Posted on 09/09/2012 8:41:10 PM PDT by Kartographer
There are three big buckets of preparedness. There is stuff you have. There is stuff you know. There are the skills and things you can do. This is also including your mindset.
The most important is the skill set, including the mindset. You take that with you wherever you go.
A lot of people have plenty of money. By all means, gather stuff. Gather supplies. Store food. Have some beans, Band-Aids and bullets -- the three B's. Beans means your food and supplies. Band-Aids means medical skills and medical knowledge, medical supplies. Bullets means the ability to protect yourself. Again, that is not really my bag, but it's a necessary evil.
Get the stuff. Even if you are not really great at using some of these things, you can trade. You can barter and you can share. You can team up with people.
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Right now, I am the stage where I will be thinking “Just make it quick”
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Without reading too far into his suggestions for survival, I take issue with some of his basic premises.
We are NOT running out of energy. The problem and solution is *political*. We don’t have the will to produce the energy, but we do have means.
The climate is *not* becoming less stable. That’s hogwash.
The world’s population, as an overall number is not the problem. Again, the problem with feeding and taking care of the people is a political problem, not an inherently resource based one.
Mat Stein sounds like an enviro-whacky....
I know. should at least order a case of canned bacon and a case of canned bread.
They even have raisin bread now
http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bread-Raisins-16-Ounce-Cans/dp/B001EO5Y8E
eeesh... even canned butter?
I have talked to my neighbors to feel out their leanings. Three are leftist nutjobs and two are fairly clear thinking conservatives. No one knowsI have any preparedness so I will keep it that way less one of the conservative minority leeks it to one of the leftists.
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after the SHTF there ain’t going to be anything such as a conservative or a liberal for a while, it will be defenders, killers, hunters, scavengers etc
I’ve wondered about the B&M Raisin Bread. Is it good? What’s the self life?
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I’ve never tasted it. I do like raisin bread though.
I have heard the shelf life can be up to 10 years (without raisins) but that might have been some wild claim.
I have a couple of cases of the brown raisin bread. I like it, but I would sure hate to eat it every day for very long.
I have a couple of cases of pilot crackers for my stored bread type product solution. Sorta like the crackers in K rations (as well as I can remember, we ate them as kids when my dad was in the Marine Corpse).
You can get it without the raisins right?
Big ol’ thick crackers actually sound pretty good
Yes, it is pretty good. Shelf life is about 5 years in a decent controlled environment.
Good sliced and toasted or heated. Cream cheese or butter goes well on it.
Be forewarned, it is very rich and though it is nourishing, it is more of a treat and you wouldn't want to eat a lot as a one for one substitute for plain bread.
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The crackers are about the same calories (each) as a slice of bread - 100. Shelf life is 25 or more years.
http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-827/sailor-boy-pilot-bread/Detail
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