Posted on 03/16/2012 10:27:34 AM PDT by Kartographer
Weekly thread to post good buys for preparedness equipment and supplies, tips and tricks or just an update on where your are in your preparedness plans.
“I don’t either. We have been friends for a very long time and she ‘knows’ us.”
It’s hard, isn’t it? What are you going to do if something happens and she and family have nothing?
I amazes me, living in hurricane terrority, that people around me have nothing and rush to the store the day before, cleaning out stores, with nothing prepared. There was no power for five days but I had good food, way to cook, have light, TV, cooling, phone, would have had running water if water in pipes had gone off or become contaminated.
I’m not depending on FEMA for my life - Hussein probably has me on his enemy list anyway.
Costco also has freeze dried hash browns in a case of small milk type cartons. They are pretty good, one carton will feed 3 people.
hmmm,may have to rethink this , oops - wife probably wouldn't go for that ;>)
—Oh, I changed my mind, piroque’s right.
You should just shoot people who come to your door asking for help.
/sarc-—
You don’t want to rule out cannibalism.
Thank you Kartographer. You do good work, walking the fine line between opsec and education.
AD - one thing to bear in mind about “I continue to walk the property thinking of ways to attack our compound and ways to defeat such attacks.”
Remember the parable of the swordsman. The best swordsman in the world fears the worst, because he has NO idea what the idiot is gonna do! Consider that in your scenarios.
Something that you would consider a totally stupid way of attacking your compound is actually more likely to be the way you are attacked if it comes to that.
I post this from time to time - you can get hand cranked USB chargers for a couple of bucks. The build quality is OK, or you can make your own easily enough.
The advantage of the Kindle is it is an entire library in something smaller than a book. Useful when storage room is an issue. It is a good way of expanding your library, though printout, and bound books are recommended for the really important stuff.
There are many books you want and need available for free through several universities sites. Books written in the late 1800s, early 1900s, which is where your tech level for most aspects of life is going to be.
One thing I always recommend, bookwise, is a GOOD vegetarian cookbook or two. If you have a garden, you are going to have veggies to go with your stores. Meat is going to be rarer in a real SHTF scenario.
http://www.digitalbookindex.com/_search/search010carepntrywoodwkcnstra.asp is a good place to start.
Ad, can you provide the source they used for that kit?
Thanks.
“Costco also has freeze dried hash browns in a case of small milk type cartons. They are pretty good, one carton will feed 3 people.”
Thanks! I’ll go look for some.
“I’ve had the flu all week which caused my patience to run really short, “
LOL. I saw you get a little bit feisty on another thread. Keep up the good work, Kart. Really appreciate it.
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Any suggestions?
It requires little sun, just be careful to water it lightly. It hates having it's feet wet.
Rosemary is hard to grow from seed I have found so I am careful with my plant. Besides when has grown a bit it makes a nice mini Christmas tree. :)
You laughed in response to her “joke”?
“I told her unless they brought something to the table they wouldn’t get in and [I] laughed.”
Or did you mean:
I told her unless they brought something to the table they wouldn’t get in and she laughed.
I did bring it indoors and would put it outside in the warmer weather, but it didn’t make it.
Either it got caught in a freeze or I overwatered it.
I will try again this year and keep in mind about the soil and roots.
http://www.jefferslivestock.com/ssc/
www.jeffersequine.com/horsecare
http://www.solarmio.com/en/
There's something to be said for being able to fit a ton of important books into such a small, light (and now always-available) device.
We have worked for ourselves since 1975. Our various businesses have been mostly craft-related, but included metal smithing/blacksmithing.
There is a truism in the entrepreneurial community: if everyone laughs at your idea, go for it. It will succeed. If, however, everyone thinks it is the best idea since sliced bread, avoid it. It will fail.
Case in point, I have been manufacturing my present product since 1985. I was told it would never go anywhere, for various reasons. The peak for sales was in 2007. Things declined a lot until last November and we are back on an upwards trend. The point is that we are still here.
People will tell you that you are *just* buying yourself a job. That is true. At least you have one. For profit, beyond your own income and reinvestment needs, you need a lot of growth, capital expenditures and employees. You will then do more paperwork and pay more taxes. When you analyze the bottom line, you may find you will do better without all the employees.
As for prepping, people will say: “Everything eventually runs out.” I always agree with them. As someone else posted, the preps are to get through to the point where you can produce what you need. Just as PMs are for starting over, afterward.
Odd - works fine for me.
Try http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa?key=title;page=browse;value=ac or http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/ instead.
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