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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 1486038" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>ok ... I tend to want to learn skills and am a bit OCD so I want to be organized while I am at it! <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> So ... after I read the requisite fictional reading that GC had ... blah!!! After I read "The Patriot" and "One Second After" I decided that GC was absolutely out of his mind and told him that if he wanted to make any kind of impression on me that wouldn't result in me petitioning the court to have him committed he had better find some non-fictional reading ... LOL</p><p></p><p>But ... in actuality he had accomplished his goal and I ran off to google ... and I came across this guys blog <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Just-Case-Self-Sufficient-Unexpected-Happens/dp/1603420355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300159421&sr=1-1" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Just-Case-Self-Sufficient-Unexpected-Happens/dp/1603420355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300159421&sr=1-1</a> and book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/9870563457?tag=surviinargen-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=9870563457&adid=0YS947GSKAMG2T1ARMC6&" target="_blank">The Modern Survival Manual:Surviving the Economic Collapse</a></p><p></p><p>OK ... now THAT I can relate to ... </p><p></p><p>I started off with the LDS Manual <a href="http://www.abysmal.com/LDS/Preparedness/Preparedness.pdf" target="_blank">LDS Manual pdf</a> You can skip over the religious stuff (I read it just for the history behind their philosophy) and made a list of what I thought someone "bugging in" (cuz I AM NOT leaving without GC and he will be at work in most crises that I can come up with) needed to lay low and went to work learning what I needed to learn and gathering up what I needed to gather up.</p><p></p><p>As an extension of that I became re-interested in a lot of things my grandparents did just as a matter of course. My mother's parents did not have running water in the house or electricity until the late 60s, early 70s, when grandpa finally upgraded the dairy and put in those new-fangled electric milking machines. So ... I have a lot of books on specific skill sets, like canning, gardening, dehydrating, foraging, fermenting, gun smithing, small engine repair, reloading (but in all honestly those last 3 are why I have GC around! LOL) ... I can list my favorites of those if you want ...</p><p></p><p>But for good general information I don't think there is a better book than this one: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Just-Case-Self-Sufficient-Unexpected-Happens/dp/1603420355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300159421&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Just in Case</a> especially if you live "in town" and don't have a millon acres with a missle silo to "bug out" too ...</p><p></p><p>Emergency Preparedness and Survival Guide put out by Backwoods Home Magazine is pretty good too, especially if you live in a more rural area (translate to: don't have to deal with city code enforcement).</p><p></p><p>I occasionally check out Rawles' site but he is a bit "out there" for me. <a href="http://www.survivalblog.com/" target="_blank">http://www.survivalblog.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Needless to say there are more survival forums out there than gun forums. Unfortunately they tend to be overrun with religious zealots, armchair commandos and kooks who have "been living the life since before God was born" ...</p><p></p><p>I tend to be a tad bit more mellow than those folks so I just lurk til I find what I need and then run off quickly before they notice me! lol</p><p></p><p>So ... in case you haven't noticed this is the hobby I have now that I don't work and can't shoot ... GC doesn't seem to mind ... I can't tell you the last time he said "do we have ...?" that I didn't say "As a matter of fact, yes we do!" <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> Nor can I remember the last time I paid full price for anything ... it is a lot easier to save money when you can wait until there is a sale and stock up, rather than going to the store every week for stuff you are always gonna need and paying full price. Those two things alone have made my being "one of those people" well worth it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 1486038, member: 1242"] ok ... I tend to want to learn skills and am a bit OCD so I want to be organized while I am at it! ;) So ... after I read the requisite fictional reading that GC had ... blah!!! After I read "The Patriot" and "One Second After" I decided that GC was absolutely out of his mind and told him that if he wanted to make any kind of impression on me that wouldn't result in me petitioning the court to have him committed he had better find some non-fictional reading ... LOL But ... in actuality he had accomplished his goal and I ran off to google ... and I came across this guys blog [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Just-Case-Self-Sufficient-Unexpected-Happens/dp/1603420355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300159421&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.com/Just-Case-Self-Sufficient-Unexpected-Happens/dp/1603420355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300159421&sr=1-1[/URL] and book [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/9870563457?tag=surviinargen-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=9870563457&adid=0YS947GSKAMG2T1ARMC6&"]The Modern Survival Manual:Surviving the Economic Collapse[/URL] OK ... now THAT I can relate to ... I started off with the LDS Manual [URL="http://www.abysmal.com/LDS/Preparedness/Preparedness.pdf"]LDS Manual pdf[/URL] You can skip over the religious stuff (I read it just for the history behind their philosophy) and made a list of what I thought someone "bugging in" (cuz I AM NOT leaving without GC and he will be at work in most crises that I can come up with) needed to lay low and went to work learning what I needed to learn and gathering up what I needed to gather up. As an extension of that I became re-interested in a lot of things my grandparents did just as a matter of course. My mother's parents did not have running water in the house or electricity until the late 60s, early 70s, when grandpa finally upgraded the dairy and put in those new-fangled electric milking machines. So ... I have a lot of books on specific skill sets, like canning, gardening, dehydrating, foraging, fermenting, gun smithing, small engine repair, reloading (but in all honestly those last 3 are why I have GC around! LOL) ... I can list my favorites of those if you want ... But for good general information I don't think there is a better book than this one: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Just-Case-Self-Sufficient-Unexpected-Happens/dp/1603420355/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300159421&sr=1-1"]Just in Case[/URL] especially if you live "in town" and don't have a millon acres with a missle silo to "bug out" too ... Emergency Preparedness and Survival Guide put out by Backwoods Home Magazine is pretty good too, especially if you live in a more rural area (translate to: don't have to deal with city code enforcement). I occasionally check out Rawles' site but he is a bit "out there" for me. [URL="http://www.survivalblog.com/"]http://www.survivalblog.com/[/URL] Needless to say there are more survival forums out there than gun forums. Unfortunately they tend to be overrun with religious zealots, armchair commandos and kooks who have "been living the life since before God was born" ... I tend to be a tad bit more mellow than those folks so I just lurk til I find what I need and then run off quickly before they notice me! lol So ... in case you haven't noticed this is the hobby I have now that I don't work and can't shoot ... GC doesn't seem to mind ... I can't tell you the last time he said "do we have ...?" that I didn't say "As a matter of fact, yes we do!" ;) Nor can I remember the last time I paid full price for anything ... it is a lot easier to save money when you can wait until there is a sale and stock up, rather than going to the store every week for stuff you are always gonna need and paying full price. Those two things alone have made my being "one of those people" well worth it! [/QUOTE]
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