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The Biggest Threat to Preppers Will be Other Preppers?
As you may know, I like to frequent the SurvivalistBoards forums but, sadly, rarely get into the discussions because I’m usually just not fast enough to comment. That said, this post on The Biggest Threat to Preppers grabbed my attention and I thought I would share it here. Before even reading the OP or any…
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Review of Getting Home: Making It Back to Your Family After Disaster Strikes
I had a chance to review a new book this weekend titled Getting Home: Making It Back to Your Family After Disaster Strikes (links to Kindle book). I first want to mention that EVERY book I’ve ever owned has been a hard-copy, this is the first book that I’ve read completely online via Amazon’s Kindle…
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How to Download YouTube Videos for Free (using Real Player)
I’ve always wondered how to download YouTube videos for archiving but never could find a good answer. Whenever I half-heartedly looked I seemed to happen upon some shady website or maybe some tool that didn’t feel right either so I never tried any of them. Fortunately, the other night I downloaded Real Player (the free version)…
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Retort Canning – A New Way to Can?
The other day I mentioned that I’d run across a thread that mentioned retort canning. Since this seemed like something new, I was intrigued. After all, I’ve obviously heard of water bath canning and pressure canning, why not retort canning? So, I quickly looked it up. I found out that retort canning is the same…
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Egg Storage Experiment – Week 6 Results (and what should be my next experiment?)
Not much has changed from last week. Here’s the mineral oil egg (it didn’t float, smelled fine, tasted fine): …and here’s it cooking on the stove: This is the control egg (it floated, didn’t really smell funny at all either before or after being cracked): What should be my next experiment? I feel like Saturday’s…
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Lackluster Top Blogs, Retort Canning, and Some Vindication for Me
I figured I would share a few things that have been on my mind lately… Lackluster top blogs… If it isn’t obvious to long time readers by now, I spend a lot of my time following MANY blogs in order to bring you the most interesting and useful content each day. Of these blogs, I…
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You Really Need a Different Outlook on Laundry During and After a Disaster
The washing machine and dryer seem to always have a load of something going, from clothes to bath towels and bedsheets. And, with the recent experience of the washing machine breaking while many people were in town, the laundry really did pile up. Even if it were just us, going a week or two without doing any…
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Review of Columbus Family Size Washboard
The very first thing I noticed about this Columbus Family Size Washboard is that it was much smaller than I had anticipated. It stands at most two feet tall and includes a rubbing surface area of roughly 11″ x 11″. I guess I didn’t bother to pay much attention to the dimensions when I bought it…
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What if The Shoe Were on The Other Foot and You Were The Safe Haven?
With a ton of family in town this past week (especially over the weekend) I got to thinking what if the shoe were on the other foot? That is, what if we had to be the safe haven for family and friends who had to evacuate? Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy are prime examples. In this case,…