Finished rotating my stored gasoline.
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Finished rotating my stored gasoline.
I got a great deal on canned veggies. I got an Esbut stove and some trioxione cubes for it. I got a couple bottles of iodine tabs. I bought a book about self sufficient living.
Made my first fire with a bow drill. :D
Stored away more water, purchased some more ammo a few weeks ago. Apparently .45acp is hard to find in my town. :(
Also moving forward with more supplies here and there. Figuring out a few ways to secure the house more then it already is.
I usually buy a can of something (the large ones) every week or time I go shopping. The local King Soopers has Kroger 20lb white rice for $13 (they did 2 weeks ago) so I like to pick one of those up every so often.
We stocked up on more ammo at a gun show this past weekend. .22LR, .223, and 7.62x39. Also purchased some fresh Mountain House meals.
I learned how to dog sled from Jason Montana and realized I better get back in shape.
Were you pulling.....or did he let you ride?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by rockymtnchief
He let me drive, but didn't warn me about pushing the sled through deep snow uphill with a 240 pound photographer in the sled while trying to keep up with the dogs. I let him know that I hadn't ran that much since I was on Cops running through the trailer court with no shirt on:)Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
I wouldn't have traded the experience for anything, though.
Sounds like a great time. Photographer? We need pictures!
I took some, but haven't downloaded them yet. The photographer was working for The New York Times. Turns out Jason is a national celebrity! lol
I have always wanted to do that Rocky...in fact I have owned four Siberians over the last 12 years, and had three of them hooked up to a skateboard once. It was fun, but really fast...and a bit uncontrollable. ;o)
What I did this week was re-organize my utility belt, added a molle 3 mag m-16 case and filled it with a poncho, emergency blanket, wire saw, flashlight, compass/whistle/match case/mirror combo thing, water tabs, condoms, and a couple tampons.
I also bought a new 3 liter hydration pack, knife sharpening stones, and a canteen pouch.
Phew.
NOTHING!
work, buy winter tyres for he girls' truck.
Started the chicken coop, and trying to get the ground ready for the garden.
picked up a new knife,canteen,compass,survival manuals for edible plants. etc....
I picked up a new Lansky sharpener, Les Stroud's book, a Cormic McCarthy book that looks like it might be somewhat on topic, two boxes of Emergen-C, two bottles of Nyquil (had a cold last week and realized it's something I never want to be without), an inflatable mylar vest, and a straw filter for the BOB. I received my UPS order from a couple weeks ago that included three years of non-hybrid seeds.
Stocked up on free icemelt. Lots of ice around here.
Oh, I did some stuff. Food and ammo mostly. ALso working on my fence around the place. weather permitting of course
bought another 20lbs of white rice ($13) along with a few more cans of beans, etc. added another 4.5 gallons of water to the supplies, also found the missing tent stakes so i now have a spare tent.
bought a nice kerosene lamp with 5 gallons of fuel.
already making plans for camping.
edit: also got a Lansky sharpener for myself over the holidays...love it.
Butchered a pig ,spent the better part of the day making sage sausage,and sweet italian sausage,had not done this for years,brought back a few memories of my mom and grandmom,when we butchered hogs it took all day to grind the sausage (3 pigs at a time,manual grinder) took about twenty minutes to grind all the sausage.
My first time making italian sausage.
Woo Hoo! Dinner at Nell's!
What did I do this week? Bought 2k rounds of ammo and canned dill pickles.
Rubycon - How about heading on over to the Introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself. Thanks.
Well, due to the number of power outages in the city as of late, I had the fireplace/chimney cleaned (never used it since I bought the house) and bought a few cases of "eco-logs" from HD. They apparently burn hotter and longer than regular wood. So I can keep pipes from freezing if the furnace shuts down due to no power.
I have just been fighting with the heater in my car...:( oh! and i discovered that a mouse made a nest in my spare tent!! :eek: LIL' STINKER!!! :mad: Hope he likes the tasty poison I put out for him!!:rolleyes::D:D
Due to her health and age, my mom is unable to drive so I take her to where she wants to go. In the past week she has asked me to take her to Walmart so that she could pick up a few things that she needs.
While she shopped I killed time in the sporting goods section and after looking around for a while I picked up a few things for BOB since they had a lot of items marked down.
So far, this is what I got: 12 light sticks, 4 waterproof match holders, 4 cans of sterno, 12 pkgs. of fire starters, 4 carabiners, a 5 LED light that clips to the bill of your hat, 1 spool of fishing line, asst. hooks, sinkers, 2 bobbers, 1 signal mirror, and 1 bottle of water treatment tablets.
Today I had to take her back again and this time I concentrated on my first aid kit. I got some peroxide, 10 boxes of butterfly bandaids, 3 boxes of asst. bandaids, neosporin ointment, 1 bottle of betadine, 2 boxes of 4x4 bandages, 1 roll of tape, 1 bottle of aspirin, 1 box of imodium, and 1 ace bandage.
It isn't everything that I want, but it's a start.
Nice shopping trip, vt.
I went to a sportsman's expo and found a pocket k**** that uses a disposable scalpel blade. I picked up two dozen blades (at $.33 each). The next time I'm half way through dressing out a deer, now I don't have to stop and sharpen my knife, I can just change blades. Pretty slick. On top of it, the blades are sterile so if there's a more serious calling for a scalpel, I have them available.
Also finally picked up a Honda EN2500 generator. I can't tell you how many times I came close, but just didn't bite the bullet and buy one. I'm quite happy having it around, just in case. I had a small solar rig with deep cycle battery and 1200w inverter, but it would have been woefully inadequate during the short winter days. Eventually I want to pick up some more solar panels, a charger and larger inverter, but this took care of an urgent need.
cleaned my three guns:) function checked them
removed rounds from the magazines and de tensioned the springs.
rotated my ammo with fresh stuff.
hunkered down for the ice storm....:eek:
Jason being filmed for tv.Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
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Tom Miner Basin
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Taking a break.
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More pics...
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Great pics. Thanks for letting us have a look.
What did I do today to prepare? Bought a pack of smokes for my pack. I don't smoke anymore but from what I read on the silver thread, they are worth gold under the right circumstances. Maybe I should open the pack and smell them to make sure they are fresh.......mmm
Btw: nice pics
I saw my mom and she gave me my christmas presents. A slinky (goofy family tradition) and 100 gift card at meijers. so i went out and put together a little kit.
32oz nalgene bottle.
gerber clutch pocket multitool
poncho
emergency blanket
whistle/compass/thermometer combo
keychain led light
pocket folding saw
iodine tabs
small bic lighter
matches
break light stick
duck tape rolled onto itself
small fishing kit (hooks, spilt shot, 30' of line wrapped around a pen)
snare wire
bottle of hand sanitizer
folder knife
small first aid kit (steristrips, bandaids, moleskin.)
some hobby knife blades in a plastic container
on the outside is some oxygen tubing (3 feetish)
I plan on wrapping some 550 cord around it.
I also found pasta for 49 cents a box. I loaded up on it. canned veggie 3 for a buck. I loaded up on some of those as well. I got better organized. I added another shelf unit to my stash. I need to get more water. I have 5 cases. I will inventory my stuff and post it on a thread. thanks
Jeff
- bought another few gallons of water to store
- another bag of rice, another #10 can of beans
- took about 50 practice shots with the 45, saved brass and cleaned the heck out of it
- making plans for some spring training
First, I have to say those are some awesome pics. Looks like a great time. Thanks for sharing.
What I did today was buy two more firearms and a few hundred rounds of .45 and 9mm. Don't get all whiny but I found a NIB Kel-Tel Sub 2000 with a Glock 19 grip for $319.00 AND a NIB Highpoint 995 for $169.00. Yeah, that's right, $169.00. Both are 9mm. The Highpoint was mis-priced and the dealer let me have at that price. I bought some high capacity mags to go with both. The dealer will make out okay because I'll be going back to him. Anyone that treats customers like that earns my continued patronage.
Cool beans Rick,that was a heck of a bargain!
bought another shotun for one of my girls;
service one truck;
give away two unused TV's;
shop for new hunting dogs;
book several clients for trips this summer;
draw up plans to enlarge our main cabin;
put new floor into sauna.
I cleaned the water tank and the holding tank very nasty sanded and painted the
the hull on my BOB bug out boat....................................
I bought some .40 ammo, I bought a Savage .300 win mag with lots of ammo in case the zombies come. Got extra food and water in case the volcano blows, still waiting for that. We got 2 hiking bags packed and a bag with all the essentials for wheeling trips all ready to go. That about it.
scribbles note....zombies....volcanoes. so many threats. so little time. so few me.
Those are great pics. I decided this week that I prolly need to prepare. Does that count?