tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1164141624760227838..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: The wood police.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63283451452138564882011-08-30T01:55:16.245-04:002011-08-30T01:55:16.245-04:00You people have gotten on my nerves. I mean, y'...You people have gotten on my nerves. I mean, y'all have provoked me into opening the cabinet in which I keep my 25-5, and making sure that the cylinder latch works correctly, and thinking about just how many rounds of .45 Colt Silvertip I have left.<br /><br />I am not kidding. Mostly, I leave the piece alone from month to month. I just felt the need to do a dry function check, y'know, it just came over me!Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80700514056885277572011-08-29T21:48:52.656-04:002011-08-29T21:48:52.656-04:00Seems the MostlyCajun link is broken...Seems the MostlyCajun link is broken...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91856849042881143772011-08-29T08:15:16.120-04:002011-08-29T08:15:16.120-04:00Secesh,
"I read on another blog that this wa...Secesh,<br /><br />"<i>I read on another blog that this was about enforcing a law from India, not a federal law.</i>"<br /><br />It's about a federal law that says that we will consider it a felony to use woods that are protected by other country's laws.<br /><br />In other words, if it's a felony in India to use Indian Ju-Ju Wood to make harpsichord frames, and you're caught making harpsichord frames with Indian Ju-Ju Wood in Menominee Wisconsin, well...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60716401792591752832011-08-29T01:32:36.172-04:002011-08-29T01:32:36.172-04:00"I read on another blog that this was about e..."I read on another blog that this was about enforcing a law from India, not a federal law."<br /><br />This was the same thing I had read as well, I think it came from Gibson's CEO.<br /><br />Ordinarily, I'd take anything from a company's CEO with a pound of salt. When it comes to the government, however, I'd believe the devil first.Gnarly Sheennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62610685532659747432011-08-28T23:49:21.728-04:002011-08-28T23:49:21.728-04:00I read on another blog that this was about enforci...I read on another blog that this was about enforcing a law from India, not a federal law.Seceshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1164804538781076422011-08-28T21:58:40.821-04:002011-08-28T21:58:40.821-04:00"DJ, on the milk raids,
http://pajamasmedia.c...<i>"DJ, on the milk raids,<br />http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/125619/"</i><br /><br />That's California, ain't it? Control freaks on steroids ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64216728475845680232011-08-28T21:47:33.907-04:002011-08-28T21:47:33.907-04:00if you want a good read, that gives you a pretty g...if you want a good read, that gives you a pretty good over view on the regulations on plant material? read "Orchid Fever". you see, plants were added as a rider to the endangered species act, making plant parts (like a leaf cutting or seed) which doesn't hurt the plant identical under law to an elephant tusk...<br />i own orchids.... its something we have been worried about for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59098470569744558932011-08-28T17:29:51.301-04:002011-08-28T17:29:51.301-04:00I wonder-has banning anything ever worked? Has th...I wonder-has banning anything ever worked? Has there ever been a single occasion where banning (behavior or item) ever produced the result of (behavior or item) going away?Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54252810179758958532011-08-28T12:30:21.914-04:002011-08-28T12:30:21.914-04:00Well well well, I wasn't sure if I should laug...Well well well, I wasn't sure if I should laugh that the pinko commie artists were getting crapped on first or worried because I have some Ebony (theoretically filipino) escrima sticks by Sandata Crafts, as well as a Panawal Khukri from the Khukri House whose handle wood is unidentified, but hard and dark and possibly ebony. And how do you document your woods, and provided the maker has the docs will the end purchaser? And are you aware that in most third world countries the officials will create any "authenticating" document you'd care to have for every day low low prices? I should contact the Brataslavan government and ask them to make me "authentic" documents saying that these are all made of genuine Martian Booberwood, and imported by John Carter holdings, Tars Tarkas CEO.<br /><br />And I usually sign, but don't want to be probulated over $150 worth of sticks and knives, no telling what I'd do with themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54341265154188971102011-08-28T11:25:58.812-04:002011-08-28T11:25:58.812-04:00"What they can't legislate, they regulate..."What they can't legislate, they regulate, then over enforce to 'scare' the sheep into line..."<br /><br />I must respectfully disagree. The sheep aren't scared at all. They are oblivious. They have no idea it's even going on. Its people like you and me (the people who DO pay attention) that they are trying to either scare into submition or inprison. The sheep are too busy watching whatever happens to be the TV drama crap of the day to even pay attention.<br /><br />sStuart the Vikinghttp://drunkenroundtable.squarespace.com/vikingblog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59823544581320775032011-08-28T10:36:48.613-04:002011-08-28T10:36:48.613-04:00Speaking of idiot regulations: http://ace.mu.nu/ar...Speaking of idiot regulations: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/320670.php#320670<br /><i>Even the EPA’s own statements on the issue should give Americans pause: It has claimed the new regulations could save up to $100 billion per year on healthcare expenditures by 2020, yet the EPA also acknowledges that the compliance costs to business could be as high as $90 billion by 2020.<br /><br />Are the standards realistic?<br /><br /> ... the proposed 60 parts per billion standard is so strict, that even areas of Yellowstone National Park may not be in compliance. To the extent that some areas will be affected by ozone emitted elsewhere (even outside the United States), it may prove literally impossible to comply with the draconian new regulations.</i><br />Add that to the threat to power gen in TX and other places...<br /><br />DJ, on the milk raids,<br />http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/125619/Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78731786239167444572011-08-28T05:55:41.933-04:002011-08-28T05:55:41.933-04:00And then, you must get another shrubbery, and arra...And then, you must get another shrubbery, and arrange it with the first shrubbery to create a two-tiered effect...<br />And you sharpen your herring with a sand(paper) shark.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81851746798461169872011-08-28T02:37:50.110-04:002011-08-28T02:37:50.110-04:00As for the sheeple, i say that we tell them to pic...As for the sheeple, i say that we tell them to pick up a rifle and fight or gtfo.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13989165537637020369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32501483949203258082011-08-27T22:30:36.097-04:002011-08-27T22:30:36.097-04:00Gotta agree with Rickn8or, and Jack's point is...Gotta agree with Rickn8or, and Jack's point is valid too... What they can't legislate, they regulate, then over enforce to 'scare' the sheep into line... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11703758837320543362011-08-27T22:17:13.242-04:002011-08-27T22:17:13.242-04:00DJ,
"But it's none of the goddamned gubm...DJ,<br /><br />"<i>But it's none of the goddamned gubmint's business what you put in your own body.</i>"<br /><br />From your lips to God's ears...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27979334287778775252011-08-27T21:45:30.941-04:002011-08-27T21:45:30.941-04:00"The feds are trying hard to stamp out raw mi...<i>"The feds are trying hard to stamp out raw milk sales, and the organic food folks are going underground."</i><br /><br />Astounding. I had no idea this was going on.<br /><br />I dearly love the taste of cold, raw milk. I wasn't raised on it, even though producing it was my family's business. My mother insisted on pasteurized products.<br /><br />But I would be <b>very</b> careful if I were after some. Cows are among the filthiest animals around and keeping the milking process clean is tough.<br /><br />But it's none of the goddamned gubmint's business what you put in your own body.DJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12855653584193058492011-08-27T20:17:57.208-04:002011-08-27T20:17:57.208-04:00DJ: google up raw milk underground.
The feds are ...DJ: google up raw milk underground.<br /><br />The feds are trying hard to stamp out raw milk sales, and the organic food folks are going underground.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23253629154550479232011-08-27T19:48:42.497-04:002011-08-27T19:48:42.497-04:00I had to borrow some of your post and put on faceb...I had to borrow some of your post and put on facebook......the end feels like it is coming in my lifetime.greener121https://www.blogger.com/profile/15424403557185894436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83155723776932188262011-08-27T18:52:01.086-04:002011-08-27T18:52:01.086-04:00Huh. All this time I thought I was "the wood...Huh. All this time I thought I was "the wood police".<br /><br />Have I been doing it wrong all these years? I didn't think so...as thankfully it is apparent that the "woods police" is a far different thing from the "wood police". Thankful we are for that little "s".<br /><br />And yes, I do know the distinction - Mrs. AW works in high-grade wood exports and so there is a familiarity in the AW household with many of the bizarre regulations on wood around this globe.<br /><br />Good post. Scary, but good.Ancient Woodsmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40667636496063138692011-08-27T18:41:37.472-04:002011-08-27T18:41:37.472-04:00Never used the stuff myself, but when I was a knif...Never used the stuff myself, but when I was a knifemaker I saw a bunch of warnings on the use of fossil ivory; it seems that a lot of Fish & Game assholes don't care if you have proof that the ivory on your knife came from a 10,000-year-old fossil, they consider it the same as ivory from a current elephant and will screw you over for using it.<br /><br />Wondered at the time if it was simple overzealous idiocy, or a deliberate attempt to keep people from using ANY ivory-type stuff; I'm leaning toward the latter.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19575182982933715942011-08-27T18:38:35.716-04:002011-08-27T18:38:35.716-04:00Second, even if you Screamed from the Rooftops on ...<i>Second, even if you Screamed from the Rooftops on every form of Communication there is,including Semaphore, it still wouldn't matter, because the Sheeple will whine about why their favorite Sports Team/Reality Show/Morning DJ/Game Show/Comedy Show is being interrupted by this "Crap."</i> <br /><br />Nail on the head -- most folks don't care as long as they're comfortable. The trick is to make sure they blame the other guy for interrupting that comfort.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69046291192308953292011-08-27T18:25:31.291-04:002011-08-27T18:25:31.291-04:00First they came for the Gibsons...First they came for the Gibsons...staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15961587155841718992011-08-27T17:21:06.862-04:002011-08-27T17:21:06.862-04:00Thanks to this bit of chicken droppings, any guita...Thanks to this bit of chicken droppings, any guitars I've built here in PNG must stay in PNG. Even if I used scrap building materials, it doesn't matter. So, that fretless I was thinking of taking back to the states? Nope.<br /><br />It's like they're trying to find new ways of pissing new groups of people off.Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4011364961476695432011-08-27T16:31:15.504-04:002011-08-27T16:31:15.504-04:00"They are SWAT-teaming raw milk producers as ...<i>"They are SWAT-teaming raw milk producers as well."</i><br /><br />Robert, can you elaborate? I was raised up on a dairy farm, and so this interests me, but I've never read anything about it.DJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21525637723730335252011-08-27T14:42:45.389-04:002011-08-27T14:42:45.389-04:00@ jetaz - "I am beginning to fear that we sha...@ jetaz - "I am beginning to fear that we shall need to write a similar document in the near future."<br /><br />Just change the date on the first one and you'll be most of the way there...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com