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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 70353425  United States09/23/2019 09:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grabbed our bug out bags and set up camp in an out of the way place. We used no electricity, sorted out our individual jobs of who will do what if/when/as needed and it was a great learning experience. We made coffee a couple different ways with different pots/sources. We cooked an assortment of foods and discovered what pans work better for pancakes, which pans worked better for hamburgers, and other items. Not everything tasted great. Burned the first couple of eggs, then after a couple changes with our fire the eggs and other food greatly improved. We also used two different stoves besides the fire pit area. All in all we learned a lot.We took pleanty of notes. It definitely was worth it to get out of our comfy home and practice a little bit. The MRE “test” sure brought back a lot of memories. Quoting: Freckle Face I recommend everyone try to find a way to practice, master their survival skills before you need them. You never know what small item you’ll wish you had remembered to have with you when you can’t easily go grab it. Go live in the Bahamas for a month with your family See how far you get |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51091434 United States09/23/2019 09:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grabbed our bug out bags and set up camp in an out of the way place. We used no electricity, sorted out our individual jobs of who will do what if/when/as needed and it was a great learning experience. We made coffee a couple different ways with different pots/sources. We cooked an assortment of foods and discovered what pans work better for pancakes, which pans worked better for hamburgers, and other items. Not everything tasted great. Burned the first couple of eggs, then after a couple changes with our fire the eggs and other food greatly improved. We also used two different stoves besides the fire pit area. All in all we learned a lot.We took pleanty of notes. It definitely was worth it to get out of our comfy home and practice a little bit. The MRE “test” sure brought back a lot of memories. Quoting: Freckle Face I recommend everyone try to find a way to practice, master their survival skills before you need them. You never know what small item you’ll wish you had remembered to have with you when you can’t easily go grab it. Go live in the Bahamas for a month with your family See how far you get Dude chill out!  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 68560474 United States09/23/2019 09:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grabbed our bug out bags and set up camp in an out of the way place. We used no electricity, sorted out our individual jobs of who will do what if/when/as needed and it was a great learning experience. We made coffee a couple different ways with different pots/sources. We cooked an assortment of foods and discovered what pans work better for pancakes, which pans worked better for hamburgers, and other items. Not everything tasted great. Burned the first couple of eggs, then after a couple changes with our fire the eggs and other food greatly improved. We also used two different stoves besides the fire pit area. All in all we learned a lot.We took pleanty of notes. It definitely was worth it to get out of our comfy home and practice a little bit. The MRE “test” sure brought back a lot of memories. Quoting: Freckle Face I recommend everyone try to find a way to practice, master their survival skills before you need them. You never know what small item you’ll wish you had remembered to have with you when you can’t easily go grab it. Good exercise however, now put some reality into it and do not take your stoves, eggs, and hamburgers with you. You will learn a heck of a lot more. Fine tune, repeat. |
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| Coastie Patriot
User ID: 1567170 United States09/23/2019 10:07 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good job. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69616836 Did you see shit tons of bean3rs in the nation parks? It's a disgrace to go camping these days, glad you had the guts to step outdoors tho. Keep in comms with us OP. We didn’t go to a park We camped in our own woods. One thing that surprised me is how much more water we need to get ahold of, or at least we need a couple different forms of water purification tools. We went through 3 to 4 times more water than we had anticipated. Drinking water, cleaning water, we simply need more water than expected, any springs on the property? did you take food or forage and hunt. My son and I went and gathered paw paws at a place we know. hickory nuts are one o the best foods in the woods for forage. High in fat and nutrients. Coastie Patriot SIC SEMPER TYRRANIS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAID NO GUNS BECAUSE OF POLICE NOW WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE!!!! Dr Thaddeus They They don't really care whether the truth gets out, because the public no longer knows what's meant by "the truth." Well, I mean, no one can tell the difference anymore between what's real and what's fake. Anyway, the point is, I can tell you all of this, right out in the open, because it doesn't matter who knows about it. They won't know whether to believe it or not.- X Files: Lost art of Forehead Sweat A gun is a tool, Marion, no better or no worse than any other tool, an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. -SHANE- Jefferson Smith: You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that . - MR Smith Goes To Washington- to grow up remembering th My oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic has no expiration date!!! Ten Bears : It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. Outlaw Josey Wales |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51091434 United States09/23/2019 10:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good job. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69616836 Did you see shit tons of bean3rs in the nation parks? It's a disgrace to go camping these days, glad you had the guts to step outdoors tho. Keep in comms with us OP. We didn’t go to a park We camped in our own woods. One thing that surprised me is how much more water we need to get ahold of, or at least we need a couple different forms of water purification tools. We went through 3 to 4 times more water than we had anticipated. Drinking water, cleaning water, we simply need more water than expected, any springs on the property? did you take food or forage and hunt. My son and I went and gathered paw paws at a place we know. hickory nuts are one o the best foods in the woods for forage. High in fat and nutrients. Agree, scouting for forgeable materials is must, food, wood, tracks... |
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| uh User ID: 77863222 United States09/23/2019 10:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good job. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69616836 Did you see shit tons of bean3rs in the nation parks? It's a disgrace to go camping these days, glad you had the guts to step outdoors tho. Keep in comms with us OP. We didn’t go to a park We camped in our own woods. One thing that surprised me is how much more water we need to get ahold of, or at least we need a couple different forms of water purification tools. We went through 3 to 4 times more water than we had anticipated. Drinking water, cleaning water, we simply need more water than expected, IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT 'NEED' REALLY MEANS...UH. |
| Coastie Patriot
User ID: 1567170 United States09/23/2019 10:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good job. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69616836 Did you see shit tons of bean3rs in the nation parks? It's a disgrace to go camping these days, glad you had the guts to step outdoors tho. Keep in comms with us OP. We didn’t go to a park We camped in our own woods. One thing that surprised me is how much more water we need to get ahold of, or at least we need a couple different forms of water purification tools. We went through 3 to 4 times more water than we had anticipated. Drinking water, cleaning water, we simply need more water than expected, any springs on the property? did you take food or forage and hunt. My son and I went and gathered paw paws at a place we know. hickory nuts are one o the best foods in the woods for forage. High in fat and nutrients. Agree, scouting for forgeable materials is must, food, wood, tracks... if you have a spring on the property you can arrange hoses to channel water. I agree with the not taking stoves. I can start fire with fire piston, flint and steel, Pom bottl filled w water (rounded) fire cigar method, magnifying glass, fire plow, and many others. Remember 2 is one 1 is none. Learning primitive methods is essential. I was hanging trail cameras this weekend and Making him find tracks as we went and asking him to indentify. Also found sign of bear scat. that had broken down. Knew it was bear by the size left and what was consumed. Hoping to get that bear this year for food. Will render the fat to make bear lard to cook with. bear lard is almost as good as Pig lard. I also recommend learning to eat the smalls. Yes i mean bugs,crawdads,mice, snakes and others. I have eaten ants, wax worms, crickets, crawdads.... I hear grasshoppers and cicadas/locusts are really good. pull the wings and legs and roast them. Smalls are essential to survival and bugs are a high source of protein. Get used to eating that stuff now and wont be so weird when it is essential. [link to www.outdoorlife.com (secure)] [link to www.outdoorlife.com (secure)] Coastie Patriot SIC SEMPER TYRRANIS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAID NO GUNS BECAUSE OF POLICE NOW WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE!!!! Dr Thaddeus They They don't really care whether the truth gets out, because the public no longer knows what's meant by "the truth." Well, I mean, no one can tell the difference anymore between what's real and what's fake. Anyway, the point is, I can tell you all of this, right out in the open, because it doesn't matter who knows about it. They won't know whether to believe it or not.- X Files: Lost art of Forehead Sweat A gun is a tool, Marion, no better or no worse than any other tool, an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. -SHANE- Jefferson Smith: You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that . - MR Smith Goes To Washington- to grow up remembering th My oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic has no expiration date!!! Ten Bears : It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. Outlaw Josey Wales |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74285733 United States09/23/2019 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grabbed our bug out bags and set up camp in an out of the way place. We used no electricity, sorted out our individual jobs of who will do what if/when/as needed and it was a great learning experience. We made coffee a couple different ways with different pots/sources. We cooked an assortment of foods and discovered what pans work better for pancakes, which pans worked better for hamburgers, and other items. Not everything tasted great. Burned the first couple of eggs, then after a couple changes with our fire the eggs and other food greatly improved. We also used two different stoves besides the fire pit area. All in all we learned a lot.We took pleanty of notes. It definitely was worth it to get out of our comfy home and practice a little bit. The MRE “test” sure brought back a lot of memories. Quoting: Freckle Face I recommend everyone try to find a way to practice, master their survival skills before you need them. You never know what small item you’ll wish you had remembered to have with you when you can’t easily go grab it. Good exercise however, now put some reality into it and do not take your stoves, eggs, and hamburgers with you. You will learn a heck of a lot more. Fine tune, repeat. This actually makes a lot of sense. Go for a weekend and forage for your food and drink. There are even phone apps that will help with plant identification to get you started. Petersen's publishes great field guides on edibles and mushrooms. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74285733 United States09/23/2019 10:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone talks about finding a place to bug out. What's wrong with your home? It's a pre-built shelter...you just need to make sure you have access to water and food. But what if you're on over 5 acres? Why would you leave that? Honest question... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58787380 Simply because if things get bad enough (think grid down, for example) you would not be safe no matter how much you fortified it. Masses of starving people would lay siege to your place, maybe even burn you out to get at what you have. Or they will lie in wait and take out the strongest member of your group, leaving the others defenseless. You could never cook, show smoke, or make noise without being noticed. Once noticed, you are done. |
| Coastie Patriot
User ID: 1567170 United States09/23/2019 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grabbed our bug out bags and set up camp in an out of the way place. We used no electricity, sorted out our individual jobs of who will do what if/when/as needed and it was a great learning experience. We made coffee a couple different ways with different pots/sources. We cooked an assortment of foods and discovered what pans work better for pancakes, which pans worked better for hamburgers, and other items. Not everything tasted great. Burned the first couple of eggs, then after a couple changes with our fire the eggs and other food greatly improved. We also used two different stoves besides the fire pit area. All in all we learned a lot.We took pleanty of notes. It definitely was worth it to get out of our comfy home and practice a little bit. The MRE “test” sure brought back a lot of memories. Quoting: Freckle Face I recommend everyone try to find a way to practice, master their survival skills before you need them. You never know what small item you’ll wish you had remembered to have with you when you can’t easily go grab it. Nice post but why not share what you learned? We learned... - we need more water. Have a deep well if close to home but will need a pump.once power is lost. Have filtration straws but not brave enough to stick my head in a swampy pond yet. Really makes you think when it smells bad, its a serious consideration everyone should work through ahead of time. - Cooking food smells travel with the wind, must be careful who’s downwind, should know and think about which way the wind is blowing, who’s there, who will keep watch, etc. - slow cooking on an older fire made for better tasting food, compared against to different types of camping stoves, including one with a closing cover/lid. Hope to improve on outdoor cooking skills, including identifying and implementing more outdoor, natural food sources. - I swapped out all my plastic silverware with steel. Switched my larger utensils out too. - high heat on a camp stove should only be used when needing to boil something. Percolating coffee is easy and highly recommended if you’re a coffee drinker. - no phones, no electricity, no appointments = peace. - teamwork makes the dream work. - everyone old enough, responsible enough, should have their own knife. - I learned much and we all thought about things. you could always rock boil the water and forgo the stove. just use dry rocks to avoid the explosion. We spent a weekend by a river primitive style and one of the guys got rocks out of the river for fire pit( stupid) the rock cleaved itself, lucky it didnt explode. I told him it was going to happen. we cooked deer, onions and peppers , had drop bread. rest of food we foraged. was a great time. Coastie Patriot SIC SEMPER TYRRANIS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAID NO GUNS BECAUSE OF POLICE NOW WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE!!!! Dr Thaddeus They They don't really care whether the truth gets out, because the public no longer knows what's meant by "the truth." Well, I mean, no one can tell the difference anymore between what's real and what's fake. Anyway, the point is, I can tell you all of this, right out in the open, because it doesn't matter who knows about it. They won't know whether to believe it or not.- X Files: Lost art of Forehead Sweat A gun is a tool, Marion, no better or no worse than any other tool, an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. -SHANE- Jefferson Smith: You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that . - MR Smith Goes To Washington- to grow up remembering th My oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic has no expiration date!!! Ten Bears : It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. Outlaw Josey Wales |
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| Coastie Patriot
User ID: 1567170 United States09/23/2019 10:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone talks about finding a place to bug out. What's wrong with your home? It's a pre-built shelter...you just need to make sure you have access to water and food. But what if you're on over 5 acres? Why would you leave that? Honest question... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58787380 this is a valid question. A lot of people will be leaving cities. Bugging out wont be as easy as people think with everyone in the "country". Urban survival is tougher though more places to hide and be ambushed. I can hide in the woods very easily and see you from a long way in the woods. easier to forage in the woods though. Bad thing is my neighbor puts out corn every year to hunt and pulls deer from my property. Pisses me off!!. When you have a bunch of people trapsing through the woods that will pressure big game as well. That is where the smalls become important. On many of these threads it always mentioned it is better to keep moving than to stay in one place and be ambushed. I cant remember to book that always gets referenced... Coastie Patriot SIC SEMPER TYRRANIS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAID NO GUNS BECAUSE OF POLICE NOW WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE!!!! Dr Thaddeus They They don't really care whether the truth gets out, because the public no longer knows what's meant by "the truth." Well, I mean, no one can tell the difference anymore between what's real and what's fake. Anyway, the point is, I can tell you all of this, right out in the open, because it doesn't matter who knows about it. They won't know whether to believe it or not.- X Files: Lost art of Forehead Sweat A gun is a tool, Marion, no better or no worse than any other tool, an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. -SHANE- Jefferson Smith: You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that . - MR Smith Goes To Washington- to grow up remembering th My oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic has no expiration date!!! Ten Bears : It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. Outlaw Josey Wales |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 75394950 United States09/23/2019 11:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone talks about finding a place to bug out. What's wrong with your home? It's a pre-built shelter...you just need to make sure you have access to water and food. But what if you're on over 5 acres? Why would you leave that? Honest question... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58787380 this is a valid question. A lot of people will be leaving cities. Bugging out wont be as easy as people think with everyone in the "country". Urban survival is tougher though more places to hide and be ambushed. I can hide in the woods very easily and see you from a long way in the woods. easier to forage in the woods though. Bad thing is my neighbor puts out corn every year to hunt and pulls deer from my property. Pisses me off!!. When you have a bunch of people trapsing through the woods that will pressure big game as well. That is where the smalls become important. On many of these threads it always mentioned it is better to keep moving than to stay in one place and be ambushed. I cant remember to book that always gets referenced... If you keep moving it won't be long til you're blown up by a booby-trap mine or shredded by other better armed covert snipers. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51091434 United States09/23/2019 11:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone talks about finding a place to bug out. What's wrong with your home? It's a pre-built shelter...you just need to make sure you have access to water and food. But what if you're on over 5 acres? Why would you leave that? Honest question... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58787380 We are all going to bugin lol Just some people have other places to go and get too. Also it will be last resort, you could move every damn day cause you have too. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77949514 United States09/23/2019 11:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good job. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69616836 Did you see shit tons of bean3rs in the nation parks? It's a disgrace to go camping these days, glad you had the guts to step outdoors tho. Keep in comms with us OP. We didn’t go to a park We camped in our own woods. One thing that surprised me is how much more water we need to get ahold of, or at least we need a couple different forms of water purification tools. We went through 3 to 4 times more water than we had anticipated. Drinking water, cleaning water, we simply need more water than expected, What, did you believe the 1 gal a day person is all you need, nonsense? For living, long term: you need 10 to 13 gal a day per person. This is the standard used in refugee camps to figure out how much water they need to provide. The 1 gal a day per person guide, is for drinking use only and for emergency survival scenarios, until you get rescued not for long term survival. Do your own research, most of the prepping info out there, is poorly thought out opinion or just plain BS. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 19052539 United States09/23/2019 11:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone talks about finding a place to bug out. What's wrong with your home? It's a pre-built shelter...you just need to make sure you have access to water and food. But what if you're on over 5 acres? Why would you leave that? Honest question... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58787380 Simply because if things get bad enough (think grid down, for example) you would not be safe no matter how much you fortified it. Masses of starving people would lay siege to your place, maybe even burn you out to get at what you have. Or they will lie in wait and take out the strongest member of your group, leaving the others defenseless. You could never cook, show smoke, or make noise without being noticed. Once noticed, you are done. Plus, you can't grow food or free range chickens in your home. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77568399 United States09/23/2019 11:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone talks about finding a place to bug out. What's wrong with your home? It's a pre-built shelter...you just need to make sure you have access to water and food. But what if you're on over 5 acres? Why would you leave that? Honest question... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58787380 Simply because if things get bad enough (think grid down, for example) you would not be safe no matter how much you fortified it. Masses of starving people would lay siege to your place, maybe even burn you out to get at what you have. Or they will lie in wait and take out the strongest member of your group, leaving the others defenseless. You could never cook, show smoke, or make noise without being noticed. Once noticed, you are done. Plus, you can't grow food or free range chickens in your home. Another thing to be aware of in the days to come Beef will soon be a luxury as prophecied Thread: Beef will soon be a Luxury as prophecied |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58787380 United States09/23/2019 11:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone talks about finding a place to bug out. What's wrong with your home? It's a pre-built shelter...you just need to make sure you have access to water and food. But what if you're on over 5 acres? Why would you leave that? Honest question... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58787380 Simply because if things get bad enough (think grid down, for example) you would not be safe no matter how much you fortified it. Masses of starving people would lay siege to your place, maybe even burn you out to get at what you have. Or they will lie in wait and take out the strongest member of your group, leaving the others defenseless. You could never cook, show smoke, or make noise without being noticed. Once noticed, you are done. Plus, you can't grow food or free range chickens in your home. Actually, you can. As long as you have the acres, chickens aren't an issue. YOu can grow food outside, or indoors hydroponically if you get a proper solar set-up. I would just rather try and defend my home where I can keep supplies rather than carrying them out in the countryside where anyone can ambush you. Whether you're in your country home or out in the wilderness, you'll still have to hide your cooking. I would think it would be easier to hide inside your home (smells, smoke, noise, etc) than it would out in the open. I understand if you're in a neighborhood or urban environment where there's lots of other folks around you, but if you're more secluded out in a country home, why leave? I'd rather fight for my life in my home than out in nature. Just MHO... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 68392517 Canada09/23/2019 12:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grabbed our bug out bags and set up camp in an out of the way place. We used no electricity, sorted out our individual jobs of who will do what if/when/as needed and it was a great learning experience. We made coffee a couple different ways with different pots/sources. We cooked an assortment of foods and discovered what pans work better for pancakes, which pans worked better for hamburgers, and other items. Not everything tasted great. Burned the first couple of eggs, then after a couple changes with our fire the eggs and other food greatly improved. We also used two different stoves besides the fire pit area. All in all we learned a lot.We took pleanty of notes. It definitely was worth it to get out of our comfy home and practice a little bit. The MRE “test” sure brought back a lot of memories. Quoting: Freckle Face I recommend everyone try to find a way to practice, master their survival skills before you need them. You never know what small item you’ll wish you had remembered to have with you when you can’t easily go grab it. Whites stay off the land with your filth u stinking pigs. |
| ScoobySleuth
User ID: 77279848 United States09/23/2019 12:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grabbed our bug out bags and set up camp in an out of the way place. We used no electricity, sorted out our individual jobs of who will do what if/when/as needed and it was a great learning experience. We made coffee a couple different ways with different pots/sources. We cooked an assortment of foods and discovered what pans work better for pancakes, which pans worked better for hamburgers, and other items. Not everything tasted great. Burned the first couple of eggs, then after a couple changes with our fire the eggs and other food greatly improved. We also used two different stoves besides the fire pit area. All in all we learned a lot.We took pleanty of notes. It definitely was worth it to get out of our comfy home and practice a little bit. The MRE “test” sure brought back a lot of memories. Quoting: Freckle Face I recommend everyone try to find a way to practice, master their survival skills before you need them. You never know what small item you’ll wish you had remembered to have with you when you can’t easily go grab it. LOL, when I was growing up that was called CAMPING ScoobySleuth |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78027502 United States09/23/2019 12:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I will look for this thread and post my comments I make, but I will add my survival water items I bought and post them. Quoting: Anonymous JD Thank you so much. We will be making our final purchases and getting this set up immediately. Maybe a dumb question, but will those "survival straws" filter saltwater straight out of the ocean? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51091434 United States09/23/2019 12:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I will look for this thread and post my comments I make, but I will add my survival water items I bought and post them. Quoting: Anonymous JD Thank you so much. We will be making our final purchases and getting this set up immediately. Maybe a dumb question, but will those "survival straws" filter saltwater straight out of the ocean? No. Get this instead for near ocean areas. D-STIL Lite(tm) Do It Yourself Emergency Survival Water Distiller [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] |
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