Ultimate Meal

http://www.betterlife.com/prod_home_page.asp?prod_id=9025

Stores easily for a couple of years. Mixes well with fruit, water, juice. I highly recommend it.

http://countrylivinggrainmills.com/

I believe this to be the best, most durable, most versatile grain mill for the prepper who needs flour for family and a few friends.  A mildly handy person can quickly rig up a washing machine motor to automate it.  Automated, it will grind enough for many people.  It grinds exceeding fine on the first pass using fully adjustable, lifetime warranted hardened steel burrs.

Under $500.00

I spent a bit more because I bought 2 full sets of replacement parts and all available accessories.  The handle extension is really the only "must have" accessory for those who intend to operate the mill manually.  The body is ceramic powder coated aircraft aluminum for both strength and light weight.  It's still a hoss :).  Sealed ball bearing construction for all moving parts.

I've got 6.8 tonnes of wheat stored in olive barrels in the shed and this thing will grind all of it without wearing out.

One of the few purchases I've made in life with no regrets.

After all this weeks commentary and reading, Mr. Hyde decided it was time to clean out his small but precious savings/emergency account and convert most of it to physical. It was amazing, I went to my local bank today, sat down with a personal banker, asked her to pull up my accounts, verify what I had in savings, then I asked her if she could go get $9,000 of my savings in hundreds for me because I didn't want to be seen at the front of the line being handed all those hundreds.

She looked like she saw a ghost, after collecting herself, she said is something wrong? Did we do something wrong? I said you didn't do anything wrong darling, but honestly I simply don't trust my hard earned dollars here or any other back at this time, could you please get me my nine grand? She said we only have five grand on hand...our policy. She asked what I was going to do with it, I said I'm buying gold, you should probably consider doing the same, you can imagine the discussion that followed. Eventually she got me my five grand, I asked her to have the other four ready for me to pick up first thing Monday. Another five grand next Friday and so on.

Quite the experience, you should try it, if for no other reason, for a few laughs...except the shits that's gonna hit the fan isn't really that funny.

BTW Turd, thanks for all you do!! You are the man!!   

OK, If governments are finding that they have had all power wrested away from them by the credit default swap card, then;

the getting those damnable things under regulation, plus this hypothecation mess needs to be unwound.  We then sacrifice a blokerage (Intended) to trigger the push of the regulations into political viability.  Dragging all resistance into the barn kicking and screaming.

To get the constitution back onto decent footing we pass a stupidly obvious and scary law to get the populaces ire up.  Not only that we awaken the people to get the personhood of corporations quashed.

Could someone be so tricky as to do that?

cashing checks at the bank regularly to keep cash in.  I seem to spend cash without buying much.  Anyone have a control system for the home cash to recomend?

Some essentials for a survival situation:

Freeze dried food

Sun Oven

Moonshine Still

TOILET PAPER...lots and lots of toilet paper!

The 3 basic food groups are: Coffee, Sugar & Alcohol        All have excellent barter value.  Buy in bulk and get spirits with high alcohol ratios.  If you're snobbish about your single malt, be sure to double up on those cases. Buy yeast as well - just in case you run out of alcohol and want to make your own.  As most probably know, yeast eats sugar and shits alcohol (excuse the jailhouse definition). 

I'll second your recommendation of that All-American canner.  I recently bought the 921 21 1/2 quart model.  I really liked the fact it has no seals that need replacing.  It relies on a precision machined, beveled aluminum seal, which is just one less thing to have to worry about replacing during times when getting parts might be difficult.

After inspecting the lock-down screws, I pretty much determined that I could replace/rebuild those myself as long as I had a tap and die to thread bar stock with.  Repairs should be possible for anything that might go wrong with these even if manufacturer's replacement parts are unavailable.

The drawback to the larger unit is that your wife will probably make you be the one to move it around :).  It's heavy :) It's also well worth it if you plan on canning in quart size jars or larger.  Serves equally well as a boiling bath canner so it works for simple stuff like fruit and tomato products as well as the more difficult vegetables and especially meats that require pressurized canning to achieve the temperatures needed.  I can my own bacon :)...just put up 12 pints of chicken three days ago.

http://www.allamericancanner.com/allamerican921pressurecanner.htm

We are heading for a time that few of us in America have ever seen.  World War Two had many survivors who learned the difficult road of survival.  If we were running to a space ship to blast off or even a wagon train to cross the plains, we need leadership with vision and direction.  The internet and the tube will not be working. Some places will have radios but there are remote areas even today where there are few services.

All of these items that we store are really great but someone must supply direction and courage to those that you gather with.  That day will come when we must step up to the plate and be a rock to the family.  Give me two old grandmas who know how to cut up a fresh chicken  and can fill a can house.  Give me those with a voorrtrekker pioneer spirit to teach.

One of the most calming things to have during a crises is someone who really sees.   Are we prepared?    jmo

Para-cord Survival Bracelets

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link_code=q...

Or http://www.survivalstraps.com/

They're quite handy (pun intended) and they're not expensive either

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/334/954/Top_10_Download_s_You_Should_Have...

FM 4-25-11 First Aid (2002)

Guide to Canning

Rangers Handbook

NATO Emergency War Surgury

Where There is No Dentist

and 5 more!

MUST have downlaods!

Any info out there about this account thing?  I have accounts with Schwab, Ed Jones, and Wells Fargo.  None are margin or short accounts.  Just your standard, checking, savings, IRA/401k, m.funds etc.etc.

thanks

Good evening everyone.

You may find these helpful:

US Military Survival Manual

http://www.the-ultralight-site.com/wilderness-survival-guide.html

http://www.emergencysurvival.info/

http://www.backcountrysurvival.com/

http://urbansurvivalsite.com/

Best to all.

If you want more, let me know. I have bookmarked all kinds.

Best to all.

It's great that the Turd has his online store finally up and running. It will provide much needed revenue and a portal for many to buy some goods for the larder.

I would like to say that we are faced with a choice that is coming in the very near future. To be prepared for a change in the life we have become accustomed to living in the western world. I have read much good stuff by many fellow Turdites. I have also sensed that many feel that being prepared is about having a closet full of neat gadgets that they bought at the mall thinking it would get them by in a crunch.

Some of the good stuff posted you can view above, the All American canner is wonderful, I have 2. Remember 1 is none and 2 are 1, replacement parts may not be available in a crunch situation. Ms. DaddyO has a dealership for them and the Country Living Grain mill and I could possibly talk her into placing a group order for those interested. She also has a Berkey dealership. I haven't tried to push any sales here in Turdville as it is not our main business and I don't want to horn in on Turd's turf.

I want to emphasize that prepping is really about shifting your paradigm and moving away from the Just in Time mentality the we live with here in the USA and much of the western world. Most food supply lines are only about 7-21 days deep. Remember that, 7-21 days and all hell breaks loose at Publix and Piggly Wiggly.

You think WallyWorld is bad on Black Friday, just imagine Black TEOTWAWKI day!!

Water is essential and you should have the means to supply and resupply within your immediate grasp  through a system like Berkey or other similar products.

Prepackaged food like MRE's and Freeze dried goods like Mountainhouse are great for short intervals but in my way of thinking they are only good to transition you into a more sustainable situation like gardening and hunting. Canning then becomes your main source of preservation for fresh produce and game. Dry canning and packing then become your next hurdle. There are many good ways to preserve grains, dried goods like milk and potato flakes and similar items.

It becomes a lifestyle and puts you in a self sustaining mind set. A great place to be!

James Rawles is the editor of survivalblog.com. That site is probably the most read and well edited preparation site on the internet. I highly recommen you check it out on a regular basis for the best in ideas and preparation how to's.

So are you a mall ninja or are you an individual who has taken the time to really slow down and enjoy the simplicity of the life your grandparents lived on a daily basis?

I hope you have chosen the later or are taking steps to do so because the wolf is at the door and he is about to blow it down!!!

DaddyO

                                                                                                 This is my favourite survival tool. Boils large amounts of water in minutes  using  just a few twigs. Should last a lifetime.

For around $100, I gave my wife and myself an early Christmas gift that makes me sleep a little bit easier at night.

Full NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) fallout protection.  Merry Christmas!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002XJ2OU

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HOU90K

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051XJ8BI

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004T9HPEC

She giggled when we tried them on for the first time, and she is a great sport and knows it's better to be safe than sorry.  She knows the PMs are the way to preserve and grow wealth, and the ultimate form of money in TSHTF/TEOTWAWKI situations.  She is the only one, besides you out there in Turdville now, that knows that we own these.  Some people just wouldn't understand, they get lost when I try to explain the end of growth, devaluation, derivatives, PMs, and the shadow banking system.  This would just make them think I am a tin-foil hat wearing fearmongerer.  I wish those people were right.  But I learned something in quantum physics that applies very well to this geopolitical and global financial clusterfuck that we all find ourselves in.

Not all states of a wave function are highly probable, but all states of a wave function are possible.

I like to be prepared for all possibilities.  Hang tough Turdites.

Thanks Turd!  Got mine today.  I made a contribution way after the deadline for the hat offer and certainly wasn't expecting it, so WoW!!  It is a treasured keepsake now.  You are the real deal, Turd and this site is fantastic.  Thanks for everything!!!

This is all the more reason to put back pales of wheat, corn and other grains. The Country Living Grain mill then becomes a necessity.

DaddyO

Been drink'in, but DaddyO has a good point.  At each stage of the unwind, you need different resources.

Stage One:  Oops, the ATMs and credit cards don't work, I hope you have cash.

Stage Two:  Nobody wants your paper, hope you bought up as much food as possible, everything is locked down

Stage 2.0:  Utter bedlam and desperation:  Depends upon where you live.  You could be two gas tanks worth of distance outside a major city and be just fine, or be within the range of urban people looking for food in the country like they did when the locusts left the cities of Weimar Germany and be overrun.

Stage Three:  Barter begins.  People swap food and goods with abandon because they know what they are worth, but they will shy away from precious metals because the actual price is known to be high, but it is still unknown. In the initial stages, they will take silver dimes and quarters, because the overall cost of miscalculating is low, but they will be uptight about pricing a silver eagle, and you can forget a gold eagle at this point.  Nobody will price a gold eagle when it's worth at least a year's earnings and the price is in question.

Stage Four:  Food stores are depleted and long term food supplies prove insufficient to support the remaining population.  Maybe things start to get better because the unicorn lord gathers all the good people together and plants skittles trees, or they go terribly wrong because we just have so many women and beautiful children that need to be supported and not enough men who have the knowledge and skills to care for them.  It's anybody's guess, but I see bad things clearing out the brush before the next growth period.  Unfortunately, we have 7 billion people in the expendable category.

So PMs are great, but nobody will exchange them during a crisis for the very same reason you saved them, they are worth a lot, and nobody will know how much until the dust clears. 

If you live in an area with Ralph's markets, they are having a sale, buy 6 and get an extra dollar off already sale priced booze. Examples I bought under $5.00! Paul Masson Brandy (750ml 80 proof), Margaritaville Tequila, DosSantos (XLNT fake Kahluah), etc...

The checker said it should run through the holidays.

Probably similar "Holiday" deals in your area?

is that they take a really long time to have any effect.  HSBC is suing for $1 million.  It's nice to see a little bank infighting but a part of me says big whoop.  I've been part of a huge class action lawsuit against JP Morgan for like 2 years now and it's not exactly moving quickly or making the market change.