tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post8868956401440824821..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: half and half 2 of 3James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-40082168102971706222016-09-08T05:22:01.441-07:002016-09-08T05:22:01.441-07:00Burning Man. Waste resources to go demonstrate ho...Burning Man. Waste resources to go demonstrate how groovy and Tree Hugger you are. 20 years ago you were invited if you were weird. Not enough money in that, I suppose. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-77465830662983903982016-09-08T05:16:17.990-07:002016-09-08T05:16:17.990-07:00"everything is VULNERABLE". Sorry, no c..."everything is VULNERABLE". Sorry, no coffee yet this morningJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-41700917581549470522016-09-08T05:15:07.280-07:002016-09-08T05:15:07.280-07:00Everything is valuable to government manipulation....Everything is valuable to government manipulation. I'm only urging caution on focusing on just one threat. For instance, putting all your money into semi's or mags right now.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-29932129207010923312016-09-07T17:27:59.357-07:002016-09-07T17:27:59.357-07:00The petroleum based plastic for underwear could be...The petroleum based plastic for underwear could be, if not outlawed totally, made by legislative fiat from new bio-degradable materials so that it falls apart after 3 days usage or 3 months on the shelf. Older elastic that actually lasts multiple months when worn may end up being valuable. Or not. <br />The point is that the future luxury goods to use for trade are very very variable. Coffee could be outlawed, or require FDA tax stamps - possession of un-stamped coffee could end up being illegal. Or Cocaine could be legalized loosing half its street value. <br />Cash, precious metals, and luxury goods are all very vulnerable to government manipulation in one way or another. <br />Don't get more than a minimal base-line (a comfortable amount of times property taxes perhaps) until all the goods you could ever use have been stored away safely. JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-86197433269987768312016-09-07T15:15:44.608-07:002016-09-07T15:15:44.608-07:00Thin 100% wool pants keep your polypro long underw...Thin 100% wool pants keep your polypro long underwear from catching fire/getting spark-holes around camp. Thin wool dries faster than thick wool. If it's raining/misty, pull plastic/gore-tex pants over wool, remove after after water stops. <br /><br />I've spent a lot of time in misty wet deadly-cool (31-40 F) pnw forests as well as picking the urban yuppie sporty free piles. This week has been great for the stuff, with Burning Man dust! <br /><br />pdxr13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-87171677514485069472016-09-07T08:43:48.630-07:002016-09-07T08:43:48.630-07:00I added a comment to today's article too late ...I added a comment to today's article too late for prior posting. Kroger, sugar, 5k calories a buck.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-53411306414020780252016-09-07T08:40:54.466-07:002016-09-07T08:40:54.466-07:00Asian-food and delicious are not two words I'd...Asian-food and delicious are not two words I'd string together. There was a reason they used night soil in their fields. It didn't make the food taste any worse. :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-45508927308549293862016-09-06T17:33:24.488-07:002016-09-06T17:33:24.488-07:00sounds like the delicious peanut noodles from asi...sounds like the delicious peanut noodles from asian restaurants. look for recipes on internet.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-84137749303875442522016-09-06T16:28:28.470-07:002016-09-06T16:28:28.470-07:00I actually had good luck with the thrift stores in...I actually had good luck with the thrift stores in my area with the pants sizes, and I have about a 36” to 38” waist. As far as the sweaters go, that's probably a good guess. They're probably easier to manufacture due to their loose weave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-85176416468326082352016-09-06T16:17:07.160-07:002016-09-06T16:17:07.160-07:00Ok today you hit the nail on the head on the petro...Ok today you hit the nail on the head on the petro dollar being the biggest threat. But I have said in the past that when it happens "The world will reset with EMP's world wide"now even if that doesn't happen gold and silver isn't cash the government won't accept it. A man with a food surplus has All others by the balls rich or poor.Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-54683836008685437842016-09-06T16:07:25.511-07:002016-09-06T16:07:25.511-07:00When I was thin as a rail I could buy slacks at th...When I was thin as a rail I could buy slacks at the thrift store. Once my metabolism slowed and I went up waist sizes they no longer carried my size. As if when your gut goes out you are supposed to get shorter. I wonder if wool sweaters are cheaper because it uses a thicker, courses strand rather than a more fine, processed thread?James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-77485888086235688882016-09-06T15:58:42.926-07:002016-09-06T15:58:42.926-07:00Yes, not all wool products are expensive James. Yo...Yes, not all wool products are expensive James. You can still get the sweaters cheaper than the shirts for some reason. Also, pants are very reasonable at a thrift store, and they're often 100% wool pants. The only drawback is that they're of the thin dress slack variety, and not the tough as nails outdoors slacks. I got 2 pairs of 100% wool slacks that looked like they were never worn for $7 each, and that I'm sure retailed for $100 new.<br /><br />I understand not wanting to pay new for anything, but unfortunately for me, it's tough to find shirts in my size due to my longer than normal arms. I saw a Pendleton wool shirt in the thrift store one time. These shirts are over a $100 new. But of course it was too small for me.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074851290743440661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-38911184479799684322016-09-06T15:38:06.247-07:002016-09-06T15:38:06.247-07:00Hmm, perhaps outlaw underwear as all the cotton la...Hmm, perhaps outlaw underwear as all the cotton land is turned to consumables? :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-26343285890930009842016-09-06T15:30:38.122-07:002016-09-06T15:30:38.122-07:00I do a lot of overstocking to a stupid level. Whe...I do a lot of overstocking to a stupid level. When I had a source in the thrift store, back when we got good donations rather than trash because the dump charges a WHOLE $5 for a load, I bought every ugly wool sweater available. I'm talking hideous. You wouldn't wear them to a X-Mas party to win a contest. I have enough wool sweaters for the rest of my life. Apply that to a LOT of consumer items. I couldn't imagine paying full retail for anything.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-7843641253517102612016-09-06T14:35:35.777-07:002016-09-06T14:35:35.777-07:00“You can’t eat gold, nor can you eat currency. Bu...“You can’t eat gold, nor can you eat currency. But you also can’t survive in today’s world without some gold or cash.”<br /><br /><br /><br />I've given this a lot of thought James, and as long as I have some 30 odd years (Roughly the number of years that I have left if I'm lucky) of wheat, beans, rice, other storable foods, and thrift store clothes, technically, I could live out the rest of my years with only enough currency to pay my property taxes. It wouldn't be much fun, and by the end, I will have read every book in my library multiple times, but it would be doable, unless of course the government imposes additional taxes on living. <br /><br />But basically, that's my bare minimum plan. Enough for property taxes with a little extra, and the rest in preps.<br /><br />On another related note, have you noticed just how much wool shirts have gone up over the years? I remember when I was a younger guy in the 80's, you could pick up top brands for $40 all day long. Now some of you might be saying that $40 was a lot of money in the 80's. But I don't remember the cringe factor at the price of a $40 shirt then, the same way I do now for the same shirt at over a $100.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-1058667981469488202016-09-06T10:34:03.638-07:002016-09-06T10:34:03.638-07:00Goods are for yourself- fulfill your own needs to ...Goods are for yourself- fulfill your own needs to the absolute maximum with the goods you will need and use. <br />Then, and only then, begin caring about things like trade goods and currency. If you can use a good, so can someone else- that doesn't mean that they will necessarily give you a value equal to what you paid for the good, but something of some lesser value is possible.<br />Trade goods are goods beyond any you or your immediate descendants could ever hope or plan to use up (like tobacco for a non-tobacco user). <br />You want enough cash, and precious metals after cash, to pay your foreseeable property taxes before you invest in any other sort of trade goods. Cash will inflate away to nothing eventually so don't hold too much of it. Precious metals will always have an overhead cost associated with turning them into usable value, and may risk loss, theft/taxation, or seizure under some circumstances - especially coin and bullion.<br />After the precious metal comes the consumable addiction luxury goods of every sort from chocolate and coffee, alcohol and tobacco, illegal drugs, to comfortable shoes and elastic and silk for underwear... The value of such goods is highly speculative and variable as is the risk of holding the goods (what do you want to bet that the good wont be outlawed even if currently legal?)JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-34416144098734582602016-09-06T07:31:42.329-07:002016-09-06T07:31:42.329-07:00Another blog I follow, says Ramen and Peanut Butte...Another blog I follow, says Ramen and Peanut Butter mixed up is as good as sex. Can't verify that but it might not be that bad. Says you add about 3 big spoons of pb to the ramen and then add the boiling water. I was hoping someone else would be the first to try it and report back.Morongobillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423986732712894214noreply@blogger.com