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Review of Smith’s Diamond Precision Knife Sharpening Kit

September 4, 2012

Those of you that really know me, know I cannot sharpen a knife worth a damn. I’ll get it right on one side of the blade, and on the other side mangle the angle so badly you would assume the blade is worthless afterwards, if you just give me a sharpening stone and honing oil. [...]

Tagged as: DIY, General, Knife, Knives, Preparedness, Reviews

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The ASCELLA Emergency Light Bulb / Flashlight

August 30, 2012

Well, I’ve been talking to one of the guys over at 1-800-Prepare about a new product they brought on. It’s a light bulb. No, it’s a flashlight. No, it screws into my light socket, so it’s a lightbulb. Well, It’s both, really. A light bulb and a flashlight. See, Ascella designed this cool and ingenious [...]

Tagged as: Ascella Light Bulb, Gear, General, Preparedness, prepping, Reviews

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A Few of the Many Reasons I Love LifeHacker.com

August 6, 2012

Do you know about LifeHacker.com? It’s a very popular website that is about “Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.” It is simply that. I like it because every now and then they have cool DIY and MacGyver tips that I think relate to prepping and preparedness in general. If this list doesn’t make [...]

Tagged as: DIY, Gardening, General, LifeHacker, Preparedness, prepping, skills

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Filling a Hole In My Preps, Fruits, Vegetables, and the New Dehydrator

June 18, 2012

I always knew I had a damaging hole in my food preparations. I have quite a few proteins. In fact I consistently rotate my proteins because I use them in every day life. I also need to boost some of the protein preps, as an aside. However, what are/were missing are critical preparations because they [...]

Tagged as: dehydrating, dehydration, Food Storage, Preparations, Preparedness, vegetables

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The Final Preparation – Part 3: Trust Worthy

January 24, 2012

In the first two parts of this series I discussed many of the misconceptions and blatant head-in-the-sand reasons people offer for not doing any estate planning and we discussed an overview use of a Will (Last Will & Testament). In the final part of the series I want to discuss one of the most misunderstood [...]

Tagged as: General, Guest Post, Money, Preparedness

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The Final Preparation – Part 2: Where There Is A Will…

January 17, 2012

In the first part of this series it was pointed out many of the ridiculous and frankly lame excuses people often give for not preparing (“getting their affairs in order” as the old saying goes) for their ultimate demise. Regardless of a disaster, we are all going to meet the same fate in the end. [...]

Tagged as: General, Guest Post, Money, Preparedness

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The Final Preparation – Part 1: Dare to Consider

January 10, 2012

Death and taxes. The two things the old joke says can’t be avoided (and these days I often think the order of those two should be reversed!). No matter how fit we are, how healthy a life style we live, no matter how great our healthcare is, it doesn’t matter. Sooner or later, as the [...]

Tagged as: General, Guest Post, Money, Preparedness

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National Traffic System – A Good Resource to Know!

January 3, 2012

No, this isn’t about driving or getting from A to B. The National Traffic System (NTS) is a network of amateur radio operators around the country (there is similar operations internationally but with different rules) that in times of emergencies can rely brief messages into and out of a disaster location. Organizations such as the [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Economy, General, Guest Post, Preparedness

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The SHTF Is Here – Hurray (NOT!!)

December 27, 2011

That title caught your attention for sure! But believe it or not, there are people out there who actually want and hope for a massive, national SHTF event! You can see it in the way many people on a large number of prepper sites write or the videos they produce. They are outright gitty at [...]

Tagged as: Economy, General, Guest Post, Politics

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Of Leadership, Reliability, Responsibility – and Preparedness

December 20, 2011

Reality check: Some people are just more prepared for events of life than others. “Events” can be anything from a personal emergency to an unexpected home expense to a family emergency to a natural disaster to something good like a great job or investment or trip opportunity when it presents itself. “Prepared” can be anything [...]

Tagged as: General, Guest Post, Preparedness, Self Reliance

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