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Some people are a neighborhood resource.

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:18:10 -0600

Like the Castle.

Comment from Josh on 2008-10-26

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:32:50 -0600

Zombies?

Where's the Mk 19?!

Comment from Mrs G on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:36:27 -0600

Tally, Ho! Let the ~~Fox hunt~~ Zombie hunt begin ...mush

Comment from V5 on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:08:17 -0600

A musher's bar is the little platform you stand on behind the wheelchair... like a dogsledder --or musher-- does. I drive, you mush and whack Zombies.

Comment from Mrs G on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:51:17 -0600

Who you calling effete? You're obviously not up to date in the latest zombie bashing paraphernalia. Besides we'll have a musher's bar. Hey wait a minute, what's a musher's bar?

Comment from Mrs G on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:48:25 -0600

Who you calling effete? You're obviously not up to date in the latest zombie bashing paraphernalia. Besides we'll have a musher's bar. Hey wait a minute what's a musher's bar?

Comment from bad cat robot on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:50:49 -0600

"Chasin' all the zombies, and boppin' 'em on the head ..."
Cricket bats are effete. Sorry, Shaun, but facts are facts. I go for the 10lb sledgehammer (with fiberglas handle, to minimize fatigue.)

Comment from Karla (threadbndr) on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:44:48 -0600

And we have horses, so we can also have a 'traditional" team. Or maybe save the horses for cross country 'fox hunt' type excursions....

Tally HO!

Comment from V5 on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:13:31 -0600

We'll call it Zombie Polo, the new sport brought to you by Castle Argghhh!

Powerful wheelchair? Check!!
'Musher' equipped with cricket bat? Check!!
Zombies (or liberals) running amuck? Check!!

And the best part... no cleaning up steaming horse manure after.

Comment from Mrs G on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:45:51 -0600

Well I was talkin 'bout hoistin up stairs, didn't you see my pic, but I'll hop on and we can zoom around and fend off those Zombies (or liberals). Who needs an arsenal when you have brushless electric motors and a cricket bat.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:36:32 -0600

Well, of course it is, Terry.

That's the Arsenal of Argghhh! resting snugly in the Arms Room of Argghhh!

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:34:28 -0600

Meriwether knows full well the pistol ammo is in the bookcase at the far end on the left, and most of the rifle ammo is under the table in the other room.

Comment from Terrymum on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:33:03 -0600

Please tell me this is a real photo of a room in your house!!!???

Comment from V5 on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:23:47 -0600

"after I hoist you and your wheel chair up on my back..." --Mrs. G.

Mrs. G,

Uhhmmm ... I appreciate the thought, but if it comes down to Zombies chasing us, you're probably better off sitting in my lap or stepping onto the "musher's bar." The chair is fast enough to outrun any staggering Zombie, brushless electric motors and all that. Plus, the chair is about 400 pounds and I'm about 220. That's a lot of weight for anyone to hoist.

Comment from karla (threadbndr) on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:20:20 -0600

the Cat: "Wherz ammo?"

OMG. I have envy. Much envy. Our little mini arsenal is so puny - 5 rifles (including the mega Mauser that needs work), three shotguns, two pistols.

Can I commute over in case of zombie attack? I can offer handknit goodies - wool socks and watch caps a specialty. I also can milk dairy beasts, make cheese, butter, yougurt and bread from scratch. I'm a pretty decent assistant butcher, too.

(I need to remind the Marine!Goth to buy reloading gear and wherewithall for the western annex...... We were just talking about zombie attacks when he called home the other day.)

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:09:10 -0600

[Pushes that last comment away with a 11.5 foot pole.]

Comment from Mrs G on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:04:26 -0600

If you have doubts I can hoist anything, just ask John.

Comment from Mrs G on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:08:39 -0600

Ahem, excuse me, but who are you going to "accuse them of having brains" Zombies or Liberals? Either way the Zombies will be starving.

V5 after I hoist you and your wheel chair up on my back, because I leave no man behind, I'll arm you with a cricket bat. I hear it works much better than a flame thrower.

Comment from bad cat robot on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:00:15 -0600

I'm having to rethink the sub tunnel. There are only so many times you can pull the "oops, this isn't China is it?" routine when you hit an unsuspected mine shaft with miners in it. They get very tetchy about their mineral rights, they do. Plan B is the dimensional closet -- which, with some modifications, could be the quick-escape from the barn or handicap-accessibility fix. With a security interface to require none of the occupants to be metabolically-challenged, of course.

Comment from Katherine Optima Maximae on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:59:17 -0600

Kat - um, bring a trailer, we're going to be short on space.

I'm already looking at one. Or, at least a camper for the truck.

We'll be seeing how that works out.

Comment from V5 on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:58:56 -0600

Much appreciated Spanky.

Comment from V5 on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:50:48 -0600

"...then you can make a break for the house while the zombies are eating the libs."

Bwahahahahahahaha *Coffee out the nose laugh*

Comment from Spanky on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:36:25 -0600

Hey V5 you can come up here to the blue ridge mtns I live up here on top of the Mtn you can set on the porch I will supply the guns, ammo. You just haft to do your 8 hour watch on the porch. Looking down the hill. After watch you can have a little shine. we may be needed on election nite in the urban areas if McCain wins I think thier will be major riots in all the big cities it will roll accross this nation like a wave it will get ugly.

Spanky

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:14:47 -0600

Barb - I think BCR is trying to map a subterranean water approach - if you can make it to the Missouri in her sub, it's not far up Salt Creek to get to us. If we get the tunnel built, she'll be able to surface in the pond...

Comment from Barb on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:59:08 -0600

BCR and I will have to find a redoubt on the other side of the Cascades to run to, when the food riots start here in KingCountyistan ... it's much to far to get to the Castle :-(

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:54:11 -0600

Well, there'll be others with you in the barn, mind you. Remember what Zombies feed on. And, while chickens, when compared to guineas, are rocket scientists, when compared to *real* rocket scientists, such as Denizenne Bad Cat Robot, well, no one is going to accuse them of having brains.

Besides, if any liberals show up, we'll put them out there with you, too. Not only will their collective intellect probably not reach the threshold for Zombie-interest, you can point out to them that they're just differently-abled people, and that the liberals should go out and show their solidarity - then you can make a break for the house while the zombies are eating the libs.

See? It's all good.

Comment from Boquisucio on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:48:22 -0600

Then again, there's always the sunny Caribbean, as a secluded hideaway. It should be away enough to be out of reach from the Obamination to come.

Comment from V5 on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:27:29 -0600

Wait!! What? You expect me to hide in the barn from Zombies while you're safe in the house, with guns???

WTF, Over?

Isn't the FIRST RULE for surviving a Zombie Attack... DON'T GET SEPARATED FROM YOUR GROUP????

truly Argghhh!

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:14:12 -0600

Well, V5, um, not really. We live in a semi-historic structure - one of the last Sears Catalog Kit Houses.

But we *could* convert the old miik room in the barn to meet your needs, and run a sidewalk from there up to the house.

Comment from JoeC on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:07:28 -0600

Actually, can I come over and stay if I bring the coffee? heh. And the cat food......

Comment from V5 on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:04:38 -0600

Your place is.. uhhmm... wheelchair friendly... right??

I can feed the chickens and goats if someone opens the feed bags for me. Presuming, of course, that it's daylight and the zombies are sleeping somewhere dark.

Comment from Beth Donovan on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:59:17 -0600

As long as you help out with the chickens and goats, it's fine with me!

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:56:06 -0600

Well, we could probably convert the power sprayer into a flame thrower, dear.

Kat - um, bring a trailer, we're going to be short on space.

Comment from Katherine Optima Maximae on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:55:32 -0600

By Beth Donovan on October 24, 2008 9:52 AM
We do have a chain saw. And we have a trench gun. No flame thrower. However, I do have a really mean rooster!

was that aimed at me or the Zombies?

Comment from Beth Donovan on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:52:00 -0600

We do have a chain saw. And we have a trench gun. No flame thrower. However, I do have a really mean rooster!

Comment from Katherine Optima Maximae on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:49:14 -0600

Actually, I was already planning to come stay there after Nov 4 if Obama wins. My own version of Susan Sarandon's "I'm going to leave the country".

Comment from V5 on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:42:12 -0600

KCSteve beat me to it... *laughing*

Comment from AW1 Tim on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:23:46 -0600

Zombies, eh?

I trust you have a flame thrower? Weapon of choice for the anti-zombie teams. Followed by the Remington trench gun and a chain saw.....

Comment from KCSteve on 2008-10-24

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:23:15 -0600

Morale of the story:

Do NOT mess with that cat!