In part two of this multi-part series, Jerry D. Young shares more of his thoughts and advice on barter and trade. Four Keys To Barter Try to barter skills and knowledge rather than goods. They don’t run out. Try to… Continue Reading
Caracas is a bustling city, stocked with high-rises, art centers, universities, zoos, and beautiful parks. It has also, through a period of astounding government mismanagement, become unable to provide water to its residents. All across Venuzuela, citizens who can afford… Continue Reading
Barter will happen Barter will happen. Just like any other transaction, whether barter or trade of specific goods, payment by paper money, hard money, or some other form of currency is involved, some people will accept the terms of the… Continue Reading
Scotchgard has been around for decades, but I have recently run across several folks who never heard of it, so I thought I should make all of my loyal readers, both of them, aware of this useful product. What is… Continue Reading
I sometimes chuckle when I see people talkkng about why they NEED to have an exact “super specific” use gun for each of their firearm needs. I get it, a lot of folks like very specialized firearms… to have one… Continue Reading
For those of us who live in tornado country there’s, one sound that we really don’t want to hear… the long continuous blast of a tornado siren. Everybody who lives in tornado country knows the sound I’m talking about. Pretty… Continue Reading
If you could buy an insurance policy for $1 that had the potential to add significant food – pounds and pounds of it – to your family’s larder should something dramatically bad happen in the next six months … would… Continue Reading
When people try and evacuate from any community bigger than, say, mine … Gridlock will be a thing. Particularly if emergency services aren’t going full speed to clear accidents, getting anywhere by car may be an agonizingly slow or even… Continue Reading
One of these days, they’ll have a Hollywood hero who’s living off the land pull off a tick as he sits next to his giant bonfire roasting his magically quick-cooking ‘wild’ pig. Someday. If you’ve spent any time in the… Continue Reading
If forced to bugout “by foot” I would much prefer to have those feet turning bicycle peddles than ground pounding. Why? It’s faster, much more efficient and I can carry a lot more with me. Let me explain… A bicycle… Continue Reading
PrepperNomics 107 is a series that we’ve been running, written on a regular basis by our economics guru Paranoid Prepper. We called it 107 because his concepts area a bit more advanced than the 101 level would indicate. He’s covered… Continue Reading
A good flea market can be a prepper’s shopping paradise, if you have the patience to “sort through the junk” to find what you are looking for. Here’s an example of a flea market that is legendary For nearly 50… Continue Reading
It’s dry here, and has been for months. Well, droughts happen. We recently did a piece on some things we’d done to drought-proof our food production (you can find that here). In this piece and podcast, Salty and I talk… Continue Reading
Some situations you prep for and hope they don’t come (I’m looking at YOU, major EMP!). Others situations you pretty much know are going to happen one year or another. Drought? It’s going to happen. Water collection for home use… Continue Reading
The lyrics are from Styx’s Crystal Ball, but they could have come from the heart of any number of people struggling with dementia-induced confusion, including Alzheimer’s patients: “Tell me, tell me where I’m going I don’t know where I’ve been… Continue Reading