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Oh, I bought $500 bucks worth of Augusen Farms staples, like flour, onion flakes, cheese, baking powder, rice, beans, and more dehydrated milk, brocolli, tomatoe powder, awwwww heck, I can't even remember what all I bought but it was a bunch of stuff. I wanted long term storage ingredients so we can cook garden veggies and fruits. It makes sense to me that just dehydrated meals would get old in a hurry!
Good deal B. Have fun.
That's outstanding, B. I expect all sorts of knowledge to be flowin' from Gotham in a few weeks.
And pictures.........or it never happened.
I am really psyched! Hope I can do half as well as Intothenew's grand kids. Mr. B (who doesn't know we're doing this...surprise, honey!) is a highly decorated boy scout so it'll probably be like riding a bike for him. Me, if all else fails, I can probably use my short fuse to start a fire. Pictures will be taken no matter what.
So I am driving back to the job site after a burger lunch today and notice smoke, a LOT of thick black smoke, as the crow flies its about 13-15 miles away ( I know this after I heard where exactly it was on the radio) so I decide work can wait, time for a drill! I wanted to see how fast I could get back (while obeying traffic laws in general ) to my atorage area where I have an NBC US surplus gas mask with a bunch of other 'stuff'. Took me about 12 minutes on the road and 6 minutes in my storage locker to get to where I had the mask boxed up, under other boxes, behind an old pickup headache rack, next to a lawn mower... you get the picture. Too long once at the storage area, I am planning to do a remove, rethink and repack of that storage area in a couple weeks when I have most of a weekend free.
Also considering getting the wife and kid masks and possibly one for the vehicle kits. Also I need to get some functional screw on filters. The one I have was a gift from a US airman buddy of mine that had to retire it because it was expired, originally issued to him for the first desert conflict.
Crash, since you only seem to believe things you see, here is a pic.
http://www.globaltvbc.com/Pages/Phot...?id=6442726631
and I took several stills at arm's length, I thought I looked most fierce in this pic even though I am making a duckface under the mask.
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Stopped by an office sale....got a FAK, 1/2 case TP, 200+ #2 pencils, 15 reams of paper, and if it's not leased....a portable defibrillator. Should find out tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy da Mask
Um, if it's expired then........how long can you hold your breath?
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I'm shocked that you think I would "need" pictures. Want on the other hand......
Keep in mind that for a fire event, a gas mask may give you a false sense of security. While it may filter out some of the nasties in the atmosphere, it will not help you in an oxygen deprived environment.
Rick, its a mandatory retirement age, doesnt mean the unit is not good, he said he actually wore it two or three times in training exercises, inside the hospital he works at, if the filters are new then I dont see a huge problem. For the small chance that I may use it.
Crash, indeed, for this they were evacuating on a fear of toxic gasses in the smoke cloud, something I would likely be scampering away from I would be hoping the mask would give me enough edge to get clear rather than looking at entering the hot zone for any reason. Could be as simple as a car wreck on the freeway with a tanker or a train derail, a mask in the truck might be the edge I need to survive and escape close quarters.
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Also, I like the Darth Vader sound I made when I was breathing, my kid would love it. I might wear it with some camo and such for Halloween, last year I got all my ACU stuff on and a dad I bumped into looked at me for a minute or two then said ' you really get into this eh?" I said, yeah, for my kid. Sucker. lolQuote:
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They are discontinuing the original Leatherman Multi-tool.....:(
So I got on ebay and found a few of them....
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Been wanting to get one for the kids BOBs
I bloused between the 3rd and 4th eyelet. Lol
I found a used medium military Alice Pack for $10, and a new Cold Steel knife for 14$. I am putting a BOB together for the girls whether they want it or not!
Since I am already at where you guys with the Bug Ot Bags can only hope to get, I installed a new wood stove on the back porch.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cast-ir...ove-32058.html
Caught it on sale and had a 20% cupon so I escaped for only $130.
It is already set up and has the stink burned off of it. Ready for heavy duty marshmellow/hot dog roasting and coffee perking. It can also be pulled in the house and hooked to the flue for inside heat if necessary.
purchased another hundred pounds of rice, and placed in air tight buckets.
I bought more ammo, candles, matches and lighters. Have all but the go to place. Forest fire two years ago took out 90% of the forest where I live, dead trees still standing everywhere. Kinda afraid to start something in those areas as logging may begin and I don't want a log skidder falling into my underground shelter, so am still looking for the right spot. Would like to have a place hidden near my home so I can walk to it without much problem if need be. Have most of my stuff in an underground concrete bunker on my property, 10ft long, 6ft high inside, and 5 ft wide, all under 4 ft of dirt, but want something away from the house in the forest.
Besides food, water and cooking utinsels, I have stoves, lanterns, both candle and propane, bed rolls, 1 two man tent, tarps, cordage, firearms and ammo, fishiing stuff, knives, axe and hatchet, files and whet stones, and can't remember the rest. Shovels and picks, bowsaw, tools, and two years worth of garden seeds.
I bought the last pack of twinkies on Earth.
Felt like Charlton Heston looking at the Statue of Liberty.
Recieved the Dec. "Spam can of the month" installment.......(and Brown brought it to the house)
This week, I went to work. I worked my butt off in order to achieve an even higher level of job security! Does that count? How about tomorrow? I'm learning to smoke salmon. I know the premise, but have never actually done it.
That's a great little stove and what an awesome deal you got on it!Quote:
Originally Posted by kyratshooter
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I put the scope on my .223 vamint gun. Ready for long range zombie hunting now!
Why:whistling:Quote:
Originally Posted by kyratshooter
Cause if I told you Crash would send people wearing black hoods and kelvar to my house!
Just kidding..
Yea, right...
hey look, puppies...
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Truth is, I thought I was on another thread and the deleted post made me look crazier than normal.
Practiced fly fishing. I need waders, and I still suck at casting.
Got stuck at work for 14 hours, but did get in a shipment of 6 Victorinox spirit mulitools, 20 more buckets with gamma seals, which will be packed tomorrow with groats and rice that have been waiting in bags for the buckets.
Making a sh*tload of charcloth, that's what i did this week :wacko:
Thee are those who would say "If I told you. I would have to kill you!" but I would not say that!
Well, since August I have picked up another Randall knife, #16. Ordered and received 1k of 10mm ammo, 10 Beretta 96 HI-Cap mags, several other HI-Cap mags, still on order, 1k of 9mm +p+ ammo. Gonna hit the gun show this weekend and see what all is still available at a reasonable price. Have several handguns that I am not shooting, gonna see what I can get in trade.
I revised my winter survival bags for the vehicles. Changed out some hotties hand warmers, added some wool clothing and checked the bunny boots over for any problems. Added some wool gaitors to both bags.
I also gave all my kids first aid kits this Christmas. It's the same kit I've posted on a couple of times. Pretty robust with a lot of gear. I also gave them instructions to take a first aid class or refresher class, whichever applied, so they would know how to use the stuff.
Last weekend I decided to go through my car kit and my day hiking kit. In the process I discovered my day hike kit had no secondary water purification (I use a Sawyer SP121 inline filter on my camelbak most of the time, but anything can fail), it was missing a AAA battery to back up my Fenix LD01, and I found my car kit lacking a heat source despite having a bottle of chicken bullion cubes that would sure taste better with hot water. All easy cures, but a good reminder that kits need to be checked out from time to time for missing items.
BTW, it's been a while since I've been around, but as I'm planning a through-hike of the Colorado Trail next summer, I'll likely be poking around here more often again.
I've been experimenting with thermos bottle cooking for a while. Soups, stews, steel cut oats and pasta have all turned out very tasty.
I got a food dehydrator for Xmas and it is great. So far this week, I've dried some veggies for future soups or stews, made 2 batches of ground beef jerky and best of all, so far, turned a slimy ol' pike into fantastic fish jerky.
Between the dehydrator, vacuum sealer, and the thermos bottle experiments, I've got lots to keep me occupied on cold days.:banana::chef:.
I got my first pair of cheaters. Does that count? I'll be able to read all these new survival books I just got. *hanging head
Shot a hog two days ago, 200lbs gutted, now I have the flu and my wife is all wigged out that it is the swine flu. She really isnt all that worried about me she is thinking that she is next and some mention about cross species infection as she worries that I have infected the dogs. No amount of reasoning has yet to prevail so I am humbly taking the blame. Happy new year.
I rearranged my work shop and wired in my new welder the girls got me for Christmas. I went through a lot of ols boxes and found many things that will come in useful. I bet I found 30 pounds of nuts, bolts, washers, wood screws, sheet metal screws, and drill bits. I have wondered where they were for the last five years.
My shop is finally organized the way I want it, and it is one of my main preps. Having a shop with the tools and materials to darn near fix anything is a handy thing to have when the Chit hits the fan!
Just make sure you don't do a Kyr and make a new floor covering with them!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildthang
Ordered a dozen more Beretta 96 mags, another HI-Cap drum for an important prep to be put back. Revising my vehicle bags for colder temps, got the Hummer H2 back, back window exploded for some reason coming home the other nite. Looked like something was shot at it or thrown at it; due the impact point on the outside of the window, but this was in the middle of nowhere coming home on a deserted road. Very strange.... Have since varied my routes coming home for the past week to see if I am being followed or what. Got both of my daughters to get their Lifetime Gun Permits and will be working with them to get them the weapons that they feel comfortable shooting and carrying before too long. Prepping is never done... :punk: :punk:
I will try no to pull a Kyrat with all of my new found nuts and bolts:scared:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildthang
Bought a Savage Axis .308 + Tasco 3x-9x + 200 rounds (as if that would last). Dug up several Greenbrier roots and I must say, I've never found a bigger one. This thing was about 2 ft across.
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