tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post2152701779045187961..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: killing time 2 of 5James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-81309918451456547182016-06-16T08:54:08.686-07:002016-06-16T08:54:08.686-07:00Evaporative cooling is the best long term way to g...Evaporative cooling is the best long term way to go (along with good design) Fans can easily be solar powered and since the sun is out when they are most needed you don't even have to set them up with batteries, simple canvas or straw mats to blow the air through kept damp with circulated water and you will drop the temperature a lot. <br />Plenty of pure water, aka filters and storage, and you will have as good a chance as most to keep from dying from the heat. And lots of lime to pack the bodies in when that doesn't work. JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-30160492538884246492016-06-15T05:15:55.939-07:002016-06-15T05:15:55.939-07:00Just don't drop your only pair of glasses.Just don't drop your only pair of glasses.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-30873569680094595882016-06-15T05:15:08.441-07:002016-06-15T05:15:08.441-07:00I wish we had the short bus-I'd have gotten to...I wish we had the short bus-I'd have gotten to school 60 minutes later ( rural route, left so early we had to kill an hour before class started ). Going Postal, I'm pretty sure, was another Black Op, CIA drug test. Sirhan Sirhan and too many others have reported "not being there" afterwards-enough to question everything, anyway.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-72114930214702116232016-06-15T05:07:59.790-07:002016-06-15T05:07:59.790-07:00I've been saying 3-5 years is a minimum, but I...I've been saying 3-5 years is a minimum, but I like your seven. When you live frugal, one half of your pay to preps, these things are easy.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-14859043722825517352016-06-15T05:05:05.947-07:002016-06-15T05:05:05.947-07:00No, no-thank YOU! :)No, no-thank YOU! :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-91694849579314635752016-06-15T04:01:56.602-07:002016-06-15T04:01:56.602-07:00No snowflakes here, but I will say that in my old ...No snowflakes here, but I will say that in my old age I loves me some AC. It don't get that cold here and only for short period of times then but it will get hot and very humid for months. Heat will kill an old fart, you can always wear more clothes but they will lock you up for wandering around naked. <br />Because your hair is so shiny I bought amazon stuff through your page. You're welcomeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-64002077985920608322016-06-14T20:53:45.474-07:002016-06-14T20:53:45.474-07:00Heat, Cool, Water, Food, Security.
Getting a littl...Heat, Cool, Water, Food, Security.<br />Getting a little piece of property that you can go to that can provide you these things for a while (personally I think the biblical 7 years is good goal, but resources/ambitions/goals may vary by person) is a very doable thing on a very limited budget. <br />$2 - 10K Property<br />$2 - 10K Basic shelter<br />$1 - 4k for Heat and power (Cooling and light)<br />$1 - 20K for Water (from tarps and buckets to wells and purifiers)<br />$1 - 10k for food and other supplies.<br />And best of all you can start on the low end of all these and work your way up to the high end as you can afford and want the change.<br />So $7k to start. At $7 an hour after taxes/deductions that is a thousand working hours at 40 hours a week times 50 weeks a year <br />that is six months wages. Seems like a lot if you keep trying to live a "normal" lifestyle at that low wage but if you have a bigger wage and/or a lower than normal lifestyle you can save it easily enough.<br />Then of course you have to figure out how to live in the (probably cramped) basic conditions. <br />Advice away Jim - someone who has LIVED it. JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-50605811003843080222016-06-14T18:30:17.118-07:002016-06-14T18:30:17.118-07:00You commented about "Going Postal" Ever ...You commented about "Going Postal" Ever wonder why Going Postal was actually happening to all the postal workers in the 1990's? Why did it not happen before the 1990’s and why did it suddenly stop? <br /><br />It makes one wonder why a group of well paid government employees with a relatively easy, stress-free job, a job with a wonderful retirement package went crazy and "went postal." But only did it for a few years, might there been a government experiment to see if something like this could be done? For the most part I’m not a conspiracy person but it just seems very strange to me that this started up for no apparent reason, and then suddenly quit for no apparent reason. <br /><br />Never heard anyone ever put forward a reason for it happening. What do you think???<br /><br />PS: Jim if it makes you feel better, I never thought of you as a special snowflake. Special in another way maybe, did you ride the short bus to school??????? :)<br /><br />Chuck FindlayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-34827121834200976482016-06-14T15:34:42.767-07:002016-06-14T15:34:42.767-07:00A lot of reading on goat humping oops I mean herdi...A lot of reading on goat humping oops I mean herding. seriously I have thousand of hours of movies, music, and reading on a external hard drive that was last years fathers day present. Yes it is in a faraday box with my old laptop.Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-14233774109751445372016-06-14T14:00:08.635-07:002016-06-14T14:00:08.635-07:00I thought I was a special snowflake at one time-an...I thought I was a special snowflake at one time-and thank each and every person who brutally debased me of said notion. It sucked but I'm better for it.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-53969274120275382922016-06-14T09:04:22.288-07:002016-06-14T09:04:22.288-07:00Yes, it can happen and has happened pretty darn fa...Yes, it can happen and has happened pretty darn fast to other civilizations. Of course, that was them and then. Somehow we are different and special little snowflakes. <br /><br />My house can be shut down in sections. There's insulation between the first and second floor. First the upstairs gets sealed off. Then my office can be sealed off. In the end we could all be huddled next to the wood cookstove. Good thing I live in the woods with a well that overflows 75 feet from the house. It would be grim, but we could stay warm enough. <br />Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.com