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  1. Rick

    Learning to read the News between the lines, like in any totalitarian regime...

    Here is an article about "Rioters Clash in Dublin" And a great many people "of authority" are being quoted, how terrible these rioters are. https://www.foxnews.com/world/rioters-clash-police-torch-car-knife-attack-dublin Yet the entire article seemed odd to me, so I go over to CNN and other...
  2. Rick

    Today I filled my SUV with 6 year old gasoline!

    (I cant find the Transportation forum in the forums index anymore, so am posting here) What, is he crazy? Bear with me: I had it stored in a hermetically sealed high end jerry Can ( the real NATO spec Wavian ) So no light fractions could escape...
  3. Rick

    What I loved about Spaghetti westerns was...

    the grittiness. In Hollywood Westerns everyone looked like they just stopped out of the cleaners and a barber shop. Every man was clean, and healthy looking and recently coiffed. Totally artificial and unbelievable. Suspension of disbelief not really possible for me (unless as a child that...
  4. Rick

    Exercise Progression - Good and bad

    I want to say I am really happy with the way things are going.. am about to finish my 4th exercise in the 4th week this weekend. My speeds in the Cardio events are noticeably improving and I can pack on noticeably more weight in the gym w/o feeling struggling with it too badly. The shape of my...
  5. Rick

    Russian Soldier interviewed by Ukrainian captors

    Grew up in one of the poorest areas of Russia, lied to by his commanders, run over by his comrade in a BMP in Ukraine, abandoned with a grenade and then captured by the Ukrainians.. As he is on phone to talk with his woman he finds out another wounded unit member did not get abandoned the way he...
  6. Rick

    Resting pulse of only 60 beats!

    I was taking a first aid class today and they took my pulse: Only 60 beats a minute resting pulse! (this is me in my mid 50s) 3 weeks ago it was 72! A tremendous improvement in cardiovascular reserves in less than 2.5 weeks of getting back "into it"!
  7. Rick

    Gardening under fallout conditions

    I dont like to link to outside blogs on a forum but this time I will make an exception. I am not much of a gardener but could not have written the science better myself: https://survivalblog.com/2022/06/11/gardening-post-nuclear-fallout-environment-don-shift/ Several weeks ago, Reader L.E...
  8. Rick

    The aesthetics of Bladerunner 2049

    Since all preppers have a dystopian streak I thought I put it up here. Enjoy. (PS: Those how havent seen the movie.. do, also this Movie really sold me on Mr Gosling as a serious actor) Blade Runner 2049 - Nightcall
  9. Rick

    Anti-Insurgency Threat Vehicle

    This is what Russia is starting to use in Urban areas. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is one of the great tragedies of our time for not just the Ukrainian people but the Russian people also and really the whole of the Slavic world. Both countries have been bastions against the secular wokeness...
  10. Rick

    How long do Chef Boyardee cans last?

    I understand because of the acidic tomato content they are not really a long term prepping food , yes? But they were on sale a couple years ago and I couldnt help myself. I dont enjoy eating them and I bought them mostly as emergency food storage to supplement my more traditionally ( bagged...
  11. Rick

    Terrorists Bemoan the wily TSA : )

  12. Rick

    Two Fat cats fighting

  13. Rick

    Cute Cat goes Mrrp and then Mrrp again.

  14. Rick

    Anyone within driving distance of the Florida panhandle?

    Anyone within driving distance of the Florida panhandle? A retired Special Operations guy I know is starting training school and will some proper Carbine classes. No tacticool gimmicks, but focused on what matters. He is not local but looking to fly to this Location since we have a great...
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