Happy Thanksgiving To All

by suburban | Nov 25, 2010 | Personal

This is short and sweet, and there may be ore posts today, but most impor­tant­ly, I to say thank you. Thank you to all of you who put up with my lit­tle rant­i­ngs, learn­ing expe­ri­ences, etc. Hap­py Thanks­giv­ing to all… Read more

Dave Canterbury’s New Magazine, Self Reliance Illustrated

by suburban | Nov 24, 2010 | Books, Dave Canterbury

Well, it has been a long time in com­ing, but Dave Can­ter­bury of The Pathfind­er School, LLC recent­ly released his new mag­a­zine Self Reliance Illus­trat­ed.  Here is what I received via Email yes­ter­day after­noon, and with per­mis­sion from... Read more

Review of Bear Grylls Ultimate Knife & Parang Machete from Gerber by Field & Stream

by suburban | Nov 24, 2010 | Bear Grylls, EDC, Gear, Knives, Survival Gear

As a knife fan, I real­ly look for­ward see­ing and hear­ing reviews about knives and how they work in the field.  I hate to make a mis­take when buy­ing a knife.  Once you have bought and used it, you own it for life, unless you can unload it on some­one... Read more

The Mobile Washer

by suburban | Nov 23, 2010 | Hygiene, Preparedness

So, I just got my Mobile Wash­er.  Pri­mar­i­ly I pur­chased it for camp­ing trips next year so that I could wash the smoke and body odors out of my clothes while camp­ing for a few days, and decrease the num­ber of cloth­ing items I bring.  It looks like a... Read more

Apartment Prepping, the Real Deal In My Opinion

by suburban | Nov 22, 2010 | Barter, Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Water

I hes­i­tat­ed writ­ing this because I want­ed it to be com­pre­hen­sive, but I don’t want it to be a book. How­ev­er, I am going to let it be as long as it needs to be at this point.  Yes­ter­day, I was out at my NJ Pre­pared­ness Meet­up and one of the peo­ple... Read more