[Iaato]

Cool, welcome!

[overlever]

Dear reader,

My name is Ruben, I'm 34 years old, born, raised and living in The Netherlands. Hobbies include nature walks, solution engineering (together with my industrial designer wife), and wasting company time on assorted internet forums.

How did I find this site? Via PO The Netherlands (peakoil.nl). Why am I interested in PO? Because it will have a dramatic impact, and the current social order is not to my liking and needs changing.


NB: the name "overlever" does not have anything to do with levers placed over something. It is the dutch word for survivor.

[RonMN]

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I bought a shotgun and took an NRA class on proper usage.

Good for you! So many people don't seem to understand the moral & ethical responsibility of firearm ownership...It's good to hear that you do!

Welcome, & good luck!

[aflurry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'G')ood for you! So many people don't seem to understand the moral & ethical responsibility of firearm ownership...It's good to hear that you do!

Welcome, & good luck!

[RonMN]

In my opinion...a gun / firearm owner has the moral & ethical responsibility to see that this gun does not make it into a childs hands. To know enough to NEVER fire a rifle up into the air. To have the knowledge on how to keep it clean (or the barrel could explode killing or injuring you & all around you). Know how to handle a gun safely while climbing over a fence. To know a blank is as deadly as a bullet from close range...and many other things!

It's the same type of responsibility that a driver is obligated to know what a stop sign means...if they don't know what it means, they have no business driving on a public street.

I have never accepted the "I didn't know the gun was loaded" excuse...and if it were up to me, I would assign 75 years in prison to anybody who used that excuse on me.

Well, that's my opinion for the day.

[LivingInTransition]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'I')n my opinion...a gun / firearm owner has the moral & ethical responsibility to see that this gun does not make it into a childs hands. To know enough to NEVER fire a rifle up into the air. To have the knowledge on how to keep it clean (or the barrel could explode killing or injuring you & all around you). Know how to handle a gun safely while climbing over a fence. To know a blank is as deadly as a bullet from close range...and many other things!

It's the same type of responsibility that a driver is obligated to know what a stop sign means...if they don't know what it means, they have no business driving on a public street.

I have never accepted the "I didn't know the gun was loaded" excuse...and if it were up to me, I would assign 75 years in prison to anybody who used that excuse on me.

Well, that's my opinion for the day.

[Mr-Eagle]

Hello everyone,

I'm a 17 year old student from the Netherlands.

I've been reading these forums for about a year now, a year ago i thought peakoil was nonsense.. but after a couple of months i saw the oilprice passing 70.. 80.. 90.. so i was panicking and i went to read everything about po I could find..

It seems there is a "perfect storm" of events going on right now.. . The dollar is collapsing, inflation, oilproduction is peaking, foodprices are skyrocketing.. etc.. The future of our world obviously isnt good.

Good luck to everyone :D

Eagle

[Fishman]

Welcome, Mr Eagle, my son is 17. All the stuff you see was predicted, agree with your plans to read everything, but remember, don't believe everything you read either.

[basil_hayden]

Wulfram?

[RonMN]

I agree, shooting is alot of fun. As long as you know what y'r doing & don't pull a dick cheney on somebodies ass

[WildRose]

Welcome aboard, overlever. I'm WildRose from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I have several friends in my city who are from Netherlands.

There's lots to read on this site. Please feel free to share your ideas and experience with us.

[PopeGideon]

Does it seem to anybody else that we have a high percentage of Norwegians, relative to other Europeans, on this site?

Further, the new member intro rate seems to be way up.

I guess when oil hits 150 we'll be getting a few intros a day.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PopeGideon', 'D')oes it seem to anybody else that we have a high percentage of Norwegians, relative to other Europeans, on this site?

[Ferretlover]

Let me add my welcome, too.

Buckle your seatbelts-the ride is just beginning!

[Ferretlover]

Welcome, Mr-Eagle. There are several here your age.

[Ferretlover]

Welcome, LIT. Pay close attention-there will be a pop quiz on Monday!!

Just kidding!

[BigTex]

Welcome. My first post was also motivated by the sense that there was a perfect storm brewing. That's a powerful emotion when you sense that sort of dis-harmonic convergence, kind of like the look of a rabbit when there is a storm rolling in (picture one of those cool Watership Down rabbits).

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'N')orwegians, Netherlands, its all one big blur

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'I')n my opinion...a gun / firearm owner has the moral & ethical responsibility to see that this gun does not make it into a childs hands. To know enough to NEVER fire a rifle up into the air.

[LivingInTransition]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('RonMN', 'I') agree, shooting is alot of fun. As long as you know what y'r doing & don't pull a dick cheney on somebodies ass