What did you do today to prep?

[JohnnyMac]

Costco Rotisserie Chickens

I feel like I lose money when I don't buy one of these....

 

[OrPackrat]

I feel like I lose money when I don't buy one of these....

I try and get 3-4, each trip as I go about every 2-3 weeks but I should go once a week..

My wife de-bones them, 3 fit in the Freeze Dryer and 1 is put in the fridge to snack on.

Current cost of goods, the Rotisserie Chickens feed my family...

 

[The Heretic]

 

[The Heretic]

Ordered some bar oil yesterday.

Why?

 

[Slugger]

Picked up some med stuff. Couple Israeli bandages, celox rapid gauze and hyfin vents. Stuff ain't cheap but good to have in case.

 

[OrPackrat]

Sampled 2 of my half pint jars of Taco meat, added hot water, and mixed in the jars, wife loves it too...

Vacuum sealed 3 FD Costco Rotisserie chickens into 3 half gallon mason jars...

 

[The Heretic]

Finished up (I think) getting the firewood under cover.

It is supposed to rain this morning (and all thru next week - I think the rains have started), so I spent that last 3 days splitting and stacking what I had cut and hauled out of the back acreage. Splitting and stacking is a lot harder and slower for me. Especially the rounds that are hard to split.

I finished splitting/stacking what was on the ground, and then I was out in the dark unloading unsplit rounds from the truck into the shop so it would not get wet. I just dumped it on the floor and later I will go out and stack it against a wall.

I have about 2 cords on the porch and another cord in the shop. We'll see how long that lasts - maybe into or thru February?

 

[AlwaysOnTheGo]

The Mrs and I hiked the upper lava tube at Ape Cave today. https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recarea/?recid=40393

I found scrambling over the boulders pretty challenging. We've been slacking on our exercise lately, so we spent today working on our cardio. Amazing how quickly you lose your conditioning when you neglect it!

 

[Arihead11]

I got about a 1/4 cord of wood stacked and covered. Its mainly for an outdoor fire pit. I like to think it will be useful if electricity and gas go down. I will at least have a way to cook and boil water.

 

[The Heretic]

Downloading and making more backups of ZIM files (offline wiki files among other things - like Wikipedia).

 

[Camelfilter]

Downloading and making more backups of ZIM files (offline wiki files among other things - like Wikipedia).

Would you set up a discrete non-connected way (laptop/pad etc) to read the files & pack such away as well?

Simply curious is all. Thinking along the lines of having such all packed up, like folks do for faraday cage stuff.

Also, in the event of some interwebs type calamity (massive corruption), you would hopefully have working devices.

 

[The Heretic]

Would you set up a discrete non-connected way (laptop/pad etc) to read the files & pack such away as well?

Simply curious is all. Thinking along the lines of having such all packed up, like folks do for faraday cage stuff.

Also, in the event of some interwebs type calamity (massive corruption), you would hopefully have working devices.

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I have a laptop and a phone. I have two USB drives - one is a 1TB hard drive, the other is a 1TB SSD drive small enough to keep in my wallet (it is about the size of a credit card but about 5-6 times as thick). I am also going to get a small 1-2 TB Micro SSD drive. My laptop has a slot for a SIM/SSD. I have a connector for my phone - I need to test it with the drives.

I have not tested Kiwix on Android yet. My phone has a standby time of about 7 days if I keep it on battery saver and do not use apps.

 

[GOG]

I actually bought this last week. A complete Encyclopedia Brittanica from 1981. I figure it's old enough to no be affected by "Woke" yet, but new enough to still be quite useful. Books will be critical if really bad things happen.

 

[GOG]

I picked up some assorted AR 15 parts to round out my spare parts supply.

 

[Jbsheepdog]

I actually bought this last week. A complete Encyclopedia Brittanica from 1981. I figure it's old enough to no be affected by "Woke" yet, but new enough to still be quite useful. Books will be critical if really bad things happen.
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I would recommend instead of buying on eBay for $220, go to an estate sale where you could pick up a set for about $20

 

[GOG]

Duh. It's a tad late to help, but thank you for the tip for next time.

 

[texagonian]

Bought another headlamp, Glock 43X mos, winter socks and coat, and Glock magazine as well as worked on chicken coup.

 

[The Heretic]

Burned a pile of yard debris

Got 6 gallons of bar oil for chainsaws. Ordered 3 gallons from Walmart, packages were lost despite service saying they were delivered - I complained and they sent me 3 more gallons. Today I got a letter from someone about 2 miles away saying they had a box from Walmart labeled for me, but delivered incorrectly because they had the same address number I do, different rd. It has happened before; I got her package and I just took it to her house and left it there.

Anyway, now I have six gallons of bar oil - probably enough for 5-10 years of cutting. Now I am going to order some pre-mix oil as I am getting low on that too. Pre-mix oil is a little more crucial to get right than bar oil.

Also, going to order some chains for the small saw. Seems a chain lasts me about one year.

 

[OrPackrat]

Doing a test run on another freeze dried meal. This one will be short term, will be using it as meals in the next week to test portion prepping for ready to go meals...

Got 2 boxes of potatoes slices, stroganoff hamburger helper with 3lbs of hamburger...

Love seeing what others are doing, I think I'll have to stock some gear for my saws as well...

 

[ma96782]

I remembered to contact RCBS Customer Service (ph# 1-800-533-5000) today.

Somehow/somewhere I've managed to "lose" my .223 Rem expander ball. Anyway, I called RCBS and they are sending me another one. For FREE.

Hallelujah!

Aloha, Mark