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    Any plans for passing along preparedness knowledge?
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    Personally, I have a wife, kids and grandkids so my will provides for the disposition of material items.
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    I am taking it with me.

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    Personally.. I've showed my wife how to use some of my gear.. Just hope my wife and kids could make use of my supplies should something happen to me!
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    I got a lot of stuff from my grandpa when he died a few months ago. Mostly buckets of wheat, a wheat grinder, shelf's for storage, and a lot of hand tools. I was a little late to the frenzy. My grandpa verbally specified a few things to give to certain people, but mostly it was a free for all. My uncle, dad, and aunts didn't want much, so the grandkids took most of it.
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    That's exactly why the will needs to specify everything. No arguments, no hurt feelings. Then if someone wants to give item A to someone else, that's their business. It's not like I'll care.
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    I'd like to pass on the things I know rather than the crap I own.

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    My stuff is so old and beaten up, I don't know if anyone would want it...but it goes to my god son, except for my truly ancient snowshoes which go to his mom. Considering he is only 7 months old and my junk so antiquated already, one day he can probably sell it to a museum and finance his college education with it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CiscoKid View Post
    I'd like to pass on the things I know rather than the crap I own.

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    "I Hatchet Jack, being of sound mind and broke legs do hereby bequeath all my earthly goods to who it is finds me, include this here Hawkin gun. It is a good rifle and kilt the bear that kilt me. I pray god it is a white man."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cisco
    I'd like to pass on the things I know rather than the crap I own.
    One would think you could do both.
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    When I die, don't care what happens. I mean I have raised my son and taught him well and to the best of my abilities, he gets all my hunting, camping, guns and other kit. My wife is not into survival anything so she doesn't care one way or the other.
    So having said this when I croak, since I have done my best to teach my son what I can its up to im to do the rest. Me... I'll be looking down on him and laughing at his mistakes but guarding and guiding him as best I can as his Guardian Angel... a fathers work is never done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf65 View Post
    I'll be looking down on him and laughing at his mistakes
    Kind of the way he laughs at the time you stabbed yourself in the ..........
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    Both my boys have as much hunting and bush gear as I have, mostly they stole it from me over the years and anything else they have is newer than mine so....and I taught them well enough that they do just fine.

    Their mom's on her own--her choice.
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    Yep, sounds like most of us have been raising the kids to at least be knowledgeable of the physical preparations and the skills it takes to use them, so passing on to the next generation would be the best of all worlds since it would mean that we did not have to use our preps... meaning that the disasters and situations causing their use did not materialize. And, in the meantime, we got to accumulate some great toys, go for some great hikes and camping experiences, and still have the peace of mind that comes with knowing that you could take care of yourself for some period of time even in some of the worst conditions. Avoid Probate!

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    My sons plan to open a second hand outdoor "STUFF" store with my stash.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trax
    mostly they stole it from me over the years
    Uh, yeah. Funny that.
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    Grandkids can have it all EXCEPT the hot weather gear, got a feeling I might need it.
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    the sale of all my material posessions would probably just about cover a pine box and the gas to a undisclosed location in the woods.
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    Not something on the top of my worry list.

    I have a habit of out-fitting DW, DD, SIL, GC, Nephew(now hunting partner), so they are already pretty well out-fitted.

    Intresting how things just seem to get passed along, and have marveled on how much "stuff" I use and cherish have been passed along to me from GF, Uncles, Father, FIL, BIL etc. ( moments like this seem to occur when in the garage/shop, wood stove going, work done, cold-one in hand, getting "mystic", if you know what I mean)

    Knife (old Mora) I used to clean my recent kill in La., was passed along from my FIL, so it was sorta like him helping me one more time..........

    The recent passing of a hunting partner(BIL) resulted in a lot of his stuff, that no one else wanted (?), and has been passed along to me and in turn also passed along to others.

    I'm bad about selling stuff like this, I give away alot of stuff, or trade...........?
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