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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 02:53 AM
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This guy is a "survivalist"....
I saw him at the post office, talking to the lady behind the counter.
He said "I'm a survivalist, ya never know what's gonna happen, that's why I have a generator".

Well, the last time our power got turned off due to incompetence at the power company, we were talking to him, asking if he had a generator, and he said, "We've got three generators, but none of 'em work".....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Boy is he well prepared!! :rofl:

He says he's working on a Ph.D. I wonder what in the hell in. He proceeded to tell my DH who has TWO degrees in math/engineering and physics that "Isaac Newton was WRONG".
:wtf:

I'm sure he thinks Obama is gonna take his guns away from him. He is living in a former nursing home that was vacated. The local cops told me that they didn't pay their electric bill and were using cold water. They said they were gonna fix the place up as a "Christian youth home". Uh-huh.
I think three people live there.

Aggghhhhhhh......
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 02:59 AM
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1. He's living the dream, ain't he?
Must be nice, out there in his own Private Idaho
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 03:19 AM
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2. I put up a six foot privacy fence in his direction.
Only this is East Shitholia, uh, Texas......
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 03:31 AM
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3. "Isaac Newton was wrong"? This guy is a Gravity Denier?
Would that make him...a FLOATER?
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Go2Peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 03:46 AM
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4. I like to keep extra food and water around. Not everyone who does that
is a freeper paraniod. It is actually smart to be prepared for a disaster. Though I imagine your neighbor wasn't prepping for an earthquake?
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 04:04 AM
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5. The point, I think, is that.......
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 04:07 AM by Joe the Liberal
yes being prepared is a good thing but this guy in particular was doing it in all the wrong ways, using broken generators and all. And goes to show how right wingers seldom do anything right.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 05:43 AM
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6. I think he's a libertarian.
That's what I would guess.
I think they're some kind of weird fundy.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 05:52 AM
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7. There was a Spongebob episode titled
"Survival Of The Idiots" I think he took it serious.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 07:23 AM
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8. "Christian youth home"
make sure that the police keep an eye on that place ... not that the kids might cause trouble ... that the kids might be in danger, if only for sexual assault ...
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 10:23 PM
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13. I think they're using it for a tax dodge.
There are no kids staying there b/c they can't raise money to bring it up to the state inspection standards. And the community has objected. I have no idea what they do for money other than possibly odd jobs.


Oh, and this guy told my DH that he needed an "assistant for his experiments". Probably thinks he's another Tesla.
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 08:01 AM
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9. He's not even a survivalist...
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 08:11 AM by JHB
...or at least a really bad and sloppy one as makes no difference.

I read some of their materials back in their '80s heyday -- they were paranoid nutbars but you could still sift some good self-sufficiency ideas out of the cracked pot.

This guy's just all over the place, with no follow-through on anything.
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damyank913 Donating Member (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 08:08 AM
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10. If your mowing your lawn, and you find a car...
you might be a redneck.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 08:09 AM
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11. if what you say is true then he's just a wannabe
He fancies himself a survivalist because he's a squatter. He's just like Joe the Plumber. All talk, no skills.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 08:34 AM
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12. next time you see him, ask what Isaac Newton was wrong about
i need an even harder laugh
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Edweird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 10:35 PM
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14. Maybe he's just functioning mentally ill.
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