The stormtroopers will probably find anything if you take your house apart, bury it in the garden at night at the local sheriff's or the police station, or vacuum it up and sink it into a pond that is not deep. The other solution would be to put the wrong sewer pipes in the basement and put the stuff in there, but when the stormtroopers come by you could smell the roast if there is no toilet where the pipe ends.
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these imaginary "stormtroopers" coming for you >> more like it'll be neighbor Goober from the filling station along with his buddy the auxiliary PD officer and some other buddies from the pool hall willing to kick down doosr for a %%%% of the booty ....
unless your OPSEC is slipshod and they have reason to be looking for something specific - they'll confiscate what's on the list to grab and then something that grabs their $$$ fancy - they won't be in the backyard with a metal detector or even looking thru your attic ....
That's what I am hoping! I have several places to hide them, if I had them!!!
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Now getting goats milk, but only about a quart on first day of new milkers. Would have been much more but the new time milkers kepts kicking over my bowl even being hobbled. Had you been outside the barn today, you would have thought I was killing at least one of them.
Got the new air rifle sighted in and it is still holding pressure. I will top it off again next Friday, before going back to the range Saturday. I ordered a spotting scope as the pellet holes are harder to see at 1oo yards. I also order a bipod for it but that may not arrive by this Friday, so it will have to be installed later. I may have found a solution to the rainy / misty day chronograph problem. I found a inexpensive 5.5 foot patio umbrella and umbrella light kit, on Amazon. I think that will be enough protection to allow me to chronograph my reloads and the pellet rifle during minor wet weather. We will see. I don't plan to shoot during wind/ rain storms, just tired of the damp weather putting a hold on data collection.
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Dehydrated, bananas, tangerines and apples this week, but can't really call them preps because we are eating them as soon as processed.
Just brought in 4 tons of firewood from the local ranch. The neighbor works there, the boss told him if he cuts the trees back like the boss wanted, he could take the wood...the boss died day before yesterday and his brother, with whom he was not on speaking terms...has taken over the ranch. My neighbor and I went with a trailer and grabbed as much wood as possible before the "new" boss decides he can't have it anymore...
Am building a chicken pen tomorrow...BUT, it will not be used as a chicken pen yet. The neighbor needs to get his two pigs out of another neighbors pig pen day after tomorrow...I'll be building the pen with wooden walls which I can later take down from the uprights and replace it with chainlink fencing for the chickens after the pigs get butchered...I'm getting toooooooo old for this crap. Help a friend and hope it goes well...Gary
Am building a chicken pen tomorrow...BUT, it will not be used as a chicken pen yet. The neighbor needs to get his two pigs out of another neighbors pig pen day after tomorrow...I'll be building the pen with wooden walls which I can later take down from the uprights and replace it with chainlink fencing for the chickens after the pigs get butchered...I'm getting toooooooo old for this crap. Help a friend and hope it goes well...Gary
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If you use chain link, look for your chickens to be killed. If an animal can get its head through, they are in. I've had them come into chicken wire. Just FYI
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I use chain link for the basic structure of our runs, but I use 2 ft of utility wire on the base, and also on the ground with heavy concrete blocks on it. Also cover our run tops with wire.
Robin I picked up a curbside order today for the same reason. They knocked off a huge chunk of my list as being out of stock. Grocery stores are packed. Jeez here we go again with the panic buying.
Same here only got a third of the stuff we ordered from Tesco today
I have been thinking about purchasing a dehydrator. Which kind do you have? How long will food last once dehydrated?
did a weekly shop in my local corner shop no problems got everything on my list, going to ASDA(British version of Walmart) next week will see whats that is like but we dont see much panic buying out here in the sticks.
My house was built about 120 years ago by the great-grandfather of the man who sold it to me. It has also seen 2 World Wars, many floods, terrible storms and the occupation from the Russians from 1956 till around 1990. I still have the house number sign from the Russian "re-name" of the original street. The street has been Re-Re-named back to its old name again...GP
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Rhonda...I use an Excalibur 9 tray
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More canned goods, salt, macaroni at Dollar Tree. More spare parts for the Coleman's.
The son of my late friend in KS phoned today, told me many people he knows who have their own businesses are now keeping the absolute minimum cash necessary to run their businesses but REMOVING any extra cash for fear of the state seizing money for Covid fines or asset grabbing by the new socialist government
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Stockpiled the stockpile at Sams today. They were really slim on canned food.
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Did some good bartering tonight with my favorite cousin. Came with three dozen eggs and a bag of salad greens from our greenhouse. Left with 10 lbs of freshly ground beef and 2 gallons of raw milk.
Hiden is going to lock it all down, potentially causing mass shortages and ending delivery. Make sure you have emergency goods like Israeli bandages and CELOX blood clotting powder, individual gauze, super glue.... Maybe go to the Goodwill and buy some crutches.. Be safe! Buckle up, friends.
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Get what you can when you can get it before the idiot's laws take effect.
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Hopefully every one on here has at least a year and the capability of what you can grow and raise to keep the year stock going.
If not, get busy.
If not, get busy.
We are doing well with the full pantry and 3 freezers. Half a píg frozen, some smoked, another half in Feb and making smoked sausages with most. The garden is tilled, seeds are ready, early potatoes in two buckets, the well needs to be topped off because of little rain. We will need to prime it before the electric pump can pull water. Spare pump ready, both generators, spare car battery full on the solar panel, fuel and oil for the chainsaw today, 2 new chains, 3 axes sharpened, 4 hatchets sharpened, more wood cut and stacked. New pig pen finished and 2 pigs in it from the neighbor who has little money, maybe we can or should buy them from him...only missing chickens...
I bought a bunch of new outfits for the girls, and a pallet of bleach. I also bought a pallet of cheap whiskey and some pint water bottles to fill and sell.
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Did a haul from the Amish Menno store this afternoon. I like that store because it's owned by a menno lady right down the street. Good prices on canned and dry goods. I'll be repackaging lots tomorrow.
A new amish store just set up in our little town, in a small building on a local farm. My cousin and I will be checking that out tomorrow, as well as the local thrift store. Probably not groceries at the new store, but dry goods.
A new amish store just set up in our little town, in a small building on a local farm. My cousin and I will be checking that out tomorrow, as well as the local thrift store. Probably not groceries at the new store, but dry goods.
Hello all, today I was going to work in the garden, but that's not gonna happen today even though the sun is out alittle bit it is windy and very cold out today. So today my wife and I decided to go do some shopping we first had hit the dollar store so we could re-load up on more soap, hand soap, shampoos, body wash, deodorant, etc and other $1. The dollar store is a great place to get items cheap.
The 2nd trip was to our local grocery store I work at. We had picked up alot of canned foods, coffee and multiple drink mixes and toiletries in case people go into panic mode and start bulk buying it all up.
And as of now our pantry and kitchen are very well socked and organized. I had added a couple more shelfs in the pantry
The 2nd trip was to our local grocery store I work at. We had picked up alot of canned foods, coffee and multiple drink mixes and toiletries in case people go into panic mode and start bulk buying it all up.
And as of now our pantry and kitchen are very well socked and organized. I had added a couple more shelfs in the pantry
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Filled up a cart at Aldi today.
just picked up my "recon smock in od green", a pair of new boots, walking them in, one thing I noticed here, there are no beans in tomato sauce at the store I do my weekly shopping and it's been that for many weeks now..
