Posted on 05/21/2012 10:35:51 AM PDT by blam
When my three month supply of meds is consumed, I will be on borrowed time. If my diabetes doesn’t get me, then my heart will. Although, I am in cardiac rehab now and hope to be in better physical shape before teotwawki. Mostly I hope I survive long enough that I can clear most of the pond scum from our immediate area so as to let my wife and kids get clear.
The answer for “that guy” is
you may be a bigger badass than any one of us,
but you’re not a bigger badass than all of us.
insert inherent “I’m not a doctor” disclaimer
I’ve heard some great results from people who had diabetes who have gone “paleo” in their diet.
Fat & meat & veggies - few to no carbs.
search on “paleo solution”
bttt
#6 - counting on it, but hedging my bets.
I’m going to live a better life, if times get tough, or even if they don’t.
Growing your own food is prepping, but it’s also living better.
We are moving frequently for the next few years so moving a lot of food would be a pain.-——
Freeze dried is kinda of expensive(not if you count per serving and the cost of energy to do it yourself, and you’re own energy to get the food processed, and vaccuum sealed in cans)
but anyway, freeze dried is very very lightweight, easy to move...
Need water source.
You must be a mechanic... :)
Have you looked into “minimal tillage” alternatives?
How about these comments
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2885944/posts?page=151#151
I’ve experimented with a little guerrilla farming with limited success. Hiding small patches of various veggies in the weeds.
My neighbor and I do a lot of co prepping. We figure that between his small garden tractor and plow, 3 tillers total, and his son, we can wipe out around 5 acres in a day.
No matter what your age or sex.
Semper Fidelis.
This one is a Troy-Bilt my other tiller is a Techumseh that my great grandfather bought new back around 1947.
I like the heavy old tillers. They can really eat some dirt.
” instead of serving with a military faction restoring our freedoms “
Show us one of those, and a lot of us will sign up...
Individuals fighting, or ad hoc local guerilla groups, against an organized military may seem romantic as hell, but without command & control, and logistics, it’s just retail suicide...
An AWFUL LOT of us would sign up.
There is an enormous “militia movement” just waiting to get started. All it would take is a patriotic, charismatic leader with military credentials and the game would be afoot!
Every cop in town couldn’t hold the line against a committed band of raiders. But every gun-owner in town could.
As to guerrillas, well, quite properly combatants not in uniform using the populace as cover need to not be extended an offer of quarter in most cases. Asininely abandoning that Hallmark principle of western civility is one of the blunders GWB made that caused the recent wars in the middle east to go so slowly and turn into the messes they have become.
On our own soil, we who serve will not have the luxury to be that stupid.
You go around endangering civilians here by cowardly performing strikes undetectable to those you face..and not only will I be willing to put you down myself (even with common foes) ... I will explain to your survivors why what you did was wrong and how your demise was a good thing.
A little less cowardice people. We are all going to die at some point anyway. Try to have at least a smidgen of honor.
Until the moment comes for them to depart, then it is "SAVE ME! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!".
It's the same mentality of the druggies, who say "It's MY body. I can do what I want with it!" and then call 911 when they get a bad hit.
Where’s the honor in allowing TSA to fondle and molest our Mothers, Wives, Daughters, all women for that matter as well as children everyday and not saying or doing a thing to stop it.
” All it would take is a patriotic, charismatic leader with military credentials and the game would be afoot! “
At risk of repeating myself - please show us one...
There’s no argument that we desperately need a John Adams, a Thomas Jefferson, a Thom Paine, a George Washington... But all we get is Romney and Gingrich and McConnell and Boehner... (sigh)
>>>>My favorite: “5. “When Disaster Strikes I Will Just Steal From Everyone Else That Has Been Busy Preparing”
>>Don’t these people understand that guns/ammo top most prepper lists?
Heck, most preppers already had guns and ammo. They’re just broadening their scope.
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