On August 14, 1457, the first book printed in Europe with a colophon bearing the name of the printer was completed in Mainz, Germany. These eventually developed into what is now commonly called a copyright page. Today is also the birthday of British folk-rock singer Maddy Prior. (She was born August 14th, 1947.) — Our feature article today was written by a SurvivalBlog staff member, Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson.
I recently purchased a Spyderco Byrd Harrier 2 Lightweight Folding Knife. It has a 3.36-inch full flat grind blade with a plain edge in 8Cr13MoV steel, a fiberglass reinforced nylon handle, a back-lock locking mechanism, a reversible pocket clip, a lanyard hole, and the distinctive Spyderco opening hole (as modified for Byrd) to allow ambidextrous, one-handed opening. I bought this knife because I had somehow received the impression that it is made in Taiwan. That is, unfortunately, not the case. All Spyderco Byrd knives are made in mainland China. I usually don’t review products made in mainland China, but since …
The following recipe for Linda’s Sweet Relish is from SurvivalBlog reader Linda R. She notes that her version of the recipe is adapted from Linda J. Amendt‘s book: Blue Ribbon Canning, published by Taunton Press, 2015 Linda notes: “This sweet relish, made with sugar, onion, salt, mustard seeds, celery seeds, and cider vinegar, is perfect for hamburgers and hot dogs and potato salad, and anything else.” This recipe makes enough to fill 8 half-pint jars. Ingredients 3 to 4 pounds stems of purslane or collards, finely chopped (6 to 8 cups) 2 cups finely chopped onions, (2 to 3 medium onions) 3 tablespoons pickling or kosher …
Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, we look at skewed inflation data. (See the Inflation/Deflation Watch section.) Precious Metals: AG Thorson, at Gold-Eagle.com: Gold Forecast: Leading Economic Indicators Support Impending Recession. o o o Video from Jeffrey Christian: Silver deficits don’t exist and other silver myths. Economy & Finance: From Yahoo Finance: U.S. yield curve hits deepest inversion since 1981: What …
“I’ve been selling my soul Working all day Overtime hours For bullsh*t pay So I can sit out here and waste my life away Drag back home and drown my troubles away It’s a damn shame What the world’s gotten to For people like me and people like you Wish I could just wake up and it not be true But it is, oh, it is Living in the new world With an old soul These rich men north of Richmond Lord knows they all just want to have total control Wanna know what you think Wanna know what you …
