Excellent stuff. Great find Pan.
Just read it thoroughly and baking soda, vinegar, and dry bleach are things that are now on my list.
One thing that I thought was missing was spare firearms parts. I have firing pins, springs, extractors, anything that, if lost or broken, would result in turning your firearm into a club.
Excellent stuff. Great find Pan.
Just read it thoroughly and baking soda, vinegar, and dry bleach are things that are now on my list.
One thing that I thought was missing was spare firearms parts. I have firing pins, springs, extractors, anything that, if lost or broken, would result in turning your firearm into a club.
Spare parts for your firearms is wise but if you have multiple kinds, shotguns, rifles, pistols, revolvers then stock piling, inventory, storage can be a pain. I would suggest adding to your knowledge is how to make these parts. Easier than you think and MOST can be made with hand tools and raw stock.
Here's some info:
http://www.americangunsmith.com/view.php?id=55 (http://www.americangunsmith.com/view.php?id=55)
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26220/Product/NO__15_STRAIGHT_SPRING_WIRE (http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26220/Product/NO__15_STRAIGHT_SPRING_WIRE)
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26219/Product/NO__149_FLAT_SPRING_STOCK (http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26219/Product/NO__149_FLAT_SPRING_STOCK)
4140 steel can be used to make firing pins, hammers, sears, triggers, etc..
Some info on heat treating parts.
http://www.americangunsmith.com/app/products/view/56/Case-Hardening-and-Heat-Treating-Carbon-Steels-and-Alloys (http://www.americangunsmith.com/app/products/view/56/Case-Hardening-and-Heat-Treating-Carbon-Steels-and-Alloys)
Note of Warning: Dry Bleach or Calcium Hypochorlite....When I was a kid (14) someone taught us too use a gallon jug with a little/a lot of break fluid and a paper towel tuck the towel in the top two scoops of powder chlorine and cap.
You want to keep it way way way ... away from any petroleum products.
Under adult supervision only: Put about 1/2 cup in a plastic cup and put it in the middle of your driveway (far away from the house).
Get about 1/4 cup of brake fluid in another cup.
At night... take that break fluid and quickly dump it into the cup with the powdered calcium hypocholrite (make sure it doesn't spill over in your haste to run away).
Run away.
It will start to smolder.. and then turn a bright orange.. and then you'll get 6 foot high flames that burn like magnesium. It'll roar and pop from the chemical reaction.
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[redacted]Put some of this in a condom [redacted] the gas will eat through the condom in x number of minutes... [redacted]
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The funny things you learn in drinking water treatment classes.
I'm marking time until after the election, if it doesn't go right
I'm going through these sections and then hitting stores and
buying like it's the end of the world.
I'm marking time until after the election, if it doesn't go right
I'm going through these sections and then hitting stores and
buying like it's the end of the world.
So will everybody else. My concern is that by that time, the dollar will have no value and the store shelves will be wiped clean.
I think peppercorns and spices in general is a great idea. They were highly valued and sought-after commodities in pre-industrial societies - East, West, and everywhere in between. No reason to think the same wouldn't apply to a post-industrial society.
I'm marking time until after the election, if it doesn't go right
I'm going through these sections and then hitting stores and
buying like it's the end of the world.
So will everybody else. My concern is that by that time, the dollar will have no value and the store shelves will be wiped clean.
Oo! Oo! Oo! Master-lister here!
As airtight as possible but I don't need to tell you that. Got a vacuum sealer? Glad sells a bag that one can seal in that manner without the machine.
Oo! Oo! Oo! Master-lister here!
As airtight as possible but I don't need to tell you that. Got a vacuum sealer? Glad sells a bag that one can seal in that manner without the machine.
Oo! Oo! Oo! Master-lister here!
As airtight as possible but I don't need to tell you that. Got a vacuum sealer? Glad sells a bag that one can seal in that manner without the machine.
I do but the last time I used it it gave me problems and I didn't have time to really look at it. Wasn't in the mood for a project. I need to though.
Okay, I erred (YEAH! it happens!). It's Reynold's. See link/s in other post.
Okay, I erred (YEAH! it happens!). It's Reynold's. See link/s in other post.
...just in case anyone missed THAT news bulletin
Okay, I erred (YEAH! it happens!). It's Reynold's. See link/s in other post.
...just in case anyone missed THAT news bulletin
Okay, I erred (YEAH! it happens!). It's Reynold's. See link/s in other post.
...just in case anyone missed THAT news bulletin
::falldownshocked::
Okay, I erred (YEAH! it happens!). It's Reynold's. See link/s in other post.
...just in case anyone missed THAT news bulletin
::falldownshocked::
You're next. ::saywhat::
Okay, all kidding aside, did you check the link? Think it's an affordably viable option?
I'm telling you Mom has one; it's a basic MANUAL mechanism. I've seen the results and it's fine
So easy a 79 year-old woman can do it.
Look, almost the same effect can be achieved by inserting a soda straw in a plastic bag, sucking hard, and quickly sealing the thing. With these, there's no leak while you're completing the seal.
I don't need it; I've got the vacuum sealer. For the money, it doesn't seem a bad alternative, but you do what you want.
Pain in the ass .......
You know, I've had mixed success with the pump-seal ziplocs. It seems that if you use them for freezer storage, they work quite well. I use them to vacuum seal fish, and have never had a seal break yet. But I stored a whole bunch of rice and beans in them, and many of the bags lost their seal over time. Maybe they're just for freezer storage, and I never checked? I just thought since they work so well for the freezer, they'd work for other stuff, so I got some and used them for dry storage.
You know, I've had mixed success with the pump-seal ziplocs. It seems that if you use them for freezer storage, they work quite well. I use them to vacuum seal fish, and have never had a seal break yet. But I stored a whole bunch of rice and beans in them, and many of the bags lost their seal over time. Maybe they're just for freezer storage, and I never checked? I just thought since they work so well for the freezer, they'd work for other stuff, so I got some and used them for dry storage.
Thanks for the review. Mom uses them for freezer storage, so that's all I had to go on.
You know, I've had mixed success with the pump-seal ziplocs. It seems that if you use them for freezer storage, they work quite well. I use them to vacuum seal fish, and have never had a seal break yet. But I stored a whole bunch of rice and beans in them, and many of the bags lost their seal over time. Maybe they're just for freezer storage, and I never checked? I just thought since they work so well for the freezer, they'd work for other stuff, so I got some and used them for dry storage.
Thanks for the review. Mom uses them for freezer storage, so that's all I had to go on.
Yup. For freezer, I've had 100% success. But I've had the rice and beans stored for about a year and a half, and I'd say about 2/3 of the seals are no longer airtight. I started with 40 pounds of each (pinto beans and rice) portioned out into meal-for-5-sized bags, so going through and trying to reseal each is a PITA.
Or we all chip in and buy that town that's for sale...forget where that is now...
Or we all chip in and buy that town that's for sale...forget where that is now...
Hmmmm ..... can't buy just a town; the things on that list are needed.
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Did it have a warehouse? ;)
Or we all chip in and buy that town that's for sale...forget where that is now...
Hmmmm ..... can't buy just a town; the things on that list are needed.
.
.
.
Did it have a warehouse? ;)
It had buildings, converting to a secure warehouse should be possible. ;)
Or we all chip in and buy that town that's for sale...forget where that is now...
Hmmmm ..... can't buy just a town; the things on that list are needed.
.
.
.
Did it have a warehouse? ;)
It had buildings, converting to a secure warehouse should be possible. ;)
Libertas, I read the piece you posted (hence my stated need for a warehouse), noting it mentioned sacrifice several times. It's come to the point with us that we will have to stop living in our house the way we're used to doing and sacrifice some space, or acquire another structure. ::gaah::
I wish we had a basement because stacking stuff on pallets wouldn't be an issue. Disorder and living with stuff everywhere will make me nuts.
Time to look at used containers?