Bug Out Locations There have been a number of posts here about Bug Out Locations such as this well written piece by Spice. I have chosen a less expensive route to the problem of Bug Out Locations. A Bug Out… Continue Reading
Hygiene One of the keys to good health is simple cleanliness. In our modern world hygiene is taken for granted, though I consider it one of my basic supply categories. We all bathe and care for our teeth, or at… Continue Reading
The Bug Out Bag ( BOB ) Preppers have a bunch of acronyms for stuff they carry around, including Everyday Carry (EDC), Get Home Bag (GHB), I’m Never Coming Home Bag (INCH) and the most common term, Bug Out Bag… Continue Reading
The Satanic Banking Cult. If you have been regularly reading my PrepperNomics posts, you’ve probably realized that many of my ideas for posts come from the more fevered elements of the Prepper community. The “paranoia” about the economy seems to… Continue Reading
Ruger Mark IV. I’ve always enjoyed Salty’s gun reviews, but I seem to have a taste for different firearms, so I’ve decided to do this one, and if it is well received, maybe I’ll do a couple more. A few… 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
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
Free Trade. Not too long ago I wrote a post about China’s holding of US debt, and what it would mean if China decided to sell the bonds it has accumulated. The subject was an offshoot of our trade negotiations with… Continue Reading
Gun Cleaning Prepper forums seem to have a lot of posts on guns, and prepper novels always have gun fights, so it is safe to say preppers have an interest in firearms. I’ve made several posts here about firearms and… Continue Reading
Global Warming! I tend to prep for Low Probability Events and one that I think has a really low probability is global warming. 😊 In order to understand the risk and how to prepare for it, one needs to understand… Continue Reading
I hate giving stock market advice, but in the past couple weeks I have heard some really stupid, apocalyptic, reactions to the recent market gyrations. Salty thought I might want to do a post on the subject, but my initial… Continue Reading
Air Travel. I used to be a frequent flyer and have watched air travel change over the years from being a modern marvel, to a form of purgatory. ☹ I don’t have any idea how to fix that, but I… Continue Reading
Stripped Lowers Stripped lowers. Salty is the firearms expert here, but I occasionally have some relevant comments due to living behind the Iron Curtain in the People’s Republic of New Jersey. The advice here applies to anti-gun states. If you… Continue Reading
Have you ever wondered what banks do with the money you deposit? They keep a portion of it on hand to service folks who need to make withdrawals, but the bulk of it is loaned out. If you take a… Continue Reading
Duct Tape and WD-40 “All of life’s problems can be solved with two things—duct tape and WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn’t, you need duct tape. And if it doesn’t move and it should, you need WD- 40.”—Unknown We’ve… Continue Reading