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For some of us it may be a good time to stock up on ammo and make our levers bring home the meat what with the way the money markets are heading.
Now I'm no expert in these matters but it is reasuring to know I can feed us etc. Come to think about it, social unrest may not be to far away as well
Time for a few more primers, powder and bullets. Another brick of 22's won't go amiss also
Whats your take on it?
Nath.
already starting seeds for the"victory garden". hope to catch alot of walleye and perch when i open camp' may have to try my hand at some pressure cooked groundhogs. i've eaten it that way before and ,as long as its a young one. its good eatin.
Nath wrote:For some of us it may be a good time to stock up on ammo and make our levers bring home the meat what with the way the money markets are heading.
Now I'm no expert in these matters but it is reasuring to know I can feed us etc. Come to think about it, social unrest may not be to far away as well
Time for a few more primers, powder and bullets. Another brick of 22's won't go amiss also
Whats your take on it?
Nath.
Always a great idea to have a stock pile...ammo, food, and water.
anyone who doesn't store a fair supply of essentials, and rotate it so it stays good, is not very aware of the trouble he would be in if disaster struck in your back-yard. Food, water, kerosene light, candles, some medicine and dis-enfectant, a way to boil water, some blankets stored where you can get them, ammo, a very good and large knife put away where you can get it fast, matches, and more. Better to be prepared a little bit, than just assume all is well. If a really big earthquake ever hits L.A., and all the water mains break, I'd bet every kid living there will be thirsty 5 minutes later. "Oh, -----we didn't store any bottled water?"
To hell with them fellas, buzzards gotta eat same as the worms.
Outlaw Josey Wales
brucew44guns wrote:anyone who doesn't store a fair supply of essentials, and rotate it so it stays good, is not very aware of the trouble he would be in if disaster struck in your back-yard. Food, water, kerosene light, candles, some medicine and dis-enfectant, a way to boil water, some blankets stored where you can get them, ammo, a very good and large knife put away where you can get it fast, matches, and more. Better to be prepared a little bit, than just assume all is well. If a really big earthquake ever hits L.A., and all the water mains break, I'd bet every kid living there will be thirsty 5 minutes later. "Oh, -----we didn't store any bottled water?"
I have some Morman friends and they teach their folks to keep a years supply of water, food, etc....a great idea, however difficult that may seem. I've been seriously thinking about doing this....I have a creek near my place, so water is not an issue and plenty of Deer and Elk to eat. Also, a life time supply of firewood. If you live in the city....I would seriously give the idea some consideration...
This is always a good idea,and has been a way of life for me
Nath, don't let recent events spook you
3 years ago every other time my phone rang, it was someone wanting me to re-fi.
It took a while to build to this sordid state of affairs, it will take a while to weed itself out
I lived amongst the Mormons for 8 or 9 years, and I realized exactly why they did the stockpile thing. Fact is, where they settled in the west, transportation often relied on getting supplies in through one of two or three available mountain passes. Big storms are no stranger in that country, and there were times when we wouldn't have heat or electricity for days at a time, and this when the temperatures never got above 0º F.
When we bought our house on the Wy/Id border, we bought it from the estate of a former government trapper. The house was just like it had been when he passed. I learned a lot from that man and never met him...for instance..
1) The shallow well was in the basement...that meant no frozen water lines.
2) Furnace was fuel oil, Franklin style wood stove in the basement, cook stove was propane, and hot water was electric.
What that meant was, that you could cook off of the Propane stove or wood stove, or electric kitchen appliances.
Heat came from the fuel oil furnace, the wood stove, or the propane oven in a pinch...and we were in a pinch more than once.
Hot water was available through the electric water heater, heating on the wood stove, or propane stove.
And yes, even though we had indoor plumbing, he had left the outhouse intact. A feller hates to use the outhouse when it's 10 PM, below zero and you have to wade through 3 feet of snow to get there, but that's just what we did when the well pump went out.
My point is, that being prepared can be applied to more than food and water depending on the surrounding area.
Kansas Ed,
I was fortunate to grow up on the reservation, and I was fortunate enough to learn from the old ones.
What I kick myself for is not paying enough attention and not learning more.
The old ones have seen, devised methodologies for; and lived through things we have never experienced.
Like I said, I did not learn enough, but I am grateful for what they did teach me
Mescalaero1, I think we all kind of kick ourselves for not paying more attention when we were young. But I'm pretty sure we remember enough to get it going and we're smart enough to learn the rest. I live in an urban area now, but I grew up on the open prarie and used everyday things now considered antiques (heck alot of the stuff was antiques then!). It will be less comfortable than it it now, but it's do able - long as we all keep our wits about us. I'm also confident that our Heavenly Father will be with us.
Bob
The credit crisis wont affect me much....I hope
planted a small garden....
bagged some game this weekend..
and already stocked up...
I try not to buy anything on credit...
except for gas once in a while.....4 bucks a gallon for diesel...ouch
If ya want something and cant pay for it with cash.....you dont need it... mescalero1 is 100% right about learning from our elders.....
I am glad I listened....and still do...its never too late to learn...
And Hank jr. had it right
A country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Who wants to go through life eating year old food. If you don't eat it you have two options: throw it away (waste); eat two year old food next year.
My dad married a Mormon woman three years ago. The first thing she did was go through the fridge and cupboards throwing out everything old. She labels everything she buys with the date of purchase and tosses it regularly even if it is still under the official expiration date.
What fantastic responces
I had a choice tonight after work, go shooting or get some logs in before bad weather moves in. I chose the logs, the sooner they are in the more summer on them (only another ten loads in my little 4x4)
It is quite common for shooting/hunting/country folk to understand how impotant having a good ready relly is
Nath.
BAGTIC wrote:Who wants to go through life eating year old food. If you don't eat it you have two options: throw it away (waste); eat two year old food next year.
My dad married a Mormon woman three years ago. The first thing she did was go through the fridge and cupboards throwing out everything old. She labels everything she buys with the date of purchase and tosses it regularly even if it is still under the official expiration date.
With the new vacum type processing, meat will keep frozen for up to 5 years. Canned wild game is very good eating, etc. And of course, you can always harvest wild game....personal choice I reckon.
I don't expect the credit crunch is going to hit me directly. I've managed to pay off all my cards. Only thing I owe on is my house. It's on a fixed 5% rate I got about 4 years ago. I'll pay that off in 7 years. I pay cash for everything else, well debit card mostly.
I've been a food stockpiler for years, water too. I've started to reload my own, have a bunch of bullets, primers and powder and have a big stash of .22lr ammo.
MikeS.
Master Mason
Worshipful Master of Triluminar Lodge 117
Jefferson county, WV.
Most of us people here have our "stuff" together. For the most part, we are prepared. (yea, I was a Boy Scout--Be Prepared) What we don't realize, is how well off are our immediate friends and relatives? If they are loafs, (like a few in my family) they will be bugging you to no end, like, "We need to come over, our heat don't work" While they are there, they will be depleting your supplies--quickly.
While I'm a nice guy and will think nothing of helping the good people with good intentions, but I have a problem with irresponsible people. There are a few in the family who squander just about everything they make, then come crying, "The kids have nothing to eat", "or "they are looking to reposess the car". I tell 'em to hit the road but my better half says different. Its all a sometimes cause for arguement around the Sixgun homestead.
A couple of years ago, we had this major icestorm with no electricity for a week. I had no problem at all. I even had time to do some shootin' out back and other playful pastimes. Was not like that with the others nearby. I would hate to see what would happen if something really serious happened.
So........while we are preparing ourselves, spread the word to the loafs.---------------Sixgun
1st. Gen. Colt SAA’s, 1878 D.A.45 and a 38-55 Marlin TD
Keep it simple, compact and portable. There have been countless people that have lived their entire lives with nothing more than a .22 rifle, a single shot shotgun, a couple of good knives, scant little fishing tackle. A handful of cable snares would be nice too.
If you can see the big picture, you are not focusing on your front sight.
I'm stocking up on ammo but the area is far too populated to depend on living off the land, per se. I may have to resort to eating my neighbors and their pets.
Government office attracts the power-mad, yet it's people who just want to be left alone to live life on their own terms who are considered dangerous.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
FWiedner wrote:I'm stocking up on ammo but the area is far too populated to depend on living off the land, per se. I may have to resort to eating my neighbors and their pets.
Nah. Easier to put their heads on pikes surrounding the neighborhood and eat THEIR food.
Heads-on-pikes fences are generally effective for keeping out everyone but Tomb Raiders...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
