What did you do today to prep?

[OldTengu]

Also purchased some snap caps so that I can work on training myself to shoot both ways with all of my firearms.

Lefty with pistols and most rifles except lever action, and left with shotguns.

 

[Camelfilter]

My CRKT HALFACHANCE machete came in today! It's pretty nice! Lifetime Guarantee!
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Yoiks! That's nice.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Yoiks! That's nice.

LOL!!! Given my physical condition, I can barely wield the big, heavy betard! I bought it cause I thought it was cool! It's a sickness, I blame it on my Scots heritage.
It was $39.95, IRC, with free shipping, that's on Amazon. I also got a Lansky "Puck" tool sharpener, mine was so worn down it was getting dangerous! It was my dad's.

 

[OldTengu]

Pain/heat/patience threshold testing today. Getting cavities drilled and filled, walking there and back from public transport. Awesome.

 

[OldTengu]

Also purchased some snap caps so that I can work on training myself to shoot both ways with all of my firearms.

Lefty with pistols and most rifles except lever action, and left with shotguns.

It's harder than some might realize, and I just don't like the idea of overshooting a target because I'm not used to holding with that side.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Always hold low!

 

[Howard1955]

Now that we're set up to grow & grind our own grain, I started thinking about yeast, and its shelf life. Turns out, anyone can make their own. This might not be news for most folks - but it's news to me.

Just in case anyone else has wondered about baking bread in a long term grid-down situation, here's a link:

 

[OldTengu]

Always hold low!

Exactly! It's very strange for me to aim at all right handed, just feels uncomfortable. I am looking to change that.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Rotated some of my stored water supply: 30 gallons in stackable cubes. That plus X flats of bottled water, Y flats of juices and drinks, and two Water Bobs for our two bathtubs (assuming time to fill them) means we won't go thirsty for least a little while.

 

[erwin643]

In my case, yesterday I took advantage of the 100-degree temps to train hard and run for a half-hour, just to find out this morning that I may have inhaled the equivalent of half a pack of cigarettes.

I like to train in this kind of weather, as a prep for Climate Change, which will continue making our summers hotter-and-hotter as our planet heads towards Venus by the end of this century, but with the smoke from all the NW fires, it's like, damn.

 

[erwin643]

This might already have been asked & answered - but does anyone here know the best way to store coffee beans?

I'm thinking of vacuum-sealing, and then freezing them.

If you go to Jim Rawles' SurvivalBlog archives, you'll see a lot on this. In short, buy green coffee beans, then vacuum seal, and/or freeze them. Then roast them yourself, when needed.

Just think: While everyone else out there is rolling around in the gutters, fighting over the last few grains of uncooked rice, you'll be enjoying REAL fresh-roasted coffee. Isn't Survivalism wonderful?!

 

[erwin643]

Dropped a Vortex 4-12x40 that I already owned onto it and mounted a bipod. Out to 'exercise' it in the morning. 100 then 200 . Brown's Camp quarry is not much more than that so I guess I'll be asking for other options soon on longer spaces.

I laser'd it at about 212 yards.

 

[erwin643]

Taste testing mayonnaise two years past its 'best by' date!

Oh no! I am going to die!

Yeah, I discovered the hard way myself that mayonnaise doesn't store that well. It goes rancid. At least I didn't waste the entire case of it: I poured the containers onto a compost pile.

 

[erwin643]

I've been experiencing what happens if you don't make fitness a part of your preps. You get old and things don't work right and you metabolism slows so you need twice as much exercise.
Your shoulders get sore,no push-ups,your knees hurt,no walking,you get gout,no doing anything.
Then you gain more weight.
Gotta start while the bones can take exercise

As Survivalists, we should have higher physical fitness standards, anyway. Being in better shape than everyone else around you is an incredible edge.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

If you go to Jim Rawles' SurvivalBlog archives, you'll see a lot on this. In short, buy green coffee beans, then vacuum seal, and/or freeze them. Then roast them yourself, when needed.

Just think: While everyone else out there is rolling around in the gutters, fighting over the last few grains of uncooked rice, you'll be enjoying REAL fresh-roasted coffee. Isn't Survivalism wonderful?!

Remember, roasting coffee creates a powerful odor!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Having roasted many a bean over the fire ,then hand grinding , I can attest to the powerful aroma of coffee beans.
It is fun to do ....but not the quickest way to get a cup of Joe early in the morning...
Andy

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Remember, roasting coffee creates a powerful odor!

Some people might use coffee and bacon odor as bait for a trap....

 

[Sgt Nambu]

You could get your bait.....I mean protege, to roast your coffee beans and then set ambush. Kill two birds with one bait....er...protege!

Dang it!!!

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

You could get your bait.....I mean protege, to roast your coffee beans and then set ambush. Kill two birds with one bait....er...protege!

Dang it!!!

The only bait that works better is a sign with the word "FREE" in front of it...

 

[Sgt Nambu]

The only bait that works better is a sign with the word "FREE" in front of it...

I don't know, if coffee became unavailable, along with ROL, plenty of bad people would kill for it! At the least they would assume if you have coffee you have everything!!! It would be psychologically irresistible!