http://www.ssrsi.org/Onsite/commonsense.htm
Snipped from an excellent article on survival.....
Emergency lighting in a vehicle is also necessary. As I said, we have a Coleman lamp in the truck at all times, but we also have a box of 12-inch candles and a good flashlight as well. Having light in the vehicle can provide cheer but more important, it may prevent your rig from being hit by a passing motorist as well as greatly improving your chances of having someone see your problem and stop to help.
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This made me think of the solar lights.
LOL, and I took the thought a step further.
If one could place the light “just so”, it charged in the day and then the interior of the car stayed lighted at night, there would be less car thiefs, for the next thought would be,
“ they will take a photo of me, so lets go to the next ‘dark’ car.”
If one lived in town and had a car parked on the street or in a lot, it might be worth it, at the least, the mystery light would insure that everyone watched the car....
>>>If one could place the light “just so”, it charged in the day and then the interior of the car stayed lighted at night, there would be less car thiefs, for the next thought would be,
“ they will take a photo of me, so lets go to the next ‘dark’ car.”<<<
LOL And being the ornery character that I am, I would probably put a sign on the dash that said - “Please SMILE for the CAMERA”
Those solar lights are so much better than earlier generations of them were - they open up a whole myriad of possibilities.
Well, yesterday late, I got the seed potatoes I had ordered. I am extremely impressed with not only the service but the quality of the seed potatoes from Ronniger Potato Farm. - http://www.ronnigers.com/index.html They are going on my recommend list! I have not seen the quality in any of the local stores (when they did have them) no dehydration, scab, physical damage and loaded with nice ready to burst eyes.
I got the sweet potato slips yesterday too. 50 really nice, well rooted Beauregard slips for $7.50 (the online ones were about 4-5 times as expensive plus the freight. One was even $1 per slip)
So, today was potato day... 1,800 square feet with three kinds of potatoes... All hilled and planted! Since the white potatoes are being put in late, I opted to not let them heal after cutting (takes 2 weeks) so I dusted them with sulfur powder and planted the same day.
Was going to expand the root cellar, but daughter who lives next door reminded me that she has a 3 1/2’ crawl space under their house that doesn’t freeze but stays nice and cool, so I will probably store the excess there - besides she is a sweet potato nut! She would eat them every day if she could.
Well, everything is now planted! (until the wheat is harvested, then will plant the late corn, late cabbage, more lettuce, turnips, etc. there. Now the battle continues to keep the weeds in check. Oh, I did get that wagon I was talking about and tried it for sitting on to do some of the weeding... Worked great - can reach the rows on both sides with ease and is easy to push ahead with my legs. I have not gotten the seat for it yet, am just using an old cushion and so far that works pretty well but doesn’t swivel like the seat will.
Hooked up the new dehydrator and tested it out - works fine! Still can’t get over the $6.99 price.
Now I need to be doing what CottonBall is starting - cleaning out the freezer and canning it so I will be ready for harvesting which won’t be that long before it starts. (only a couple of weeks before peas will be ready to start canning.)