Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Life as the Zero continues apace.

Had a Zero Moment on the way to Helena yesterday. Couple kids slid off the road and flipped their rig. They were fine but it reminded me that I need to make sure to remember to keep a crowbar in the vehicle for those impromptu victim extractions.
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Its very easy to get lulled into a sense of complacency. Wake up in the morning and the heat is on, CNN is on the TV, theres food in the fridge, hot water for the shower, and clean clothes to wear. Life is good. And thats what makes it so maddeningly easy to sometimes fall behind in taking the little steps necessary to make sure that standard of living can be kept if things suddenlt take a turn for the wierd. Case in point – bought a nice, new Blitz 5-gallon steel jerry can for gas. Picked up a nice spigot to go with it. Some Sta-Bil too. And, yet, I still havent just taken the bloody thing to a gas station yet and filled it. Its those little lapses in diligence that are going to put me in a bad situation some day…..
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Received an order of gear from Blackhawk the other day. Some odds and ends. Some of the stuff seems good and some..well..not so much. I’ll have some details at a later date. For the moment I think that for web gear, packs, etc, Im going to stick with London Bridge, Tactical Tailor and the like. Prices are a bit higher, but I have been pleased thus far with the TT backpack I got.
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While at the Helena gun show I picked up a couple SureFire Nitrolon G2 flashlights. For $30 you get a great little retina-burner. Yes, its a ‘tactical’ flashlight…but you know what? This world we live in sometimes calls for a tactical mindset. Anyway. I picked up one for myself as a ‘disposable’ in case my regular SureFire gets lost or something, and I picked up an extra as a gift for someone. For $30 they might make a decent Xmas gift for the LMI.
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Speaking of…I saw a slick little 1970 Bronco (lift kit, 302, winch, extra tank, rebuilt enging, etc) for sale a block from my house. Mmmm…it looks good. Wouldnt mind having something like that for my personal use.