May fond memories of Santa Claus Land, then Holiday World. My family started going there in the 70's when I was a kid and it was just some chickens and the Freedom Train. They added the Tilt-A-Whirl, motorboat pool and Octopus ride in the 80's. Had many fun outings there with my own kids over...
Was talking to a friend last night who works at Crane that the corps of engineers has come up with a plan to dig a canal all the way out west from the Mississippi to relieve the drought conditions out there. I don't know if it's true. Think of all the eminent domain issues and cost. He said it...
In Lights Out and One Second After, the people did well by banding their energies and resources together for the good of their community. Everyone pitched in and helped. I realize these are just stories and real life would probably be a lot more chaotic but I'd like to hope tight communities...
Been a member here for long time but mostly just browse and learn. I've been prepping as much as I can. I just wish more people in my area had the same mentality so when things go south we are all a little better off. Oh and no dis taken. Cheers!
Having a city-wide plan to handle most crisis events is far better than none. Of course, there are different needs depending on the situation. Regardless, having the confidence of citizens goes a long way to keeping order and civility.
There are numerous ways our civilization could collapse -- earthquakes (New Madrid anyone?), wars, nuclear attacks, asteroid strike, CME, EMP, pandemic, financial collapse, etc...
It seems to me more and more non-preppers today are getting the message and starting to prepare. I live in a small...
Utterly fascinating thread. I believe that secession hinges not on legalities but on basic human principles of freedom and the right of a people to decide their own path forward (in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence). Justification doesn't enter into it. For obvious reasons...
All the more reason for EM to acquire one that already works. He is the richest dude on earth. He'll end up owning it and then all of Twitter's nasty little secrets will be aired like dirty laundry.
When I was on the Kitty Hawk I got to see the CIWS in action and it was amazing how fast it was and how many rounds they put through that thing. It was truly awesome to see in person.
They were content to keep their peace until Putin showed his true colors. Now they are scrambling for the protection of NATO (such as it is).
This is the scariest part to me -- Russia is rapidly realizing their fighting forces are not up to the task and they are being increasingly cornered and...
That was an excellent and worthwhile read. It really sheds light on the quality of Ukraine's fighting forces compared to the bumbling Russians. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the insight singlestacksig but I doubt my coin/round is a Tuvalu product as it doesn't bear the image of Queen Elizabeth on it. I could be wrong though. It seems whoever produced them did an entire series of them for each sign of the chinese zodiac.
Yeah good thing I'm not sitting on big pile of these. I just ready an article that chinese counterfeiters are pumping out tons and tons of counterfeit Morgan dollars and selling them online. Since the price of silver shot up we will see a lot more stuff like that.
Hmm. Finally found something extremely similar (same characters and styling) but some came by the page to note that it's silver placed alloy. Not looking good for me
Chinese Lunar Zodiac Colored 1 Oz Silver Coin - Year Of The Tiger
Yeah it passes the magnet test too. Looks, feels and sounds like silver. I just wish I could figure out where it's from. I'll probably end up asking on coin forum I belong to.
I found this recently thinking it was the real deal but now I'm not so sure. It is very detailed, solid and sounds like silver. It weighs 22.24g. I can't find it anywhere online even using Google's image match software. Anybody recognize it? Is it real?