On Bud's Gun Shop Forums the question came up: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
The best answer:
My personal favorite defense gun has always been a Beretta Jetfire in 22 short. Over all the years I've been hiking I never leave without it in my pocket. Of course we all know too the first rule when hiking in the wilderness is to use the "Buddy System." For those of you who may be unfamiliar with this it means you NEVER hike alone. You bring a friend or companion, even an in-law, that way if something happens there is someone to go get help.
I remember one time hiking with my brother-in-law in northern Alberta. Out of nowhere came this huge brown bear and man was she mad. We must have been near one of her cubs. Anyway, if I had not had my little Jetfire I'd sure not be here today. Just one shot to my brother-in-law's knee cap and I was able to escape by just walking at a brisk pace.

Shudda been the mother-in-law. Too funny. Peace.

Brian T.

I concur. That poor bear woulda been NAGGED to death, never mind the pistol.

IT's a Green Thing..... just cause it's so true.

In the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman
that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.

The woman apologized to him and explained,
"We didn't have the green thing back in my day."

The clerk responded, "That's our problem today.......
Your generation did not care enough to save our environment."

He was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing.

Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer
bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be
washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.

But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an
escalator in every store and office building.
We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a
300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.

But he was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't
have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an
energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar
power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes
from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.

But that clerk is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a
TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a
handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the
state of Montana .

In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we
didn't have electric machines to do everything for us.
When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used
a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or
plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline
just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human
power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health
club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

But he's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.

We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of
using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.

We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and
we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing
away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

But we didn't have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode
their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms
into a 24-hour taxi service.

We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank
of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a
computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000
miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.

But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful
we old folks were...
just because we didn't have the green thing back then?

Pass this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smartass young punk.

Good one! Later.

Brian T.

Ok. Here's a tip for you dumb-ass lowlife criminals.

If yer gonna pull a robbery, don't have yer name tattooed on yer arm. Or at least wear a long sleeve shirt.
Ryan Aitken had his surname tattooed, on his forearm and attempted to hold up a local 7-eleven. The clerk noticed it, and it was also captured on the stores surveillance cameras. The cops caught up with him over the weekend and busted him with robbery.

The thing is, all he got was a couple packs of smokes. What a friggin' MORON

Idjut, I'd say. Some ppls kids, eh? Peace.

Brian T.

Yeah, I'd say. They had the spokes person from the Vic PD on the radio other day. He actually thanked Ryan for helping police with the arrest. What a maroon ... what a nincowpoop.

Yo dude, yer busted for being STUPID.

Most criminals are stupid..... That's where that old sayin' comes in....
Crime doesn't pay.... it just lands your ass in jail, with the big boys.