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Posts by EasyDoesIt

  1. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Also noticing the majority of your post is a gear list I would suggest just laying out what equipment is needed rather than the exact amazon product you bought. I would rather read about what works and why it works rather than just be told " I like this sling because it's comfortable. It's not super tactical, but it also isn't trying to be. It's kind of padded and makes for easy carrying. Mine is Mossy Oak Breakup, but there isn't a special on it so I posted this one instead.". I would get much more from a post or paragraph about how to fashion a sling and what makes a sling effective rather than being told that its comfortable. I mean in a real survival situation(not just camping in the woods with all your gear but say driving your car into a lake, breaking out the window and finding yourself miles down river) its pretty unlikely you will have a sling and will need to fashion one anyway if the need arises. .

    Again, the material is organized fine - I even included headings and subheadings. It's literally less than three pages, which you admit that you can't be fucked to read, yet still want to criticize.

    Ignoring that, your criticism is really comparing apples to oranges here. If you want to talk about some crazy unrealistic survival scenario, I can also tell you all about that too, but it's no excuse for not preparing or having good gear. What the OP is talking about isn't being a gearqueer. In my scenario, I woke up one day, said "fuck it", sold most of my belongings and lived in a cabin in the woods for like year. I seldom went to the store, worked very little, and lived mainly off of the land. I guess "crashing your car into a lake" or "the end of civilization" are also survival scenarios, but it doesn't make you any less "hard" or any less of a survivalist because you planned ahead. In fact, regardless of what you know, you're simply more inclined to die if you didn't prepare beforehand. There's only so much you can do in nature alone - human beings have almost always been tribal. Humans are pretty useless in nature without our technology, and something as simple as losing your glasses or spraining your ankle will kill you in the long run.

    My point was never "it only comes down to having gear." My point was that you need to have certain things in order to be prepared, you should know how to use it, and you should make sure you get reliable stuff. The reason I specified what I bought and where I bought it is firstly because most of that shit is on special in case there are people who are actually interested in getting good gear, and the second reason is because there's literally thousands of different products that do the same thing - you want the one that's going to work when you need it. Most shit selling on Ebay or Amazon posing as military (including MREs) are cheap Chinese knock-offs that break if you ever needed them. Unlike most people, I relied on this shit for my survival everyday for a long ass time. Call me arrogant, but I think that's a unique and valuable perspective on the topic of what gear works and what doesn't.

    For example, Amazon sells thousands of MREs. Most are basically 2,000 empty calories and a fuck load of sodium or preservatives that will kill you, but are modeled to look like US Military MREs. My point here isn't "just have a ton of gear and you'll be fine!" My point is "you need to be prepared if you seriously are in a situation where you can't rely on going to the store to get food, and here's gear that you can rely on if you know how to use it."


    I think Captian Falcon has a decent point (albeit in a douchey way) in that if you cant survive without minimal gear or need extensive gear to survive you arent a survivor. A real survival situation isnt camping in the woods with everything you need packed into a couple of crates. Its knowing that civilization is a 2 day hike away and you have no food or water or direction. Im not saying that one shouldnt obtain "survival" gear or prepare themselves but one should also rely more on their own knowledge wit and skill rather than some item that came with free 1 day shipping.

    Lol at a civilian telling a veteran about what survival is. I also don't think captain falcon was making a point so much as trying to be funny. I do see your greater point but, again, it's apples to oranges. Making shit harder for yourself and putting yourself at unnecessary risk simply reduces your chance of surviving. You just have to have gear, you have to know how to use it, and you have to know you can rely on it.

    Also, if you don't think comfort is important for a rifle sling, you haven't carried a rifle for more than four miles. Trust me, it makes a big difference.


    Also Also, I don't think you're a dick, I just wish you would have read the whole post before giving an opinion on it.
  2. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    I (and probably everyone else) will not read the OP based on the fact that is is 1. wayyyy too long and unorganized and 2. I already know everything it says based on looking at the subjects you overview.

    IMO the most important things in terms of a survival situation are as follows:

    1. Will to survive/mindset
    2. Basic survival knowledge (setting up shelter, finding food, water and direction)
    3. Knowledge of survival tools and gear
    4. Your survival gear.

    I am an avid camper and outdoorsman so I feel that I would do fairly in a survival situation but there are some skills I could really brush up on.

    If you want to make a readable format and split it into multiple posts. Like the four important things I listed could be individual posts each structured with the relevant information. I actually had a really great survival thread on sanctuary that got deleted because Arnox got ass jammed that people didnt actually like him.


    What are you talking about unorganized? It's even broken down into subheadings.


    I don't think most people will read it, but the real reason most of you guys won't read it because this community is hardly a community of readers anymore, and even fewer are concerned with survivalism. If you took out the list formatting, it would be like two pages long. Maybe three or four if it was double spaced.

    I appreciate your input, but I literally lived in a cabin in the woods with no electricity or running water for like a year. I know what I'm doing. In the very least, I recommended what gear works and what doesn't.

    Regardless, I'll take you at your word and reorganize it.
  3. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Any other books from my niggas?
  4. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Gear:
    1 big knife
    1 red bandana



    1 camo tank top

    1 pair of green cargo pants

    1 pair of military boots

    1 pair of granite balls
    1 set of bulging muscles

    That's it. If you cannot make it with this gear, you don't deserve to survive.

    I had no idea you had such an aptitude for this.
  5. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Space Niggas,

    As many of you know, I lived in the wilderness like a hermit for about a year. I've noticed that a lot of people have had a lot of questions about this part of my life and it's probably one of the more interesting things I've done. I decided I would assemble a picture megathread for everybody. This is going to be a really long read, but that's because I wanted to be as detailed as possible.
    What was life like living in the wilderness



    There was no average day up on the hill, but there's one word I will use that encompassed my new life there - Freedom. I could basically do whatever I want. I had a lot of time to pursue the things I want to pursue, and there are very few restrictions on what I am able to do. Nowadays, I always have to worry about bills. Everything I do comes down to maintaining that delicate balance of ensuring I don't compromise my performance at work. "I'd better not drink too much tonight, I have work in the morning!" Or how about "I'd really like to go visit so-and-so, but I have to get back in time for work!" That's seldom if
    ever an issue anymore.


    Normally I would go groundhog hunting or set some traps, but it's a little too cold out for that right now. Unfortunately, I forgot it was a leap year, so small game season snuck out on me before I could stock up on squirrels, rabbits and birds. Just for the record, I spend a lot of my free time hunting. I justify it because I do in fact need the meat, but I mainly spend a lot of time doing it because I enjoy it. I hunt all year round. Almost every state in the US has something edible in season all year round - even if it's just sparrow and groundhog. Laugh it up, but you can easily bag 20 sparrows in a couple of hours and one groundhog is more than enough meat for one day.

    I also fish on occasion. It takes way less calories and sometimes it's easier to get something. I'd like to pose as if I was the ultimate survivalist wizard on the mountain, but fishing is honestly something I'm still trying to figure out.


    I posted up like 54 pictures in the original version of this thread, only to remember that pictures are basically not allowed.

    Mindset



    Look, everybody in the "survivalist community" loves talking about guns, bricks and MREs, but the most important component to my perseverance throughout the last two years has been my mindset. I appreciate how supportive most of you guys have been since I've been part of this nuthouse, but the majority of the people I met thought I was absolutely crazy to leave my job and live out in the woods. Furthermore, when you're confined in less than a 20 square foot building for a whole day because and ocean of freezing rain is tumbling from the skies outside, you don't always feel on top of the world. If you're out hunting for hours, only see one single groundhog, and then proceed to miss an easy shot that you know you can do practically blindfolded on the target range, going home hungry and mad at yourself afterwards is an awful feeling. There have been several times when I have failed at what I was trying to do. The path to my current success is littered with mistakes. Believe me, I speak from firsthand experience when I say the hardest thing in the world is to take all those horrible feelings in the pit of your stomach and move on anyway.

    I don't regret my decision to leave and I love my new life, but don't be fooled into thinking it's a constant mountaintop experience. There are struggles. If you lack the commitment or confidence to go through with something like this, it's not for you. If I wasn't 110% dedicated to it, I wouldn't have made it. I think the resistance training I got in the military definitely helped, but I really think it's something people are born with. There's no way around it, you have to be mentally tough to do this. It takes brass ones to leave everything and everyone behind.


    Gear



    The second most important thing I want to stress is gear. I couldn't be sincere to you guys if I left it out. The gear has been really important to my success. However, just to reiterate, your mindset is much more important. A lethally trained sniper with a .22lr is much more effective than some milquetoast art professor with a match grade AR-15. So remember, while you can be confident that I have tested a lot of this stuff against some pretty extreme conditions, buying a ton of stuff doesn't make you a survivalist. It makes you a gear queer.

    If my experience in the infantry taught me anything, it's that the gear you pick could be what makes the difference between life and death. Think about how stupid you'd feel if, after getting known as the survivalist of the bunch, you put yourself or your family at risk because your $20 flashlight failed due to rain or something silly like that. Or worse, what happens if you're in freezing weather and your preferred fire starter fails?

    I'm going to be a little bold here: I literally lived my life like this for over a year. I have had military training. I know what works and I know what doesn't.

    When I first got started, I had my fair share of trial and error. I'm not trying to talk down to anybody here or act like I'm all high and mighty - but what I'm saying is I want you to learn from my mistakes.You have to be really careful because there's a metric ton of overrated crap floating around out there that people sell to survivalists at a jacked up price. Remember, fear is mankind's most primal emotion. Sleazy marketers will definitely take advantage of yours and mine if we let them. However, there's also the less sinister reality that a lot of this stuff simply isn't marketed to us survivalists. Plenty of this is designed for a family that goes camping for two weeks out of the year, and it might be perfect for them. You need to know the difference if you're serious about prepping or otherwise, by the time you find out, it'll be too late!

    What I've done here was make a list here of the stuff I use most frequently. If there's a brand in particular that I'm very confident in, I listed it by name and provided a link to it so that you could get an idea of what it looks like, what it sells for, and other people's experience with it in the reviews section. By no means is this an exhaustive list, but it should get you started. I've also steered away from guns and ammunition brands, although maybe I can do that in another thread. The reason is most survivalists seem to want to talk about guns and ammo endlessly, but there's more to survival than defending yourself (although I don't dispute it's an important part). I do, however, have a thorough section about my homemade cleaning kit.

    I'm a big fan of getting stuff online. The reason is because capitalism works, and web based storefronts really emulate the older (unmessed around with) market scenario. What I mean is that these sites have a lot of sellers competing for the same products, which ends up giving the buyer the best price. This is especially true on sites that let you get stuff used (like amazon), because the store can't oversell you something at too high of a price since you can just as easily grabbed a used one. Plus, they ship it right to you, so why not? This saves me money in gas.

    Also, for those of you who don't know a lot about Amazon, they often have lots of vendors selling the same thing. I took the liberty of only providing you guys with links to good vendors and versions of the product that have some kind of special going on. It's easy to spend a lot of money on survivalist stuff, but I don't want you to break the bank. I scowered the internet for
    hours finding whatever was going to give you the most bang for your buck (you're welcome).

    Let's face it - it's not like I didn't have the time to do it. :p







    Footware and Care

    Boots

    http://amzn.to/1T84Mc6

    There's no way around it, you need a sturdy pair of boots. Not only this, but they have to be comfortable. I had a pair of (Wolf) Boots that fit perfectly, were water proof, and were durable as steel - but after the first mile I'd get bad blisters all over my feet. They just weren't comfortable enough on the inside and it felt like I was walking in a block of wood. I will never wear Wolf boots again. Everybody has their own preference, but I've come to really like Keen.

    This pair is Leather and Fabric, is waterproof, has metal eyelets, the footbed is replacable, it has a drylex lining, and it's slip resistant. To top it all off, the inside is a soft plush that breathes really well. It's like wearing a warm, dry cloud on your foot.

    I've had people ask me about military service boots, and my honest opinion is that this is WAY better. Granted,

    some civilian companies have made military compliant boots that are great, but they'd never be G.I. You'd have to buy them at the PX (and would definitely pay a high price for them). These things are worth every penny.


    Moleskin


    http://amzn.to/1T85m9O

    Those of my fellow infantrymen will back me up on this - you have to take care of your feet. I don't care how much gear or training you have, if your feet have blisters on them, walking forty-five yards will seem like an eternity. Don't even think about running. The good news is that the solution is really cheap. Moleskin makes your blisters go away by removing the friction caused by your feet rubbing against the inside of your boot. When I was in the army, our unit made us take this with us, and my survival cache has over 100 packages of it (because it's very cheap but valuable to trade).


    Warm Socks

    http://amzn.to/1QLF8nc

    Again, my fellow infantrymen will stand behind me in explaining how you have to keep your feet warm and dry. As the pictures originally showed, the weather in my state is no joke. Your body doesn't need food any less when it snows, so you can't always hide in the cabin. I personally like these Kodiak socks out of all the brands I've tried. They're made of some

    really strong combination of heavy yarns and other things that not only keeps them warm - but they dry easily. There are different kinds, so feel free to play around with whatever your preference is. My only gripe is to stay away from wool because it doesn't dry as quickly.


    Cookware

    A guy's gotta eat, right?

    Cooking Kit


    http://amzn.to/21DkbpJ

    So I'm going to be honest with you, Coleman products are hit or miss. They're a good company, but a lot of their stuff is made for weekend warriors. I would say that this mess kit is the exception. This is the kit I use. I like it because it's really lightweight and all collapses together, which makes it really easy for carrying in your ruck sack. You won't be the idiot with pots hanging off of his bag that clanks every step. It's also made out of titanium so it cleans easily, doesn't rust, and doesn't leave a metalic taste when you cook stuff with it.

    Silverware

    http://amzn.to/1T86Qkq

    I am in love with this thing. The reason is because it has all the food utenils you need all tethered together (spoon, fork, can opener, knife, corkscrew, and bottle opener). The fork also actually detaches from the rest of the tool, so you can eat with it. This also makes it really easy to clean food desbris off of. It's also a lot cheaper becaue it's an off brand, but I literally use this thing everyday and haven't had any problems.

    The company is also apparently doing some kind of goofy online special where you can get two for like six bucks or something and they're throwing in some kind of carrying case. That's a pretty sweet deal if you ask me, seeing as each one of these parts independently are would be like twenty-five dollars.

    MREs

    http://amzn.to/1QLQCa4

    These things have saved my life more than once, and I have a lot of opinions about them. Namely, there's a lot of stuff out there that people don't know about MREs. Truth be told, a lot of them are really bad for you and not designed to be eaten for long periods of time. You have to be aware of what you're putting into your body. For this reason, I encourage everyone to stay away from the military MREs. Trust me, I get the nostaligic factor probably better than most, but people who are spending money on those are getting hosed. They're not good for you and they have tons of empty calories. That's outstanding if you're fighting the Vietnam war, but most of us are not going to want to eat that.

    I've shopped all around, and Mountain House MREs are hands down the best I've found. I mean, they're literally like a miracle of modern science. First of all, they're delicious. Like, really delicious. Some of this stuff is better than I
    can actually cook. They have a really extensive menu of stuff that you can try, including beef stroganoff and Chinese Fried rice! Secondly, they're dehydrated food. That means the way they preserve themselves is by having all the water removed out of it. So there's no artificial preservatives or whatever other junk you'd find in other, cheaper MREs. Thirdly, they have enough calories that you won't starve but not so many that you'll have health problems. I think there's somewhere between 350 and 500 per individual package (depending on the type). Finally, they last a very long time. A lot of this stuff will stay good for well over 20 years.

    For longer term storage, they have the cans:

    http://amzn.to/1QLQCa4

    You can also buy these suckers individually if you want, but it's more cost effective to get them in bulk. I've talked to customer service before and they're really helpful. I would advise getting them on Amazon instead of the website though because (as I already specified), this vendor is doing some kind of promotion right now.

    Again, the cans are the most cost effective for storage.

    However, there are downsides to Mountain House. First of all, you need a heat source and about 1 bottle of water per package (ouch). It's a big trade, but if you have it, it's worth it. I have lots of water stored up, including purified water (which is cheaper than drinking water) specific for hygeine and Mountian House. The other thing is you have to watch your sodium content. Mountain House intentionally put a decent amount of sodium in these because they're supposed to be for those of us who are running around outdoors all day. The goal is to replenish the sodium content you sweat out of your body. So if you're sitting around all day, maybe save one for tomorrow.

    Still, I think this is the best bang for your buck when it comes to MREs. With proper preparation, they're hands down top tier.

    Water enhancement

    http://amzn.to/21DGPOK

    I have several of these, including a few in storage. These things are perfect. I know there are some cheaper water enhancements out there (such as LifeStraw), but I'd advise against those. I had a girlfriend who really liked lifestraw, but these Sawyer ones are better in my opinion. I feel that they're easier to clean and they last longer. Also, this is water you're putting into your body, so I don't mind spending the extra two dollars to ensure that I'm getting the better product.

    For those of you who don't know, the way this thing works is that it uses Micron hollow tube fiber membrane liners (which is a fancy name for a really, really thorough enhancement). It enhancements out pathogens that would get you sick from sources of water - including ponds. The only thing is that this doesn't enhancement out chemicals. Keep that in mind if you're trying to drink out of a mud puddle or something.


    Personal Hygeine

    A lot of survivalist groups seem to skip out on how important this is. Although common wisdom seems to suggest otherwise, personal hygiene is only important for meeting beautiful survivalist girls, that's only one of the perks). The reason you need good personal hygiene out in the bush is because it prevents you from getting sick. Eating with your hands, not washing your hands, or refusing to bathe is just asking to get ill. Haven't brushed your teeth in a month? Not sure if there are any dentists around here, but tooth decay will actually kill you if left untreated.


    Soap

    http://amzn.to/1TSjWB5

    As far as soap is concerned, there are a lot of options. When it come to hygiene products, I'm personally a fan of Dead Down Wind stuff. I've never seen it in a store and didn't even know about it until I did my first big online survival package. Mainly, I like this because it's cheap and all purpose. That means you can wash your face with the same
    soap you wash your dishes with. It even works with hard water. It's also odorless, so it's perfect for those of us hunters who don't want to get winded and scare wild game away.


    http://amzn.to/21DmZDb

    What I will say is that the all purpose stuff is great, but they also have a version specifically for body and hair. You can use the all purpose if you want, but I have found that I prefer using body and hair for personal hygiene and all purpose for cleaning camping equipment.

    Tooth Paste


    http://amzn.to/1Y1SykJ

    This is the tooth paste I like. Once again, it's a Dead Down Wind product. Unlike regular tooth paste, it stores really well. It also has a sexy menthol flavor that I really like. I will warn you that the peppermint is a strong smell though, which some people have complained about. Personally I haven't noticed a big difference from regular tooth paste, but I like this one.

    Anti-Persperant

    http://amzn.to/1Y1Vf5M

    Not much to say here besides I really like this. I know that Dead Down Wind makes an anti-persperant, but this is the one I've grown fond of It's odorless and pretty cheap. It's also on special.

    Firearms Stuff

    How many times have you seen some joker with a decent weapon with thousands of dollars worth of crap on it to "improve accuracy," but they don't even have a sling? We almost all love guns here I'm guessing, so I'm not going to make another thread about guns. In this section, I'm going to tell you my recommendations for stuff that goes with it. I've put together my own cleaning kits and stuff too, so I'll show you what I've used.

    Adult Hunting Air Rifle

    http://amzn.to/1UyYr8Z

    As I explained in another thread, an adult pellet gun is sometimes simply the right tool for the job. Ammunition is very cheap and pellets are ideal for killing very small wild game (like sparrows or squirrels). Personally, I own the Gamo Whisper model, and I'm in love with this thing. Also, this particular model is very silent. You could probably shoot squirrels out of your yard in a suburban neighborhood and nobody would notice. Just please do not underestimate this weapon or perform unsafe acts with it becase "it's only a pellet gun." Some of these things shoot at like 1,400 feet per second and people have been killed or seriously injured because of them.


    http://amzn.to/1UyZEgw

    Here's a cheaper version of the same rifle. Right not they're both on special for like $100 off. I won't lie to you and tell you that they're cheap, but it's I've saved so much in ammunition that this sucker paid itself off in the first year. Also, cheap ammo means target practice is fun with this little guy! It's also super easy to clean. I know there are some other models around that you can browse, but I encourage you to get this one. Whatever you pick, I strongly recommend using an adult pellet style hunting rifle that is designed for hunting or pest control. Don't get something for $30 dollars and go around wounding squirrels.


    Hunting pellets

    http://amzn.to/21DuWbD

    I want to take a minute to have a serious discussion about this part of your loadout. The thing is that, whenever you shoot an animal in order to kill it, you're taking it's life away forever. I don't mean to get all flower child on everyone up in here, but I have a firm commitment to trying to reduce suffering when I take it upon myself to kill something. I'm no vegetarian, but you want something that will put down your rabbit or squirrel humanely when you deliver a well placed shot. What you don't want is that miserable feeling of knowing you've wounded an animal.

    So this is why I go the extra mile and get hunting grade pellets. It's still cheaper than bullets. Like any other weapon, the load that performs best will be contingent on the pellet gun you're using. As far as the load itself is concerned, I like H &N Sports Baracuda Hunter Extreme. It's like 400 shots for less than $20.

    If you've never shot the rifle before or are just starting to test its performance, I would recommend getting a couple different boxes of different pellets and see how they shoot. There are a lot of starter mixes-and-matches packs that are perfect for this, like this one:

    http://amzn.to/1Uz0x99

    Get to know your weapon and see which one it performs best with. Personally, I'd stay away from the gold plated ones for hunting. I'm talking about these:

    http://amzn.to/1Y1Ze26


    I know a lot of people swear by them because actually they make your weapon fire around 30% quicker (which is a lot when you consider some of these things are already shooting over a thousand feet a second), but I have found these rounds aren't always lethal at even moderate ranges. If you want to see how fast you can shoot pellets out of your weapon, you'll be impressed by these, but please save it for the target range.

    Weapons Cleaning Kits

    I take this part extremely seriously. I don't care if you can hit a fly out of the sky while shooting behind your back, if your weapon isn't clean, it isn't going to function optimally. Carbon affects the accuracy and overall performance of your weapon. For this reason, I've made my old cleaning kit.

    In fact, I made it out of the shoebox my Keen boots came in.

    I will say this though: One of the most common ways people screw survivalists is by selling things in "kits," so be very careful of what you buy! I always encourage people to make their own kits, which is what I did here.

    Special Rifle Cleaning Swabs

    http://amzn.to/1Uz1Yo1

    You can use regular Q-tips, but the reason I don't have any pictured in my kit is because I used them all. I love these things. They're durable enough to apply pressure to since the base is made of a thick wood, so you actually use less of them than these flimsy little Q-tips I have here. The pointed head also makes them optimal for cleaning out odd crevasses you see, like the inside of the upper receiving of an AR-15.

    Barrel Snake

    http://amzn.to/1Uz2tOJ

    If there's one thing I'd have to say to remember from this whole gear recommendation portion, it's that this thing kicks @$$! After spending years cleaning an M-16 with one of those old school metallic rod things, I'll never ever go back. Basically the way this works is you drop the back end through the barrel of your rifle and it falls out the muzzle. Then you just pull it through, and it drags the brush behind it. Cleaning my barrel used to take hours. Now it takes less than five minutes. I want to find the guy who invented this thing and shake his hand.

    I even went to far as to find a link that has the option for different calibers. Just pick your caliber.

    Rem Oil


    http://amzn.to/1QLLWRz

    I mix and match the oils that I use, but I literally have around one hundred of these little bottles. The first picture shows how small it really is. The main reason I have so many is because, unlike a spray, you use less of this when you drip it. It also fits nicely into the back of an AR-15 cleaning compartment.

    http://amzn.to/1Uz3GFT (Rem Oil)

    http://amzn.to/1Uz3PJo (CLP)

    I have some bigger oils too, like these. They're in my kit. As far as my favorites, it's a tie between CLP and Rem Oil. We used CLP in the Army and I've come to like Rem Oil (as you can see in the picture).

    I do have to say however, the best thing for in the field by far is Rem Oil Wipes.

    http://amzn.to/1QLMSFG

    These things are outstanding. They come in little packages like moist towelettes, and they're perfect for cleaning weapons out in the bush. I have a few stuffed in the back of my AR-15.

    ToothBrushes

    Come on, you know what a tooth bush looks like! :D

    http://amzn.to/1QLN47N

    This goes without saying. It's not really a secret that toothbrushes are awesome for cleaning weapons. You can get them cheaper online if you buy in bulk.

    Heavy Duty Quilted Paper Towels

    http://amzn.to/1Y246o1

    Normal paper towels work too, but heavy duty shop towels are ideal for cleaning up tough grease and carbon for weapons. I've found that I save more money buying one box of these than two rolls of Scott.

    Bluing Touch Up Marker

    http://amzn.to/1Uz50sa

    This thing is awesome for touching minor scratches on your weapon. It also takes almost no brains to use.

    AR-15 Buttstock Cleaning Kit

    http://amzn.to/21DBJ5e

    Caution!

    This thing does not work as advertised. Some of the bottles are defective and leak (mine didn't, but don't take the risk). It also will not fit in your buttstock! However, if you take some of the components out, they will fit in your buttstock. It comes with Alice clip and easily fits on your ruck sack. I own this and feel like it's worth mentioning for these reasons, but just be aware of what you're getting. Also, it's not authentic G.I., but it's pretty close in my opinion.

    Sling


    http://amzn.to/21DCOd9

    I like this sling because it's comfortable. It's not super tactical, but it also isn't trying to be. It's kind of padded and makes for easy carrying. Mine is Mossy Oak Breakup, but there isn't a special on it so I posted this one instead.

    Emergency Electronic Supplies

    Flashlights

    http://amzn.to/1Uz73wD

    There are tons of flashlights out there. I love these things because they're super small, aluminum, are machined to make them easier to hold (instead of just being a smooth tube thing), and they work pretty reliably. They're also cheap.

    Headlamps

    http://amzn.to/1RHC3aQ

    Basically like a flashlight that doesn't require your hands. This is ideal for combat missions and training at night when I was in the service. It's also just more convenient to have your hands free. I like this version because it's (currently) $30 off and it has three straps instead of just two (so it'll fit on your head a lot sturdier).

    Amateur Radio

    http://amzn.to/21DDoHZ

    This little Chinese thing is awesome. It's less than $30 and works wonders. If you're ambitious as I am, you can even use a computer to program your own bands into it outside of the Amateur Radio bands. The whole reason I got this thing was because RustyShackelford from Zoklet recommended it.

    Just remember it's against the law to broadcast without a license (you will get into a lot of trouble), but anyone can listen. I will also admit that, in a true SHTF scenario, I'm not sure how hard the FCC is going to be on people broadcasting without a license. :)

    Shortwave Radio


    http://amzn.to/1RHxTzG

    The one I linked to is better than the one than I have and is being sold for a more fair price. Of course you could program the Chinese radio to scan shortwave bands, but not everybody went to school for computers. For those of you who don't know, the cool thing about a shortwave radio is that it gets local stuff as well as picks up broadcasts overseas! You can hear the news in Puerto Rico or Germany. Since I have no electricity, I really love this thing because it helps me keep in touch with the world around me.


    So that's a long ass story, but it was literally my life for like a year.
  6. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Here RiSR, check out The Wasp Factory before you become a drone.

    http://amzn.to/21EEkf2

    It's like 200 pages and a light read. It's also interesting. It's about a delinquent boy who grows up on an island with his mad scientist father and crazy brother. I found it interesting. Also it's like $9.
  7. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Didn't it come comlete with faked wiki page or some shit.

    What?

    It's just that really perverted book about the gang of rapists for hire.
  8. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    I'm glad people are reading this thread.

    http://amzn.to/1QsFJe1

    Anybody remember this Zoklet masterpiece?
  9. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Sup Space Niggas,

    I just realized I hadn't posted in a while because I was busy reading all sorts of interesting shit. I don't know how often you guys actually read, I figured I'd pick the best 10 books I've made my way through this year and share them. Maybe we can get a big gay NIS book club operating. I put a link for each one under the title so that, in case there was a kindle / cheaper Ebook version, you could see it directly.

    1. Criminal Psychology: A Begginer's Guide

    http://amzn.to/1oZO56m

    This book basically goes into detail about the difference between forensic psychology and criminal psychology. It details how the police use principles of psychology to catch criminals. The thing I like the most about this book is that it goes into great detail at the end of each chapter on the sources it uses.

    2. Creating A Website: The Missing Manual

    http://amzn.to/1QsAWJQ

    This is the book I'm currently working through, and I definitely think it was worth the money I spent on it (although I actually drove to a book store and bought it whereas you can get the ebook cheap as fuck online). It's up to date and goes into detail from start to finish on making your very own version of NiggasInSpace (with hopefully less glitches). I plan on using it to make my own niche website someday. It's also kind of an easy read, so I'm hauling ass through it.

    The text covers HTML, HTML 5, CSS, Javascript, and all the other bullshit like hosting and advertisements.

    3. U. S. Army Guerrilla Warfare Handbook

    http://amzn.to/1QsBmQ8

    Whether you're planning on fighting in a war sometime soon or just want the food for thought, I can tell you that this one definitely makes for an interesting read. For starters, this book is basically a military training manual with some hokey introduction and nice cover art, so you know the information is as accurate as it gets.



    That's my list. What are you guys reading? Anything interesting?
  10. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    The American educational system sounds pathetic. In fact your whole shitty country sounds pathetic. Actually, i retract that statement, your whole shitty country is pathetic. God, i can't wait for the day the Fed prints the dollar into oblivion and everything comes tunbling down, even though europe and the rest of the world is going down with it, i'll laugh as we pass over the edge of the cliff.

    There are some things that are great about America - just very few of them. Things are also getting worse.
  11. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Thread soundtrack:




    I held off on taking a c++ class for a long time because I had no experience and the advice I got from the school counselors was "Well, you might be able to pass with a C if you are really intelligent, but it will be very difficult…" and people who had taken it told me I would be getting slayed the whole time with 20+ hour projects every day and shit. But now I'm in my 7th week of the course and it's so fucking easy that being in class just pisses me off.

    It's full of kids who want to be computer hackers but can't even grasp the concept of a nested function, and these community college nerds that can't do anything right. There's some annoying bitch that was talking shit the first two weeks of class about how she knows like 10+ different programming languages and stays up all night programming all the time and shit but she's already struggling and behind.

    I've finished all my weekly projects within 2 days of them being assigned with 3-5 hours of working on them (and reading/learning the material at the same time) while everyone else is struggling to barely make the due dates and spending 10+ hours.

    I know it probably sounds like I'm trying to brag but I'm really not. I barely know shit about computers and have done hella drugs in my life but somehow I can still do better than most of these computer nerds, and I just don't see how that's possible. I just think people are faggots that see someone who can do something better than them and want to talk shit because they're insecure about their own abilities to learn and do new things, or bitter about the fact that they couldn't learn math and ended up being a college counselor. So the moral of the story is never listen to these faggots because the truth is that most people are just mad that they suck at life.

    I logged in just to thank.

    This is one of my biggest gripes about college (and it's not just computer programming). It's basically the entire institution. The reality is that having a college degree is needed to do basic service jobs like being a McDonald's manager, so everybody goes. Not to sound like ol' -Spectral here but, if you have the spirit of totse, you're always independently learning, reading, and challenging yourself anyway. You've got to remember, for a lot of these kids showing up at school, this is the first time they're actually really reading material that they have to put forth effort to understand.


    When you think about it, it's kind of hilarious that so many of us as fifteen year old kids had better study skills than many "adult" college students. What's even more funny is that society is so busy enshrining mediocrity and turning most jobs/schools into adult daycare centers that we wouldn't stand out. "Oh, so you're an independent reader who thoroughly taught yourself abstract concepts of organic chemistry on the internet when you were 15? Well, there's another candidate who sat (drank and struggled with mediocre grades) through a whole four years at a more expensive school (that she got into because she went to a nicer high school than you did). She also had an internship (where she basically fucked up the small amount of responsibility she was given for a few months), so she has more 'experience' than you, too (even though that's the closest thing she's ever had to a real job and is still not even her own person yet in her mid twenties) . I'm afraid she's a more competitive candidate at the 'job that requires independent motivation to teach yourself without being spoonfed' factory. "

    I was sitting at work the other month listening to my supervisor go through resumes to pick who she wanted to hire. Please note, we've gone through like 13 people in the last six months, so her track record is pretty fucking shitty. In fact, I almost wasn't hired, but I begged for my job and they hired both candidates (the other one left after around 30 days because she was like eight months pregnant).

    Anyway, listening to her was just cringey. It was awful. These guys have no idea what the fuck to look for. There was one prospective employee who was consistently employed for like 6 years, but she kept each job for a year because she moved a lot. The boss starts bleating, "WELL, THAT SAYS TO ME THAT SHE CAN'T KEEP A JOB. WHY WOULD SHE SWITCH SO OFTEN?!"

    Really. That's what that says to you? In a job where we can barely keep people for a fucking month because you hire stoned college kids all the time, you're going to turn somebody down because she only stays at places for about a year (with no gaps in employment history)?


    But that's the point, isn't it? This person sat through fucking college, didn't learn a goddamn thing, and wound up walking into a better job than you probably ever will because she went to such a nice school. Nevermind the fact that she doesn't know what she's doing and cost the company more money than god by hiring 13 walk outs in six months. Hello, that's over two people a month! "THAT SAYS TO ME" that she does not understand anything about people at all, and will continue to fucking fail at your job, and will continue to pass the blame to other people.


    tl;dr - Sorry if that was ranty, but I guess my point is that it isn't a meritocracy, and you'd better get used to these people who don't know shit one day being in charge of you even though you're probably way more competent.
  12. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    That wasn't Iron John at all.

    Iron John was a married fat guy living down south. He also authored a book and his name really was Scott Atkins.


    Honestly this "troll" seems like he was a real isis supporter who got caught aiding terrorism, and is now trying to play it off as trolling in order to reduce his charges.
  13. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Wow, this is very surprising. All of us are very shocked to see this.
  14. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    That was a pretty astute political assessment.

    Also, take lots of pics.
  15. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    One of the big issues is that you guys aren't understanding the scope of this site. When RDFRN closed, Lanny opened this with the caveat that he wouldn't be spending a lot of time on it. He said that he works a lot with computers and basically doesn't want to invest a ton of time and resources into this.

    I've made it pretty clear that I'd be willing to act as an operations admin and learn whatever programming language or whatever I needed to patch up the issues with the site, make it more secure, and everything else. However I have not heard back from Lanny. In fact, I even have a few ideas as to what would bring a lot of attention to this site. The thing is that it isn't necessarily going to attract anyone who will be worth staying yet because the site has nothing to offer.

    It's like Obbe said last year, if we want a good community, we can individually contribute to it instead of complaining about everyone else. If a few hard working individuals do that, you'll have stuff worth reading.

    I personally don't believe the old totse community is possible with this site. If I started my own BBS I'm confident that I could build something better within a few years, but it would be heavily moderated in order to work well and most of you guys wouldn't like it.
  16. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Not to be a buzzkill but I don't see the correlation. Is this some kind of passing ritual for doctors? Murking a bum? Do you have to bring its skin back to the tribe to recieve your stethoscope and scalpel?

    Basically this. How does killing a homeless person get you into med school?
  17. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    I really hope this dude didn't kill himself.
  18. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    No picture of the fat redneck babymama?
  19. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    OH SHIT! I never said to go on a shooting rampage!

    Do we have any reason to believe that's him?

    The only identifying information was general enough to suggest it could have been other people.
  20. EasyDoesIt Tuskegee Airman
    Let me know how I can help.

    Also, lol @ VPN.
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