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Zombies Are Real

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Yep, you read that right, zombies are real. Not real as in wanting to eat your brains, but real as in mindless people with no sense of reason and incapable of higher thought. To live a survivalist lifestyle, one should be open minded, open to new ideas, flexible, open to suggestions and open to change. To be closed minded, to be inflexible and not open to change sets a limit on how well we can adjust to change. What caused the Neanderthal to go extinct? What caused Cro-Magnon Man to go extinct? What caused Homo-Erectus to go extinct? Was it their inability to adjust to climate change? Was it their inability to adjust to changing food sources? Were they open to new ideas? Sheeple zombies Sheeple are the people that say "we have done it this way 100 years, there is no reason to change now". These are the people who resist any kind of change. When sheeple are forced to change, they get angry and develop feels of resentment. These are the people that are on a dead end road of life. I wonder if some Neanderthal refused to change his hunting patterns with the changes in herd migration? Did Crug the Neanderthal say to Doug the Neanderthal: Crug: The herds have moved over there, lets move with them and get something to eat. Doug: Why should we move? The herds have always been here, they will come back. Crug: Doug, we are going to starve. Doug: Na, the herds will come back. The herds did not come back. Crug, Doug and their entire species are now part of the fossil record. Do not be like Crug and Doug. Be open to new ideas, be open to suggestions and be open to change. Random youtube video and forum thread - Food Storage. How to? How much? What to store

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Cost of health care pisses me off

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Why do I have a copay when I pay for health coverage, but the welfare leeches get their healthcare for free? My wife needs a surgery, so far we are out close to $2,000 just for copays and deductible. What the hell is going on with this nation? Medicare / Medicaid is taken out of my paycheck, but I can not use it? Not only do I have to pay into the medicare/medicaid system, but I also have to pay for my families health care, plus deductibles. The welfare parasites can sit on their ass at home, never have to look for a job, get free medical coverage, free dental, free vision,,,, all at the tax payers expense. It pisses me off that I have to pay my insurance + a copay, while people on the medicare system do not have to pay anything, or have to pay very little. I am not not saying that "everyone" on medicare does not deserve it. I "am" saying there is a lot of abuse of the system. Welfare is supposed to be a support system, and not a way of life. The problem is, too many people have made welfare a way of life. My wife and I know a young lady that is around 18 or 19 years old. A few months ago she squeezed out the families third generation of welfare recipients. Someone explain to my how that is "supposed" to work out? How does society tolerate generations of people to live on welfare? Related Article - Culture of Entitlement

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The guy who lived in a van

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Back in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s, I worked with a guy who lived in his van in the company parking lot. The company did not seem to mind, as someone was on the company property 24/7. Having the van in the parking lot might have deterred thieves, but who really knows?…

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Survivalism as an experience and not a theory

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Knowledge + training = experience. Knowledge + experience = skill It is only through experience that we further our knowledge. Knowledge and experience are stepping stones that build upon each other. One problem that survivalist face, is the lack of hands on experience. You may "think" you know how to do something, but until you actually do it, you do not know if your theory works. Some people learn the theories of survivalism, but never take the time to test those theories. How do you test your theories? With experience. How do you get experience? Buy doing something. Through knowledge we develop a theory of how we can survive a long term SHTF / TEOTWAWKI situation. How do we know the theory is going to work? By testing the theory. Related Article - 3 day camping trip on the Angelina River Hunting after SHTF / TEOTWAWKI theory Over the past 20 years I have heard the same story probably 1,000 or more times - "if SHTF, I am going to bug out to the wilderness and live off the land". Then the person starts talking about hunting small game, and how they have X number of 22 long rifle, and how they should be able to get X number of squirrels or rabbits with X number of rounds. After you hear the same story hundreds of times, it gets rather repetitive. The first questions I have, how often does the person go hunting? How often do they load up their gear and head out to the wilderness for 3 or 4 days to test their plans? Has the person ever skinned a squirrel or rabbit, much less cooked and ate one? Then there is the big question, where are you going to hunt at? Do you have access to land? Do you have access to remote land, or private property so other people will not intrude?

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Locking the doors

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Over the past few months I have gotten in the habit of locking the doors during the day. The doors have always been locked at night. But here lately I have been keeping the doors locked during the middle of the day. Security is not a serious concern during the day. My wife and I live in a low crime rate area. There is rarely, if ever, a serious crime around here. The doors are locked to set a boundary line between my wife and I, and the rest of the world. Boundaries are an important part of life. Even though millions of illegal immigrants do not care about boundaries, that does not mean the rest of us do not give a crap. We face boundaries everyday. Think about the boundaries we face on a daily basis. There are boundaries on the road, at the job, in relationships, while shopping,,, everything we do is somehow limited by a boundary.

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Grilling on Memorial day weekend

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Memorial day is the day we should take a little time out of our busy schedules to thank those that served this great nation. If it were not for those that are willing to lay down their lives, the rest of us would not have the freedoms we enjoy in our everyday lives. What are you cooking for Memorial Day? My wife and I started thursday evening when we put the ribs in a marinate. A slab of pork ribs were cut up into sections with 3 ribs each. Saturday morning the pit was fired up with oak wood. The pit was given about an hour to heat up, then the ribs were put on. 2 1/2 hours later the pork chops and chicken legs were put on. About an hour before everything was supposed to come off the pit, the boudin, sausage and hot dogs for the kids were put on the grill.

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Fundamental foods survivalist should stockpile

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When survivalist start stockpiling food, we buy #10 cans and usually store food in mylar bags. Lets say we had to focus on certain foods, what would those foods be? Lets look at food that packs a nutritional punch, renewable, easy to grow, easy to harvest and can be stored without modern technology. How do we decide which foods we should focus on? Lets narrow our selections to how easy the food is to grow, how well it stores, and the nutrition content. During a long term SHTF / TEOTWAWKI survival situation, we will being growing and storing our own food. One thing we do not want to do is dedicate a lot of time and effort into food that contains little nutrition. In this article I hope to focus on renewable foods. Foods that we can grow in a home garden or at a Bug Out Location. During a long term survival situation, people that hope to make it through will need a renewable food source. It is not enough to stockpile food in mylar bags, or stockpile freeze dried food in #10 cans. Sooner or later those mylar bags and those cans will be empty. Honey Humans have been eating honey for well over 1,000 years. Some estimates put humans eating honey up to 8,000 years ago.

• The bees do the work for you, all you have to do is harvest the honey
• Honey is loaded with trace minerals
• Honey does not spoil or go rancid
• Honey inhibits the growth of bacteria, so it can be used in the treatment of wounds and injuries

One of the drawbacks to honey, the bees will sting the crap out of you if you bother the hive. You think your big and bad until a swarm of bees are done with your ass. When its said, done and over with, you will be in a fetal position crying for your mommy. If you plan on adding honey to your to your preps, either stockpile the crap out of it, or learn how to safely harvest honey.

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Prison of your mind

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Would you believe me if I told you were in prison right now? For the most part of your life you have been in prison, a prison of your mind. Where did this prison come from? Our prison comes from our society and our culture. Our prison are the things that we "think" we have to do. We have to go to school, we have to go to college (and go into student debt), we have to buy a home or rent and stay in debt, we have to buy a car (more debt), we have to have children, we have to pay taxes, we have to celebrate predefined holidays - christmas, easter, valentines day,,,, and so on. There are different levels of prisons, with some being worse then others. The worst prison we put ourselves in, is the prison of debt Debt is a parasite that slowly sucks the life out of its victim. But for some reason we have been taught that we should go into debt. Why does society think we should use credit cards, why should we buy a new car, why do we have to buy a fancy home, why do we have to live at the edge of our means? If you listen to the experts on the economy, the more money people save, the worse the economy. Our economy is driven by people spending money. Spending money is what we should not be doing, we should be saving money. We spend money, we run pout of money, we ask a bank for a loan, the bank then has control over our lives. Get behind on a car note, or house note, you can find yourself in dire straits. Related article - Living your life by your own standards

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Hard work does not always equal success

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While writing the article why do we miss the past, I kept thinking about the time and effort people put into working at the welding shops in southeast Texas. The more I thought about the working conditions, the lack of proper benefits and how the workers were exploited, the more irritated I became. There was once a time when working in a welding shop equaled a good living. There was once a time the hard work was recognized, appreciated and rewarded. But those times are long gone. Working Conditions You think its hot outside in July and August? Try crawling inside a piece of pipe that has been heated to 350 - 400 degrees so you can weld on it. Certain types of metal, such as chrome, require the metal to be preheated before you can weld on it. If the metal is not heated to a certain temperature before you weld on it, the weld can crack. You think the dust in your house makes you sneeze? How would you like to blow your nose, and the rag be black? The dust from the grinding and gouging collects in your nose. Just think what its doing to your lungs. Some companies act like worker safety plays second place to production. There were places I worked where we did not have fans to blow fresh air into sections of pipe we were working inside of. There were times when my lungs felt like they were being choked from the welding fumes. Times when the grinding dust made my lungs hurt for days. Related Articles

• Capitalism VS Human Compassion
• Why do we miss the past
• The value of hard work

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Why do we miss the past

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Why do we miss the past so much? Why do we look back and say "those were good times", even if the times were not "that" great? Career Path I grew up in a little town in southeast Texas called Bridge City. My parents moved to Bridge City sometime around 1976. After I graduated high school I got married and bought a home. Fast forward 14 years, my wife and I divorced and I moved to the Conroe / Montgomery area for a few years. In 2003 my new wife and I moved back the Bridge City area. After I finished high school I went to work for a welding shop. Between 1986 - 1999 and 2003 - 2004 I collected around 15 years experience in the fabrication of ASME certified pressure vessels and heat exchangers. During that 15 years I learned a lot (not all) of the welding shops in southeast Texas take joy in paying low wages and exploiting workers. The low pay was one reason why I had to leave the Bridge City area. To those fab shop owners that get some kind of sick kick out of exploiting their employees, screw you. There is a special place in hell for greedy bastards like you. Even with 15 years experience working in various welding shops for around 15 years, the wage I was earning did not allow my wife and I to buy a home. The home prices were so inflated that the average middle income wage earner could not afford to buy. In the end the lack of decent wages and bloated housing market drove my wife and I out of the Bridge City area.

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