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Security & Survival / Re: American Freedom and the Japanese Bushido Culture - One in the Same
« Last post by JohnyMac on October 21, 2025, 09:35:13 PM »
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Radio / Re: October 2025 Tuesday Night ERIN Net's SOI
« Last post by JohnyMac on October 21, 2025, 08:30:03 PM »Okay net tonight
Digital 8 with 8 passing TFC
2-PA & FL
1- NJ, NC, MI, & Va
Phone 8
2-PA
1-NC, MD,VA,MA,TN, and NY
Thanks to all that participated
73 & God Bless
Digital 8 with 8 passing TFC
2-PA & FL
1- NJ, NC, MI, & Va
Phone 8
2-PA
1-NC, MD,VA,MA,TN, and NY
Thanks to all that participated
73 & God Bless
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Radio / Re: October 2025 Tuesday Night ERIN Net's SOI
« Last post by JohnyMac on October 21, 2025, 07:44:44 PM »On 7.193 Mhz
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General Off Topic / Re: Silver
« Last post by Nemo on October 21, 2025, 07:43:27 PM »Yes. Some shrinkage in the pricing of the big 4.
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Price Change DOWN Icon Gold $4,126.00 -234.00
Price Change DOWN Icon Silver $48.59 -3.96
Price Change DOWN Icon Platinum $1,543.00 -86.00
Price Change DOWN Icon Palladium $1,436.00 -93.00
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General Off Topic / Re: Silver
« Last post by pkveazey on October 21, 2025, 07:38:19 PM »I love and hate pullbacks. I love to see the pullbacks just before a big rise because that means it is a healthy rise. I hate that the price manipulators are the ones forcing the price down by selling off paper Silver at stupid low prices. Then they jump back in at the bottom and buy all they can get their greedy hands on. The experts say that pullbacks are good because if something goes straight up, it then comes straight back down. The pullback consolidations are a good sign that there won't be a price collapse. The Big Boys do whatever it takes to convince Joe Six Pack that Precious Metals are not a good purchase. Well, I'm not Joe Six Pack. When the Economic collapse comes, the Big Boys are hoping that they are the only one's holding PMs.
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Security & Survival / Re: American Freedom and the Japanese Bushido Culture - One in the Same
« Last post by Sir John Honeybucket on October 21, 2025, 05:11:55 PM »Similar time and background. Our Boy Scout troop had rifle and shotgun ranges at the annual scout camp. Like Searchboss, I've carried a pocket virtually all of my life. When I moved 'east' a few decades ago, mu landlord was politely but emotionally struck when I used my pocket knife to open a box ( as an adult ) "You carry a KNIFE ?!?! Naturally, I tilted my head and smiled at this odd question and said that I've carried a pocket knife everyday since I was a small child. He saw my ruck in the back of the 4x4 and I had my 'survival knife' strapped to the side and that freqked him out. We came from difference sultures:
Him, coddled, focused on what other might think about him and etc. Able to hire others to do things he could not or would not do, like familt and self defense. AS far as I know, he never saw my firearms, the few which I had, post divorce.
Me: Do it yourself, or go without, High school to the Army and etc.
In short, if, in the middle of the night he hears glass breaking, he plans to be saved by dialing 911. Under the same circumstances, I expect his 911 to be upgraded to a 1911A1. A .45 in trained hands is immediately dependable, 911 is not.
With freedom comes great responsibility. Our enemies empower the irresponsible to have an excuse to make us less free and to make us easier to enslave. As the T-shairt says:
Folks with ARs Dont
Get Stuffed Into Boxcars.
de Sir John Honeybucket
Him, coddled, focused on what other might think about him and etc. Able to hire others to do things he could not or would not do, like familt and self defense. AS far as I know, he never saw my firearms, the few which I had, post divorce.
Me: Do it yourself, or go without, High school to the Army and etc.
In short, if, in the middle of the night he hears glass breaking, he plans to be saved by dialing 911. Under the same circumstances, I expect his 911 to be upgraded to a 1911A1. A .45 in trained hands is immediately dependable, 911 is not.
With freedom comes great responsibility. Our enemies empower the irresponsible to have an excuse to make us less free and to make us easier to enslave. As the T-shairt says:
Folks with ARs Dont
Get Stuffed Into Boxcars.
de Sir John Honeybucket
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General Off Topic / Re: Silver
« Last post by JohnyMac on October 21, 2025, 11:45:13 AM »Silver got swatted down to under $49-. Someone is taking profits. 
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Security & Survival / Re: American Freedom and the Japanese Bushido Culture - One in the Same
« Last post by JohnyMac on October 21, 2025, 10:23:27 AM »Thank you Searchboss for the kind words and understanding where I was coming from with the short essay. 
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Security & Survival / Re: American Freedom and the Japanese Bushido Culture - One in the Same
« Last post by Searchboss on October 21, 2025, 10:17:18 AM »JohnyMac, excellent post!
It seems that we were both in the same grades at about the same time. While not as visible as your rifle, I, too, unknowingly exercised my American Freedoms at that young age by carrying a pocket knife with me everywhere I went. I really never thought about it because it was a common thing back then. Most boys had one. It was also not uncommon to see a rifle in a truck window rack in the school parking lot. Like the rifle, the pocket knife was considered a tool, not a weapon, and was to be handled responsibly. Back then, we were taught at home, from an early age, that we were responsible for what we did and said. We were also held personally accountable by our parents, teachers, and our peers for any transgressions. Sadly, that does not seem to be a requirement today.
Keep posts like this coming. We all need to be reminded from time to time. Like most of the folks on this forum, I still carry a pocket knife "almost" everywhere I go to this day, just like my pistol. It is no one's business what I carry on my person, but it is always my responsibility to use my tools responsibly. The American Freedom Culture is still alive and being practiced.
It seems that we were both in the same grades at about the same time. While not as visible as your rifle, I, too, unknowingly exercised my American Freedoms at that young age by carrying a pocket knife with me everywhere I went. I really never thought about it because it was a common thing back then. Most boys had one. It was also not uncommon to see a rifle in a truck window rack in the school parking lot. Like the rifle, the pocket knife was considered a tool, not a weapon, and was to be handled responsibly. Back then, we were taught at home, from an early age, that we were responsible for what we did and said. We were also held personally accountable by our parents, teachers, and our peers for any transgressions. Sadly, that does not seem to be a requirement today.
Keep posts like this coming. We all need to be reminded from time to time. Like most of the folks on this forum, I still carry a pocket knife "almost" everywhere I go to this day, just like my pistol. It is no one's business what I carry on my person, but it is always my responsibility to use my tools responsibly. The American Freedom Culture is still alive and being practiced.
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General Off Topic / Re: Precious Metals' Surge and the Future of the USD - Trump's Roadmap?
« Last post by JohnyMac on October 21, 2025, 10:12:51 AM »Gold $4,170- an oz. as I type today.
I still hold firm that Trump and his economic advisors want gold to hit $5K by year end. Where is my theory wrong?
I still hold firm that Trump and his economic advisors want gold to hit $5K by year end. Where is my theory wrong?