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1 posted on 06/19/2012 12:40:19 PM PDT by Kartographer
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2 posted on 06/19/2012 12:41:18 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Taking you own advise I see.. ;0)


3 posted on 06/19/2012 12:44:18 PM PDT by goseminoles
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“Never talk when you can nod and never nod when you can wink and never write an e-mail, because it’s death. You’re giving prosecutors all the evidence we need.”

Eliot Spitzer, paraphrasing Martin Lomasney


4 posted on 06/19/2012 12:46:25 PM PDT by pingman ("Human history seems logical in afterthought, but a mystery in forethought." (Strauss & Howe))
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The first rule in security is “Don’t let ‘them’ know your strengths or weaknesses!”


5 posted on 06/19/2012 12:48:05 PM PDT by G Larry
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I had a truck line driver in here delivering to me and he told about his previous stop. He delivered i/2 a trailerload of survival food to some folks in town. At least I know where to go!


6 posted on 06/19/2012 12:48:34 PM PDT by Currentriverrat (People are calling our President the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, that's not allowed is it?)
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Perhaps the most overlooked part of this is food storage. Do you know what to do if you find a freshly killed deer/moose/cow/pig? Sure, fresh pork is great - what about 3 days later? If you have never made homemade bacon, you are missing out. I suggest using de-boned Pork Shoulder (far less fat). Bacon get's it's flavor from the smoke and preservation process. Gramps and Granny didn't need refrigeration and neither do you (sure, it's darn handy - but not required.

If interested, look up a book on charcuterie - this will teach you how to make salted pork, sausage, bacon and preserve various foods.

7 posted on 06/19/2012 12:48:45 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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Make sure boxes are not labeled

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Not to sure about this one when Prepping with the family in mind. My plans try to include them surviving without me.


8 posted on 06/19/2012 12:49:33 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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Remember: prepping is hoarding, a capital crime in the eyes of the monkeys who are the Forces of Niceness.


10 posted on 06/19/2012 12:50:23 PM PDT by pingman ("Human history seems logical in afterthought, but a mystery in forethought." (Strauss & Howe))
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I pay really close attention to opsec. Even my brothers don’t know that I am stocking up.

I had a break in several weeks ago. So the cops went through the house. They didn’t say anything but I know they saw the stuff because one asked my if I was ever in the military.

Not sure what I could have done to prevent this except not calling the police to have them clear the house.


11 posted on 06/19/2012 12:50:57 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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The “never tell anyone outside the family what you’re thinkin” rule should apply to many things, not just prepping.


12 posted on 06/19/2012 12:51:24 PM PDT by Edward Teach
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I wish it was possible to find a prepping community/village/what-have-you, that didn’t subscribe to any particular ideology other than prepping, that is, not white supremacists, or a religious group with an apocalypse time table.

There’s always living among the Mormons and their readiness with a year’s supply of food, but a sufficiently high percentage of Mormons might make for limited social integration for non-Mormons, before and after SHTF.


13 posted on 06/19/2012 12:53:57 PM PDT by heartwood
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7. Don't be on the Doomsday Preppers show. (another version of #5)
14 posted on 06/19/2012 12:54:42 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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Well, at least we won’t be on anybody’s radar posting such things on FR.


15 posted on 06/19/2012 12:54:42 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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Add these to your list:

FIVE RULES TO RE MEMBER IN LIFE

1. Money can not buy happiness, but it’s more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than on a bicycle.

2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the ass-hole’s name.

3. If you help someone when they’re in trouble, they will remember you when they’re in trouble again.

4. Many people are alive only because it’s illegal to shoot them.

5. Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then neither does milk.


17 posted on 06/19/2012 12:57:31 PM PDT by RC2 (Buy American and support the Wounded Warrior Project whenever possible.)
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Welcome to Prep Club. The first rule of Prep Club is: you do not talk about Prep Club.


20 posted on 06/19/2012 1:02:19 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Damn now were all busted just for posting on this link oh well im gonna be a hoarder anyway just because im stingy and dont care if the government goes to hell as long as my family eats and i can still hit a target at 1000 feet from my window ill be happy and safe

Now what did i do with that railgun hmmmmmmm


22 posted on 06/19/2012 1:06:55 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (Any man may make a mistake ; none but a fool will persist in it . { Latin proverb })
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Where’s “Be nice and have a plan to kill everyone you meet.”?


23 posted on 06/19/2012 1:10:27 PM PDT by jagusafr ("Write in Palin and prepare for war...")
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Conversely by posting a bunch of prepper stuff to Twitter and Facebook, you can probably send Big Sis and her minions on a grand wild goose chase...


25 posted on 06/19/2012 1:24:39 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.


28 posted on 06/19/2012 1:41:43 PM PDT by glorgau
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Here is where I like to tell about my brother-in-law when he was a child back in WWII.

They had a ranch in West Texas, grew, canned and put up all their food for winter use on the ranch. One day someone squealed on them that they were “hoarding food” so the government raided their ranch and confiscated every bit of their stored food they found.

How did they get through the winter? They had another cellar with extra food way back in the hills no one knew about.


30 posted on 06/19/2012 1:48:44 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (I LIKE ART! Click my name. See my web page.)
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