tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post9147011351121445617..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Another Reply: Home Invasion in USAFerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-61466931836002553472011-02-11T21:05:32.769-08:002011-02-11T21:05:32.769-08:00Well the SHTF for me yesterday as my wife found ou...Well the SHTF for me yesterday as my wife found out my prepping work. She wasn't happy at first, thought it was crazy. But I did explain that I'm not looking to make the house into a bunker and I don't see conspriacies around every corner. I told her my goals (which are modest by comparison), my sources for supplies, etc.<br /><br />She still isn't happy but she has given her passive-agressive approval to it. Still have to tread carefully though. But it's a start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-91859587386926330792011-02-10T13:53:00.744-08:002011-02-10T13:53:00.744-08:00point out that food is inflating worldwide and tha...point out that food is inflating worldwide and that much of the current unrest in egypt and ME started with food prices. With record poor harvests in china and russia and competition for corn because of ethanol, food prices may sky rocket, and there may be shortages of many any items even if the sht doesnt hit the fan dead center. Canned stuff dried goods sugar, flour and cooking oil has a few years shelf life. It's a hedge against inflation since you are going to use it anyway.get stuff you and your kids eat everyday. (don't buy cases of spam if thats not something your family likes.) Off topic, spam is good for you though. researchers studying the japanese people living over a century checked into their diet. They love spam and eat it everyday. Seems after the pacification and reconstruction following wwII, they were given rations of spam and were never able to kick the habit.timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-66330098141977047532011-02-09T17:46:06.358-08:002011-02-09T17:46:06.358-08:00I'm sensing a common theme here that hubby gen...I'm sensing a common theme here that hubby generally wants to prepare, and the Lovely Wife is resistant, notwithstanding the example of M in the Midwest. We should come up with a more definitive methodology for dealing with this situation. Hypnosis? ;-)P.P. Mazzinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387319543957770553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-23245559937496662802011-02-08T21:03:48.470-08:002011-02-08T21:03:48.470-08:00oops sorry, just missed your part of the post poin...oops sorry, just missed your part of the post pointing out the fish mox :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-75712301502109412832011-02-08T21:02:25.049-08:002011-02-08T21:02:25.049-08:00Amoxicillin
this stuff gets around the regulation ...Amoxicillin<br />this stuff gets around the regulation because its "for your fish"<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Mox-Amoxicillin-250mg-Capsules/dp/B0002YF9UA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297227657&sr=8-1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-54422617630437537822011-02-08T20:59:50.189-08:002011-02-08T20:59:50.189-08:00To Joseph on 2/8/11:
My wife is the same way. She...To Joseph on 2/8/11:<br /><br />My wife is the same way. She doesn't believe anything bad will ever happen, much less major civil unrest. She calls it "end of the world planning" and thinks it's nuts. She says we've had periods of bad economy and civil problems before and they always get resolved.<br /><br />Maybe she's right.<br /><br />But I can't take the chance.<br /><br />So I am doing some prepping. I think she knows but as long as I'm not in-her-face about it she more or less looks the other way. But there are some things I'd like to do (like get some more firearms, have 1 already and she isn't happy, not that she's anti-gun but for safte issues even though we have a gun safe and trigger locks). But I can't/won't go behind her back for things like that as much as it pains me.<br /><br />I wish she was with me on it. I'm sure she would think of things I've missed and anyway should know all I know (which isn't a lot) for her sake and the sake of our kids.<br /><br />I don't know how to get her on board until something happens and by then it will be too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-7652175985747051482011-02-08T20:54:49.135-08:002011-02-08T20:54:49.135-08:00With regard to the fake plastic guns, a couple of ...With regard to the fake plastic guns, a couple of months ago I was over at someone's house and saw a "gun" just sitting on a counter top. Sure looked like a real 9mm to me! I have no problem with guns but I just couldn't believe they would leave it just sitting there with teenagers around.<br /><br />Sure enough it was a plastic BB gun.<br /><br />But it looked as real as real can be to me!<br /><br />If someone pointed it at me I'd take it as really real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-74447347267971442982011-02-08T09:54:27.883-08:002011-02-08T09:54:27.883-08:00The best advice I can give is organize, organize, ...The best advice I can give is organize, organize, organize. That way, your gear is out of way.<br /><br />If your family notices that you've built new/bigger shelves along the walls of your basement, or that you've suddenly hung up overhead shelves in the garage, they will just think it's a quirk of yours, nothing to get upset about, because it's not in the way of their day to day activities.<br /><br />If your gear is just laying around all over the house, your family is going to complain about it, because it's in their face all of the time.<br /><br />Don't be a hoarder, like the TV series. Be organized.hsunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-47287058992953366082011-02-08T07:48:36.599-08:002011-02-08T07:48:36.599-08:00Hey if you want some window security without the u...Hey if you want some window security without the unwanted attention that bars can attract..... you should consider security film on the windows and shutters.<br />Every fathers day at my home, I have age appropriate firearms safety training for the kiddos and some shooting then a BIG bar-b-q with MY favorite RIBS. Mothers day is coming up; it IS your day have a gun safety talk with the family and shoot some clay birds ... maybe you'll get the kiddos hooked on shooting :)<br />Of course they still have to serve Ma her fav-o-rite meal too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-27589593488995253122011-02-08T04:26:34.196-08:002011-02-08T04:26:34.196-08:00An interesting letter.
I can understand her fam...An interesting letter.<br /><br /> I can understand her family not being on board with prepping, I call it the "Can't happen here" syndrome. You might try talking about water being shut off temporarily, no power during a storm, etc...that may be something they can relate to a bit better. <br /> Most people just don't believe a disaster or serious crime can happen to them.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-83283623262972142212011-02-07T23:13:16.588-08:002011-02-07T23:13:16.588-08:00There was just a home-invasion robbery about a mil...There was just a home-invasion robbery about a mile from here. A guy had a large collection of guns he liked to brag about. The inevitable happened: 2-3 guys in ski masks and dark clothes invaded his place, just him in it, got the combo to the gun safe from him, and took off with a bunch of guns. The guy, very beat-up, got loose and went to a neighbor's, and she called 911. The guy's in the local hospital, hope he'll be OK, a bunch if not all his guns are "at large", and there were cops and reporters at his place all day and into the night. <br /><br />Maybe he thought it could never happen to him. Maybe he thought that since he knows his neighbors, he'd be OK - although according to the local paper he was rather free with information about his guns and had a lot of workmen etc in and out. <br /><br />Could a dog, even a small one, some kind of basic alarm system, I mean even a string and tin cans system like soldiers would set up in the field, have helped?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-75458868301462529742011-02-07T21:00:49.361-08:002011-02-07T21:00:49.361-08:00I recently returned from my first OS holiday (in T...I recently returned from my first OS holiday (in Thailand). While there, I developed a chest infection, and went into the local pharmacy for some antibiotics and cough medicine. The two items cost 160baht (A$5) And the cough medicine was quite easy to drink. Back home in Australia, the locally sold foul tasting cough medicine alone cost me $16! I've been able to get my Doctor to give me a couple of prescriptions for antibiotics. Only wish I'd thought to pick some more up over there before I left! An aussie doctor told me the drug companies get the absolute max for their product in the First World, while its usually dirt cheap everywhere else.<br />I know about the problem of being the only prepper, my family and friends think the world economy is going to just keep cruising along fine.Doug from Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-11655284389906715342011-02-07T18:47:55.800-08:002011-02-07T18:47:55.800-08:00"Sometimes we have arguments because of all t..."Sometimes we have arguments because of all the "stuff" that I have bought."<br /><br />You are not alone. My wife was on my case about a bunch of long-shelf-life food that I had stacked around the house, which I intended to organize and put away. Finally, I just told her> Look we are going to eat this anyway, and just humor me and my harmless hobby. She shook her head, smiled and we moved on to the next thing.Don Platahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06540242782315528602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-65162909968312337322011-02-07T18:32:27.353-08:002011-02-07T18:32:27.353-08:00Hey Ferfal Love your blog but all youre amazon sto...Hey Ferfal Love your blog but all youre amazon store links are unavailableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-32146925034274194642011-02-07T17:23:23.652-08:002011-02-07T17:23:23.652-08:00hey M,
don't get discouraged. my wife thinks ...hey M,<br /><br />don't get discouraged. my wife thinks i'm being paranoid, too, but i keep going with my education / prepping activities. every chance i get, i try and get her to read a book that has influenced my thinking, so she can try and see my perspective. my latest attempt is James Gilligan's "Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and its Causes", because it's written by a psychiatrist who worked in the New York state prison system for over a decade. he's reasonable and rational, so you might be able to get your husband to read this book, since there's no real overt prepping / survival bias to the text.<br /><br />frankly, this is the book that made me realize that as nice as i am, and as nice as my friends are, there are a lot of seriously messed up people out there, and you need to take steps to protect your family from these kinds of people...people who kill with no remorse.<br /><br />good luck, and no matter what, don't give up on your family, no matter how stubborn or recalcitrant they seem to be. i often tell my wife that lessons at the range, working out to keep in shape, eating right, and stocking up are all much more productive paranoia treatments than going to a shrink and taking pills for my paranioa. she usually agrees. :)<br /><br />good luck!<br /><br />s in atlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-6338830670044146222011-02-07T16:35:00.325-08:002011-02-07T16:35:00.325-08:00M in the Midwest, Most of us on this site are pre...M in the Midwest, Most of us on this site are preppers to one degree or another, and have experienced the same problem as you with family members who are not "on board" with our way of thinking. <br /><br />That said, I hope you don't mind me giving you my 2 cents on the burglar bars. If you spouse is against it, then I think you should consider his feelings and opt for an invisible alternative: Window film. 3M makes it in three levels of strengths: http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Window_Film/Solutions/Markets-Products/Commercial/Safety-Security_Window_Films/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-86732231363073907742011-02-07T15:25:14.183-08:002011-02-07T15:25:14.183-08:00Outstanding post(M from flyover country)and FerFal...Outstanding post(M from flyover country)and FerFal per usual great.<br /> I have the same problem as you except with my wife,,my grown children are on board because of 'things' that have occurred to friends etc.though not as horrific as the mentioned case...<br /> Never give up,,protect you family above all..<br /> J in SE amerika<br /><br />The never rules of combat !<br /><br /> Never walk when you can ride !<br /> Never run when you can walk !<br /> Never stand when you can kneel !<br /> Never kneel when you can sit !<br /> Never sit when you can lie down !<br /> Never rest when you can nap !<br /> Never nap when you can sleep !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com