tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post4298506770210063366..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: syria scare 1 of 2James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-57836123812816025742018-04-30T14:31:45.841-07:002018-04-30T14:31:45.841-07:00Good thing nobody is going to malls anymore, right...Good thing nobody is going to malls anymore, right? :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-52429063605707154522018-04-30T13:01:59.821-07:002018-04-30T13:01:59.821-07:00Mall parking lots and the like are the WORST for p...Mall parking lots and the like are the WORST for parking a vehicle safely (I used to work security at such places, I _know_ it is so and is vastly underreported). You are better served leaving the car at home- then the robbers aren't certain if someone is home or not or when they might come out to see the car. JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-44333933708223694492018-04-26T18:27:09.213-07:002018-04-26T18:27:09.213-07:00Sounds like a good reason to try not to scavenged,...Sounds like a good reason to try not to scavenged, but I don't think any of us are that fortunate.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-72944905056297318842018-04-26T18:25:34.432-07:002018-04-26T18:25:34.432-07:00Cheap and stealth are good, hauling a bonus. Can&...Cheap and stealth are good, hauling a bonus. Can't really go wrong.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-3344362611709863432018-04-26T18:21:31.817-07:002018-04-26T18:21:31.817-07:00No wonder: assume immediate scavenging as soon as ...No wonder: assume immediate scavenging as soon as dust clears or sniped civilians stop yelling from open ground (as long as several hours in case of hip shot). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-36343568627005611702018-04-26T16:51:01.724-07:002018-04-26T16:51:01.724-07:00They made the astro van from 85 to 2005. My crappy...They made the astro van from 85 to 2005. My crappy example is a 99. But it was dirt cheap and will haul a 4 by 8 sheet of plywood between the inner fenders. Also very stealthy with the white work van look so I can sleep in it almost anywhere. Demented guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071191996716087797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-43655966973107658642018-04-26T07:26:23.757-07:002018-04-26T07:26:23.757-07:00Remember, you aren't meant to win. Best case,...Remember, you aren't meant to win. Best case, you don't lose as much.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-41102540692370481382018-04-26T07:13:13.164-07:002018-04-26T07:13:13.164-07:00Those Geo Metro’s got awesome mileage, particularl...Those Geo Metro’s got awesome mileage, particularly the early, or 3 cyl models. Probably close to comparable to the same mileage that you would get from the hybrids that cost at least $20k. The Rancho Costa Nada dude had one for a while that he used to head out to the Rancho with. I thought about getting one, but front wheel drive cars are a mother f_ _ _ker to work on. So it will probably be a motorcycle instead. But then you’re risking your life instead. I guess you just can’t win at this game called life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-62969425454164198822018-04-26T05:42:19.614-07:002018-04-26T05:42:19.614-07:00You wonder how long anything of value lasts unscav...You wonder how long anything of value lasts unscavenged, even in war zones.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-30489483209642606852018-04-26T05:39:34.296-07:002018-04-26T05:39:34.296-07:00"Extra bonus" of rummaging. Hmmm. Darn..."Extra bonus" of rummaging. Hmmm. Darn good point.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-49570840695973166842018-04-26T05:38:21.830-07:002018-04-26T05:38:21.830-07:00Do they still make Astro's? Or were they from...Do they still make Astro's? Or were they from like 20 years ago? I'm always amazed when I still see a Geo Metro still chugging away, not rusted out.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-15662352287242478932018-04-25T21:52:12.524-07:002018-04-25T21:52:12.524-07:00Deep into a post collapse when die off subsides, f...Deep into a post collapse when die off subsides, forces in contest lines stabilize, and more folks mope about for trade-scavenging then minions can get into formation and route march unobtrusively. Until then, this pre collapse, current stupidity on display, society requires a different security posture in the interim. Minions, if they can utilize or spare a sacrificial beater-door slammer demolition derby vehicle would be in a good position. Limit it's use and have an allottment for fuel even if pricey or harder to get. Mad Max it! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-4078823542704663622018-04-25T21:44:09.791-07:002018-04-25T21:44:09.791-07:00Even if you could stockpile fuel, it still wouldn&...Even if you could stockpile fuel, it still wouldn't matter, because the very vast majority of people did not. So you can show up at work but your co-workers don't and your customers don't. You end up screwed anyway.<br />(extra bonus is that your neighbours not only did not go to work but they watched you leave for your, so right now they're rummaging through your stockpiles...)<br /><br />Panic is about tremor-like shocks, whereas slow collapse is like erosion, it doens't translate into strong feelings but into a pervasive sense of dread (or a pervasive sense of letting go of your worries, in a sense. If you know your job is already dead, be it in two months or in four years, then mentally you're already moving on).Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-65169949916048264312018-04-25T21:42:44.588-07:002018-04-25T21:42:44.588-07:00My astro van gets about 18/25. I using it to trave...My astro van gets about 18/25. I using it to travel back and forth from the city to the junk land I'm working on. After I move I may get a cheap Chinese scooter. And then vandwell in the big city when I need to work.Demented guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071191996716087797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-55952265388385477502018-04-25T18:24:49.288-07:002018-04-25T18:24:49.288-07:00Right, good point. The last time I bought a vehic...Right, good point. The last time I bought a vehicle for commuting ( well, I got it for wife#3 ) was twenty years ago and I went for a mid size to replace her tiny rice burner, just out of accident survivability. At the same time I was driving a truck when I could have walked, as there were some vicious dogs at one house that would swarm me. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-15579236429283743892018-04-25T17:02:08.334-07:002018-04-25T17:02:08.334-07:00Yeah, as long as fuel is available and somewhat af...Yeah, as long as fuel is available and somewhat affordable driving for a commute or gathering supplies is a security activity. If your in any large city, suburb, towns of size, your in an exposed flank if on foot or bicycle. If economy starts cracking pedestrians/cyclers are road bandit targets, or just safety jepordized by other douche bag drivers. my crazy self drives 3/4 ton truck with mediocre fuel economy just to have frame-axles-steel around me in a crash,etc. And/or ability to bring along b.o.b.-gear/weapons. There is a term called false sense of economy. O.k. in certain areas but in ground movements other things need to be considered. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-43596713021648499462018-04-25T15:33:05.017-07:002018-04-25T15:33:05.017-07:00I was thinking you working in a large hive in a cu...I was thinking you working in a large hive in a cubical farm ( semi-autonomous ), and parked at a mall parking lot or such. If you didn't have gas from the beginning, you are poor from the start in everyone's mind. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-45628433502388920842018-04-25T13:25:12.914-07:002018-04-25T13:25:12.914-07:00And leave the car where? Really it is very situati...And leave the car where? Really it is very situational. I walked back to work from lunch at my rented house yesterday - I was only 2 minutes late. Left both vehicles at home. The bike needs repairs, but once done that will replace the cars for quickly getting to and from work and around town. In the larger city I used to live in I still biked to work most of the time, and left the car parked at home. When combining driving and biking you have to risk both vehicles at some point being unattended - if you live so far away that you have to drive it will likely already be known by coworkers, so what would be point of switching be? If you CAN bike you might as well do so and conserve the fuel while getting practice for when you have no other choice. Maybe if you have good public transportation in your city you could convince them that is what you are using in conjunction with the bike. But then, why not use the public transportation in that way?<br />My point though, is that a little of the appearance of 'panic buying' can help preserve at least a little "common guy" cover. JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-61410946049220803882018-04-25T10:28:21.971-07:002018-04-25T10:28:21.971-07:00Hey, how about driving to about two miles, or even...Hey, how about driving to about two miles, or even a mile, from work, unhooking your bicycle, then everyone assumes you don't even have gas. Won't work if there is one road in and out, but in a big city...James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-50752323994009844812018-04-25T09:32:32.780-07:002018-04-25T09:32:32.780-07:00Well gasoline *and diesel* is perishable, so you a...Well gasoline *and diesel* is perishable, so you are limited in how much of it you can stock up and use before it goes bad. And you want the employer to go down before you are unable to get to work - it looks better if there are any future employers and to the community as a whole "oh, look such a dependable person, he held on going to work until the end of the economy" vs " nah, that guy just quit going to work when things were still scraping along " - which one do you think will get charity, etc?<br />BUT! ideally, you would have enough fuel saved back and used in rotation if needed to get to work to keep you going to work for at least a few months, and would only pre-panic buy a little extra for appearances sake (so that the drones think that's why you can still afford to get to work via car) and also have a bike or other alternative that you can ride to work as things get tighter. <br />If you appear totally unconcerned AND have more than others as things come down they will assume (correctly) that you were well prepped well in advance and (maybe / maybe not) that you have even more stored back - enough to <br />"share" (cough, cough, ch-hell no-ough, cough!)JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.com