Made In The USA? No Made In Elsewhere.

by suburban | Sep 10, 2010 | General, Personal

This may end up being more of a rant than not, but I want­ed to write a lit­tle blurb about how I am try­ing to buy these days.  I have been look­ing for “Made in USA” labels recent­ly.  I have a strong belief that mon­ey that cir­cu­lates here in our... Read more

This Is Why I Like Cody Lundin

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | Cody Lundin

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A Friend Has Lost Everything, Checked Into a Men’s Shelter…

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | Clothing, Economy, EDC, Fire, first aid, Food, Improvised Gear, Personal, Psychology, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival, Water

This post is very close to my heart…  It pains me to write it, as it affects a friend of mine direct­ly, that refus­es help, as I will illus­trate. I have a friend I got a call from this week.  He has lost his job, his apart­ment, much of his cloth­ing,... Read more

Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Self and Family? Really.

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | General, Guns & Weapons, Personal, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Okay, the truth is I com­ment­ed on a post over at SHTF Plan, on his post “When is it Okay to Defend Your Life and Your Fam­i­ly?”  Intel­lec­tu­al­ly you might think, any time some­one I don’t want on my prop­er­ty is there, or any­time some­one threat­ens my... Read more

Auto Parts Stores for Preps or Last Minute Preps if the SHTF

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Fri­day, as I was in the Strauss Auto Parts Store while they were chang­ing my oil, rotat­ing my tires, and replac­ing my air fil­ter.  It occurred to me that the auto parts / sup­ply store is a ver­i­ta­ble can­dy store of preps for your home, Bug Out Loca­tion,... Read more