Note from JWR:
Happy Thanksgiving! There are just four days left in the 33% off sale for the “Rawles Gets You Ready” family preparedness course. Order your course binder and audio CD soon!
Day: November 26, 2009
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Two Letters Re: Sources for Food Grade Buckets
Mr. Rawles, I’m glad that I bought the “Rawles Gets You Ready” family preparedness course! It has a ton of great information. I followed one piece of advice in the course, and I struck pay dirt: I went to three local bakeries (one was actually part of a supermarket). All three had food grade buckets available. At two of these bakeries, I got charged just $1 each for five gallon buckets with lids. Most of them had already been cleaned. They also threw in a few extra [bucket]s with no lids, for free. And at the other bakery, the buckets …
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Letter Re: The Fabric of Our Lives
Mr. Rawles; Spinning and weaving are certainly not lost arts. I know many women and some men who spin, and some who also weave. Spinning wheels and lessons are available in many cities, and there are active spinning and weaving guilds. Cards, wheels and looms can also be ordered online, and there are YouTube videos demonstrating the various processes. It is true spinning is more difficult to learn than knitting, and requires a larger initial investment in equipment. The cheapest spinning wheels start at around $200, from Babe’s Fiber Garden. (I have not used one of these so I cannot …
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Eight Letters Re: Mountain Money Isn’t
Hi Jim, May your family count your blessings during this holiday time of the year. Being the first after losing a loved one. We all make that trip eventually. If the time was spent in a good fruitful life, then their are no regrets. Peace be with you and your family. I was in the Peace Corps in West Africa, The Sahel. This was the southern portion of the Sahara Desert. Water was plentiful but had to be drawn from 60 to 80 ft. deep wells by hand. Then transported in containers to or throughout the village. It was labor …
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Economics and Investing:
A news item flagged by GG: IMF: Banks Still Hiding Half of Their Actual Losses; $1.5 trillion in bad debt on bank balance sheets, and losses on these bad loans still threaten the solvency of many institutions. From El Jefe Jeff E.: One in Four Borrowers Is Underwater Also from Jeff E.: FDIC Reports 552 ‘Problem Banks’ As of Sept. 30, 2009 Items from The Economatrix: IMF Warns Second Bailout Would Threaten Democracy Wave of Debt Payments Facing US Cities Wall Street Pummels US Cities Over Billions in Fees on Investments Gone Bad More Bankruptcy Cases Filed Rates on 30-Year …
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Odds ‘n Sods:
Reader Paul D. sent us a YouTube link that shows how to make a 16 Brick Rocket Stove. o o o FJ forwarded a link to an article on Teeny Tiny Houses o o o Reader MP recommended this Wired article: Vanishing in the modern age
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Jim’s Quote of the Day:
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." – Patrick Henry
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