survival series cont...

the sailors and soldiers constant companions are fear, cold, hunger , thirst and boredom. in the field, fear keeps a man or woman alive . being wet, and cold, hungry and scared shiftless can bog you down, especially if you havent eaten or slept in a few days... i know. i ve been there a number of times.. dry is essential to being healthy. water is the second concern.. rain water will suffice as long as you filter it and boil it  to purify it
warm means layers. you can always take something off, but you cant always put something on if you dont have it.. warm also co notates having a fire or hot coals to heat the air..around you. learn the principles of fire making.. a must know how to do if you dont want to freeze to death.. heat up rocks to boil water.. hot water makes tea and coffee. hot rocks keep a bed warm also... come the crunch (and believe me its going to come sooner than you are expecting) you'll have supplies stored up. pure water to drink and a warm place to sleep..you may be broke, monetarily , but beans and bullets wont come cheap after the end falls out...

  no im not an expert on anything, im an excellent cook, a great shot and have a knack for good story telling, and a writer of sorts. if anything, im one of those survivalist nuts.. always have been and always will be..end of story. read stories of survival, from those who lie it every day.. i live it, even though im going blind ive got four other senses to keep me alive..   so keep you r powder dry, and your canteens full.. and keep a flask of
vsop handy , brandy . 

the crunch is coming.. some will say the economy is artificially being carried by the oil companies lowering gas prices to less than 2;oo per gallon. today i saw gas at 1.99.9 cents a gallon..and it struck me as being the first indicator.. the first in a long line of indicators that things are not what they seem to be.. january is a tough month for everyone, february will be a lot worse.. here farmes grow hay to feed cattle  which they sell all summer long to other cattlemen.. but you dont get good hay in february .. no money after the holidays and other base prices are up and still going up even if gas prices are dropping below two bucks a gallon..jobs are also an indicator.  jobless rates seem to be down..that s  because people arent reporting themselves un employed or under employed, any more. they , like me have quit trying to find work. because of lack of funds, bad health, or no jobs to be had. also whats this bullshit about speaking spanish to get a job... this is america, not mexico.. i speak english, and some other languages i wont talk about, but im not going to learn spanish so i can wash pots and pans for minimum wage... things are so bad here they closed the unemployment office and the closest one is 30 miles away.. what a laugh... me travel 30 miles to apply for a job.. not this american ... im toughing it out making money the old fashioned way.. using my metal detector...

hello to all , another year has passed by and here it is dead center of the cold frozen winter. ive been lazy not
writing in my blog for some time now, but personal writing has become more difficult since i found out  i was going blind. in november. my visual range has dropped considerably, due to diabetes, which i have done real well in keeping my numbers down , but alas the damage was done before i found out i was a diabetic in 2011 . right now everything is a fuzzy gray and i have to strain to read anything , driving at night is out, and soon daytime driving will be nearly impossible... the doctor tells me a corneal transplant is a far shot due to the  thinning out of my retinas ..less than a 20 percent bet if we do it...he says my vision will gradually diminish until all i see is a brown gray blob...great... a one in four chance, if i can raise 25 grand for the surgery.. but i willing to risk it and since mrs bob works at duke eye hospital, we might be able to wrangle surgery at a lower cost for employee discounts..hahahaha.. like thats going to happen.. oh welll. so im stuck with the rock and the hard place.. i need to work on this... praying i find some way out of it.. damned neuropathy has been bothering me as well. numb toes and then my feet catch on fire or so it feels like it.. .. i got nothing but bad luck so far.. and then having someone cutting on my eyes...nerve wracking and scary as hell... im praying for a miracle, but deep down its the most difficult decision personally ill have to make.. see you out on the street, when i start selling pencils or fruit to passers by ....peace and good hunting...

president makes mistakes as well

mr obama's new approach to immigration leaves me wondering if americans can handle what he is doing to our borders???  im not against legal lawful immigration to this country. we already have good laws on the books to deal with illegal immigration, only the feds do not enforce what there is. they are to busy weeding out  terrorists and political opponents to do the job correctly. first off, this country is a great place to be born in, i know i was born here... and i served our country proudly and will continue to do so.. voting is a privelege and the right to voice your opinion for or against government policy is a right that some people want to limit.. they want to take away our rights  one by one or regulate these rights right out of existance ..
   maybe they want anarchy in our streets when hispanic drug gangs emigrate to the good old usa and peddle death and destruction to our cities and towns.. we have gang bangers here and lots of grafitti has shown up marking territorial bounds . and there are places you dont go once it gets dark at night.. im not saying we have to live in fear. we can move cant we??? but wait this is my home, my land and im not giving up to the likes of narcotrafficantes who slipped across the border at night through a tunnel carrying drugs and weapons.. its ridiculous..

greetings to my new followers whereever you are... hate... i dont like it. not one bit...

 survival classes starting up in october,, outdoor fun. learn to live , learn to love, learn to reach out for those rights you have that are god given .. law abiding citizens, legally here citizens, firestarting, kindling ,
finding water. sun position , tracking wild game, hunting fishing , bug out bags, family protection, the works do it yourself medical training and dental , mental , and zombie protection..

survival series , summer prep

its time to harvest the resins from pine trees.. a simple cut can yield a half cup or more of sticky sap that can save your bacon in the winter time. a simple slash and bingo you have the best firestarter in the world...next to charcloth...
also it is a good time to stock up on dry goods. seeds for the garden for next spring and water, candles, and other needed survival gear.. i waited to get a few things post hunting season and made out like a bandit at wally weird so goest thou to the store, dont looketh up or down or at the zombies in the meat aisle
also its a great time just before school starts to lay down the ground rules with the kiddies as to where when, to meet in case of an emergency before the new school year starts.. most schools have a lock down plan in place. if they dont, complain to the pta and get one going in good faith... tell the kiddies to stick to the plan.. these are scary times with a lot of nutjobs floating loose out there.. our police will not
keep you and yours safe. they are worried about theirs being safe and no one elses.. cya... and the asses of your loved ones.. teach your kids archery .. theyll love the sport and thank you for it later on when they bring dinner home... true story... my mom and dad stopped by to bring me grandpa vans hunting bow by that hed left me in his will .. since i was proficient at the bow and arrow.. and so it goes.. anyway i walk up from the edge of the field with a brace of rabbits id shot while hunting.. a brace is three or more.. it was early november at the time and well they were surprised to see me walking up with bow in hand in my cammies ...lol .. we ate well that night, rabbit stew, with mushrooms, gravy and biscuits all mixed togetherin the dutch oven.. and i got a new bow to hunt deer with.. ive used it well until it fell apart after some 70 years of use  and retired it ... gee  .. any ways happy b day penny.. 2 more to retirement age  (snicker snicker() she winks at me and says yeah like thatll ever happen... no retirement for us.. we is poor and dirt poor too.. living is tough, but were surviving..   bye all lol

today i was reminded of an incident that occurred years ago in jr high school. flag football, and the coach
his name was pierce and he didnt like getting his flag pulled by a kid who was faster, and knew more about football than he did. he sent the kid to the bench after 3 plays and that was the end of my playing flag football at school.. i didnt like the fact he cheated, but that was no big deal to someone who was supposed to teach us about sportsmanship and love for the sport. he was more interested in playing with the big name kids on the team than with the scrubs.. too bad.. he got busted later on for drugs .. no great loss as far as im concerned... he lied to parents, smoked his dope, got mixed up in a scandal and left town,, and he was a N word down to the core... people like him dont learn from life.. thats why he never amounted to much.. me, im someone special.. my momma told me so..