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I'm starting to get the feeling that 2023 is similar to 1912 or 1935, all over again. I don't know exactly how it will happen, and I certainly hope it does not happen, but with China and Russia getting closer together, and Iran and Syria and Saudi Arabia getting closer together, and Russia and...

I was wondering if the experts here can comment on the safety of this process. Meat, vegetables, rice...cooked (not on high heat) for several hours). Seems like this would work. [Edit: May not be good, per comments below.]

Had a new AC/furnace blower unit installed in my basement. Moving stuff back into the storage area this week. Occurred to me that I wasn't stacking my buckets as efficiently as I could. I had them on shelves before. My 5 gallon buckets of wheat, rice, etc. are stored for 30+ years...at least...

Guy on radio this morning said that the US will have to fight China for Taiwan within the next 5 years. I figure that raises a substantial nuclear exchange threat. I'm prepped for pretty much everything (to various degrees) except perhaps a city-busting nuclear war. So, I asked the wife...

I have two 5 gallon gas containers, but I have no place to store them outside, so I've been putting them in my garage to shield them from weather. Probably a bad idea to store it inside. Thoughts anyone? How do you store your extra gasoline?

I received a gift card over the holidays. Searching for my purchase now. I think I have a moderate level of preparedness in each of the two lowest levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (physiological and safety needs). Just trying to figure out what to go for. Obviously, you don't know what...

Rented a Chevy Tahoe on vacation. We used to drive a Suburban years ago, so we figured it would be comparable. Things have changed. First: It was a giant vehicle. Really high off the ground. You really do need the running boards to climb up into it. Crazy. I would fall out of it every...

Even if I disagree with someone on this forum...even vigorously disagree...there is no group I'd rather have around me as things come crashing down. I disagree with people on other forums, and I can't say that about the people on those forums. Stay strong, one and all!

Minimum acreage recommended? I'd like to have quite a few acres, but mostly I don't want to see another house from my house. 10 acres? 20? More? Maybe just 5??? Water: I'd like year-round running water, preferably clear. A pond or lake might be nice. A well. I would accept less land if...

It will be different for everyone. Something as simple as topping off long term supplies? I guess for me it is a decent generator. No...actually, it is rural property...or property with a water supply. I'm in the very far suburbs, but the suburbs nonetheless...and I bought the house before I...

This is the story of the first special forces sent into Afghanistan after 9/11. I was looking forward to the movie. I wanted it to be good. I was not impressed. They got some things right, but really it was a lot of what Hollywood thinks soldiers say and do. A fair amount of fighting is...

I'm thinking about making some prepperish purchases before the election. I've been aggressively building my emergency funds in 2020, but now I'm wondering if I should convert that cash into things that may become scarce if there is post election mayhem. I don't expect things to go as smoothly...

A week ago, my father gave me a pistol. I brought it home, and then started looking for holsters online on my computer. I watched a bunch of videos on youtube about holsters and concealed carry. I did not log in to YouTube to watch the videos...I never do that. My wife just told me today...

I'm thinking about getting a water tank and putting it in the garage. That is, a big one...maybe 750 gallons. I have one now, but it is a thin skin plastic 50 gallon barrel like the one below. Anyone have any experience with large tanks? I live in the suburbs, so I don't want to draw too...

My kids are all GPS slaves. And, so, they often have no idea how to get anywhere. It turns out, when you are just waiting for your GPS app to tell you to turn, you aren't really paying attention to where you are going, and you don't even have to plan the route. You go wherever the device...

I wonder if I would need a permit to dig a well. That's a silly question, isn't it. I have a deck along the back of my house, and a walk out basement under that. I could dig a well under there...but I would need commercial help. Guess I could just call some rural well digging companies. It...

Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven't yet grappled with the problems...

Currently at 5-1 odds in the Derby. I give you......Tacitus! https://www.kentuckyderby.com/horses/tacitus

Just thought I'd see what was going on over here. Looking forward to doing just that. Tacitus