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Ten Under-Rated Prepping Item
Prep-Blog ^ | 1/5/13 | Butch C.

Posted on 01/05/2013 4:20:13 PM PST by Kartographer

1. Bic Lighters
2. A Good Winter Hat
3. Bullion Cubes
4. Baby Wipes
5. Glow Sticks
6. Paper Maps
7. Paper Plates
8. Ziplock Bags
9. Tabasco Sauce
10. Duct Tape

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: preparedness; prepperlist; preppers
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To: latina4dubya

I need Vaseline for my cheekbones when I’m outdoors, and I use Vaseline infused cotton balls for fire starter.

You can keep a tiny jar of cotton balls soaked in Vaseline in your car, and you have the fire starters, and the chap lip product, and a lubricant all together.


41 posted on 01/05/2013 6:10:59 PM PST by ansel12
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To: driftdiver
"Disagree on the glo sticks."

Same same...bought a whole box once (maybe 24-25?...forget), they sat on the shelf &,
I would take a few out for night diving occasionally. After 2 years they were all duds.
42 posted on 01/05/2013 6:32:55 PM PST by 45semi (A police state is always preceded by a nanny state...)
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To: Farmer Dean
Is that for survival or did you have something more interesting in mind?

i can be practical... two birds with one stone... plus it helps to have something for which to survive... :)

43 posted on 01/05/2013 6:38:50 PM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: Kartographer

Duct tape is #10?

What’s wrong with them? It should be number one.


44 posted on 01/05/2013 6:54:41 PM PST by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Bobalu

Hand Crank LED Flashlight. Just bought two of them on sale after Christmas. One minute of cranking gave me over 10 minutes of strong light.


45 posted on 01/05/2013 6:57:01 PM PST by Josa
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To: ansel12
I need Vaseline for my cheekbones when I’m outdoors, and I use Vaseline infused cotton balls for fire starter. You can keep a tiny jar of cotton balls soaked in Vaseline in your car, and you have the fire starters, and the chap lip product, and a lubricant all together.

And somewhere, there are neutered bunny rabbits running around....

46 posted on 01/05/2013 7:13:15 PM PST by onona (KCCO)
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To: JRandomFreeper
I took this photo off the internet to use as an example, different size bottles or drilled caps (I like sliding the light backwards into the hole, and then screwing on the cap) for different size flashlights, or one can just lay the flashlight inside of an oversize container, or one can buy fitted diffusers for brand name lights (or for measured sizes of flashlight heads, usually in mm).

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47 posted on 01/05/2013 7:16:29 PM PST by ansel12
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To: onona

LOL, It took a minute, but I got it.


48 posted on 01/05/2013 7:18:57 PM PST by ansel12
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To: Kartographer; blam; Marcella; JRandomFreeper

Duct tape would be ideal for taping plastic to your windows in case you had to “shelter-in-place.” Then you guzzle the tabasco sauce so that the fire in your mouth and throat distracts you from the misery of being cooped up inside your house because a trainload of sarin gas derailed two blocks away. Of course, if that actually happened, you’d need to close your air vents and turn off the air conditioner, too.


49 posted on 01/05/2013 7:21:53 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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To: Kartographer

Twist-it flashlights are good, too. However, the one I have doesn’t really give an impressive amount of light.


50 posted on 01/05/2013 7:23:26 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Most flashlights come with a cheapo stock bulb.

But you can go to a Radio Shack or other electronics outlet and usually buy a Krypton bulb of the same voltage that will give you a lot more lumens.

Remember, though, the brighter the light, the quicker the batteries give out!


51 posted on 01/05/2013 7:27:57 PM PST by djf (Conservative values help the poor. Liberal values help them STAY poor!!!)
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To: latina4dubya
"i would replace numbers 2 and 5 with petroleum jelly and tequila..."

Why would yo...... Never mind forget I asked!! ;-)
52 posted on 01/05/2013 7:28:55 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Oztrich Boy; Old Sarge; blam; The Duke; WakeUpAndVote; JRandomFreeper; Bride Of Old Sarge; ...
And the answer to all our proplems is!


Trillion Dolar Chicken Bullion Cubes!!!!

53 posted on 01/05/2013 7:37:27 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Gold: It does a body good.

“Mommy, can we have more of that gold bullion soup, it’s really good!”


54 posted on 01/05/2013 7:47:02 PM PST by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: djf; Tolerance Sucks Rocks
But you can go to a Radio Shack or other electronics outlet and usually buy a Krypton bulb of the same voltage that will give you a lot more lumens.

LED is the only kind of light worth having, (and I think Tolerance has a cheap, or older model, or a small battery version of one).

Look what this light can do with a single AA battery. A Krypton bulb can't do this.

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http://www.fenixlight.com/viewproduct.asp?id=176

You should see what they can do with 4 AA batteries (and an led)!!!

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?347951-**NEW**-Nitecore-EA4-Pioneer-(4*AA-860lm)

55 posted on 01/05/2013 7:48:34 PM PST by ansel12
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To: ansel12

I know what you are saying, and I have a couple LED flashlights.

But my eyes (old, old eyes!) have trouble with the color of the LED spectrum. Maybe soon they will come up with a more natural, solar spectrum type LED.

I can barely stand the light from the compact fluorescents also..


56 posted on 01/05/2013 8:00:29 PM PST by djf (Conservative values help the poor. Liberal values help them STAY poor!!!)
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To: bmwcyle

Ping.


57 posted on 01/05/2013 8:12:15 PM PST by Apple Blossom (Politicians are like diapers, they both need changed regularly, and for the same reason.)
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To: Kartographer

Got ‘em all. Recommend black, brown or OD duct tape, though. You can’t have too much Tabasco sauce, either.


58 posted on 01/05/2013 9:14:29 PM PST by Noumenon (One individual with courage, determination and a rifle can change the course of history.)
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To: djf

I converted all of my Mag-lites to CREE LEDs.


59 posted on 01/05/2013 9:17:23 PM PST by Noumenon (One individual with courage, determination and a rifle can change the course of history.)
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To: Noumenon

Wow!

A flash from the past!

Remember the Mike Reagan forum from so long ago?

God... my wife was still alive, I had hopes and fears and dreams... now it seems like it was all a dream.

Hard to think about how far we’ve fallen, eh? Cripes, repeal the amendment and let Billy-Bob back in, we’d be better off!

Happy New Year, old friend!


60 posted on 01/05/2013 9:26:15 PM PST by djf (Conservative values help the poor. Liberal values help them STAY poor!!!)
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