Day: September 23, 2019

Preparedness Notes for Monday — September 23, 2019

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There are just eight days remaining in the current round of our non-fiction writing contest. I’d like to make a special appeal to some of the subject matter experts who have been chiming in with lengthy comments, in our comments section. Many of you are clearly great writers, and really know your stuff. I encourage you to write just a bit longer pieces and submit them to the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. You can even use one of your posted comments as a starting point, and simply expand it.  The minimum word count is just 1,500 words. Take note that …


Kershaw Flythrough, by Pat Cascio

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Once again, Kershaw Knives is on a roll, with yet another innovation in a folder. There appears to be no end to new knife designs these days. Some are mere gimmicks. However some have some real down to earth applications. I’m a sucker for folding knives – there are so many different designs these days, its hard to pick one for the next purchase a person is going to make. Today I’m reviewing the “Flythrough” by Kershaw, and it’s a bit different, in that, you can see how it operates, without taking it apart. Speaking of taking knives apart, I …


Recipe of the Week: Newell’s Skillet-Baked Apple Crisp

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Looking for a use for some of your baskets of recently-harvested apples? Reader Newell in Northern California kindly sent us his recipe for skillet-baked apple crisp. Yum! Filling Ingredients 6 large (or 8-to-10 small) baking apples, cored and sliced 1/4 cup brown sugar (either light or dark) 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground 1 tablespoon corn starch Topping Ingredients 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup brown sugar (either light or dark) 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground 1/2 teaspoon salt 8 tablespoons (1 full stick) unsalted butter Directions Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. In a medium …


Economics & Investing For Preppers

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Here are the latest news 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 SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at investing in the recently discontinued civilian production Colt ARs, including the 6920 series carbines. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: AG Thorson, over at Gold-Eagle: Gold Price Forecast – Preparing For An Autumn Low o  o  o Silver price to hit $20 in …