CaptainQuack

Zoltig, will that also work with City Select? (we're planning a trip to Portland OR the end of the month and it would be nice to cache along the way, and not all of it is highways)

not all of us use Microsoft...

depending on state laws, check with the State AG's office and County Sheriffs, NOT the local police, they frequently are not well informed about firearm laws check state law on open carry National Parks. NO FIREARMS ALLOWED PERIOD. must be locked in secured storage in vehicle. www.packing.org for a lot of general information on laws state to state I carry both a high capacity 9mm and a .357. Recent data indicates that dog sized animals are more resistant to 9mm than previously thought. some needing 6 or 7 or more shots to incapacitate. (I'm also disabled, so less able to get away in the event of a encounter) the fastest reload is another gun, and if you do run into a pack of feral dogs, more is better (hence both) They can also be used as signaling devices if you become injured. best way to find out what you like is go to a range that rents handguns. try a bunch of differnt ones. find out whats comfortable for you. some people have no problem with a .44, others have trouble handleing a .357. I also can not emphasize TRAINING strongly enough. it's no good to just buy a handgun and then never learn how to use it. the much maligned NRA has been teaching firearms safety and use for over 100 years. you don't have to join, but they are good at training. get it.

I've learned never trust anything to be "waterproof" thats why (nonlubed) condoms are such a handy thing to carry in a day pac, everything from an emergency waterproof container to a bandage to keeping the water out of the bore of your rifle to an improv canteen. 1 x 35 gallon garbage bag, 1x1 gallon ziplock, 5 condoms. amazing how little they weight and how little room they take. (and there good for CITO too)

well, I don't NEED an powered external antenna, and I don't NEED a GPSr, and I don't NEED a car, and I don't NEED my legs. but I am quite enjoying having them all anyways. and yes, they do help. but do you need one? no. (and it also lets my wife hold it in front of her so she can see it as opposed to having to try and read tiny print half way across the dash with variable lighting and glare)

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bought a Gilsson for my Garmin V, I was getting 8 sats and if I waited long enough I would get WAAS, bought the Gilsson, hooked it up in car, antenna on the roof, within 20 seconds I had 11 sats with 3D Differential. average error is now 7 feet with WAAS whereas before it was 17 feet without. for $25.00 inc shipping how can you go wrong? and with a little crazy glue, a steel washer, and my geocaching pith helmet, it is quite nice for rolling around looking for caches (I couldn't figure a place on my wheelchair to mount the antenna), low profile? well, everyone around here thinks I'm the one directing the Black Helicopters anyways, so being able to point to my "Sat Reciever" just gets grins.

pick the one the Duck hands you!

oops, I think that was the one I found this morning... maybe thats why I wasn't able to log it.....

with new Ni-MH batteries you have to run them through 4 or 5 discharge-recharge cycles before they will come up to "full cap" and with the exception of a 48 box of Roy-o-Vac AA's for emergencies, I have totaly switched over to NI-HM for AA and AAA. (2 chargers, both with car cords), saved enought in the first 3 months to buy the second charger. (anything that goes through a lot of batteries these things pay for themselves FAST)

"I'm looking for the spot where they put the new secret transmitter for the Secret UN Army's Black Helicopters" this IS north idaho after all I am thinking of changing it to something involving Homeland Security. but with 2 Univercities in the area, one of which offers a BS/Cart degree. thats all I have to tell them. Captain Quack.

50/100 feet Para cord (550 cord), and a good,comfortable pack or bumbag. general sugestion, glucose tabs (like diabetics use), and a K-bar Marine Corp knife on a large bum pack to hold it all. (helps to double as a Bug Out Bag in the event of emergency)

being a newby AND a geek, I have my Garmin V in on the automount sitting on top of my CB Radio sitting on top of my 100 channel Scanner, all powered off a 3 outlet power point splitter. (all sitting in the middle of my dashboard), the key to all this is adhesive sided Velcro, automount base velcroed to the CB which is velcroed to the scanner which is velcroed to the dash in back and ontop of the Power point splitter in front. everything can be lifted off and put away/carried inside. mag mount antennas, antenna cables held down with snap clips so they can be removed as well. localy, not a problem with leaving things in the car, but on a trip to "the big city", it all gets taken inside with us.

another vote for the Princeton Tec 40, very well made reliable flashlight. (any of the princeton line are), Pelicans are also very good, unless your willing to lay out the bucks, LED's won't really have much throw, but long life has it's place (which is why I carry one of each) if your really into looking for more information about flashlights and headlamps might I suggest www.candlepowerforum.com , those people live eat and breath flashlights and have an incredible amount of information.