Day: February 26, 2017

Notes for Sunday – February 26, 2017

This day, February 26, is the birthday of Major-General Orde Charles Wingate (born, 1903, died 24 March 1944), an eccentric British Army officer who organized special military units in Palestine in the 1930s, and in Abyssinia, Sudan, and Burma during World War II. He is most famous for his creation of the Chindits, airborne deep-penetration troops trained to work behind enemy lines in the Far East campaigns against the Japanese during World War II. o o o We’ve made mention of Emergency Life Saving Armor (ELSA) before in the blog and now Ready Made Resources is carrying it. It looks …


Household Basics in TEOTWAWKI- Part 4, by Sarah Latimer

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The Physical Properties and Application I’m concerned about having yeast readily available in TEOTWAWKI. I like having dry yeast readily available by the measurable spoonful, and so I buy it in one pound bricks and then store it in a sealed quart Mason jars – one in my refrigerator door and one in my freezer– so that the yeast keeps for well over a year (if I haven’t used it up in that amount of time). It is no problem to use cold yeast directly in your recipes. It wakes up in the warm water just as if it had …


Letter Re: Metal Value of US Coins

Mr. Latimer: There’s a curious development in metal prices. Because of the recent strength in the zinc price and relative weakness in copper and nickel prices, it is the case that $1000 face value of “new” pennies (post-1982) is worth more than $1000 face value in nickel coins. As of today’s prices, the corresponding values are $734.37 for new pennies vs. $715.75 for nickels. I endorse and practice the discipline of saving nickels. There is an excellent track record of them being worth a premium to face value. As it makes sense to keep an ample supply of cash on …


Economics and Investing:

POWERFUL GOLD & SILVER COILED SPRINGS: Important Charts You Have To See o o o 28 Conservative/Libertarian Law Profs Demand That AALS Address Political Imbalance Of Law School Faculties o o o CASHLESS SOCIETY Expands to Taiwan! Ban on Cash for Large Purchases! o o o In America’s heartland, the American Dream is in crisis o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

SurvivalBlog readers wrote in with some answers on where to find the adjustable glasses mentioned yesterday. Home Depot First Street Online Buy Dial Vision Dr. Leonard’s catalog Note that not all of these adjustable glasses are like those described in the original question and SurvivalBlog does not have any affiliation with any of these vendors. o o o Surviving doomsday: Underground condos bring wealthy to Kansas – G.G. o o o DNC transgender spokesman tries to argue science with Tucker Carlson, and it doesn’t go well – DSV o o o Wranglerstar shows some of the results of the crazy …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.” – Matthew 17:1-3 (KJV)