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  1. THEFAN

    how to store ammo?

    Like we always say " Keep your powder dry!!" Ammo cans Legos for big kids. :) Stack em high and stack em deep. :) IMHO everyone should have a 223 in there collection.
  2. THEFAN

    Greek Crisis Dries Up Drug Supply

    Just a heads up of what could happen!! http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...-dries-up.html For patients and pharmacists in financially stricken Greece, even finding aspirin has turned into a headache. Mina Mavrou, who runs a pharmacy in a middle-class Athens suburb, spends hours each day...
  3. THEFAN

    Christmas was for guns and tax season will be for ammo!!

    Since so many people bought guns for Christmas. I'm guessing tax season will be ammo buying time. I see shortages and price increases this year. So buy what you can now and be prepared. I know chicken little but I think the stars are lined up on this one.
  4. THEFAN

    POO to gas!

    Times like this call for smart moves to save money and put yourself in a better position when the real S-hits. IMHO ;) I run a lawn service as one of my businesses. I hate to do it but I am raising my prices this summer if gas hits 4.00 a gal. I haven't for the last 3 yrs and now I just...
  5. THEFAN

    Tested my wood chopping skills

    I'm on my way!! :) Me want to look like he-man by summer. :lau We are just using a Encore Vermont woodstove and a small jotul on the north side of the house.
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    POO to gas!

    We as a family have set up a bike repair section in our shop. We all have mt bikes and plenty of spare parts. Tire sizes all the same. When ever we go to the dump we strip old bikes of usefull things. Especially tubes, chains, seats, nuts and tires. :) The goal this yr is to drop...
  7. THEFAN

    Tested my wood chopping skills

    This is the first winter I am using nothing but wood. LOVE IT!! I digress. So this past late fall I tested my wood chopping skills to see how fast and how long it would take to cut a cord. I can cut a cord a day. Yes I took breaks. I'm not stupid. :) I figure I use 5 cords a yr. So in a...
  8. THEFAN

    POO to gas!

    Here we go the gas tread. That time again. :) It's 3.49 here. I was doing my taxes and look at all my gas slips for Jan of last yr and gas was 3.24. .25 cents higher. GREAT!! My magic ball is seeing above 4.00 by summer and over 5 if Iran does a military move. IMHO. I use over 800...
  9. THEFAN

    Any trappers on here

    I am curious if there is anyone on here who traps?? If so do you trade your pelts?? LMK Don
  10. THEFAN

    Guns/Ammo the new Gold/Silver?

    Guns/Ammo Gold/Silver Food/Seeds Solar/Wind Animals/Farmland hmm.... Last fronts to put money since the paper world is a joke. The game is coming to an end and now things that mattered not are now main stream. :) Those that read there tea leafs, runes, bible or gut seem to be ready...
  11. THEFAN

    MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

    Merry Christmas!!! :weee
  12. THEFAN

    Artifical or Real?

    We have never had a fake tree in the house. A real tree every yr. 7 feet tall and decorated to the max. Our little one loves decorating the Christmas tree the first week of Dec. We wouldn't have it no other way. The only problem we have is the cats love to drink the water. :) Merry...
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    THE FAN's WTB/WTT4 list furs, books, kitchen, etc

    Looking for the following items. If you can help I would be so grateful. Have silver to trade. Cast Iron Dutchoven Old metal pie plates Quilt left overs Wool blankets Old patch quilts Knives ( try me lmk and see what ya got) Router with bits BLACKSMITHING books tools Beer making items...
  14. THEFAN

    "Independence USA"

    lOVE BECK!!!! Have been listening to him for over 8 yrs now. :) More on trivia was awsome.
  15. THEFAN

    Are posters here HAPPIER having few men in SS Forums?

    I am man here me ROAR!! :) JKing cap! Got my wife onboard after 9/11.
  16. THEFAN

    I have a dream....but little to no money

    Sell all non-essential items in your life. :) We did this this past summer and made over 2400.00 to pay off the rest of our debt. Lawn sale, craigs list, and ebay. Now it is time to pay the rest fo the house off. In less then 10 yrs we will be debt free completely. not bad by the age of...
  17. THEFAN

    Stocking up: Clothing

    We buy socks, underwear, bed sheets in bulk. 4 or 5 packages at a time. Another way we bulk is having family members get us these items the birthdays and Christmas. Even though we are are adults our parents can't hekp themselves. Because no is not an option we ask for essentials. :) The...
  18. THEFAN

    TV..do you have it? Do you watch it?

    No T.V. programming here. 7 yrs clean. I figure thay will have to try another method to program me. :cool:
  19. THEFAN

    How do you spend your money to further your SS goals?

    Good luck and god speed. Be safe.
  20. THEFAN

    How do you spend your money to further your SS goals?

    We feel saving money that your projected to spend in the future is money earned and can be put to better use later on. For example. We use to fill up 5 times a yr with oil. At 3.50 a gallon roughly that could cost us 700.00 plus a fill up. So we are looking at 3500 a yr. Since we have put...
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