Tips,Tricks and Facts

[Brent S]

I posted this earlier but it disappeared. Water filters come with an average number of gallons they can clean. Remember that this number is for clear water. If you’re filtering cloudy, green or any sediment filled water it will shorten the life of the filter by a lot. Try pre filtering the water with a folded tee shirt or cloth. You can also use a soda bottle filled with sand. Remember that water is your number one need in life so protect your filter as much as you can.

 

[DrHenley]

I posted this earlier but it disappeared.

Brent, forgetting where we put things are we? Welcome to the geriatric generation, ROFL.
No that post is still right where you left it...

http://www.doomsdayprepperforums.co...tial-pandemic-advice.12046/page-3#post-168807

 

[Brent S]

Brent, forgetting where we put things are we? Welcome to the geriatric generation, ROFL.
No that post is still right where you left it...

http://www.doomsdayprepperforums.co...tial-pandemic-advice.12046/page-3#post-168807

The beauty of loosing your mind as you get older is you can’t remember how sharp you used to be either! Lol.

 

[BillMasen]

It has been revealed that the latest research shows more money is now spent on **** jobs and Viagra than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, the elderly will all have perky tits and massive erections, but absolutely no idea what to do with them.

 

[Brent S]

It has been revealed that the latest research shows more money is now spent on **** jobs and Viagra than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, the elderly will all have perky tits and massive erections, but absolutely no idea what to do with them.

Best one I’ve heard in a while!

 

[GaRp58]

I’ve wondered if drying some of it out would reduce its ability to burn so bad?

We dry stinging nettles and make tea, boil it like spinach, fry it and make chips. Soak it in water for a few weeks and let it go bad, makes a great spray for your garden against all kinds of bad bugs eating on your veggies and grapes. GP
Watch the trees, if their leaves are turned over and show their belly-side, the weather is going to change for the worse.
Watch the birds, if they do not fly too high, there is a low-pressure system and the weather is going bad soon.
Watch the clouds, if you see the thin wispy cirrus clouds, the weather is going to be or get better. GP

 

[GaRp58]

snakes make great pets. They don’t bark, they don’t need to be taken out to do their business, as a matter of fact they only do their business like once a month, they only need to be fed every few weeks, and if you forget to check on them they are fine. They are also tasty in a pinch! Seriously, they aren’t slimy and mostly only bite when threatened. Don’t just go hunting to kill them for no reason.

SOUNDS LIKE MY BEST BUDDYS EX-WIFE!!!

 

[GaRp58]

I'm looking so old lately...walked out of a museum and the anti-theft alarm went off. They thought I was part of the exhibitions...GP

 

[Helen Back]

Sooo, this just came to me. If you have room, get some reading glasses. You may not need them now, but if you ever do.... $1 store has them in all strengths.

 

[Dies Irae]

1. If you think you're being followed turn right four times. Since you'll get to the same place they shouldn't be following you anymore. If they do, you might be in trouble. Since it's a common warning that you shouldn't go home when you think someone is following you, the smartest is to go to a police station."

2. Buy a plunger and fire extinguisher before you need a plunger or fire extinguisher.
Because fire and ****** situations are no fun at all.

3. If you’re being tied up, puff yourself out as much as possible so it’ll be easier to wiggle out of. Tense muscles, inhale deep and stretch out your arms and legs to make more space.

4. If someone is choking but they are coughing/talking, DO NOT INTERVENE. Let them cough it out. The ability to cough is a sign that air is able to get in and out and that they only have a partial obstruction in their airway. If you try to intervene with the Heimlich or backblows, you could force it out, or you could dislodge the blockage and cause a full obstruction. Obviously, if they're not breathing or coughing then you should definitely administer backblows, just remember to check in between each one incase you partially dislodge the object.

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[GeorgiaPeachie]

No. More like criminal-eating training. Call it police dog training, military training, bite work... There are formal systems for this, 'ring sport' is one of them. Never even thought of it as dog fights, but I can see where someone would go there. The dogs are never trained to go after other dogs, but they love to bite bad guys. Chomp, chomp, chomp! There are multiple methods, 'ring sport', 'schultzhund', 'mondio'...

We have a dog that was trained like that. He was a little hard to train (according to the trainer) in that he didn’t want to go after the arm or hand. He launched himself at the guys throat and knocked him down.

 

[Helen Back]

Know where your home's main water shut off valve is located. If it's at the street, in the meter box on the ground, HAVE A T BAR VALVE TOOL TO SHUT IT OFF.

Or you could get this bad boy

https://www.amazon.com/SurvivalKits...rds=water+shut+off+tool&qid=1588391816&sr=8-2

 

[Dies Irae]

1. If you’re near a water source, fishing is the most convenient way to find food. Because fish swim toward the wind, you will catch more fish if you cast your bait into the wind while fishing. This will ensure the bait lands in front of the fish rather than behind.

2. Collect Fat Wood

“Fat wood” is actually resin from pine trees. It is effective both as a fire starter and as an insect repellent, so it’s a good thing to collect and have on hand.

3. Don’t Cross River Rapids

Even if you’re a strong swimmer, don’t risk crossing a rapid river. You could get sucked into a strong current and drown. Even if you survive the crossing, you will spend far too much energy in the effort.

4. 16 drops of bleach to treat 1 gallon of water

5. When 1% of the total water weight of a person’s body is lost, the person will feel thirsty.

 

[GaRp58]

If your urine is clear, your body has all the water it needs, if it is light yellow, you could drink something. IF it turns dark yellow and goes toward brown, you are just short of drying your organs out an leading to a slow death from dehydration. A muscle which has lost 3% water to dehydration, also loses 10% of its elasticity and 8% of its speed reaction time. Never transport water in a container if you are thirsty, water cools you in summer and heats you in winter. GP

 

[DrHenley]

If you have clear colorless urine, it means you aren't eating your vegetables, LOL.

Vitamin C, Vitamin B, chlorophyll, and beta carotene all turn your urine various shades of bright yellow.

Chlorophyll also reduces urine odor.

 

[GaRp58]

Right Doc, I will never forget the time someone told the story of one of his Grandkids come rushing into the living room full of family in the Christmas holidays and, just coming back from the toilet, exclaimed in a loud voice: " I want to know who can pee-pee in BLUE???"

 

[Dies Irae]

1. Don't Give Up
Remember that you can never win a race you don’t run. If you give up, you eliminate 100% of the chances you have of surviving.

2. No Water, No Food
You will need energy but remember that the more you eat, the more thirsty you will become. If you have no water source, eating something could be the very thing that ends it all for you.

3. Breathe Through Your Nose
You use more energy breathing through your mouth than your nose. You also lose moisture faster

4. The boiling point of water lowers, the higher you get above sea level. This means that it takes less time and less energy to boil water at altitude. Cooking food by boiling though will take longer as water boiling at altitude is not as hot as water boiling at sea level.

5. The human body temperature normally stays within a range of about 97.52° – 98.96°F or 36.4° – 37.2°C
If it falls just 2° below that hypothermia will start to set in.

 

[user 7704]

Also, your urine turns dark if you drink pop or sugary drinks. Doesn't mean dehydration in this case

 

[Dies Irae]

1. During the winter, it is WAY better to be slightly cold than it is to sweat. If you start to sweat, you can go hypothermic way faster.

2. You can squeeze relatively safe water out of moss. Obviously you should still boil it and and it’s going to have some dirt but it way better than drinking out of a steam or puddle.

3. If you accidentally disturb a bee hive or wasp nest and are being swarmed, DO NOT run for water. It seems intuitive that jumping in water will keep the bees off you, but actually they will wait for you to resurface and resume stinging you. Instead, run as fast and as far away as you can. Bees/wasps are territorial and will not easily leave their home range. So once you leave their comfort zone, you're pretty much safe.

4. If you don't know for sure what you're eating:

Most animals are safe to eat. Most plants will make you sick.

clearly hundreds of exceptions. But if you know nothing, steer toward killing bambi before eating leaves.

Also, a diet of solely rabbit will make you stupid and dead. Something apparently seriously lacking in thr nutrition provided. This is called protein poisoning (or sometimes rabbit poisoning). Rabbits are almost entirely lean, with very, very low fat content, and your body can't function without fat.

5. Anything standing it's ground and being loud just wants you to leave. If you don't they will attack. When they are relatively quiet they have already decided to attack.

This goes for humans too



Bonus: Don't f*ck with garage door springs.

 

[Dracos]

As you stated "Don't eat snow if you if you are thirsty". It will cool your core. Put the snow in a container, even a plastic bag, and put it under your coat. I will warm and thaw without cooling your core. As for point 3.
(may have posted before) "If something gets stuck in you don't pull it out". Father and I were in a weapons museum. We were looking at a truly wicked bayonet. It had large shark fin like barbs that leaned in opposite
directions. 1 right,1 left for the entire length. I indicated that I thought such a device would be difficult to remove. Dad replied. "He'll help you, all he can".

 

[Dies Irae]

1. If you're ever caught in a whirlpool, do the best you can to take a deep breath (its tough, I know) and let the whirlpool suck you down underwater. Once underwater swim sideways to escape it. Since the whirlpool creates a conical shape its much easier to swim away once you're underwater rather than swimming at the top and getting pulled back.

2. When boiling down water in the winter remember that ice is 90% water 10% air, snow is 90% air 10% water. Melt ice, not snow.

3. Dont drink water fast when you finally encounter clean water. You’ll throw up, and give yourself stomach ache.

Take 1 sip every 10 seconds until you feel satisfied

4. If you are already experiencing hypothermia, your body has stopped making heat. At this point your insulating layers are only maintaining the slowly worsening status quo. The only way get better is to expose yourself to a heat source like a fire, a warm body, or heated structure.

That means you have to take off the insulated layers in order for the heat to get to your body. I knew someone who almost died because she was experiencing hypothermia. She went into a warm building and people kept piling more and more blankets on her. The blankets kept out the heat and her body wasn't producing it's own so she wasn't getting any better. Finally someone called them all dumb ***** and pulled off the blankets so the warm air could actually reach her.

5. The entire dandelion plant is edible.

The entire clover plant is also edible.

need to be cooked.


One cup of chopped, raw dandelion greens has 25 calories, 1.5g protein, 0.4g of fat, 5.1g of carbohydrates, 1.9g fiber, and 0.4g sugar. Dandelion greens are an excellent source of vitamin A, folate, vitamin K, and vitamin C (in its raw form), and a good source of calcium and potassium.

A 100-gram serving of raw clover contains only 23 calories. Clover is a good source of vitamin C and antioxidants. It even is anti inflammatory towards the cardiovascular system.

6. For sleeping - 1 layer below you is the same as 2 layers above you

The ground sucks all the heat out of you so the more separation you can get, the better.

 

[BillMasen]

As you stated "Don't eat snow if you if you are thirsty". It will cool your core. Put the snow in a container, even a plastic bag, and put it under your coat. I will warm and thaw without cooling your core. As for point 3.
(may have posted before) "If something gets stuck in you don't pull it out". Father and I were in a weapons museum. We were looking at a truly wicked bayonet. It had large shark fin like barbs that leaned in opposite
directions. 1 right,1 left for the entire length. I indicated that I thought such a device would be difficult to remove. Dad replied. "He'll help you, all he can".

And never eat YELLOW snow.

 

[DrPrepper1]

Know where your home's main water shut off valve is located. If it's at the street, in the meter box on the ground, HAVE A T BAR VALVE TOOL TO SHUT IT OFF.

Or you could get this bad boy

https://www.amazon.com/SurvivalKits...rds=water+shut+off+tool&qid=1588391816&sr=8-2

I just learned about this location and item this week. We were able to get the tool at Home Depot a few days ago. We just happened to be there when they were delivered.

 

[Amish Heart]

Husband and I took the CERT training a number of years ago, and that was an item included in the pack that they gave us at graduation. Handy.

 

[Brent S]

1. If you think you're being followed turn right four times. Since you'll get to the same place they shouldn't be following you anymore. If they do, you might be in trouble. Since it's a common warning that you shouldn't go home when you think someone is following you, the smartest is to go to a police station."

2. Buy a plunger and fire extinguisher before you need a plunger or fire extinguisher.
Because fire and ****** situations are no fun at all.

3. If you’re being tied up, puff yourself out as much as possible so it’ll be easier to wiggle out of. Tense muscles, inhale deep and stretch out your arms and legs to make more space.

4. If someone is choking but they are coughing/talking, DO NOT INTERVENE. Let them cough it out. The ability to cough is a sign that air is able to get in and out and that they only have a partial obstruction in their airway. If you try to intervene with the Heimlich or backblows, you could force it out, or you could dislodge the blockage and cause a full obstruction. Obviously, if they're not breathing or coughing then you should definitely administer backblows, just remember to check in between each one incase you partially dislodge the object.

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Rocket fuel can be made from sugar and potassium nitrate. It’s amazing how much energy is in sugar. Every once In a while a factory processing sugar will blow up leveling the place.....

 

[Dies Irae]

1. If you are trying to escape a burning building and are about to open a closed door, be wary that there may be fire built up and trapped on the other side waiting for an opening to burst to the next room.

If the door opens inwards (towards you), stand aside while opening the door, using the door as a shield, so the built up fire doesn’t blast you.

2. Do NOT put hydrogen peroxide on a DEEP fleshwound. It will turn your blood into a human slushy.

Small cuts are fine, but a deep fleshwound is not.A mild saline solution or antibiotic is far superior. Strong solutions like alcohol, iodide, and hydrogen peroxide are damaging to our tissues and will make the injury worse. A saline solution mimics the body’s pH, and bacitracin or other antibiotics are essential to fighting infection, speeding up the healing process, and and minimizing scarring.

The funny thing is, stronger solutions aren’t even especially helpful for smaller injuries; if you’re actually worried about infection you’re better off with neosporin. Hydrogen peroxide is only actually useful for disinfecting.

3. If a fallen powerline is still active and you are closeby, never lift your feet but drag them along the ground. Separating your feet can create two contact points with the ground and can result in a shock

4. If you happen to someday find yourself on a sinking boat, and it goes underwater and you're somehow able to get free, beware. Once the air neutralizes, if you're far down enough, water pressure will kill you, and collapse your lungs.

To avoid this, scream all the way to the top. While you swim up, scream. It'll keep the pressure from killing you.

5. If you have a cut that gets infected and see a streak of red going up from it, go to the doctor immediately. It is a sign of serious infection that can lead to sepsis.

Bonus : Not really a fact, but someone once told me this: “If you wouldn’t dare to put your d*ck in there, don’t put your finger in there neither”. This is useful, especially with big machines and other things with ‘holes’. You can prevent some serious injuries like this.

 

[Dies Irae]

1.
If you are lost in the wilds, fishing is one of the easiest ways to gather food. To make a fishing hook, you can use the little tag on the top of your beer or soda can. It is the perfect shape for making a hook. You will have to cut one segment out of it and sharpen it.

2.
Do not forget to put stones around your campfire. The stones will control the fire, and, after the fire dies out, they can be used to keep you warm. Warm stones can also be used to purify water. If you place the rocks inside cans with water, the water will boil.

3.
"If someone grabs your wrists, pull away quickly where their thumbs are - thumbs are the weakest parts in a grip."

4.
"If you work around stuff that can cut someone easy (metal scrap, sheet metal or really any factory or construction work) wear a belt. I don't care if you don't need one to hold your pants up. A belt can be a quick easy tourniquet and save a life."

5. If you ever find yourself on a horse that is out of control - pull one rein so that it's head is all the way around, touching your foot/it's shoulder. A horse can not buck, bolt or rear in this stance - it can run madly in a tight circle but it will tire and stop eventually.

6.
If you get a tooth knocked out, don’t put it on ice to take to the hospital- put it in milk. The tooth must stay moist at all times, either in your mouth or, if it can't be replaced in the socket, put it in milk, in your mouth next to your cheek, or in an emergency tooth preservation kit. Don't use regular tap water; root surface cells can't tolerate that for extended periods of time.
Also if you get a body part severed, put it in a bag and then put the bag on ice; don’t put the body part directly in the ice.