All Prepping, All the Time

by Prepperjim | May 4, 2011 | Gear, General, Guns & Weapons, Health, Money, Personal, Psychology

“All Prep­ping and No Play, Makes Jim a Dull Boy” One down­side to being a prep­per is there is always some­thing that needs doing to pre­pare for pos­si­ble emer­gen­cies. Peo­ple in your life may not share the same sense of urgency, to the point of being annoyed at... Read more

The Price of Money To Come

by suburban | Apr 28, 2011 | Gold and Silver, Money, Precious Metals

I’m not sure if that is a good title, but I am using it any­way… Sev­er­al months ago, I priced sil­ver, on a per ounce basis.  It was $31.00 and change.  I thought, Hmmm. I should buy some sil­ver.  I dis­re­gard­ed… I few weeks lat­er I looked at the... Read more

Debt vs. Cash Flow

by ST | Apr 26, 2011 | Economy, Guest Posts, Money, Personal

Even with­out TEOTWAWKI we are all hurt­ing in the wal­let these days. And the prog­no­sis isn’t look­ing good for some time to come (at best). All forms of per­son­al finan­cial media are filled with arti­cles and advise about how it is soooooooo impor­tant to pay... Read more

Bartering, Your Urban and Suburban Currency Post SHTF

by suburban | Dec 20, 2010 | Barter, Bug In, Bug Out, Currency, Money, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I can­not deny it.  I have not bartered or trad­ed any­thing in about 20 years.  The last thing I bartered was wen I was in busi­ness for myself, and my cus­tomer was an out­door out­fitt­ter type of retail estab­lish­ment and I bartered a Sol­stace Jack­et,... Read more

Replenishing the Reserve Fund, and Silver

by suburban | Dec 7, 2010 | Barter, Money, Precious Metals, Preparedness, Psychology, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Well, as it turns out, I have been able to save a lit­tle bit of cash recent­ly.  A few dol­lars back in sav­ings, paid off a cred­it card (two to go), and can think about replen­ish­ing my reserve cash fund.  Recent­ly I wrote about hav­ing a reserve fund... Read more

Tight Budget? Get Prepared Anyway.

by suburban | Dec 3, 2010 | But Out Bag, Food, Money, Preparedness

Every­one has mon­ey on the brain these days.  I don’t care how much mon­ey you have.  A forum I am some­times active on had one young man in col­lege just sought the advice of the mem­bers on how he can get pre­pared, as well as help his fam­i­ly... Read more