tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post7558614118687908409..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: bulk buying 2 of 2James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-40749858848705055652018-05-04T17:51:46.739-07:002018-05-04T17:51:46.739-07:00Interesting-takes all kinds.Interesting-takes all kinds.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-29701890787123416112018-05-04T16:20:36.175-07:002018-05-04T16:20:36.175-07:00I’m not familiar with the Palestinian Rubber Sling...I’m not familiar with the Palestinian Rubber Sling, but it sounds like it’s worth looking in to. However, in my research on the slingbow, I did come across a product by the name of the Theraband, and in particular, the Theraband Gold. As the name implies, it’s a band, as opposed to a tubing. Many of the serious slingbow/slingshot enthusiasts speak highly of it (See questions/reviews in link below).<br /><br />I was somewhat surprised to see that there’s a fairly large community out there that are dedicated to hunting small game with the slingshots, and are rather effective at it as well. This was mostly in European countries, with poor gun rights, as one might expect. Up until recently, I always saw them as more or less a toy, that you could never expect any serious accuracy from, but these chaps managed to change my view on this. Below is a link for the Theraband Gold, if you were to choose to link it.<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Precut-Thera-Band-Gold-25-mils/dp/B0023X8D1UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-4249178339371180122018-05-04T10:47:25.328-07:002018-05-04T10:47:25.328-07:00Myself, I'm not aware of that. Anyone?Myself, I'm not aware of that. Anyone? James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-24218655276640004292018-05-04T10:11:01.461-07:002018-05-04T10:11:01.461-07:00Super interesting. What are you thoughts about the...Super interesting. What are you thoughts about the Palestinan Rubber Sling ? It seems that thing develops mads amounts of energy.Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-86726225533315284382018-05-04T09:29:40.728-07:002018-05-04T09:29:40.728-07:00Might explain why most graveyard workers are a bit...Might explain why most graveyard workers are a bit off :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-69040909338394216992018-05-04T09:27:33.561-07:002018-05-04T09:27:33.561-07:00Thanks for the heads up. Higher seems best.Thanks for the heads up. Higher seems best.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-5060925790405877022018-05-04T08:39:06.009-07:002018-05-04T08:39:06.009-07:00Not to create extra work for you, but it comes in ...Not to create extra work for you, but it comes in varying poundages. For the slingbow, if you wish to take larger game, you would need the heavy stuff. So this is probably what I will be purchasing. It matters not I suppose, for if it’s available at Amazon, I would buy through your links regardless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-74616651069517475502018-05-04T08:34:58.786-07:002018-05-04T08:34:58.786-07:00Thanks for the idea of the bulk neoprenre tubing-I...Thanks for the idea of the bulk neoprenre tubing-I'll add it to my bulk list for my next upgrade on the site.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-75544759777772923532018-05-04T08:33:42.193-07:002018-05-04T08:33:42.193-07:00Plus lighting in addition to the air filtration sy...Plus lighting in addition to the air filtration system in your own pit of doom.<br />You would go pscho in short order without light.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-10937286199633013662018-05-04T08:32:57.015-07:002018-05-04T08:32:57.015-07:00I think the best of us, trying to visualize this c...I think the best of us, trying to visualize this collapse thing, are mostly blinded by the entertainment. And you are right, I have a whole lot of visualizing gunning down migrants. Damn you for the reality check! :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-15221106843011368512018-05-04T08:17:14.052-07:002018-05-04T08:17:14.052-07:00>> Besides, people relate better to the thre...>> Besides, people relate better to the threat of revolutions. Collapse is too unrelateable. <br /><br />I agree, but that may be "counter-productive survivalism", like having a veggie patch in the middle of suburbia.<br /><br />True, it is easy to visualize how one day you'll be able (allowed) to shoot these asshole migrants with your AR-15 or whatever. it feeds on everyday hatred, on immediately available solutions (buying an AR-15) and on mass culture (The Walking Dead etc.)<br /><br />The problem is that this is not going happen. Collapse is the real issue, and while it's much harder to imagine, one has to make that mental effort because one's very life rests on it.<br /><br />If you were living in Detroit in the late 60's, and then the whole place shuts down, who do you shoot down ? And how does it help ? Do you wait until you opened your last can of food before you decide to move ?<br /><br />I'm afraid the "thrills" of survivalism (post-apocalyptic movies come to mind) over shadow the grim reality of civilisation collapse, that we have yet to visualize.Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-79511344654763438962018-05-04T08:09:16.426-07:002018-05-04T08:09:16.426-07:00I think it has to be taken in the context of the p...I think it has to be taken in the context of the popular culture perception of the zombie apocalypse, which is civilization collapse. The atomic survivialist is NOT prepared for economic collapse if his bunker is financed and he is in debt, right? Plus, I don't think you need math for civilization collapse, since imperial political collapse is rather steady at that 10 generations mark. Besides, people relate better to the threat of revolutions. Collapse is too unrelateable. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-1603066034604338382018-05-04T08:01:57.255-07:002018-05-04T08:01:57.255-07:00“Other than a Geiger counter, is there REALLY any ...“Other than a Geiger counter, is there REALLY any specialty equipment you need?”<br /><br /><br />Perhaps some Potassium Iodate? That seems like an item that would be good to have, and that you won’t be finding any of post collapse.<br /><br /><br />Had a quick glance at that BJ Campbell article. Looks good, and will definitely check it out.<br /><br /><br />I was more recently going through a lot of pencils (relearning Algebra). I noticed right off that every time you would go to sharpen them, that the lead would usually break if you tried to put a fine point on them. Quite often as you were using them, the lead would break off within the pencil, if you pressed even moderately hard on them. Remember those fat red pencils that we had as kids? Those things were built like a 2”x4”. GS is probably on to something with the carpenters pencils. Still, in that link that he provided, I saw for the same price, 150 of the standard pencils. I suppose that the question is, out of a 150 pencils, will the 150 standard pencils provide more value than the 6 carpenters pencils for the dollar?<br /><br />Speaking of bulk, I know that I will have to bite the bullet at some point and purchase some bulk neoprene tubing (an oil age product for sure, and yes, through your links) for my slingbow (my primitive weapon of choice). I’ll get a big roll of it, section it off into individual lengths, vacuum pack it, and store it in various places about the retreat. <br /><br />Elko MinionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-73331126827570049092018-05-04T07:12:41.784-07:002018-05-04T07:12:41.784-07:00Great find Dingo. I am grateful that such articles...Great find Dingo. I am grateful that such articles exist.<br /><br />Two things I'd like to add : <br />1. since the author works with statistics and adresses an uninformed audience, he chose more or less recent political events as the SHTF event. The problem, however, is not a "revolution" but civilisational collapse. Not the same data.<br /><br />2. No, the guy who prepares against zombies doesn't prepare for "anything" else. The atomic survivalist preparations are those who include all other scenarios, because you have to shield electronics, actually prepare to use very little of them (watching sitcoms on your old smartphone is the maximum use I can see), and you're prepared to filter THE VERY AIR you breathe.Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-6842910230630577742018-05-04T06:47:36.324-07:002018-05-04T06:47:36.324-07:00GS-no, good enough for me. Mechanical pencils are...GS-no, good enough for me. Mechanical pencils are off the list. Thanks.<br />Ave-Now that I'm thinking about it, mechanical pencils only have one advantage, when you can't get to a sharpener easily. Otherwise, probably a problem in search of a solution. Just another piece of gear to "walk away", as you say. :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-88789761083399185762018-05-04T06:44:09.753-07:002018-05-04T06:44:09.753-07:00I think a good guideline is if you can explain wha...I think a good guideline is if you can explain what the stuff is, without saying "doomsday". Everyone needs dozens of pencils the rest of their life, or you find something on a great sale. "Stockpiling for retirement" rather than "for the apocalypse". Other than a Geiger counter, is there REALLY any specialty equipment you need?James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-48496324895550314642018-05-04T06:40:42.919-07:002018-05-04T06:40:42.919-07:00Yep, thanks. Yep, thanks. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-17372504167384084502018-05-04T06:37:33.995-07:002018-05-04T06:37:33.995-07:00I did read that one-very well done. No doom porn ...I did read that one-very well done. No doom porn and no Ollie Optimist BS, either. Of course, he completely lost me on the math.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-90529920661661122712018-05-04T04:13:54.451-07:002018-05-04T04:13:54.451-07:00Pilfered this link from Woodpile report. It's ...Pilfered this link from Woodpile report. It's written by a hydrologist (FWIW I find that fascinating) and it goes over the math of SHTF. I thought that some of the assumptions not to my liking but take that with a grain of salt. <br /><br />Without further adieu<br /><br />https://medium.com/@bjcampbell/the-surprisingly-solid-mathematical-case-of-the-tin-foil-hat-gun-prepper-15fce7d10437 Medium - The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper or, “Who Needs an AR-15 Anyway?” ... a 37% chance that any American of average life expectancy will experience at least one nationwide violent revolution Dingonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-20362250973046600592018-05-03T20:39:23.074-07:002018-05-03T20:39:23.074-07:00I think that thing on the key is called a 'fob...I think that thing on the key is called a 'fob'. A key fob.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-17298111188887087822018-05-03T20:18:17.842-07:002018-05-03T20:18:17.842-07:00The problem is that such stuff gets "borrowed...The problem is that such stuff gets "borrowed" or lost or broken all the time. Ten mechanical pencils last about a year in those circumstances (although the one i use lasted for 16 years and still is in my bag... !)<br /><br />It's the same with lighters, they always end up "borrowed" or lost, forgotten etc.<br /><br />Of course it's not the same in a clear-cut collapse, but before we'll get there there will be increasingly more "borrowing" (which is collapse actually self-feeding itself with the loss of morals).Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46608602292769369062018-05-03T19:24:57.259-07:002018-05-03T19:24:57.259-07:00I used them a lot in the 70's and 80's for...I used them a lot in the 70's and 80's for design work. The only ones that were compatible to me were the .7mm cause the smaller ones the lead broke every 5 seconds. Pentel brand. They were out quick. The grip mechanism that advances the lead slips and is not fixable. Back then they were cheap, like $4 each so I always had a bunch laying around. Threw a bunch away too. Can't comment on other brands except the leads are very fragile.ghostsnipernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-80540944469605763212018-05-03T19:23:11.756-07:002018-05-03T19:23:11.756-07:00I, like most Minions bang our heads into a wall tr...I, like most Minions bang our heads into a wall trying to think what to stockpile by the butt load like a squirrel with so many nuts you forget where the hell you put them or impulse buy more to only realize you already had enough buried in your warehouse. Even with lists, rosters, it can be a heckuva balancing act. I think a bit of adaptability and improvisation, with problem solving skills will make up for not having enough of certain goods. Being a dufuss and dipstick with a bunker full of a whole lot of yuppie gear will not be the cure all/end all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-81040948880765844052018-05-03T18:40:06.987-07:002018-05-03T18:40:06.987-07:00Most excellent advice, thank you.Most excellent advice, thank you.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46450498776398355472018-05-03T18:39:19.251-07:002018-05-03T18:39:19.251-07:00Drat. In two weeks is the annual visit to the fol...Drat. In two weeks is the annual visit to the folks. It won't cost me much less than a case of ammo, but that is where the extra is going. They are older than dirt, I must visit while I can. Thanks for the link.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.com