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- Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:01 pm
- Forum: Disasters in Current Events
- Topic: PNW Power Outages
- Replies: 3
- Views: 113
Re: PNW Power Outages
I had a few more coworkers in the office today than typical since COVID hit. A few outlying rural areas are still getting fixed. My power flickered last night just enough to reset the oven clock. This one affected people a little south of me more than usual. Up where I'm at, we get 3 to 6 of these e...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:23 pm
- Forum: All Things COVID-19
- Topic: COVID-19 Chat Thread
- Replies: 1608
- Views: 98577
Re: COVID-19 Chat Thread
[Posted in the wrong thread but....still applies] Just something to consider: we frequently talk about physical fitness here being a prep. I want to give it another plug. It is a good prep no matter WHAT happens (war, natural disasters, alien abduction). Remember, ideally, you will get old. Everyth...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:11 pm
- Forum: Initial Firearms Prepping Q&A
- Topic: Most common ammo's in US?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 9954
Re: Most common ammo's in US?
The LGS nearest me is closing cause they can't get any inventory in. They have nothing but cases, organizing stuff, and a couple trade-in shotguns.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:06 pm
- Forum: Initial Firearms Prepping Q&A
- Topic: Feels like it’s time to start stocking the caches...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6395
Re: Feels like it’s time to start stocking the caches...
Anyone considering selling some of their stores right now? Prices are unreal...I’m seriously thinking of cashing out a big chunk to build a detached garage with a small 1 bedroom guest house at our new place that’s nicer and on more land, but a lot smaller than our old house. I’d consider using it ...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:53 pm
- Forum: Disasters in Current Events
- Topic: PNW Power Outages
- Replies: 3
- Views: 113
Re: PNW Power Outages
They've already got most of it fixed. This is a pretty normal seasonal occurrence here.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:42 pm
- Forum: All Things COVID-19
- Topic: COVID-19 Chat Thread
- Replies: 1608
- Views: 98577
Re: COVID-19 Chat Thread
[Posted in the wrong thread but....still applies] Just something to consider: we frequently talk about physical fitness here being a prep. I want to give it another plug. It is a good prep no matter WHAT happens (war, natural disasters, alien abduction). Remember, ideally, you will get old. Everyth...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:39 pm
- Forum: Contingency Planning & Preparation
- Topic: Money, money, money
- Replies: 4
- Views: 115
Re: Money, money, money
Watch out for "inactivity fees" on a bank account you don't expect to use regularly. I used to work and travel in Europe every summer and thought it would be smart to keep a bank account at an international bank with easy access in all the European countries I had primary interest in. That was a mis...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:02 am
- Forum: Civil Disorder
- Topic: Preps for a Contested Election in November
- Replies: 252
- Views: 10294
Re: Preps for a Contested Election in November
That said the RE market in the area near my farm in rural MS has been booming even with new housing going up. I actually had someone (with a NY plate) drive down my driveway and offer to buy our place from my wife. She was neither pleased nor impressed with the intrusion. She also strongly suggeste...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:51 pm
- Forum: What Would You Do?
- Topic: There's a mouse in the house (bug out bag food storage)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 291
Re: There's a mouse in the house (bug out bag food storage)
Yesterday I was staring at an unopened tin of Danish cookies and struggling with whether to open them. I can resist goodies in an unopened container for months. But the moment it's opened... Anyway, it occurred to me that a lot of candies and cookies come in a wide range of metal tins nothing other ...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:09 pm
- Forum: What Would You Do?
- Topic: There's a mouse in the house (bug out bag food storage)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 291
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:09 am
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
- Replies: 44
- Views: 540
Re: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
It was 10 years ago. And it was constant "the sky is falling" melodrama. If you find they have sane people handling the mail now, let me know. I'd like to support a 2A rights organization. I just don't want the constant hysteria being mailed to me. I recently heard about NAAGA, a minority focused gu...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
- Replies: 44
- Views: 540
Re: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
I think I'd trust random reloads I found on the floor at a gun range more than I trust the media these days. As for the NRA, the big problem a lot of folks have with the organization all stems from Wayne LaPierre and his cronies basically using the NRA as their own personal spending account. Agree ...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:02 pm
- Forum: Civil Disorder
- Topic: Preps for a Contested Election in November
- Replies: 252
- Views: 10294
Re: Preps for a Contested Election in November
For those who can't/won't connect with family tribe, there is always "tribe of choice." Results will likely vary, but that can be said of almost anything. I want to strongly emphasize this. There's a common saying that you can choose your friends, but not your family. That stops being true as soon ...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:05 am
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
- Replies: 44
- Views: 540
Re: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
I am not a regular NPR listener anymore, because the last few years have had way too much political personality commentary content for my tastes, but on the topic of gun rights a listener should go in assuming they are attempting to mislead. Or they don't know enough to ask the right questions. I r...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:16 am
- Forum: Civil Disorder
- Topic: Preps for a Contested Election in November
- Replies: 252
- Views: 10294
Re: Preps for a Contested Election in November
The events of the last year haven't hit me all that hard other than annoyances. Except for having to lay off most of my crew. That was rough. But I was not that worked up over the news. The picture of the House Chamber barricaded with furniture and guards having their guns pulled messed with me. I w...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:18 pm
- Forum: Contingency Planning & Preparation
- Topic: 3M Security Film
- Replies: 15
- Views: 311
Re: 3M Security Film
Glad to help. When/if you get around to installing it, mind revisiting and letting us know what you think? (At least of the process; I don't think we need you to throw rocks at your windows. I mean, unless you just want to, FOR SCIENCE!) After I get the hang of putting it on my own windows, I'll co...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:33 am
- Forum: Bug Out Gear
- Topic: Bug Out Gear Deals (Post 'em when you find 'em) I
- Replies: 6683
- Views: 1119913
Re: Bug Out Gear Deals (Post 'em when you find 'em) I
I received two goal zero lanterns in the mail today that I ordered on an "open box sale." They showed up without the boxes, demo stickers on them, and in perfect condition. I'm quite happy with the deal. https://www.goalzero.com/shop/open-box-product/lighthouse-core-lantern-usb-power-hub-open-box/li...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:40 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
- Replies: 44
- Views: 540
Re: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
I'm starting to think someone screwed up a translation and the Maya were concerns about 2021, not 2012. I though "A New Hope" was a bad subtitle for this thread from the start. But seeing the subtitle changed just now made me laugh so hard I scared the cats. I am very much in approval of the new tit...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:10 pm
- Forum: Civil Disorder
- Topic: Preps for a Contested Election in November
- Replies: 252
- Views: 10294
Re: Preps for a Contested Election in November
Word I'm getting right now is that the woman who was shot has died and was only 17 years old. I have a feeling students will be learning her name in school a century from now. In the UK it's reported she was in the Air Force for 14 years. If they've ID'd the right person, she's well into adulthood....
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:34 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Firearms Chat: [2021 - Aw, FFS!]
- Replies: 44
- Views: 540
Re: Firearms Chat: [2021 - A New Hope]
On NPR , one of the morning programs, Up First , covered what it means to be Black & a gun owner. It's 50 minutes, & as policital as it gets, so no direct link. I found it to be a good view & quite interesting. Thanks. It was worth my time listening to. I admit I did cringe a bit at a few moments t...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:50 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Building a Bug Out Cart for fun and profit
- Replies: 46
- Views: 14676
Re: Building a Bug Out Cart for fun and profit
not quite a necro, but ran across this article - thought it worth posting to this thread. https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/12/the-chinese-wheelbarrow.html well written piece on the foundational technology - the Chinese wheelbarrow. This is awesome! Thanks for posting this. I've never seen this ...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:24 pm
- Forum: Civil Disorder
- Topic: Portland Violence
- Replies: 94
- Views: 6056
Re: Portland Violence
Looks like authorities are finally trying to make a stand in Portland.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... g-nye-riot
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... g-nye-riot
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:12 am
- Forum: Longarms - Shotguns and Rifles
- Topic: The New & Improved, "What have you done to your AR today" thread
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1639
Re: The New & Improved, "What have you done to your AR today" thread
Last week a got a hand-me-down Nikon 1.5 to 6 power scope with retical markings for 300BO (not sure what grain). I mounted it today on my 300BO carbine. I didn't get out to the range, but I really like the clarity of the scope.
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 1:22 pm
- Forum: Civil Disorder
- Topic: The Coming Civil War - (Warning: No Politics)
- Replies: 1435
- Views: 102794
Re: The Coming Civil War - (Warning: No Politics)
Just watched southernprepper1's latest videos about prisoner handling. I'm not quite sure of what to make of them. I'm not going to post the links - they are questionable here. I guess I'm asking folk to view & comment here. It's a little far-out for me, but meebee it could happen. Thanks. I wouldn...