Posted on 03/01/2012 10:29:42 AM PST by blam
LOL. And you pinged “headsonpikes”. CLASSIC!!!! LOVE IT!
If I run out then the vast majoity of the epople are dead. OK, that leaves plenty of reources to muster to continue living. Having land now isn’t important.
“It’s the city folk that’s gonna have issues.”
We got squirrels and pigeons... after they run out we might have to start eating Democrats... ick!
I think dying from a bullet trying to get something to eat is less painful than sitting down and just starving to death.
My prepper buddies are going to laugh their ass off when I tell them what we have forgotten to do.
Dig the burial trenches for the zombies ahead of time.
No one has ever mentioned that, LOL.
You’re right - meat can be canned - - with knowledge and equipment. Sometimes I’m concern people see this type of survival as easier than it’s going to be. I should have more faith.
I used to read a blog written by a pig farmer over in Scotland. Whenever he sold a pig to a new customer, he'd go over how to take care of them and try to make sure the new buyer was really ready. Too often, according to him, he'd get to the part about choosing an abattoir, and the blood would run out of the new buyer's face, and they'd stammer something about “Can't you get pork without killing the pigs?”
I have to be careful talking about livestock in front of my sis-in-law. She can't handle any reminders that her food was once alive, not even the bones in the fried chicken.
(In her defense, she was abused by both her dad and her first husband, so a few psychological hang-ups are to be expected. In ordinary times, this is merely annoying. I don't know what she's going to do if things get rough.)
My bro told me about the FN 5.7. Nice weapon but flipping expensive. I’m sticking with a common round. 9 mike mike for handgun and 5.56/223 for long gun. I stock up on 22 ammo even though I don’t own one. Can always trade.
I want some more hardware but wife thinks I’m overdoing it.
I generally make a point of pinging him whenever I run across a reference to “heads on pikes”.
Especially if I’m the one making the reference. ;-)
The garden will be fully planted by next week and I picked up some more vegetable seeds today even though they were a want rather than a need. I try to save seeds for the following year. The tomato seeds saved from last year are sprouted and should be able to be set out. No, my little plot isn’t large enough to be sustainable but it’s better than nothing. As the article said it’s too late to start after the big crash and burn.
I have made it a point to make almost all my weapons .22 for that reason. I have 5 rifles and a pistol that all shoot .22 LR. I have plenty of ammo.
My problem and it is a big one is I live in a city and getting out will be difficult. I fully realize that it will make my chances less but I have family that cannot be easily moved and I cannot just leave them.
A Quarantine sign assumes literacy on the part of those you’re trying to dissuade.
That’s not a sure thing.
Especially given that those most in need of disuasion probably spent their lives to this point actively avoiding literacy.
Lotsa BBQ sauce and seasonings might solve that.
Scopes are great and very accurate, but they do get bumped off and have to be re-sighted in often. Not something you will want to do with a limited supply of ammo.
I have never been able to use a scope well, so all mine are iron sights. I do however have plenty of ammo.
In my neighborhood there are plenty of squirrels, rabbits, deer, raccoons, possum, morning doves, dogs and cats available for meat.
Yes. I would eat a dog or cat if it came to that.
I have enough space to raise any crop I wish and the means to defend what I grow. Add to that the mindset to defend it as well.
If there is a will, there is a way. I will make sure my family survives.
Whats youre point? BTW you missed at least one more.
I’m sticking to common calibers,
mostly 22lr, 12 guage, etc.
There are cheaper alternatives on their way to market now.
https://www.masterpiecearms.com/proddetail.php?prod=MPA57sst
I understand they are also producing a carbine on the same receiver.
It’s strange what neighbors have given me this year - sewing supplies, canning jars, a new tool chest full of new tools (!) and garden stuff. Another neighbor asked if I’d please buy his extra lot (uh, duhhhh, yeah) and might be looking at a couple more. I just say thank you and shake my head.
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