Thanks again for allowing me to guest post, and thank you very much for covering it in so much depth!

I know since half my store is in smaller bags until I hit Sam’s and found the big savings.

I sleep well with my 800 pounds of rice. Plus everything else of course.

As I understand it, planning to commit a crime is a crime unto itself.

I want America to resolve it’s financial problems and thrive, but don’t see it happening. How do I safely talk about living in a WROL world talking/planning on how to survive, knowing that current laws will be violated.

I’ve googled and searched some free speech sites but not found anything yet. Maybe you, Mr. Maynes, have a legal representative. One whom you can consult.

Myself personally, after a collapse, would not have anything that I or a farm animal could stumble into. But should bad people be in the act of trying to sneak up or attack me, I have no problem with an activated trap to injure or kill.

If people are trespassing onto your property at night with guns. They have bad intent.

It can double it’s mass in a day!

Sierra Dave

I still can not post to the forum but I hope this gets to you mosierm:
In regards to treating basil for arthritis

this will give you a good general idea what a humectrant is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humectant

This will give you some good info on why injesting basil is a good idea.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1216278/How-eating-fresh-basil-help-banish-arthritic-aches-pains.html

if basil is not working… try other herbs listed here.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1216278/How-eating-fresh-basil-help-banish-arthritic-aches-pains.html

Good luck and get back to me and let me know how your doing.

Thanks!

Sierra Dave

Respectfully,
Scott

How do you find the anti-gun liberal in a room of people. Put a picture of a pistol on the floor. The liberal will jump up and down on it and yell bad gun, bad gun!!!

Please check into Duckweed. Supposedly has almost as much protein as Soy. People are making shakes out of it and eating it raw. Not sure about its overall nutritional vale, as in can you live off it, but it has tremendous value. AND you can feed it to poultry and some fish.

Catch you next time!

Nathan Hougaboom

ps. Pack the right way 5 rifle mags should take up almost no space in a bug out bag.

As a fellow traveler you didn’t mention to watch the big trucks, if they are all getting over in the left lane, it is not a free ticket to pass on the right, there may be an accident or cop on the side that you cannot see from your vantage point.

Also, give the Semi-Trucks the ROOM we need to stop, if you don’t, your little (3000lb) car makes a nice crush zone for my (80,000lb) truck, the Law of Gross Tonnage is in my favor, I will win the battle of steel.

On a different subject, here is a magnetic holster that you can make yourself, for quick access to your weapon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9mPlW6au9c

Of course cooking is a survival skill. I’m constantly amazed at the people who have no cooking skill. It’s a little scary.

I wrote an article on some basic wilderness survival tips:

http://gointothewild.com/top-5-wilderness-survival-tips/

I would really appreciate you taking a look and seeing if I’m accurate with my advice. My information comes from both personal experience and some Internet research but just wanted to be sure my readers are getting good information.

Thank you for your time and keep up the awesome podcasts!

I love your show, and usually your logic is well founded, but I have to disagree with you on aspects of this show.

According to a NY times story regarding police shootings ( http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/nyregion/08nypd.html?pagewanted=print )
the average number of shots fired by cops in a shooting with bad guys is 4.7.

Given that, we should all be OK with a revolver, right? 6 rounds is what, 16% overkill? But you carry a Glock. That holds way more than 6 rounds. Why? Are you paranoid? Are you a Internet Commando? No. You realize that life -especially your own life- may not be an average one. You know that sometimes, you need just another few rounds. You understand that not all situations are “usually.”

Bob, you can’t guarantee what’s going to happen. No one can. If I want to carry 100 rounds in my bugout bag, it’s really no skin off your nose, is it? Who does it hurt? Nobody but me (and my aching back!), that’s who.

Not all preppers or survivalists come from the same mold. Only time will tell if the “sane” survivalist who carried only one magazine and the “crazy” survivalist who carried 4 magazines plus one in the gun will die.

God willing, they’ll both die of old age in bed with the lights still on.

Guess what happens to the big scary dogs when five guys in body armor wielding MP-5s come pouring into the house shouting at the top of their lungs? That’s right, most put their tails between their legs and hide under the bed.

Apparently it’s even worse when a flash-bang grenade is used.

My dog’s job is warning, not protection, and he’s not even very good at that.

I understand that garage doors can be very east to open, and given the amount of valuables (tools) as well as potential arsonist materials (fuels) that are typically kept there. Also, once a BG is in the garage, if its attached, he’s IN the house.

The fire alarm interface of my alarm system is to protect the dogs.

I also feel that you should always look at continuing your education on a subject even if you’re a master. You’ll never know everything but there is always more to learn.

I listen to both of your podcasts, love them both for what is presented and how it’s presented. I have been meaning to comment long before now to tell you what a great job you’re doing. Thank you for being “that Yankee behind the mike”.

Like you I am a native son of Wisconsin, born in Ft. Atkinson and grew up in the “big city” of Milwaukee and I now live in Austin TX. And I too often miss home but don’t miss the winters. But, I disagree with you on the Madison protests. I have many friends who are on that line, no they haven’t called in sick some have taken time off owed to them and some are showing up after work or as school districts have closed due to sick outs. These demonstrations have been nothing but peaceful and lawful acts of civil disobedience, the protesters are cleaning up after themselves and making sure that the halls of the people are left in good order for all to use. These protesters aren’t there about money, they are there about collective bargaining being taken away and that Gov. Walker is trying to break the Unions. All the people I know on that line are fine with the cuts and increases in contributions, they see it as fair and as doing their part to help ease the debt crisis. The other objection that many of us have is the way that the Governor is trying to ram these through without either public hearings or debate. If the people or their elected officials aren’t allowed a say in the process then this is just like the Health Care Bill which the Democrats stuck us with. This is now how our government should work and all that it does is divide the people. There was a time, not so long ago, when we all could have civil discussions about issues like this and things would be resolved, not always the way we wanted but in ways we felt were fair and just. Those teachers who staged sick outs, have give their students an excellent lesson about civics and some of the most basic principles this country was founded on, The right to peacefully assemble, the right to free speech, the right of peaceful civil disobedience. These are lessons that we can all learn and perhaps come together and begin to be civil with one another again.

And NO Bob, I haven’t stopped listening to either of your podcasts. We all have the right to our opinions and the right to express them. The system isn’t perfect but it’s the best one out there and we all need to use it. Keep on podcasting and I’ll keep on listening.

We discovered his show last month, The ONE ( an in my opinion ) only great thing about the judge revolver is:

FINALLY 410 in buckshot is readily available ( although still pricey ).

The fact that all this “.410 handgun ammo” is easy to find has allowed me to keep a neat 500 Mossberg in 410 that would have been sold/traded otherwise. I agree the judge is a novelty gun ( and in my opinion way overpriced ), However, the bond arms derringer in .410 .45 LC is in the same category but, less than 1/3 the price ( and you can drive west of Fort Worth and pick them up at the factory ).

Let us not forget about “gauge mate” type adapters for single and double barrel ( to use smaller gauges as well as the what it was designed to shoot )

There’s this old kids game where you tap out plastic ice cubes. After a while you are left with a bunch of holes and then it eventually collapses.

Our financial situation is like that. With many different vectors that will cause the Dollar to become valueless. The food stores and gas stations will be emptied in a day. There will be no resupplies. Maybe cash and carry for a day unless the stores are looted in riots.

Prep up for a year and plan on self sufficiency for after-wards.

Sierra Dave

We will all experience a new reality. Our children will live in a world where their country is not “master of all.”

We need to address our problems and stop acting like “Team America World Police.”

I’m tired, for example, of benevolent war where we take over an enemy nation and spend (waste) our treasure trying to remake them in our own image. If the country is attacked, the offending nation should be put to the sword, reduced to rubble and left to smolder. If they come back for more – they get it double. As for Korea, it isn’t our business if they want to kill each other. Not one American soldier should die in that mess.

Watch a movie of how our grandparents lived in the 20′s and 30′s and you’ll know what life will be life in 10 years.

As for reinventing yourself, reminded me of a few times we’ve had to “re-invent ourselves”. Changed eating habits a few times due to food allergies and health issues. Also when you move at all and your home spaces changes that would be a form of re-invention.

Great show. Thanks for all you do!

I also agree with Bob and thank him for encouraging people to become proficient with their firearms. I just joined the local marksmanship club where I can practice my riffle shots and shotgun shooting until I get the prohibited weapons permit. Whether it’s home defence in a collapse or hunting for food in a full on hyperinflation depression situation being a better shot will never hurt!

Good work Bob!

~James G

The point, is that…using the example of Michael Carneal who committed the school shooting in Paducah, KY., he was able to do things with a gun that most people who don’t play shooting, arcade style video games…do. His skill level was far beyond the average kid his age, and it’s an easy argument that it’s because of the experience and repetition of those games. That’s the point. So the reason I put it…”are video games firearms trainers” is because I think there are certain skills you can learn from the realistic shooting style games. Now, I agree people kill people, not guns, nor video games, nor anything else. But an already unstable person like Michael Carneal can become even more of a danger by being exposed to such games, in my humble opinion.

Thanks very much for your comment and your contribution to my show!

To make my point — Since the time Gatorade has been created, the crime rate has increased by as much as 350%. So Gatorade should be removed from the market as it is the cause of increased crime.

I got these numbers doing a quick Google search for the date Gatorade was created and then the crime rate increase since then. Gatorade was created around 1965 and according to this wiki page you get the crime rate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States
(second paragraph under ‘Crime over Time’)

Have video games had an impact on my ability to handle a weapon and shoot accurately — I would say yes. About the only thing missing is the recoil and the loud noise when a round is fired. Have they contributed to me or the majority of my generation grabbing a pistol and killing – NO! Those who have done what the audio clip claimed are called outliers. As in, that is not normal, and statistically is not in the standard deviations of what is normal.

Then again having to state that the vast majority of gun owners are law abiding citizens doesn’t make a good news story. The random postal worker that shoots up a post office cause of being fired makes a much better story when the headline can be “Going Postal”.

I was wondering if you had ever contimplated the art of sign language as part of the survival scene? We use it with in our own family to communicate with our children at the park and in other situations where we might want to ask each other a question, or make a comment with out raising everyone elses attention.

Great show, and we look forward to listening to more of your pod casts on both survival and handguns.

I’m gonna listen through the website.

Talking about negotitation, do you want to know 11 tips to negotiate a salary raise? Well may be you can find this articly useful: http://incomejunkie.com/2010/07/negotiation-tips-11-easy-steps-to-negotiating-your-salary/

Cheers,
Albert