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So when exactly is this thing going to convene in W. Virginia? And should I inform the few remaining members of the Million Mom March, so to give the first meeting a subject to bring the members together on?
"To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet an enemy."
22 Acacia Avenue,thats not a gay hangout,is it?I must admit,the thought did accur that maybe minda is a girl,and that I may be guilty of stereo playing,er,uh,er,typing.minda,I am all for sir shanes idea of a probationary period,please come clean as to the the fact that you are Miss. Creant. You know that I caught on that it was you,within an hour of your first post.It would be an honerable thing to fess up,and I would admire that,somewhat.P.S. The little scene you created about the coffie table,the high heels,and the thigh,was interesting to say the least.A more sensative .218
Admit nothing and make counter accusations.Tell me who you really are. Are you admin or arkresearch or josey.[This message has been edited by minda (edited 10-24-2001).]
Hey,That's pretty good! At a minute til 5 there came a rapping on my cell door, A rapping gently tapping, and I knew that (time) I had no more!!
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
As we gather around Sir Lord BeeKeepers study, it has become apparent that the hunting lodge has become too small for the growing membership of the Smoking Jacket Club....."If you build it, they will come" has certainly proven true for this band of scholarly aficionado's of the great outdoors. The talent and expertise of our membership is second to none. We have experts in the spoken word, poetry, art, adult beverages, and fashion. Yes,...we are truely blessed to have such talent. Sir Lord Beekeeper summons the group to the garden where he announces the clubs first annual Yacht races.....but wait,....these are no ordinary yacht's....these are specially prepared Florida Yacht's, somewhat reminiscent of air boats. Lord BeeKeeper demonstrates with his specially prepared unit equipped with a vintage B-17 engine and propellor. Members stand in utter silence as the Yacht Master straps himself into the fine leather upholstered high back seat. The engine slowly begins to turn,....cough....sputter....then the steady roar of the massive Pratt & Whitney engine comes to life. The caged propellor begins to pull Lord Beekeepers smoking jacket back towards the massive prop.....no one can hear his instructions over the roar,... he motions for the rope that holds the mechanical marvel to the dock to be cut.....the craft is unleased like a wild untamed horse.....The yacht rockets through the still waters with incredible speed.....birds fly from their tree top perches in fear of the roaring beast. Alligators slither away to avoid the speeding craft.....Lord BeeKeepers yachting skills are stretched to the limits as he begins to turn the craft around for it's return to the dock, he leans into the corner like a skillful motorbike racer. The yacht begins to straighten it's course for the return pass......then out of no where the speedy machine hits a partially submerged log......the craft is now airborne......the huge engine pushes Lord Beekeeper skyward, gaining more altitude with each passing moment.....cough....cough....sput....the engine now begins to cut out....lack of fuel.....the Smoking Jacket members stare in horror as Lord Beekeeper plumets to earth strapped to his racing yacht......suddenly at the last moment a multi-colored parachute deploys slowing his decent.....yes, a parachute made from...."Smoking Jackets"......the members all cheer and raise a toast to their host....a toast of Cognac, accompianied with a fine cigar.
Hear, hear! I am MOST relieved to hear that Sir Lord Beekeep came to no harm! A toast! A toast to a jolly good fellow!
I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.--Voltare~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
How about antidisestablishmentarianism with no particular reference to the smoking jacket club of course.
Founding Father:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets [This message has been edited by He Dog (edited 10-23-2001).]
HeDog, would wingtip hunting boots be acceptable? We really should try to set an upper crust example to those who aspire to the lifestyle of scholarly outdoorsmen.
My dear Lord Beekeeper, tassles are not necessary on ones wingtip shoes, however; gentlemen of our stature should not be seen at social functions without cufflinks and a kerceif in our jackets. You must admit, we have come a long way in raising the standards for members who post here. The record speaks for itself, vocabulary skills have improved along with self esteem.....besides, I expect this thread to soon reach 150, and nary an angry word spoken.
Very good depiction of our last meeting Sir Rembrandt. I enjoyed it very much!!!!!!! I've got a pair of wingtiped hunting boots and I'm proud of it. Rocky even makes a pair!!
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
It would certainly be difficult to get angry at such a suave bunch of guys/gals who have such a way with words soas to keep a person laughing as much as I have in the past few days, and to make one think for a change as well! and slidder12... welcome to the ranks... I see that your name has been added to the roll call!!!!about time, huh?
keep lots of extra uppers for your ar..you can change often enough to keep the thing from over heating...what ever caliber fits the moment..~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
Well Mr.Rembrandt and Lord Beekeep I think there should be another formal gathering soon to initiate all of our new members. What do you think? ALL Smoking Jacket members, Please puy on your thinking caps and help come up with some new events for our next meeting. Thank you,
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
How about a turkey shoot? live turkeys, 50bmg only, ammo to be incindiary tracers. prize as shown:http://houseoflounge.1esp.net/images/products/smokingjacket.jpg
keep lots of extra uppers for your ar..you can change often enough to keep the thing from over heating...what ever caliber fits the moment..~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
My dear Rembrandt, please remember that you are talking to an old glades runner, ain't never even been curried below the knees, and a old desert rat been looking at the sun way to long. You can only take this civilization stuff so far. We may be literate chaps with some appreciation of the arts and other cultural niceties. I might go loafers like wejuns, but no wingtips for me!
Founding Father:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets
I see that travelor has discovered my portfolio. See the shane/sxsnuff thread for a more detailed explanation.
I can't think of anything right now.Member: ~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~ [This message has been edited by tightbred (edited 10-24-2001).]
SPECIAL ALERT: this passed on from deheffley, I think all should heed:
Words of Wisdom from an Armor MasterSince the media has decided to scare everyone with predictions of chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare on our turf, I decided to write a paper and keep things in their proper perspective. I am a retired military weapons, munitions, and training expert. My name is Red Thomas, and I live in Mesa, Arizona.Lesson number one: In the middle 1990's, there were a series of nerve gas attacks on crowded Japanese subway stations. Given perfect conditions for an attack less than 10% of the people there were injured (the injured were better in a few hours) and only one percent of the injured died. The television news show, 60 Minutes, once had a fellow telling us that one drop of nerve gas could kill a thousand people, well he didn't tell you the thousand deaths per drop were theoretical. Drill Sergeants exaggerated how terrible this stuff was to keep the recruits awake in class (I know this because I was a Drill Sergeant too).Forget everything you've ever seen on TV, in the movies, or read in a novel about this stuff, it was all a lie (read this sentence again out loud!). These weapons are about terror, if you remain calm, you will probably not die. This is far less scary than the media and their "Experts," make it sound. Chemical weapons are categorized as Nerve, Blood, Blister, and Incapacitating agents. Contrary to the hype of reporters and politicians they are not weapons of mass destruction; they are "Area denial," and terror weapons that don't destroy anything. When you leave the area, you almost always leave the risk. That's the difference. You can leave the area and the risk. Soldiers may have to stay put and sit through it, and that's why they need all that spiffy gear.These are not gasses; they are vapors and/or air borne particles. The agent must be delivered in sufficient quantity to kill or injure, and that defines when and how it's used. Every day we have a morning and evening inversion where "stuff," suspended in the air gets pushed down. This inversion is why allergies (pollen) and air pollution are worst at these times of the day. Therefore, a chemical attack will have its best effect an hour of so either side of sunrise or sunset. Also, being vapors and airborne particles they are heavier than air, so they will seek low places like ditches, basements and underground garages. This stuff won't work when it's freezing, nor will it last long when it's hot or the wind spreads it too thin, too fast. They've got to get this stuff on you, or get you to inhale it for it to work. They also have to get the concentration of chemicals high enough to kill or wound you. Too little and it's nothing, too much and it's wasted. What I hope you've gathered by this point is that a chemical weapons attack that kills a lot of people is incredibly hard to do with military grade agents and equipment. Therefore, you can imagine how hard it will be for terrorists. The more you know about this stuff the more you realize how hard it is to use. That being said, lets look at the hazards in detail.Nerve Agents. You have these in your house; plain old bug killer (like Raid) is nerve agent. All nerve agents work the same way; they are cholinesterase inhibitors that mess up the signals your nervous system uses to make your body function. It can harm you if you get it on your skin but it works best if they can get you to inhale it. If you don't die in the first minute and you can leave the area you're probably going to live.The military's antidote for all nerve agents is Atropine and Pralidoxime Chloride. Neither one of these does anything to cure the nerve agent, they send your body into overdrive to keep you alive for five minutes, after that the agent is used up. Your best protection is fresh air and staying calm.Some of the symptoms for nerve agent poisoning are, sudden headache, dimness of vision (someone you're looking at will have pinpointed pupils), runny nose, excessive saliva or drooling, difficulty breathing, tightness in chest, nausea, stomach cramps and twitching of exposed skin where a liquid came in contact with it.If you are in public and you start experiencing these symptoms, first ask yourself, did anything out of the ordinary just happen, a loud pop, did someone spray something on the crowd? Are other people getting sick too? Is there an odor of new mown hay, green corn, something fruity or camphor where it shouldn't be? If the answer is yes, then calmly (if you panic you breathe faster and inhale more air and poison) leave the area and head up wind or outside.Fresh air is the best, "right now antidote." If you have a blob of liquid that looks like molasses or Karo Syrup on you, blot or scrape it off and away from yourself with anything disposable. This stuff works based on your body weight, what a crop duster uses to kill bugs won't hurt you unless you stand there and breathe it in real deep, then lick the residue off the ground for while. Remember they have to do all the work, they have to get the concentration up and keep it up for several minutes while all you have to do is quit getting it on you and quit breathing it. The best way to achieve this is by putting space between you and the attack.Blood Agents. These agents are cyanide or arsine, which effect your blood's ability to provide oxygen to your tissue. The scenario for attack would be the same as nerve agent. Look for a pop or someone splashing or spraying something, and folks around there getting woozy or falling down. The telltale smells are bitter almonds or garlic where it shouldn't be. The symptoms are blue lips, blue under the fingernails rapid breathing. The military's antidote is Amyl Nitride, and just like nerve agent antidote it just keeps your body working for five minutes until the toxins are used up. Fresh air is the your best individual chance.Blister Agents. Blister agents, such as distilled mustard, are so nasty that nobody wants to even handle it, let alone use it. It's almost impossible to handle safely and may have delayed effect of up to 12 hours. The attack scenario is also limited to the things you'd see from other chemicals. If you do get large, painful blisters for no apparent reason, don't pop them. If you must, don't let the liquid from the blister get on any other area because the stuff just keeps on spreading. It's just as likely to harm the user as the target. Soap, water, sunshine, and fresh air are blister agents enemy.Bottom line on chemical weapons (it's the same if they use industrial chemical spills) they are intended to make you panic, to terrorize you, to herd you like sheep to the wolves. If there is an attack, leave the area and go upwind or to the sides of the wind stream. They have to get the stuff to you, and on you. You're more likely to be hurt by a drunk driver on any given day than be hurt by one of these attacks. Your odds get better if you leave the area. Soap, water, time, and fresh air really deal this stuff a knock-out-punch. Don't let fear of an isolated attack rule your life. The odds are really on your side.Nuclear Bombs. These are the only weapons of mass destruction on earth. The effects of a nuclear bomb are heat, blast, EMP and radiation. If you see a bright flash of light like the sun, where the sun isn't, fall to the ground immediately! The heat will be over in a second. Then there will be two blast waves, one going out, and one on coming back. Don't stand up to see what happened after the first wave; anything that's going to happen will have happened in two full minutes.These will be low yield devices and will not level whole cities. If you live through the heat, blast and initial burst of radiation, you'll probably live for a very long time. Radiation will not create fifty-foot tall women or giant ants and grasshoppers the size of tanks. These will be at the most 1-kiloton bombs; that's the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Here's the real deal: flying debris and radiation will kill a lot of exposed (though not all!) people within a half mile of the blast. Under perfect conditions this is about a half-mile circle of death and destruction, but when it's done it's done.EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse and it will fry every electronic device for a good distance, it's impossible to say what and how far, but probably not over a couple of miles from ground zero is a good guess. Cars, cell phones, computers, ATMs, you name it; all will be out of order. There are lots of kinds of radiation, none of which are worth the problems connected with worrying about anything. You only need to concern yourself with three, the others you have lived with for years.You need to concern yourself about "ionizing radiation." These are little sub atomic particles that go whizzing along at the speed of light. They hit individual cells in your body, kill the nucleus and keep on going. That's how you get radiation poisoning, you have so many dead cells in your body that the decaying cells poison you. It's the same as people getting radiation treatments for cancer, only a bigger area gets radiated. The good news is you don't have to just sit there and take it. There are a lot of things you can do rather than panic.First, your skin will stop alpha particles, a page of a newspaper or your clothing will stop beta particles, you must try to avoid inhaling dust that's contaminated with atoms that are emitting these things, and you'll be generally safe from them.Gamma rays are particles that travel like rays (quantum physics makes my brain hurt) and create the same damage as alpha and beta particles. The difference is, they keep going and kill even more cells as they travel completely through your body. It takes a lot to stop these things. Lots of dense material. On the other hand, it takes a lot of them to kill you. Your defense is as always to not panic.Basic hygiene and normal preparation are your friends. All canned or frozen food is safe to eat. The radiation poisoning will not effect plants so fruits and vegetables are OK as long as there's no dust on them (if there is, rinse them off). If you don't have running water and you need to collect rainwater or use water from some other source. Just let it stand for thirty minutes, then skim the water gently from the top. The dust with the bad stuff in it will settle and the remaining water can be used for the toilet, which will still work if you have a bucket of water to pour in the tank.Biological Warfare. This is the last one, and there's not much to cover here. Basic personal hygiene and sanitation will take you farther than a million doctors will. Wash your hands often, don't share drinks, food, sloppy kisses, etc., ... with strangers. Keep a tight lid on your garbage can and don't have standing water (like old buckets, ditches, or kiddy pools) lying around to allow mosquitoes breeding room. A vector, which is a bug, a rodent or contaminated material, carries this stuff. If biological warfare is as easy as the TV makes it sound, why has Saddam Hussein spent twenty years and millions upon millions of dollars trying to get it right?If you're clean of person and home, you eat well, and you are active, you're gonna live. Overall preparation for any terrorist attack needs to be the same you would take for a big storm. If you want a gas mask, fine, go get one. I know this stuff and I'm not getting one. I've also told my Mom not to bother with one (how's that for confidence). We have a week's worth of cash, several days' worth of canned goods and plenty of soap and water. We don't leave stuff out to attract bugs or rodents, so we don't have them.Those terrorists can't conceive a nation this big with this many resources. These weapons are made to cause panic, terror, and to demoralize. If we don't run around like sheep, they won't use this stuff. Especially after they find out that it's no fun.The government is going nuts over these concerns, because they have to protect every inch of America. You only have to protect yourself. By doing that, you help the country. Finally, there are millions of caveats to everything that I've written here, and you can probably think up specific scenarios where my advice isn't the best. This letter is supposed to help the greatest number of people under the greatest number of situations. If you don't like my work, don't nit pick, just sit down and explain chemical, nuclear, and biological warfare in a document around three pages long yourself. This is how we, the people of the United States, can rob these people of their most desired goal, your terror.SFC Red Thomas (Ret) Armor Master Gunner Mesa, AZReproduction and distribution is authorized and encouraged. Just give me credit for my work.COURAGE:Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's seeing the possibility of your demise and doing your work anyway.HE has done a great service and should receive a comondation. Please copy and forward to any boards you frequent, and to any media you can!
keep lots of extra uppers for your ar..you can change often enough to keep the thing from over heating...what ever caliber fits the moment..~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
Hi guys, you have all been great sports. I have been trying to get a rise out of you and must admit that you are all pretty decent guys. I do chuckle about you guys actually letting me join your club. You can now officially take me of the roster as I am done playing. It was fun and I had a great time. If any of you know admin you can tell him/her/them to please remove minda from the membership roster at GB. Thanks for the fun and games.Almost forgot I am a male and I do not like * hee heeOne of the original miscreantsWarpig883 AKA minda
I guess we just got use to ya,it was kinda funny,at times.Don`t forget that you are also aka:Miss. Creant.How smart was I to know that,and how fast???.218P.S.I decoded some of your stuff....kinda weird,....you aint realy inta farts,are ya?
Sir lord BeeKeeper, with over 150+ hits on this topic, maybe GunBroker should give the "Smoking Jacket Club" it's own forum catagory....looks like this has received more attention than the archery section....So glad you survived the yachting experience! Good show.
But we still broke 150 post!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey Warpig883 come back, you can join under your real name!
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
4000fps, Here you are my good man. Enjoy!!!! Beeman of Alcatraz had it last so I'm not sure what is in it. It smokkeed goude fur meee man ahu,ahu,ahu
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
Warning ! smoking is dangerous to your health!Id join in if there is a non-smoke lemonadedrinking joint in he club (some RON RICO 150%proof to go into the lemon mix too)and lotttsof sparkling rock ice with tonic.mmmmm ! thehangover you get sure beats tobaco !
I judge Thee!, Not for what you are , but for what you say !
Sir Beekeep, I will try not to put you in any...."embarrassing situations"....that might tarnish your GunBroker image. The question I have for you is this...."Is it the clothes that make the man?"....if so look what this Rembrandt makeover (complete with Smoking Jacket) has done for your reputation.
Rembrandt,old bean,perhaps there is something to this rembrandt makeover hocus-pocus.After all,the ladies were all over me,wy..I had my choice of Miss. Creant or minda.~Lord Bee~
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Thanks for the invite Shane. No I cannot join under my real name. Warpig883 was banned from this site for making the statement that he liked being a miscreant. Admin owes me and a bunch of my friends apologies and even then it would not do any good (maybe). I was bored and just thought I would come over and stir the pot as minda (which is admin jumbled up). Again thanks for the invite. You could always stop over at TFF for a brew, I'm buying. http://pub49.ezboard.com/***************** Warpig883one of the original miscreants.
All I got's is flannel shirts, Sorel boots, a pack of Doral menthols and a Miller Lite, and poor manners. Do 25 or so guns work for ya? I's kin also say thing like: "This seems like a study in the epistomological discovery of platitudinous ponderosity, notwithstanding the discovery that metaphysics only constitute consciousness and existence, which are axiomatic and therefore inarguable, which leads to the rational conceptual precept that logic and the promulgation of such can only be based upon the truth, for all latent concepts, as perceived by one of a particular psychological nature who must be able to grasp the true meaning of our inherent nature as humans, that there is no intrinsic value in any entity not perceived by a sentient being." Or some crap like that. Does that earn me a flannel smoking shirt?
We've got a philosopher in our ranks, welcome timber beast. perhaps we can enlighten our fellow club members at the first meeting with a discussion of existentialism.
When you want to dial long distance...AT&T, .223, or Jeremiah 33.3?Member:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets
O.K., I now I've said I've been around abit, But I guess its time to admit when there is something I havn't seen. What the !@#$%$%%$#$#@ is a miscreant, Any way. is that some kinda new target, or what?
keep lots of extra uppers for your ar..you can change often enough to keep the thing from over heating...what ever caliber fits the moment..~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
Travelor, that is why there are dictionaries! A miscreant is an infidel, a heretic; one who is villianous or depraved, acting criminally or viciously.
Founding Father:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets
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"To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet an enemy."
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.--Voltare~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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Founding Father:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets [This message has been edited by He Dog (edited 10-23-2001).]
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
keep lots of extra uppers for your ar..you can change often enough to keep the thing from over heating...what ever caliber fits the moment..~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
Sir Shane of the~Secret Select Society of Sauve Stylish Smoking Jackets~
keep lots of extra uppers for your ar..you can change often enough to keep the thing from over heating...what ever caliber fits the moment..~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
Founding Father:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets
I can't think of anything right now.Member: ~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~ [This message has been edited by tightbred (edited 10-24-2001).]
Words of Wisdom from an Armor MasterSince the media has decided to scare everyone with predictions of chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare on our turf, I decided to write a paper and keep things in their proper perspective. I am a retired military weapons, munitions, and training expert. My name is Red Thomas, and I live in Mesa, Arizona.Lesson number one: In the middle 1990's, there were a series of nerve gas attacks on crowded Japanese subway stations. Given perfect conditions for an attack less than 10% of the people there were injured (the injured were better in a few hours) and only one percent of the injured died. The television news show, 60 Minutes, once had a fellow telling us that one drop of nerve gas could kill a thousand people, well he didn't tell you the thousand deaths per drop were theoretical. Drill Sergeants exaggerated how terrible this stuff was to keep the recruits awake in class (I know this because I was a Drill Sergeant too).Forget everything you've ever seen on TV, in the movies, or read in a novel about this stuff, it was all a lie (read this sentence again out loud!). These weapons are about terror, if you remain calm, you will probably not die. This is far less scary than the media and their "Experts," make it sound. Chemical weapons are categorized as Nerve, Blood, Blister, and Incapacitating agents. Contrary to the hype of reporters and politicians they are not weapons of mass destruction; they are "Area denial," and terror weapons that don't destroy anything. When you leave the area, you almost always leave the risk. That's the difference. You can leave the area and the risk. Soldiers may have to stay put and sit through it, and that's why they need all that spiffy gear.These are not gasses; they are vapors and/or air borne particles. The agent must be delivered in sufficient quantity to kill or injure, and that defines when and how it's used. Every day we have a morning and evening inversion where "stuff," suspended in the air gets pushed down. This inversion is why allergies (pollen) and air pollution are worst at these times of the day. Therefore, a chemical attack will have its best effect an hour of so either side of sunrise or sunset. Also, being vapors and airborne particles they are heavier than air, so they will seek low places like ditches, basements and underground garages. This stuff won't work when it's freezing, nor will it last long when it's hot or the wind spreads it too thin, too fast. They've got to get this stuff on you, or get you to inhale it for it to work. They also have to get the concentration of chemicals high enough to kill or wound you. Too little and it's nothing, too much and it's wasted. What I hope you've gathered by this point is that a chemical weapons attack that kills a lot of people is incredibly hard to do with military grade agents and equipment. Therefore, you can imagine how hard it will be for terrorists. The more you know about this stuff the more you realize how hard it is to use. That being said, lets look at the hazards in detail.Nerve Agents. You have these in your house; plain old bug killer (like Raid) is nerve agent. All nerve agents work the same way; they are cholinesterase inhibitors that mess up the signals your nervous system uses to make your body function. It can harm you if you get it on your skin but it works best if they can get you to inhale it. If you don't die in the first minute and you can leave the area you're probably going to live.The military's antidote for all nerve agents is Atropine and Pralidoxime Chloride. Neither one of these does anything to cure the nerve agent, they send your body into overdrive to keep you alive for five minutes, after that the agent is used up. Your best protection is fresh air and staying calm.Some of the symptoms for nerve agent poisoning are, sudden headache, dimness of vision (someone you're looking at will have pinpointed pupils), runny nose, excessive saliva or drooling, difficulty breathing, tightness in chest, nausea, stomach cramps and twitching of exposed skin where a liquid came in contact with it.If you are in public and you start experiencing these symptoms, first ask yourself, did anything out of the ordinary just happen, a loud pop, did someone spray something on the crowd? Are other people getting sick too? Is there an odor of new mown hay, green corn, something fruity or camphor where it shouldn't be? If the answer is yes, then calmly (if you panic you breathe faster and inhale more air and poison) leave the area and head up wind or outside.Fresh air is the best, "right now antidote." If you have a blob of liquid that looks like molasses or Karo Syrup on you, blot or scrape it off and away from yourself with anything disposable. This stuff works based on your body weight, what a crop duster uses to kill bugs won't hurt you unless you stand there and breathe it in real deep, then lick the residue off the ground for while. Remember they have to do all the work, they have to get the concentration up and keep it up for several minutes while all you have to do is quit getting it on you and quit breathing it. The best way to achieve this is by putting space between you and the attack.Blood Agents. These agents are cyanide or arsine, which effect your blood's ability to provide oxygen to your tissue. The scenario for attack would be the same as nerve agent. Look for a pop or someone splashing or spraying something, and folks around there getting woozy or falling down. The telltale smells are bitter almonds or garlic where it shouldn't be. The symptoms are blue lips, blue under the fingernails rapid breathing. The military's antidote is Amyl Nitride, and just like nerve agent antidote it just keeps your body working for five minutes until the toxins are used up. Fresh air is the your best individual chance.Blister Agents. Blister agents, such as distilled mustard, are so nasty that nobody wants to even handle it, let alone use it. It's almost impossible to handle safely and may have delayed effect of up to 12 hours. The attack scenario is also limited to the things you'd see from other chemicals. If you do get large, painful blisters for no apparent reason, don't pop them. If you must, don't let the liquid from the blister get on any other area because the stuff just keeps on spreading. It's just as likely to harm the user as the target. Soap, water, sunshine, and fresh air are blister agents enemy.Bottom line on chemical weapons (it's the same if they use industrial chemical spills) they are intended to make you panic, to terrorize you, to herd you like sheep to the wolves. If there is an attack, leave the area and go upwind or to the sides of the wind stream. They have to get the stuff to you, and on you. You're more likely to be hurt by a drunk driver on any given day than be hurt by one of these attacks. Your odds get better if you leave the area. Soap, water, time, and fresh air really deal this stuff a knock-out-punch. Don't let fear of an isolated attack rule your life. The odds are really on your side.Nuclear Bombs. These are the only weapons of mass destruction on earth. The effects of a nuclear bomb are heat, blast, EMP and radiation. If you see a bright flash of light like the sun, where the sun isn't, fall to the ground immediately! The heat will be over in a second. Then there will be two blast waves, one going out, and one on coming back. Don't stand up to see what happened after the first wave; anything that's going to happen will have happened in two full minutes.These will be low yield devices and will not level whole cities. If you live through the heat, blast and initial burst of radiation, you'll probably live for a very long time. Radiation will not create fifty-foot tall women or giant ants and grasshoppers the size of tanks. These will be at the most 1-kiloton bombs; that's the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Here's the real deal: flying debris and radiation will kill a lot of exposed (though not all!) people within a half mile of the blast. Under perfect conditions this is about a half-mile circle of death and destruction, but when it's done it's done.EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse and it will fry every electronic device for a good distance, it's impossible to say what and how far, but probably not over a couple of miles from ground zero is a good guess. Cars, cell phones, computers, ATMs, you name it; all will be out of order. There are lots of kinds of radiation, none of which are worth the problems connected with worrying about anything. You only need to concern yourself with three, the others you have lived with for years.You need to concern yourself about "ionizing radiation." These are little sub atomic particles that go whizzing along at the speed of light. They hit individual cells in your body, kill the nucleus and keep on going. That's how you get radiation poisoning, you have so many dead cells in your body that the decaying cells poison you. It's the same as people getting radiation treatments for cancer, only a bigger area gets radiated. The good news is you don't have to just sit there and take it. There are a lot of things you can do rather than panic.First, your skin will stop alpha particles, a page of a newspaper or your clothing will stop beta particles, you must try to avoid inhaling dust that's contaminated with atoms that are emitting these things, and you'll be generally safe from them.Gamma rays are particles that travel like rays (quantum physics makes my brain hurt) and create the same damage as alpha and beta particles. The difference is, they keep going and kill even more cells as they travel completely through your body. It takes a lot to stop these things. Lots of dense material. On the other hand, it takes a lot of them to kill you. Your defense is as always to not panic.Basic hygiene and normal preparation are your friends. All canned or frozen food is safe to eat. The radiation poisoning will not effect plants so fruits and vegetables are OK as long as there's no dust on them (if there is, rinse them off). If you don't have running water and you need to collect rainwater or use water from some other source. Just let it stand for thirty minutes, then skim the water gently from the top. The dust with the bad stuff in it will settle and the remaining water can be used for the toilet, which will still work if you have a bucket of water to pour in the tank.Biological Warfare. This is the last one, and there's not much to cover here. Basic personal hygiene and sanitation will take you farther than a million doctors will. Wash your hands often, don't share drinks, food, sloppy kisses, etc., ... with strangers. Keep a tight lid on your garbage can and don't have standing water (like old buckets, ditches, or kiddy pools) lying around to allow mosquitoes breeding room. A vector, which is a bug, a rodent or contaminated material, carries this stuff. If biological warfare is as easy as the TV makes it sound, why has Saddam Hussein spent twenty years and millions upon millions of dollars trying to get it right?If you're clean of person and home, you eat well, and you are active, you're gonna live. Overall preparation for any terrorist attack needs to be the same you would take for a big storm. If you want a gas mask, fine, go get one. I know this stuff and I'm not getting one. I've also told my Mom not to bother with one (how's that for confidence). We have a week's worth of cash, several days' worth of canned goods and plenty of soap and water. We don't leave stuff out to attract bugs or rodents, so we don't have them.Those terrorists can't conceive a nation this big with this many resources. These weapons are made to cause panic, terror, and to demoralize. If we don't run around like sheep, they won't use this stuff. Especially after they find out that it's no fun.The government is going nuts over these concerns, because they have to protect every inch of America. You only have to protect yourself. By doing that, you help the country. Finally, there are millions of caveats to everything that I've written here, and you can probably think up specific scenarios where my advice isn't the best. This letter is supposed to help the greatest number of people under the greatest number of situations. If you don't like my work, don't nit pick, just sit down and explain chemical, nuclear, and biological warfare in a document around three pages long yourself. This is how we, the people of the United States, can rob these people of their most desired goal, your terror.SFC Red Thomas (Ret) Armor Master Gunner Mesa, AZReproduction and distribution is authorized and encouraged. Just give me credit for my work.COURAGE:Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's seeing the possibility of your demise and doing your work anyway.HE has done a great service and should receive a comondation. Please copy and forward to any boards you frequent, and to any media you can!
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