have been able to just drive right up to the cabin. That Bob was stupid since they were able to ping a location off his cellphone when it took the message from the warehouse company. Bob heard the 2nd man saying he couldn't wait to get his hands on Bob. The 1st man snickered and said you had a chance before and he laid you out cold. Bob had heard enough and stepped into view from behind some brush with the shotgun at low ready and the safety off. The 2 men dressed in FEMANAZI uniforms had a surprised look on their faces and then tried drawing their 9mm pistols. Bob's shotgun boomed 2x and it was over. Unless you have a strong stomach and haven't eaten lately, don't view the damage done to a human body by a 10 pellet 000 buckshot load. The word hamburger is an understatement when describing it.
His uncle came running at the sound of the shots. Bob showed him the bodies and told him 1 of the men was the one he had knocked out. Uncle said they needed to scout around to make sure there were no more. They eventually found a black SUV parked on the road about ½ mile from the cabin. Approaching carefully, one on each side, they closed in on the vehicle. No sign of movement. With his uncle covering him, Bob quickly opened the front door and side stepped out of the way – nothing. They heard a noise from the back seat. Bob did the same routine, jerking open the back door and almost shot – the waitress Lori trussed up on the floor.
Pulling her out, Bob used his pocket knife to slice through the gag on her mouth and then the ropes binding her hands and feet. As she stood there rubbing her hands, Bob was staring in disbelief. Bob asked her how she got in this situation. She started to say something and then stumbled. Bob moved to catch her from falling and narrowly twisted out of the way of the knife she was stabbing towards him. He did get a grazing slash but as the knife hand went by, he trapped it against his body with his right arm and used his left hand to smash against her elbow holding the knife. Bob and uncle both heard the bone snap as Bob's king size hand hit.
Lori was laying on the ground crying in pain. Uncle kicked the knife away. Keeping the shotgun pointed at her, Bob asked her why. Lori the waitress said she was cousin to Lori his ex wife. That they were going to kill him for causing them so many problems. That the Pastor was one of the FEMA Preachers, as they were called and Bob ruined their setup of having fun while Bob paid all the bills. Lori screamed she hated Bob and then tried to pull out a pistol and shoot him. The 000 buckshot did the same job on her.
They loaded the 3 bodies in the SUV and Bob drove with uncle following. About 15 miles away, they set the SUV on fire and then pushed it over the cliff into the rocky ravine where it exploded into flames. Bob rode back with uncle. Once safely back home, Uncle looked at him with a grin and told him he sure had a way with women. Bob just groaned.
Taking out his cellphone and removing the battery, he than used a hammer on it. Then his uncle cleaned and bandaged his knife wound.
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Post by texican on Nov 21, 2021 17:07:15 GMT -6
The S has hit the fan.
Thanks iam for the chapters.
Texican....
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Post by ydderf on Nov 21, 2021 21:13:29 GMT -6
Thanks for the update.
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Post by steamroller on Nov 21, 2021 21:19:23 GMT -6
Great story, thank you.
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Post by iamnobody on Nov 22, 2021 7:26:44 GMT -6
President Jane Doolittle was constantly on the news. She was always railing about her needing more power so she could defeat the domestic terrorists. The gun turn in was working in liberal areas and not so good in conservative areas and the poor sections of the cities, meaning the gang infested sections. Shortwave radio had stories of the gangs being recruited by Doolittle to work with her agenda. The TV news was talking about the need to have more strict measures against the conservative right wing patriot terrorists because they were attacking State Capitol buildings and blowing them up. The weird part though, it seemed that all the buildings being bombed were in conservative States. It didn't make sense.
Doolittle added checkpoints to all cities and major highways for checking peoples IDs. About ½ of the veterans complied with the order to report to processing centers for re-education because Doolittle had said they would lose their VA benefits if they didn't. After several weeks, the TV news showed a few veterans being released from the camps but they all seemed to be old high ranking officers. No one has seen most of the veterans that went into the camps, it was like they just disappeared. Though there was reported on the shortwave radio about large numbers of 18 wheelers going from the camps to local places that had big furnaces.
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Post by frankie on Nov 22, 2021 7:40:45 GMT -6
Love this story. Keep those chapters coming!
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