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[WorkerDrone]

In other words, more crappy Russian firearms.

Nope. If I obtain any sort of firearms (for either the impending zombie invasion/nuclear war, of course. If either of those don't happen, I'll lock them both up tight, stick them in a dark dusty attic piled under unused ammunition. You know. Until the aliens come.) they'll be made in GOOD OL' AMERICA!

Speaking of firearms:

.45 M1911
Remington 870
AR-15

Would be among the weapons in my armoury should I decide to prepare for the oncoming dangers of Aliens/Zombies/Commies.

Notice: Everyone of these weapons...Uhhuh. U.S.A

[Org]

Good luck to you Strife.
Thumper?
Tortoise?

[Gunner-Chan]

In other words, more crappy Russian firearms.

Actually chosen as the    7.62x25mm round defeats body armor more reliably than most other practical pistol rounds, not to mention much cheaper than 9mm Or .45s. The CZ-52 is actually from Czechoslovakia, not Russia too.

[WorkerDrone]

Yeah, well, can you even legally acquire any of those?

[Gunner-Chan]

Yeah, well, can you even legally acquire any of those?

Hell yes, there are tons of guns chambered for those rounds. Their anti-armor applications are very little known in GOOD OL' AMERICA. Hell you can even get new semi-auto PPSH-42s that can handle the hotter rounds that can penetrate even more armor.

A new CZ-52 even costs less then a used m1911, and it's just as rock solid.

[Heron TSG]

In the case of a zombie invasion, I'm going with the 'Zion' plan, where everyone in my town retreats into the nearby dolomite mine and starts civilization anew.

[SirHoneyBadger]

By the way, I've always wondered...do you *have* a red beard?

uh... no. why?

...You do know that "Barbarossa" means "Red Beard" in Italian, right?

I kind of assumed you were taking after either Emperor Frederick "Barbarossa"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

or Pasha Hayreddin,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayreddin_Barbarossa

or possibly his brother, Baba Aruj Reis Bey,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarossa_I

(Pretty cool guy, Baba Aruj. He was a successful Turkish privateer and admiral. He lost an arm, and got it replaced with a silver prosthetic, and was gifted with two swords that were studded with diamonds, by the Sultan. I like to imagine he went on to kill many a man with his bling.)

I figured the "Barbarossa" might be personal though, in that you might actually have a red beard, so I thought I'd ask.

[JoshuaFH]

Barbarossa's just a cool sounding name. Too bad Frederick Barbarossa died by falling into a river and drowning!

[WorkerDrone]

Heh. Holy Roman Emperor, marching off on the Third Crusade...dies in river drowning.

Of course he drowns. Almost no one learned how to swim back then. HELL. Even most SAILORS couldn't swim. Silly Medieval people.

[inaluct]

Wait, wasn't he swimming? I think he had a heart attack while swimming in a river. Falling in sounds pretty plausible, though, too.

[Bromor Neckbeard]

Of course he drowns. Almost no one learned how to swim back then. HELL. Even most SAILORS couldn't swim. Silly Medieval people.

Well, for one thing, in medieval times, taking baths was considered "ungodly".  That IS pretty silly.  However, sailors had a good practical reason not to swim, as strange as it may sound.  As there was no such thing as GPS-equipped life jackets back then, a man that fell overboard was generally considered dead.  If he couldn't swim, he'd die in seconds.  If he COULD, he'd die an agonizing death over hours or days.

[WorkerDrone]

Or get eaten by sharks. Look, I didn't say it would be practical to know how to swim, but it would make 'sense'. Besides, didn't they have landing parties back then anyway? They could have lowered smaller boats and maybe grabbed any sailors that fell overboard. This might be worth the try if the sailors that fell could 'swim'.

[SirHoneyBadger]

From what I always understood, he was in armour, and fell from horseback into the river, so it's possible he broke his neck or skull, and/or the armour itself  just pulled him under.

By the way, no walk today. I replaced it with about 6 hours of gardening (still mostly in the pickaxe stages, at this point, so a good workout), hauling and chopping wood, and pulling weeds. I ended up working until 11:30pm (Chopping wood in the dark is interesting, fortunately there's a streetlight right next to our house, and I've got good night-vision, and deaf neighbors.), and then I just didn't want to do any more.

I actually did think about taking the walk, afterwards, but I was done.

[Bromor Neckbeard]

I definitely approve.  Pickaxing and chopping wood are two of my favorite kinds of unconventional exercise.  Very dwarfy.

I'm still not working out, because I'm still sick.  It's like I got the goddamn Captain Trips or something, every time my headache goes away, my throat acts up again, then my throat will clear up but I get a temperature and can't keep down solid food.

[SirHoneyBadger]

Well, rest. You might have overdid things. Maybe see a doctor, just to be on the safe side?