“Tell us Commander, what do you think?” -“Its A Mistake” – Men At Work.

I had a dream last night that the US went to war with Iran. (20 years too late, I might add) I remember in the dream getting a falling feeling in my stomach as I watched the news because I was worried that this might directly impact my life negatively. And by negatively, I mean *aggressively* negatively…not just higher oil prices. I’m talking suicide-bomber-in-the-shopping-mall, backapck nuke sort of aggressive.
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Im feeling out of sorts lately. Part of it is my civillian life having a bunch of various stresses, part of it is my feeling of ‘being on hold’ as Commander Zero… theres things I want to do and I just cant seem to get them done. I do find some relief in straightening up and organizing things and, basically, just sitting amongst my accumulated stuff…but thats not enough. Its tough preparing for the apocalypse on a budget. Especially when your civillian life makes demands on your resources. This is, of course, perfectly normal…in the real world there are duties and responsibilities to be performed. Its just frustrating sometimes.
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I need to investigate new gutters for the front of the house. I want to capture rain runoff for use in gardening. No point paying for water that I dont have to.
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Made a really cool pull-fuse igniter out of some Home Depot plumbing fixtures. Unscrew one end, insert a shotgun primer, thread in a length of cannon fuse and screw the cap back on. Pull and release the firing pin and the shotgun primer ignites the fuse. Very cool. Of course, the shotgun primer can be used by itself without the fuse to turn the device into a trip signal. Total cost..Umm…about $10 in brass fittings and some screws. Machining work? Drill a 1/8 hole in one cap and a 5/32 in the other one. Piece of cake.
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One of these days Im going to get thos estupid freeze drieds ordered up. Grr.