tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post1300333143242842645..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: retreat decayJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-86097552410984767392017-03-30T05:35:44.246-07:002017-03-30T05:35:44.246-07:00Thanksgiving until last weekend I had to leave the...Thanksgiving until last weekend I had to leave the homestead on its own. I had thought that I would have one more trip to finish putting everything away well, unfortunately that wasn't so (I really need to get a snow plow for the truck). Anyways last weekend I made it back- sure enought several things had been knocked out of place by high winds, and erosion managed to take some bites out of several excavations I hadn't finished shoring up. But overall it was nowhere near as bad as I had thought. Once again we got mice in the trailer that we got to take care of somehow (they are IMMUNE to the poison baits you can get over the counter, and we wont put out a cat due to allergies and our not wanting to feed the coyotes) probably with traps.<br />This weekend I plan to finish cleaning up, and get ready to resume the building with supplies I have on hand. Hopefully I can pay off the medical and other bills accrued this winter and get more supplies soon.<br />But yes leaving any place unattended, even if you visit frequently, you will find that things do get visited by entropy in lots of ways. Everything from rodents to insects to bears could investigate and abuse what you leave behind. And that doesn't even mention our fellow humans (meth heads to punk kids, to public officials) and the effects of weather and time.JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-69604483399123512862017-03-30T05:30:35.624-07:002017-03-30T05:30:35.624-07:00People stay indoors with heat/AC, then move to oth...People stay indoors with heat/AC, then move to other areas, never really acclimatizing. You can get used to living in any climate-it's what we were designed to do. After a time you have few issues and can't see what all the fuss was about. Preppers thinking they will die in the South seem to forget folks lived there centuries before AC-and will long after it. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-56465319109400939432017-03-30T04:35:35.429-07:002017-03-30T04:35:35.429-07:00I think I would rather deal with no humidity vs. h...I think I would rather deal with no humidity vs. high humidity, just for comforts sake. I live and breath in Land of Perspiration Incontinence and it just sucks if climate control environment is not present. Acclimatize - if you live long enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-12547210360120545862017-03-29T17:50:40.287-07:002017-03-29T17:50:40.287-07:00Great I anticipate reading it.Great I anticipate reading it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07770253240791516614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-13913093327041677222017-03-29T15:41:29.141-07:002017-03-29T15:41:29.141-07:00Thanks, but I earmarked a different brand with bet...Thanks, but I earmarked a different brand with better rating. 10 amp is $10, 30 amp is $15, I'll order a combination to equal $35 for free shipping.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-63659099920443044782017-03-29T15:38:48.530-07:002017-03-29T15:38:48.530-07:00Practice is good, makes for perfect.Practice is good, makes for perfect.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-12366854695085068532017-03-29T15:32:53.900-07:002017-03-29T15:32:53.900-07:00My mother grew up on a Cattle Property (Australian...My mother grew up on a Cattle Property (Australian lingo). They're huge, bigger than some European countries.<br /><br />One thing I recall her telling me is that she was told that when her older sister and her greeted any visitor they were to do so with a .22 under their arms. (They were young girls)<br /><br />I've got some pictures from the old days with my uncle standing over a Bull he'd shot with a .303 The rifle is as big as he was. LOLDingonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-7212100633091369252017-03-29T15:11:48.504-07:002017-03-29T15:11:48.504-07:00It's funny that todays article talks about flo...It's funny that todays article talks about flooding issues. Here in my neck of the woods we have impending heavy rainfall (well it's already started).<br /><br />Now I've been here before (same town similar water issues), but in a different house this time but envisage similar problems.<br /><br />Anyways - The Police Commissioner for the state said "If I were running a business I'd close at 12 at the latest", "Peak hour is going to be a nightmare", "Schools are closed" & "Some public transport is going to close down". <br /><br />I think of the problems as Prep practice. It's not TEOTWAWKI or WROL nor SHTF but it is stressful & there are problems / dangers to address. <br /><br />Dingonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-86753845530673812912017-03-29T15:02:35.495-07:002017-03-29T15:02:35.495-07:00Around here the carcass will be gone in a month th...Around here the carcass will be gone in a month the smell though will linger six months.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-89194982438126533432017-03-29T14:58:12.162-07:002017-03-29T14:58:12.162-07:00Meh , ya get used to it. Never have dry scaly skin...Meh , ya get used to it. Never have dry scaly skin though.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-78125115251372437182017-03-29T13:43:43.373-07:002017-03-29T13:43:43.373-07:00https://www.amazon.com/Docooler-Controller-Battery...https://www.amazon.com/Docooler-Controller-Battery-Regulator-Protection/dp/B00L37KZI6/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cp_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00L37KZI6&pd_rd_r=YMXAQ5H0WD981GWZSKWX&pd_rd_w=H5OSb&pd_rd_wg=ZwkxM&psc=1&refRID=YMXAQ5H0WD981GWZSKWXGary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-77127159231298074812017-03-29T12:45:03.957-07:002017-03-29T12:45:03.957-07:00Good call. I just finished writing next weeks ser...Good call. I just finished writing next weeks series that touches on the temporary nature of most retreats.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-9942562402547672082017-03-29T12:41:34.659-07:002017-03-29T12:41:34.659-07:00Has anyone read up on the average time of decay fo...Has anyone read up on the average time of decay for the dead, say from old battlefields?James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-85079405701340020882017-03-29T12:29:51.100-07:002017-03-29T12:29:51.100-07:00NOTE!!!
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!!!!
DROP WHAT YO...NOTE!!!<br />IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!!!!<br />DROP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT FRIGGIN NOW!!!<br />ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Kroger grocery stores, or at least the local one, is having a markdown on a closeout item. The white can generic ground coffee, regularly $5 is now $4. I would imagine they are reducing the net weight in the can if not just eliminating that choice of coffee altogether. 20% reduction plus whatever price difference the future will bring. Just remember the last time I told you about a closeout, the generic shortening. That replacement was double the price so I hope you listened to me then. Now might be a good time to start. I spent close to a third of my monthly food budget taking every can they offered ( which is why you stock up on sales, to have the money free to buy even more sales, a self-perpetuating cycle of wonderfulness ). I NEVER need anything at the store except produce and that is the cheap stuff anyway-potatoes and cabbage, and hence only buy the sales. Spending that much of the monthly budget doesn’t hurt since I don’t NEED anything else that month.<br />( this message will repeat tomorrow for those hosers that don't read the comments )James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-52469893759237914872017-03-29T10:30:53.518-07:002017-03-29T10:30:53.518-07:00It's a little more than a stretch to believe g...It's a little more than a stretch to believe gazillions of people are gonna go from their McMansion to their cozy cabin in the woods just like that. You either live it or die it, and I suspect a whole lot of the latter will occur when the shit goes down.<br /><br />Not having access to stores is a big one, that keeps people's minds on a 30 second cycle, unable to reach out mentally beyond their fingertips. You have to plan ahead and think about tomorrow out here in the woods and that has been bred out of the Urbanians.<br /><br />The ones that do survive the initial burn-off will be culled in the first hard winter. Low temperatures are very harsh and more so to the ill prepared. The first spring after the splash will show this country in a modified demographic and lots of dead bodies needing tending to. If they don't know how to properly care for live bodies off-grid then they surely won't know what to do with the dead ones. Ever try to dig a hole in frozen earth? When the earth warms in March and April they don't make good fertilizer either. Who knows what sort of contagions will be summoned in bulk? Disease will further reduce the population through that first summer after. And then winter all over again.<br /><br />If you have enough ammo and resources to get through the first 6 months after the implosion it will most likely get easier for you if you are already out here. Less people = less problems. The smartest of those that survive will learn that being kind to, but wary of, your fellow man is the way we were always meant to be. A live friend is better than a dead enemy because with the latter you both lose something. ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-36704176126619908742017-03-29T09:52:05.129-07:002017-03-29T09:52:05.129-07:00Yeah , I know all about retreats and maintenance i...Yeah , I know all about retreats and maintenance issues building up in your absence . My place is just starting to look better again. Ma keeps asking when I'm gonna start on the motor home project again....<br />Yet ya know , when you go from Bison level of fitness to a total wheelbarrow case instantly...Well suffice to say the road back has been slow.<br />Sorry to hear of all the preventable costs. As you say tho , the price we pay for absence.<br />Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-32547825607296690642017-03-29T09:14:10.713-07:002017-03-29T09:14:10.713-07:00Many times I hear of people in the Prepper communi...Many times I hear of people in the Prepper community talk of bugging out somewhere safe, yet what I have seen was either their proposed BOL was too far way to be of real practical use or not any more secure then where their current home is, The idea that the BOL is typically set up with others in the local prepper group creates even more issues, yes these people are "like minded" yet none have any practical experience in really anything that a Apocalypse would expose and I figure most would self destruct in short order due to the extensive mental taxing of a uncontrolled situation that lasted more then 30 days. In my opinion it is better not to leave 1/2 of my supplies and mental comfort of being in my own home in familiar surroundings to entering a friends today, enemies tomorrow situation of a group that has not spent a tremendous amount of time together in close quarters. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07770253240791516614noreply@blogger.com