What did you do today to prep?

[Jay Walk]

I used to buy and sell Lids in high school. Oh *Wait*.

Three finger lids of ditchweed, 70's style.

 

[Mono1]

Three finger lids of ditchweed, 70's style.

I remember 4 and then they went to 2 and got more expensive.

 

[Mono1]

You need 2 years of food...

You Need 2 Years of Food – Martin Armstrong

There is much more in the 54-minute interview. Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he goes One-on-One with Martin Armstrong, who will preview his “Mid-year Seminar” in London May 24 & 25 for 5.4.24

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[Camelfilter]

You need 2 years of food...

You Need 2 Years of Food – Martin Armstrong

There is much more in the 54-minute interview. Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he goes One-on-One with Martin Armstrong, who will preview his “Mid-year Seminar” in London May 24 & 25 for 5.4.24

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How does anyone know what someone else needs?

 

[Indy62]

Getting real tired of the doom merchants on youtube. Prepper training, learning, all good. But most of these jackhats are just selling clickbaitable fear. Canadian Prepper's the worst.

 

[Bacchus]

For a while I thought Canadian Prepper was the most interesting YouTube prepper, but then I watched him say things that I didn't believe, and I quit watching. Those kinds of videos I watch to learn things; what do buy, what to do, how to do it. When they extend beyond that to forecasting the future or infusing (the wrong!) politics, I lose interest.

 

[Indy62]

For a while I thought Canadian Prepper was the most interesting YouTube prepper, but then I watched him say things that I didn't believe, and I quit watching. Those kinds of videos I watch to learn things; what do buy, what to do, how to do it. When they extend beyond that to forecasting the future or infusing (the wrong!) politics, I lose interest.

Yep..I could almost put up with the alarmist tripe...if it was even handed. Such as..shtf is coming, get ready. Not..Putin is great..US and Nato..bad. His true colors came out.

 

[Indy62]

Bought some sunscreen, ray ban's, compass, and a twix bar

 

[bradsteen]

Decided to up my prep organization a notch and bought 6 vertical lockers off of Amazon. Overall dimensions for each locker unit = 15" wide, 72" tall, 17" deep, with 6 locking 15"x 12" x 17" compartments. They're thin sheet metal, so this would not count as a safe or anything, but a single compartment can hold 110 standard capacity AR mags (10 stacks of 11 mags) with some room to spare. Each shelf is rated for 50lbs, though I doubt I'll put that much weight on. Assembly is pretty straightforward, the locks and keys are numbered so you can easily tell which goes to which, and the locker doors have slots for labels. So far I've only assembled 2, but they are reasonably sturdy and keep things looking clean and tidy. Can't wait to get them all set up!

 

[Flopsweat]

Decided to up my prep organization a notch and bought 6 vertical lockers off of Amazon. Overall dimensions for each locker unit = 15" wide, 72" tall, 17" deep, with 6 locking 15"x 12" x 17" compartments. They're thin sheet metal, so this would not count as a safe or anything, but a single compartment can hold 110 standard capacity AR mags (10 stacks of 11 mags) with some room to spare. Each shelf is rated for 50lbs, though I doubt I'll put that much weight on. Assembly is pretty straightforward, the locks and keys are numbered so you can easily tell which goes to which, and the locker doors have slots for labels. So far I've only assembled 2, but they are reasonably sturdy and keep things looking clean and tidy. Can't wait to get them all set up!

It might make sense to re-key them to the same key unless you got a master key with them.

 

[bradsteen]

It might make sense to re-key them to the same key unless you got a master key with them.

Not a bad idea. For now I'm just using the keys as locking doorknobs. Will have to see where I can find either a master key or 36 of the same lock pattern.

 

[Bacchus]

Bought some sunscreen, ray ban's, compass, and a twix bar

Are you preparing for a small tactical nuke?

 

[Indy62]

Are you preparing for a small tactical nuke?

Lol..ya know..I figured Salem would be spared from one of the nukes...just Portland would get a wallop.

Turns out not to be the case. Maybe I should get two twix bars. And a bottle of Vodka.

 

[The Heretic]

Lol..ya know..I figured Salem would be spared from one of the nukes...just Portland would get a wallop.

Turns out not to be the case. Maybe I should get two twix bars. And a bottle of Vodka.

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The thing about nuclear missiles is that they can undershoot/overshoot & veer off course - rather easily. especially those from third world countries. US missiles are purportedly quite accurate, but I would not count on the accuracy of nukes from Russia or China, and especially N. Korea, being so accurate that those meant for Portland or Seattle, that they do not miss by tens or even hundreds of miles - in any direction.

IIRC, Portland is a secondary target - i.e., theoretically not meant to be hit in the first wave. Seattle/Puget Sound region, with its many military installations and being a primary/major commercial port for the west coast, is a primary first wave target.

I have also read that at least some Russian missiles still target outdated targets - such as decommissioned silos in the midwest

Caveat - IIRC, at least one person somewhere, maybe here, has disputed one or both of these assertions. Either way, I would not count on a being a mere 50 miles from a target as reducing the impact of a nuclear exchange. As the old saying goes, "close enough" counts only in horse shoes, hand grenades and nuclear devices.

OTOH - I do prefer to be upwind of targets rather than downwind, and preferably have elevated terrain (hills/mountains/etc.) between me and the targets, rather than be line of sight.

 

[Bacchus]

The thing about nuclear missiles is that they can undershoot/overshoot & veer off course - rather easily. especially those from third world countries. US missiles are purportedly quite accurate, but I would not count on the accuracy of nukes from Russia or China, and especially N. Korea, being so accurate that those meant for Portland or Seattle, that they do not miss by tens or even hundreds of miles - in any direction.

IIRC, Portland is a secondary target - i.e., theoretically not meant to be hit in the first wave. Seattle/Puget Sound region, with its many military installations and being a primary/major commercial port for the west coast, is a primary first wave target.

I have also read that at least some Russian missiles still target outdated targets - such as decommissioned silos in the midwest

Caveat - IIRC, at least one person somewhere, maybe here, has disputed one or both of these assertions. Either way, I would not count on a being a mere 50 miles from a target as reducing the impact of a nuclear exchange. As the old saying goes, "close enough" counts only in horse shoes, hand grenades and nuclear devices.

OTOH - I do prefer to be upwind of targets rather than downwind, and preferably have elevated terrain (hills/mountains/etc.) between me and the targets, rather than be line of sight.

I'll pass all of these Helpful Hints and Location Guidelines on to my next real estate agent. She probably gets this all the time.

 

[The Heretic]

I'll pass all of these Helpful Hints and Location Guidelines on to my next real estate agent. She probably gets this all the time.

That is one reason why, when I was shopping properties, I would go out and do a drive-by first, after looking at them on the map, including a satellite view and if possible, street view.

That and the fact that my agent sucked.

 

[solv3nt]

That is one reason why, when I was shopping properties, I would go out and do a drive-by first

I didn't know you were into the Gangsta life!?!?! I guess that's one way to get property values to drop before buying.

 

[Bacchus]

I would go out and do a drive-by first

It's always good to soften up the target before you enter.

 

[bradsteen]

It's always good to soften up the target before you enter.

 

[The Heretic]

Today I finished mowing my "lawn".

When I started about a week ago (a day or two after it stopped raining) it was knee high. By the time I finished it was waist high. My backyard is kind of a proper lawn - mostly flat. But the grass has a lot of the wild grass in it, and it is lumpy. It really should be removed and replanted with proper sod or at least reseeded with proper grass seed. The lawn at the entrance of the driveway is an area I killed off from weeds when I moved here, made it flat (but sloped up) and seeded, so it is much easier to mow.

The wild grass is thick stalks and grows high fast - so I wind up bending it over with the conventional mower. I really should mow it with a flail mower first but my flail mower is broken.

Anyway I wanted to get the grass near the house manageable so I can keep it short during the summer.

I may have to hire someone to come in and mow the meadows around the house as it takes too long to mow with the walk behind flail mower. But I will decide how to handle that come Aug when the grass starts to dry out and fire danger is increasing.