Preparedness Notes for Wednesday – August 02, 2017
August 2nd was the birthday of Peter O’Toole (1932–2013). When his name is mentioned, Lawrence of Arabia immediately comes to mind.
Day: August 2, 2017
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The Novice And The Expert- Part 2, by Old Bobbert
Today, we are continuing to learn, whether we are a novice or an expert in preparedness. If experts, we can learn how to guide a novice in their preparation planning. Confidence Key Words We left off yesterday with a group in a pandemic situation going grocery store shopping in teams with lists and cash. We had a reference to use confidence key words at checkout to help avoid being a victim. What are these confidence key words? I know that you know them. Read the following out loud: “Please and thank you. Yes, sir. Yes, ma’am. We appreciate your help.” …
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Economics & Investing For Preppers
Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on investing in hairspring watches. Precious Metals: First, at Seeking Alpha: Mining stocks’ valuation attractive, led by copper and zinc, BMO says o o o India’s Demonetization Policy Takes a Turn for the Worse Commodities: Sanctions On Venezuela Could Push Oil Into The Mid-$50s o o …
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JWR’s Recommendations of the Week
Here are JWR‘s Recommendations of the Week for various media and tools of interest to SurvivalBlog readers. This week the focus is on stainless steel wool. (See the Gear section, near the end of this column.) Books: The Red Cliffs of Zerhoun by Matt Bracken. (Recommended by long-time blog reader P.T..) Matt Bracken is a former U.S. Navy SEAL. His thought-provoking novels always include a lot of practical and tactical goodness woven into the storylines. (Matt’s better-known Enemies Foreign and Domestic” novel series is widely read, for good reason!) The Shoestring Girl: How I Live on Practically Nothing and YOU …
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Editors’ Quote of the Day:
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
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