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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 18, 2017 8:54:29 GMT 10
Only problem was, we drained the Port after 2 nights - had to sleep with our heads on the floor for another 2 months!!! You didn't think to blow them up? If Jay was anything like me. I would cut the "Goon" open and lick the inside surface to make sure there was absolutely no port left. Waste not want not.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 17, 2017 16:53:35 GMT 10
I tried looking for the first series on DVD but it doesn't look like it is. My bandwidth isn't enough to download them. Looks good from what little I have seen on YT.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 17, 2017 14:37:20 GMT 10
Very nice work Gray. Looks great.
Be carefull though. You might end up giving people "Prepper Envy".
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 16, 2017 16:51:58 GMT 10
As much as many preppers / survivalists seem to be right-wing + gun nut + zombie-invasion types, the reality is that a lot of the "leftie greenies" are probably much better prepared for an event due to their productive gardens, offgrid low-impact living etc. Some of the non-prepping blogs I follow are by people who would hate to be called preppers, but in reality are already living the back-to-the-land lifestyle that many preppers aspire to. We must know different lefties! Most vegan greenies I know live in cities and have no idea about farming/ food production etc but are very happy to dictate to others how they should live despite having no real practical knowledge and experience They sit in cafes drinking their soy chai decaf vegan halal kosher gay politically correct lattes and try to tell us all what to do Must be two a couple of species then. There are a couple up my way that hug tree's and still have there shit squared away.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 16, 2017 13:50:40 GMT 10
Found this. Wonder if we can add these to hard tack? Could I buy a vowel please.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 16, 2017 12:10:18 GMT 10
Just found this on the Tube Joey. Similar idea to yours. There are a couple of parts to it. Looks easy to do.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 16, 2017 7:40:45 GMT 10
They will probably show up on Aliexpress soon for 10c each.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 15, 2017 12:14:32 GMT 10
Yeah, simple does the trick. Wondering about that fire... did you have fuses or was it that the inverter/regulator caught fire? There's some reasons to go for better gear such as greater efficiency that I can agree with. Used solar panels are only slightly less efficient than new and far far less cost, aka I see no reason to buy them new and they're very simple electronics, not much can go wrong. The wiring however could be quite dangerous [fire] if not done with thick enough wire. It was a cheap oversea's inverter/ battery charge controller. Yep fuses both sides of it. The blue smoke and flame wasn't secured well enough inside it. All my panels are Monocrystalline. I just use more to allow for the lower efficiency.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 15, 2017 9:50:56 GMT 10
Electric bill? Whats that. I haven't seen one of them for years. Tell me about your set up bud. Always interested in off-grid power grids. Nothing very interesting shinester. 12v system in our cabin running an Engel fridge, LED lights, UHF and 12v fans. All cooking and water heating is off 9kg LPG bottles. 1 Bottle lasts between 8-10 weeks. We use more in winter. Less in summer. But that is the average for 12 months. My w/shop has a larger 12v system running LED lights, computer, TV, and power tools. Heavy power tools and welders are run off a 7kva genset. When I finish the house it will have a 5.5kw system. I have learned you do get what you pay for when it comes to the main solar components. Cheep Cheep Cheep FIRE.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 15, 2017 9:41:11 GMT 10
Some interesting ideas. American based but still interesting.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 15, 2017 9:20:24 GMT 10
Electric bill? Whats that. I haven't seen one of them for years. He he, 16 years and counting for me Only into my third year for me Gray.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 15, 2017 8:22:38 GMT 10
Electric bill? Whats that. I haven't seen one of them for years. Come to SA!!!!!! Then you'll want to leave!!! No thanks Jay. I know when I am on a good wicket. Although I did like my stay's at Keswick Barracks. Close to the night life.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 14, 2017 15:39:47 GMT 10
Electric bill? Whats that. I haven't seen one of them for years.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 13, 2017 8:21:32 GMT 10
LOL, mozzie you are a funny guy! LOL It helps to have a sense of humor in a SHTF scenario. Apparently.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 13, 2017 8:08:01 GMT 10
Before we moved to our country lifestyle, We had pretty much a split resource for anything we deemed a potential situation we may need to prepare for. One lot at our house in Cairns and a similar one in our place 4 hours south. The Cairns one was geared towards cyclones. As that is the most likely event we would need to think about leaving if it came to it. Before or after the fact would be determined by the size of the cyclone.
When we transitted to and from our place down south we would have a car grab bags and the necessary spares to fix car's. We always travelled in convoy very early in the morning. We did this mainly because it is cooler and there is a lot less traffic on the roads. It was usually just trucks moving freight. UHF's fitted to both vehicles. Hand helds on the grab bags etc, etc.
The stores at the property where similar to the Cairns place, but more geared towards fires as that is the most common threat for us that does happen yearly.
We used to do runs down to the property every 5-6 weeks and a 6 week stay over once a year.
We had vegetable gardens and fruit tree's at both locations as well as large quantities of water, just to name a few.
With what we had at our second location we could at any time leave from Cairns with just the cloths on our backs and be able to live quite comfortably at the southern property.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 13, 2017 7:46:22 GMT 10
the means of producing the majority of the electricity we use, Check. the ability and the means to harvest and store our water. Check. land that is suitable for the collection of firewood. Check. good to excellent vegetable gardens and orchards and the produce from them we are able to store via a variety of methods for future use. Chec...ooo, I knew there was something I forgot. Actually I didn't forget, it's just that we are in a VERY dry area so growing much is hard. And also we both have brown thumbs, just about everything we touch dies. But we do have a neighbour not far away who is the opposite, to the point of running a market garden and selling the produce. Hopefully he is crap at something I'm good at and we can come to some arrangement. Gray, Have you thought about raised garden beds for your veg and possibly large posts for some of the fruit tree's. We did this in a small 700m2 city yard. Work well for us.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 12, 2017 17:16:30 GMT 10
It is condescending and may put people of from being prepared because "They are not real preppers unless they have everything......... etc"! Not everyone can afford their own land or have the best vegie patch out etc. They can only do as much as they are able within their means LOL
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 12, 2017 16:38:22 GMT 10
Peter1942, while it is great you are so prepared, maybe you need to understand that not everyone is preparing for exactly the same types of events. Many are trying to do the best they can with what finances and space is available to them, if it means they are able to set aside enough to endure being flooded in for a couple of weeks or facing a job loss for a few months then that is great. We are not all preparing for a total apocalyptic event. Coming on this forum with such a condescending attitude to our members, many who are just starting out and trying to learn a few things, is not doing you any favours. Why not try and be helpful and give members constructive advise seeing as you seem to know so much about it all. Rem, I personally didn't take Peter1942's post as condescending. I think he has some good and valid points and I have just read a good portion of his 100 odd posts. I don't agree with all his idea's but we all know about having an opinion. Every has one . Whilst this topic has gone off topic which is the norm for forums. I think if someone is overtly out there for me and I don't want to read any more of what they are saying. I hit the ignore button. That's what it is for right?
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 12, 2017 10:48:14 GMT 10
To me and many of my friends the word ‘prepper’ refers to a group of people who are mainly all talk and no action. We see them in the local towns with their unsuitable vehicles loaded up with their shovels and high lift jacks, their cameo gear and displaying camping type items that many of us would never own because in real life we have no use for them. It is also interesting that many of the ‘preppers’ that pass through appear to have no means of support for their survival other than what comes from the local food and hardware shops. We live in a rural area amongst families that have been here for several generations and because of the lives that we lead and the fact that we also come from rural backgrounds we were able to fit into the community without any difficulty. Many of us ‘life stylers’ live on the fringe of the commercial agricultural areas and we, like many of our neighbours, would know more about real life prepping than many of the contributors to this site because of the lives we lead. Many of us that are referred to as life stylers have properties that many of your contributors would envy as we have the means of producing the majority of the electricity we use, we have the ability and the means to harvest and store our water. Most of us have land that is suitable for the collection of firewood. Many of us also have good to excellent vegetable gardens and orchards and the produce from them we are able to store via a variety of methods for future use. We also have a preparedness level that a number of your contributors would probably envy because of the distance to the local shops and the possibility of fire, flooded roads and power outages. In saying this there are some in the community that have moved here from large urban areas for the life style but who never seem to manage to ‘fit in’ with the locals. These are the ones who when the power goes out do not have a generator for back up, have the big 4x4 vehicles that are totally unsuited for their needs but are a ‘must’ for when it rains and in many instances they do a lot of talk about prepping, surviving and the end of the world but never seem to get around to having a sustainable type lifestyle. A number of these last between three to five years before the call of suburbia and better phone reception calls them back. On web sites such as this there are frequently blogs about water straws, expensive knives that are totally unsuited for general day to day use, bug out vehicles that appear to be owned by people who have not yet got their block of land, lists of tools and other items that in reality will never be used. I do not see many blogs on prepper the sites about food production, the tools required, seed varieties and the saving of the same and yet food production should take up more space on sites such as this in preference to a lot of the other unnecessary posts that really have no value or concern to most of us in the real world. I follow a number of blog sites such as this and have on this site made about 100 posts. Most of which I believe are related to my own experiences. For those of you who have read my posts you will know that on more than one occasion I have said: If you are not already living and leading a lifestyle whereby you believe that you would have a good chance of survival in a SHTF situation, you, like many others will end as one of those unprepared people that many of you seem to despise. Or words to that effect. The reality is that most of us will never experience a situation whereby the leaving of our homes would be necessary but for us our level of preparedness is part and parcel of the sustainable life style that we chose to live. Last but not least, owning your own land is a must regardless where that may be and it should be the number one item on every bodies list. Once the land has been purchased then think about what you need to set up and maintain the lifestyle you are dreaming of. We started off in a caravan many years ago and although not for every one I would, if we had to do it over again. Shipping containers, sheds and many other building can be, and are being used by many people in rural areas to help them get set up on their rural blocks. And I say good luck to them all! Nice post Peter1942. Well written. Pretty much hits the nail on the head from my point of view.
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Post by mozzie101 on Feb 6, 2017 12:25:59 GMT 10
Thanks Mozzie I lurk more than I post but when I do I try to make it worth while
And "Worth While" it was. Keep it up mate.
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