Weekly Preppers' Thread

11/9/12 | Kartographer

[Kartographer]

Weekly Preppers'Thread to post progress, good buys, DIY projects, advice and ideas.

[JRandomFreeper]

I should have pinged you to my #78.

/johnny

[Tammy8]

You really can’t judge a book by its cover...your description describes two of my daughters. Both daughters have good jobs, self sufficient, and are CONSERVATIVE. They are not waitresses (one is a nurse, one is office manager) but both were waitresses while working their way through college.

On the other hand I have a snowbird neighbor from Massachusetts that looks and dresses very conservative and plain, no tattoos- raving liberal. I tried to have a discussion with her once about laws and regulations restricting freedom, she has no concept of freedom, had no idea what I was talking about.

[Marcella]

“Is it as good as the reviews say it is?”

It has directions for everything that lives and dies and breaks and grows and directions for building and tearing down and cooking and baking and ironing and raising every kind of animal and skinning every animal and cooking every animal and.....

There is nothing missing in this book and it will overwhelm you being so thick and having the knowledge of all mankind. Well, not all mankind, but you will think it does.

[Marcella]

To everyone: Remember to bug Johnny every week about cooking posts.

[JRandomFreeper]

I guess I should start working on the next chapter... sigh...

/johnny

[NeverForgetBataan]

“You really can’t judge a book by its cover...your description describes two of my daughters. Both daughters have good jobs, self sufficient, and are CONSERVATIVE. They are not waitresses (one is a nurse, one is office manager) but both were waitresses while working their way through college.

On the other hand I have a snowbird neighbor from Massachusetts that looks and dresses very conservative and plain, no tattoos- raving liberal. I tried to have a discussion with her once about laws and regulations restricting freedom, she has no concept of freedom, had no idea what I was talking about”
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I try to mix commenting here with rhetoric, humor, analysis and experience. This would fall into the “humor” category. So please don’t take it too seriously. I like hard working
kids. But.. one day when I am on a trip and don’t have to
go back to that establishment, I will get that one who I am
pretty sure is a REAL lib and decides to ignore my table.
They will get the note.

Thanks for your reply.

[JRandomFreeper]

You really can’t judge a book by its cover.

True. My grandkid's nanny is a first gen American (born here) with Cambodian roots. She's a wild child. She speaks English, Cambodian, Spanish, and a little bit of German and French. She's got tats. She wears sweats and jump boots.

My daughter took me shopping tonight, and when we opened the trunk to put groceries in, there were a couple of targets with holes in them.

Per my Sgt mode with the kid, I held the worst one up to my chest, and I would have been DRT.

She told me that was what the nanny shot.

After 30 magazines, and she was tired.

My grandkids have a crazy, hell-bent-for-leather, multi-lingual, Cambodian nanny that can shoot very, very well.

I'm cool with that. I'm chipping in on buying her a .40 Glock (her preference). I will be providing ammo for her and daughter to go shooting.

/johnny

[PLMerite]

“It could be Norwegian salmon as believe it or not it’s cheaper to ship it to China to have it packed and then ship it back to Norway.”

China Salmon, now with added cat!

[PA Engineer]

with a well-pump and a septic tank; but the family couldn’t spell “water conservation”, let alone practice it.

I know what you mean. I made a few adjustments here on the mountain. I switched out the low flow shower heads with Delta Faucet 75152 Water Amplifying Adjustable Showerhead with H2OKINETIC Technology, Chrome. They work even with a 50lb well pressure switch and are economical.

The other item I stuck in the showers were 5 Minute Shower Timer / Shower Clock. For some reason taking a shower became a contest to beat the minute glass.

Both items ship free. Just some suggestions that worked for me. Family liked them and there was no friction.

[PA Engineer]

You could even be prepared for Muslim zombies, by using the bacon as ammunition :)

You can use bacon bits as a wide area denial weapon. ;-)

[Ellendra]

That’s chapter 1. I have many more to do. If you keep bugging me for it, I might move forward on it. Otherwise, I’ll forget it again.

Bug, bug, bug, bug, bug, bug, bug!

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm torn between food safety and menu fatigue. Both are potential killers.

I may figure out a way to combine the two.

You are allowed to bug again, if, by next Friday, I don't have the next chapter ready.

I really do forget some tasks these days...

/johnny

[outofsalt]

“That’s chapter 1. I have many more to do. If you keep bugging me for it, I might move forward on it.”

Consider me a bugger! err.. well, you know what I mean...

[JRandomFreeper]

Consider me a bugger!

I've dealt with your type before... Cooks have to pry bus-boys off of waitresses with a crowbar to get them out of the linen closet..;)

If I keep getting asked, I will write. So keep asking.

/johnny

[simplesimon]

Might find something in :
Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Man by Carl Russell.

[thackney]

Firearms, Traps and Tools of the Mountain Man by Carl Russell.

Thank you, I'll add that to my list.

This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and tools is also a lively history. The era of the mountain man is distinct in American history, and Russell’s exhaustive coverage on the guns, traps, knives, axes, and other iron tools of this era, along with meticulous appendices, is astonishing. The result of thirty-five years of painstaking research, this is the definitive guide to the tools of the mountain men. 400 black-and-white illustrations.

[rfreedom4u]

Would it be cheaper to rig a bicycle to generate electricity or buy a generator? I’m not a big “electric” guy but I’m not sure the bike version is capable of storing the electricity. But with the bike you don’t have to worry about storing fuel for it.

[outofsalt]

“Cooks have to pry bus-boys off of waitresses with a crowbar...”

I’m partial to barkeeps myself, thank you very much!

[JRandomFreeper]

I’m partial to barkeeps myself,

Don't ask, don't tell, speculate like hell... ;)

I will write more, if I am asked to. I have a hard time saying no to a reasonable request, if I can help.

Keeping me on track? That's a management issue.

Keep asking. I'll produce. I almost wrote something for chapter 2. Food Safety.

/johnny

[Kartographer]

I’ve seen articles where it’s been done, but I don’t know how easy it would be to work.