I recently wrote some on diabetes mellitus. One of our readers, Strych9, posted an extremely information-rich comment in response. Strych9 (who I’ll refer to as ‘he’ for lack of further information and need for a pronoun) is a Type I… Continue Reading
There are a lot of things you can make do without or jury-rig. Then there’s some where nothing works like the real thing except the real thing. As I was digging some holes today, I was contemplating some tools that… Continue Reading
We preppers spend considerable time and resources stocking up for potential future need. Some of it we cache in various places, both to keep it out from underfoot and raise the probability that it will be available when and where… Continue Reading
Everybody makes mistakes, the question is, do we learn from them? Do we also learn from the mistakes of others? We’ve talked about our mistakes quite a bit here on Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You because we want you to… Continue Reading
How to choose the best survival knife – 5 things to remember Salty’s Note: The following is written as a guest post by Billy of Perkin Knives. Beans, Bullets, Bandages and You doesn’t do affiliate links or advertising, but we… Continue Reading
What did you do today to prep for the future? This isn’t just a generic question, I’m asking it specifically. What did you do, today, to expand/enhance your preps? Prepping isn’t just a mental exercise. As we wrote before in… Continue Reading
You’ve got somewhere to be. You know where it is, but not how to get there exactly. No GPS. No clear road route. Just a compass, and if you’re lucky a map. How can you use the compass to most… Continue Reading
Suppose you’re on the east or west coast of the U.S., or somewhere else where a compass won’t point to true north. It’s dark. You’re tired. You’re trying to navigate your way to a safe location using map and compass.… Continue Reading
Cheap to shoot guns are a great way for a prepper to be able to afford to practice shooting regularly. Having said that, there’s more than just the cost per round to consider when choosing a training gun. I’m going… Continue Reading
Public gun ranges can be very much a dilemma for preppers. On the one hand, they offer a convenient place to practice shooting our firearms. On the other hand, they are the place we are most likely to get shot.… Continue Reading
Prepping is doing. Effective preppers do, not just think and plan. They get the job they need done finished, and then they move on to the next task and DO it. Doing. I can’t speak for anybody but us, but… Continue Reading
Here’s a question Spice and I spend a lot of time talking about. What if The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI) happened right now… right this instance. Right Now The lights just go out. All electronics… Continue Reading
Salty just asked me to pick a respirator for him. I researched to find what would suit his requirements. Rather than explain it just to him, I thought you all might like to hear about it too. Respirators protect health… Continue Reading
You get fired up, dive into a project, make great progress, but can’t quite finish it up right away. That last little bit though…it seems to hang over you forever, not quite getting to the finish line. Or maybe it’s… Continue Reading
Preppers frequently talk about what they should do under circumstances of “WROL” or “Without Rule of Law.” WROL means that normal civil society has collapsed and police and courts will not be enforcing order. It would be up to individuals… Continue Reading