Category Archives: Lists

More Boots…

Well, re-boots.  We’ll continue the thread of the last post in a second, but first… Well, yep, it’s a full-blown Constitutional Crisis, at this point, much more than it has been at any other point. The White House is now … Continue reading

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Planning for Success

One of the things that strikes me on a near daily basis is the average person’s lack of a plan. Not only for prepping purposes, but for most parts of their daily life. They don’t plan what they’re going to … Continue reading

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Almost the New Year

In fact, my next post will be next year. We’ll have a Democratic House of Representatives, with supoena power and everything, which will be–well, if not “nice,” at least a positive change. Hopefully we can do something about the daily … Continue reading

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Ancestral Hard Times

I was trolling about the internet the other day, as I’m wont to do, and stumbled across and interesting site: Next Preppers. Their stock-in-trade seems to be list posts, of the “X items that will help you survive the apocalypse” … Continue reading

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Quick Thoughts

Just a few random mental meanderings this time around, dear readers. So, the president is still at it.  He’s had a pretty rough week of it, though–he still can’t get the ACA repealed (yay, us!); he’s having a “Bush-Katrina” moment, … Continue reading

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Stockpiles

This time around, I’ll (finally!) get to a list that I found a while back, wandering about the Pinterest intertubes. It claims to be from a website called betterhomestead.com, but I haven’t verified that. Its contents are a “Master List … Continue reading

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Into Every Life…

My plan for this week was to go through a list found in my extensive browsing of the internet.  The list topic? “Master List of Items to Stockpile for the Apocalypse.” I’ll get to the list (maybe next time), but … Continue reading

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Don’t Forget, Part 3

I sincerely apologize, readers–I’ve been completely overtaken by events at work and at home over the last couple of weeks.  Nothing bad, but more than enough to keep me busy. I had wanted to talk politics, after finishing out this … Continue reading

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Don’t Forget, Part 2

Moving back this week to the “50 survival items you forgot to buy” list: 16. Condiments.  Ketchup, mustard, mayo, soy sauce, hot sauce. Good for shorter-term emergencies (I’d see about getting restaurant packets), but for longer term, or TEOTWAWKI, I’d … Continue reading

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Cooking with Heat

We’re back to the Family Survival Planning guide; this time around, we’re talking cooking, fuel sources, and supplies. This is a fun one, because there are few “right answers,” and lots of ways to do things–we humans have been cooking … Continue reading

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