I’ll add a couple rolls of quarters to the list. Why? Cell phone towers go out and can stay out. With quarters, if you can still find a working payphone, you can use it.
Otherwise, they make great hand weights for punching or drop them into a bag or sock for an improvised striking weapon.
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Man that can't look to the sun and determine the local time is an idiot. It's not SS7 bus, or GPS time, but it's close enough.
And the equinoxes and solstices are pretty easy to figure out, too.
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Looking in the G section for God. Nope.
Looking in the J section for Jesus. Nope.
The list is missing the two ingredients necessary for the dark day.
All this just to live one extra week until the government finds you, shoots you, and takes what you have to distribute to their loyalist thugs? :/
I would like to fill out the category of “Binoculars”.
Get the best quality you can afford. The Nikon Superior E or several other of their top of the line are maybe the best in the world. You will not go wrong with Zeiss, Swarovski, Leupold, Docter etc.
There are middle range binoculars which are totally useful. The Swift Audubon typically sells in the $300-470 range and can compare to the high end ones.
I have a Russian Military 7X30 which I got before prices went up. It comes with a range finding grid and individual adjustable eyepieces. It also has a slight yellowish tint which was put there on purpose.
If all you want is maximum optical sharpness these are the way to go especially since they still can be had for under $300 and their optics can stand up to the $3000 Swarovski tho I had much rather have the Swarovski.
A good size is 7-8 power with a 40-42.5-45mm objective. A lot of militaries have used little 6x30. I have a 6x30 made by Nippon Kogaku (Nikon) before 1950. They are among the best I have ever owned.
One of the best bargains I have seen in some time is the Simmons 7x42 porro prism being sold at CDNN for, I think $39.99. These are nearly as compact as roof prism because the prisms are over the top instead of to the side. Their optical quality is in the same range as most $100-200 ones by the major manufacturers.
One company you will never go wrong with is Nikon. Even their cheapest action series are decent.
Water resistant is a good thing to have but not absolutely necessary.
Prisms should be BaK-4 and roof prisms should have phase coated prisms.
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For those who presently have colonies, if they have not re-queened in the past year or so, now could be a good time.
I'm presently employed with a queen producer. We have New World Carniolan (NWC) queens with freshly updated Sue Cobey breeder queens. Our address is technically Vacaville, CA, although we are miles and miles North of there, actually being closer to Winters, CA.
"Queen season" will be coming to an end soon, with the the mating nucs slated to be coming out of the mating yards soon. We re-celled a few hundred yesterday, but I'm not sure how many more we will continue.
We work these bees in short sleeves and without a veil, for the most part. The main "queen crew" gals work in shorts and sometimes bikini tops. Much of the field crew goes shirtless when they can get away with it, but dealing with the queenless cell builder colonies, generally aint' the time, hehheh...
These bees are otherwise typically as gentle as can be, when queen-right, and treated right, just a little smoke, no quick moves, no unnecessary jostling of the hive, work in the heat of the day, when the forager bees are on the wing, etc. I stick my bare hand right in 'em quite often, and most days rarely get stung. Google "Sue Cobey" and "NWC" for better info on typical Carniolian honeybee characteristics.
I'm under the impression the apiary I'm employed with has had a long-standing relationship with her, and has much used/been involved with her own particular NWC genetics, stretching back to the early 1980's when she herself first sold breeder queens, doing business as "Vacaville Apiaries", though the specifics of the history of the relationship I've not been privy to. I was informed that at least some of our present breeder queens came from her (ALL of our bees are Carniolan, save for some of the cell builders), and we just got a few more, too, (saw a few caged queens introduced with my own eyes) although those last ones won't be grafted from until next year(?) unless there be some intent to graft one last go-round from those particular queens, with the idea of carrying some colonies from that batch over for early next spring.
Any interested please feel free to inquire. $18.50 per queen, shipping costs (US Mail) not included, has been the commercial rate, for bulk buyers ordering dozens if not a few hundred at a time.
I'm not in charge of the pricing, or the shipping, but can answer some questions, and/or provide contact details to reach the apiary's owner directly. He does all the mailing personally himself, I think.
We re-queen with what we produce ourselves (of course) with our own colonies, most of which are dedicated to pollination, although some 400 or so went to North Dakota a few weeks ago for honey production. I've seen mated queens be shipped out to other commercial beeks by the hundred lot.
Package bees *might* be available. We've been splitting, and might not desire or need to smoke up some nurse bees ---BUT --- I might be able to talk them into it. One yard comes to mind ... they are starting to put away some stores. We've been supering (with brood comb) just about everything, here of late, including splits made a month ago now.
If one is in Northern climes, or is located where there may be some good nectar flows still anticipated (or just starting, and can be expected to last a couple of months) than one might even be able to even start a colony from scratch, this late in the year. Existing comb, mo' better.
The longer such is delayed, the dicier the proposition --- yet if one had on hand a few good brood combs in which a mated queen could start laying right away, then provided enough nectar and pollen be available, the prospects for building up enough to survive a winter, then come out strong next spring is highly possible, even this late in the spring.
Generally speaking, one needs be established by June 15, yet there can be exceptions. I know of areas in California that have strong Fall-thru-late Fall Eucalyptus flows.
If I could put a new package colony under or around any trees I desired --- not being hindered either by city ordinances, or not allowed access to the right locations ---- I'm sure I could start a package or a late split, as late as Sept 15, possibly Oct.15, and still make it work. Think San Diego, to San Luis Obispo County.
In a sense, all beekeeping is "local".
Mark for later. Needs further study, possibly printing of the list.
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Who even has a true land line these days?
The cable TV and ISP people have seen to it that their customers all have VOIP.
I don’t know of anyone with a real land line.
This is a VERY GOOD list, blam.
I’m bumping this, and printing it out.
Florida will be very prone to disasters this year. The RNC Convention in Tampa this August promises civil disorder (actually, the Left has promised it). Hurricane season is upon us. And who knows what the Zimmerman Trial will bring?
My brand-new fiance and I have only just started our lists and our bargain-hunting. It’s going to be a long summer.
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