tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post992640116972858001..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: mrs tool manJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-54205685380917938842017-03-30T15:18:20.946-07:002017-03-30T15:18:20.946-07:00I can't say if you were right or wrong, I'...I can't say if you were right or wrong, I'd have to look it up, but you obviously know more than I by researching the source material.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-75990924050388450422017-03-30T11:42:45.085-07:002017-03-30T11:42:45.085-07:00I'm gonna guess that the thousand year old Ara...I'm gonna guess that the thousand year old Arabian book was The Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun. A fascinating read, and there's a relatively modern English translation in soft cover. He was one of the first historiographers, rather than historians, i.e, trying to explain not only WHAT happened with the rise and decline of civilizations, but WHY - looking at overarching patterns rather than just recording the news of his day.<br />His was the brilliant concept that nations and organizations go 'senile' after 4 generations: 1st are the builders who can create (say, Conrad Hilton,) 2nd come the managers who can run an enterprise but lack the drive to expand it competently, then 3rd are the consumers who cannibalize the declining structure and feather their personal beds with sponged-off assets, and 4th/last are the next crop of terminal idiots who have no effective talents at all, yet they arrive when all the previous value has been consumed already and have - nothing but a famous brand name (Paris Hilton. Maybe even Tiffany Trump, too.)<br /><br />He also brilliantly short-circuits faith in astrology by running it backwards as an experiment: So, if the location of planets controls people's fortunes and fates, then (despite medieval Islamics having built some mathematically accurate astro-NOMICAL tools) we don't need observatories. All we have to do is ask a bunch of people what their birth date is and how their day has been going. Sample enough people in this way and, if astrology is working, you can then deduce the position of, say, Saturn. OTOH, he says, if this sounds like BS to you, then by extension astrology must be equally improbable...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-62636550993832336572017-02-01T14:21:20.365-08:002017-02-01T14:21:20.365-08:00Best to believe the right is full of baby killers ...Best to believe the right is full of baby killers and women beaters.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-51354977882592025292017-02-01T14:20:00.256-08:002017-02-01T14:20:00.256-08:00I should splurge and buy a new one for $60, but th...I should splurge and buy a new one for $60, but that is the same price as three 10 year battery watches and I can't see living to 82. Yes, we are speaking of post-collapse watches, but there are too many cheap alternatives to splurge.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-54006336290933731272017-02-01T12:43:35.352-08:002017-02-01T12:43:35.352-08:00Seiko 5 Automatic. I've gotten a small pile fo...Seiko 5 Automatic. I've gotten a small pile for $5 or less. The old (1960's) ones are great, and worth having cleaned/serviced. <br /><br />pdxr13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-11773595072040808842017-02-01T12:38:49.189-08:002017-02-01T12:38:49.189-08:00Idaho is already full of churchy R-voters, except ...Idaho is already full of churchy R-voters, except Boise/Spokane and coffee-suburbs. <br /><br />Portland protestors tell me that Idaho is run by racist skinheads and NAZI's. They look at me sideways when I tell them that at least half of their alleged-racists are on a federal agency payroll as a CI or Agent. <br /><br />pdxr13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-43049631592660072182017-02-01T09:42:00.994-08:002017-02-01T09:42:00.994-08:00I think I tried that authors WWII book and didn...I think I tried that authors WWII book and didn't care for it. But I did put another one of his on my KU wishlist to try out, just in case. Thanks.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-66778513423833976802017-02-01T09:37:53.830-08:002017-02-01T09:37:53.830-08:00There is one school of thought that Hitler believe...There is one school of thought that Hitler believed Russia would attack eventually and so was forced to attack. And that siding with Japan would lead them to attack Russia in Siberia hence allowing no reinforcements in the west. Even if true, not the most brilliant strategy. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-8862590084103513552017-02-01T09:16:00.369-08:002017-02-01T09:16:00.369-08:00PS-
this author has a whole bunch of free no DMR ...PS- <br />this author has a whole bunch of free no DMR available ebooks for download a lot about alternative history including one about ww2 done differently.<br />http://www.chrishanger.net/freebooks/Freebooks.htmlJJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-75769076956067580872017-02-01T09:13:59.830-08:002017-02-01T09:13:59.830-08:00War against russia and against the US doomed him. ...War against russia and against the US doomed him. The russian manpower on his border and the unreachable productive factories of the US made it so that he was F'd the moment he was in a war against both, and when the two started working together? it was all over but the crying. IF instead he had told the world that Japans attack against the US made them the agressors and thus he felt no need to engage in war against the US, and if he had let stalin stew a little longer (until spring) before going after Russia, he might have had a chance. <br />But he was a military dunce or nut case.JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-16241042872720732602017-02-01T07:08:15.396-08:002017-02-01T07:08:15.396-08:00The auto wind watch experiment died after I broke ...The auto wind watch experiment died after I broke it. Yes, I knew it was cheap Chinese crap. I just was experimenting. I still have the thing-it is just hard to read as the glass is webbed. I'll still be able to use it as necessary. I just won't spend the $100 needed to buy a higher quality piece. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-42110479274769725582017-02-01T07:00:49.360-08:002017-02-01T07:00:49.360-08:00I was factoring in used plus $4 postage. Is yours...I was factoring in used plus $4 postage. Is yours worse?James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-82488277349353063812017-02-01T06:59:58.815-08:002017-02-01T06:59:58.815-08:00Hitler was a political genius and a military moron...Hitler was a political genius and a military moron. He was already at war with Britain and should have focused on the middle east for his oil rather than Russia. If he had pressed on at Dunkirk then turned to Suez it would have probably worked.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-51325322667468090272017-02-01T05:27:50.936-08:002017-02-01T05:27:50.936-08:00The point is that if one has one or the other sort...The point is that if one has one or the other sort of toughness it will be hard for them in the future. If they don't have either sort of toughness the best they can hope for is servant status, but more likely will be a slave or dead. Have at least one sort of toughness and your chances of having some survival chance and/or some sort of status go way up. Look at ww2 Churchill and Roosevelt - physically soft or crippled, but mentally tough enough to take on and beat the Nazis (with Stalin's help, because Hitler was an idiot...)JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-3148565317168783072017-02-01T01:34:00.794-08:002017-02-01T01:34:00.794-08:00Saturday, May 10, 2014 - auto watch
Post idea - a...Saturday, May 10, 2014 - auto watch<br /><br />Post idea - an update of your thoughts from yesteryear? <br /><br />I can't find the link but I read a story about a Hermit in Maine who managed to stay hidden for 27 years. It wasn't an enviable existence. Anyways he'd break into peoples homes at night to source supplies (food etc). What I'm going on about is that he kept a close eye on the time because he'd have to ensure that he made it back to his well hidden camp before light. Dingonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-52490888272784155162017-01-31T18:02:40.300-08:002017-01-31T18:02:40.300-08:00Postage is the killer Postage is the killer Dingonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-698962587951292042017-01-31T16:15:23.560-08:002017-01-31T16:15:23.560-08:00I don't know if AmazonOz is different, but I c...I don't know if AmazonOz is different, but I can buy a used paper copy for about $2 less than the Kindle version. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-57458143777288455912017-01-31T16:12:03.744-08:002017-01-31T16:12:03.744-08:00I use "marshmallow" more in the mental t...I use "marshmallow" more in the mental than the physical sense, in this instance.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-51645963861449913782017-01-31T16:11:09.652-08:002017-01-31T16:11:09.652-08:00All right! Let's all move to Idaho! AND vote...All right! Let's all move to Idaho! AND vote Republican! James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-63486808319235958072017-01-31T13:50:25.831-08:002017-01-31T13:50:25.831-08:00Excellent article.
With any luck all our preps a...Excellent article. <br /><br />With any luck all our preps and paranoia are for naught. Although personal TEOTWAWKI scenarios will always be a strong possibility. Personal fitness and mental resilience serve well SHTF or not<br /><br />I read that millennials were surveyed and the vast majority supported destroying ISIS. They were also not willing to sign up to do so themselves. No nation can survive without a strong native warrior class. You can't import loyalty. Despite the rhetoric, Diversity is not our strength.<br /><br />Oh and No thanks for adding an expensive kindle book to my wish list though :-( Dingonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-48860645556612818332017-01-31T13:37:55.573-08:002017-01-31T13:37:55.573-08:00As more than a bit of physical marshmallow myself,...As more than a bit of physical marshmallow myself, I know that part of what you say is true. But there is more than one sort of hardness. There is mental as well as physical. Not the mental strength of doing math in your head, but the mental strength of turning your back on starving widows and orphans - or better directing them into the enemy camp so that the enemy wastes either provisions or ammo. <br />The 5th advisor to the barbarian king - far enough to avoid the infighting close enough to direct the king toward ruthless wisdom when necessary.<br />JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-53098041096908919062017-01-31T07:55:04.649-08:002017-01-31T07:55:04.649-08:00taken with a grain of salt...well maybe not. My ma...taken with a grain of salt...well maybe not. My marshmallow, video champ, couch potato, grandson made a "zombie gun" and brought it to school. Cut a plastic soda bottle in half, stretch a balloon over the mouth, and you have a sling shot style assault wepon capable of seriously entertaining young boys. Naturally the all female school board decided a full year suspension was too much, due to plenty of groveling on part of parents and the lawyer they had to hire. Gotta hurt that slightly above minimum wage paycheck. The police officer was still considering wepons charges a month later, explained how most of the officers thought he should have gotten a warrant to search all the parents houses. Think this could happen in California, well this was in the heart of Republican controlled Idaho. Remember a Republican run government is just like the Democrats, except for a lack of manners. Too much salt in my diet is not helping my blood pressure! <br />This police office is stationed at the high school, so my grandson gets to be in his "range of responsibility" for five or six more years. Talk about a target on his back. I am ashamed of my government. Ashamed to be American. We have let our fear control us for too long. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02036092622549367667noreply@blogger.com