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Author: Damian Brindle

  • Guest Post: Surviving a Home Invasion

    Home invasion is on the increase and for many people there are few things more terrifying than the thought of someone forcing their way into your home, especially when it occurs at night when your family are tucked up in bed. Few people have any idea of how they would react if they woke to…

  • This Might Be My First Official Quote…

    John at ProperSurvival.com reached out the other day looking for quotes (actually, words of advice) from various survival blogs and I happily obliged here: 20 Survival/Preparedness Tips From The Pros. Though I don’t consider myself a pro whatsoever, it does feel good being included among so many other highly respectable blog owners. Check it out…

  • Egg Storage Experiment – Week 16 Results

    I know this post is late for the day but I’ve been under the weather, please excuse me. So, here’s this week’s egg (it didn’t float): As I wasn’t planning on eating this egg tonight since we just had dinner, I cracked it onto a disposable plate: To my surprise, this egg looked really good.…

  • How to Make Deodorant Quickly, Easily, and Inexpensively (Well… Almost)

    A few weeks ago my wife decided that she wanted some new deodorant from a company called Penny Lane Organics. Now, it’s been my experience that anything with the word “organic” has a markup of at least 200%. And, after living with her for a good 15 years I’ve become accustomed to spending more money…

  • Guest Post: Creating Burglar-Proof Front Door

    These days, you can’t be too sure about your safety even if you’re inside your home. With crime rate increasing in recent years, you need to make sure your house is safe from intruders. One way of doing this is by making sure you have a secure door. Aside from the obvious solution of locking…

  • Review of SafeGuard Stealth Concealable Brand Vest Body Armor

    I’ve been wanting to purchase body armor for a long time now. But, to be honest, I don’t know a darn thing about it and I’ve always felt like it was way too expensive for somebody like me to buy it… boy was I wrong! Anyway, I spent some time reading the info about body…

  • If There’s Anything That I’ve Learned About Prepping The Past Few Months…

    …it’s that I have no idea how I would really be able to survive if SHTF. Seriously. You see, there’s a weird conundrum afoot with respect to this particular problem. On the one hand we have the belief in OPSEC, save yourself (and your immediate family), too bad for everybody else mentality that is generally a…

  • Egg Storage Experiment – Week 15 Results

    This egg kind of reminds me to an egg from a few weeks ago. As per usual, the egg didn’t float and didn’t smell funny either: Upon cracking, the egg yolk (membrane) broke apart: And here it is cooking (it seemed to fall apart rather easily when flipping as I wasn’t trying to scramble it):…

  • How to Evacuate in a Matter of Minutes

    As much as I’m a “shelter in place” kinda guy, I do recognize the need to be able to evacuate your home should the need ever arise. There are many, many reasons for doing so, including natural disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and wildfires to man-made ones such as a natural gas leak, and chemical spills.…