Day: October 4, 2023

Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — October 4, 2023

October 4, 1895 was the birthday of American film comedian and director Buster Keaton, who was known for his deadpan expression, amazing stunts, and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy. — October 4th is also the anniversary of the Tongo Tongo, Niger Ambush, in 2017. American KIAs: Staff Sgt. Bryan C Black, Sgt. First Class Jeremiah W Johnson, Sgt. La David T. Johnson, and Staff Sgt. Dustin M Wright. — October 4, 1923 was the birthday of the late Charlton Heston, who was born John Charles Carter. He died April 5, 2008. He is often remembered for movies like …


My Generator: Hard Lessons Learned – Part 2, by St. Funogas

(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) The Second Big Problem Everything was going great until the July test. As usual, the test went well. I put the generator in the shop and when I stood it up on end… the engine fell out! Since this is a family blog, my comment roughly translated to something along the lines of, “Wow, that’s not good.” My second thought was, “This is going to be pretty funny in a week.” Fortunately, it proved to be so. I learned several things about generators in general that I’d never thought about and the …


SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets

This weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Reader Fred S. wrote: “This is a 3/4-inch PVC pipe coupler that I bought about 20 years ago. Note the marked 33-cent price. This same item is now priced at $3.99 in stores.  House paint is also now very expensive.  Every item in a hardware store is now noticeably much expensive, with …