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Reply to: Scenario: Crime and break-ins are increasing in your neighborhood. What do you do to really lock down your assets and preps? Posted January 25, 2021

A good exercise is to go outside and study how you would break into your house. What windows are out of view of the neighbors, etc. Little things count too, like I keep my front screen door latched, so the burglar has got to make noise messing with the screen door before he even gets to the front door. It won’t stop them, but it will slow, and perhaps, discourage.

Reply to: Scenario: Crime and break-ins are increasing in your neighborhood. What do you do to really lock down your assets and preps? Posted January 25, 2021

No, I bought 300 of them, but they’re on the shelf. And yes, dirt is the plan. And yes, grandkids will do the filling. And yes, they will have a blast doing it. One more thing: long grain white rice at Sam’s club is $17 for 50 lbs. $350 for 1000 pounds, providing a base for thousands of meals for very little money.

Reply to: Scenario: Crime and break-ins are increasing in your neighborhood. What do you do to really lock down your assets and preps? Posted January 25, 2021

Sorry about the math. At least sixteen or so screws per window.

Reply to: Scenario: Crime and break-ins are increasing in your neighborhood. What do you do to really lock down your assets and preps? Posted January 25, 2021

On the subject of windows, pre-cut plywood inserts tested for fit and pre-drilled (drill holes slightly smaller than two inch long wood screws) and labeled (start at front door and go right around house window 1, window 2) and stored in convenient place in each room with a couple of cordless drills (two batteries each, one on charger each) and box of screws (in the house, not the garage) and strategic shooting ports cut out of the middle and tested in place with rifle, try for shooting position each side of house, but use cameras for blind areas. I plan to use my front, triple bay window as primary defence position and have sand bags that could be set up (my floor there is on front porch concrete slab) but body armor is the immediate solution. Use 4 to 6 screws per side, yes, a dozen per window. This is for SHTF, not burglars. Drone surveillance capabilities a few hundred yards out, and 3 well placed foxholes (with ramp entry for old guy 👦) with inside shooting positions overlooking foxholes so they can’t be used against you. So, you’re all set, and when the humvee with the fifty caliber machine gun pulls up out front and turns your house into kindling, let’s hope you had a BOB. BTW Amazon sells nice, authentic fake 1ounce gold bars so our burglar buds can have something eye-catching in their hand to go trade for dope. Keep some cash for them, and more for you. If you really want to know what’s going to happen, go check out the country side in Afghanistan. PS Gonna need a few shooters (grandkids) to stand any chance at all. At least 2 years of food, and practiced gardening. Some water will be nice too.

Reply to: [Official comment thread] Supermarket food list Posted September 20, 2020

Ok, we always hear that the fatty layer on Brown rice limits its shelf life to one year. I read this after I had purchased a large amount. But I went ahead with my process: 13 cups in a one gallon bag with oxygen absorber, fold over and seal with flat hair curler, five bags into menards or walmart 5 gallon bucket with lid, store buckets in cool place. I just opened a bag from 2015, and the brown rice is as fresh as the day I bought it 5 years ago, and I’m confident the other 50 bags will last indefinitely, just like white rice. If you are diabetic like me, Brown rice is the right choice.

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Reply to: Scenario: Crime and break-ins are increasing in your neighborhood. What do you do to really lock down your assets and preps? Posted January 25, 2021

A good exercise is to go outside and study how you would break into your house. What windows are out of view of the neighbors, etc. Little things count too, like I keep my front screen door latched, so the burglar has got to make noise messing with the screen door before he even gets to the front door. It won’t stop them, but it will slow, and perhaps, discourage.

Reply to: Scenario: Crime and break-ins are increasing in your neighborhood. What do you do to really lock down your assets and preps? Posted January 25, 2021

No, I bought 300 of them, but they’re on the shelf. And yes, dirt is the plan. And yes, grandkids will do the filling. And yes, they will have a blast doing it. One more thing: long grain white rice at Sam’s club is $17 for 50 lbs. $350 for 1000 pounds, providing a base for thousands of meals for very little money.

Reply to: Scenario: Crime and break-ins are increasing in your neighborhood. What do you do to really lock down your assets and preps? Posted January 25, 2021

Sorry about the math. At least sixteen or so screws per window.

Reply to: Scenario: Crime and break-ins are increasing in your neighborhood. What do you do to really lock down your assets and preps? Posted January 25, 2021

On the subject of windows, pre-cut plywood inserts tested for fit and pre-drilled (drill holes slightly smaller than two inch long wood screws) and labeled (start at front door and go right around house window 1, window 2) and stored in convenient place in each room with a couple of cordless drills (two batteries each, one on charger each) and box of screws (in the house, not the garage) and strategic shooting ports cut out of the middle and tested in place with rifle, try for shooting position each side of house, but use cameras for blind areas. I plan to use my front, triple bay window as primary defence position and have sand bags that could be set up (my floor there is on front porch concrete slab) but body armor is the immediate solution. Use 4 to 6 screws per side, yes, a dozen per window. This is for SHTF, not burglars. Drone surveillance capabilities a few hundred yards out, and 3 well placed foxholes (with ramp entry for old guy 👦) with inside shooting positions overlooking foxholes so they can’t be used against you. So, you’re all set, and when the humvee with the fifty caliber machine gun pulls up out front and turns your house into kindling, let’s hope you had a BOB. BTW Amazon sells nice, authentic fake 1ounce gold bars so our burglar buds can have something eye-catching in their hand to go trade for dope. Keep some cash for them, and more for you. If you really want to know what’s going to happen, go check out the country side in Afghanistan. PS Gonna need a few shooters (grandkids) to stand any chance at all. At least 2 years of food, and practiced gardening. Some water will be nice too.

Reply to: [Official comment thread] Supermarket food list Posted September 20, 2020

Ok, we always hear that the fatty layer on Brown rice limits its shelf life to one year. I read this after I had purchased a large amount. But I went ahead with my process: 13 cups in a one gallon bag with oxygen absorber, fold over and seal with flat hair curler, five bags into menards or walmart 5 gallon bucket with lid, store buckets in cool place. I just opened a bag from 2015, and the brown rice is as fresh as the day I bought it 5 years ago, and I’m confident the other 50 bags will last indefinitely, just like white rice. If you are diabetic like me, Brown rice is the right choice.