what did you do this week to prepare

[PNW]

Thanks guys for the HOO RAH.

[Sarge47]

Went out to bring the small propane canister in from the trunk & found 3 more in a plastic bag! BTW, some people say that they can leak propane out over a period of time & suggest that you don't store them in an enclosed area such as a basement because of the possibility of a build-up of toxic fumes. Interesting, but I think the subject could use further investigation.

[doren]

Finally went to a gun show, great stuff never enough money. Although I did pick up a couple of things.

Case of MREs
p38
100ft of 550 cord (8 strand?) I'm not kidding.
personal size military first aid kit pouch and plastic case.

Butchered a coffee can to make a fold up wind shroud and heat reflector.

[oly]

While getting drunk off my a$$ I made some fire starters made of card board and wax, I still like the cotton balls and Vaseline better. I dont use ether one of them to start fires, it just gives me something to do.
Now I just have to recover from my hangover.

[dolfan87]

I bought a solar powered battery/USB charger. I set it out in the sun for three hours and had two fully charged AA batteries, and I also charged my GPS unit.

Freakin cool! The whole thing is about the size of a bag of microwave popcorn, and it attached nicely to the bottom of one of my molle pouches. My flashlight uses AA batteries, and my iPhone can charge off it as well. This will be great for long camping trips, or if we had an extended power outage.

[Sarge47]

Finally went to a gun show, great stuff never enough money. Although I did pick up a couple of things.

Case of MREs
p38
100ft of 550 cord (8 strand?) I'm not kidding.
personal size military first aid kit pouch and plastic case.

Butchered a coffee can to make a fold up wind shroud and heat reflector.

How much did you pay for the case of MREs?

[mountain mama]

I cleaned out my garage and had a yard sale to get rid of junk in order to make room for new junk.

[Sarge47]

I cleaned out my garage and had a yard sale to get rid of junk in order to make room for new junk.

We love Yard/Garage sales in my household. I've found some great gear at several of them. Consider the following:

Hard plastic 1 Qt. Wide Mouth genuine Nalgene bottle; brand-new: $3

Coleman single-burner propane moutaineering stove, with hose for distancing the propane tank from flame; hardly used: $3

1 MSR cook-kit, complete with carry bag, utensils & pot lifter, used very little: $5

Various sleeping bags, $1 to $2 each.

...and so on! Wish I'd lived in your neighborhood, I'd of stopped by!

[doren]

How much did you pay for the case of MREs?

$50, A decent price considering I used to pay $40. Damn price gougers.

[Rick]

My wife and I did a road trip back to Illinois yesterday to attend a niece's graduation party. 8 hours round trip but ...... that's a lot of Wally Worlds

Since Illinois doesn't allow concealed carry I figured they might just have a bit more ammo than Indiana since there isn't ANY here.

My score for the day....

150 rounds of 22LR
50 rounds of 22 Mag
200 rounds of .9 mm
0 rounds of 38 special
200 rounds of 357 magnum
150 rounds of 45 ACP
one wife with a waning sense of humor as I walked out of the last one and they locked the doors behind me.

Believe it or not, I bought everything a couple of the stores had.

Sad, ain't it?

[oly]

Finally found the SAS survival handbook.
I wasnt to interested in finding it but now while reading it, I will admit that I was wrong

[Stargazer]

I finally got off my rear and installed my CB into the Jeep.

[Sourdough]

Bought 10 more "Survival Geese", Arrived yesterday. 15 survival turkeys coming.

[crashdive123]

I guess we know whose coming to dinner.

[mcfd45]

Went to dunhams and they had Blazer 22lr for 2 bucks a box. Bought 2 or 3 and took it shooting. My model 60 liked it. Sams gun liked it. So I went to work and found a dunhams away from my house that had them on sale. 2 bucks a box. you should have seen my partners face when I walked out with 60 boxes. I didn't keep it all. sam got some. I think I am all set with 22 for a while. I still need to find a barrel for my mossberg 500. Hoping to find either a fixed full choke or the accuchoke set.

[doren]

I received my birthday present, an Ontario Spec Plus Quartermaster.

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

This week. I have been working on the knife i couldn't buy. Located some nice almost ripe wild raspberries on my 7.5. Gathering supplies to build the forge. Setting up the 330 gal water storage. Sharpened and heat treated the ax. Went to the old house and got up 2 climbing stands, a sneak boat, a bow target and my huge hiking pack. Working on a batch of firestarter. Going out this morning on horseback to explore the path outta here if needed 1st time with saddlebags. Watched the wife work in the garden! Learned I could eat the million dandelions around here from this site. cut 1/4 cord of wood for the nightly camp fire. Explored stocking the ditch with louisiana crawfish. Watched my daughter grad. kindergarten with perfect attendance!

[Rick]

There are a lot of survival things we can do but building a solid foundation for our kids is probably the best and most important. Congrats to the daughter on her graduation!!!!!

[Arsey]

Well I survived a trip back to Scotland and back with my family through swine infested countries.

[mcfd45]

I went and got my bike from my mom's house. I need to fix the flat tires and rehang my panniers. I hop I can make it into my SHTF get around town bike. I figure with the rack on it I can store whatever I forage/find/kill/fish.