Category: Skills

  • Prepping – Turn off the Lights

    Prepping – Turn off the Lights

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    Allyson
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    This is the prime time to test your preparations. Christmas is over, but people are not settled. It’s not “usual” scheduling because kids are off school, and you may be off work. So… Go turn off your power at the main breaker. Why? The answer is that preparation only works if you’re actually… prepared. You…

  • The Weekly Feast – Jello Cookies

    The Weekly Feast – Jello Cookies

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    Allyson
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    Okay, I made these because they seemed funny and amusing, and very retro. I am making more because they’re also easy and REALLY yummy. They also have a lot less sugar than some of the cookies I’ve seen out there, which is nice. This is based on an early 1970s Jello recipe. Ingredients: 4 cups…

  • What Time Is It?

    What Time Is It?

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    Chris Johnson
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    I own a pocket watch. It is beautiful, but I don’t use it very often. I know that I own a couple of watches. One of them is a battery powered solar recharging thing. My standard “watch” today is my cell phone. When I was in high school, I was very interested in accurate time…

  • Prepping – Gift Giving

    Prepping – Gift Giving

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    Allyson
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    So last week I wrote about what cool gifts you can find on the internet and beyond, to give as gifts to your favorite prepper. This week I want to talk about making Christmas gifts. There’s a lot of crap out there, people. In the grand scheme of things, do we really need snap lights…

  • How to you get there from here?

    How to you get there from here?

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    Chris Johnson
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    The Internet is a fantastic creature. I’m not speaking of the information you can find on the internet. Nor am I speaking of the entertainment that is available on the Internet. The mere fact that you can ask for information at your desk or on your phone and somehow that request gets there, and the…

  • The Weekly Feast – Perfect Pork Ribs

    The Weekly Feast – Perfect Pork Ribs

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    Allyson
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    I love making different feasts. It pleases me to no end to come up with some new recipe based on something I saw in passing online. This recipe is based on something I saw on TikTok, and another recipe that I skimmed through on Facebook. Ingredients: pork ribs (2 per person, roughly) barbecue sauce (your…

  • Prepping – Apocalypse Gift Giving

    Prepping – Apocalypse Gift Giving

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    Allyson
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    Okay, today’s post is a bit of a cheat, but what can I say. I like to window shop, even when the window is Amazon. LOL! There are a ton of items out there that would make excellent gifts for the Prepper in your life. I hope you find some of these to be of…

  • The Weekly Feast – Sausage Gravy and Biscuits

    The Weekly Feast – Sausage Gravy and Biscuits

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    Allyson
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    I adore sausage gravy and biscuits. They’re the ultimate comfort food. The biscuits are a wee bit sweet, and the sausage gravy is a bit spicy and savory and creamy, all at once. I always make mine with an egg, though you can do what you want with yours. Ingredients for the sausage gravy: 1…

  • You Get What You Pay For

    You Get What You Pay For

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    Chris Johnson
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    My first fiber switch turned out to be a L3 managed “switch”. Way cool. But I purchased a cheap switch and found that it completely undocumented. It has taken me a while to figure things out. The configuration GUI is an What You See Is All You Get type. There is enough there that you…

  • Prepping – Making Do

    Prepping – Making Do

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    Allyson
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    There are skills that our grandparents and great-grandparents had, that we (as a society, at least) are sadly lacking in today. The art of “making do” is one of those skills. It’s something we MUST learn to do, and quickly. Whether we have some type of country-wide emergency, an apocalyptic event, or a recession, the…