Real world test.

Well Indy is having one hell of an ice storm. So it looks like we are about to have a real world survival test.I will let ya know how it comes out. As for now bed,tomorrow will suck for maintenance men! At least we are working!

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What I've been doing.

Sorry I haven't been posting. Damn time flies don't it? I will be 49 on the 10th of Feb. I was diagnosed with diabetes about ten years ago,luckily through diet and exercise I have it under control. The only real bad part was it pretty well ruined my teeth,made them all loose etc. So at this point in the game,I decided to get them all pulled and get dentures.As it seems as long as I have teeth diabetes will attack them. I didn't want to be the proverbial toothless redneck nor with the way things are going did I know if I could get or afford dental care later, so I bit the bullet. 3 or 4 more weeks and my purty smile will be back and one more SHTF problem solved.

Still prepping more or less as funds allow.I have picked up propane heater and camp stove. I've got wool blankets and green tips coming. I also worked out a deal with one of my sons and got my AK back I.O inc. AK-47 c So its been a painful yet good period.

I hope all of you are well and prepping! Things look crazier by the day.Riots all over the world,Govt saying things are recovering,yet their figures show the bottom is about to fall out!

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Thank you!

To those who have been buying through my Amazon links,I wanted to say Thank You!

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Review of the Survivalist Blog.

M.D. Creekmores Survival Blog was one of the first survival blogs I read.Here was this guy who didn't have much money doing what I wanted to do. Living out in the country being as self sufficient as possible on the cheap. And he was making it!

Here we are a few years later,he has upgraded some things a little just as any prepper would. Still showing how to make the prepping dollars stretch.Its still one of the first blogs I recommend to new preppers.

Creekmore has great readers with a tremendous knowledge of prepping. Most preppers are nice folks who are willing to share info saving you the pain of their mistakes.

I liked the fact he wasn't too far out there like some.Nor was he spending a fortune on things I could never afford. Prepping for everyday emergencies made sense. Natural disasters could hit at any time so being prepared made sense. Not having a ton of money myself,his make do attitude struck a cord with me.

The way the economy has been going downhill and all the talk of food shortages looming,prepping makes more sense than ever.

I always scan the comments in the what did you did you do to prep this week. I check it every week. I don't always comment,but do always read. Remember those great readers I mentioned? Well once a week they tell Creekmore and each other what they got done. Trust me you can pick up a lot of great info!

For beginners or long time preppers it still is a good read.About the time you think you thought of everything someone will post a comment making you think now that's a great idea,and off ya go!

Find MD Creekmores Survival Blog Here..

http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/


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Still not to worried about food?

Ok lets see if this might motivate you?

Explosive food prices!

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41089972

Aussie flooding may effect many!

http://www.smh.com.au/business/food-prices-set-to-spike-in-wake-of-floods-20110111-19may.html

7 reasons for global food shortages.

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/01/7-reasons-food-shortages-will-become.html

Folks it took a couple of mins to find these,and we have seen articles like this for a couple of years now. If you are not preparing your family for whats coming,then there is really no more I can say or do. And for those who say you guys are just DOOMERS, it can't happen in America! Check your history books oh crap my bad, Google great depression and dust bowl.

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A death in our blog family!

The Freeholders Father has passed on. He was a vet and from the sound of it a good man! Stop by and let him know he ain't alone,ok!

http://thefreehold.blogspot.com/

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Lack of posts.

I apologize for the lack of post,work has been crazy. I just want to remind everyone food,food,food!There are so many stories about coming food shortages,as early as this spring. Stock up while you can!

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.22 mag auto.

Have you seen the new Kel-tec .22 mag auto? I like!



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Link

If you would check out A.M.

http://theamericanminuteman.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

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Survival.

Sorry I know I have gotten away from the Survival aspect of my blog but Tyranny makes me crazy! Since I have two other blogs I will try to get back on track here. I see a lot of folks are stopping by by and reading anyway.If you want to keep up with the rantings of myself on patriot related topics.

http://chinasyndrome-enemyofthestate.blogspot.com/

or here.

http://theamericanminuteman.blogspot.com/

I don't know whats coming in the near future,I am pretty certain the police state will keep expanding and the economy will keep getting worse. I am not an economist merely a regular guy trying to make sense of it all. Our dollars are worth less each day,more jobs go overseas or just disappear every day. Govt programs continue on everyday. So I really don't see How things can get better economically? All we can do is prepare for whats coming. Now just because the economy as a whole is bad doesn't mean you have to suffer because for now there are resources available to help us prosper.

Gardening,buying used, barter, making things yourself,repairing instead of throwing away,buying in bulk and putting things away for later because as high as prices seem now WE ain't seen nothing yet!

For the real experimental types who like to tinker and wrench on stuff there's bio diesel,
wood gas maybe a other types of fuel for vehicles.

Theres rocket stoves, or at least good air tight ones for wood. Kinda late season but insulating,sealing gaps and cracks are always good.

Once I find my cheap junk land hopefully in a no code area. I'm gonna build with some alternative source possibly cord wood, or now thanks to Muddome possibly earth bags with a lot of mass and with a rocket stove for heat and hot water.

So hopefully I live long enough to see that dream come true!

Skills will possibly be more important than ever in the coming days,skills we once had but have lost in the Technology age.

http://backyardmetalcasting.com/

A couple on earth bag construction if you aren't familiar already.

http://www.youtube.com/user/naturalhouses

Muddomes blog. He talks like me (cussing)...

http://muddome.blogspot.com/

And his MRS. She doesn't talk like us! (no cussing).

http://canadiandirtbags.wordpress.com/

What a lucky man to have woman who would not only build like this out in the Canadian boonies but actually help and like it! Lucky man Indeed! So check them for ideas.

Metalcasting,building, two skills may that may be rather helpful! As a slight update our Buddy Dio is not above making stuff on his own the dude has skills for sure. Here he shows low tech but working oven to melt metal. See it can be done on the cheap!

http://diogenesoftherifle.blogspot.com/

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