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Top 9 Mistakes Of Prepping
http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2010/06/07/top-9-mistakes-of-prepping/ ^

Posted on 07/16/2010 11:33:58 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

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To: ChocChipCookie
What? When the SHTF does that make the Father unable to keep His word and provide for His children?

Circumstances may become dire, but God is still good and in charge.

Now, that being said...nothing wrong with any of the sentiments here on this thread...except the selling of the women into sexual slavery. LOL!

101 posted on 07/16/2010 1:15:56 PM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: Marechal
... the time and resources to maintain “pets”.

Dogs and cats are in some cases more than just pets.
Without cats, a rural home will more quickly be overrun with plague and pestilence.
Without dogs, the coyotes, wolves, bear, mountain lions, and other pests and predators will more quickly move in.

Overall, the admonishments in the article are very sensible.

102 posted on 07/16/2010 1:15:56 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: naturalized
You may be severely disappointed at the end of your days
I will be severely disappointed if the females at my door are not lithe and firm, or are wearing bras. They had the opportunity to prepare, but instead they spent $3000 a year on pedicures and weekly happy hours with their vapid, shallow friends. The thing is, no one can see their feet in my dark dungeon, so all that money spent was moot!
103 posted on 07/16/2010 1:16:06 PM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Agree with almost everything you said.....except for the part of bartering women into sexual slavery for supplies and ammo. That I could not do.

If she has no supplies and no worthwhile skills, in a complete collapse that's what she will eventually be.

104 posted on 07/16/2010 1:16:07 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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To: GonzoGOP

Another thing about bugging out is that the cops/feds/jackbooted thugs will have check points on all the roads. Better be armed to the teeth when you get to one of those.


105 posted on 07/16/2010 1:17:21 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Where is our military?)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Ping.


106 posted on 07/16/2010 1:17:58 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, while you were sleeping the Socialists took over.)
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To: Gondring

That was how my legal immigrant great-grandparents survived the Depression! My grandpa shot rocksalt at shovel leaners one time. They decided to climb the cherry trees and eat the fruit during one of their breaks. That was the fruit that my ancestors used to make their liquor. When Pop told them to stop eating the cherries and get out of the trees, they wouldn’t listen. So, he had no choice but to shoot!


107 posted on 07/16/2010 1:19:38 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: carton253

If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy 5:8


108 posted on 07/16/2010 1:20:57 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: GonzoGOP
The other option is to have a couple of barrels of water stored in the basement. As long as the barrels are cleaned thoroughly and the water is filtered before you put it in, and there is no way for air to get into the barrel it will keep for quite a while.

Or you can just have a few large water-cooler bottles, which have the advantage of being pre-sealed with good water.

109 posted on 07/16/2010 1:21:13 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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To: I Buried My Guns
Since you are Biblically astute, you certainly are aware that God commands us to prepare for lean times and store up extra food. To ignore this edict is not only stupid, but goes against the word of God.
Matthew 6:25-26, 31-34 (KJV):
25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?


31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

110 posted on 07/16/2010 1:24:48 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

If civilisation does collapse, everybody’s going to be treating Mel Gibson with more respect.


111 posted on 07/16/2010 1:25:51 PM PDT by agere_contra (Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
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To: fireforeffect

There are simple methods of collecting condensation that will provide water in survival amounts.


112 posted on 07/16/2010 1:26:48 PM PDT by existtoexcel
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To: PA Engineer; JPG

Keep in mind that looters can be turned into excellent dog food. Making them into jerky is optional.


113 posted on 07/16/2010 1:28:29 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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To: Kartographer
Yes, by all means, build an entire doctrine (and compound) out of one verse. LOL

I'm not really arguing against this thread... I think all that is being said is sound advice... but in the end (after I've stocked up and ammo'ed up and watered up) I believe that I will rely on the goodness of God to be the controlling thing in my life even when the SHTF.

Feel free to disagree with me. :>)

114 posted on 07/16/2010 1:29:10 PM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: carton253

I’m going to stick with ‘God helps those who help themselves’.


115 posted on 07/16/2010 1:29:21 PM PDT by existtoexcel
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To: SJSAMPLE

Wood gas seems to be a good solution.
Readily available fuel without storage issues and it’s almost immediately available.

Once you have the system built, you can run your generator in less than 15 minutes.
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I’m thinking steam powered electric generation.


116 posted on 07/16/2010 1:31:42 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: existtoexcel
I'm gonna stick with "do unto others, then split".

I keed, I keed!

117 posted on 07/16/2010 1:32:25 PM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Another thing I’ve thought about is obtaining food without detection. If I fire my rifle to kill an animal, the sound will bring attention to myself. I think I might add a simple fishing rod to my survival stores.


118 posted on 07/16/2010 1:34:24 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: existtoexcel

Well, let’s hope who ever came up with that little gem knows what they are talking about. :>)


119 posted on 07/16/2010 1:36:32 PM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: Gondring; I Buried My Guns
"Take therefore no thought for the morrow... Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston"

I bet you can reconcile these.


120 posted on 07/16/2010 1:36:42 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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