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WELCOME TO OUR EDITION FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2024.<br /> WELCOME TO OUR PLACE<br /> If you are new to our page, whether you are just starting out or are an experienced prepper, we want to do our best to help you learn as much as you can from us and others to be as prepared as you can for what comes your way. We DON’T claim to be experts, but just people who have seen a bit, done a bit, learned a bit and know a bit and welcome input from others out there.<br /> I’m Poor Richard, and along with my wife, Mama Donna, we’ll be bringing you information, inspiration, recipes, ideas, and a bit of humor to make prepping more interesting and less “doom and gloom”.<br /> Here are some of the features you will see. We also welcome suggestions on other areas you’d like to see covered.<br /> YOUR OPINION NEEDED<br /> Last week I started the B. B. Trapp series, but I am concerned as the series deals with boobytraps and such, While it stressed that this is only for use in the event of an all-out SHTF, I am concerned about posting any of it. We have tried to keep this page as different from the firearm waving camo commadoes as possible. I don&#039;t want some new reader to view us in that way and get turned off. So I turn to you, our readers old and new to tell me if articles like I will post this week are wrong for the page.<br /> POOR RICHARD’S CORNER Here we will be sharing various bits of wisdom, experience and advise derived from all sources, including contributions from our audience in a “lesson plan” format for those new to prepping. An example of this is “PREPPING MAY NOT GIVE YOU A 100% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL, BUT NOT PREPPING MAY LOWER YOUR CHANCES TO ZERO.”<br /> TOUCAN BILL’S BIRD’S EYE VIEW Toucan Bill got his name from when my wife, Mama Donna and I were first beginning to stock up on food. Money was (and still is) tight for us, so I told her “If we can’t buy a case put two cans on the bill.” Toucan Bill means finding economical ways to squeeze out prepping supplies. We will pass on any tips from ourselves, other sources or from you, our audience.<br /> B.B. TRAPP As the name implies, this is information on defending your area after a major SHTF by use of common everyday devices.<br /> PREPPER BEE WISE&#039;S BUZZWORDS Like everything else, prepping has its own language and buzz words that can be confusing to someone looking to start. You’ll hear about BOB’s, GOOD, RTH, 3Bee’s, and more and want to know what they mean. We will be putting together and sharing the ones we’re heard and the ones you contribute. An example is: SAFE HAVEN: A less “threatening” term for a place to shelter safely during or after an event than “bunker”, “compound” or “retreat”. <br /> Feel free to share our articles with others, as the more people we reach the more that may be safer after a disaster.<br /> Yours in Prepping, <br /> Poor Richard and Mama Donna (Richard and Donna Maida) <br /> <br /> THE BASICS: MILLIE’S PREPPING <br /> HI, I’m Millie and I’m just plain folk. For those who missed me here a few weeks back, I work at the packing plant in Nowhere, Iowa and live in an apartment complex. I am a single mom with my four-year-old daughter, Sara. <br /> After a few times too many of having the power and water cut off, and roads blocked because of tornados, wind and ice storms and heavy snow falls, I decided I needed a better idea of how to be ready. I started looking around online and found out a few things. <br /> While I don’t have the land or the money some prepper sites say you must have, but I do have Uncle Mike and Aunt Jenny. They live on a patch of land in a little town ten miles away. They have been “prepping” long before anyone called it that. They have taken me under their wing and are teaching me the basics.<br /> PLANNING: PART XVII: BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!<br /> You have probably heard that line on some commercial for some kitchen gadget or other do-dad on TV. But sometimes you can get a bit of prepping use from an item that was not foreseen by those who made the product or wrote the ad.<br /> My example here is a compact, countertop sized icemaker. It can sit on anyone’s kitchen counter and never draw a second look from any visitor and never be linked to prepping in anyone’s mind. Most anyone anyway, LOL! <br /> There are those, like my aunt and uncle, who look at an item and weigh if it has a “prepper” use. It this case, this icemaker has a most excellent one. If some kind of event is on the horizon, such as a storm due to hit in five days, or even a planned power outage, we could crank out Ziploc bags of ice cubes and pack them around the items in our freezer. In this way we could save at least some of our frozen foods, especially the meats. Also, when the bags melt, it would give us that much more pure drinking water to refill bottles with. We could also be “pro-active” and crank out the ice now to pack around the frozen items.<br /> Another aspect of this is to have a small foam cooler standing by. On the day of the storm, cold meats and other items needing refrigeration could go in the cooler along with a bag or two of the cubes, and the cooler put back into the refrigerator. You could also put a bag in each of the refrigerator&#039;s drawers.<br /> What makes it even better is that having the ice in the bags means you only have to reach into the freezer to add ice to a drink be it summer or holiday time. <br /> For more advanced preppers, if you can power the icemaker for a couple of hours from the generator you may be running, you can make more ice to keep more food from going bad.<br /> Yes, this is what we call a “two-for”, and even better, a stealth one. It has a second use for prepping that is totally hidden from any non-prepper. Who could possibly find something evil in an ice maker?<br /> <br /> ADVANCED PREPPING: A “JUSTIN” CALL<br /> We posted this 05/11/2021 but since it fits in with what is happening now and we are getting some new readers, I thought I’d repost it.<br /> As Mama Donna and I were sitting back relaxing last night, a call came in from a fellow prepper. They wanted to give us a “Justin” call about the pipeline disruption effects.<br /> A “Justin” call is where one of our fellow preppers sees, hears, or otherwise learns of some information that might affect us to the point of needing to use our prepper supplies and plans. The idea is to give a call “just in case” so we all have a heads up to check our supplies and plans.<br /> Our caller was hearing from those in the southeast, such as the Carolinas, about what affect the pipeline disruption could have for them. They weren’t sure if we would be hit as bad, but they wanted to check in with us anyway.<br /> The big question on their mind was gasoline and its price. We were ahead of the curve and topped off our jeep yesterday and already checked our other stocks used for the chain saw and lawn mower. (and generator)<br /> The next question was how any shortage might affect other supply lines, such as trucks trying to get supplies to stores.<br /> And lastly was if this news might trigger panic buying on various items, especially if the “news” hints at possible shortages.<br /> I’ll double check our stocks to be sure, but I feel we are in good shape to ride out a shortage or panic. We were ready when the pandemic panic hit last year. As we have spoken, in article after article, of how we prep for being cut off the grid. WHAT cuts us off IS important, but in the end, you are on your own with what you have to get through the emergency.<br /> <br /> AFTERMATH: WHEN THE DUST SETTLES: PART XXI: B.B. TRAPP <br /> A ROADBLOCK BY ANY OTHER NAME<br /> New preppers read army manuals to gain ideas on different subjects. Having served in the military, I am aware of the shortcomings of them such as the use of their own “buzz words” When it comes to roadblocks, an example of this are such phrases as “dragon’s teeth” “abatis” and “Spanish rider”. Simply put, there are all types of roadblocks.<br /> “Dragon’s teeth” are belts of steel reinforced concrete blocks anywhere from 3 to 5-foot high that can hang up a tank attempting to cross them, making it a target for various anti-tank guns, missiles, or other devices. With enough people and some equipment still working, you may be able to sink steel I-beams salvaged from the wreckage of buildings or other sources to seriously block roads into your area. Three smaller steel beams can be put together in an X shape to also block roads. If you ever saw any “D-Day” war movie, you probably saw items like these.<br /> “Abatis” is usually shown as a triangle of fallen trees across a road with dirt and rocks in the center. You can do the same with disabled cars that can be pushed into place then have the wheels taken off and the center area filled with whatever rubble may be available, with as many sharp objects pointing up and out in the direction of approach.<br /> A “Spanish rider” is a light, moveable roadblock designed to act as a gate for a guarded entry point. It is a pole or bar 6’ or so in length with an X of rods, or tree limbs at each end, with barbed wire strung from one X to the other. “In the ” soldiers are seen moving these into position. A variation on this is a pyramid shape of logs with wire wrapped around it. All of these can have tripwires to warning or other devises<br /> Remember, all blocks must be covered by long range rifle fire and NO block will keep out a well-trained, equipped and determined attacker. But they will give notice to the looting jackals to go somewhere else. <br /> <br /> TOUCAN BILL’S BIRD’S EYE VIEW: BY ANY OTHER NAME<br /> While every now and again the discount stores will actually have an item that states “survival” or even “prepping” most are just innocently sitting on the shelves. It is the preppers who understand their value in an emergency.<br /> To go into such as store and ask if they have any prepper or survival gear will probably get you a puzzled, if not a strange look from the employees. But knowing all the regular type items, such as batteries, bleach will help you to stock up on the odds and ends cheaply. An example of this is a roll up water bottle. It can go in all sorts of bounce back or bug out bags and can be snagged up for as little as a dollar in the summer.<br /> So, make a list of what you want to stock up on (first aid items, etc.) and swoop down on what dollar and discount stores have to offer. You’ll prove to yourself that prepping does NOT have to take up a lot of money. Prepping gear is still prepping gear, even if by another name.<br /> In fact, we just scored on such a &quot;regular&quot; type item at the discount store, but I need to take photos for the article. I should be posting it in next Friday&#039;s edition.<br /> <br /> PREPPER BEE WISE’S BUZZ WORDS: LUCKY CHARM<br /> An emergency kit bought and tossed into a closet by someone thinking just having it will keep them safe, so they don’t need to know anything about using it. <br /> <br /> POOR RICHARD’S FICTION CORNER<br /> Every edition we will post some “prepper” fiction. This is a few pages from the four chapter from my fictional work “When the Day Came.”<br /> PLEASE NOTE: This entire work, and any pages, or parts thereof, IS mine and I hold the copyright for it.<br /> CHAPTER IV<br /> FINAL REVIEW<br /> BY<br /> RICHARD P. MAIDA<br /> Marvin Deckman sat in the outer office waiting to be called in before the Director of Operations for the Department. He had passed all the phases of his training with flying colors. But the last step for every candidate for the position of agent with the Department was the final review in person with the Director. <br /> It was something that every recruit knew would come about and tried to deal with in their own way. Some dreaded it, while others saw it as a final challenge. Some candidates who seemed perfect in all ways somehow managed to wash out over it. Yet some who seemed marginal at best got through it. No one could determine any kind of pattern.<br /> Marvin reached down deep inside himself to find the calmness he’d need to face the Director. He thought of how the twenty-five years of his life had led to this. It seemed natural to him. He was brought up by his parents to respect the authorities over him. He never once questioned anything his teachers said or did. He obeyed every order and did every task without a second thought. He took the right courses, played the right sports and was part of the proper activities in high school and college.<br /> He didn’t doubt what he was taught. When someone else whose conduct he saw as degenerate got an A or got to be the star player on the team, he knew to shrug it off because he knew that evil sometime prospered. His job, he felt, was to dig out the evil in society. He saw the evil represented in such persons who did not keep in their place, who acted on their own interests and sometimes desires, A society, he believed could only be civilized when the good people led it and the lesser people stayed in their place and followed.<br /> He chuckled as he recalled a line from Shakespeare that went “..he thinks too much, such men are dangerous…” That to him was part of the problem. These people trying to think instead of listening to those with education and learning and simply obeying. Order, structure, structure order, obedience was what his tenth-grade history teacher taught him as the keystones of society. He remembered some jerk challenging the teacher by pointing out how the American Revolution formed a new way, one of freedom to think and challenge the old orders. The teacher shut the disrespectful punk down by pointing out that it was not the rabble but the well-read and well-bred leaders of the colonies who created the Declaration of Independence and later the Constitution. The punk shot back that the well-read might have created those things, but the rabble stood for, fought for, bled for and died for them. Marvin remembered how he approved of what happened next. The teacher sent the punk to the office for his disrespect. All his smart mouth got him was a well-deserved expulsion.<br /> But they never learned, he mused. From generation to generation, no matter how much education the society provided, still there were people who stubbornly refused to follow the right path as set down by those in authority. He thought of back in history when they tried to do the right thing and get rid of alcohol abuse and how prohibition was not only failed, but the people also helped the criminals to greater evil. <br /> Now it seemed worse. With all the killings and shootings in the cities it was clear the time had come for people to no longer have firearms. They could keep hunting rifles and shotguns at game commission centers and check them out when they wanted to go hunting. In rare cases farmers could keep single shot .22 rifles for shooting rats. Yet such an easy cure met with almost violent resistance. In his heart he believed members of Congress failed in their duty to protect their country against these evil people. A disarmed populous was a safe one. The phrase “a well-regulated militia.” meant the National Guard or Army and not some potbellied farmer with a gun cabinet full of shotguns and rifles. His father had taught him that when he told him when he was seven one of his friends father had such a collection. He was also forbidden ever to play with that evil boy again. Bad people have guns but good people have none was the phrase he learned to recite.<br /> He knew he had no entanglements that could blemish his background or integrity. His mother had taught him well to avoid the silly girls in high school and college. Once he had proven to be a good, moral upright man a decent woman would come to him, and they would have a proper home. He knew of promising recruits that had left the program because their girlfriends were of questionable moral and political character.<br /> He was ready, ready to go anywhere, to serve fully and to weed out those evil people living among us. He would do his best to bring his country one step closer to a total unity under proper leadership and guidance. But would he pass the final review? <br /> <br /> If you like what you read here, help us reach others. Facebook won’t let us reach others unless we pay, pay and pay. We can’t do that as much as we might like as we make NO money from this page. So, we ask you please to share what we offer if you think other like-minded folks will benefit from it. <br /> Thank You, Poor Richard and Mama Donna

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