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5 Minute Prepping Gardening Prepping

Back to it

I’ve been a little lazy doing 5 Minute Prep posts, so you’re going to get a twofer today. Here are two videos on a subject…

February 20, 2017February 15, 2021
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I have got to close some of these browser tabs

I’ve been keeping these open, planning on writing something long and likely overly pedantic about them. Lucky you, I’ve been busy (early spring, huzzah!), so…

February 19, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Prepping

Motion sensors on a budget

I think we all love to hate Harbor Freight, but you can score some great deals on useful things.  To whit: This shows up on…

February 16, 2017February 15, 2021
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A bleg

Not for me, but for someone you may remember, Kim Du Toit. Kim is the reason I’m here. Kim ran a blog way back when,…

February 16, 2017February 15, 2021
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A new gun malfunction–the saga continues

I’ve gotten an amazing amount of traffic on my post “A new gun malfunction“. (I’m quite grateful for that, by the way. While I’ve often…

February 16, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Prepping

Hardening your home

(This one is going to be your 5 Minute Prep piece for today, simply because you can read it in 5 minutes. You may even…

February 14, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Prepping

Keeping important drugs cool when the power is out

There are a number of drugs, the most commonly thought of being insulin, that require refrigeration. What do you do if the power is out…

February 14, 2017February 15, 2021
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Making a bit of personal history

At one point in history, online discussion forums were the big thing. In the days when the BBS ruled digital communication, forums were about the…

February 13, 2017February 15, 2021
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Not the guy you want for your test case…

A guy accused of possessing kiddie porn isn’t the case you want to take to court to set a constitutional rights precedent. However, the issue…

February 12, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Open Hand Fighting Skills

How to control a common knife attack

We all hope to never get this close, but hope doesn’t win fights.

February 12, 2017February 15, 2021
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Why have I not heard of Mountain Guerrilla before?

(Via The View From the Porch) I wish I had, because this man lays down a powerful message. Read his words on the current civil…

February 12, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Prepping

Hiding where you’ve hidden your stuff

There are reasons to hide various sorts of prep goods. You may be afraid that your house will be burglarized or raided. You might want…

February 10, 2017February 15, 2021
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3 inch screws are great

But I don’t think they are a great replacement for a firearm and the will to use it. Read this story of a hot burglary…

February 10, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Prepping

Knowing the lay of the land

How well do you know the area where you live? I’m not talking about getting around on foot or by car, or where the grocery…

February 9, 2017February 15, 2021
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It’s coming home…

I just wish I felt a little more enthusiasm. Instead, I feel like I’m awaiting the verdict of my mechanic on a car that already…

February 9, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic!

The Israeli Battle Dressing

The Israeli Battle Dressing and its imitators are probably the best battle dressings on the market today. They can be applied with one hand (assuming…

February 9, 2017February 15, 2021
Guns Self Defense

“He didn’t need to shoot him!”

(Found on Gab) “He only had a knife!” Only.

February 8, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic! Prepping

When a tourniquet is not the thing to stop bleeding

Some years ago, coagulating agents came on the scene. The first I’m aware of was Celox, which did the job but had some downsides, the…

February 7, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Guns

Range Theatrics

Not sure if that’s what I would have named this, but I can’t argue with the message in the video.  Train like you fight was…

February 7, 2017February 15, 2021
Guns

Could the ATF support changes to the NFA?

(As seen in several Intertubz venues.) While it’s early, Hell may have actually frozen over. More likely, if this is proven true, the boys from…

February 6, 2017February 15, 2021
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Cleaning and protecting your guns

I found this Firing Line forum thread while traveling about the Intertubz. It dates from 2014, but it’s the closest thing to a scientific test…

February 6, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Prepping

Distance vision

There are times that you’ll need to see at a distance. While you could use a telescope, telescopes are generally something less than portable. Of…

February 5, 2017February 15, 2021
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Why would you need to carry a gun to work?

Oh, I don’t know…maybe because sum dood could show up and threaten to bash your brains out with an axe. The threat level out there…

February 5, 2017February 15, 2021
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Quick note on labels

I’m starting to use labels, which allow me and you to organize and search posts by categories. You can use the label widget over on…

February 4, 2017February 15, 2021
Toward a useful first aid kit
5 Minute Prepping Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic! Prepping

Toward a useful first aid kit

Everyone has seen and some of us have purchased a pre-packaged “first aid kit”. You know, one of the little plastic boxes with the pretty…

February 4, 2017February 15, 2021
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Can it be fixed?

No, I’m not talking about my malfunctioning Glock 30, now on its way to Georgia. I’m talking about things in general. Can that piece of…

February 2, 2017February 15, 2021
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This could go all kinds of wrong

As gunnies and concealed carriers, we all know that a meeting with the police has some amount of hazard to it. Anyone with a brain…

February 2, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic! Prepping

One more C-A-T video

Here’s the last one I’m going to post, DIY, for an arm.

February 2, 2017February 15, 2021
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A new gun malfunction

This past weekend I went to the Greensboro Gun Show and acquired a Glock 30 Gen 4. I’d decided that I needed to up my…

February 2, 2017February 15, 2021
5 Minute Prepping Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic! Prepping

C-A-T Tourniquet Lower Exteremity Application Video Tutorial

In keeping with yesterday’s video on applying the C-A-T tourniquet to an arm, here it is, DIY, for a leg.

February 1, 2017February 15, 2021

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