Articles by woodchipper518

As always, added, food to the inve6ntory. Rotated out and restocked. Moved to a new job only 6 miles from home versus 40+ miles. Now I will be walking thru and around upper middle class areas only. The previous walk was through light industrial, barrios and less than desirable areas. Still kept the same EDC/Car bag as it was designed for a 3-4 day trek. Married off my oldest to a good man with like-minded thinking so my food supply timeframe just increased. Oh the preps I could have bought with the price of her wedding,

One of my water sources was a local lake about 600ft away. Unfortunately, my subdivision bought the parcel and is developing it for more houses so my walk through the woods is no more. For now, I’ll have to buy some more 5gal jugs and think about putting up the rain catchment system I currently have mothballed from the prying eyes of neighbors.

bought some bulk ammo. Started taking some tactical training classes.

Statistics: Posted by woodchipper518 — Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:49 pm

As always, added, food to the inve6ntory. Rotated out and restocked. Moved to a new job only 6 miles from home versus 40+ miles. Now I will be walking thru and around upper middle class areas only. The previous walk was through light industrial, barrios and less than desirable areas. Still kept the same EDC/Car bag as it was designed for a 3-4 day trek. Married off my oldest to a good man with like-minded thinking so my food supply timeframe just increased. Oh the preps I could have bought with the price of her wedding,

One of my water sources was a local lake about 600ft away. Unfortunately, my subdivision bought the parcel and is developing it for more houses so my walk through the woods is no more. For now, I’ll have to buy some more 5gal jugs and think about putting up the rain catchment system I currently have mothballed from the prying eyes of neighbors.

bought some bulk ammo. Started taking some tactical training classes.

Statistics: Posted by woodchipper518 — Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:49 pm

It has not been a stellar couple of months but I found my preparedness mojo in April. Doubled my supply of ammo in all my calibers. Rotated out my stored/stabilized gasoline. I didn’t have any problems dumping 5gal of year old gas into my tank at a time but I usually topped it off with fresh gas, too. Rotated out my stored water re-purposing it in the wife’s fountains. Caught up on a bunch of paper work for my knowledge library. Added more food. Mylar bagged rice, corn meal, pasta, etc. Moved food in temporary storage to long-term storage which makes room for more foods. Rotated out canned and frozen foods based on Use Dates on several occasions. Of course, range practice. That’s all I remember.

Statistics: Posted by woodchipper518 — Mon May 01, 2017 11:10 am

After seeing the post about ‘less than legal crops”…I started wondering if there were any friends of Bill Wilson on this forum.

I have little opinion on any crop/plant that can contribute positively to the survival process. I have a definite opinion that weed dulls the senses so I don’t want anyone on my watch/group/family protecting me that imbides in it for recreational uses. But I have the same opinions about alcohol. It has medicinal and cooking purposes but dulls the senses, too. Poppy….same thought stream. Are there poppy fields in the US? (rhetorical question, don’t answer!)

I cannot afford to do anything that makes me less valuable to my group/family. I do have alcohol in my preps but they are sealed in liquid rubber. I have them strictly for medicinal and trading value.

PM me if you are a friend of Bill W. me – 6/26/1987

Statistics: Posted by woodchipper518 — Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:10 am

I had lost my preparedness mojo for the last couple of months. Distracted with business, complacent, etc. I had stopped watching the news, stopped looking at Facebook, etc. Something switched back on and now I am back evaluating and preparing….

– Improved my vehicle emergency preps and reorganized things I had forgotten I even had.

– Re-building 2 INCH bags and actually asked my future SIL to participate to challenge my thinking and prep items. (also I transferring my daughter’s survival responsibility to him…he needs to change his lone wolf survival thinking)

– switched out a AR pistol upper in 300BO to be chambered in .223 which makes more sense. I’ll either keep the 300BO upper or sell it. It’s relegated to a play thing now but still has value as a backup weapon.

– started saving $$ aside so I can buy preps that complete existing gaps. Mostly antibiotics and additional ammo to replace what I’ve been shooting up since Thanksgiving. The AR upper was not a great use of my $$ but it’s done and I don’t have any regrets except lack of antibiotics

– swapped out my 5 gal water cans with fresh water

– started pouring my year old stabilized gas into my car’s gas tank and replacing it. This will take a several tanks to do as I am only adding 2.5gal of stored gas to my tank. I’m a bit paranoid about the impact to my engine.

– Presented to a small group of like-minded preparedness folks the concept of personal security away from home. Two other guys covered: home security and general security concepts without emphasis on guns. Yep, even in Texas we have folks that are biggots about guns…geez.

– working on another hands-on meeting for this weekend with the same group on firestarting skills and tarp setups. This could be embarrassing since I have not played with these topics in a very long time. My shelter bag looks solid so it’ll be a test of it, too.

– started back on my family e-journal – preparedness manual for our specific preps. I print updated pages so it’s generally current in printed form most of the time.

– Planned:
– clean out frozen meats, eat and replace.
– store some beans, rice that need to be mylar’d
– redistribute my medical and hygiene preps into a red bucket for immediate grab & run
– Food, water, food, water….knowledge.
– re-learn my very aged skills in leather-working
– plan my get-home and bug-out routes, get maps, mark, laminate and distribute to friends. Having these in my head is useless to all (duh!)

I guess I did get my mojo back afterall!

Statistics: Posted by woodchipper518 — Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:57 am