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Anyone seen the price of silver ???????????
Just hit 29.00/oz
Now i need to find some nice guy to purchase some of mine..
Horse –
News is breaking in the AH, Russia and China have agreed to transact trade with anything but the US Dollar. … Three years ago, candidate Trump promised that we would get so sick of all the winning that we would beg him to stop. … He was right, and I’m there. Hi-o Silver, Away!
tmc/Horse
Add to list, Australia, So. Africa, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, North Korea
Japan and Iran. Many others are planning to depart the building!
k-bay
Makes one wonder if accident(s) might mysteriously occur in there most vulnerable area(s). TPTB do not take lightly to having someone whiz in their cheerios…just saying
AC
I’m always all for whizzing in their cheerios, I don’t give a flyin’ you know what.
Anything I’m able to do to put a trip-wire plugged into the claymore, in their
way, is always my plan.
Horse and all,
PM’s are on a wild tear, that’s for sure. There is serious concern about all the fiat currency we have been and are printing. The treasury floods with currency, the Fed keeps asset prices inflated through their purchasing programs, and it seems fundamental value is completed disassociated with market pricing. I’ve read several articles advising people to just buy whatever the Fed is buying. It’s craziness. I don’t see how this has a happy ending.
Horse –
Silver’s been on fire since it broke through the 25.00 mark. Gold’s moving a lot, too, though I expect lots of effort being made to keep it from soaring like a rocket.
When I see PM’s rising so quickly, that’s a sign for me to pay very close attention to what’s going on in the world. Could be economic/political/social or war, most likely all of them. Combined with lots of buildings catching fire, I wonder about the war front.
Just hold the gold, not much here so keep it for hard times.
But I remember buying gold rings from the pawn shop many years ago dirt cheep.
Looking back.. wish I have dumped everything extra into it.
hindsight..
I bought some silver back in the 90’s. Paid around $3.50 per oz including commission. Had to sell that silver to help pay for college. I think I sold that silver for around $7.00 per oz.
hint….. us mint . gov .999 quarter set 2019 36.95 one oz
Farmgirl
Just remember, ya’ll can’t eat gold or silver unless you expose
yourself to them folks that you’d be trading with. Barter with
unknown people will always be a crap-shoot. Not tryin’ to
rain on your parade at all, since I’m a newbie here, just wary
of opsec after the fall.
k-bay – My comment wasn’t meant to imply I *had* any gold or silver. Just watching what’s happening with them. When they start moving like this, there’s usually something going on. I appreciate the good advice, though.
Barter will be dicey, especially with PM’s, ammo, addictive substances. I’m not planning on it unless it’s absolutely necessary. If I have to, I’ll be as gray as possible, and I’ll be looking over my shoulder the whole time. No parade to rain on.
IMHO, gold and silver can be useful in two ways. One is to trade soon at a high spot price for more practical items to make surviving this thing more plausible. The other use is as a way of passing something of future value on to children/family. Assuming there is a future beyond the collapse.
Farmgirl,
I think that the moves in both gold and silver have multi-fold reasons. Covid, unrest, and throw in a little movement from several nations, to stop using the US dollar as their trading exchange, has a lot to do with it.You are right immediate exchange, sell high
buy low thingy. Thanks for the return.
k-bay so right about not being able to eat the metals. But should times calm a bit coin of the realm would be useful too. However the powers that be are pushing for intangible forms of ‘money’. More control is on the horizon.
That scenario works both ways. You could be set up trying to buy PMs just the same. Especially when regular currency still has value.
Commodities market as of Friday it had the American green back at 92 cents in the month of September. Today could possible be a whole different scenario for the value of this paper.
Looks like we may be requiring a wheel barrel after all for a loaf of bread.
AC
Ill trade you a loaf of bread for a wheelbarrow of aged manure or compost,,, or of limestone sand
Just need to invent an instantaneous transporter.
Kulafarmer
You do not need to trade for the aged poop, just figure out a way to ship from our area to yours. It is a rather long boat trip. 😉 It has aged so much it does not weight a lot.
A while back it was Dennis who alerted us to a sale at Midway with a great price on the Walker’s Razor Slim Low Profile Electronic Earmuffs with Free Walkie Talkie. Bought some. They quickly went out of stock. They’re back in stock, but not at that sale price, and I’ve picked up more to give as Christmas gifts.
I just received two pairs myself. Just installed the radio on one of them. Preliminary test went well. Plan to do an article on it after some more “playing”.
I got a couple of pairs when they were $59 each. Amazing. I used them while sitting in the woods waiting to see my chicken killing fox friend. Turned up the volume all the way and could hear things creeping around the woods.
Welcome Be! This is a great group to be a part of.
SoulSurvivor –
Psalm 32:8 and Joshua 1:9. Safe journey, dear traveler. We shall meet again.
yes Veteran
“Instant karma’s gonna get you”
“Gonna knock you right in the head”
We will all shine on………………………..we will!
“Like the moon and the stars and the sun”
“Well we all shine on…”
“Ev’ryone come on…”
Excellent Mrs. U!
I remember Y2K. I was huddled in the office of a fire station, with all the other firefighters, waiting to see if the computers would go down and therefore the fire engines would not start! What a bust!
1 of 5 deaths of COVID in the US is in New York. What a bunch of idiots trying to stem the flow now!
They’re not trying to stem the flow. They’re just posturing, showing their cattle that they are “doing something!”
So….I am sitting on a fence. Douglas County Nevada, about 3 hours away from me, is going to host a BLM and counter protester protest this Saturday. I am itching to go and be a counter protester. BUT an LEO friend of mine said that it was honorable to want to go, but do not go! I really feel the need to stand up and fight, or at least stand up and be counted.
I did a letter writing campaign to local law enforcement agencies, telling them there are many of us who support them, and I put it out to may friends to do the same. I got an overwhelming support for the letter writing campaign. But is it enough?
So, I am stuck sitting on a fence trying to decide to go or not go.
Pegasus
Stay away from crowds
Sometimes ‘gray’ is the way.
Pegasus
Ohh, wow.
I had forgotten you had posted this.
What did you decide and how are things going now?
Just watched a video on how they make steel ball bearings. Humbling. No wonder the ball bearing factories of WW2 Germany were such highly defended Priority target by the American and British Bomber crews.
Massive precision machinery and well skilled hard working people to run them. I wonder if we even have ball bearing factories in America any more.
A lot more scavenging in my future I see as the system fails when the US Dollar falls out of grace as the worlds reserve currency aka Petrodollar. Seems we import almost everything and export US Debt. Somethings going to break even if the Leftist’s are driven from Congress this November given the shut down and “Relief Funding” of COVID.
Winter is coming
NH Ball Bearings Inc in Peterborough and Laconia…
Timken in Keene
Encouraging to hear! Thanks
Timken is still in Lebanon NH also!
I keep spare sets for everything I own. As well as belts, hoses, and filters. I’ve got a couple of barns that look full of junk to the untrained eye. But if you understand the importance of such things then you keep spares.
Purple Heart Day is observed on August 7 each year and is a time for Americans to pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who were either wounded on the battlefield or paid the ultimate sacrifice with their lives. Purple Heart Day is also known as National Purple Heart Day, Purple Heart Recognition Day and Purple Heart Appreciation Day.
Lest we forget…………….
Dennis
Dh said ‘thank you’ for remembering those who received them, since many of them are no longer here.
Yes it is, as my Mr. left blood in a foreign land more than once. Was a POW for eight days too. Luckily before the trip to Hanoi Hilton, a search and ‘destroy’ platoon came upon the small holding area in the jungle and they were Marines.
Dennis
Thanks for the post, we should all remember those wounded and lost
for the freedoms (endangered as they are)that we enjoy this day.
Good post, Dennis.
Thank you for reminding us and remembering them.
Salute
DW’s disability has been approved. All of our bills are paid before the due date. We haven’t been able to do that for a long time. We are also stocking up on diabetic supplies and groceries. I don’t like relying on the government for anything but we are very grateful.
car guy
That is wonderful news to hear.
Believe it tuber for those who are diabetic and not able to have potatoes or such starchy food items. Yet from what I have read it a great food source.
Please see if you can find a tuber referred to as a Yacon, use duckduckgo and you should have some luck finding a source out there. (moon ridge farms)seems to be a place to check for them.
I just read an article from modernsurvivalomline dot com that talks about Jerusalem Artichokes. It states they are the diabetics potato. Never tried it but sounds very interesting.
Something to look into.
Ohh, potatoes don’t do too much to my blood sugar. I eat potatoes often and have never had problems. Rice on the other hand. I eat two grains of rice and my sugar spikes. White (not being racist) rice is really bad for me. However, long grain brown rice is fine. I don’t see sugar spikes like with white rice. It seems anything white these days is evil. I guess I better work on my suntan more so I don’t get bunched in with bad white things. Hehe
Evidently Jerusalem Artichokes have a lot of protein. I guess they are similar to potatoes in that the tubers are harvested like taters. The leaves and stem have a fair amount of protein as well. They are definitely on my to plant list for the next years growing season.
INPrepper – You might introduce them to your diet gradually, as they contain a lot of inulin. Some people get rumbly tumblies from that if they’re not used to it. They are a wonderful perennial crop – unkillable. (Hint: don’t let them spread. Always harvest.)
They do spread, but not as much as people claim. That may be because I’m not watering them, though. If you have a small patch and harvest them all, a few will be missed and come back the next year. If you’re serious about getting rid of them make sure the sprouts are pulled and harvest any roots that put up sprouts. They all come up within maybe a foot of the main cluster, so should be relatively easy to contain. Not like some other plants that come up half a mile away and gleefully hide until they have sufficient numbers to attack again.
They are smaller than potatoes, with thin, insignificant skins. They don’t taste like a potato, and slice more like a water chestnut, with thin, even slices.
Farmgirl and Lauren
Thanks for the info.
I am going to give them a go next year. I’ll plant some in the spring and harvest in the fall.
Regards
Saturday September 26th is being set up as a national and global day of prayer to return to God. This world sure needs more God and more prayer!
Ready, Aim, Fire
Do you purchase milk in plastic jugs? Have you every saved them for projects? Here is another one for your list, rather than use that nasty stuff to kill off the fish.
Depending on how many lines you wish to place in a fishing area will determine the amount of plastic milk jugs. You will need heavy duty/good quality fishing line, 4-5 jugs to start the assemble process. Using your fishing line string the milk jugs together every three to four feet apart. Leave the cap on the container, then run a fish line down from the handle depending on how deep you wish the line to be.
Then attach a fishing hook, weight up from the hook add your bait for catch of the day.
Attach a light weight poly rope to the first milk jug, that rope then becomes you access to pull the jugs in from the area you placed for fishing. Anchor that rope to either a tree or a large rock(jic), toss it out into the lake, pond, stream.
Come back later to check your line. If the jugs are under water, yes you have fish on, and sometimes you have a fish on when the jugs on the surface.
Oh, for a good laugh depending on the type of fish your entire unit could be under water, as in the case of a land lock sturgeon. Ask me how my dad found out….lol
AC
Jug fishing is great. Especially if you have other things to do while trying to catch some fish.
Not sure what the regulations are where you are at, but I’ve lived in a few states that require “jug lines” to follow the same rules as trotlines.
No more than 200 yards from a dam, certain number of hooks, certain number of jugs allowed by one person etc..
Just a heads up if anyone is going to try them.
I would get the fishing guide and look it over before going out.
AND if you go for catfish, (Which in the south is a gimme)
Try strawberry shrimp.. Bag of shrimp from the grocery, pack of koolaid,
dump together and mix. Wear gloves too, or your hands will be red for a week.
Can’t tell you how many channel cats we caught in KY with that formula.
Great tip, McCatfish!
Strawberry Kool-Aid and frozen shrimp will be on my next shopping list. Thanks for passing on useful information!
You are welcome,
Leave the shell on.
It stays on the hook longer and the fish will try and suck the koolaid off.
(Never watched that, just a guess)
🤗
McC –
Thanks for the clarification because I would have grabbed unshelled versus shell-on. You’ve given me a great tip to share with others, so I truly appreciate it.
Should have been
NO closer than 200 yards to a dam
Should have said
Must be further than 200 yards from a dam
McCatfish
No one ever said my dad did things legally…lol. He only did in areas where he knew he could get away with it, and it was a different era of mindset.
Since we were speaking about ‘after’ the horse poop hits the fan, did not add the fact. To do it now was a major NO-NO.
We were at the very end of a tributary, and he explained it to me. NHM, called it a trot line which it would be, as that is the term dad used.
This form of fishing is “”only when the world had gone to HILL in a hand basket””! OK, all you fisherman and ladies, no cheating.
Half gallon bleach jugs work as well,their tops are more secure than some of the easy open milk jugs….. the ones that have the handle….makes it easier to string together….
Farmgirl
Have you thought about raising these for seed?
Although they appear to be tropical plant, a hot house/green house might work. Opening up all sorts of new possibilities for you & your clientele.
Antique Collector – Sorry, I’m not following. Tried the thread. Are you referring to Yacon? If so, I have never grown those. Roots crops are, and will be more so, a valuable calorie crop. Pretty good return for area planted. I’ll look into that to see if it’s doable on my homestead. Wonder if starting from seed would be like potatoes – genetic surprises. Thanks for the suggestion.
If I’m way off base as to what you were referencing, feel free to re-direct me.
Farmgirl
No, you are not off base.
Sorry was in a hurry to get it posted before heading to town for the chiropractors appointment. Missed telling you it was the Yacon tuber. 😏😣
Just finished an oil change on the generator. Also drained remaining gasoline from the tank. It’s been in there for about a year. Smelled fine, but I want things to work. I always turn off the fuel valve and allow the engine to “run out of gas.” I have fuel valves on numerous gasoline engines. Checked air filter, looked great. So, I think that’s one more chore done.
Ham radio works great. I encourage everyone to improve their comms. Don’t forget the faraday cages. Saw a recent review of using old microwave ovens for faraday. This guy claimed they don’t work. I’ve seen others who claim they will work. Who knows? I use galvanized trash cans and popcorn tins for the more frequently used items. Do your own research and make your own choices. Bags?
Bought a little more wheat. Really trying hard to shore up any shortages or weaknesses. I don’t want to be that guy, who wished he’d learned this or wished he’d stored that. I’m sure I’ll fall short on something, but I’m giving it my best effort.
I’ve noticed the less I write, the more I have time to learn or do. I’ve got a lot to learn and a lot to do. I’ve done a lot, but I have this feeling/sense I haven’t done enough!
Good to hear from you Plainsmedic! All you did is a good reminder to myself to work on. If you have a septic tank when was the last pump out? If your likely to have extra guests during trouble times that septic tank might need some extra care while the pump trucks still run. Eye glasses and Dental up to speed? Plenty of history about folks being driven mad over tooth pain.
Got plenty of food? Got vitamins to cover what we normally get from a much vaster variety of foods? Beans and rice are filling but lacking vitamin C and others. Scurvy and such are preventable diseases that will destroy you in bad times.
Do you have written standard operating procedures in case your ill and cannot advise very well? I found out last winter when I was down from an ice slip that my beloved wife did not understand how to start the electric start generator. Hurt a LOT to shuffle outside to assist.
Again thanks for the reminders, I need to change my generators oil and get more oil and supplies for next change.
I read an article a long time ago that mentioned how to check if a microwave can work as a faraday cage. Put a phone in the microwave (unplug microwave first) and make a phone call to the phone. If the phone rings then it is not a faraday cage. Don’t know how much truth is there but is definitely a point to ponder.
I have a question for any experienced painters. What is the best way to paint a factory-primed metal exterior door? Would like to do a good job, not leave a bunch of brush strokes, and can’t rent a bunch of fancy equipment. You tube might have something, but I’m trying not to support them much, and I’m a bit crunched for time and thought I’d ask for real life experience from you all. Appreciate any tips for this. Doesn’t have to be perfect, just pretty good. Thanks in advance.
Farmgirl,
If you can, isolate the project door inside. Don your respirator and
shoot the thing with a “rustoleum brand can. Your finish will be an
even surface, if you start the spray off to the side then continue across
the surface. Use deliberate and smooth strokes, and try to maintain
your distance off the surface. This is basically the method that I used
when shooting helicopters and airplanes with an air powered paint gun.
Don’t know if it’ll work for you, jest trying to be helpful.
k-bay – Thank you, thank you. Kept stopping work to check in for comments.
Wondered about a spray can. Have a respirator, so that’s good. I’ll most likely do it outside, though, when the wind dies down. I’ll newspaper the heck out of everything around it. It’s worth a shot!
Farmgirl –
Yes, to what k-bay has instructed. Just finished this myself two days ago. At Lowe’s, look for an enormously oversized can of Rustoleum. It is ridiculously large and my stores have it at the actual paint counter. It is for large and commercial size projects, so it’s nozzle sprays as a large fan pattern. Huge amount of surface can be covered with the flick of a wrist and doesn’t tend to sputter or spit like little cans tend to do because it has so much air to support the steam. Good luck!
Farmgirl, in addition to doing the rust preventative. you can use a second color, of a compatible paint and a brush to give it a fake wood appearance. This will cammo any “weak spots” imperfections… My DH is so good our neighborhood thieves thought the building now had wood doors… did not get in…
Just Sayin’ – That sounds like it would look really nice. I’ll keep that in mind. At present, I’m just going for coverage and color. When the to do list is a bit shorter, maybe…
I use foam rollers and add a bit of that ‘leveler’ from the paint store, what ever it is…..I think its just a slow-dry thing that helps the paint level out. Don’t even have to remove the door and lay flat. Just paint it hanging..
Farmgirl
One trick my dad did to parent or minimize brush marks is to put the door or item in the sun and get nice and hot. Put the paint can (not spray paint but the can) in the sun to warm up. When the item is nice and toasty, paint with a thick coating. With the warmth of the sun and a good coating, brush strokes will be minimized. My dad usually saved projects like those for the hottest days of the year.
Ohhh, make sure the breeze is minimal as you don’t want the item covered in dirt from the wind.
InPrepper – Thanks for the tip. I’m learning an awful lot about painting metal doors! Good thing, as I’ve never done one before.
Ohhh, use a good brush. One with fine bristles. Don’t use those cheap ones Wally World $1.50 brushes. Those bristles are like shop broom, very coarse.
My dad has some brushes he paid good money for. Some are easily over twenty years old and still work great. Clean then really good immediately after use and they should last a long time. The key is to not let the paint dry on the brush.
Some people buy brushes, do the job and then throw them away. They don’t want the hastle of cleaning them. With the el cheapo brushes, ok toss them. Over the long run, a good brush more than pays for itself.
We may have moved on from the explosion, but my son sent me a video yesterday that was in black and white, a “negative image” of right before the main detonation. In it one can plainly see coming out of the upper left corner an object streaking down out of the sky to the ground and then the major explosion. It was on You Tube, but has now been taken down because the uploader has closed his account. Funny thing about that?
Spec5
Initial fire as energizer, a secondary “igniter” in the form of
a missile or bomb? I wish I could have examined the shot
for myself.
Carpe Donktum on you tube has portions of it in his post “Just a quick Expert opinion” but my old eyes had trouble seeing it.
FWIW, I’ve seen that video claim to be debunked by several folks based on technical photography details I don’t completely understand. Check out Carlos Osweda and/or Heshmat Alavi on Twitter for relatively good threads on the whole topic over the last couple of days (you don’t have to sign up, just search for the person you’re looking for).
I suspect we’ll never know for sure what happened. I think Carlos has some stills from the video in one of his threads.
FOCA
You are not the only one. Might have worked if he had enlarged it for better detail as that was totally worthless.
Spec5
Well that bowl of cheerios apparently did not like what is occurring in the money markets.
What better way to control a nation by causing harm in wiping out a food supply that is a staple of a certain region. Then try to blame it on an innocent or group of innocents for merely being there at the time of the explosion. Would have loved to seen that video & shared with like minded ex intel’s.
Pieces of a puzzle, go back to the 2016 election an look all the unnatural occurrences in the world after T & prez of china started so called negotiations. WE are in a world of deep kimchi-mho
That is the video I spoke of the other day. Mr. had it on his FB page. Told me last night it was gone. Did not look photo shopped, but who knows.
It is still playing at this site:
https://thewashingtonsentinel.com/missile-strike-smoking-gun-video-raises-questions-about-devastating-beirut-blast/
aka
Article questions a tac nuke or such, yet, the red coloration of the
blast cloud is most definitely indicative of an Amo-Nitr explosion.
I know nothing about explosives except for what I read. That link has the video that shows a missile coming in. Is it fake? shrug-no idea. I can believe that someone would take advantage of a warehouse full of explosive material and send in a missile though. Be interesting to see how things play out.
aka,
This is also interesting.
Their in-coming port is destroyed.
I’ve heard that their grain storage has been also been destroyed.
And this type of destruction is happening in various parts of the East.
Destruction of food stores.
From what I’ve seen from videos, this was no fireworks factory mishap , no stored unstable fertilizer. That blast was massive. I could be wrong……
Interesting times, to say the least.
This isn’t just US, this piece by piece mayhem to bring us and others down, is happening worldwide
When the people beg for relief, look to who steps forward with a plan to save them all. It isn’t just the US that will have to beg for help–it’s most of the world. They can take the holdouts at their leisure after they have the powerful sewn up.
And by powerful I don’t just mean the US, China, and other major powers. I mean anyone with the ability to mount a respectable counterattack, and that includes the terrorist countries. TPTB will never be satisfied–they want the world at their feet, and they have a plan.
Joe C- I’m reading the same stories. Floods, locusts, bombs(?)etc a large portion of the world has lost major portions of their crops. Whats that saying? Control the food and control the people??? It is going to be a hungry year though.
Aka,,,
Its saying fourth turning…
Kulafarmer
Wow. I had forgotten about that! Some spooky stuff going on.
If you control the food, you control the people.
Lauren…..
Or anyone else…..
First time sweet potato guy grower.
I have a couple beautiful sweet potato plants in the garden, doing well.
It will be another month, possibly two months before damaging low night time temps.
How do I go about harvesting, as not to damage the potatoes? I should dig around the embedded vine stalk, correct? How far out and how deep?
And harvest/ dry like regular potatoes?
Thanks , much
Joe c. I have been fortunate to have second swetpotato crop in raised bed. generally the potatoes will be near base of plant and may push up, make sure to keep those covered, until you dig , just before frost(if it frost on them it will make the tubers rot.)…. if you have rats outside they will eat up.anything showing…and dig down to get what is not on top.
.. they should have at least an inch of water every week.
.. you can eat the tips of the plants, small leaves raw for salad.. Do not gather more than one 1/3 leaves from each plant.
…. rabbits also like the leaves. so when you do harvest give plant material to rabbits… unless you have a green house.. can root those vines and plant in green house., for a second crop..a natural daylight bulb can expedite in northern grow areas…
….generally require 120 days.. i use a heavy tined fork.. out from base of plant about a foot, and uplift. area towards plant. may need to go around. to other side. ..then dig with hands to pull out all tubers. generally bigger, will be near ground top. Once gathered , do not wash. lay on newspaper or in box in single layer… let season in house? or protected area in barn…for 2 weeks. then sugars/flavor will be set.. IF you find a frost is imminent and do not have time to dig, can cut all tops loose and throw a blanket over.. then dig in a few days.
Tanks JS!
The original JS👍
The ‘Original Recipe’ comes to mind –
KFC?
I added “the original” to it after someone else posted using my moniker… had run words together… and was not my comment…..was philosophical. I do not want others to confuse our posts… if that person still wants to post… let them use my old name… Since KFC is going to fake lab produced meat- will be a cold day in the bad part of eternity when i eat their food again.
when my computer OS is changed shortly I will not have the old one pop up in part… another advantage of Linux. Upgraded the system program , it took away my clock and calendar and can find no way to reinstall. so will go back to the one i liked…DH will do the hard work..
Just picking on ya, JS.
Yeah, KFC chicken….nah, I’ll pass.
Now the imitation taters and gravy and coleslaw….well…
.
I’m hungry.
What’s for supper??
-Joe c,
Wasn’t it Maxwell Smart who was trying to protect the world from ‘imitation taters’ made from sponge rubber or some such? Maybe that was in “the Nude Bomb” movie so long ago?
– Papa S.
Papa S
Lol
Ohh, geeze, really?
I’ve seen the movie….. decades ago.
You expect.me.to remember?
Maxwell Smart….
Don Adams.
Ohh, good grief.
Something more to ponder on.
Joe c.stir fry.. 2 tbsp grapeseed oil… all diced veggies,..summer squash, cucumber, med onion,8 ” pc of celery, few baby carrots sliced off with potato peeler.. all browned ,then covered for 15 min… in skillet til tender.. liberal garlic,a taste 1/2 tsp,of horseradish, 8 oz shredded chicken ( left from last nights-dish) 3 oz polish sausage diced… added 1.5 cups of cooked white rice( left from last night.) after all else cooked… teriyaki sauce added to plate.
A nice low humidity early fall day would be great. Remember to let them cure. Dry one side then turn over to dry the other. Leave the dirt on unless it a big clump.
Jc
not sure of your location, but you might want to try growing “yamino”,
which is a japanese yam. High nutrition starch, fairly easy to propagate
and you can actual make into a soup as well.
K-bay, greens can be eaten too boiled/steamed/stir fried like spinach
Kula
Thanks man, didn’t know that, culinary failure
in my japanese cooking education.
k-bay
Thanks for the info..
Time to sign off…..
Imma getting hungry
Suppatime
K-bay, is this tuber hard on blood sugar issues.? does it digest slowly or rapid… ? were would one get it. in continental. I am in zone 7.
toJS
will get back to you on that, unless Kula ‘s
got that info too.
toJS
Yamaimo.. “Dioscorea japonica”,
Lower glycemic index, high fiber (59 gm per 1 lb)
fights off effects of d2, 37 gm of carbs,
2 gm of protein with zero fat, with 158 calories per 1 lb.
Pre-rooted available at Etsy… 3 pieces for $10.00
I believe they are medicinal
k-bay, copied info thanks.
INP, be sure to let us know when safe. Low ground w/ lake above definitely not.Prayers for those in danger have been ongoing for several weeks as the danger has become more evident… here and worldwide.
Oh Wow. One of the Chinese ladies over on the e-com side is passing around a petition to oust Gavin Newsom. Says she: “That horrible, evil man has to go!” I noticed she had multiple pages already filled, way more than we have in this office. It turns out she has been sitting down at a local gun store after work each night. After her rationed daily ammo purchase, she sets up the recall petition table.
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I was always apprehensive to sign one of those, because of potential blowback. But dang, I’m not going to let her walk around with a bigger set of stones. Well… too late for that. But I signed her petition anyway.
tmcg, LOL, Beautiful lady KNOWS the dangers first hand. too bad i am not qualified to sign from another state…..
Which reminds me, Farmgirl. Are you still having problems with UV? My UV is hovering between 10 and 12 most days. The greenhouse is doing OK, and anything in full or part shade is great even if its usually a full sun plant. No production, though. Anything in full sun is struggling. The plants that usually need a lot of water are struggling more than the drought tolerant, but I can’t put UV protection over everything.
The plants do OK for a while, then they weaken and dry up.
Lauren – Ours have been in very high territory, between 8-10. Forgot about that today, and have a nice pink face to show for it. 10-12 is pretty extreme; no wonder the plants are struggling. For the future, it might be necessary to have a light shade cloth over main growing areas. Sounds like you’ve done that to the extent possible. Like you, my greenhouse plants are doing well. The rest was planted outside with afternoon shade and is okay.
This might be what we have to deal with going forward, so it’s good to see it now and make a plan for dealing with it.
One possibility is to scatter the plantings, so things that need full sun are partially in full sun and partially in light shade. More seeds needed, but if UV is excessively high those in light shade might produce better than those in full sun. Also I need to carefully space things against walls and such, taking into consideration that UV is doubled through reflection.
The problem is that the main growing area is on the west, and mostly unprotected. As the trees grow they’ll provide additional shade, but that’s still years away.
It’s interesting that I have learned to tell the UV level simply because of the way the light feels. It can be 80 degrees and low humidity, but it feels like I start burning as soon as I walk into full sun. UV 12, 11. UV 10 is more bearable, but still has a distinct burn to it. UV 9 I barely notice. It hasn’t gotten down to 8 since I started keeping track in the spring.
Forward observer
Antique Collector, the line in your post about wiping out 85% of the food supply in the region, got me to thinking about a clean water supply if ,God forbid, the electrical grid goes down for a prolonged period of time. Not going to lie. Been a city boy all my life except for times the wife and I went camping for the week at a camp ground. There was always a spigot for water. You can have all the weapons,ammo,food and whatever,but without water in about a week or so you are going to be in serious trouble! Whoever controls a supply of potable water will control an area. Not wanting to be a Doom and Gloom guy, but the possibility is there. seeking wisdom from people who know more than me.
Spec5,
did you see the movie “the book of Eli”?
The guy who had the fresh water source ran the town. Now is a good time to look for alternate water sources in your AO. Any water not under your control should be suspect and treated before using. Check out the SODIS system.They came up with it to be used in third world scenarios to disinfect drinking water. I have used it myself.
Using the UV rays of the sun to kill off the bad guys lurking in the water. Using clear plastic bottles up to 2 litre size. Check it out. The info is online. If you got sunshine you’re good to go.
Boiling and using bleach works too.
Ken has some great archived posts about it plus the math to figure out the bleach to water ratio. Also pick you up a couple water spigot keys so you can access water from commercial/industrial buildings.
Hope this helps…
Spec5 –
Adding to what BJH has shared about looking in your vicinity for alternative water sources, start printing images from Google Earth for the area around you. You’ll be surprised to discover that even in residential neighborhoods you’ll have a small creeks running behind people’s houses that may be accessible on foot without going onto their property. Look for low spots where rain will rush if you have a downpour. An aerial view of your neighborhood will also show you how many neighbors have pools. Ken has a couple of articles on treating pool water, so you’ll be able to print valuable info that will make you an asset to them because bartering information will be advantageous too.
Pressure will go down very quickly on your taps, so try to locate a Water Bob which will fit in your bathtub as a liner, allowing you to turn your tap on immediately and secure a decent amount of water before it becomes a trickle as others begin to deplete it. Talk that through with your wife that you need to get as much out of the tap as quickly as possible, so that whoever is home will be ready to leap into action to get it done.
Another resource that doesn’t cost a lot are the blue food grade barrels. Each is 55 gallons and you can find a local source for those that will be cheaper than the sticker shock, or wait of ordering them online. Local companies use them to transport beverage flavorings, etc. Then they wash them and resell to the public at a substantially reduced rate. Wash those out using a marine grade hose, the white one, then store in a shady spot. I just dumped my water to refill and after two years that water was crystal clear. I do have the tablets stored to chemically treat but that water was surprisingly clean. Get whatever water filter you can afford if you can’t obtain a Berkey. Look for one that will remove the most contaminants, then filter into a 5 gallon food grade bucket as storage. Lowe’s or Home Depot usually have those buckets and Academy may have a filter, but check around in your area and get your hands on whatever you can, as quickly as you can. And for every bottle of water you finish, refill it from the tap and set it aside. I buy the 40 packs of Ozarka and have started slitting the protective wrapper in the center just wide enough to wiggle a bottle out, then I refill the bottles and restock that same pack when the bottled water if gone. Small piece of tape and the packs are sturdy enough to restack for later use. Because remember, you won’t just need water to drink and cook with, you’ll also need water for washing clothes and bathing. Pristine to drink, then you can still have a plan for water that may be a tad less perfect.
Spec5, there is a gutter downspout gadget that will allow the filling of rain barrels. Check your local law on collecting rainwater. Yes it might be against the law………..
Be very careful of those little creeks that run through neighborhoods. Many folks in suburbia want to have perfect lawns. That often means copious amounts of fertilizer along with weed and bug killers. Many of those creeks are little better than open sewers. Boiling those creek waters may kill the bugs but it doesn’t remove the chemicals. So, just a heads up.
BJH
just a message, watch out what bottles you put it in.
Most of them beverage bottles are single use, with BPA tops.
Spec5
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Ken has lots of articles where he and we talk about our water plans. Use search field on menu bar.
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Water while on the move is problematic at 8 lbs per gallon. Water stationary is easier to manage. Sources and storage. And you’re correct – it’s part of the rule of 3s.
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BJH . . Been binge watching Z Nation. At one point the group is at a refugee camp and there are clear bottles of water hanging in the sun. Amazing what you see once you know.
Anony Mee,
it is a passive purification process that allows you to do other tasks while the sun does the work. Time is a precious commodity. Anything that saves me time is a bonus.
yea,its great to see stuff like that and know what its for…
btw,you gave him great advice about looking for the water sources. I forget that not all folks know to how to look for assets in their own area.
BJH –
That’s the city vs. country difference. Since we’re in a totally different setting you have to sort of look with different eyes. All the concrete can work to your advantage, as can the overwhelming popularity of pools. Yet there’s always something to be learned regardless of where we are physically and where we are with our own preparedness.
I was sitting here looking into what you and Anony Mee are discussing because it’s new to me. Thanks for sharing it. Got a new trick up my sleeve thanks to you! You’re a good man, BJH. 😀
Spec5
4 days w/o water, you be in a world of hurt, on the fourth day w/o
water I watched my wife expire.
K-bay, that is horrific. I feel for you.
Pegasus, Thanks, but it is what it is.
A lesson I will always remember.
Spec5
That is ok you were raised to be a city kid. Now I see that many have started you down the path to enlightenment of how to survive long enough to remove yourself out of the situation. YOU have crossed over to another realm which appears to being filled by the MSB group.
They are correct, use those recourses to your best ability. Take the training you were given & put them to use.
Gained another thousand on the #1 Top Prepper Site. My computer crashed a few weeks ago and my files could not be recovered, so I don’t know exactly how long those thousand votes took this time, but I do remember that we have gained 3,000 votes since New Years Day. That is only about 13.5 per day during 2020.
Preparing for SHTF usually only gets one vote per day. So that means that that fewer than 15 of us are voting every day. Often there are more than 10 times that many people who take the time to comment, but they don’t bother to take that extra couple of seconds to register their daily vote.
If they had, we would have reached #1 about last April.
We can do better!
wow i am Spartacus 1 in 15 come on guys i see more than 15 regular posters if you use the site vote for it , it only takes a moment .
Morning to all
I have been trying to catch up on all the discussions going on, whew!!
Tried posting a little but there were obligations that required my attention. Had to set aside current clients maps as I had a rush order that required my immediate attention. Then discovered the printer/scanner needed an up grade on soft ware in order for me to accomplish my goal. Now I am learning how to use new software…oh-joy. rowl.
As many have commented about resources, it is hard to cook, or swallow food if you do not have water, and by that I refer to POTABLE water. Not all water sources are the same, nor is the quality. fyi
BJH gave us a solution for purification of said water, if you are able to locate clear glass containers for such a procedure now would be the time for stocking a few away for this endeavor.
Plainsmedic has recommended to all of us to learn HAM radio, and I am slowly reading a book that gives simple basic knowledge before the next step.
Please remember we all learned to crawl before we could walk, so each piece of knowledge is a baby step getting us closer to what we will require.
Folks time is a finite commodity so please do not waste it!! Use the time allotted to all of us in a productive way. Sharing knowledge in a constructive way, end of kindly reminder.
Antique Collector,
If you’re seriously considering ham radio, I have a suggestion. Download an app onto your smart phone. There are several free ones. Practice tests, actual multiple choice ? and answers, flash card type learning, etc. Everyone learns in their own way. Play around with it and figure out what works for YOU.
All of that is just preparation for passing the test. The test has very little to do with using ham radio. Once you have passed the test (it’s easier than ya think), then the fun part of learning begins. Youtube was very helpful to me. Lots of BASIC learning videos are available.
Actually using a radio and having conversations over the air, will teach you quickly. Each of our situations are different. Each of our “ham needs” are unique to our situation. If ya know someone who is a ham, you’re in great shape. Just figure out what ya need to “contact” the ham. He/she can likely take it from there. The experienced ham, likely has the radio, antenna, etc. to make long distance contacts. All you have to accomplish, at least initially, is contact the ham.
In my situation, I needed regional comms. The technician’s license (beginners license) allows for 2m ssb. I can reach out several hundred miles. I have VIPs in my region. It’s the answer for my situation. Your situation is likely different. Ham can provide the answer for you and your needs.
It’s no where near as expensive as I first thought. Used radios are available. Even the little baofengs will provide surprising distance, with the right antenna and a little height.
With just a few hours of dedicated time, playing with the smart phone app, you’ll be able to pass the test. Don’t fear the test! You can do this. I have an 84 year old friend who is playing with the app. I like his chances. Concentrate on passing the test. You can learn the rest later.
Life seems so busy,,,
If theres work, its usually so much that everything else goes to hell,,,
If theres none, theres the list of stuff that is behind and the stuff that went to hell,,,,,
I wonder if i can just eat grass like a cow,,, it seems to grow faster than my vegetables
Appears you have a shtf situation. According to recently shared wisdom…….eat your neighbor’s grass and crap on what you don’t take…….toughen up son, get your mean going……
Pardon me, I woke up feeling feisty this morning…………
Hahaha! Good one Dennis. 😉
What a thread that was yesterday and last night… but you all have handled it well.
I knowwww
Sorry Pop, ill try better,
First let me go see if i poisoned enough deer to feed Chicongo, then ill go drain that pesky old pond so we can feed the golden herd.
🤪
But seriously,
Awww nuts, theres nothing serious this morning, its saturday
Awww, ok Pop,
Ill suck it up and drain the pond to see whats in it
You might find some treasures after draining the pond. Hundreds of golf balls, an abandoned car, lost items from a boating accident, or Jimmy Hoffa.
Kula –
If grass isn’t enough, I can send you big piles of ragweed. Kind of scratchy, but I’m sure there are nutrients in there somewhere.
Farmgirl,
Im thinking juice it!
Weedgrass juice instead if wheat grass
Kulafarmer – Well then, I could be a weedgrass juice tycoon. I won’t forget all you little people when I’ve made my millions.
Bless you oh weedgrass queen!
Thank you for your generosity
Kula – Ummm….on second thought, might want to think up a different product name. Don’t want any special agents knocking down my door looking for weed!
Yikes – I have to get to work. Thanks for the good humor!
According to the description below from Eat The Weeds:
“The grain is some 47% crude protein and 38% crude fat. That’s an energy powerhouse despite the size. The seed oil is edible and at least one person alive today has eaten a small hand full of seeds. They taste like wheat bran. In excess of 5,000 seeds can be produce per plant. Generally said Ragweed is not an “antique vegetable” as such things are sometime called. But, it might be a lost grain. Ragweed oil is on par with soybean oil and the plant produces about the same amount as soybean, one fifth the seed weight. Some reports say natives would grind the seeds, bring them to boil in water, the oil would float to the top, then was ladled off.
While one could argue this is much to do over some oil but fat is essential to survival. You absolutely cannot live without some source of fat. Oil would have been extremely important to native populations and could be again if we were ever forced to provide our own food. And unlike soybean which has to be cultivated, Ragweed is a weed that can do all right on its own. ”
Granted the phrase that “only one person alive today has eaten the seed” may hold some meaning….you might just corner the market and become an oil tycoon in the very near future!
Kula,
there was a woman in the 60’s who experimented with juicing weeds for health benefits. Worked with a doctor to try to figure out how best to do it.
The problem was weeds did not give consistent results. That’s when they started working with wheat grass.
Theres more to the story. I believe I have her book somewhere. If memory serves she was running a sanatorium to help folks regain their health with a special juice diet.People would show up in wheelchairs and walk out later on with restored health.
I will see If I can find her name.
Something to it and was attacked by Pharma even back then…
BJH & Kyla,
For a long period of time, my brother grew and juiced his own wheat grass….
I’m not sure he still does, but he said it improved his overall health, including his vision.
Joe c,
the wife and I juice a few times a week. My wife grows wheatgrass in her herb cart I got her. usually carrots, wheatgrass,honey.
I don’t think its a cure all like some claim. I think its easier for the body to absorb the nutrients without much effort so it gives you a jolt of energy.
Balance in all things…right?
I have a couple varieties of grasses that grow incredibly well, beyond being a free cover crop (name i give stuff i just cant control) i have been wondering about juicing it. I am curious how i could find out composition? I guess hook up with a lab, but where? I could supply our whole community! Not that i would, i have a strong distaste for liberals and am surrounded by them,
But would be interesting to know.
Kula
Maybe, Washington State University, College of Toxicology .?
Bastyr college in Seattle.?
Wheat grass can be grown to provide fodder to both chickens and rabbits if commercial food is not available.. again you tub is your friend. takes 8 days.
Bill
Sounds like the old Kellog place where people would go to regain their health, supposedly.
Kula don’t forget the seed can be used to make flour… example sorrel replace 1/3 of flour in recipe with sorrel seeds/ ground. fine… I don’t know what else but suspect many others.
…. cat tails can be eaten in every season,in some manner.
Saw in last night’s news from Fox that the 9th circuit court of appeals rejected an attempt to resurrect the case against Cliven Bundy and several others. The court affirmed Judge Navarro’s ruling of prosecutorial misconduct and violations of state and constitutional rights.
That’s a big win, IMO. A big relief for the families, too.
Nice to start the day with some good news!
Especially awin seeinghow as thatwasone of the leftist alphabet agencies defining moments thatshed light on thereal purpose behind them,,,,
Man i hate this new i pad keyboard,,,
Thought you was using code! Trekker Out
It’s a good thing the Bundy case didn’t make it to the SCOTUS. The lib judges including Roberts probably would recommend the death sentence the way they are going.
But yes, very good news for the Bundies.
INPrepper – I sincerely hope this is the last attempt, but they may be naive on my part. The Bundy family is incredibly brave and patriotic, and a definite thorn in the side of authoritarian/global/whatever players.
You must be in a very different time zone? See you posting late often.
Bad typist today. I meant ‘that’, not ‘they’. …that may be naive on my part.
Yeah, I think my time zone is 13 hours ahead of central time zone in the US. In Chicom country at this time.
Regards
Please read: Epigenetics and Dead Doctors Don’t Lie by Joel D. Wallach BS,DVM,DN. You can watch him on youtube also. Highly suggested. Do not store oils unless it is for you car or truck. Oils (unless fresh) are on the list of the 12 foods you should not consume. One of Dr. Wallach’s research studies is in the Smithsonian as a treasured book. MDs hate this man because he nailed it. I have followed his advice for years and do not get sick, I recover from injuries faster, and in the same physical condition (weight and muscle tone) as I was when I was in my 20s. “It is not what you eat, but what you absorb.” Hope this helps someone.
I use Argentyn 23 (Professional Bio-Active Silver Hydrosol) internally and externally. The best (my opinion) out there. Reported to kill flesh eating bacteria almost on contact. “They” don’t want you to know that. May be a good thing to have in shft for those potentially fatal “paper cuts.” Check out Dr. Peter Glidden’s info on this on his site.
I don’t get sick and my wounds heal faster because I don’t go to a doctor. doctors make money by keeping you sick. if you keep going to one they will eventually kill you. I have seen this many times with friends and family. the only reason I have ever gone to a doctor was when I couldn’t get the bleeding to stop by myself. I got 2 medical staplers from amazon a week ago so I can handle that myself from now on, up to a point. wish me luck
Amen. U.S. MDs are the best in the world for trauma, but for anything else…..forget it. Our medical system in this country kills many more people than firearms do. Just my opinion based on stats. Good luck.
– cid,
Two things.
One, get the skin prep stuff (Betadine or the like, to prevent dragging dirt and debris into your wound area)
Two, if you’re gonna use staplers, get at least one staple remover. Those things are hard to chew out.
– Papa S.
Again somewhat new, & lots of questions! Is it okay to store water in Gatorade bottles? I have read on here before 2 liter pop bottles are okay. Just checking, not sure what is okay & what’s not.sorry , if it’s a stupid question,again , still learning,
Oklady,
Gatorade bottles are fine along with pop bottles….just avoid anything that had dairy or oil products in it!
P.S.: After reading some of this morning’s comments, I think my IQ dropped a little! Haha, just kidding! Y’all have a great day!
Jon doe
Thank you for the info, just wanted to be sure! Thanks again.. ps.. haha that’s funny!
Be sure to keep the bottles out of sunlight or chemicals in the plastic could lee pch into the water.
Oklady,
I use all kinds of juice and drink bottles…I wash all of those , and fill more than half way in bleach water, and invert with cap on.soakig each section of bottle for at least 30 min…… i re use that bleach water for several bottles, a well as the first rinse water… i drain and allow all scent of bleach to go,and fill mine with filtered water.(i also soak the lids separately. to make sure all surfaces are fully cleaned). I put like bottles together and strongest type on bottom… bleach and vinegar bottles they do not require bleaching because they are already anti bacterial…i put a layer of doubled cardboard or a plywood pc to cover and put more on top that need quicker rotation( juice bottles.) The purchased Tea jugs, gallon apple juice containers sometimes have handles…
I also use some gallon and bigger cooking oil bottles… I drain them well.. (turning them bottom up in a cup to drain all oils overnight.I put the oil in another container and use it where indicated.).Then i rinse with very hot water. pour out… then put in some of the concentrated dawn and several cups of very hot water… Shake well, just like you are mixing up a instant pudding.making sure to shake very hard from all directions…… 5-10 minutes total.. can set it down and come back to it… shake it well and drain into another bottle that needs the same treatment. then put very hot water in and rinse. again… shaking… well and fully drain and rinse. usually takes 2-3 rinsing to get all the dawn and oil out… then i fill with water and use for non food water uses… watering animals ,cooking or soaking their food scraps if needed.,for flushing the commode.
I rotate my water every 6 months..(.in cycles.20-30 gal a week til all is completed.). not doing all of it at one time… i use all of the water for non food uses. for animal care, or laundry….or washing jars/ dishes… when boiled again it is fine for these.i do re bleach the bottles and refill with filtered water…I put a color code on bottles that require frequent refill. red is December, Green is april , Blue is June. orange is October… the bleach and fresh vinegar bottles are impregnated and i hold them a year before rotating those.I date with month and year done…I add nothing to my water..
Much of it is in Kitty litter jugs, which hold between 2-3 gallons each…not so heavy i can not move. 5 gallon buckets can also be used but are too heavy for arthritic joints.
the original Just Sayin’
Thank you so much for the information and very good details will help me a lot , was wondering about if needed rotated or how long the water would be good! Definitely better than the plan I had. Thank you so much, I appreciate your advice.
OKlady,
Nope, not at all a stupid question.
So here’s my stupid response…..lol
What I understand is that it is ok to store water in such containers. Soda bottles, Gatoraid bottles, etc.
But, it has been said that after time small amounts of the plastic chemicals leach into the water. Therefore, the stored water should be dumped and replenished.
The chemicals aren’t a big issue, if a shtf scenario.
I have a shelf full of 20 oz pop bottles and other containers full of water…..
which reminds me I should dump and refill.
Maybe some others input would be helpful for both of us
Joe c
Thank you for that information, I also heard about the chemical leaching into the water as well, especially if it’s hot. I have quite a few of the bottles, so I wanted to make sure it was okay!! Thanks again
JC
It’s really quite difficult to properly clean plastics. I would suggest that one
should only use those with #2 in the triangle, HDPE. #1 is a single use plastic
which is polyethylene terephthalate. Other plastics are not normally
recommended for food and/or beverage use.
#3, polyvinyl chloride. unsafe, leaches toxins and has been found to be carcinogenic.
#4, low density polyethylene, is safe after a good cleaning for use a few times not longterm.
#5, Polypropylene, may be safe for temporary use with foods and beverages
#6, Polystyrene, (your basic plastic model) leaches carcinogenic chemicals.
#7, Bisphenol, (BPA) also known as polycarbonate,NEVER use for food or bev, leaches highly
toxic chemicals. (Food for thought, The caps on plastic water and soda bottles is cleared
by FDA for use, but, these are BPA…… go figure!
JC forgot to add, heating or burning most of these plastics
will give off toxic fumes. Also another similar to plastic
found all over, is ethyl vinyl acetate, which is also dangerous
if heated or burned..
Related:
Safe Plastics for Food and Drink
Ken Jorgustin
Thank you Mr. Ken , I went to that link and read the article. Learned quite a bit there also. Also read the comments, very informative as well. Great article!!
I use SS (stainless steel) bottles short term (1 week) to store water. For long term I depend on the Blessing from above to provide. I live in an area with adequate rain fall. To collect that from above, I cut four stakes. Two longer than the other two and sharpen both ends of each stake. The two long stakes I set (into the ground) to the width of the tarp (or plastic) I am using. The shorter stakes are set at the other end of the tarp (closer together) in a fashion to create a trough on the low end. Put a container at the trough to collect the rain water. If larger volume desired, dig a hole (what ever size you need) at the low end of the trough and line with another tarp. Once water collected, filter with a sawyer mini filter. I have fashioned a screw-on charcoal filter on my Sawyer to remove some of the chemicals from the water. Of coarse you may be near a stream or whatever for your water source, but I would filter the same way. After filtering I boil it. My methods are for the “on the go mentality.” Plenty of info on homestead water, containers, etc., archived here or on the net. Hope this helps.
Forgot to say, mount that tarp on the stakes (using the grommet holes) and create the trough. Guy lines needed for the stakes.
S.S., excellent advice on making the most of another valuable resource! Dollar Store had some small tarps that I grabbed for just such a project, yet had forgotten I had them stored and never did a trial run.
As N.R.P. has pointed out, it’s best to do some practice while we have the time, so I’m going outside myself with that suggestion to lay out where those will catch the largest volume of rainfall and get my stakes ready to go before I have to scramble to figure all that out on the fly. Thanks for looping back to share that great advice.
M’Lynn – Please check the Sawyer water filter hacks on youtube for that charcoal filter deal. Might even help with the chemicals from the plastic bottles you find roadside. I think Joe c nailed it in the shft situation. Like the man in the desert. Found a puddle but would not drink it because it was dirty…… and he died.
S.S. –
Okay, friend…that was a very constructive kick in the pants to get me out the door to figure out that staging set-up. Walked outside and realized how simple this actually is because I have three gazebo’s in the yard. So each side of the gazebo has the horizontal pole connecting the legs at each corner. Shower curtain ring onto that horizontal section fits into the grommet of the tarp. Then the other side of the tarp we secured to a long fence type post – don’t know the name, but the green poles that you can get at the Farm and Ranch store. Those can be stacked however far out you want the collection surface out the tarp to me. Weight onto one end, which allows the slope down to a bucket for the rain water.
It all felt like a Godwink. He wanted to get me out there to give me a victory to energize my brain with an extra boost of confidence that everything’s going to be okay. We’re the right people, we’ve got the right source of help to guide us and as long as we set out – we will get there. Thank you friend.
Yep, the possibilities are endless. You can do the same with your tent, or shelter tarp, etc.. My example was geared toward setting up on a slow move. Using the same example (pit in ground with tarp liner), you could set that up in the woods using a low slung camo tarp and create a water source(s) for critters. Animals need water too. Given time they will frequently visit at which time you can either chat with them or invite them for dinner so to speak. Where there is water……there is food. BTW, Thank you friend for that swift kick in the ……pants. Work in progress. Suit of armor back on. Thank you.
M’Lynn – NRP is spot on. Gotta do the dirt time now. Learning curve will be too great when it is show time. I figure if my house is in order now, maybe I will be blessed to show the way to others – both in the natural and in the spiritual. Do more for others than you do for yourself. Maybe He will keep me around awhile, maybe not. To live is Christ, to die is gain.
SS –
Amen, brother. Just keep using your hands to spread the seed. And rest in knowing that you’ve done your part. Even if some falls on rocky ground, or gets trampled underfoot, some will root and flourish because of your effort.
Chevy – Behold, a dear one who teaches rocks to keep skipping and not sink.
Been a quiet week on the farm. Rained off and on. Canadian thistle blooming. Smells wonderful but such a bad invasive weed. Post-viral fatigue has slowed me way down so am glad that critical activities only take a couple hours in the morning and evening. Can manage that and the 3x/week pig scraps run to town. Getting back to my self a little more each week.
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Moved senior sow Cara into a solo pen. She should farrow in the next couple days. Not a planned breeding, so will try to market small roasters around the holidays. Keeping my eye on her eight 10-month old girls to see if any of them are bagging up. Biscuit broke into their enclosure one night in April so have been waiting to see how many he managed to get to.
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Added canned soup, tea bags, sauces to deep pantry. Pretty much at my goal for a year’s worth of canned and boxed there. LTS good for now though would like to get another water tank.
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Glad to be retired these days. Don’t like wearing masks, and experience no drop in O2 sat when using either N95 or surgical types. However, am uncomfortable breathing in hot humid air. How dreary for those who have to wear one all day. Am a believer that general masking helps. Ladies will get this one – there’s nothing like getting out of that foundation garment at the end of the day. But whipping off that mask as soon as I am out of the store and away from others comes a very close second.
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Thank you, Ken, for this site and blessings on all who visit.
Anony Mee – I am smiling about your comment. 🙂 Glad you’re hanging in there and getting stronger each day. Slow and steady wins the race is mostly true. One of my boys had a tougher case than the rest of us. Took all I had, almost round the clock, to relieve some pretty severe symptoms. He’s strong, like a rock, and pulled out of it, but was tired for several weeks after. Now – 100%. You will be, too!
Well, since we’re talking of the Socialist agenda…..aren’t we?
I had a talk with a couple older friends today…..kinda led to politics.
They said their granddaughter was attending our local college. She couldn’t take the socialize preaching. She knew better than to fall for the hype. She left and is studying at a different college.
It reminded me of when I went back to college, a socialogy instructor and I had a few head butts a time or two, on her Socialist spew of reasoning. She was short, overweight, holier than thou and waddled like a duck. I could have taken her out. –
– Not a date wise thing, either.-
I couldn’t stand her. My dad said the same of her, as they used to work together years before.
What’s your interpretation of Ms so and so?
He lol
Yeah, me, too.
With 86 days ticking down on Ken’s clock, I have a message to whoever is in lurking mode that may need a dose of encouragement after yesterday’s diatribe. Rest assured that those words THERE.IS.NO.MORE.FOOD was a lie. There is always more food. Nature grows it every single day. It always has and it always will, as long as it is managed with respect and seen for what it is worth.
The greatest gift all of us have been given as human beings are our brains. As long as we use that vital resource intelligently, work together collectively in a constructive manner, every single one of you will survive, as will your children, as will your neighbors, as will mine. Do not be deceived by anyone who foolishly tells you that chopping down an apple tree is what is necessary to feed you. Instead, take only what you need and when another is needed, the tree will have grown a new one as long as Sherman’s forces don’t march through town. Pilgrims came to this land with some challenges on how to care for its resources. Help was sent to them. Settlers rode wagon trains far and wide, only taking a modicum of stores due to weight. They found a bounty of resources all along their route. It is there. You just need the eyes to see it and the heart to not abuse it greedily.
Use this time to not only make the best use of whatever funds you have available for staple items, but also use your time to fortify your brain. Buy the book on how to identify wild edibles in your region, print those pages of research off the internet on subjects you want to learn next when time allows, pull up those aerial views to get a really good look at the true area around you. As you drive, be on the look-out for where there may be a pecan tree that can be gathered for a pie, or look to see if there are ducks swimming in your lake. Set your mind ahead of the game now. Is there a huge tree that can be brought down to block off access to your street, or a pile of cut branches at someone’s curb that could be your firewood this winter. For these next 86 days, feed your brain a steady diet of real fuel. New knowledge, answers gathered rather than lingering questions, resources on hand when needed, vital encouragement that you’ve memorized so you have something to draw on when your spirit grows weary. You each have victory and control within you when you use your greatest asset to your best advantage. When used right, it will become your bravery to stand tall and assured during the battle we face. You are here because this is your appointed time. YOU have what it takes to get yourself through this the right way. Stay encouraged. Fight smart. And hold fast!
M’Lynn – That is such helpful advice, and I hope it is well heeded! We are much stronger in like-minded, mutually supportive community than we are alone. It takes such a group to deal with Sherman’s army, too.
‘Every good gift, and every perfect gift, comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.’ What came to me as I read your post. In spite of all of our mistakes, the earth is still filled with life. Abundance can be found if you know where to look. Learn how to look!
Farmgirl –
Thank you for those words and also for the rune you shared. Had never heard it, yet it was beautiful.
We are strong. Truthfully, our strength stops me in my tracks some days. We will not be given more than we can handle. That’s a promise. Which makes me marvel when I see what is actually building around us. I shake my head in awe to look at it because I know we were chosen because we are the people to defeat it. Us. Against all that. We’re the victors. The long prophesied battle against true evil is our crowning achievement for living our lives right now. All the little soldiers exactly where we’re supposed to be, doing what we know in our hearts to do. So much bigger than a mere Goliath falling. We restore goodness to the whole nation, one patriot with another, because of being used to draw the real line by saying “Not one more inch!”. We are the people who will prove we mean it. We will hold that line like nobody else ever could. I can see it so clearly. Feel it to the depths of my soul. Understanding that we will be tested, yet also understanding we overcome all of it by being the force to pulverize them. The image is so clear to me that I just stop and stare at it with true appreciation and awe. What a wonderful world awaits us all, just like that old Louie Armstrong song.
Keep the faith. An Australian woman said “If you don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself!” And so we shall Farmgirl. So we shall. Just a little more darkness and then the light from within us and from above will shine very bright indeed.
M’Lynn,
“Fight smart.” I’m sure your brain is not full. No one’s brain is full, though mine feels like it at times. Ham radio is “Fight smart.” Those who choose to put it off or simply disregard it’s necessity, will pay a high emotional price. Thinking back on what they could have, should have, meant to do. Oh well, you can lead a horse to ……..
Plainsmedic –
I’ve got friends into Ham and they’ve told me for years to buckle down, get some equipment, start reading the material, etc. And of course all of y’all reminding us that it needs to be on our to-do list. But one night Bob Griswold called me from Ready Made Resources about a problem with my order. He asked where I worked, which prompted 45 minutes of him telling me what he’d done for a living. He truly is one of the sweetest guys, but also laser focused on the global scene due to his background. Ham is a huge part of how he spends his days now and has seemingly made it his sole mission in life to bright people to the light! I told him he sounded like y’all but that I had a thousand other things to nail down first before I’d have the time.
He literally would not let me off the phone until I agreed to let him send me a complete set-up. I tried the money angle, but he’s like a used car salesman that has just the right set-up to fit your budget. So once I realized he wasn’t taking no for an answer, I told him to charge what I needed and get it in the mail. There’s some fun stuff. Sadly it is all packed in a faraday but at least I have it. All I need now is time. But for as weird as it may sound, I don’t know that I will be the one ultimately using it. I’ve had a gut instinct to gather some items that I think I am just supposed to have to hand off to someone else who will know what to do with it when the time comes. Someone who is a Ham but may wind up with broken or stolen equipment, which I can then replace with my set. Kind of weird to try to explain, yet I knew the conversation with Bob was meant to be after listening to you and Chuck impress its importance on us. I think it will be a vital resource. Possibly life and death in certain instances. But until this big beautiful window of time opens up, it’s sadly still sitting on my “One day…” list. But please keep talking about it because I love to read you guys info that is shared. Makes the introduction to it that much more easy to move up that list.
M’Lynn,
My suggestion for you (and others) was to expedite the “feared test, Soooo scary.” I’ve done all I can for you, in your situation. The rest is up to you. Waiting for others to use your equipment, is NOT a good plan. Do as you see fit. Good luck to you. And don’t forget to get the sand out of your ears, as ya remove your head from the sand. The test is NOT hard. I fear the time is short.
Actually, Plainsmedic, it just so happens that in speaking to my brother last nite he told me he’s been using the past several months to get prepared to take the test soon. He just hasn’t bought the set he wants, yet lo and behold, it is the exact one I have in storage. Hmmm….yet they’ve been sold out for months. So I guess my intuition to get it because someone else would need it has proven true, since we will all be together.
And since I proved a convenient target for your misguided insult, we’ll say you landed a win too and call it a day.
M’Lynn,
No insult was intended. We all are susceptable to normalcy bias. I too, need to be rousted from my routine. If you’re fine with relying on friends/family, it doesn’t matter to me. I still encourage you to do it for yourself. One never knows what situations may arise.
No we sure don’t. The only two assurances that I hold is that a person will die without water and food. Security comes next. One person cannot do everything, it has to be a collective effort to cover all the bases that need to be covered, especially given the clock ticking so quickly now. So I’m going to focus on what my gut tells me and rest in the assurance that as others do as well, we will all have that which we need when our efforts are combined. You follow your gut and all will be well in your world too.
Always good to trust your gut instincts 🙂
– Question for Plainmedic,
When I was in the Army, I spent a good bit of time with an additional duty that put me on a Forward Air Control team. One of several radios we used often was an 80-meter voice (as opposed to a RATT rig). I used it as part of my job, but don’t recall too much about it. Don’t recall ever seeing anything from FCC, but I believe I held a license of some sort. Would that transfer to a Ham license, or do I basically need to start over?
– Papa S.
Papa Smurf,
I assume your 80 meter experience was long ago? It was great experience even if, long ago. I’m not an expert with ham. Not many years ago, I knew nothing. Now, I know about the small portion of ham that I need/use.
I believe the ham license is for 10 years, with auto renew if ya do your part. I’ve discovered the answers to questions I didn’t know to ask. Ham has tremendous potential for whatever your needs may be. If ya don’t do this, you’ll regret it. The news void will be difficult.
The license is only to allow you to learn while doing. Way easier for a dummy like me. I should have done ham years ago, but I’m not the brightest bulb on the string. Your question infers a concern with passing any required test. You’ll have to take the test. If ya do the phone app thing, you’ll pass easily. Then you’ll think back and kick yourself for waiting. It is NOT hard!
I’m sure everyone is sick of my ham talk, so I’ll give it a rest. I just consider it a high priority preparedness item.
Papa Snuff,
You’ll have to take the tests to use ham bands. No more code test though. BTW, the reason military uses 80 meters is because they can send it straight up, bounce off the upper atmosphere, and back down in a 600 mile radius. Gets into all the deep canyons,woods, mountain terrain. NVIS antenna. Sure you know this if you were an operator in the service, but others need to know….80meter NVIS is the ultimate radio communication method available to hams for all terrain. Try the tests online, keep testing until you can do 90% or so, then sit for the test. You’ll do fine.
Minerjim,
Would you continue to use your call sign in a long term grid down? Everyone should listen more to Minerjim, than me. He has far more knowledge and experience.
Plainsmedic,
LOL. This ol miner is not that smart, I just learned to speak only when I have something good and true to add. As for call sign usage after shtf, I will abide by the law as long as I can, and as long as is safe to do so.
Minerjim,
Good answer. Pretty much what I thought. I too, will always abide by all laws and regulations.
– Minerjim, Plainsmedic,
Many thanks to both of you. Pretty much what I thought, just wanted to ask.
Actually took and passed the test long ago when Dad was taking his, except couldn’t meet the code requirement. Then got distracted by the local scenery when Miniskirts came out and I thought about it no more.
Since neither of those are problematic any more shouldn’t have too much of an issue. Just not into collecting grid squares.
– Papa
M’Lynn, That was quite the spirited discussion,
was it not?
M’Lynn
Once again. Very good post.
Now,
I have some knowledge.
The other part of me brain is all full of pooh.
To which I can argue…..
I still have a brain that is full of something.
Therefore, even I can distinguish
Republican
…..good. demmi crap…..bad.
(Hey, the other half is gone for the weekend…..
I’ve got no one to talk to.)
Joe C –
Thank you, sir. You’re full of the real stuff that matters. Well….maybe not so quick on your feet, since Sadie did get the best of you. LOL…but otherwise, you’re in good shape. And in good company for having interesting conversation if the FWTB is away. The night is young…we’ll find something fun to get into!
M’Lynn
Hahahaha,
……and a comedian, too!
👍
k-bay –
I hate to admit how fun it was to watch a snowflake melt in real time. But as they say in Boston…it was wicked fun!! LOL.
Plainsmedic
We were discussing radios(aka ham-not the one we consume😊). B-Bil is the ham go to person, problem is he lives states away. He knows I am fitting it in between my other obligations, so when I am ready he will assist, even as far away as they reside.
Oh, to let you know I do not own a ‘smart phone’. Ours is still caveman/women design by choice. lol I do have the website tagged for learning. The book I am reading explains line of sight, UHF– VHF and other terminology which helps me grasp the concept of different sign waves. Hope that was the correct phraseology for this process.
Am giving it go which is more than most. Let me tell you my plate is so full it needs a king size table to hold everything I am working on at this time & place. Do not give up on us, we are just a little booked.
Antique Collector,
When I started with ham, I didn’t even know a ham. I just realized the gaping hole in my/our preps. I too, did my “study” on a desk top. The same or similar sites are available. My VIPs all opted to do it on their smart phones. Whatever works, I always say.
My main point, don’t make it TOO HARD. Use one of these sites. It allows you to concentrate on the actual questions, that will be on the test. Once ya have the license, you can learn about whatever band, radio, antenna, coax, etc. that fits your needs. The stress will be over. (it’s not as hard as ya think) Learning while doing, is an enjoyable thing, at least to me.
Ham radio is huge in it’s scope. Very few, if any, know all about ham. With the license, you can then hone in on your specific needs. Your BIL will be a valuable asset to you. In reality, much of what you’re learning in your book, is not on the test. Yes, it’s good to know this stuff. You will eventually learn lots of things. Concentrate on the test.
Just my humble opinion. It has been a winning strategy for me and my VIPs. I’m impressed with your willingness to learn. It may well save your life. You can do this!!!!
Wondering if you all use CHIRP to program Baofengs or do it manually. I too have gotten some of the Baofeng 8w’s but haven’t had time to actually sit for the test yet. I found a neat spreadsheet method at another blog that you can fill in and upload to the radio to program whatever channels you’d like.
I use chirp…once we have the program we like, we save the file and can update radios for people that recently acquired them. Additionally, you can clone radios you may “find” or “acquire” by other means for intel purposes.
Double Tap,
I initially used chirp for my baofengs. I rarely use my baofengs. I need 2m ssb for contacting my VIPs. Baofengs don’t do 2m ssb. Baofengs would be very important for close in comms. Get the antenna adapter for SO-239 and utilize coax and a good antenna j-pole, ground plane, slim-jim, fm yagi, etc. for longer range.
I strongly encourage you to take the test. It’s not hard! It opens up a ton of potential for ya. Don’t fear the test! Study smart, not hard.
I’ve taken so many cert. exams that I’ve found it’s mostly about knowing some of the basics on whichever testing topic, trying to memorize as much as possible, and then after, the OJT learning is where it all comes together.
Normally I like to understand how to use something before making a purchase, but with my sense of impending nastiness. I’m feeling pressed to get certain items to tuck away and then learn them after the fact, HAM being one of them (as well as the router and drill press I was looking at last night 🙂
With that said, any recommendations on a next step up type of radio for longer range comms, and more importantly to me, longer range reception for potential news, information etc? I’ve heard about Yeasus (spell?) Kenwoods, motorolas. I had thought I would be covered with one of the UV-82HP and the Nagoya NA-771?
Thanks for the info!!
Double tap,
That’s why ya need the license! It will give you a chance to “try out” different things. For me, I needed 100 miles, more or less. After researching, I discovered 2m ssb. I/we still only need the technician’s license and I/we can communicate by voice, several hundred miles. I built several yagi’s (that’s an antenna) for me and my VIPs. It is a perfect fit for our needs. If you’re handy, there are lots of antenna designs online for diy.
I live on the plains. The terrain is mostly flat with some hills. Check your elevation and the elevation between you and your intended contact. Most small towns have their elevation, readily available online. It doesn’t need to be perfect, but 2m ssb won’t work in the mountains. The term “line of sight” is not really accurate with 2m stuff. It will work reasonably well in wooded areas and ssb will really reach out there. I was shocked at how far it works. Consistently works at 150 – 200 miles, even in poor band conditions. Sometimes it is incredible, depending on terrain and distance and band conditions.
No one is going to “give ya” any of this. Get your license. Do your research and figure out what will work for you in your terrain and your distance needs. Your solution lies somewhere within ham radio. Even the little fm baofengs will provide some distance with the right antenna and some height. I don’t consider baofengs to be a high quality radio, but for the money, they’re great.
Lots of good quality radios are available. Any of the major brands are fine. Kinda like Ford or Chevy or Dodge for your pick-up. It’s not all work and drudgery. I surprisingly, found fun along the way. Did I mention GET YOUR LICENSE?
Life is good in the high dessert. Yard takes a nasty hit if I don’t water or it doesn’t rain….and I worked long hours all week. took me 3 hours this morning just to bring it back to stable!
Chickens and turkeys all well and happy. Have only one Tom…and he is just now showing his stuff. They always have so much personality.
Have harvested tomatoes, beans and I found a pickling cuke this morning. squash is doing well too.
Lost TWO of those big beautiful blue spruce (out of 7), so yanked them today and replaced them with Honey Locusts. Those grow fairly fast and will help provide some shade (in about 5 years). Hope we live that long!
DH doing really well with his new hip. He’s even laughing (which I don’t remember how long it has been). Getting old is definitely NOT for sissies. Wait til all these younger snots figure THAT out! (Younger snots being those foolish rioters….ya can’t call them protesters….we were those in the 60’s.)
DH and I are sick to our stomachs watching the misbehaviour across the big cities, and the lying MSM, so if I did NOT comment all week long, that’s why. It would not have been a family friendly rant.
Peace folks. Love each other well, each day. Plan for the worst and enjoy the best. Thank you Ken for this lovely family we have here on this site.
Honey Locust? I hope they are thornless variety. We have them on our property and they are from satan!. Horrible long thorns…. even thorns on the trunk! Slowly getting rid of them, but it’s a battle. They spread like COVID.
4 days in the deep southeast TX heat. I found a hole in my larder. I don’t have enough electrolyte replacement. I’ve had leg cramps something fierce the last 2 nights after all day in the fields. It’s tough on an old man, but the work has to be done. I ordered electrolyte replacements tablets and some drink powders. If it does all go wonky, your body will need some time to adjust. Order you a jug of powder. It’s cheap and doesn’t take up much room.
Just wanted to pass it along.
Avoid crowds.
BG in TX
Good suggestion about the tablets and drink powders. If those get used up before they’re available again on the market to replace, here’s a recipe for good old fashioned switchel:
4 cups cold water
2 Tbsp raw honey
2 Tbsp molasses
1/4 cup ACV
1 tsp ginger
1/2 – 3/4 tsp sea salt (for electrolytes Na, K, Ca, Mg)
Sliced lemons if you have them.
Chipmunk –
Is that powdered ginger or grated fresh? Suppose either would work?
I found myself in a similar situation a couple months ago with bad leg cramps in the middle of the night, and out of my usual electrolyte replacement. Had read somewhere that athletes use pickle juice to ward off cramps after an intense exercise session, so opened the fridge and took a few swigs of dill pickle juice. By the time I walked back to the bedroom, the cramps were gone and didn’t return until a few night’s later. Couldn’t find a consensus online about why it worked, or whether sweet pickle juice would also work, but I suspect just about any pickling brine would. It’s not that far different from the recipe Chipmunk posted above. Was thinking about canning up some brine to have on hand, just in case…along with the powders and recipes.
My most popular blog post is about people who crave vinegar. A lot of the responders are athletes or runners, and use it for muscle cramps.
Lauren –
Excellent blog and comments section. Thanks for sharing! It’s my newest bookmark.
I have had problems with leg cramps for years. kosher dill pickles have been my go to for a long time. I was told recently about mustard, it works!! for me at least, don’t know why but it does, and fast
My husband works out in the heat as well, drinks Gatorade & water all day, still gets leg cramps. Was advised to eat a banana at night before bed & it has helped him.
FOCA,
I used pickle juice for years and it works great. But now it drives my blood pressure through the roof if I drink too much. I like to eat a handful of slices and drink the brine. Another day in the heat and I just ate 20 slices and drank a 1/4 cup of brine. Cramps are already easing.
Thanks Chipmunk. I’ll print that and save it.
How much to drink at one sitting?
BG in TX –
Great recommendation on the electrolytes. Any particular brand better than another?
I know we have nothing in WI like what you have down there, but dang it’s hot today! Heat index is over 100F and the flies are biting. Tried doing some barn clean-out and didn’t last very long. Came inside when I started feeling a little woozy. Think I’ll work inside for a while!
Powered Gatorade is inexpensive. Should keep fairly well un opened.
Mrs. U – Thanks. Inexpensive is good. Hope the powdered stuff doesn’t have the coloring in it, but I suppose it won’t kill me if it does.
Farmgirl
Unfortunately I have bought the powder & it is colored. I’m not sure if there is a dye free one or not.
Farmgirl,
I like Key Nutrients brand out of Scottsdale. Its zero calorie, carb, sugar, caffeine, cholesterol, or dairy.
Gatorade and others are full of sugar and caffeine. I want my caffeine from my morning coffee. Too much and blood pressure gets up.
I like the lemonade flavor. It’s not tasty, but at least its bearable. It’s sure better than drinking straight pickle juice, but the pickle juice does work.
In the tablets I like Medi-Lyte. They are pharmaceutical grade. Just treat them like other meds.
BG in Tx, You can make your own electrolyte drink. I use kooaid for flavor/unflavored unsweet. makes 2 qts/pack.. so can change flavors often… 1-2 tbsp sugar,..( do it to your need and taste. I use regular sugar – even tho pre-diabetic for 40 years.after heavy exercise i require the carbs.) 1/2 tsp sea salt/kosher salt/or pink + 1/2 tsp NO SALT or NU-Salt( brands of Potassium salt) , and i take with a tablespoon of Milk of Mag OR 2 magnesium capsules. Having equal amounts of both salt is necessary to provide them in balance. Your body will absorb what is needed and expel what is not needed….if all systems have normal ability…
Those that have trouble absorbing nutrients, and those who loose large amounts from other disease processes can also benefit. from having routine electrolyte replacers… If you are having cramping because of heavy exercise….adding Vitamin K2 may help re-balance your minerals. Research came out about 2 years ago that vitamin K2 is the mineral mover in the body.. while you are adding minerals do not forget your zinc. This is what works for me, I worked in very hot environment for many years,with limited ability to absorb it kept me on my feet and able to work when the younger and less knowledgeable were taking extra breaks, and getting less done.
thanks Just Sayin.
I’ll print that one too. I was taking a zinc supplement once upon a time. My hair starting graying like crazy. Doc noticed and said cut back on the zinc. Graying slowed down again. Ain’t that a hoot.
BG
I am not sure if it’s appropriate for human consumption but on the farm we gave calves an electrolyte drink when they had scours (bad diarrhea). There were times over the years where I knew some cramping was inevitable due to being on the hay wagon all morning in high heat and high humidity and then in the hay loft in the afternoon. I would make a glass of the calf electrolyte drink. It did the job, no cramps. So if electrolyte powder is not in stores, the nearest farm store or grain elevator should have some. At the farm, we always got the electrolyte in 40 or 50 pound bags (can’t remember which). But for personal use, a bag that size should last years.
Ohhh, the stuff tastes ok too. The calves sure loved it.
BG in TX
Some folks claim that Pedialite works well for them.
This recent dust up is like the school bully poking and poking and poking at me then when i hit em with a big rock i was the one who got in trouble,,,,
It will happen again i promise
Kula – The rock thing, or the bully? 😉 You are not in trouble, so rest easy. Smarter principal runnin’ this school!
The rock,
Only my hits are a lot harder than when i was 16
Farmgirl, what school do you go to? The principal here is as dumb as a bunch of ROCKS!
blackjack22 – I’m a proud graduate of the school of hard knocks. 😉 At least, I hope I’ve graduated…never did get a degree.
I was referring to ‘MSB school’, with Ken being the principal. Runs a tight ship, inspires his students, and once in a while you get sent to the principal’s office for a time out and a talk, lol. It was in response to a comment Kula made earlier referencing an adventure we had in ‘civil discourse’ yesterday.
Farmgirl, got it, and yes, Ken does run a tight…school??
M’Lynn
I too, also noticed that clock ticking down as well. I’ve tried to keep my head clear of fear & concentrate on what I can make better in baby steps although it seems I’m not making a huge difference, am definitely working on it. Don’t know how you do it but, it seems like you always have the right thing to say at the right timing for me!! Blessed with some very knowledgeable folks here!!
Oklady –
They are the best you will find. And you are included on that list as well because you will be a blessing to others with what you’ve learned even today about water safety. It is the most vital aspect of being prepared and understanding it will pay the largest dividends. So many other things intertwine with water as well, so you’ve actually had a far more productive day than you might realize.
My grandmother had a saying, “Habit is a cable. We weave a thread each day, until it becomes so strong we cannot break it.” That goes for good habits too, so instead of thinking in terms of baby steps, remind yourself that you’ve woven a vital thread towards being so strong that you won’t be easily broken.
Water is vital and strengthens your family. For every bottle you fill, the greater your security will be. If Sherman is marching through town, you’ve got water stored to see you through until it’s safe to venture to the creek again. But it also helps you couple how much you will be able to store with how far you will need to stretch it. Kill those two birds with one thought process. Main meal can utilize the liquid from a can of peas to offset how much water you need to boil the macaroni, then you toss in a can of tuna and add the peas back. Not great, but you eat and get full for cheap with less water. Liquid from a can of peaches for your late night snack can be heated and added to a Thermos with oatmeal for peach flavored overnight oats. Your whole kitchen revolves around water, so really you’re just using this time to get comfortable in your new surroundings. With 80 days of forethought, you will stride in there and know your game plan to still get things done.
Talk to your family so everyone can bring their ideas on how things will work. Where will you build a fire, what fuel do you have, are there propane bottles on the shelf to use for a camp stove, cast iron, soap to wash the dishes – just keep going with setting up your meal plan so it is workable. Tell one child that you’d like them to research how you can basically make a CrockPot that will allow you to heat to boiling and then stow it in an ice chest, wrapped in blankets to keep the heat in. Let them use their 80 days too. Many hands make light the work. Together you’ll be their motivator and they will be invested in the process. Be the rising tide that lifts all boats. As they get excited by what they learn and contribute, their enthusiasm and confidence will lift your sail too. One thread at a time. And as they are woven, you will beam with pride for having accomplished so very, very much!
M’Lynn
Thank you, very informative & very encouraging ideas.I’ve tried to encourage the family to help & get involved and they have to some degree but I don’t think they understand how time sensitive it really is.I on the other hand know that clock is ticking quickly. I am going to keep working & try to utilize the time & funds I have until that alarm clock goes off. Thank you so much, & everyone else for all the suggestions. Much appreciated!
We’ve been canning tomato products for 3weeks did 7 more quarts this morning, we juice them and add lots of diced peppers tams,bell, and banana . Add diced onion simmer then process, we call it soup base and can use it in chili or vegetable soup. Yesterday I picked the rest of the sweet corn cooked cut and froze 25 freezer bags for two.just bush hogged the field where I target shoot but thinking BetterSave Ammo!Beautiful day today, stay safe all.
Please be sure to keep updating your reports of how poorly or well stocked stores are in each of your geographical areas. This is such a good resource Ken has begun under his topic “Shortages”.
I check that every day to stay informed of not only how the national goods & services seem but also to be reminded by y’all of some items I may have forgotten. THX!
Keep preppin’ & prayin’!
Last couple of weeks I have been trying to find pocket tee shirts and men’s underwear. Two Waley worlds in one town and today in another town.
Today I was able to find men’s underwear but no tee shirts except in small or 3x,as in no tee shirts at all. Been a long time since I fit in small, medium or large.
Supply chain is getting real low. This is in central NH.
Wife finally found her underwear today,one package!
NORTH WOODS –
Ran into the same problem. Solved it by going to Hanes website for the $6.00 tees with pocket. Free shipping. They have long sleeved too.
M’lynn
Thank you, Haynes is what I usualy ware anyway will give it a try!
They have tshirts at craft stores like Hobby Lobby, Joann Fabrics, and Michael’s. Not sure if they have them with the pockets, but it’s worth checking.
NORTHWOODS
online store cheapestees
They have tons of good brands, good prices
Thanks everyone for the great tips,should be able to find tee’s now!
View of Seattle. Cliff Mass is a meteorology Professor at the University of Washington. He went to downtown Seattle last Sunday and blogged about what he saw. The local left/progressives did not like what he had to say:
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/08/seattle-city-in-fear-can-be-restored.html
Wow that is really unbelievable. Finally someone is reporting the truth and unfortunately is being punished for it. Unbelievable the photos of such a previously beautiful city….before the homelessness problem and the riots.
So he compared the current events to Kristallnacht (an orchestrated Nazi attack on Jews and their property) to the current attacks in Seattle and Portland by violent factions. The local npr fired him for opposing violence against police officers, city and federal property, and innocent bystanders. Wow. They put out a letter saying they won’t tolerate dissent. YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP.
DLS,
Thanks for the Chris Mass blog site. That was probably some of the most truthful reporting about Seattle since KOMO news4 did a program called Seattle is Dying about a year ago. To bad NPR is supported by our tax dollars.
Bluesman,
You are welcome. I moved to the Seattle area 30+ years ago for work. I never have lived in the city, always in the ‘burbs, but did like going into Seattle for fun (Seahawks and Mariners games in the old Kindome…) and folks were willing to civilly agree to disagree. Much has changed. The KOMO special was good, and accurate. I have a few more years left to reach my retirement goals, then time to upsticks and move east. The Relations are in Montana. I have a pair of good Danner insulated boots, but still dread the winters there. Sigh…
DLS,
Montana is a little cold for us, we settled a little West of there,milder winters.You may want to get some thermal underwear to go along with the danners .I wish you well on your journey.
Cool DLS! Thanks.
Came upon a site called Mountain High Organics in Connecticut. They sell bulk beans, grain, spices, seeds etc. Catch is the minimum purchase is 2000 lbs. Some of you buy as a co op, just wanted you to know in case there was interest.
Looks like the President signed those EOs/Memorandums for more Covid-19 relief:
– Payroll Tax deferral. Between 9/1 – 12/31/2020 for those making less than $4K/bi-weekly pay period.
– Providing Assistance to Renters & Homeowners. “Take all lawful measures to prevent residential evictions and foreclosures resulting from financial hardships caused by COVID-19.”
– Continued Student Loan Payment Relief. Extended indefinitely.
– Other Needs Assistance Program for Major Disaster Declarations Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019. “Provides a $400 payment per week, which shall reflect a $300 Federal contribution, to eligible claimants from the week of unemployment ending August 1, 2020.”
whitehouse. gov/presidential-actions/
In yesterday’s news conference, I thought he indicated he would sign them in the coming week. Looks like they’re a done deal now, subject, of course, to Dem/Fake News screeching and possible legal challenges.
Already screeching on tonight’s news, he doesn’t have the power and it’s illegal!
Which is ironic. I just had a talk with my liberal “Stick to the talking points!” sister and she said he DOES have the power to have interfered with the states reactions to COVID. That we needed a strong leader for that, who would “take control” and do what needs to be done.
They throw the constitutional powers thing whichever way they want to see it at the moment.
A Smart move indeed. It drops the ball into Pelosi’s grimy paws. If she tries to delay, refuse to fund or otherwise stop this RETROACTIVE protections the Dems will be holding the hot potato in the eyes of some 95% of Americans that make less than 100K a year.
The Retroactive Protections from evictions is also worthwhile IF he figured out how to pay the Landlords who still owe money for their mortgages and keeping that housing maintained.
I look forward to the mad scramble Pelosi and Co will have to do to keep the public anger under control as the “It’s Trump’s fault your suffering” default story is clearly NOT TRUE even to Joe 6 pack. LOL
I agree, a smart move to let those sitting on the sidelines realize the President is really behind them. I hope it helps in November.
NHM
As folks have said,
DJT is playing chess and the political class are playing chinese checkers,
They just never played against a guy who trash talks them,,, i love it!
People seemed to have forgotten or are ignoring “there is no free lunch”. As long as I get mine I don’t care if I bankrupt someone else to get it.
I agree that this is a good thing to get some income into the hands of people that really need it. My liberal neighbors, however, are complaining that he is “defunding Social Security”. Good grief.
Chipmunk,
Aren’t liberals special,,,,
If the damn politicians hadn’t started robbing ss decades ago like they do everything there wouldn’t be a problem.
Especially asinine since they robbed from Medicare for their vaunted ACA, and also want to rob from Medicare (clear and visible, if you actually look rather than eating what you’re fed) to fund Medicare for All.
Those who are getting $0 premiums on ACA? They’re getting it at the expense of senior citizens who are paying higher premiums.
Tip of the iceberg Lauren
All citizens should be able to buy health insurance from any company, for coverage they want, similar to auto insurance. People that are destitute should be able to get some financial help to pay for coverage, BUT
I believe that vetting of all that apply for any financial aid from government for all welfare programs. Generational welfare has to stop.
Chipmunk
Hopefully, they won’t be surprised that in about two months,
they won’t need to worry about “social security” as it will
disappear if CW2 commences.
Would love to be wrong about where this world is headed. I fear that I’m not. Would be pretty easy to get depressed, but………………….
I woke up this morning, stepped out on the front porch. Looked around, taking in the beauty surrounding me. While I don’t know what the future holds……..I do know who holds the future…and He is good……He is righteous…and He loves me. He loves me, not because I’m good, no, because He is. He promises me that I’ll not face anything that He and I can’t handle. That, I believe.
I am blessed. I’m not rich……at least in the ways other men measure wealth. I do have everything I’m needful of. I want for nothing. I hold no ill will towards anyone, I know of no one who is angry with me. I’m at peace………
I’ll be headed to bed shortly. I’ll be spending some moments thanking Him. I owe Him much. He paid a debt that I could not. He paid that debt out of love, asking only that I return that love to others around me.
You folks here at MSB…….I consider you all my friends. No matter what tomorrow brings….know that I love you…..but more importantly, He loves you, and wants you to walk with Him, friend with friend.
Good night all. May God bless y’all as He has blessed me.
Thank you so much, Dennis. That’s beautiful.
Dennis,
Thank you.
God Bless you and yours.
Good night.
Tomorrow is another day that awaits us.
Dennis –
You sound like yourself again. The words that you’ve shared so many times that they became a comfort to me each time I would read them. Somehow when you were at peace and speaking them it seemed like a barometer that all was well with the world.
I’m glad to hear that same strength back in your voice, though I can’t put a finger on why I thought it was missing. Nonetheless, hearing the words tonight got through differently for some reason and brought the familiar assurance. All is well. Thank you for being such a confidant and reassuring voice in the gathering storm.
Dennis,
You are a good man brother.
May you always have such a pleasant outlook.
The rest of us could take a lesson from you
And you have been a blessing to us, Dennis.
God is indeed good.
Very thankful myself this beautiful KY Sunday;
I have a savior and He calls me by name.
God bless you, friend.
God bless each and every one of you reading here at MSB.
Thank you for reminding us that we really aren’t in control. That God’s mercy is never ending and His love is immeasurable.
Dennis,
I know you will sleep well tonight. This post was so very helpful to me. Thank you
luv ya’ll, Beach’n
Posted this information here rather on the shortages page.
While my friend & I were at the meat market a vehicle turned into that parking lot. It’s front window was totally shatter, no visibility which is unlawful to drive. Two people of the undesirable vintage came out of said vehicle, while another person was walking towards them. That person was throwing rocks at the vehicle & the parties that crawled out of said car. Language is totally not worth trying to clean up for this posting. This is the flotsam and jetsam that has congregated to this area because of the FREE $**t that has been given to them. This is the first time I have seen this type of aggression against other f&j that hang out together.
If the poop hits the fan they will spread like a disease to the outlying areas. Prepare as if you have this in your back yard, because you most likely do but it has been hidden.
There’s an interesting little tidbit on Adbusters on Twitter. They are calling for a 50 day siege of the White House, commencing September 17th. Are you ready for revolution? they ask. There’s a nice picture of the White House with smoke coming from it, with peaceful protesters in the foreground. It is, most assuredly, a peaceful protest, so they say. Must be peaceful smoke.
The comment section is very funny. I didn’t count, but most are offering helpful ‘criticisms’. Don’t think they got the comments they were look for, but I’m sure they’ll get support from other vectors.
Farmgirl
Sent it to someone who will see that it is passed on the the troops that may put a stop to this insanity. I HOPE!
AC – Thanks for doing that. Wasn’t sure whether or not to take it seriously. Extremely bad OPSEC to be announcing a siege ahead of time, so they’re either playing around, stupid, or don’t think they need to hide it. Probably the last one.
That is really odd. I’ve heard that date mentioned from 2 or 3 different sources in the last couple of weeks. Nothing specific, only that it is a significant date/time with big changes or things happening.
WWG1WGA
aka – Sorry, premature send. WWG1WGA is a Q thing. That date is significant in that group, I think. Don’t have specifics – wading through Q drops requires more time than I have right now.
aka –
September 17th is Constitution Day.
Farmgirl –
Loved the last line on the poster, “a cultural heave towards a new world order.” No mistaking that.
Any idea what Extinction Rebellion means??
M’Lynn – Yes. They’re a global eco-action group, using ‘non-violent, civil disobedience’ to force governments to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecological/societal collapse. There are activists in my area, and they are recruiting. I would not expect them to be non-violent.
I spent some time in the fields again today. I came home to an email from a coworker about the Floyd event that seems to have triggered all of this unrest.
I was curious as to why a super liberal city hadn’t plastered the officer’s cam video for everyone to see after such a heinous act. Actually, I already knew. They only show you what they want you to see if it fits their narrative. Just like the Big Mike sham in Ferguson. The video and audio didn’t fit the narrative of the Ferguson progressives. So the Floyd video has been made available by videoing the original camera capture from a laptop. Technically not illegal but not legal either. Now a judge has ordered all of it released. It does show what many in the business already knew.
Floyd was treated humanely and kindly as much as possible given the situation. I’m old. When I was a young un Floyd would have been beaten to a bloody pulp by the old hands for resisting the way he did. These officers were professional and calm despite a man actively resisting. His behavior throughout the video makes it quite obvious Floyd was acting increasingly bizarre. The toxicology showed a massive amount of fentanyl and meth along with marijuana, and SARS CoV 2 was quite enough to cause physical signs and symptoms up to and including death. Remember, the first autopsy by the official coroner showed the Floyd did not die of traumatic asphyxiation. So why did Minneapolis city management who has openly hated their own police refused over and over to release the video? Because when you see how Floyd acted you understand why things went down like they did. The officers involved followed procedures. They were polite and accomodating to Floyd as much as they could until he began to physically resist. As Floyd escalated so did they to maintain control. The only person responsible for George Floyd’s death is George Floyd. Did you know there was another person in the car with Floyd? That person is alive and well and did not have one bit of trouble because they complied with the officers.
Go watch the video of the officer cams.
So that leads me to ask….. Why? Why take this incident and blow it out of proportion? Why allow misleading and completely inaccurate statements to take hold and cause mass civil unrest? What are they trying to hide? If you are watching the right hand the left hand will get you. What is the left hand doing?
BG in TX – The left hand has been waiting for just the right trigger to unleash the takeover they’ve been preparing and planning for years. This was just the one they chose to use. If there had been no coronavirus, no lockdowns, no rioting, there would have been no distraction from the end result of years of crony capitalism, financial looting and political corruption. So instead of seeing the financial system come crashing down and demanding answers, we get a rather nasty version of bread and circuses. The bread would be the ‘free’ money. The circuses are pretty easy to spot.
Oh…And there never was a second autopsy on Floyd. The family hired expert never conducted an autopsy, but only looked at the official autopsy report, then provided the opinion the family desired. The media then created the lie of a second, contradictory, autopsy, which they told everyone indicated Floyd was murdered by the police.
The police did nothing wrong at all. The criminals are Floyd and the Media….AND all the Marxist trash elected of office.
None of this has anything to do with the self induced death of a repeat criminal from a drug over dose, but with the deliberate and desperate efforts by Constitution hating Marxists and Democrats, bent on America’s destruction.
Let the Blues Burn.
Another report
https://spectator.org/george-floyd-death-toxicology-report/
so overall, are things getting better or worse or staying the same?
Worse and then, worser.
And then worserer.
And then worserest.
Dennis – Thank you for your example of faith because it strengthens mine.
M’Lynn – Thank you that you are forgiving, because I am able see that forgiveness does exist in this world.
Ken – Thank you for the example of loving your neighbor by providing this site.
I did not want to come to this site, but I was drawn here. I guess subconsciously I knew it would be like looking for the perfect church and finding it. Knowing as soon as I stepped in it would not be perfect anymore. Sure enough, once here I screwed things up. After a well deserved “time out” I was allowed back. So then I throw a temper tantrum after the Lord spoke to my heart and told me to leave. I can imagine the Lord shaking His head with a sigh saying “no, you are not listening. I want your ego and bad manners to leave. So, listen to M’Lynn and lets get back to work.” So, I say…. ok.
Please understand that when you try to stop the flow of the sewer for 24 years, you start to stink yourself. I just want a shower. Adonai turned on the water. M’Lynn, Ken, Dennis, and others are providing the soap. Please be patient while I scrub off the filth. I won’t let you down…..I promise.
SS
If your using soap, just make sure it’s not Lava Soap. That stuff can be really gritty. It works great to get grease and stink off hands.
I am one of those folks who are refreshed after a good shower and ready for the day even though it is evening. As a result, I have trouble falling asleep. My wife and others, they are ready to crash after a shower. Ohhh well, to each his own.
Regards
INPrepper – Well…..Lava it is with Pine Sol as a after wash.Works good on hands? Let us see how it works on the heart. I know about that sleep thing. That is something other people get. Oh yeah, I’m saving for that sub., might have to go under awhile when this thing kicks off. Speaking of subs, do folks run their generators continuously for power or do they run in conjunction with solar and batteries – like the WWII subs? Charging at night for an hour or two. Would save gas and noise time. I don’t know cause I don’t have a generator.
Sorry SS, I don’t have an answer on the generator/battery/solar thing. I really don’t know too much about that stuff yet. Those are on my to do list to get acquainted with.
When it comes to electrical, I’m kind of an idiot. About all I can do right now is change out a light and wall socket. Ohhh, and I know that electricity can hurt (the result of mice chewing off a wires insulation) and lightning can hurt really bad.
Regards
SS and Inprepper
I have a whole house generator that runs on propane, no battery bank at this time.
I plan on running a two or three hour schedule in the morning and afternoon to conserve fuel. Will draw water and do laundry during that time.
Hope to can and preserve freezer food to reduce generator run time. Will stretch fuel as much as possible!
INPrepper. – I know some about the “little ride” from a taser. Don’t care to take that “BIG RIDE” from a lightening bolt.
NORTH WOODS. – Thanks. I was wondering cause I just watched “The Enemy Below” w/ Robert Mitchum. Thought, do people use a generator to charge batteries and then run primarily off the batteries for electric needs or do they run the generator continuously for power? Then I thought, wonder how that concept would work to supplement solar / battery setup. Run solar / battery for main system and use generator on cloudy days or night to top off battery charge. IDK.
SS – And whatever soap you’re using don’t let it get in your eyes – and hopefully there is nobody downstream.
You seem to be hogging a lot of the Lord’s time, I haven’t gotten a busy signal yet but if I do I’ll know why.
A little advice; don’t forget it is easier to skip a heavy smooth stone than a light one.
Chevy – Thank you for your insight, I will keep that in mind.
I want to thank all the MSB clan that took precious time to write helpful posts about water collection and purification. I intend to glean thru the posts and write down notes to me. Like so many of the posts I read, we are limited by age,$.location and available resources. Thanks again to all !
Spec5 – If you have any interest in that activated charcoal filter hack I mentioned for the Sawyer Mini, and you can’t find it on youtube, let me know. I will walk you through the construction. The thing is a small add on and works pretty good. Otherwise, just throw some charcoal pieces, from your campfire, in the pot (or SS canteen) when boiling your water. Strain with bandana. Better than nothing if you suspect chemicals. Worked for the Indians. Hope this helps.
Well the protest/counter protest in northern Nevada was very minimally covered by the MSM…and why is that? Well, because the BLM folks who were there were outnumbered in support of the Sheriff by more than 2 to 1. 3 to 1 per some of the counter protestors. One BLM guy who was being interviewed was continually interrupted by counter protesters who told the guy to go home, that he was not from here.
I did not go. But it is amazing some of my friends, who I had no idea would be there, they actually went. So I have a great first hand account of the patriots. The Sheriff actually stood up and made opening comments to the “protest”. Our news has called it a rally.
minden, nv is not a place to for BLM or anyone else to come around. to many real cowboys and ranchers, real men, and to many abandoned mine shafts which in my opinion have no bottom to them. lived there, seen it. if the blm wants some real fun they can go to ely or elko. the blm may just disappear. I never seen e’m, would be the phrase. those folks don’t play
You are right, cid, those folks do not play. Update is that the counter protesters outnumbered the blm 10 to 1! Discrepancy was because the blm protesters moved to different areas and different groups of counter protesters moved with them, so numbers looked less at different locations.
Yay Patriots!!! They were openly armed. Great photos.
Pegasus,
A good news post!
Glad to hear it.
Another success story from the Patriots, that send these cowards running.
I once had a t-shirt,
“Don’t Mess with the US”
Now it has a new meaning.
….both foreign AND domestic
Two bits of info. #1 Antifa has sent people to combat train in the Middle East. #2 They are planning a 50 day siege of the White House starting in September. They are expecting 10K + people to “Occupy The White House”. NOT SH*T!
Live rounds,,,
Treat them like the garbage they are
Kula
Garbage up, garbage down, one per round !
Absolutely, the President should have the entire White House surrounded by military and have a big turkey shoot of the so called occupiers.This protesting all needs to stop cold now before it’s to late.
K-bay,,,
You over on O?
At K side???
Kula,
That’s a roger on that, the jungle side of the isle.
Also as you know, the rainy side, for water for all of
god’s things.
Cruise that property of yours armed. You never know
when a enemy pig will jump out at ya.
Keep Safe
K bay,
Plenty pigs up here, not coming in our place but the guy up hill from us is having a hell of a time,,,
Bummer though, last one had trichinosis, bad juju,,,
Plenty Bambi though
it that thick should be able to stop wasting lead.. 2 or 3 to one shot would be optimal.. heard it can be done with squirrels.
Long Gone,
Can you share where you got your info?
I would be interested in reading more on the matter.
Thanks
The Organic Prepper
Long Gone – Adbusters on Twitter issued the call. Sept 17th.
Long Gone I read the Organic Prepper almost daily and seem to have missed that story. Could you please give the title of the Article you found that disturbing information?
Thanks
MHM
go to the home p[age, scroll down on the right
side perhaps five reports, view “white house siege.”
NHM and k-bay,
Yep, was the first article that came up.
“White house siege”
Sorry I read that “Occupy the White House” article just now however I did not see anything about “#1 Antifa has sent people to combat train in the Middle East.” in that article. Antifa ALREADY has shown a lot of tactical training in street fighting in the past few months. Not so much actual military style actions aside from having an effective chain of command and willingness to abandon the “Useful Idiots” to take the beatdown while they escape in the chaos.
Will be interesting to see how the Media and Socialist’s-Democrats figure out how to profit from the “Dictator Responses” of the White House when fools get shot. Those “Useful Idiots” are called that BECAUSE they are USED by the hidden leadership as sacrificial pawns to “win” a chess game.
Timing is clearly to mar Trumps campaign as that 50 days “Peaceful Occupation” “Ends” November 3rd…..
I have been amazed at other sites folks complaining that ammo is too expensive. Really? Self Defense is too expensive?? Someone did a nice video about a dollar and a round of ammo. His point was ammo was money.
Winter is coming.
The Deep State is going all out for this Color Revolution, as Hillary said on that hot mic incident “we will ALL hang from nooses if HE wins”.
They were the Occupy Wallstreet bunch. This seems like a staged event, intended to evoke a hot response from patriots. They have telegraphed their intentions. Mayor of DC may allow it, yet the SS will not tolerate foolishness.
Maggie’s farm,
I can only hope that Trump knows he has a boatload of supporters and he continues to fight the good fight.
And to be safe.
We’re all counting on him….
and the Lord above
I like Daisy Luther.
Anywho,
Just throwing thoughts:
Does this event correspond with Trump’s laying low for awhile?
Are protestors allowed to pack arms, while the law abiding are forbidden?
We’re talking DC.
Sick of this $hit and it ain’t even Monday
Joe c, that’s my thinking President of course had knowledge of this occupation and is probably somewhere safer, I hope.
Im sick o this ka ka too,,
But im wayyyy out here upcountry,
Not much going on around here cept cruising on the homestead,,,,
So
Things i have no say in and that really dont affect me or us
Interesting to gawk at tho
Joe c
seems I remember that guns aren’t allowed in
the District of Crapola for law abiding folks,
did you not get the memo.
( just being sarcastic, sorry) sick of the BS & DC.
k-bay
I know you were being sarcastic, as was I.
Different laws for different folks.
As we all have been seeing, lately.
Different Strokes, Different folks.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Rules matter….they only apply to a selected few …not all.
SS –
Great suggestion yesterday on using some of the run-off for the critters. Once we got outside and started implementing your suggestion it dawned on us that we could indeed set up a source that would be self-sustaining for them too. We have fed a variety of animals and birds over the years, so they’re accustomed to coming here. They have a big trough of water that we fill everyday with the hose, but we realized we can dig a hole, fit a pond liner and then utilize your system to keep it filled with rainwater. So we were about half a step ahead of you…but am so glad you shared because I would have hated realizing we “should” have done it after the fact. Now I get to research dove recipes, which is one more thing for my ever-growing to-do list. Thanks, friend!
M’Lynn – You are welcome, but I can not take any credit. I am not that smart. I only can pass on what has been given to me. All I want now is peace, that is what I am asking for so that I might pass it on. I don’t want the rage.
Thank you sister.
Teen Vogue Op-Ed on American Thinker laying out why no one should be allowed to own private property:
“Instead of seeing housing as a right and something that should not be commodified, the state enlists its own armed forces—sheriffs and police—to remove occupants from residences if they cannot pay rent. The lack of protections for non-landowners should be to no surprise from a country founded on the genocide and colonization of indigenous peoples.”
“We need a housing movement based on a rejection of the construct that any one person should own this earth’s land.”
“While we’re working to abolish the police, we must also work to dismantle what the police were put here to protect: property.”
Mao would be pleased that he’s reached our teenage girl population.
ahhh would like to see the look on any of their faces when Sheneka comes in to their bedroom pushes them out and starts using their make up and wearing their clean clothes and drying off with their towels and eating all of their favorite cookies and using their phone without asking…………
I haven’t read all the comments yet today, but I thought I should jump on here and post. I have been reading each day all the articles and comments.
My heart is broken and I am so devastated my sister passed away a few weeks ago unexpectedly. She was a brilliant, outgoing and loving person who made friends easily and loved her family. She lived in a different state than me, but we talked weekly. She was my only sister. She was sick for the last few weeks and I was unaware of it. I had told myself to call her several times, but I was too ‘busy’ doing other things. Although she was a medical professional, she didn’t see the signs of heart trouble. She was convinced she had Covid and her symptoms were from that. She got tested two times and she didn’t believe it when they both came back negative. She had traveled to Italy in December before the world knew about the virus and she was certain she had it. She refused to see a doctor even when her friends begged her to go. She finally went to the ER and she had fluid in both lungs and around her heart. She had congestive heart failure and didn’t know. She went to ICU and died the next day. Her medical professional friends told me she was in denial. If she had only gone to the doctor sooner when her breathing was in trouble, maybe they could have saved her. This is treatable (my brothers have it too) and they are under doctor’s care and a strict diet. They are doing fabulous.
Thanks for listening. I can’t wrap my head around it. I’m so sad and miss her terribly. Make sure you call your loved ones and tell them you love them. Hugs to all of you special people.
Terra
Hold strong Girl, hold strong.
I don’t know you, but, our Heavenly Father does, pray for strength.
God Bless you Terra, and Gods Speed to understanding this tragedy
Stand my Ground,
Thank you for your kind words. I have been praying for you and your family after your recent loss. Hugs
Terra, I am so sorry for your loss.
Annlee,
Thank you so much. Bless you
Your in my prayers Terra. Remember that God is in control and loves you. Don’t beat yourself up for not calling, it happened and it is likely she would not have “bothered” you with it. The only thing you can do now it is you turn to live in a way that honors her.
Psalm 136
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.
4 to him who alone does great wonders,
His love endures forever.
5 who by his understanding made the heavens,
His love endures forever.
6 who spread out the earth upon the waters,
His love endures forever.
7 who made the great lights—
His love endures forever.
8 the sun to govern the day,
His love endures forever.
9 the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.
You are not alone Terra and you are Loved forever as is your sister.
NH Michael,
Thank you so much for your words of comfort. Yes, I am beating myself up for going too long and not calling her back……and now she is gone. Bless you. Hugs
Terra,
Know that your grief will past with time and you’ll be
able to get through this. Concentrate on the good
things that you were able to share, and that she has
been spared the tribulations of the world.
Peace be with you.
k-bay,
Thank you for your kind words. They are a comfort to me. Hugs
Terra,
Ohh, wow.
I had to sit down for this one post.
I am so very sorry.
Pull through this.
.
My Thoughts and prayers to you and yours.
We are always here…..
Joe c,
Thank you so much. It really means a lot to know that you all are here. It is amazing. Hugs
Terra so sorry for your loss. It sucks for those of us left behind. Know that many of us are praying for you and your beloved sister.
Pegasus,
Thank you so much. Yes it sucks and it is hard to even get out of bed. Bless you for your words. Hugs
Terra –
My deepest sympathies on your devastating loss. May God provide comfort during the challenging days ahead. You’ll be in my prayers.
M’Lynn,
Bless you for your comments and prayers. Hugs
Terra:
I’ve been quiet for awhile, but read most everything.
I’m sorry for your loss of your sister.
Words usually are not enough, so know there are prayers for you and your family.
NRP & Blue,
Thank you for your kind words. Bless you. Hugs to you and Blue too.
Terra,
I am so sorry for your loss. Share the wonderful memories with others when you are ready and find love in them. I am praying for you through this difficult time.
Juls,
Thanks so much for your words of comfort to me. Hugs
Terra – I am so sorry for your loss, and the grief you’re experiencing. Know that you are held in the loving embrace of our heavenly Father, and your sister, too. My prayers for you and your family, for healing and peace. Thank you for sharing here, and for the reminder to appreciate our loved ones and the time we have with them.
Farmgirl,
Yes we never know when the last time we will talk to our love ones. That lesson hit me right in the face. Thank you for your comforting words. Hugs
Terra,
May hold you in his loving embrace as you experience this loss. Know the heartbreak of today will pass. Remember your times together whether physically or in conversation. My prayers are for strength for you.
MamaLark,
Thank you dear for your kind words. Hugs
Terra, I’m so sorry about your sister. Thank you for posting the reminder for us to call our loved ones. We never know when the last time we speak to them will be. My younger sister died suddenly of a brain tumor a few years ago, and I missed out on having one last conversation (until we meet again!). You never “get over” losing someone you love, but time does make it easier. My prayers are with you.
Wendy,
Thank you for your kind words. I just can’t forgive myself for not calling her back and now she is gone. Bless you. Hugs
Oh Terra, I am so sorry for your loss..The grief is fresh…While you have these hard memories and regrets, think back on your conversatons and time spent together. Try to remember the positive things she said… the funny things. The things she dd that were good and pure and showed her love for you and others.
My DB has also been in crisis from same thing.Thankfully he is improving Every medication except 2 he was on has been changed at least twice. He almost put off going too long too..
. . Keep encouraging your brothers to take care of their needs and go in to be checked for sudden changes.
CHF does not give very much response time. slips up on ppl.It is a mimic.There are many problems that have many of same s/sx. It does not seem reasonable to us left behind, that a medical person would not catch this. It does happen often. I am sorry it happened to your sister.
Just Sayin,
I think you are right about CHF sneaking up on people. My brother was doing great until he was taking a shower one day and he couldn’t breathe. He drove himself to the hospital and found out about his CHF. Bless you. Hugs
Terra – I know your grief all to well. May Jesus hold you and carry you. You are in my prayers.
SS,
Thank you so much. Hugs
Terra
Our condolences on the passing of your sister, am sorry to hear of your families loss. Losing a sibling is hard, only time will help, and lots of funny memories to share with your family. They maybe gone but not forgotten.
Antique Collector,
My nephew called me and told me some funny stories about my sister, which really helped me. I think you are so right about sharing good memories with my family. Bless you. Hugs
Terra,
I’m so sorry to read about your sister’s passing. I also have just one sister, and know I would be devastated to lose her, just as you are losing yours.
There’s no understanding her decisions, but I hope with time you are able to find some comfort in precious memories of your time with her.
Sending you and your family prayers and warm hugs as you cope with your tremendous loss.
So Cal Gal,
Sisters are special and I miss her so much. Don’t forget to call you sister just to see how she is doing. Thanks for your kind words. Hugs
Terra
Yes, I should call my oldest sister as she has CV-19, and so does her husband.
Where they acquired it we do not know, but now I suspect that her kids who had it in January could possible be non symptomatic but are carriers. Even though they recovered from it with no lasting systems.
The other possibility friends who contracted it and they did not find out until weeks later. Those folks are social butterflies.
Terra
. . . .
A friend shared this with me some time back. I found it comforting.
. . . .
Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. . . It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. . . All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and the hollow part of your chest. . . Grief is just love with no place to go.
. . . .
Thank you for the reminder to keep reaching for those we care about. And for the reminder not to put off a visit to the doctor when we are feeling unwell.
. . . .
Love and tears.
Anony Mee,
Thank you for sharing those comforting words. They mean so much to me. Bless you. Hugs
hug hug to you Terra.
Terra
I’m so sorry for the loss of your sister. I know there are really no words to help how your feeling & unfortunately I know your pain. I’ve lost my mother, brother & son and everyday is a challenge! Grief is a rough journey, & everyday will be minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day & everyday will be different & it will drag you in every direction. The important thing to remember & I know it doesn’t help but remember the good times, the laughs , the memories & she is within your heart everyday and the love you shared. Do not consistently ponder the could’ve haves, should haves & why didn’t I’s ? Bc it will drive you in a dark crazy place you don’t need to visit! You are stronger than you think & you’ll have to dig deep to find it but you will eventually ! Just continue to share that love , speak about her, keep getting outta that bed everyday even when you don’t want, keep living for yourself & her . Those days will eventually not be as bad or hard at times!! Again thoughts & prayers to you & your family ! God was my rock , hold steadfast to him always!
OKlady,
You are so right about not beating myself up on could haves and would haves. I am so very sorry about your losses. It is very very hard.
I lost my son when he was 16 and I’m still not over it. Never will be. You just have to learn to live with the pain. Bless you. Hugs
Mrs. U
Hugs to you my friend
Terra
I’m so sorry for your devastating loss. May God wrap His arms around you and give you peace and comfort.
Chipmunk,
Thank you for your words of comfort to me. Hugs
Terra, oh my heart breaks for you! You and your family are in my prayers for peace and loving memories of your dear sister.
DAMedinNY,
Thank you dear for your sweet note. It helps me tremendously. Bless you. Hugs
FinallyouttaCA,
Zucchini update:
I made your suggested squash patties this past week.
Quick and simple….and good! My onions could have been stronger. Baby Ray’s secrete sauce, as a dip.
Yummy!
One word of advice to all you women.
Man cooks supper, leave him alone. Don’t criticize. Don’t critique.
Don’t say
we’ve tried that before.
You’re making more than what you think.
Ribs on the barbee? I want my steaks
Men,
When woman cooks, don’t complain.
Eat what’s before you. Smile and nod.
I’m so glad she can’t read what I post!
Maybe in next month or two, I’ll try something new….🤔
Unfortunate that people wish that people who they have loved that have died, that they are still “alive up there”. They are dead, and: “in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?” Psalms 6:5
But for the Christian there is hope. (1Co 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
And of course logically it goes without saying, that if the dead were alive now there would be no need for that resurrection.
In these dark days, I dedicate this clip to all you awesome ladies, young or old. I hope it brings back memories of a happier time in your life. (Sorry, I don’t know how to do links – nobody here to show me)
Youtube: Be Young Be Foolish But Be Happy The Tams 1968 lyrics
(Click the one with the sun over the beach – lyrics)
A heads up in the civil unrest department. Massive looting going on in Chicago, from midnight last night and still going strong. They hit the Magnificent Mile and much of downtown Chicago. There are *still* lots of people on the streets, the bridges are up, cta is suspended and the Loop is shut down. Chicago is a mess right now, and other neighborhoods are affected, too. The supposed trigger for this round was a shooting in Englewood of a 15 year old, wielding a gun at police. The young man was shot, but not mortally. At this point, it’s safe to say a police officer could sneeze and set off looting. I don’t know if this could spill over to other areas, so if you’re anywhere in Chicagoland stay extra alert today.
The earlier info on the police-involved shooting that was the excuse for the all-night smash and loot that trashed downtown Chicago was incorrect. At a press conference, it was stated the perp was a 20 year old, with 4 priors, who is in the hospital and expected to recover.
Don’t want to spread misinformation.
Article on ZH about the hundreds of homeless sex offenders, mental patients and drug users who were moved into three luxury hotels in Manhattan due to the pandemic. DHS is paying $175 per person, per night, for these accommodations. Chances are these vermin are also receiving SNAP benefits and possibility some other form of federal assistance, which comes from our pockets.
In exchange for that benevolence, the individuals are openly using and selling drugs, chugging full bottles of alcohol in broad daylight, urinating and defecating on the sidewalks and accosting passerby’s. Convicted sex offenders of 5 and 6 year olds are placed within walking distance to a public school playground. All of which gives clarity to the level of Homeland Security that TPTB feel is in our best interest at this critical time, as well as the best use of the resources we enriched them to utilize at their discretion.
I did not want the battle ahead. Yet with each passing day I understand how necessary it has become and harden my resolve towards fighting to restore a nation that is swirling the drain. We’re going to flush these vermin into the sewer where they belong. All of them.
Hey,,, K-Bay,,,
Stay safe over there, seems everybody is getting sick on your rock, about a million bodies over there so its a giant petri dish.
Couldn’t imagine being stuck on those rocks again right now. I lived in Makiki for a year while working. Would have gone crazy if it wasn’t for the diving. You guys take care and be safe!!
Thanks DT
In a way its good, at least on outer islands, much lower population, i doubt we will ever see the unrest yall will see over on the continent. Will be small pockets but overall i would bet no crazy
DT
Thanks dude. You do the same.
Kula
Thanks man, I know.. the numbers are truly koo-koo. Sudden
burst in triple digit numbers when all through we saw such
low figures. From single to triple. Unreal.
Off subject, trichinosis, bummer, wonder how much of the
local population is infected.
Stay alert and stay safe…
Kula and K-bay, Re: trichinosis.. Prevent it ! COOK THE MEAT DONE! natural treatments are wormwood and garlic. among other thing. anti-parascitics.. look them up. even dog wormer will work for round worms… and is safe.. some people are using “fenben” for cancer treatment on 3-5x a week regmine…Just sayin’
I discovered today that in the main small town nearest me, a new 12-step recovery group is being formed. It’s not for alcoholics or drug addicts or over-eaters. It’s for white people. To “clear out all the white supremacy conditioning we all have”. The posting doesn’t say if this is a spontaneous local idea, or if it’s connected to some larger movement. If I weren’t so sick and tired if this nonsense, I’d be laughing because it’s just so blatantly ridiculous.
How about starting a reciprocating 12 step program for all the blm/antifa people “to clear out all the entitlement conditioning” so that they can become productive members of society.
aka – I run a local listserve, and am faced with posting/not posting this garbage. I’ve remained gray as long as I can, with rules about no postings that are proselytizing in the areas of politics/religion/philosophy – just local classifieds/events announcements. This one’s gonna be dicey for me, as the poster is a well-known local leader. At the very least, I’ll have to re-write as an event announcement – date, place, title – and hope it gets the response it should. *Sigh* Should have handed this list off to an anonymous party to run as neutral community space like I have been doing. It’s that or just nuke it. Won’t hand the enemy a lovely propaganda tool.
I don’t envy you. No easy answer. I ask God for guidance a lot more these days.
Farmgirl, I don’t know how you could do it… thought about rhetorical questions to introduce. as few lines as possible.i an obscure place. or pass it on.. and give the other side more visual space….a counter protest. of the groups meeting?
toJS – I’ve had to do this before, though with less blatant content. Political events announcement are allowed for the purpose of bare minimum info, so folks who are so inclined can attend. No political commentary is allowed, right or left. I’ve done my best to create a ‘watering hole’ mentality with it, so there’s one place where people can meet at the level of basic human needs.
I’m afraid this is my signal that I’m done. I’ll re-write this post as a ‘bare minimum’, hope the response is crickets, and off-load or render useless the list serve. It will be a big loss to the community if I don’t find someone to carry the mantle. If I find someone to run it, I’m not telling anyone who that is, and will advise them to remain anonymous, which means no donations – they’ll have to fund the little bit it costs to run.
There are no counter protests here. The few conservative Christians have become vastly outnumbered over the last 5-6 years by the ‘Progressives’, or at least they’re out voiced. City government has changed just recently – shocked when I saw that. This 12-step for whites thing will probably morph into a cancel culture if you don’t get with the program. I’ve see personal attacks here already.
aka – My prayer list these days is a veritable scroll. More and more, I’m focusing on giving thanks and affirming God’s goodness. It’s been an exercise in trust for me, and where to place that trust. I remember a fun call and respond from a church camp of my youth. One of the directors would call out randomly throughout the day, “God is good!” We’d all respond “All the time!”
A while back, we were answering a what-if question. What would happen if the trucking industry stopped serving a major city. Chicago may be the first big city to give the answer to that questions. The looting and violence were still going on after the sun came up this morning! It’s a mess, and I’d bet some big stores that got looted are just going to throw it in, including Walmart. If I were a trucking company, no way would I let my drivers go anywhere near Chicago, and if I were an insurance company I wouldn’t insure them – truckers or stores.
Farmgirl
If I remember my commercial coverage from years ago, same as personal coverage. Looting/vandalism are not covered under these, they fall under exclusions. Commercial lines was not my area of expertise but did assist on a few so it is all from memory. Those store owners are out of luck for recovery.
What a way for big brother to step in to assist with those financial losses, of course at a premium to the supplier. chaaa ching
Delivery service into those areas, the insurance companies will do a loss ratio for deliveries. Another chaaa ching to the wallet book of the consumer.
IF they are allowed to deliver. Then there are the drivers, which will be looking for hazard pay for entering a war zone. Which in a case like this should be left up the professionals who know how to handle WAR zones. mho
AC – I thought that was the case. That being so, if you were Walmart and just got trashed and looted for the 2nd, 3rd or 4th time, would you re-open your Chicago store?
Regarding the trucking companies, there is already one IL based trucking company that will no longer make deliveries to cities that are calling to defund/disband police departments. That one is on record, and I’m sure there are many not reported on. The looters last night broke into the FedEx building and were stealing packages! Makes me wish I had more time to get things ordered and delivered, before that becomes more unreliable.
Farmgirl –
Sure they’ll re-open. That store is a huge money-maker for them, as is Sam’s. In dense populations like that, people rent cars to drive out to those stores in order to get stocked up every couple of months because they can’t get that variety or quantity at their Mom and Pop quaint little boutique food emporiums. Those places focus their footprint on grab and go, prepared items, so they get a steady stream of foot traffic each day. When folks need a big pack of paper towels though, they rely on the WM being open and stocked. So WM has a vested financial interest to get it up and running pdq.
The other aspect is McMillion is on record as a Corporate SJW who has committed $100 million from WM for BLM. He can’t very well retract his goal of criminal justice reform to get more thugs returned to the streets, while simultaneously closing a cash cow that his target population has trashed by being on the streets, doing what they do best. He’ll have to save face, spend the money to clean up, then pass on those damages to the rest of us with higher prices.
M’Lynn – I hadn’t looked at it that way. I guess Walmart has their own trucking infrastructure, too? Those drivers are going to want some serious hazard pay! Higher prices for sure.
Farmgirl & Lauren –
The delivery aspect seems vague to me. I would place fairly good sized commercial orders from Sam’s and they always came via three separate companies, due to some in-house “No Monopoly” policy. So if I ordered 10 cases of coffee cups, 4 would arrive from UPS, 4 from FedEx, then 2 from a small independently owned courier. They could not send an entire order via one source per their corporate policy. Which led me to believe that the same was probably true for all of their trucking practices. Split up the work amongst many different organizations who do long haul.
Which would be an insurance policy of sorts when faced with what you mentioned earlier about one company refusing to enter that area. Surely they can easily transfer that load to another company that wants in the game because they offer legitimacy for a vendor to compete at that level, which opens new markets. So there’s a cost incentive for them to tell their guys they will drive into an active hot zone – regardless of fear over personnel safety. People have been laid off. They’ll take the work and tuck some protection behind the seat, if even a length of pipe. And ultimately, even if they won’t, an illegal will.
To a certain extent. However, I worked with a trucking broker for a while a few years back, and even at that time Walmart/Sams Club was moving away from using independents (most illegals would count in this category) and making it as difficult as possible for independents to function within their system. The larger trucking companies are pretty careful who they hire, and sending an employee into a war zone is a distinct liability, especially knowing that if the trucker is stopped the event will fall back on their own insurance.
The trucking companies are going to have to weigh the risks and benefits pretty carefully. Many of them will continue to work with WalMart in various areas, but since loads are generally contracted individually they can bypass an area like Chicago without much damage to their bottom line.
Of course, those who have a contract with WalMart for a specific route or load will have an entirely different problem.
Well, one of McMillion’s other stated goals with the BLM donation was providing capital to black owned businesses. Maybe if the legitimate trucking companies are bullied enough to stay out of certain areas, they’ll tear up their contracts and WM can fill that void with a BLM affiliated crew that can get the goods in without issue.
Hm. Maybe time to create a completely automated store, underground warehouse, where you put in your order at the kiosk and it’s delivered through the delivery slot? Or completely online ordering for those areas, although then you have to think about delivery.
– For Terra, Sorry, I have been busy the last few days (the well pump was down), and I have been reading very little of the blog. I am so sorry to learn of your loss.
Be aware that just because someone is a medical professional, does not mean that they will pay attention to their own symptoms. They can be as guilty of normalcy bias as anyone.
I am sure that she thought of you and better times together at the end. Forgiveness is, I’m sure, a given for any little slights real or imagined.
– Papa S.
Papa Smurf,
I guess you are right that medical professionals might not recognize their own symptoms. Just Sayin said the same thing that you did…..that it happens all the time. It’s unbelievable that she would diagnose her patients but not herself…..
Thank you for your kind words of comfort. Bless you. Hugs
What an interesting year for animals around our place. Coyotes, foxes, peafowl, yes the other day a peahen was in the yard. Where she came from who knows. The next door neighbors are raising a fawn, doe, and now neighbors on the other side are raising a fawn, buck. I named the doe Grace. She is so cute. Comes everyday to get her apple pieces. We purchased a commercial milk replacer just white tails for Grace. Goats milk is expensive and she seems too thin to be going into the fall. We want her to have a chance to live even though she will have no fear of humans.
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Good morning. Been reading for a while, or new?
Mark it down: Friday, August 14 at 5pm
If our Federal government has made no announcement, or ‘progress’, towards achieving the truth, and justice, of the Obama administration’s crimes against Donald J. Trump, et all (including America), The Conservative Treehouse will begin its plan to open up the entire “Obamagate” criminal acts.
In Sundance’s own words, “Friday night, if no action has been taken by the DOJ or AG Bill Barr, I will release the name of Durham’s #1. Then on Saturday, that name will go public, and then we go quickly right into phase-2.”
Source: TheConservativeTreehouse dot com
Article: “Status Update: Meet At The Old Mill, We Ride At Midnight…”
Awesome article. At the end, what a wonderful message of smiling, holding our heads high, and living life to the fullest even in these dismal times. Thanks for the head’s up, MT!
Modern Throwback,
Thanks for pointing out the article. I have been very interested in knowing when we will hear information from Durham regarding “Obamagate”. I am praying it comes out before the election. Can’t wait until the 14th. Hugs
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Those who missed out on the MidwayUSA special offer on the Walker Razor Slim electronic shooting muffs with the compatible FRS/GMRS radio transceiver…….the offer is back. $59.99 for the combo + free shipping.
Know some have lamented missing this offer a few months back. If interested, I wouldn’t tarry long……………
Thanks, Dennis! Added a couple more for Christmas gifts!
Good eye, thanks Dennis. Would it be wrong if I bought 2 more 🙂
Thanks Dennis! Just did my x-mas shopping for the big kids.
I think I screwed up, need a little advice.
Sounded like a good idea, so, I went for it. I dried 100lbs of potato o’brien, down to 85 moister, then I put in a brown paper bag, than a vacuum bag and with a desiccant and O2 absorber. Looked fine, but, with in a hour, I started to see oil, soaking through the paper bag. Opps. I did not realize, that oil was used to process these potatoes.
Will this oil go rancid? Would sealing it in glass, make any difference? Or, am I out of luck?
I don’t think this will store, without freezing, and I don’t have the space.
SMG – I have not tried this, but saw it demonstrated and it makes sense. Yes, oil will make the potatoes go rancid fairly quickly, no matter what container they’re stored in. One solution is to rinse them in a colander under hot water to leech out the oil. You’ll have to dehydrate them again, but it may save them. Hope that works!
SMG, before applying,Farm girls answer, i would press them in paper towels, or brown paper bags to try to absorb as much as possible out… .then rinse them in very hot water….in small batches.. after fully dehydrated again… be sure to pack in double sealed, oxygen free , and use those first….oxygen is on factor that makes oils go rancid…. store any you can make room for in freezer, in vacume packed…. this should give you the most time to utilize these.
When i purchase potatoes that are frozen, i verify the only ingredient is potatoes.(because).. many of the recipes have green peppers and someone here can’t eat them…
Stand – Forgot to add: after rinsing, blot them really good with towels/paper towels to get rid of any remaining oil.
Stand ,,,oil is used in processing to protect colour of product of frozen food during the pre cooking and after ,,,,keep frozen ,
Maybe something, maybe nothing. President Trump was less than 3 minutes into his press conference, Secret Service agent steps in, whisks him out of room, no explanation……………..
Secret Service shot someone outside the White House…..no details……
President is back in the briefing room. Suspect shot off WH grounds is on his way to the hospital. DJT – calm, cool and collected. Whew!
I will take a knee when protesters show up,
Its easier to draw a steady sight picture on them that way…..
Thank you all for your kind and loving comments and well wishes. It means so much to me that I have tears in my eyes that you kind folks took the time to write me a special message. I cannot believe the goodness that is within your souls. I needed those words of comfort so badly and through my tears I am thanking you. Bless you all. Hugs
Was just reading a piece off of WRSA, “Sky King”
I can feel that piece, it is not only a few who are feeling like our country has been torn from us and now we are being beaten for our existence.
Im tired of it all,
Im tired of the constant BS.
Im especially tired of the media and the political class and the radical far left or even far right.
I want nothing to do with this garbage and have less than no intention of supporting it nor of ever giving in to it.
I know i am not alone,
But somehow, that knowledge is not any more comfort than a porcupine up my arse. I also know i am not alone in that either.
Media has gone retarded. The government run by radicals has gone retarded. The public, filled with hate for people they dont even know, filled with rage by events they had no experience in let alone touched by, not a consequence to be found either.
Indeed, i am tired of this shit. It is never ending. Its everywhere.
Someone close to me said that they dont think there are a lot of people who are really doing all of this, it doesnt matter. It is being pounded on us day in and day out,
How long?
How long indeed till this does come home to roost in our own little community?
I like to kid myself and say it wont happen here, that our little rock is different.
Its not, government of for and by leftist is the same everywhere in lockstep.
So what will it be?
What unfortunate set of circumstances will make up OUR demise?
Oh yay,,, so much fun..
That clock is sobering, even more so is the realization that people everywhere are blindly ignoring reality and insist it wont change, that this stuff wont affect us, and good people will be ok if they just keep their heads down.
But what if it isnt? Then what? Hmmm?
I hear ya’
Kula, you speak for most of us, I am OVER it!
Kula , we can hope for the best but personally I have been planning for the worst for almost 4 years now. I’m grateful that we have had this long. I really expected all Hell to break loose in 2017 if the cackling murder lady had won.
Mentally prepare for the coming storm is my recommendation to anyone …
Kula
Dude we all feel and see it. It’s a plague worse than
the virus because it kills our country slowly and silently.
Far too many of our fellow countrymen are seduced by
the MSM and it’s evil little disciples. Buddy, it will come
to each of our little “rocks” and a few of who have
prepared will oppose it. Who wins, we’ll see.
Load and lock ! ( I know the saying goes the other way,
but why would lock your wep then load?)
Make sure your range stick are in place and stay safe. Aloha
Modern Throwback,
Thanks for pointing out the article. I have been very interested in knowing when we will hear information from Durham regarding “Obamagate”. I am praying it comes out before the election. Can’t wait until the 14th. Hugs
Terra, it remains to be seen whether or not Durham will begin indicting before the Election. Durham’s pathetic reasoning to ‘delay’ actions until after the Election was because he believed that the perception of his actions would be considered political. DUH! A delay for justice IS political.
Citizens are angry. Obamagate is going to blow before the Election because there are people who are going to force the crimes out in the open.
I have a question for all you readers. Four months ago we had a drone swarm of about 20 drones in this area flying grid patterns for about 3 weeks. According to my network this covered an area about 400 miles square. I saw them 3 nights in 3 different areas so I know reports were true. This weekend I was working cattle and saw a helicopter flying grid patterns with something hung under it. The unit hung under it was shaped like a prism about 50ft long and 30ft wide, copper or copper clad, and suspended about 30 ft below the copter. It was about 60 ft above the ground and they traveled slow enough that there was no back swing. After about 2 hours they came back following about a 1/4 mile over on the grid. Any ideas what this type of equipment might be? My first guess is a large metal detector or ground penetrating radar. I am sure someone with a lot of money is looking for something.
Now for prepping, I finally found and purchased an fanning mill with all the screens so my grain handling equipment is complete.
Plainsroamer
I spent a thirty-five+ years in the industry and I can tell you the the
sub-surface locator system and a LIDAR systems are both
mounted directly to the belly of the ship.
One thing that you can try to do, is contact your local FAA FSDO
(Field Office) for smaller areas or GATO ( larger locale office) and
inquire about it. Under the Part 133 operational rules, any
operator of a rotorcraft must file a lift plan for authorization
to overfly any private property,road or powerline with an
external load attached. The device you describe is something that
is unknown to me, although it sounds like some sort of radiowave
sensor, my guess. Hope this is helpful.
Plainsroamer
. . . .
Yep, that sounds like a ground penetrating radar array.
When I first read this, I wondered about oil or mineral deposits, but maybe water?
Depends on the section of the country… another thought is moving Magma, and monitoring of it…. I know not… Check out Mary Greely news reports on the magma around yellowstone 600 ft below the surface…. and the earthquake causing a granite pc of rock to fall…in the sawtooth mountains…
thanks for the thoughts this is in western Nebraska
I wonder if it’s a magnetometer that was hanging under the helicopter?
Trump’s Presser yesterday included a very somber answer/message. Trump was asked a question about the possibility of Biden’s VP selection being Susan Rice.
Trump said,
“…They have been caught. They have been caught red-handed. It’s probably Treason. It’s a horrible thing they did. It probably never happened before. But they used the Intelligence agencies of our country to spy on my campaign, and they have been caught. And, uh, there are a lot of people involved. I don’t want to say how much she’s involved. Frankly, if he chooses her, that’s fine, but that’s a potential liability. We’ll see. President Obama knew about it. Joe Biden knew about it. Comey knew about it. Brennan. Clapper. The whole group, they all knew about it — Lisa Page, her lover, Strzok. They all knew about it, and we have it documented. We have it in texts, we have it in all sorts of forms. They knew about it. It was a terrible thing…”
Meanwhile, over at the Capitol, members of Congress are still diddling with themselves. Circle jerking, as usual.
We have waited so long for justice in this regard. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?! These people are skating. Just like it always was. A stinking pile of swamp $hit. The republic is lost.
Ken, I think this mess is about to bust open. Lou Dobbs apparently is talking serious now, even referring to Sundance’s findings. (I don’t watch tv news but reading the comments at TCH gives lots of tidbits.)
Is this portion of Trump’s Presser front and center today? Nope.
BTW, I have a hunch that yesterday evening’s “shooter” at the WH was a false flag. The White House zone of protection will expand now…as it should. Any terrorist organization who publicly states a call-to-arms ‘siege’ at Lafayette Square may very well find that the zone is barricaded from public access.
Ken
Ghislaine Maxwell’s documents were unsealed yesterday, and received a partial list from a friend. You will find it in your account, and set down it is rather long.
Antique Collector – My question is…..who’s name is not on that list?
SS
Well we are waiting for part two of this release. I will give you the page which will bring it up. Got to love those military folks who share.
stateofthenation.co/?=24136
You should find their names there, only scratching the dirt off the surface of these rabid humans.
Antique Collector – And the truth shall be revealed in the end days…..
“Fascinating” – Thank you.
The new abnormal, headline at Breitbart: Black Lives Matter holds rally in Chicago to support those arrested after looting, unrest
“That is reparations,” a BLM organizer said. “Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance”
This used to be called looting, robbery, extortion, now it’s “reparations”.
Chevy
OMG that is despicable. What kind of a twisted mind does someone have to have to consider his stealing and destruction a way to compensate for past wrongs? There is nothing restorative or just about that. As my my mother always said, “two wrongs don’t make a right.”
Not even to mention that insurance doesn’t cover damages due to rioting and looting.
When I hear comments like that, two words come to mind. Career Criminal! There is no way that a person says stuff like that and has not been skirting the law for a long time. That is because how they justify theirs and others actions. I robbed the gas station because that ‘big oil’ company has lots of money. I beat the white guy because he represents what has been preventing my success. I stole their car because they need to get a taste of my life walking everywhere. The way it is with these ‘career criminal’ mentalities is that it’s always everyone else’s fault. They are never responsible for their own actions. Since they are kept down by ‘the Man’, they believe they are justified in their actions.
I read something interesting this week, that put an interesting perspective on some of what is going on. It said that the people we fight against see logic and logical thinking as part of what they are fighting against. Therefore, science, math, and all other forms of logical thought, must be eliminated. This would naturally include consequences and personal responsibility. History becomes a casualty of this line of thought because it is full of examples of personal responsibility. Science and math, as I mentioned before, philosophy, and any form of morality will be natural extensions of this.
The thing is, I have seen it. Ignore the facts. Facts don’t matter. Only the feels matter. Personal responsibility doesn’t even enter into their heads. What they want is all, and what they want is the only thing that matters. What they want is by definition RIGHT. Rationalizing (in a sense) anarchy, sadism, and sociopathy. The idea that this is the way they THINK makes sense of a lot of the behavior. In essence, they eliminate everything that makes us human, and only the animal remains.
If this leftist and criminal crap continues, they may see the true animal instincts that Darwin wrote about – from the law abiding citizens.
Lauren,
Exactly
HooRay! Midway USA is once again running the special on Walker Slim NRR muffs with the clip-on radio. Back to the promo price of $59.99. When I went back to the site they even picked up the promo code for free shipping that I tried to use last time when they were out of stock.
Dennis – thanks again for the great tip!
Everyone else – Don’t be a pensive dumbass like me and wait too long; this is a great sale, I wasn’t expecting a second chance.
tmcgyver –
They really are great. Glad you were able to snag them this time around.
BTW…are you doing okay? You’ve been on my mind for some reason lately, so just wanted to use the opportunity to check and tell you that you’re in my thoughts. 🤓
Hi M’Lynn – Thanks for the kind thoughts. As far as I know I’m ok…(feels for carotid pulse) – yep! Although perhaps in a similar way my own thoughts have been polluted with a pervasive sense of dread and foreboding recently. All of the increasing and encroaching nonsense has me a bit alarmed.
tmcgyver –
Yeah, it’s hitting all of us. We’ve made such great strides, in comparison to the clueless sheep who still think things will return to normal any day. Yet I truly believe every single one of us would like to add some time onto the clock right about now. You can only work so fast. And with either financial constraints or limitations on supply or shipping times, I do believe each of us feels the pressure. For me personally, I also increase my hatred level for the folks and circumstances that are pushing us to even have to undertake these steps. But it is what it is. And we will rise to the occasion because that’s who we are!
Hang in there pal. You’re a smart guy and can think on your feet, so you’re going to be okay regardless of what comes to pass. We all will. Ken’s given us the firmest foundation that we could gain. And it will sustain us and see us through.
M’Lynn – I think they call that “righteous anger.”
M’Lynn – I think you are justified in your righteous anger, and I think tmcgyver is as well.
So poof, Russia has a vaccine for COVID just like that? No real clinical trials ran but they’ve started injecting doctors, military, etc…….deadly virus hits the world, vaccine rushed, people start turning into zombies….pretty sure I’ve already seen this movie 😂
and supposedly one of his daughters took it first, yeah right… why not Putin himself, coward.
One can always learn something new. I have heard of this recipe before never knew the name nor have I made any or tried it.
Oxymel and ancient way of preserving herbs/medicine. Very simple and can be adjusted to your own needs and taste. From Latin meaning acid and honey, but goes back in history much further.
Basically you would use apple cider vinegar, pasteurized or not, and honey most preferably raw and local.
Gather your desired plant material, put in glass jar, use plastic lid if possible or put plastic wrap between lid and vinegar, add warmed honey 1st then vinegar. Warmed honey will mix easier. Most recipes are half and half, but can be adjusted to taste. There does not seem to be a absolute ratio formula. This you let sit for a month or so and shake everyday or so. With all of the nasties around this can give you a head start on the viral season which is sure to come with more strains. Also this would be fairly easy and available for most people to do.
So take your garlic, peppers or whatever is healthy and helpful for throats, bronchial, lungs, viruses. Marshmallow, the plant, is good and soothing. Horehound, Wild Cherry and Coltsfoot are just a few.
Look up Fire Cider too. As always do your own research and decide what is best for you.
Stay tuned for another Mrs. U’s Plant Appreciation Class on Self Heal a very important herb blooming now.
Very nice Mrs U.
What about dosage? How much would we take or use with food dishes?
Thanks
Ohhh, I really love marshmallows too. Especially melted with graham crackers.
Had another thought hit me this morning as we were doing chores….we need a couple replacement garden hoses! Just when you think you have your bases covered – something else pops up.
There’s ALWAYS something that pops into the preparedness picture 😉 (Gotta get one of those, etc…)
The worst thing is when it happens in the middle of the night!
New water hoses, new gaskets, and new ends to rebuild one in case of a split. Don’t forget new handles for axes, pulaski, shovel, rake, ect.
I’m thinking about another 500 gal propane tank.
Working on a new scratch recipe for my feathered ladies as well.
So much to do and the clock is definitely ticking.
We can’t forget to add hose clamps to that list as well.
Regards
Spare whiteboard for the bedside to capture those night time ideas!! Sorry, I’m a whiteboard junkie, always doodling ideas….. Just this morning had a light bulb go off and doodled a way to expand my chicken run 🙂
Ken
Sounds like me, “I gotta get some of those.” My big
problem, if I know I can find it at a close by open 24/7
store, I’ll get dressed and go get it/them…. You
know the drill.
Maybe consider a hose that is for potable drinking water too.
DAMedinNY, Get water hose repair kits too… the ones that splice for mishaps…and they make replacements for ends as well…. I just got 2 good hoses… and have a few of the repair pcs..and you will need extra rubber O rings… always loosing those…. JS
The original Just Sayin’ – good idea! I just forwarded that suggestion to spouse. He affirmed so it will happen. Thanks!
We can’t forget that we MUST drain out the water from the hoses before winter. The freezing and expanding water can destroy a hose. I have seen hoses that were great the previous fall but soon after using in the spring time had many bubbles. The hoses had to be thrown out because it would have cost more in splice kits than to just replace the whole dang thing. We can’t forget to take care of what we do have.
My dad needed a washer for a leaking hose. I had trouble finding some (made in China), so when I found some, I picked up extras for his house and some for our house. I also picked up an extra hose for jic. Hose washers were not something I would have thought of if my dad hadn’t needed one.
I just had a massive brain fart.
could they be collecting DNA samples from all of these COVID tests. to better track people?
I have thought so all along.
cid, it is my information, gleaned from who knows where, it depends on the TYPE of test…
Well duh
cid
Using “ancestry,” “me and 23,” etc, was taking wa….y to long to build
the d-base, what better way to get every single person in the US
to willing surrender their genetic information. Remember, the
“Golden State Killer” was apprehended by police using one of
those services. This method is far more effective for “them.”
– cid,
FWIW, when we collect swabs for Covid-19, the swabs after being run are dumped (unlabeled) into a Biohazard Bin. When a bin is full, (large laundry basket sized) they are sent to be burned. I certainly would not like to try and sort out DNA from that mess. How would you ever decide who the sample belonged to?
– Papa S.
cid – Yes they are. Looking for bio-markers for the next “big one.”
cid – That is the reason for the delay in this “vaccine.” They got most of what they want in there already, but just have to tweek it a little when sufficient data collected. Just my opinion.
Kamala Harris for VP.
Cue the non-stop cartoons and references to Ms. Harris under Willie Brown’s desk. We are a joke – pretty much worldwide at this point.
All the hair sniffer pictures and groping by the past VP is not seen to be a problem by the far left, so why would his pick for VP be questioned. Let the jokes about “heels up” continue – it just shows us all how low the morals of some people have fallen.
tmcgyver
What ever do you mean???rowl 😲🤣
This is a family channel….
AC – I’m sensitive to the G-rating. That’s why I mentioned a Willie Brown; and not a Brown Willie. ………………………..(runs)………(door slam).
What does a desk, Bill Clinton, and Kampala Harris have in common?
I’m not going to type an answer because we all already know the answer to that dick but true joke.
WOW, big typo
We all know the answer to that sick but true joke.
This is solely about reviving the AME Church network. She is an obama/jarrett minion with strong backing from the AME. It is a significant pick and they will turn out to vote. They stayed home for Clinton or voted for Trump in 2016. People forget that Trump courted the AME heavily during his campaign. He had several meetings with AME leadership. The only candidate the AME had shown any interest over outside of Trump was Kamala. This pick is purely political to get the AME/Obama vote.
BG in TX, Sister has already come out and said she is voting for Biden/Harris.
M’Lynn
You mean the same Kamala Harris that a few years ago
called Joe a racist and a pervert, that one?
Gee, seems to me she’s got zero convictions and
thusly, no honor. Either you believe in something or
you believe in NOTHING.
k-bay –
I found BG’s statement above the most interesting – that she’s a Jarrett minion. I hadn’t realized that. I’ve seen some names mentioned that Jarrett has hand picked, such as Van Jones. Evidently he was a protestor that she plucked out of a crowd and groomed. They’ve always been men, so I really never gave any thought to the possibility that she had been grooming women as well. It would be fascinating though to find out how she selects these minions and how large her stable really is.
M’Lynn
Dark forces operate in the background and in the mists.One
rarely sees all until a connection is exposed. You never know
who or what will pop out of their bag of tricks.
Not having a drop of African blood in her ancestry or body, she is now anointed as “African American”, because, well, Democrats say she is.
Chevy
. . . .
Given that Harris’ father is from Jamaica, more than likely she has plenty of “African blood.” Nearly all Jamaicans are descended from African slaves brought to the island in the 1600s.
Hello folks!
I can see things are going down everywhere. In my country is in deep problem.
Economy is in free fall. We lost 1/3 of production. I think next year government will struggle to pay salaries for agencies.
Covid 19 is in full progress. Our hospital is already full and every day we have more and more sick people. Every day we have losses . People are die. Our sistem is collapsing.
On my job is hard situacion. We are on the brink of open fight. I go to my job armed. Small pocket pistol Beretta m 37 in 320 caliber, pepper spray and folding baton. We will have election in 15. November. Our candidate for mayor has 70% of public support. So we expect victory. Corrupt prosecutors an police have not arest thieves. So we the people must do their job.
My projects on my farm are little on the side. I don’t have enough time to do all what must be done.
I hope so you are all good.
Good bless you all.
Veteran
It is so good to hear from you. Many have asked “has he posted today”. Of course you had not. Thankfully you are alright over there for the time being.
That news update from your section of the world is not good. Be safe
Antique Collector & ACDH
Nice to see how many people remember me. Thanks a lot.
I can verify bad news from Balkan.
Economy is main concern. Many jobs are lost. Many businesses are closed.
Covid 19 is killing people. It will be worse very soon.
Veteran
as far as getting everything done, its just a myth. there is always something to do, both home and elsewhere, good luck to you, thank you, and bless you as well.
cid
You are right. Once you finish all your jobs it is time for meeting with God.
Hello Veteran, sorry for the turmoil, but good to hear from you. Just so you know there is a plant blooming now called Self Heal. Grows all over the world, a member of the mint family. Easy to identify. Look it up if you have the chance, many studies and much good!
Mrs. U
Thank you.
In this moment I am in realy dangerous situation. I can’t think about other things except safety. Group of my friends will try to win on election for city council and Mayer. It’s fight against sistem. Dangerous play.
Veteran,
Long time, no read, Veteran posts….
How you holding up?
How’s the new place coming about? It was always good to read of your progress.
Good to see you back!
Stay strong, bud.
No matter what country we live in, there is trouble ahead for all of us.
Joe c
New place is ok for the time being. I fight with grass. My lawnmower had some problems. Some parts are broken. It is hard for spare parts. So we improvise.
Garden is ok. I have problem with snails. Horrible creatures. I hate snails. It will eat everything. I am busy with political fight. I must win or i must run abroad. It is fight for life or death.
Veteran, snails do like wood ashes. Maybe a help?
Thanks! I will try ashe.
Infestation is huge. I need something to kill this creatures.
Veteran slugs also like to drown in old beer in a shallow bowl. Slugs are a problem.
Glad to hear from you. Hope your efforts in the political fight is successful.
Veteran, so sorry to hear of your struggles which are far worse than ours here currently. We are getting to your stage but hopefully not too soon. You and your family are in my prayers for safety.
Try food grade diatomaceous earth (not the type used for swimming pools) for your snail infestation. Wear a mask when spreading…very fine particles will bother your lungs but take out the nasty creatures. So no spreading on a windy day. Put it on the soil around the plants. If they are covering the plants, you will have to sprinkle on the plants.
– Veteran,
Welcome back! Your comments and presence have been missed. TPTB have made getting supplied with ammunition difficult here. Do you have any difficulties (more than normal) getting ammunition for your Beretta?
– Papa S.
Papa Smurf
We have everything in shop but prices are to high for me.
0,6 $ per one PPU 320 caliber.
Same price 9 mm para. It is good ammunition but i don’t have enough money to buy as much as I need.
Enough other goods but will we have money for shopping?
Veteran,
So glad you are holding on… we have been concerned because had not heard in so long. There are not enough hours in the day for those who are trying to prepare.t will be a long winter. get as much groceries as you can in.
Tonic water contains quinine.. dose s 4 oz.. 160 ml q 3 days to prevent and daily x 4 to treat , break a day or so and repeat.. zinc.,
the original Just Sayin’
Thanks buddy!
I am proud Serbian with stainless steel backbone, of course I will hold my position.
Food is not my concern. We have huge stock of food.
My father made new well on my mother’s aunt farm. Plenty of high quality water is available now. But price was higher than we expected. We paid 2000$ for it. It’s huge for my family. But it worth.
Anybody heard about this? Me neither. Wonder why?
—-“A 5-year-old boy is dead after a man in Wilson, North Carolina, reportedly ran up to the child while he was playing in a neighborhood street and fatally shot the child in the head.According to a report from WRAL-TV, the shooting took place on Sunday.
Cannon Hinnant was playing outside his father’s house on the dusky summer evening when their neighbor — 25-year-old Darius N. Sessoms — charged Cannon, produced a handgun, and shot him in the head.
The child’s 7-year-old and 8-year-old siblings witnessed the murder.
First responders came to the scene and transported the little boy to Wilson Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Doris Labrant, a neighbor, said she witnessed Sessoms running up to Cannon, putting the gun to his head, and firing the weapon before fleeing the scene into his own home.
She couldn’t believe her eyes.
“My first reaction was he’s playing with the kids,” she recalled. “For a second I thought, ‘That couldn’t happen.’ People don’t run across the street and kill kids.”
Labrant said the situation became all too real when she saw the child’s father react to the horrific scene.
Authorities took Sessoms into custody on Monday night and charged him with first-degree murder. He is being held in the Wilson County Jail without bond.
Authorities have not yet determined a motive in the shooting…………”———–
Never mind. No story here. The five year old was white. The assassin is black. No reason for outrage here. No reason to make a big deal about it………..
Dennis
That is unfathomable, an adult murdering a child simply because he was white. The programing of ‘white supremacy’ in the minds of those who would do harm to a child should be brought up on charges for this atrocity. Yet I doubt they will.
We grieve for the parents who lost their child.
It happened because of Marxist rhetoric smeared on to the TV screens each & everyday. Those broadcasting stations should be held accountable for this tragedy. It is their trash, guile put out, that poisons the minds gullible people. mo
10-96. If not, let the father kill the goblin.
I would allow the father that privilege.
Since the perpetrator was classified as a minority, time served would most likely be minimal since we don’t want to oppress any minorities. The media or white priveledge will be blamed and the charges will be reduced to assault. Maybe spend 7 to 10 years behind bars before getting back out onto the streets. If I was the child’s father, they wouldn’t be breathing free air for very long after getting out. Not a threat but ‘accidents’ happen.maybe a piano will lose a strap while suspended about twenty stories up and —– well—– timing sucks sometimes.
why is Darius N. Sessoms still alive? it boggles the mind
cid – Because professional police got to him… before the MEN of Wilson, NC could muster.
“…it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depths of the sea.”
Some have learned the lesson that they are immune to legal response. Depending on a lot of criteria this will go one of two ways–either he will be released based on his special status, or he will be charged with 1st degree murder as stated and race will never be brought up. Consider it a test case. If the first happens, there WILL be more of this.
Millstone?
I was thinking more like chained to the back of a silverado and drug down a freeway at 65
Kula
They bounce higher at 80.
Dennis –
There is a seething, boiling rage inside some of us. A rage that takes a lifetime to build. To say what’s on my mind right now might get me an o’dark-thirty flash bang visit.
Dennis,
Thanks for informing.
Who in their right mind can commit such an act?
Why not?
Our political leaders, on both sides commit heinous acts.
And no repercussions.
We as a country have become a politically induced Godless nation.
Totally discusting,
and THERE WILL BE HELL to PAY, to those that……
Joe c, and all,
You see, I’m willing to believe that there are some just pure evil people. Lord knows, I’ve dealt with many.
I’m more than willing to believe that race played no part in this horror story. Only the perpetrator knows for sure, but you know, and I know, had race been reversed…..well, I would not be one breaking the story to you all. The national media saw no interest in telling it.
There are many purely evil people out there D. They are everywhere. They dont care about law and order so best to repay in kind
This report has sent me to my knees in prayer for DD and her family. They live next to a guy whose mother, though she lives in New York, bought the house so she could claim residency in our state for tax reasons, and he lives in it. He’s been in and out of jail, and most certainly is involved in drugs. A couple of weeks ago, DD’s neighborhood was filled with police, a couple of SWAT teams, and helicopters shining lights down. The guy had barricaded himself in the house after running from a policeman who discovered there was a warrant for his arrest. He ended up in jail, but is back at the house now.
Mind you, this is in a normally quiet, middle class neighborhood full of families with young kids (including my two, soon to be 3 grandchildren). I could see this guy doing this kind of evil thing. I pray that God gets hold of him and turns him around, and for protection for the neighborhood.
I am horrified reading this…
If I had seen that happen, he would have been DOA before he turned to run away.
NORTH WOODS –
I agree with your statement on the other thread:
“We are it! We are MSB! We can and will have to carry on! The doom and gloom I have been reading tonight will not help us! I come back here regularly because everyone here has so much knowledge and spirit, we are sure things are going to heck in a hand basket but we go forward because we have others that depend on us! I am sorry if I sound disturbed but think with what will be hard work we will pull thru especially if we pull together.”
We are. We will. We can. But I think the doom and the gloom provides some conditioning to us, or maybe it’s better to say some doses of reality. Not too very long ago I would have read tmc’s words about a boiling rage and thought to myself that maybe he has an anger issue. Now…I’m with him. It’s a huge change within me, in a relatively short period of time. Before I would have read the words from Dennis and had a tear in my eye. Now…my eye sees a much clearer action to take. And I would have been out my door before he turned to walk away. People like us don’t think those thoughts. Yet it is that thought which may some day pay off for me because I do not flinch or tarry over crying first. Meaning, my heart and mind had to be prepared too. And that education seems to come about very quickly when you’re surrounded by the level of doom and gloom TPTB have begun to create.
M’Lynn
I think the difference now — what has changed us — is that we are now facing a fight with overt evil. Before, at least people tried to hide it.
Agree with you 100%, Chipmunk.
a goblin in Chicago had a gun and had already committed several crimes. CPD gives chase. The goblin fires several shots at CPD. They return fire killing the goblin. The BLM (Burn, Loot, Murder) crowd calls for a ceremonial looting of the downtown area where all the rich democrats sip soy lattes and buy $25k purses. The “urban youth” proceed to wreck downtown in true BLM fashion. CPD arrives and collar a few of the “diverse & disadvantaged people” while they are looting. Today the BLM marxists announce that looting is perfectly acceptable as reparations. The head marxists even organizes a march on CPD headquarters to have the looters released immediately.
That unease you feel is there for a reason. This madness is only going to get worse. Imagine what they will be doing once they realize Biden isn’t going to win.
Avoid crowds. Get yourself together. No matter how much stuff you have, your mind and your will are your greatest assets. And for heaven’s sake avoid all cities.
Load more ammo
Practice
Thank the Lord for the life we were given and the many blessings we have enjoyed.
And harden your hearts and your resolve because there will not be anyone standing up for us other than ourselves.
You think there is rule of law?
Pffttt,,, thats pretty funny
“The darkest hour is just before dawn”
“Here comes the sun”
I can see it.
Idle minds are the devil’s workshop………………..
Sitting here wondering, as I drink my morning coffee……….Joe Biden has always touted his family’s blue collar beginnings. Joe picked Kamala Harris as his running mate……..does this mean he is wants to run on the Joe/Blow ticket?
Besides screwing the taxpayers and anyone else within reach, do either of these two know anything about the business of running the country?????
Hermit,
They know nothing about running anything other than into the ground!
Papa Smurf
We have everything in shop but prices are to high for me.
0,6 $ per one PPU 320 caliber.
Same price 9 mm para. It is good ammunition but i don’t have enough money to buy as much as I need.
Enough other goods but will we have money for shopping?
100% kula
Just like our former hope and change shovel ready chief never even ran a hot dog stand before running the worlds largest economy. One thing is CERTAIN, if they are elected, they will be even richer after leaving office. Look at Obummer the community organizer. Didn’t have much of anything Berger becoming pres. NOW, he is rolling in dough.
hermit us-Kulafarmer,
To even think that these two are just an election away from taking over the executive branch of our country only confirms how successful the socialist brainwashing has been.
Scary………to think that, some say, half the people, believe this is the route our country needs to take.
Dennis
I just cannot believe how ignorant much of the populace is – they will vote for sniffer because he will be more gentle in office – hurt feelings sending this country to hell
Dennis – you need a hobby. Consider T-Shirt making. “Joe/Blow 2020” will make you millions.
I would love to have a Joe/Blow 2020 tshirt, but would be too concerned about getting beaten up to wear it in public.
Kamala Harris is the VP pick for one reason and one reason only: IF elected, Biden will likely not finish his first term. And if he does, he most certainly will not finish the second term for reasons of age, dementia, indictments…take your pick. People in the media are already talking about this based on the hints alone that Biden’s given and his apparent decline in health. Martha McCallum spoke of it just this evening.
It’s my strong belief that the Democratic Party knew this, but also knew that Biden was their only shot (why? I haven’t figured that one out yet). They also knew that Kamala was their only “back-up” that wasn’t already in a heap of hot water (e.g. rice=benghazi/indictment) AND she happened to check all the boxes for this moment in time w/ the plandemic, blm shite, et. She’s black(ish), female, the most liberal person of her peers in Senate, pro-gun laws, pro-abortion, anti-Constitution — all the qualities that they admire and promote.
So…how exactly does one get a former presidential candidate from just 4 years ago who BOMBED with her party TO ACTUALLY BE PRESIDENT today? [sidenote: I believe she may have gotten around 2% of the votes]
You pair that failure of a candidate to the present Dem candidate who will likely NOT finish either term — VOILA! She’s the new Pres because he’s out. She won’t have “won” anything. But going forward, it will change EVERYTHING.
Hear me when I say this, people: THIS RACE IS NOT BETWEEN BIDEN AND TRUMP. THIS RACE IS BETWEEN HARRIS AND TRUMP. PERIOD.
This is how the Democratic Party is “bringing in the new, younger generation” into the White House. Any other way wouldn’t work. She literally BOMBED during the last election, and, interesting note: she chewed up Biden in the debates and SPIT HIM OUT. She loathes the man. In fact, she sided with his accusers (cuz he’s a pervert and a rapist, apparently, too). She knows the kind of man he is. But she also knows that by attaching herself to him, she has the only chance she will ever have to win the White House.
Can you imagine being so EMPTY that you’d attach yourself to someone you despise and feel is a grotesque human being just to step over when he falls and take his place? Imagine the low self worth you must carry, lack of confidence, etc. to come to the realization that the nation spoke a resounding, “NO! WE DO NOT WANT YOU AS PRESIDENT!” and yet because of your own selfish ambition, you’ll sell your soul in order to make it happen?
She’s a tool for the Democratic Party. She checks the boxes. Token black(ish) liberal man-hating female gun-hating low achieving liberal (she barely won AG in CA) wo likens ICE to a bunch of terrorists. She wants to SAVE all the illegals, but fights for the right to kill millions of babies.
IF she wins, we’re all doomed here in what was once a great nation. I mean that. We will end up one big cesspool of shite and we will be overrun with dindus, hodgies and the like. But I can tell you this: she (or Beto, according to Biden) will NEVER take my guns.
MSG12B –
Based on the quote k-bay referenced earlier, I did a little fact checking on her myself. And by a little I mean less than 10 minutes, which gave me all I needed to know. She sold her soul a long time ago.
Very few people can leave law school and within two short years become so well versed in shady, back room deals. She excelled at it. Corruption is her special skill. As Chipmunk said, the evil is being shown in full view these days. To walk into a party as a mistress to a married man, who has his wife with him?? Everyone evidently knew and the man still does interviews to confirm it. And Ms. Mistress is not unattractive. Yet to me it’s a power thing. As was the quote that k-bay shared. Threatening political opponents openly is being contemptible to me, but evidently not to the people in power who could call that for what it is. She’s had over 30 years to get real comfortable in this snake skin of hers and her time is now. That much is plain to see. She paid her dues, now she will be taking her cut.
Look at that picture of the two of them from the debate. He is standing in an awkwardly flirtatious way and she is looking up at him with eyes that tell the story. She will pull that plug from his lifeline, laugh, and saunter out of the room without a backwards glance. He’s wanted to screw people over with his power and greed all these years. But there is always someone more hardened than you who will decide your time has come and move you out of the way. He won’t serve as President. He may be sworn in. But she will have already laid claim to the Oval Office before he holds his first briefing. 4 inch stiletto’s plunked down on that beautiful desk, joint in her hand, and an alarming list of demands that will be met, or there will be hell to pay.
M
That info you found on her won’t be there for very long. I huarantee you that right now Big Tech is scrubbing her from the net as we speak. Just like Obummer, almost everything before he got to the senate was scrubbed from the net. Soon, when she is googled, all we will find is a bunch of pictures where she is smiling or laughing (trying to humanize her).
Natural herbs to fight off cancer? Just needing ideas, a starting point. I know I can google, but looking for something maybe someone has actually used? Chemo and radiation were done. He is facing surgery. He doesn’t think he take anymore chemo. Grasping at straws. Looking at everywhere I possibly can. thanks
Mom tried a bunch of different things. She said she was working for quality of life. She refused chemo and radiation and died 9 years after she was first diagnosed in 2008, which is much longer than most people who do take treatment. She was able to care for herself up until the last week. She focused on nutrition, and eliminating inflammatories such as sugar and dairy. She did try a bunch of other things but it’s difficult to tell if there was any benefit.
Texasgirl
We have ACDH on Graviola he uses the liquid. It also comes in a capsule form, depending on what the person requires.
There is another one Lobelia, but he is unable to have this because of an interaction with other medications(pharma)that are prescribed. Did my own personal researched for this herb, that is how I discovered this data. Each person will need to check the good and bad of said herbals with pharmacy medications that are prescribed.
You may also wish to look at Dr. Wallach’s books that were recommended by SS(sole survivor).
How did we acquire this knowledge, from a lady who was taking Mary Gladstone’s classes on line so that she could start her own herb business. She was not only good at it, but she excelled at this profession. mho
Thanks Lauren and Antique Collector/ACDH for the info! I will def look into that. I really appreciate it. It has been a long, difficult road. The doctors have not been any help. Its really disappointing how little help they have been.
After Mom decided not to take any treatments I asked one of the Oncologists what we could expect, and he made an interesting statement. He couldn’t give us any information because they keep no records on people who refuse treatment.
That’s as if they’re running a massive experiment with no control population and claiming positive results. In any other science field, that would be fraud.
Texasgirl was wondering about your DH.
I highly suggest you contact these doctors and ask about mistletoe treatment. They are in Austin, TX.
Vinay Parameswara MD or Aditi Sule MD,FAAP
Oak Hill Wellness Clinic
512-892-0030
How far would you travel?
Which type of cancer does he have, if this is not too much info to ask?
Mrs U..Austin is not that far from us! He has rectal cancer.
Chevy, I am just getting ideas, don’t worry. I will do research and ask a nature doctor when I find one. I am just unhappy with the current care he is getting. They gave him chemo/radiation and basically that is it. Not any of the help we where promised. No nutrition advice. Nothing. He has been very sick and had to be admitted to the hospital for a reaction to the “treatment”. I am not the type to just order herbs and give them to my sick husband and then sue when they don’t work. I just kinda wanted some input that could give me a starting point to work from. I would never do to anything to harm Ken or his site. 🙂
Original Just Sayin’……..thanks! I have been reading about selenium today. This is the first I have heard about graviola. I will look that up.
I really appreciate all everyones input! It does help out so much. I will be doing some research. Hopefully we can find something for him. It has been hard to watch him so sick. Gotta get him back to being healthy.
Please look up Iscador/mistletoe. It is a standard treatment in Europe for cancer. USA is behind in many “alternative therapies” because of Big Pharma. It is about the dollar. Most medicines begin in the plant world. Give it good look over and decide.
Texasgirl, it might be providence………you are close….
Texasgirl –
Nutrition should have been one of the first things they went over with you because not only do certain foods help the chemo absorb correctly, they provide a much needed boost to your overall system during cancer treatment. Broccoli and cauliflower (especially raw), carrots, strawberries, spinach…soooo many foods. Even if he is weak or at the stage where smells are making him nauseous, please print off the chart with the various foods and blend them into a smoothie that is well chilled or freeze them into popsicles if that’s where you have to start. The right fuel to fight cancer and counter the effects of the chemo and radiation is paramount to building him up.
Exercise is another huge aid. Walking is the best, but start anywhere you have to start, even if it is stand-up/sit-down, or lift a ball over his head and rotate his arms. He needs those endorphins. Keep him to something, so he doesn’t just slough it off. The mind has to be occupied with thoughts other than how the body physically feels! Get his brain cells jumping with action that stimulates his thinking to a degree that he doesn’t realize for even a short time that he is in pain, or defeated, or queasy. Every single thing that goes into him mentally has to make him stronger. If the doctor says “It’s Stage 2.” You be quick to say “And by that, you’re saying he’s 2.1 not an automatic 2.9” because we tend to think the worst. Counter that with positivity! “You amaze me with your bravery. You ARE making progress. God didn’t make you to lead a mediocre life, He wants you to be victorious over this enemy. This too shall pass.” Keep at it. Create the wind at his back so that this isn’t all a head-wind to push against. Joel Osteen’s mother, Dodie, had terminal cancer and she beat it. Find him on YouTube, scroll the videos and your eye will pick out a title. Even if he is not a minister to you, his words about his Mom’s fight are easy to understand and apply. And they work wonders right before bed, so as he lays his head down he has something uplifting occupying his thoughts, which allows him to sleep more restfully, because our bodies do a lot of healing during deep sleep.
This house will be praying with all our might for BOTH of you. I know you are in the pit with him, but re-center your thinking and put your game face on. Lauren Daigle played loud to amp you up. Inspiring images and phrases all throughout the house. And please consider that PigPak from Wallach. 95 nutrients that our bodies cannot get from mere food any more due to growing practices. Our bodies are workshops, nutrients are the tools that know where to go and what to do. And our minds can take us much farther when they are given the right fuel too. May God use this time for y’all to write a story about the miracle healing that is about to take place!!!
My cousin used Graviola and Pau de arco..w/ her radiation and chemo.. for intestinal/rectal cancer. The damage done by treatments was massive.she had to have some repeated surgery to remove bowel..that was..”melting”. She also has massive heart damage. had to have a pacemaker installed…within a year..I don not know what they used on cousin. Watch heart rate on hubs.Consider some kind of detox… and something to boost his stem cell production.. there are herbs for that. Look up ingredients of “stem cell enhance”. and get separately…has been my method for nerve damage….
Texas Girl,This should give you a good start. graviola, comes in a 1000mg capsule.2xd Pau De’ Arco,1xd, also cut gluten, and sugars( cuts down on food supply to growth.- is reasoning). On herbs mentioned above….can use both combined in one cup of tea if likes hot tea, it is naturally sweet…so not a bad dose. let it steep 30 min.. Graviola has worked on stage 4 lung cancer…took 6 months and guy is restored to ability… last time i heard and is using daily as preventative.
Consider adding selenium and copper… Many are deficient…from what i have been listening on drs page AC recommended… has a lot of you tubes. name. wallach.,,, DMV and Naturopathic….. Baking soda.to alkanize body…
Another thing Mom was told was to keep up her oxygen levels, as cancer doesn’t thrive in a high oxygen environment.
Not a good idea to ask for or to offer medical or legal advice on an internet forum. Who is liable or responsible? Forum host might be.
Chevy, She asked for a STARTING point. When researching anything, one must know what to look for and know the questions to ask..I have known others who have required these herbs and treatments. W have not direct contact with each other.So a starting point from several is what she has.
Kamala Harris, the non-Afro-American Afro-American. Wikipedia: Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California.[2] Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a breast-cancer scientist who had emigrated from Tamil Nadu, India in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at UC Berkeley.[8] Her father, Donald J. Harris, is a Stanford University emeritus professor of economics, who emigrated from British Jamaica in 1961 for graduate study in economics at UC Berkeley.[9][10] In a 2018 article written in Jamaica Global, Donald Harris claimed to be a descendant of slave owner Hamilton Brown.[11] Biracial of Indian Tamil and Jamaican descent, Kamala Harris identifies simply as “American”.[12][13]
Harris was raised in Berkeley, California, with her younger sister, Maya Harris.[14][15] She grew up going to both a black Baptist church and a Hindu temple, while she and her sister visited their mother’s family in Madras (now Chennai), India, on occasion.[16] As a result, Harris writes in her memoir that she understands small amounts of Tamil.[12] Gopalan insisted on giving her daughters names associated with Indian culture to help preserve their Indian identity;[17] she named Kamala “Kamala Devi” for religious reasons, as both words are derived from Hindu mythology.[18] “Kamala” is Sanskrit for “lotus” and an alternative name for the Goddess Lakshmi who is often depicted with the aforementioned flower; whereas “Devi” is Sanskrit for “goddess” and the name of the female deity who protects villages.[18]
After looking at images of Mr D.J.Harris, there is no doubt Kamala has at least 25% African genetics. Let’s not quibble.
Ision: after looking at images you could determine 25% genetics?
Posting an article from Wikipedia is quibbling?
Your words.
” Kamala Harris, the non-Afro-American Afro-American. ”
If the intent was to claim Kamala is a non-Afro-American, this would be incorrect. Her father is Black, even though he claims to have an Irish ancestor, who died in 1843. Kamala, like Obama, can easily claim to be an Afro-American, just as she can claim to be of Indian descent.
The Wikipedia article is not quibbling. The first sentence of your post might be, I thought.
Phenotype characteristics allow genetic assumptions…always have.
Chevy
She can not become president because of her birth parents. So it would fall to the speaker of the house.
No wonder some people are giving up their citizenship to move to another country. Of course these are the people with deep bank accounts.
Kamala is a natural born citizen, California 1964. She can be president.
Mrs. U
Will have to agree to disagree.. according to a newspaper article she is an ‘anchor’ baby.
And no matter what she is on the ticket solely due to being a “women of color”. One of the highest offices in the land is on the table not for qualifications but only for gender and color and fwiw she makes my skin crawl.
AC, I was just laughing at a FB string from a favorite author of mine. Apparently the best most people can come up with in her favor is “Orange man bad!”
I.e., Trump derangement syndrome.
Oops. Aka, not AC.
Antique Collector
. . . .
An anchor baby, by definition, is a United States citizen. Lots of Americans running around with parents who are not.
. . . .
Does the article say how her father acquired his status and thereby became a naturalized citizen? Given their professions, I wonder if her parents were employment-based immigrants.
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BTW People who are citizens by virtue of birth alone, upon reaching the age of 25, may petition for their parents to become legal immigrants.
Anony Mee
NO, they were here studying for higher degrees….
Time for a law to be changed, when a foreign entity can come to our country drop a kid out of the womb & claim it as a citizen of this country is horse****. It is not allowed in other countries, so please explain to me why in the world is this nation such a 3 worlder’s for this type of “”ohhh”” I am now a citizen of the USA.
AC,,,
Because democrats,,,
Thats why.
Antique Collector
. . . .
Yes, they came as students, but eventually became citizens. Takes change of status from non immigrant student to immigrant to be able to access citizenship. Just wondered what the basis for immigrant status was.
. . . .
“Please explain” – See 14th Amendment section 1 and 8 U.S. Code chapter 12. There are a few exclusions. Trump is said to be working on it. Hope so. I think children born in the US should have the status of their parents.
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Agree with aka – she gives me the creeps.
Soul –
Standing in a gift shop on Jekyll Island one day, I grabbed a copy of Griffin’s book. I felt certain it was going to be an entertaining book about a sea creature lurking somewhere off the Golden Isles. LOL…never been more deceived by a book title in my whole life, but what an eye opening read nonetheless!
M’Lynn,
Yes it is. The story behind the story. Funny thing, the first thing after I was saved I got this insatiable desire to learn about money. Bonds, stocks, the dollar, and all that. I read everything I could on the subject of finances. And then I found “The Creature.” Strange….I never did, nor do I now, care about money. The more you have, the more you spend. It just don’t make sense to me. I do love history though. And man o man is that book a history lesson.
M’Lynn, All
I apologize to everyone. I was given a picture and speech
which was supposedly by Harris, from a “trusted” source.
I have subsequently found it to be untrue. “Egg on my face.”
K-bay,,,
You born n raised islands? Or transplant? Or mil?
Jus curious.
Kula
Born at Children’s Hospital (now Rehab hospital of the Pacific.)
Raised up in Maryland and Virginia, returned to the island as a
teenager when my Dad was sent here to open a satellite
tracking ground station. Been in and out of the islands every since.
My three bads were living in LA later SF and later just down the
street from the “chop zone” for a six month lash-up years ago.
k-bay –
No egg. I fully suspect that is exactly how she feels and has uttered something very similar to those exact words. She kept non-violent prisoners in prison because they provided good labor to the state! A judge had to order her to release them. She’s no choir girl. Yet she sure is making DJT look like an altar boy in comparison. 😏
M’Lynn
Thanks, I agree she’s just a position switching little viper.
As I previously “penned” here, she stands for NOTHING.
No convictions, she’s sought power by attaching herself to
power figures, she is simply put, quite unqualified for the
position she seeks, namely the presidency of this Grand nation.
Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois were hard-hit by a rare kind of storm Monday, a derecho, with winds hitting 100 mph.
10 million acres of farm crops destroyed in Iowa, 10 million.! 1/3 of total crop acres in Iowa.
Numerous farm structures, destroyed, too many to count.
Golf ball size hail totally ruins thousands of acres of crops in South Dakota.
Losses into the 100’s of millions of dollars.
Youtuber, Cole the Cornstar, suffers $500,000 damage. just one farmer among 1,000’s
Stand My Ground I was wondering when someone would post about the elephant in the grocery store. Thank you.
Last years 2019 flooding destroyed a large percentage of our farm crops of the Midwest. Destroyed silos full of corn and soybeans from the previous years crops. We burned though what reserves the farmers had keeping the stores supplied this year. There IS NO National Grain Reserve, the last was sold off in 2008 by the USDA. We have more troubles coming, problems that MOAR fake money in the EBT cards cannot fix.
These base crops produce so many of the foods we eat daily, from cooking oil, bread, feed for our beef, chickens and so on, breading and fillers in our foods if you read the labels.
Inflation is easily described as too many dollars chasing that loaf of bread. NOW how about a REAL LACK of the basics that make that loaf of bread, carton of eggs and “happy meals”? We all know how much fake money has been dumped into our system with COVID “Relief” and now the Sock Puppet and the REAL President Elect Kamila is PROMISING everybody 2K MOAR COVID Relief Per Month until the crisis is done for VOTES. The GIMME DAT’S will love her….
They can create MOAR fake Money with a few keystrokes but they cannot make a loaf of bread to buy.
Old Homesteader tells us of grocery store supply issues BEFORE this Derecho destroyed a large part of this years harvest. My friends who order food for their Grocery Stores and WM tell me the same problems of ordering and HOPING something shows up. Our own Modern Survival Blog shortage reports show a strained system where some areas have enough, some have little or none of this foodstuff or that canning lids. It’s NOT normal for different areas to have such differing stock levels folks. It’s not just panic buying of TP anymore it’s a re-stocking problem BEFORE this massive windstorm destroyed so much of this years crops.
If you think well fed street thugs like Antifa and BLM are a problem today WAIT until that EBT card buys almost nothing and “Mommy I’m HUNGRY” rings through our country.
Fixed income Seniors don’t riot they try to decide between food-medicine and rent while their Social Security Checks fail even more each moth to meet the needs, just like in the high inflation 70’s? Cat food for dinner again?
The Real MOB’s ™ will show up and the Socialist-Democrats paid for street army will not be able to Control them. More than just Targets and liquor stores will burn. Real damage to infrastructure like the power grid is likely.
Today is the good old days, pretty soon we will wish for a bag of Wal-Mart 8 pound dried pinto beans for a mere 5.99
Winter is coming, do you have 2+ years of dry goods on hand for you and the expected “visitors” to your home? Got seeds for 2+ years gardening? Have you done a weekend with out power to find the gaps in your plans WHILE Amazon and Lowes is open to fix them?
Nero fiddled while Rome Burned, our Deep state traitors and their disposable face people the Socialist-Democrats are trying to destroy Trump and his followers before arrests and trials for Russia Gate and such. As Hillary said on that hot mic “If HE (Trump) wins we all will hang from nooses” Our Nation is in real trouble and our divided government IS the main trouble.
Praying for wisdom and our Republic.
NHM
Winter is indeed coming. No matter who wins good folks everywhere will be the losers. Time to check that olive barrel
Kulafarmer at least with a decent olive barrel or three if you survive the burning of your place to deny them the prize you could go to ground for a while then be able to ah entertain those “nice folks” for a long time. Aside from the occasional hurricane I envy your area for climate and generous food access.
NH Michael,
Your observations are spot on. I’ve read about this very scenario in Matthew 24.
Coincidence or judgement? If coincidence, things may get better. If judgement, things will surely get worse. Well, I guess time will tell. The “word” given to me was – If the people repent and come to Me, I will heal their nation. If not, your true terror will come from above.
And to top it off, we are competing against every state for what long term canned and staple foods they are trying to stockpile (Seattle Times Aug 8th) per report on ice age farmer.
Yeah, I used to think one year was good…I now think two is better. Unfortunately, most people don’t have the funds nor the space to stock for two years.
Had not heard of the storm damage……. ya know what ole Mrs. says…….whisper whisper…grain
If we lose the Senate we are toast no matter who is president. The Pres can only veto a bill one time. Going to be a ride like no other in our history. China knew how to jumble it all up.
On the up side Solar Cycle 25 is waking up on Ole Sol. A few sunspots are forming fairly regular now. Maybe we can put the doomsday mini ice age thought away for a bit. Enough negativity to deal with right now.
ie spaceweather . com
One of the original docs supporting hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for early treatment of coronavirus was Dr. Zev Zelenko.
Here’s a link to his paper. If you scroll down there’s a “download pdf” button to see the full report: preprints. org/manuscript/202007.0025/v1
While wandering through Twitter, also found where he’s pinned a copy of his “Prehospital Management of Covid-19 Zelenko Protocol.” Might be worth grabbing a screen print or image download before it — or his account — disappears.
twitter. com/zev_dr
All
Question regarding “mysterious seeds” from China. Man in
Arkansas planted some, up pops a daikon, a type of radish
widely consumed in Asia. Got me thinking that wouldn’t it
make sense to have a ready and familiar food source in
a country that you invaded? Sometimes my think-tank
grey-matter takes off running, and it’s hard to reign it in.
k-bay –
Or to easily identify the idiots. Because who in their right mind will plant something unknown from China?
A friend of mine just asked me why is the word abbreviation so damn long? My answer to him was – So you appreciate to abbreviate?????
Soul….
😉