who practices what they preach

[wareagle69]

i know we all practice at some level WILDERNESS survival skills but who practices shtf scenarios like sometimes i pretend that dq is out of icecream no seriuosly if most folks here are trying to be more self suffiecent do you ever say ok in april no eating out lets live off our supplies 100% or practice no electricty for a week(other than being here) gotta prioritze what do you do to prepare as we all know you find out things when you practice and maybe learn easier ways or say that didn't work for ****

so learn me sumn here kidddies

always be prepared..

[Sourdough]

I do, but not on purpose, I run out of normal food and have to eat Wheaties and water, or sardines and pilot bread for weeks, till my self in posed ban on going to the city is lifted.

[Beo]

Well the SHTF for me the other night, went to McDonalds and they said "Sorry sir, we're out of hamburger patties" I mean wtf people! A hamburger place running out of that, made me drive across the street to Burger King, although I did get a really cool paper crown with my kids meal.

[wildWoman]

We're not into the WSHTF thing but because of where we are (seperated from the closest town by 2 lakes and a river), we do live exclusively off our supplies for about 4 months or more of the year. Haven't found ourselves without a vital item yet although one winter there was a scary moment when we couldn't find the salt!
Only suggestion I'd make to people wanting to subsist for any length of time on their supplies is to have plenty of variety on hand. If your only choice of veggies for dinner is between canned beans and canned peas, it's not so bad for a couple of weeks but after a couple of months it's one of the little things that drives you up the wall.

[wareagle69]

i always figured you for the king of the whoppers

wild woman great point just cuz i like puritan beef stew i know i would grow tied of it everyday but also hard to resist stocking up when it's on sale for .79 cents a can

[Beo]

I got your whopper

[wareagle69]

see all i heard was blah blah blah

[Beo]

and blah blah blah blah too.

[wareagle69]

i find your mocking me offensive... oopps what wrong thread ya wann step outside mr eh take it over to the sensitve thread.... if thats ok with you..

[Beo]

So sorry, did not mean to offend

[wareagle69]

well i supposi'll forgive you but i'm no doormat.

[Beo]

I try, this weekend its supposed to be nice out... in the 50s with lite rain so they say and that's good enough for trekking and camping, first time in 08 for me and Trooper. Taking the new flinter and breaking it in. Leae friday at 4pm and come home Sunday arond 8pm. Nice little get away, be covering about 50 to 60 miles in all and eating fresh squirrel. Gears all ready and I can't wait.

[wareagle69]

sounds like perfect hypothermia wheather how do you plan on preventing this..

[Beo]

You never camped in 50 degree weather, with rain.

[wareagle69]

yes but i am asking you what your plan is i know what my plan would be remember i spent a few years in ohio my self in nelsonville(home of the rocky boot got mine off the conveyer) also in wooster and akron and pepperpike(cleveland) just wondering how you teach your son

[Beo]

We go as we always do, put on a few layers of clothing but not to much, keep a spare set with us in the haversack, inside the diamond shelter we pile the leaves about 3 inches deep and place the sleeping tarp over it, use a wool blanket each, along with a warm fire its not all that bad. No different than any other time we go and it starts to rain, may not they just said chance of lite rain. Diamond shelter entrance faces south, I mean what more do you want?

[Beo]

Hey... why the hell am I explaining myself to you?

[wareagle69]

well this IS a wilderness survival forum i know we forget that sometimes but for some people lets say if vylli grnili was looking at this site what you posted might have just saved his life so thats why i ask so as to help the unexperienced that show up here but hey why the hell am i explaining myself to you..

[Beo]

lol... oh yeah forgot... lol... basically we carry the same gear all year round except in the summer and early fall no blankets, this weekend we'll avoid getting as wet as possible when crossing the streams but wearing moc's usually always happens that we get wet feet, so after setting camp up we hang them just off the fire to dry and throw on a spare set.

[wareagle69]

thank you for the lesson wd40