Consider adding the Baofeng BF-T1 Mini if you can find one. It's VERY inexpensive, under $25 with the programming cable. It's single-band, 70cm band (400-470 mhz UHF), and only has about 2 watts output with an integral antenna that can't be changed. BUT...

It is the only amateur handheld I'm aware of that can be CHARGED via standard 5v USB. This means it can be kept in a bag as an emergency radio, and charged on the fly with the same USB power bank you'd use to charge your phone, or any wall charger for a microUSB connected device. The programming cable also acts as a charge cable when plugged into your computer. It can be programmed using the free program Chirp.

In my area (Philly suburbs, though I used to live in Naperville), I can reach about 8 local repeaters, but two of them are long-range "link" systems, connecting many repeaters in the Mid-Atlantic region. For its size, the T1 has very good sound quality and decent range, which can be improved with altitude. It is NOT a heavy-duty radio, but it IS a very inexpensive radio that can serve in an emergency. It has the FM broadcast band in it as well, and a built-in flashlight.

The only downsides to it are the integral antenna and bad volume control. The volume is TOO LOUD, even on the lowest setting, something that seems common in Chinese radios. It can be programmed for FRS, GMRS, MURS, and standard Amateur 70cm frequencies. Amateur and GMRS will require licenses for each. FRS does not, and it is limited to what FRS can do because of this in power and antenna options.

But it works very well on Amateur frequencies for something so small, and the ability to power it from a USB power bank makes it ideal for chucking in a bag, preprogrammed for the area's repeaters and a couple of local simplex frequencies. Then you just have to remember to bring the same USB battery bank you use for your phone to charge it when needed.

But does he have a good villain laugh?

THANK YOU.

That's the trouble with zombie Nazis...can't get away from them after months and months. They just keep on hanging around.

WUT.

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Let me guess. Jacob's real name is John Jacob Jingleheimer Scmitt, right? That way, Woodsman could say "his name is my name too!"

Palm oil is what Crisco originally competed with and tried to displace. It's a natural medium-chain saturated fat. Because it's saturated it has less tendency to go rancid -- oxidize on the shelf -- so it's good if they can use that instead of hydrogenated oils that contain trans fats.

That said, if it was a choice between going hungry in an emergency and eating some trans fats for a couple of days, I'd eat the damned trans fats. They're not an acute toxin, they're a chronic problem. You have to eat it a lot over a long period of time for trans fats to do you significant damage. If you have to eat a bit for a few days during a disaster, you won't suffer significantly for it.

Study the Commedia dell'arte, Scribe's Well-Made Play, and American situation comedy. They're all interaction studies between archetypical characters.
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