I survived! It was a day filled with informative and entertaining seminars. But first, a little maintenance. My helmet visor has been giving me trouble. I finally had the time to look it over and it's a good thing I did. Two screws fell out of the base plate holding the visor on and the whole visor, base plate and all fell off. Good thing I wasn't riding. That might have made a good ride a little too exciting. I took it to a vendor selling helmets like mine and asked for help and it was graciously given. The guy couldn't find anything wrong with it except that the mechanism wasn't sliding well so the visor could go up and down smoothly. Not having any lubricant, he grabbed a little packet of mayonnaise from the lunch cart and now I smell like a sandwich, albeit a sweaty one! But it works great! So, onward!!! And much thanks!!
The Survive Institute Seminar is truly the most entertaining and empowering seminar I have ever attended. Taught by Debbie and Mike Gardner, former law enforcement officers, using a courage based crime survival mind set every person should know. Taking back personal rights and not having a victim mind set in America is one of their basic tenets. I was selected from the audience as one of their "criminals" to watch out for, the assassin. The most dangerous criminal, I was given an AK47 and told to spray the crowd with bullets. I happily did this.......it was a water gun! A more unlikely assassin they have never seen!
How to defend yourself from this criminal? In a school setting, in an office? Use your schoolbooks, your backpack, your purse, office files, reams of paper. They showed us a film where they did a demonstration using automatic weapons, .357, .45, and shotguns. Three schoolbooks were effective in stopping every bullet from penetrating completely through the books. A 500 sheet ream of paper stopped the bullets as well. Laptop computers were less effective but did help some. Anything you can put between yourself and a bullet will, of course, lessen the velocity and, hence, the damage.
Tell your children, attend this seminar, look it up on the internet. It's worth the price of her book. She teaches if you are attacked, your family and loved ones are being attacked through your skin. If you want to know how to kill someone with a highlighter or a bottle of water, ask me.
I went to a few other seminars today as well. The Bike Contest and Bike Gear Fashion Show is tonight right out in front of the condo. There should be some good pictures.
There are some OVER THE TOP bikes here. The bike at the top is just a little teaser. WOW!!!!