For reasons that I will get into, at length, at a further point in time Spice and I suspended posting here on Beans, Bullets, Bandages and You three years ago. I’m glad to tell you these reasons are not because… Continue Reading
Miles lay between us, and more miles between us and home. No phones, no lights, no motorcars; not a single luxury. The rendezvous plan had eroded away with the trail in front of me. How would we connect? When trouble… Continue Reading
You need to get out of there. So do thousands of other people. Most of those people will be slowed to a crawl or stopped dead because their road is blocked. Will you? This is the second installment of our… Continue Reading
Every cell’s life depends on blood. Blood ferries materials between cells and the outside world. Cells in distant parts of the body share materials and information through it. This article explores what’s really in blood, and how a prepper can… Continue Reading
Do you ever stop and think “How would I have handled this situation without all the modern conveniences?” Well, I hope so. It’s a great prepper habit, testing both your skills and your preps. We experienced one of those moments… Continue Reading
Laurence Gonzales wrote a book, Deep Survival. Gonzales is a man with both a long history of extreme sports and a fascination with what it is that causes some people to survive under terrible duress while others succumb. I share… Continue Reading
My sister died last week. Not only is the death of a close relative a surreal experience for all of us, but death in the age of COVID-19 takes that to a whole new level, and it’s something I want… Continue Reading
In today’s news: One person killed, another hospitalized by their efforts of self-medication against COVID-19. (1) Preppers are all about being prepared to care for themselves. Some of us have stocks of medications to tide us through situations where normal… Continue Reading
As The SHTF, Be A Role Model The quality of a man or a woman can readily be judged when times get tough and the Stuff Hits The Fan. Does he or she turn into a complete jerk, or show… Continue Reading
As coronavirus numbers continue to climb, people are scrambling to stock up on food. Seriously, last week Salty saw some cans of freeze-dried stuff we bought at $12 selling for three times that. Profiteering much? He was just browsing from… Continue Reading
Preppers prepare for hard times; but there’s a glitch. We want to be prepared for the next disaster … so we prep to be ready for the last disaster. An example of preparing for the last disaster In 1877, the Firth (Bay)… Continue Reading
Hit the trail? In November 2016, my wife and I were both lamenting that we needed more exercise and that we wanted to spend more time doing things we enjoyed. She hit upon the idea of going hiking more… Continue Reading
Say Yes To Resistance Bands – There’s an important fact about times of crises that gets often overlooked: Life keeps happening. And I don’t just mean “some people survive”. I mean that the things that complicate normal life can also… Continue Reading
In one sense, pandemic responses are easy to figure out: Don’t come in contact with infected people. In another sense, it can be very difficult. Critical information is hard to come by: How bad is it? What kinds of contacts… Continue Reading
Proposed: Echo chambers are dangerous to fairness, rational thinking, and a civil but diverse society. It’s very easy, and very tempting, in this internet age to hear mostly from sources who agree with you and shut out all other voices.… Continue Reading