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woodburner wrote:It would last far longer than 6 months, centuries for example, just with far fewer people.

Not sure it would be called the UK though you're right that the British Isles will last for a long time.

woodburner wrote:
Why should we believe you, any more than other slanted reports?

I'm not sure you speak for everyone so "we" is misplaced. Unless you believe you're royal.

Second, I live here.

But I think it is most likely due to increased tensions between the Russian Federation and NATO. I think you have that right. Regardless of who you think *caused* it, I think this is something that could definitely kick off. It's not the only thing though. The Jihadis would be delighted to be able ...

A typical group from forty yards shooting from my deck. http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/vtsnowedin/1472997483917_zpscywvg3me.jpg Not my best group mind you but a typical one. You can see several of the other holes in the target. With a grouping like that I don't think the average white tai...

Paraphrasal which says "Trump is Hitler" Actually, NO. Putin wants to be able to prove that his narrative of "the rise of the far right" is happening in the west in order to justify himself. And the leftist media are eagerly obliging by attempting to paint this. Hillary's recent...

I thought one of the main points of Brexit was that parliament should be sovereign. The idea of doing something as significant as this without a vote in parliament seems odd. It may well be that the eventual negotiated deal is rubbish - at that point I'd hope parliament would have a vote on whether...

johnhemming2 wrote:People have to be allowed to argue that a referendum has taken the wrong decision.

No. They. Don't.

That is what a referendum is for.

Jeez.

After 6 months of true anarchy in the UK all bets are off as to the outcome. I doubt the UK would last 6 months. In two months of real anarchy i.e. food supply cut off, most of the population would already have starved. If you want a scary depiction of how that might go down, read "last light&...

From a UK perspective i've been considering ownership of a little .410 shotgun for hunting food in a post-crash world. I already own a legal limit .22 air rifle, but they are only reliable in the hands of the truly skilled in terms of kill rate. They tend to be affected greatly by wind and target r...

vtsnowedin wrote:The Mrs.s waited until spring to try out her new Smith and Wesson I gave her for Christmas.

Which one? I love S&W. I have an M&P 9mm. Love it. My friends swear by Glock but I don't like them. The safety is weird.

Thanks VT, you guys tell me stuff I could never experience over here. I have never wanted guns to be widespread in the UK in my life so far, but I increasingly think they make sense under some different situations - food shortages etc. I have considered some cheap antique spring rabbit traps [illeg...

For Christmas this year the Misses and I bought a gun safe as a shared present. She was concerned that as empty nester's which both worked, the house was unoccupied much of the day and burglaries to support opiate habits are becoming more frequent and very local. So we purchased a safe that holds 3...

I have previously mentioned on this forum (several years ago) that key UK energy infrastructure had clear points of vulnerability in remote places (such as NG pipeline terminals) which might be vulnerable to attack, but shortly afterwards I read of increased funding for policing that kind of target...

Have any of you had a moment or thought that you realized might be of considerable use to the enemies of your country and stopped typing before you hit send just in case the Bastards might be reading your idle conversations? I've had a couple of thoughts lately that I certainly don't want them to a...

Lord Beria3 wrote:https://www.ft.com/content/87bb0eda-736 ... 72cdb1043a

Or *maybe* what we're seeing is an inevitable correction in the Chinese economy, leading to a contraction in all the other economies that were supplying it with feedstock to build all those ghost cities.