Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare, “All’s Well That Ends Well”, Act 1 Scene 1
Month: November 2007
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Note from JWR:
Congratulations to CDR, the high bidder in the benefit auction that ended yesterday, for four items including a Baygen Freeplay Summit AM/FM/Shortwave digitally-tuned radio, and a Baygen Sherpa hand crank flashlight. These were kindly donated by Ready Made Resources. Today we are starting a new SurvivalBlog benefit mixed auction lot. This one is for six items: 1.) a Katadyn Pocket water filter, (with a $200 retail value) 2.) a Watersafe field water test kit ( a $27 retail value), both donated by Ready Made Resources, 3.) A copy of the latest edition of “The Encyclopedia of Country Living” by the …
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Letter Re: Freeze Dried Versus Dehydrated Foods for Storage
Shalom Jim: I’ve been researching freeze-dried and dehydrated food as a long-term strategy. I would like to put up at least a years worth for a family of four. Yes, I know that you pretty much grow your own food, but I’ve got a couple of questions if you don’t mind. 1.) Are you storing up any freeze dried, or dehydrated, or not? 2.) If so, are you storing both or more of one or the other? Shabbat shalom, – Dr. Sidney Zweibel JWR Replies: Because of their lower cost, here at the ranch we store nearly all bulk grains/legumes/honey …
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Weekly Survival Real Estate Market Update
Today we are featuring Northwest Arkansas. One of our readers Jaina B. highly recommended our newest SurvivalBlog Realtor, Jeff Allen. Congratulations Jeff! Some of his listings may soon be featured on SurvivalRealty.com. The following is a review of the area written by Mr. Allen: Welcome to Northwest Arkansas! The market in Northwest Arkansas is surviving the downturn very well. Land prices in rural areas are holding very steady on the very few sales that are taking place. The housing market has been overbuilt and we have 8-10 months of inventory to work through before things can look more “optimistic.” I …
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Odds ‘n Sods:
Mint Fears Losses From Penny Meltdown: Cindy Skrzycki o o o Gresham’s Law in action: Proposal to ban U.S. coins in Toronto shot down o o o Next Monday (November 19th) has been declared National Ammo Buycott Day, 2007. o o o Speaking of ammo, Todd Savage (who kindly volunteers to be the retreat evaluator for SurvivalRealty.com) notes: “I went by the new Cabela’s store in Post Falls, Idaho today while waiting to meet a SurvivalBlog real estate client for a week of retreat property shopping and I noticed that they were selling 1,000 round cases of …
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Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“If the 1st amendment were as gutted as the 2nd, we’d only be allowed vowels by now” – “Renaissance Warrior” at the FALFiles
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Note from JWR:
Today is the last day of bidding in the current SurvivalBlog benefit auction, for four items: a Baygen Freeplay Summit AM/FM/Shortwave digitally-tuned radio, and a Baygen Sherpa hand crank flashlight. These were kindly donated by Ready Made Resources, one of our most loyal advertisers. Also included in the auction lot is a copy of my “Rawles Gets You Ready” preparedness course, from Arbogast Publishing, and an autographed copy of my novel “Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse”. These four items have a combined value of more than $350. As of this posting, the high bid is still at $400. The auction …
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Letter Re: The Importance of Making Your BOV Less Visible
Jim, I am a long time reader, and wanted to thank you for all of your efforts, hard work and dedication to SurvivalBlog and it’s readers, members and groups! Without you, your books, and your web sites, I would still be in the dark, running around without a care in the world! At least now I am prepared, ready, clear headed, dedicated, and ahead of the game! Many thanks again! All of us preparing to bug out, are stocking, loading, maintaining, discussing, prepping and planning. The subject I wanted to touch bases on, is your Bug Out Vehicle (BOV). So …
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Letter Re: Some Steel Canning Possibilities
Mr. Rawles, Given the recent discussion about canning, it seems like sealed tin cans would make an effective Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) barrier. Why not can some inexpensive FRS radios, small transistor radios, and other electronic items in a standard soup-size can? Can some lithium batteries, and you’ll be all set. By the way, it would probably be a good idea to make sure that the lid and can have good electrical contact. Some cans might be lacquered/coated, so it might be wise to check the lid/can continuity with an Ohm meter. Regards, – JN-EMT JWR Replies: That is a great …
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Letter Re: Storage Foods for Vegetarians?
Sir: The question of storage food for vegetarians came up and I don’t have a good answer! I have looked at several of the vendors you recommend and there does not seem to be any packages aimed at that market! I have heard about veggie MREs but have not seen them for sale. Safecastle has some nice long term storage packages put together but none seem to be aimed at this crowd. Thanks for your thoughts on this! – SD JWR Replies: I’m not aware of any storage food vendors that make vegetarian sampler, per se. As I recall, Mountain …
Odds ‘n Sods:
H5N1 in the British Isles? Yes, it’s official: Outbreak of lethal bird flu confirmed in Britain. o o o Just in time for holiday travel: Pump price to jump 20 cents in next 2-3 weeks o o o Thanks to RBS for sending us this article from Forbes: Empty Houses Home to Crime As Loans Fail. Here is a quote: “In the Franklin Reserve neighborhood of Elk Grove, Calif., full of subdivisions with half-million dollar homes, homeowners are fighting inner-city problems like gangs, drugs, theft and graffiti. During the boom, the suburb just south of Sacramento sprouted 10,000 …
Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“The government turns every contingency into an excuse for enhancing power in itself.” – John Adams
Note from JWR:
With the many hours required to write the blog, to write books, and to do consulting, I have decided to shut down my mail order business. It was fun, but it was a huge time sink. I will also no longer be taking orders for autographed copies of my novel. Fred’s M14 Stocks still has more than 900 autographed copies available.
Letter Re: Freshness Tests for Storage Foods
Jim, Numerous web sites and books provide information about average food shelf life. However, this shelf life greatly depends for instance upon temperature (food generally stores proportionately longer at cooler temperatures), thus a properly stored food item could be good to consume well past its ‘expected’ expiration date. Sometimes discoloration (for instance) is not a show stopper. Do you or your readers know of some simple ‘freshness test’ to ensure that a given food product is good or not (or is that a stupid question)? I can start with what I gathered from the Internet: – Baking powder Freshness test: …
Letter Re: Some Steel Canning Possibilities
Mr. Editor: I read SurvivalBlog about once a week and thought you might enjoy this. Someone commented on using their home canning machine for items other than food. I can a lot of different things up to the size of a spaghetti can. Above that takes a number #10 canner and I haven’t found one reasonably priced. If I have to I go down to a store and buy some new/never used paint cans and go that route. Spare parts for firearms are heavily greased (sometimes placed in vacuum packed plastic, depending on size and function of items). Radio parts, …