Hedging Economic Bets, Why I Buy Junk Silver and Silver Rounds
As I can afford to do it, I have been buying silver. Mostly silver rounds. I have a small stash of silver rounds primarily in hopes of hedging my bets against economic downturn or to hopefully capitalize on rising prices at some juncture, assuming they go above the current spot rate. I also have to preface this […]
Hurricane Sandy, Five Days Without Power, Three Weeks Later, and the Gear That Made My Life Easier
This is my (Suburban’s) slightly overdue postmortem of Hurricane Sandy. It’s Thanksgiving day as I write this, and I want to say thank you again to all of you, my readers, as well as a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. My thoughts this holiday weekend are with those who’s homes and lives have […]
Survival is a Fools Game; I Want to Live by Jesse Mathewson
Jesse Mathewson is a contributing author to the Suburban Survival blog. He is an individual who believes in Liberty, Non-Aggression, Self-Defense, Self-Ownership and a Free Market without state interference it is Jesse’s firm belief that we should all be better students in life. His autodactic education in American History, World Religious History, Government and accredited education […]
Hurricane Sandy, a Review, by a Contributing Author from Long Island
A contributing writer to the Suburban Survival Blog, and lives on Long Island hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. I’ve asked him for his post mortem recount of the hurricane, what worked and what did not work for him during the storm, power outage, and overal disaster here in the Northeast. By the time this is […]
Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part 1.5, OPSEC
This is a supplement to Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part One. While traveling this week, it occurred to me I might have missed something in the original post. In fact it was brought to my attention by a buddy of mine as we were chatting about the possibility of having to Bug Out. The […]
My Defensive AR Course with GAPPNJ
“Oh man,” I thought as I forced myself out of bet this Sunday morning, I feel like I was hit by a small truck. Wiping the sleep from my eyes, and prior to my first cup of coffee (as I write this it’s almost noon, and still need a first cup of coffee) I felt […]
Hygiene In the Field, or Bug Out Hygiene
I’ve done a lot of camping this summer, and with the drought, you can imagine it was pretty hot out there. I can attest that it was. At our camp site we cut a lot of wood, and we used much of it for the camp fire. Those were hot days swinging an axe, and […]
Local or Alternative Currency in a Community for Higher Economic Sustainability
On the ride home from my boss’s office on Monday evening this week, I was thinking about the economy, and the ramifications of economic collapse. I thought about how it would effect where I live in NJ today, and I thought about how it might effect my home town, a small town in rural Pennsylvania. […]
Working Hard, Gear Update, a Book Give Away, and the Future
First, thanks to everyone for continuing to read and signing up for the list to get notified of new posts. To that end , you have no doubt noticed a lack of new posts, with the exception of a few of my guest authors. I thank them as well for their diligent work. To my […]
Run, Or Stay And Fight?
The yesterday on Facebook I posted a photo of a lady holding handgun. The caption read; I would much rather explain to the police, why an intruder in my home has a hole in his chest, than to have them explain to my loved ones why I was raped and murdered! One of my female […]