Posted on 04/28/2010 6:13:34 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie
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I’m big on salt, but I never thought of those easy to store 50 pound blocks that I just googled and learn they sell for 6 dollars, everyone that is into long term survival should invest in a few of those.
..sounds like you get my drift...it wasn’t origional with me btw...I once read a study of how people fared during the Russian revolution when the whole country broke down...and stayed that way for years...the bottom line was that people in small cities did the best...they had mutual protection, plus they had skilled people like doctors.
Vodka is a great antiseptic/sterilizer also...right?
18 posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:07:43 PM by goodnesswins (The PLANTATION Party is at it again (the DEMS) ....trying to make slaves of everyone)
—————————————————————Alchohol is, but I believe it has to be at least 80 proof?
Picked some of that up recently.
I had to laugh. On the label it says keep away from heat, highly flammable.
Makes me glad I don’t drink...
...ther’s also a smaller salt block on the market about the size of a paving brick if that would be more convenient...but the big 50 pounders are best buy for the money.
Whiskeys and other spirits are always easy to store (I have a half-full bottle of absinthe which has been in my family since before the stuff was banned). Wine, though, needs more careful storage. Fortified wines are safer investments in that regard - avoiding spoilage is the very reason that Port wine exists.
I just bought a 25 lb. bag of salt at Honeyville Farms for $5.60. Don’t know if salt licks would come in handy here in the city or not, but a good supply of salt is a must.
Yah, right. I'll sell off all my Gold Eagles and Krugerands and get right on that shopping list. Booze ain't cheap. Gold is a smarter investment. Lots of 1 gram gold bars.
Besides that, having a ready supply of hooch in the basement makes for much too large a temptation. =;^)
well...I got Yukon Jack (100 proof) and Brandy (80 proof) and some vodka (stored somewhere - really don’t drink hard liquor) ....isn’t vodka ALWAYS at least 80 proof?
UH, you Can’t eat or drink gold eagles ..... and I’m not sure anyone else will want to eat them either....remember Katrina? How many people were out trying to trade with Gold?
I keep a lot of salt as part of my survival/canning supplies, but I like the 50 pound block as a compact package of deep storage at almost no cost, that can be chipped and ground in an emergency.
LLS
Stocking up on alcohol is definitely a good idea...but...144 cases of whiskey?! That’s some serious moolah.
...knowing how to cache a firearm/ammo might be useful...here’s a guy that actually stashed one for 15 years:http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/wood115.html
PS...notice he begins by getting his gun thru a PRIVATE sale.
Five bucks a bottle for Gosling’s Black? Where the heck did you find that kind of deal?
We could get by with what we have in place for maybe a year and a half if we didn’t have to go to work or travel every day etc ....... A few home improvements such as massive insulation efforts, a wood stove with 12 full cords of wood stored securely . Rainwater collection , Small portable “sun jars” made from small solar yard lights and used indoors at night augmented by oil lamps and candles etc ... a small barking pup and a shotgun or 3. All this is basic and such as a bicycle will go a long way for getting around your local area without burning fuel.
We also put large capacity fuel storage bed tanks in each of our trucks so they have at least 200 gals in em at all times or just shy of as we keep em topped off each week.
Our whole house kohler emergency gensets use propane stored on site for one of them and the other is plumbed to the natural gas line to the house.
Steps we have taken due more to recent storms in the past few years that have shut our small town down due power loss and all services being down for weather related reasons.
A well stocked pantry that uses a rotational use system to keep the inventory fresh as possible using oldest first as well as gardens and a small backyard greenhouse to keep fresh veggies on the menu well into the winter......makes it routine for us versus any really special effort to be ......ready for any kind of storm that may make life slow down a bit.
Just what we do........Stay safe !
Maybe he’s planning on selling them?
I have thought about razor wire. Do you have any idea how to obtain that? Never seen it anywhere. I figure that can go up quick and delay any bad guys until defenders get there with the the proper tools.
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