tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post6250938615451058548..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: WNTBTTA 7James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-25968864199328052242016-04-28T13:51:58.949-07:002016-04-28T13:51:58.949-07:00unless you have a skill such as car mechanic, then...unless you have a skill such as car mechanic, then you could live in the grey economy. of course, you better have a good fake id for police hassles. they do not like sheeple without the proper paperwork.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-55622057594538545082016-04-28T11:22:19.412-07:002016-04-28T11:22:19.412-07:00For a lot of people, a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is the...For a lot of people, a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is the fastest way to get free of banksters and be able to someday own junk land. The system really wants you to keep limping along (re-financing, minimum payments, more lame-job hours, more micro-jobs, higher taxes if you do get some income) and serial-upgrading your "smart" phone and having no surplus to save. Sell as much stuff first as possible. Get residency in a State that is relatively hostile to creditors and won't make you penniless-carless-homeless-imprisoned and a felon-selling-a-kidney before absolving an unpayable low 5-digit 2year-old creditcard or underwater-house default. The selling stuff proceeds will probably go to your attorney and filing fees, but zero assets/zero-debt is better than negative tens-of-thousands with interest-due (and "assets" that cost you to keep). <br /><br />If you are defaulted on Child Support/Student Loans, lobby Congress for relief or leave the country, 'cause BK can't help you. Quick, because your passport may be suspended already. This is the sticky-trap that never goes away, short of a new identity in Federal Witness Protection. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-87925705969488688832016-04-28T05:43:25.281-07:002016-04-28T05:43:25.281-07:00Damn, that's good enough to make an article ou...Damn, that's good enough to make an article out of.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-64192139381931750192016-04-28T05:38:32.735-07:002016-04-28T05:38:32.735-07:00Anyone can easily prep. $100 for six months of wh...Anyone can easily prep. $100 for six months of wheat and a grinder. $200 for a single shotgun and ammo. It takes a lot more effort to prep to survive the evil banker humps. You do that, as you did, and life is akin to two generations previous for quality of life.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-58955534071450911562016-04-27T13:55:35.067-07:002016-04-27T13:55:35.067-07:00Great post and some good comments. I live at my re...Great post and some good comments. I live at my retreat and its safe from the banks. Not 100% prepared yet but getting there.Nightshifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463940857394060911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-62530245122753812992016-04-27T13:45:31.465-07:002016-04-27T13:45:31.465-07:00Picking the wrong women is forgivable. You can...Picking the wrong women is forgivable. You can't control brain chemistry ( HINT, HINT, semi-auto users ).James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-1500413606791562712016-04-27T13:36:43.734-07:002016-04-27T13:36:43.734-07:00628: If I recall correctly, the plywood, no sandba...628: If I recall correctly, the plywood, no sandbags was for leaving the house in Wife Approved level and the wood was a low storage space item quickly attatched.<br />*<br />JJ-do you know what ammo is most distributed-FMJ or hollowpoints? Well, most popular, so most likely most available. That could tell you the best defense.<br />*<br />IH-if I remember correctly, the fiction book guy asked for permission from the dried hotdog guy to use the non-fiction as the template. I hear what you are saying. I disliked his Bug-In plan, his weapons plan and I thought all his fiction recommendations were crap. That said, it was one of the few inspirational survival books I've read in some time, warts and all. It opened unconventional avenues of thinking.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-66738960176345038922016-04-27T13:29:00.496-07:002016-04-27T13:29:00.496-07:00I like that, Sailboat Scale Tech. Minimize rather...I like that, Sailboat Scale Tech. Minimize rather than maximize.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-87714162032734424772016-04-27T12:09:55.717-07:002016-04-27T12:09:55.717-07:00I was just listening to Dmitry Orlov talk about th...I was just listening to Dmitry Orlov talk about the Iron Triangle. House-Job-Car, maximum debt so that if you somehow fail on the income side you lose everything, while burning-up and locking-in any surplus value you might have generated after eating, staying warm and charging your iThings. <br /><br />The Orlov solution is a sailboat. The trick is to be able to generate income while not at job or house, since these are now impossible and you still have to eat and make repairs. Ehhh, maybe it works in the tropics, but I like Latitude 42-50 North. Off-grid junk land is almost like being at sea, except for that the pirates don't need boats. <br /><br />Sailboat-scale technology is worth borrowing for remote living. <br /><br />pdxr13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46797943047517676422016-04-27T12:00:26.682-07:002016-04-27T12:00:26.682-07:009x19mm fmj (even +P+ Uzi smg loads) will be stoppe...9x19mm fmj (even +P+ Uzi smg loads) will be stopped by a plywood wall IF you fill the 3.5" void between the plywood with pea gravel. If you get unlucky, the bullet can go through the all-wood parts. A 2x6 plywood wall filled with gravel will stop a 150 grain 7.62NATO bullet. These get very heavy fast, so look out for floor loading. <br /><br />Standard US cottonwood framing and OSB/Tyvek construction will stop a bullet after going completely through 1.5 houses (only slight exaggeration). Car sheet metal can be shot through with the most pitiful firearms (.25Auto pistol), so you might as well bicycle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-14728592127350595072016-04-27T08:04:22.723-07:002016-04-27T08:04:22.723-07:00Best I can figure, all his problems go back to hav...Best I can figure, all his problems go back to having married the wrong woman. You know how that goes.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-8215343418214737952016-04-27T07:09:31.818-07:002016-04-27T07:09:31.818-07:00The "dehydrated hot dog" guy didn't ...The "dehydrated hot dog" guy didn't explain how he did his test. He just said that 4 thicknesses of 1/2 plywood would stop a bullet. <br /><br />At my place setting on my dinning room table is the test target my hubby used. He screwed together 4 pieces of 1/2 plywood and there is a bullet hole that goes all the way through them. (He also left me the 9mm casing. He was showing off. lol) So the proof is in the pudding. If you are expecting 4 thicknesses of 1/2 inch plywood to save your life, you might not make it.<br /><br />In the "dehydrated hot dog" book, the author recommended a few fictions books to read to get you in the right mindset. I went and read a couple of them. (Two of them were free with Kindle Unlimited.)<br /><br />In one of the fiction books, you'll never guess what happened? One of the main characters went and used 4 thicknesses of plywood to make a safe room.... Some of the "hot dog" guys other suggestion came directly from that same fiction book.<br /><br />My guess is that the "dehydrated hot dog" guy read a bunch of fiction books, took that for research instead of doing his own and passed the information on as original. <br /><br />The other advice he gave on storing seed potatoes is also totally off. He recommended taking store bought potatoes and storing them individually in zip lock biggies that you sucked all the air out of and placing the baggies in a tote filled with soil to keep them from freezing.<br /><br />A potato is mostly water. If you store it in an airtight plastic bag, come spring you will have a gooey, slimey, stinky mass of black snot. Don't ask me how I know ;) I've root cellared potatoes for over twenty years -and- I live in Idaho :) so I know what I'm talking about. Do NOT, and I repeat DO NOT store potatoes in airtight plastic if you want them to be something other than smelly black mush in spring.<br /><br />My advice......use the suggestions in that book at your own peril. I get the feeling that it was written by an armchair Rambo.<br /><br />Idaho HomesteaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-72272387112130412092016-04-27T07:08:48.069-07:002016-04-27T07:08:48.069-07:00Depends on the bullet. 9mm with hollow point will ...Depends on the bullet. 9mm with hollow point will man stop about as well as a .38, but 9mm with full jacket will penetrate decently through things like wood, drywall, glass, etc. <br />If you want to resist bullets and shrapnel you need to think masonry, sandbags, soil, etc.JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-22998501806688481102016-04-27T06:28:30.238-07:002016-04-27T06:28:30.238-07:00I've read before that even the .22 LR will sma...I've read before that even the .22 LR will smash through 9” of wood. To be practical, I think you really need to go with sand bags. You can do it with enough wood, but it would get mighty expensive pretty quick. You could also try adding some of that cement board to the plywood (I don't know the official term, but it's the stuff that's used in showers to place tile on) since I don't think it's too costly?<br /><br />8”x8”x16” building blocks filled with sand, dirt, or better yet, cement would be rather bullet repellent I would think. Perhaps not too costly for a small building? <br /><br />With Earth sheltered you're already one step ahead in the game.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-72123295540955616562016-04-27T05:15:17.315-07:002016-04-27T05:15:17.315-07:00why?why?James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-40884721205961179842016-04-27T05:12:28.319-07:002016-04-27T05:12:28.319-07:00Are you sure this was the same test? I mean, I ca...Are you sure this was the same test? I mean, I can't imagine that if you stepped away any length that your performance would be that good. If so, than my years of cartridge hatred was misplaced. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-83423126849007419102016-04-26T22:08:57.732-07:002016-04-26T22:08:57.732-07:00Regarding the "dehydrated hot dog" book....Regarding the "dehydrated hot dog" book. Hubby just had to know If 4 sheets of 1/2 plywood would stop a 9mm bullet. (The author recommended the plywood to help "harden" a safe room.)<br /><br />Well, hubby tested it out today.....<br /><br />Total fail. The bullet went all the way through the 4 sheets of plywood. <br /><br />Idaho HomesteaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-60770132650484993932016-04-26T15:43:50.921-07:002016-04-26T15:43:50.921-07:00This will cheer you up.
https://www.youtube.com/w...This will cheer you up.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6omsDyFNlkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-38151041023148803182016-04-26T14:31:36.518-07:002016-04-26T14:31:36.518-07:00That guy sounds more intelligent than all the home...That guy sounds more intelligent than all the homeless guys I hang out with.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-70201560224068909432016-04-26T14:29:59.435-07:002016-04-26T14:29:59.435-07:00Sounds damn depressing. I should love it.Sounds damn depressing. I should love it.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-35504381956834411912016-04-26T14:27:43.225-07:002016-04-26T14:27:43.225-07:00Don't forget those dried hotdogs-fillers and s...Don't forget those dried hotdogs-fillers and salt in dried form. Yummmm.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-82015192615536227002016-04-26T14:26:31.244-07:002016-04-26T14:26:31.244-07:00The folks that rediscovered the Chinese wheelbarro...The folks that rediscovered the Chinese wheelbarrow, Low Tech Magazine I believe I'm remembering correctly, is a nice resource-and free.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-90057941764005482742016-04-26T14:24:27.307-07:002016-04-26T14:24:27.307-07:00These things mostly just pop into my head-I can...These things mostly just pop into my head-I can't claim I work hard conjuring them up.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-60539860328431312772016-04-26T14:20:20.657-07:002016-04-26T14:20:20.657-07:00What's a half a million between prepper friend...What's a half a million between prepper friends?:)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-42761328461149393792016-04-26T13:29:35.594-07:002016-04-26T13:29:35.594-07:00“It is far better to live in a small city and have...“It is far better to live in a small city and have a junk land retreat only a few miles away ( say, half a day’s bicycle ride-probably no more than 100 miles maximum ) than to live in a humongous urban super-city and have a groovy deluxe forty acre retreat with concrete fortress and babbling brook and pasture and woodlot and cows, but a thousand miles away.”<br /><br />That's because when financing the groovy deluxe 40 acre retreat James, you also have to factor in the financing of the $100K Cessna 152 bugout plane. Problem solved! Unless you're poor :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com