the W/A finale convoy!

[Gnex]

California "Cold" is like shorts weather for everyone else!

[tonyhind86]

My only weapon will be my English charm

[Litmaster]

My only weapon will be my English charm

Heh... I'm gonna make your character creepy like Pippen.

[Elisa]

July is gonna be nice and hot

[tonyhind86]

Heh... I'm gonna make your character creepy like Pippen.

Something tells me I'll fit into the role nicely

[tonyhind86]

I've just been thinking - we should get a bedsheet, write the words "We're Alive" on it, and tie it to the side of the convoy truck.
I'm going to visit an army surplus store and ser if I can get a set of old camo fatigues, and stitch my forum username onto it as a nametag

[REZombie]

This sounds like an amazing trip... Yall better take alot of pics for the forum!!!!!!

If i had not of made a few out of state hunting plans i think i'd have tried to make it...but spending waaayyy too much money as is..

[Red Shirt]

Probably best to leave the armaments at home. California has surprisingly strict, highly technical weapons laws that seem designed to trip you up. And LA County just enacted ridiculous knife control laws (no folding blades longer than 3", restrictions on carrying any edged weapon in any public place, etc.). If the SHTF while you're here I'd be happy to help you arm up.

For curiosities sake and the potential for me to join up on this endeavor:
Gerbers, Lerthermans and Victorinox Swiss tools... where do they fall in this legislation? Most of them have two folding pocket knife sized blades that also lock for safety and are roughly threeish inches long. Is there even a "standard" for measuring the blade? Mine is at the threshold where it could go either way. The entire blade itself is just over three, but the part that extends beyond the tool body is under three.

They are of course meant to be tools and not weapons, but it's not my/our place to "challenge" local ordinances as visitors.

My only weapon will be my English charm

If you've ever listened to or watched Rooster Teeth, Gavin has said that having an English accent in America is like having a super power.
If you are "that kind of guy", you might have your hands full here in the states.

[Litmaster]

Hi Convoyites,

I just woke up (at 2:39 a.m. on a workday) with yet another great idea for the WA Convoy trip. Well, this one is more of a detailed clarification on some previous ideas. Suffice to say that I've figured out a way to use the artistic talents of everyone going on the WA Convoy, AND how to incorporate ALL of the various multimedia devices we will be taking with us, into the creation of one, united, fan fiction project that will

- be fun as hell to make
- exercise some of your own unique, creative talents
- document our trip for future memories
- share that documentation with other Forumites who can vicariously participate
- pay tribute to the audio drama we all know and love


So how are we going to accomplish all that in just a few days together? I think there is a way we can do it that will be fun as hell, and I think you all will really dig it. But it's going to take awhile to explain the details of the full idea, so let me start tonight by giving some background on why I hate conventional trips and tours in the next post (trying to avoid too much of a word wall).

(WTF Lit? Relax, it's relevant, but I first need to contrast the boring stuff I don't like in order to introduce the awesome antithesis that I am proposing. Just bear with me for two more posts...)

[Cabbage Patch]

For curiosities sake and the potential for me to join up on this endeavor:
Gerbers, Lerthermans and Victorinox Swiss tools... where do they fall in this legislation? Most of them have two folding pocket knife sized blades that also lock for safety and are roughly threeish inches long. Is there even a "standard" for measuring the blade? Mine is at the threshold where it could go either way. The entire blade itself is just over three, but the part that extends beyond the tool body is under three.

They are of course meant to be tools and not weapons, but it's not my/our place to "challenge" local ordinances as visitors.

In California the blade length for a folding knife is the length of the sharpened edge, typically measured from the tip to the point where the sharpened edge ends near the hinge:


As for items intended as tools, there is no exception for them in the law. This will probably all get straightened out once the law is tested in court, but who wants to be the poor schmuck who pays the legal costs for that?