Who knows better than someone who’s been around a while that sometimes life throws curves? Despite this, I’ve seen little about the particular needs of the senior prepper — or thought about it myself, to be honest. We here at… Continue Reading
Tularemia The good news is, most kinds of infectious disease are less likely when one spends time in the woods. The best place to get germs, after all, is from other humans. There are a few new ones to keep… Continue Reading
SAM Splint I turned at the agonized cry to find my teammate rolling on the ground, grabbing her ankle. Well, if she was going to tear up her ankle, she definitely picked the right company. The nurse’s aid stripped off… Continue Reading
If you have read any prepper fiction, there’s a really good chance that sooner or later the “Blue Helmets” will show up as the bad guys in at least some of them. Perhaps the most well-known of all modern prepper… Continue Reading
I was walking around in a big-box retailer last weekend in the sporting goods section, and I saw something I hadn’t seen in a long time… the .22LR shelves stocked to overflowing, and the prices back down to “normal”. I… Continue Reading
Here at Beans, Bullets, Bandages, and You (3BY), we don’t do politics or religion. We don’t talk about ours and we don’t provide a forum for other people to talk about theirs. In this post and companion podcast, we explain… Continue Reading
Fire Starting Since I submit a post once a week, I occasionally get surprised by the topic of a post coming up before I planned to submit my thoughts on the subject. This week I have a post that had… Continue Reading
In my mind’s eye, I’m a war fighter like Rambo. Hard, built like a tank, can hold out an M60 like it’s a pistol… just give me a bandanna and a big knife, and I can kill every bad guy… Continue Reading
I despise shopping. Except for garden seeds. Seeds are not just Stuff; they’re a world of Possibility. For mere pocket change, often less than a dollar, you can pick up a packet of seeds that can feed you and yours… Continue Reading
It’s no secret to any prepper that the bulk of society does not share our commitment to self-sufficiency in times of crisis – making us to some degree ‘nutty’. Some of that seems unavoidable if we are to open up… Continue Reading
When the Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF), a serious health crisis is going to hit a large section of the US population in a big hurry: diabetes. Over 8% of Americans have diabetes right now. About a third have pre-diabetes,… Continue Reading
Ask any prepper what the five most important tools in the Prepper toolbox, and we are willing to bet that not one of them would answer “soap”. Unless, of course, you ask us. The single biggest jump in human health… Continue Reading
I was in my teens when I jumped into the lake with my eye glasses on (YES they had glasses way back then!). I had no idea how difficult it would be to function for the few days it took… Continue Reading