How to start a fire once the matches are all used up

September 15, 2009

Eventually, all the matches will be burned up, the Bic will no longer flic and that miraculous magnesium fire starter will have been dropped into the river that day you were lunging to spear the salmon. What happens then? Why don’t you sit back for a few minutes and let expert survivalist Andrew Price from [...]

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Alternative medicines in a survival situation

September 15, 2009

I’ve written about how you’re going to be challenged in a survival scenario to provide needed medicines for your tribe. But medicines don’t always have to be traditional. In the following article, Sirrae Parker has put together a list of several food products that double as medicines. Enjoy her research. By Sirrae Parker One of the [...]

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For the survivalist, days (and years) of delegating are over

September 15, 2009

We’ve delegated our religion to pastors and priests. We’ve delegated our charity to the United Way. We’ve delegated our children’s education to the schools. We’ve delegated our health to doctors and pharmacists. We’ve delegated our defense to the military. We’ve delegated our children’s care to babysitters and day-care centers. We’ve delegated their physical fitness to [...]

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Use camping as a family training exercise for preparedness

September 13, 2009

Most of us have at least some small experience with camping in our pasts. Many have undergone extensive camping trips, whether through boy scouts or hunting expeditions or, perhaps, long-range hikes. Whatever your experience level, you now are responsible for persons other than yourself or your hunting buddies. And it’s likely that the paradigm needs [...]

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Make a plan for getting on the road to “de-crapification”

September 12, 2009

You might be one of the rare Americans who hasn’t surrounded himself with more junk that he needs — literally more junk than he knows what to do with. If so, read this only to help other members of your tribe. But if you’re typical, you have managed to fill up a garage, basement, attic, [...]

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Extent of pot plantations shows remoteness of our forests

September 3, 2009

The Wall Street Journal reported today that national forests are becoming an ever-increasing source of marijuana. In 1995, marijuana farms were to be found in three forests in California; today they are found in 61 national forests across 16 states — at least that’s the number known. There’s a lot which can be discussed or [...]

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Scout survival — a little survival humor

August 26, 2009

A scout master was teaching his boy scouts about survival in the desert. “What are the three most important things you should bring with you in case you get lost in the desert?” he asked. Several hands went up, and many important things were suggested such as food, matches, etc. Then one little boy in the back eagerly raised his [...]

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Price of silver drops a bit; is it time to start buying your stash?

August 26, 2009

Not everybody can afford to buy a hoard of gold coins to serve as trade goods during in 2013. An alternative is silver. As I wrote this, the London Gold Fix was at $940.50 while the silver fix was sitting at $14.32. It dropped to $14.16 last week after spending the past year bouncing between [...]

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Getting an education about chickens, eggs, coops, fertilizer

August 10, 2009

Came across a website the other day about building a better chicken coop. I chuckled under my breath. How provincial! Then it dawned on me — it would behoove me to spend more time in the ag barns at the upcoming county fair. Chickens, it seems, would be a logical animal to get to know [...]

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What will you miss the most in the post-apocalyptic world?

July 21, 2009

After an afternoon at the movies with my son, we stopped by Wendy’s for burgers and then went to CVS for some gourmet Lindt chocolate. The we drove home, watched a little TV and went on the internet. In the world of 2013, every one of those pleasures will be missing. Wow! What’s taken for [...]

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