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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 22, 2016 13:48:16 GMT 10
100L in 10L Coles/Woolworths Spring Water 28L in 600ml bottles
Fill 50L before every forecast storm
Prepared to capture from roof gutters in SHTF scenario and have a Big Berkey and Aquatabs for purification.
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 21, 2016 13:56:24 GMT 10
I couldn't resist a few more while in Maine
Computer Terms for Aroostook County (Northern Maine)
1. Log on - Make the wood stove hotter
2. Log off - Don't add no more wood
3. Monitor - Keep an eye on that wood stove
4. Download - Getting the firewood off the truck
5. Floppy disk - What you get from downloading too much firewood
6. Ram - The thing that splits the firewood
7. Hard Drive - Getting home in the winter
8. Prompt - What the US mail ain't in the winter
9. Window - What to shut when its cold outside
10. Screen - What to shut in black fly season
11. Byte - What the black flies do
12. Bit - What the black flies did
13. Mega Byte - What the BIG black flies do during trout season
14. Chip - Munchies for TV
15. Micro Chip - What's left in the bag after you eat chips
16. Modem - What you did to the weeds growing in the driveway
17. Dot matrix - Old Dan Matrix's wife
18. Lap top - Where the beer spills when you nod off
19. Software - The dumb plastic knives and forks at McDonalds
20. Hardware - Real stainless steel cutlery
21. Mouse - What makes the holes in the Cheerio box
22. Main frame - What holds the house up, hopefully
23. Enter - The only way to win those magazine sweepstakes
24. Web - What a spider makes
25. Web site - High corners of the ceiling
26. Cursor - Someone who swears
27. Search Engine - What you do when the car dies
28. Screen Saver - repair kit for the torn window screen on the camp
29. Home Page - map you keep in your back pocket in case you get lost in the woods
30. Upgrade - Steep hill
31. Server - waitress
32. Mail Server - male waitress. Darn few in Maine
33. MS DOS - Some new disease they discovered
34. Sound Card - One of them technological birthday cards that plays music when you open it
35 User - The neighbor who keeps borrowing your stuff
6. Browser - A problem moose in the Garden or Blueberry patch
37. Network - Mending holes in the gillnet
38. Internet - Complicated fish net repair
39. Netscape - What haddock do when you don't do your network
40. Online - good sign there'll be clean clothes this week
41. Off line - the clothes pins let go and the laundry falls on the ground - better luck next week
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 20, 2016 22:51:15 GMT 10
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 20, 2016 22:38:26 GMT 10
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 20, 2016 22:32:25 GMT 10
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 20, 2016 20:11:32 GMT 10
China is Australia's biggest trade partner, followed by Japan. Australia will hold off on declaring their hand (China vs US/Japan/Phillipines) as long as possible. Can't decide whether a collapse of the Australian housing market would sway matters in either direction, but will be interesting. Australia really has no choice other then side with the US
We can't claim neutrality due to the amount of American military installations based in Australia that would be used in any military conflict with China and I some how don't think the US would take to kindly to us demanding them respect our sovereignty and shut down their vital tactical intelligence infrastructure and leave the country in the middle of a war with china
So we have 3 options side with china side with the US claim neutrality
given the US has far to much invested here strategically speaking for their global operations to just walk away without so much as a fight and we host their troops here as well its kind of very clear who we have sided with
could you imagine how Australia would handle or react to china's demands of us to close down US installations if we claim to be neutral
www.anti-bases.org/campaigns/NMD_PineGap/Map_of_US_Military_Bases_in_Australia.html
Everything you've said makes sense except the fact that the economics don't add up. www.businessinsider.com.au/here-are-australias-top-10-two-way-trading-partners-2014-8#chinaDon't forget that I'm American and if WWIII happens I definitely want AUS and USA on the same side (neutrality isn't an option), but China controls Australia's economics and has been buying up our agriculture and cattle producing lands at a rapid pace.
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 20, 2016 19:58:38 GMT 10
Maine Temperature Conversion Chart (apologies, but this is Fahrenheit...32F=0C)
60 above zero New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.... People in Maine plant gardens.
50 above zero Californians shiver uncontrollably....... People in Maine sunbathe.
40 above Italian cars won't start..... People in Maine drive with the windows down.
32 above Distilled water freezes..... Moosehead Lak's water gets thicker (for non-Mainers, this is a lake in Maine)
20 above Floridians wear coats, gloves and woolly hats..... People in Maine throw on a sweatshirt.
15 above New York landlords finally turn up the heat.... People in Maine have the last cook-out before it gets cold.
zero degrees People in Miami cease to exist.... Mainers lick the flagpole.
-20 below Californians fly away to Mexico.... People in Maine get out their winter coats.
-40 below Hollywood disintergrates..... The girl scouts in Maine begin selling cookies door to door.
Up to here is pretty accurate...what follows...lets just say the Patriots are the most winningest team in football for the past 15 years
-60 below Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica Maine's Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough.
-80 below Mt. St. Helen's freezes... People in Maine to ice skating or skiing.
-100 below Santa Claus abandons the North Pole..... Maine-iacs get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.
-297 below Microbial life survives on dairy products.... Cows in Maine complain of farmers with cold hands.
-460 below ALL atomic motion stops..... People in Maine start saying..."Cold 'nuff for ya?"
-500 below Hell freezes over...... The New England Patriots win the Super Bowl!
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 20, 2016 13:14:46 GMT 10
China is Australia's biggest trade partner, followed by Japan.
Australia will hold off on declaring their hand (China vs US/Japan/Phillipines) as long as possible.
Can't decide whether a collapse of the Australian housing market would sway matters in either direction, but will be interesting.
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 15, 2016 11:06:27 GMT 10
Anyone seen 10 Cloverfield Lane? I was extremely jealous of his preps! Also serves as a reminder why you don't try to help strangers...
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 14, 2016 0:17:32 GMT 10
Those British tanks look so cool. Wonder what it would take to re-commission the cannons in a SHTF scenario?
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 12, 2016 22:09:13 GMT 10
Citron and Papeda were the other two.
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 12, 2016 22:06:45 GMT 10
The last of the basil has died off following the big rains and cooler temperatures (I probably used most of it making spaghetti sauces, but my wife filled me in when I went out looking for some on the weekend). The Rosemary is on the verge of being out of control - it may have a lot of uses, but it is also a weed. My wife just trussed up the tomato plants again as they are growing like crazy.
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 12, 2016 20:17:07 GMT 10
Excluding the smokehouse and the firewood (replaced with propane and Ezygel), this looks like my prep list.
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Pomelo.
Jul 12, 2016 10:48:46 GMT 10
Post by ziggysdad on Jul 12, 2016 10:48:46 GMT 10
Lemon was closer...think bigger.
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Pomelo.
Jul 11, 2016 23:44:30 GMT 10
Post by ziggysdad on Jul 11, 2016 23:44:30 GMT 10
Lemon is similar to one of the remaining two...
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Pomelo.
Jul 11, 2016 23:21:31 GMT 10
Post by ziggysdad on Jul 11, 2016 23:21:31 GMT 10
Mandarin, lemon, kafir lime and Yuzu. That's my alcohol-fuelled guess for the night. I like your style. Mandarin is correct. Pomelo is the second - thought that might be obvious from the thread. Common oranges and grapefruit are thought to be naturally occurring hybrids of Mandarins and Pomelo. Any other guesses regarding the other two?
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 11, 2016 20:33:44 GMT 10
I'll give you a hint...the orange and grapefruit aren't on the list.
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Pomelo.
Jul 11, 2016 20:07:08 GMT 10
Post by ziggysdad on Jul 11, 2016 20:07:08 GMT 10
Without googling it, can anyone name the four original citrus species?
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 10, 2016 18:42:52 GMT 10
Hmmm the only thing I've thought to this topic, is once you have small communities starting back up again with border security and all, is any newcomers will require to spend 1-2 weeks in an isolated area on the outskirts of the community so they don't being in any viruses or anything, and also gives time to vet their character if they are trustworthy enough to be allowed into the community. But as far as ash clouds go, on the entryway to your house/building, you could build a small extension to the door with its own door to act as a air lock of sorts to stop the bulk of the ash coming inside when you open the door. Typhoid Mary would have sat through the two weeks and still walked in and wiped out your community...anyone ever watched The Nick?
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Post by ziggysdad on Jul 10, 2016 17:04:45 GMT 10
Not where I thought you were going...was expecting a post about nuclear/radioactive decontamination.
I've been thinking about volcanic ash a lot in the past few months (reading the Life as We Knew It series, Ashfall series and the Road kind of force you to give it some thought). I've got ready access to surgical masks, but assuming you have to come and go from your house don't know how you could really prevent ash from entering (sealed environment with redundant air filtration systems, negative pressure and a series of decontamination locks - but how would you power this in a SHTF scenario...the ash would negate all solar options).
As for virus, normal precautions will be in effect...surgical mask, eye protection and gloves/hand sanitizer. If it is airborne I don't believe that any small home improvements will get the job done - especially if you need to leave the house/bunker for any reason. Even if you were able to achieve a hermetically sealed environment, you wouldn't be able to stop an infected person from trying to breach that environment without breaching it yourself.
Back following 9/11 (especially following all of the anthrax scares) every American family was encouraged to prepare a closet or interior room to seal themselves off with plastic sheeting and duct tape for as long as possible.
I'll be curious to see what others come up with.
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