tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post4836073747890846215..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: peev2c14James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-12278210340135530002020-02-04T06:41:32.822-08:002020-02-04T06:41:32.822-08:00Feed store wheat. Not everyone is lucky enough to...Feed store wheat. Not everyone is lucky enough to live near one. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-77930366003499686262020-02-04T05:23:21.241-08:002020-02-04T05:23:21.241-08:00James, $100 for 400 lbs of wheat? Here in the SE ...James, $100 for 400 lbs of wheat? Here in the SE I'm looking at $0.83 per lb (which includes buckets and shipping at Walmart) It's a little cheaper at an LDS Cannery: $0.78/lb. Thanks for what you do.jwsugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00174383133619832153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-40070302025805272282020-02-03T07:13:11.835-08:002020-02-03T07:13:11.835-08:00Granted, I haven't read King Rat for some time...Granted, I haven't read King Rat for some time, but my recollection is that the American was ostracized at the end because of his embrace of money over basic human decency. It had nothing to do with class consciousness as the above states. Sounds like an analysis by a college freshman, an educated idiot. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-6100528019891867082020-02-03T07:06:57.256-08:002020-02-03T07:06:57.256-08:00KR, good enough to read two or three times. Highe...KR, good enough to read two or three times. Highest compliment for a book.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-71627849316338120332020-02-02T20:07:42.235-08:002020-02-02T20:07:42.235-08:00Interesting take on King Rat here:
https://books...Interesting take on King Rat here: <br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=rebq5IHSfkIC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=james+clavell+beri-beri&source=bl&ots=YS_jq-FKEp&sig=ACfU3U2z7BpAdJBNjLCafoqmQdTSXu9teA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKjf7Ov7TnAhUDUK0KHayXAcoQ6AEwAHoECBMQAQ#v=onepage&q=james%20clavell%20beri-beri&f=false<br /><br />I read it long ago, and never thought about any political line being pushed, rather, I just figured people did what they did, coping with their circumstances how they could. It was the same in my family and in people we knew, in my very poor childhood (actually middle-class until I was about 12 then it all went to shit) there developed sneak-thieves, whores, muggers, con men and women, Stoics, foragers, artists/crafters, etc. Generally each person was a few thing, once never sufficing and our needs were super-low with no internet or starbucks or telephone or anyone to write a letter to (saves on stamps) or need for much in the way of clothes or shoes (it was in Hawaii). <br /><br />Looking back, I only wish I'd had more of a clue that what I was experiencing was not an anomaly but reality, and had worked on my stealing and scamming skills more. alex carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458022111793552536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-87386998148524623842020-02-02T19:25:33.848-08:002020-02-02T19:25:33.848-08:00Thanks for the stimulus to read the Wik article on...Thanks for the stimulus to read the Wik article on James Clavell. I read King Rat and Shogun a long time ago. KR did indeed smack of personal experience. 1 in 15 in his Singapore prison survived. Brutal.daniel_dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399665251275194585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-48215818762108547282020-02-02T10:23:13.917-08:002020-02-02T10:23:13.917-08:00What DID happen to Hilton? LOLWhat DID happen to Hilton? LOLJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-7310740845947998712020-02-02T09:23:17.593-08:002020-02-02T09:23:17.593-08:00Last evening at the gym, I got into a deep discuss...Last evening at the gym, I got into a deep discussion with my amigo 'Joel' from Sinoloa Mexico.<br /><br />I claim the title 'cynic', Joel grew-up a realist.<br /><br />Independently, each of us concluded the flu, the Ukraine bankers, the oil, the politicians, the dog-catcher's new uniform, the mystery-meat fruit-cake twinks... all of it is a diversion.*<br /><br />If TheMainStreamMedia officially proclaim it, it is officially non-important.<br /><br />What are they not discussing?<br />And does it matter?<br /><br />And what happened to Paris Hilton?<br />She used to be absolutely everywhere!<br />But Kanye and Kim bought another Montana ranch.<br />I just know she's going to decorate in something mauve... it's so 'in' this year.<br />Trendy colors, they are so 'to die for'!<br /><br />*****<br /><br />One of my hobbies is going back a day or six, reading comments posted after articles on ,Rawles.<br />I see a lot of circle-jerking going on.<br />"N95 is 14% partially-ineffective in non-standardized researchical clinical trials on alternative Thursdays", and immediately, multiple comments offer hope only through TheLord©... and Costco.<br />Preppers.<br />Always good for a grin.<br /><br />footnote:<br />* but not Hunter Biden.<br />Watch this space for further developments.LargeMargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530497760743766465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-87881094007338519372020-02-02T09:04:59.219-08:002020-02-02T09:04:59.219-08:00I would have been in jail, if we had Minority Repo...I would have been in jail, if we had Minority Reports back thenJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-91834211060045194212020-02-02T07:48:57.491-08:002020-02-02T07:48:57.491-08:00“When I was making $25k in the mid 90's, and m...“When I was making $25k in the mid 90's, and my dear loving Baby Mamma was enjoying anal sex with my virgin bunghole, destroying me financially”.<br /><br /><br />I’m not suggesting that you should have killed the bitch. But Chris Rock would have understood :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com