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    What about using venison for making dog food?

    If you train your dog to eat non-store bought meat from a pup, and fresh road kill, or hunted game will do. No need to waste money with a processor.You can also raise rabbits cheaply as dog food.Good luck if your trying to feed a dog wild stuff when its long used to canned /dry dog food. most...
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    Putting up dry goods in canning jars

    I'd like to know the exact FoodSaver model number you folks are saying worked so well to vacuum seal your reg./wide mouth mason ball jars.I just returned a brand new FoodSaver to Cabela's that wouldn't work at all.I had 3 FoodSaver reps walk me through the process over the phone, still didn't...
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    Small-Scale grain storage (as in, up to several tons)

    Yep.....stored properly wheat, corn and beans are better than money in the bank, much safer to..!!!
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    Are You Ready To Make Due With Little Or No Gas.??

    I'm not much of a fan for diesel vehicles.When i was in Frankfurt,Germany 5 yrs ago the streets were full of those small diesel cars.The smell was awful and sickening, i never saw a diesel pick-up or care that didn't stink and make me gag.Car like the prius and electrics ones, at least don't gag...
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    Egg Cartons

    "and they make great sound insulation"..lol...:} My eggs customer love that i use recycled egg cartons..fine by me,keeps more money in my pocket.!
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    Are You Ready To Make Due With Little Or No Gas.??

    Most of the cars out there today are tin cans on wheels..! We have the technology to make a gallon of fuel go much further right here in the USA.My friend had a Geo Metro as well, your right, it was no great shakes, none the less,my point was the efficieny.I just saying, and IMO, Big Oil...
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    Digging up my septic so it can be pumped. ARGH!!

    Oh Wow...4 years and your pumping again...? Must be a whole lot of pooping going on...lol Just kidding Fan, living on an island has a high water table i suppose.. I've been at my place for 21 yrs, haven't had to pump my septic once yet.I do have a metal bar in the ground to locate with metal...
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    Are You Ready To Make Due With Little Or No Gas.??

    _gd.....sez..." Is there any myth that you don't believe.? How many btu's do you think are in a gallon of fuel.?" I don't believe in the myth of Big Foot...:) Anyone here familiar with the magazine "Popular Science"..? They have report over the years development of several very high milage auto...
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    Are You Ready To Make Due With Little Or No Gas.??

    i don't agree with you thoughts about Big Oil, FJ... They aren't the least bit worried about their consumer base. They know they have most all of us by the short hairs, and what we Americans will not buy, they will simply export.China and Pakistans developing auto craze will ensure high demand...
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    Are You Ready To Make Due With Little Or No Gas.??

    Thats the thing, it doesn't matter if were sitting on 100 billion gal. of oil reserves.Big oil isn't going to give anyone a break.Any big/serious intruption of middle-east oil imports will rock the world. Even if we only get 16% of our oil from them.It's just an excuse to rape consumers at the...
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    Are You Ready To Make Due With Little Or No Gas.??

    Electric car anyone...:) ? We would still need fossil fuel to generate electric.Unless we had massive solar/wind farms going, or built more, N_ke plants... I doubt we would have any alternative's in place, by the time we'd really need it.I suppose we will pay the price for not learning our...
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    Are You Ready To Make Due With Little Or No Gas.??

    Interesting replies, no panic here, just wanted to know how you all would respond. Never knew the USA had the mother load of oil stashed away in the depths of N.Dakota.. Somehow, i seriously doubt that would benefit Americans much, price wise, since it seems most oil giants these days are global...
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    Are You Ready To Make Due With Little Or No Gas.??

    Israel is threatening to trash Irans in high gear " peaceful energy program ", yeah right.Are you ready to witness oil tankers in flames in the Persian Gulf and very expensive gas for your wheels, if any is availble at all...? As a interesting side note, Russia says don't you dare( western...
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    Can I not get prepared soon enough?

    Like some here have said, we prep and prep, but it seems we never have everything we think we need.I'm still not where i want to be prep wise, but keep chugging away at it.Most of us here i think have a good sense of troubled waters to get worse, and the mind set to match.Those who are blind to...
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    Rocket Stove And Cast Iron Wok

    Correction number 2..lol Link to the heavy duty rocket stove Stockstorage.com
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    Rocket Stove And Cast Iron Wok

    Correction folks....sorry no "s" at the end of stoves Groverrocketstove.com
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    Rocket Stove And Cast Iron Wok

    k15n1....i don't have a pic, the one i ordered is due for delivery today. You can see the one i ordered and another by going to... Groverrocketstoves.com. ... I bought the square, heavy duty one.Looks like someone who is handy at welding could make without to much trouble.I googled rocket stoves...
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    Rocket Stove And Cast Iron Wok

    Thanks everyone for your replies, Wow, FC you really do your homework...lol...but i don't plan on using the cast iron wok as a weapon...! lol K15n1, good point about the cooking vessela durabilty in direct flames.Seems both woks discussed here would do well in direct flames if of decent...
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    Rocket Stove And Cast Iron Wok

    I relize that their is a thread going right now concerning cast iron cooking.I don't want to hijack the thread talking about a rocket stove and cast iron wok, so....Has anyone cooked with a cast iron wok, or perhaps another type wok on a rocket stove..? I'm looking to cook a fast, tastey meal on...
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    Putting up dry goods in canning jars

    Totally agree with VeggiePak,on storing mylar bags in non-plastic containers.I store my mylar filled bags in steel garbage cans,with well secured lids, in dry cool basement.I once worked in a restaurant located on waterfront property with a rat problem. The rats literally chewed thier way...
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