I wanted to also use at least the Canadian, UK and Australian "Government" fear acronyms but sadly I'm too unknowledgble.
Sh-h-h. Father-in-law in his younger years had the still (Alcohol) and did used to grow strong smelling plants in his wifes greenhouse (Tobacco) and now that he's gone I have his Guns in addition to my own makes more than just a few. And how my wife does her taxes . . . .why is it people wave her through left hand turns that I'd never be allowed?
We actually Do get overflown and photoed by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) due to the tweeker labs (methanphedemin) within a couple of miles around us and the grow operations (marijuana) farther up in the forests. Best just to be polite and wave and nod at everyone.
Strange as it may sound to some of you it's actually pretty peaceful around here as long as you follow the rule of don't ask, don't tell, and don't ever make me have to look.
SteveU.
I will add this postscript edit here as a clearer explanation of my posts. Guns don't make me safe. Too many are a pain in the ass to keep secure, used and appreciated.
My neighbors, my community is my safety. The old families here have a tradition of self policing themselves. 30 years ago individual police, military and "agency" people discovered our valley as a quiet safe place to raise and leave their families while off to work wherever and then later retire. What they do ask is to come home and be able to turn it off and hoe their gardens. So they added the "Don't make me Have To Look" to our local culture. Children and women can walk the streets here. There is virtually no grafitti, burglaries, or crimes of passions. Poor/no cell phone. No broadcast TV. Slow,slow telephone service - hard core internet gamers move away. The 105 year old bank has never been robbed, nor the store/gas station or the two bars. The five churches and three fraternal organizations are open and welcoming. As homeplace to the Mount Saint Helens Rescue team you can be Life Flighted to one of five world class hospitals in the city within 35-45 minutes. Or a 45 minute to 2 hour ambulance ride: Both FREE prepaid through a local property tax. The same tax finances an EMS team so good we are used as the live in Residence training facility by those same hospitals. "Wanna die here"' is hard 'cause those young guys and gals are going to "save" you. My wife and I chose to be here and follow the rules of this peaceful quiet POLITE community she grew up in.
Gstew on a first post asked a not-unreasonable question but without the courtesy of volunteering the same about himself, or even any other of the information. And even when nudged by a member failed to respond. So now I wonder all you fellas' who responded; you the ones who got the Internet porn and the comprmised Email systems?? You really have no idea who or maybe what he was now did you?
