tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post5995437662875535990..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: prepper tiers 2 of 4James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-26186221854411215692017-12-30T15:15:10.083-08:002017-12-30T15:15:10.083-08:00If you look at the original justification/proposal...If you look at the original justification/proposal, all the overpasses were supposed to be shelters. Obviously, the whole reason it was actually built was for military transportation purposes, the same reason semi's were favored over trains. More civilian trucks that could be drafted. But the huge costs were sold with the shelter excuse. Which were quietly dropped afterwards. And the costs were 16 times what was originally claimed, adjusted for inflation. So, Detroit sells it to DC as national defense, DC sells it to the taxpayers as personal protection and Detroit gives us the Edsel as a thank you. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-87670832303183053132017-12-30T12:24:28.579-08:002017-12-30T12:24:28.579-08:00“The Big Boy shelters were already in place prior....“The Big Boy shelters were already in place prior. If I have my facts wrong my conclusions obviously suffer, but that is what I can remember from long ago study.”<br /><br /><br />That actually sounds more logical to me. I’m going from memory, since it’s been a few months since I heard it on the radio, and I don’t have the link, so the details are sketchy to me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-81769597296162889902017-12-30T12:04:56.581-08:002017-12-30T12:04:56.581-08:00It was my understanding that 1) the Interstate sys...It was my understanding that 1) the Interstate system was sold as a larger shelter system, a corporate ( GM, Goodyear, Seven Sisters ) welfare program, and 2) shelters were really just a "excess population out and about who couldn't get home to their primary shelter". Since there weren't the insane numbers of people paid to shop at that time, I believe the shelters were limited by intent. The civilian shelters were allowed to rust and dust after funding dried up. The Big Boy shelters were already in place prior. If I have my facts wrong my conclusions obviously suffer, but that is what I can remember from long ago study.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-13704597258130112842017-12-30T11:51:31.918-08:002017-12-30T11:51:31.918-08:00Like a minion said, the bad taste of canned ground...Like a minion said, the bad taste of canned ground coffee is the same now as it is years from now. I would image the same as shortening will be.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-41447369753232739752017-12-30T10:53:44.271-08:002017-12-30T10:53:44.271-08:00Stuff going bad has taught us the lessons of rotat...Stuff going bad has taught us the lessons of rotation <br />Got tired of discovering things gone south. Coffee and freshness is important. Coffee even vacuum packed starts getting impotent right around two years. Which is why we drink two year old stuff. The unground beans supposedly are good for long term. <br />Like you, don't wanna go without mud of some sort.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-25067298369946899642017-12-30T10:18:25.725-08:002017-12-30T10:18:25.725-08:00The one time aspiring chandelier from above Jim. Y...The one time aspiring chandelier from above Jim. Yes, soy is an alternative, and it’s not any more costly than paraffin the last time I checked. I often make soy candles, but it’s a little trickier with the wick selection. I know that at one time certain wicks contained traces of lead, but I don’t know if any such wicks exist anymore. I find paraffin easier to work with. I personally feel that the dangers of the petroleum based paraffin is over-hyped, but that’s just me. <br /><br />I also made the comment about the Civil Defense Shelters above. My understanding is that the original intention (back when we still had a somewhat benevolent government, that actually cared about its citizens on some level) was to shelter a large percentage of Americans in the event of a nuclear strike. Obviously, it became apparent early on that this would not even be remotely possible. At that point, the elites said the hell with Joe and Susie Sixpack, and decided to keep the shelters for themselves. There was someone discussing this just recently on late night radio, and I failed to jot down the website, so unfortunately, I can’t provide a link at the moment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-17049366950842884562017-12-30T09:20:05.861-08:002017-12-30T09:20:05.861-08:00You are forgetting that lamp oil that is food oil ...You are forgetting that lamp oil that is food oil will be in too short of supply to NOT eat. When calories count ( a situation that Greece was NOT seeing 40 years ago ), you don't waste them on lighting. The lamp above would be after a surplus was available again, or from stocked petrol products.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-63869200657289358962017-12-30T08:36:21.700-08:002017-12-30T08:36:21.700-08:00Okay, you're excused. Without coffee, I can&#...Okay, you're excused. Without coffee, I can't imagine an apocalypse worth living. I don't rotate-but then, all the old stuff from fifteen years ago is in metal cans, not the crap cardboard. That stash is only four years old. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-84576033200317832362017-12-30T08:19:40.970-08:002017-12-30T08:19:40.970-08:00Making your own wick is over at
www.endtimesrepor...Making your own wick is over at <br />www.endtimesreport.com<br />The Kerosene Survivalist Dude. Basically you soak cotton string in salt and borax-check out the illumination section. He also rated kero lamps and sells rolls of lamp wicks at about a buck a foot. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-91637428101187113942017-12-30T08:17:07.301-08:002017-12-30T08:17:07.301-08:00While working in rural Greece about forty years ag...While working in rural Greece about forty years ago, we burned olive oil by floating a wick in it. Worked well. Any oil-type fluid does the job, even rendered bear fat. It helps to be shown how to support the wick and how to float the wick support, but I end here. <br /><br />Goodness people, show some initiative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-54243847556105511142017-12-30T08:10:10.795-08:002017-12-30T08:10:10.795-08:00Been making candles for years: of course you can r...Been making candles for years: of course you can reuse the 'tabs,' as you call them. Just push out the crimp with anything shaped like an ice pick. Eventually they will split and be more difficult to re-use, but you can get several uses out of each. The purpose of the 'tab' is to hold the wick upright. There are other, gonzo, ways of doing that, but a few thousand 'tabs' are just a few dollars.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-80545417920659752182017-12-30T07:09:54.643-08:002017-12-30T07:09:54.643-08:00Ha ha, two years worth of vacuum packed which gets...Ha ha, two years worth of vacuum packed which gets rotated.<br />Then we have buckets of beans in mylar and oxy absorbers...not a lifetimes worth , but...<br />Not to mention the available local plants which have caffeine...<br />Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-41139271146835237302017-12-30T06:01:05.344-08:002017-12-30T06:01:05.344-08:00Okay, sorry, just saw a reference for bio-diesel. ...Okay, sorry, just saw a reference for bio-diesel. Now I get what you were saying about the Forever Light ( minus the wick ). Store two or three years of kero to factor in getting a crop started, and a lifetime worth of wick and you are good. Still thinking about an article on it.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-13297284084532052292017-12-30T05:24:31.359-08:002017-12-30T05:24:31.359-08:00Remember, most serious infrastructure build stoppe...Remember, most serious infrastructure build stopped along with the economy, even for the elite. All the funding gets drawn off for the parasite class instead ( instead of just into building ). Also, they are really short sighted. You don’t make a profit otherwise. I can’t see them planning past a year, if that.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-63335974130008705752017-12-30T05:10:16.686-08:002017-12-30T05:10:16.686-08:00Did you mention that article I read on knapping gl...Did you mention that article I read on knapping glass? Seemed like a waste. A piece of sheet metal would get you a longer lived unit. Anyway, no. No time to get into top tier details. Well, no time for FUN stuff.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-25646184052380209902017-12-30T05:05:12.436-08:002017-12-30T05:05:12.436-08:00Not sure how you could store enough kerosene for f...Not sure how you could store enough kerosene for forever lighting. How many drums would you need? Not a bad idea-the quality illumination would also give some good heat, but have you done the calculations? How long does a gallon last, and how many barrels per Xyears. It would seem cheaper to buy multiple LED high lumen lanterns and lots and lots of batteries and panels. You would need extra batts for the high lumen as they draw down really fast and you go from weeks to days per charge, but it still seems far cheaper. Actually, I might do an article on that.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-77451834057505704832017-12-29T23:32:57.565-08:002017-12-29T23:32:57.565-08:00Great leader your hair is shining today. Bees wax ...Great leader your hair is shining today. Bees wax candles are the best and they are healthy. Typical ones in the store are a petroleum by product and the fumes from them are bad so limit their use and look for or make bees wax candles. Your hair will thank you. Speedgenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450810722559241644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-81930207966529096502017-12-29T20:55:06.391-08:002017-12-29T20:55:06.391-08:00Candles, schmandles. Good, but go with better whil...Candles, schmandles. Good, but go with better while you have a choice. On free-antenna t.v. the western series that are from mid-last century(50's-60's for us elders of the clan) used input from really old tymers or book smarts. They always had lanterns. Kerosene, or even modern #2 diesel in a pinch in a decent built lantern-minus wicks is forever gun stuff. Duetsch-Optik in Fernley,Nevada has the kit (fuel cans too!) Stable in a transport, long time lighting, more fire safe. (House fires out the ass in cities from STUPIDITY with candles and space heaters-duh!) AGAIN, WE WANT TO MOVE UP TO TIER 4, OR GOODY JESUS! TIER 5, GO PRO, OR STAY OFF THE NET. Thanxs again Jim, nice hair for the holidays-well done as usual. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-54132486724740576062017-12-29T20:34:18.551-08:002017-12-29T20:34:18.551-08:00I hope you spend the bulk of the time on Tier 8-10...I hope you spend the bulk of the time on Tier 8-10. Talking about fun stuff like flaking broadheads out of abandoned glass bottles and stuff :-)<br />Peace outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-13555004675013814662017-12-29T18:45:49.708-08:002017-12-29T18:45:49.708-08:00I don’t think that you can reuse the tabs Jim, bec...I don’t think that you can reuse the tabs Jim, because they’re crimped well around the wick. You might have better luck using glue gun glue to glue the new wick to the side of the old tab. One little trick that learned, if you had to, was to drill or poke a hole in the candle and simply insert the wick into the hole. In other words, you could pour the candle, and insert the wick afterwards. <br /><br />Candles will be the future of lighting, as flintlocks will be the future of firearms, as hot air balloons the future of aviation, as sailboats the future sea travel, etc, and so on. But no one here will likely see this in our lifetimes.<br /><br />I’m of the opinion that the elites are well stocked for many generations to come in their subterranean bunkers, and might even have various factories set up, including tech, ready to go to start things off again following the die off. Not that anyone here would benefit from this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-36707893347416942382017-12-29T18:16:34.482-08:002017-12-29T18:16:34.482-08:00I haven't been in a Dollar Tree in two or thre...I haven't been in a Dollar Tree in two or three years, but I just watched a video on a recent trip for prep supplies ( the nurse that did the fish antibiotics warning vid ). The tall glass ones are very similar to the grocery store Latino religious candles, and at only a dollar each. If you are getting the wicks at Amazon they have a hundred feet of uncut wick and a hundred of those little metal tabs, for about $6. Reuse the tabs ( can you? ) and cut the wicks for 6 inches and you have 200 candles for $6, plus the cost of the wax. Not sure about a cheap source there.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-88727894182026898092017-12-29T17:22:29.704-08:002017-12-29T17:22:29.704-08:00Cheap dollar store candles are a wise future inves...Cheap dollar store candles are a wise future investment for when the time comes that solar is no longer an option. As a one time aspiring chandelier (yes, it’s an actual occupation, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you enjoy failed business ventures) I’ve learned a few things about candle making along the way. You want to try and get all the same types of candles. For example, pillar candles use much stiffer wax than container candles, and I’d recommend making container candles. Also, when remaking candles, get jars all the same size so that you can use all the same size wick. Different size jars use different size wicks so you want to avoid that. It’s easy to recycle candle wax, as there is always left over wax after you burn up a candle. Save it all and melt it all together to make future candles.<br /><br />Alternately, you could burn blubber in a tin using a simple cotton strip twisted into a wick, as did the Eskimos. I’ll bet that Crisco vegetable shortening (the white grease version of Crisco) would work like a charm as well.<br /><br />Scavenge any and all bedroom set mirrors that you can. I can’t tell you how many of these mirrors we have given away over the years. One on each side of the room, with one or more candles placed in front of it, creates a good reflector, and increases your lightning to noticeable levels. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-56097377589919935742017-12-29T13:12:50.174-08:002017-12-29T13:12:50.174-08:00Yes, unless you are playing friday night-"no ...Yes, unless you are playing friday night-"no lights" as training exercise, prior to spooling up to the big game( Not watching national felon league). And of also always doing McGyver things (the original series-of course) you are not, contrary to what your fat wives commend you on, not a tier 4 or by god a tier 5 SUVIVALIST. PERIOD. Flush out your helmets and seek (Wiser/not paid doctoral) help for your shortcomings and lackings. Not that this is life or death topics here, just saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-91200281187411468072017-12-29T11:08:39.043-08:002017-12-29T11:08:39.043-08:00Just being contrary. I imagine if no one else sof...Just being contrary. I imagine if no one else soft-sold, I would. :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-40237277587851244282017-12-29T09:48:28.486-08:002017-12-29T09:48:28.486-08:00Ah, fusion, the grant money that keeps on giving.Ah, fusion, the grant money that keeps on giving.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.com