Nostalgia

Over the past several weeks I’ve found myself thinking about things that I had or wanted as a kid, as a teenager, and even young adult. I started searching the ‘net and eBay to see the availability. Some of these items are toys, some books, etc.

I loved the Sony PSP handheld game system when I was younger. I’ve had one for over 15 years but had lost the power cord and battery. Thanks to eBay I found a new cable and a couple of spare batteries. It still works great and I even added several movies and games. Back in the day, I used to convert DVD’s to digital movie files and put them in a Sony Memory Card to watch on the PSP. Digital used less power and while vacationing I could throw some earbuds in and watch Terminator in the dark.

I grabbed a copy of Urban Operations FM 3-06. I had an old surplus copy as a teen who was new into survival and preparedness.

I also bought a used copy of Life After Doomsday by Bruce Clayton. I considered this the bible of survival & preparedness back in the late 80’s. The author and I corresponded several times and even studied the same martial art.

I’ve searched and searched but have not yet bought an original Daisy 881 pellet gun. The one I had(my father purchased for me) was a metal receiver colored brushed pewter. The modern versions are entirely plastic and just not the same. I spent countless hours back in the early 80’s hunting dinosaurs and evil brigands with the powerful pump-action 881. Original ones in excellent condition are rare – and expensive. Someday.

Wonder if I can find a mint Pontiac Fiero GT somewhere.

Hmmmm…..

Rourke

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  1. DENVER JOHNSON says:

    YEAH I BELIEVE I STILL HAVE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HARD BACK COPY OF LIFE AFTER DOOMSDAY SOMEWHERE PUT UP IN A BOX SOMEWHERE

    HAHA LOL

    BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANTED TO SAVE THAT BOOK
    BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WILL NEED IT
    AND I BELIEVE I WILL BE NEEDING IT

    REALLY

    I MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER SAME TYPES OF DOOMSDAY BOOKS SOMEWHERE

    HAHA LOL

    I ALSO HAVE AND BELIEVE I STILL DO HAVE THEM

    I HAVE A BOOK THAT WOULD GIVE YOU ALL THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES
    OF WHERE YOU COULD PURCHASED EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEEDED THROUGH THE MAIL

    BEFORE AMAZON

    HAHA LOL

    THIS WAS WAY BEFORE THE INTERNET

    HAHA LOL

    BACK THEN WE HAD BOOKS WE WOULD READ
    WHEN EVER WE NEEDED TO FIND SOMETHING

    HAHA LOL

    UNLIKE TODAY YOU JUST GOOGLE IT

    HAHA LOL

    BACK THEN PEOPLE COULD READ
    UNLIKE WHAT’S COMING OUT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TODAY
    AND VERY SAD TO SAY EVEN OUR COLLEGES TODAY
    SOME OF THESE KIDS CAN’T EVEN READ TODAY COMING OUT OF DC ARE EVEN SOME COLLEGES

    READING THIS ARTICLE BRING ME BACK TO A TIME AND PLACE
    WHEN PEOPLE FROM ALL RACES
    ALL PULLED TOGETHER
    AND WORKED TOGETHER
    EACH AND EVERY DAY

    UNLIKE WHAT SOME PEOPLE TODAY TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE
    THAT PEOPLE FROM OTHER RACES DIDN’T GET ALONG TOGETHER ARE WORKED TOGETHER

    WOW WOW

    HOW TIMES HAS CHANGED
    AND REALLY NOT FOR THE BETTER

    NOW DAYS POLITICIANS AND SOME GROUPS
    ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE ALL RACES
    TO DIVIDE PEOPLE FROM WORKING TOGETHER
    AND LIVING TOGETHER AS HUMAN BEINGS
    AND EVEN PRAYING TOGETHER

    WOW WOW VERY SAD

    THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT LEFTIST SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMUNIST COUNTRY DO

    DIVIDE AND CONQUER AND DESTROY
    THAT’S IS EXACTLY WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY TODAY

    AND IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF ALL RACES DON’T WAKE UP WE WILL NOT HAVE A COUNTRY

    THERE ABSOLUTELY WILL BE NO FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

    THEY WILL NEVER EVER KNOW AMERICAN
    THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD

    ALL BECAUSE OF THIS WHAT THEY CALL IT WOKENESS
    ARE BEING WOKE

    IT SEEMS THAT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BE WOKE

    WELL I AM A OLD DISABLED ARMY VETERAN
    AND IF PEOPLE CONTINUE WITH THIS BEING WOKE
    BULLSHIT

    ALL THIS IS GOING TO DO IS ABSOLUTELY DESTROY THIS GREAT NATION
    AND TAKE WAY OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN FUTURE
    ESPECIALLY THERE FREEDOM

    I AM AND OLD MAN I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE
    BUT FROM WHAT I AM SEEING
    MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL NEVER EVER KNOW WHAT FREEDOM IS

    I DON’T BELIEVE THEY WILL EVER BE ABLE TO READ ABOUT HOW
    THIS GREAT NATION AMERICA WAS FOUNDED
    ARE ANYTHING ABOUT AMERICA FOUNDING FATHERS

    I GUESS I GREW UP IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TIME

    ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO TODAY’S THINKING

    I PRAY FOR GOD THE FATHER TO INTERVENE
    AND BRING THIS COUNTRY BACK TO ITS GREATNESS

    BECAUSE THE WAY THIS GREAT NATION IS GOING
    WE WILL END UP BEING A
    LIBERAL LEFTIST SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMUNIST COUNTRY

    THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT’S RUNNING AMERICA IN WASHINGTON D.C.
    THIS IS WHAT WASHINGTON D.C. IS TRYING TO DO
    FROM WHAT I SEE

    NOTHING BUT TRYING TO PUSH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO LEFTIST AND SOCIALIST MARXIST COMMUNIST COUNTRY

    AFTER WHERE THIS GREAT NATION IS HEADED
    AFTER READ THIS ARTICLE MAKES ME WANT TO BE BACK IN THOSE DAYS AGAIN

    WHEN WE DID KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
    WITH RUSSIA
    AND CHINA WASN’T EVEN ON THE SCENE AT THAT TIME

    BECAUSE CHINA WAS STILL MOSTLY A CLOSED COUNTRY

    THEN RICHARD NIXON WANTED TO NORMALIZE
    RELATIONS WITH CHINA
    AND HAVE TRADE WITH CHINA
    AND ONCE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST WOULD SEE
    HOW CAPITALISM WOULD WORK

    THE COMMUNIST CHINESE
    WOULD TURN AWAY FROM COMMUNISM

    HAHA LOL HAHA LOL YEAH RIGHT

    WELL EVERYONE SEE’S EXACTLY HOW THAT TURN OUT

    AND NOW AMERICA HAS
    MADE THEY COMMUNIST CHINESE GOVERNMENT
    SUPER WEALTHY

    AND STOLEN AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
    THE ONCE BACK BONE OF THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD

    AND WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO BEING SUPER POOR

    BECAUSE OF WHAT RICHARD NIXON’S DID
    PUTTING HIS NOSE INTO COMMUNIST CHINA
    AND NOW SCREWING EVERYTHING UP FOR THE AMERICA PEOPLE AND THE WHOLE WORLD

    JUST MY OPINION AS AND OLD DISABLED ARMY VETERAN
    RICHARD NIXON ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIS NOSE OUT OF THE COMMUNIST CHINESE GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

    AND AMERICA WOULD STILL BE THE MANUFACTURING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD NOT CHINA

    COMMUNISM WILL NEVER EVER CHANGE
    IT ABSOLUTELY DOESN’T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY MAKE

    THEY STILL GOING BE COMMUNIST

    AND CHINA IS ABSOLUTELY NOT SATISFIED WITH BEING WEALTHY
    THEY WANT TO RULE AMERICA AND TO RULE THE ENTIRE WORLD

    THAT’S WHY OUR DUMBEST POLITICIANS NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND THAT

    BECAUSE THEY ARE (TRAITORS)
    TO THERE OWN COUNTRY

    THEY’VE BEEN BOUGHT OFF
    BY THE COMMUNIST CHINESE GOVERNMENT
    ESPECIALLY WHAT’S IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW
    AND THE WHOLE WORLD ABSOLUTELY KNOWS IT

    AS WELL AS SENTORS AND CONGRESSMAN
    AS WELL AS THE BIG BUSINESS PEOPLE
    IT WAS ALL ABOUT PROFITS
    AND JUST CASHING IN ON COMMUNIST CHINA
    WITH OUT NO REGARD FOR THE AMERICAN
    THAT THEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING
    THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEIR CONSTITUENTS

    THESE PEOPLE SOLD OUT
    NOT ONLY THERE OWN NATION
    BUT ALSO THERE OWN CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN FUTURE

    SO NOW WITH COMMUNIST CHINA
    BUILDING ALL THOSE NUCLEAR SILOS IN THE DESERT OF CHINA
    AND CHINA NOT DOING THAT JUST TO SPEND THEIR MONEY

    THEY’RE DOING THAT TO PREPARED FOR A NUCLEAR WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
    AND ALSO THE WHOLE WORLD
    IF AMERICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD DON’T DO EXACTLY WHAT COMMUNIST CHINA WANTS ALL OF THE WORLD TO DO

    TO BE RULED UNDER COMMUNIST CHINA

    NOW MY BOOK
    (LIFE AFTER DOOMSDAY)
    WELL I NEED TO DUST THAT BOOK OFF NOW
    BECAUSE THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING WE WILL NEED IT

    THAT OLD BOOK
    (LIFE AFTER DOOMSDAY)
    LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE NEEDED MORE THAN BEFORE WHEN IT WAS FIRST
    PUBLISHED

    PLEASE FORGIVE ME
    THIS OLD DISABLED ARMY VETERAN FOR GOING ON SO LONG

    BUT I GUESS I HAVE SEEN SO MANY THINGS
    THAT OUR POLITICIANS HAS BEEN SELLING OUT AMERICA
    ALL IN THE NAME OF FREE TRADE

    HAHA LOL YEAH RIGHT

    YEAH RIGHT IT’S ABSOLUTELY NEVER BEEN ANYTHING CLOSE TO FREE TRADE

    ANYONE WITH A LITTLE LITTLE PIECE OF A BRAIN
    COULD ABSOLUTELY SEE

    EXACTLY WHAT THE OUT COME WAS GOING TO BE ONE DAY

    AND I BELIEVE THAT DAY CAME SOONER
    THAN THESE TRAITOR POLITICIANS
    EVER BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO COME

    LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN THIS EMAIL
    IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY DON’T STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER

    AND OPEN THEIR EYES AND SEE EXACTLY WHO THERE REAL ENEMY IS
    AND IT’S NOT EACH OTHER AMERICANS
    HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    IT’S THE COMMUNIST CHINESE AND THE COMMUNIST RUSSIA

    THESE ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’S ENEMIES

    AND IT’S ABSOLUTELY NOT EACH OTHER HERE IN AMERICA

    BUT YOU JUST CANNOT HELP STUPID
    AND VERY SAD TO SAY
    HERE IN AMERICA WE HAVE A HELL OF A LOT OF COLLEGE EDUCATED IDIOTS

    WHO WERE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
    THAT AMERICA WAS THE PROBLEM OF THE WHOLE WORLD
    THAT CAPITALISM WAS BAD

    THIS IS WHY I SAID YOU JUST CANNOT HELP STUPID

    HAVE A VERY BLESS DAY NOW

    AND OLD AMERICA UNITED STATES ARMY DISABLED VETERAN

  2. The Sheltie Kid says:

    I always dug the Fiero. One of the guys I worked with back them has a red Fiero GT.
    A dude that lives near my bother has one. It’s abandoned. Blown out tires. Every time we pass it, I wonder why he let it fall apart.

  3. The Sheltie Kid says:

    One of the first EOTWAWKI movies I saw as a wee tot was “invasion of the Body Snatchers’. The remake with Donald and Jeff.
    Was presented as fiction, ended up being more of a prophecy.
    Looks like that one is coming true, as I type this.

  4. Jimmy Garland says:

    Oh, the good old days, when all we had to worry about was getting Nuked!!! Back then you knew who the bad guys and good guys were, not so much today!!!

  5. ralph k says:

    My dream is to get another VW Kharmann Ghia. I modified mine, pulled the engine, added on a an extractor, big bore piston/cylinder kit, and bigger carburetor jet. It was international orange in color, and despite my lead foot, never in the 2 years I owned it did I get a ticket, and I drove very fast very often. Low to the ground and just plain kool. Still have my RWS Diana pellet rifle from years ago, still works and extremely accurate. Haven’t even replaced the leather washer in the piston. Used to shoot the heads off matchsticks at 10 yards, consistently. Eyesight now prohibits such displays of prowess on my part. Oh to be young again…sigh. Also love to watch old movies, you know the kind, with real dialogue, not just shoot em ups or explosions. Favorite, To Catch a Thief. Cary and Grace, beautiful scenery and a real story. Could go on, but thats enough for now. Nostalgia is good but in small doses, contrasting the current environment we are experiencing. Don’t want it to become an escape drug, if you know what I mean.

  6. The Sheltie Kid says:

    I must confess to having a ever-growing collection of marx cowboys and indians, as well as dinosaurs.
    Had them as a kid; grew up and they went away. Now, they are back again.
    Just might have influenced my foray into SASS.

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