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I went to an estate sale the other day, I guess the gentleman of the house was into prepping ,, kinda, I was able to negotiate and come away wwith , a world short wave am/fm radio WITH light and crank up power source. A TV/ radio/ light/ if all else fails I can throw this at them emergency...

I went to an estate sale adn to get the books I wanted I had to buy ALL the books these people had! Now im have books running out my ears. Sooo. This is where you come in. All these books are $10 shipped to you door. A wealth of knoiwledge. If you want more than one, of course it will be cheaper...

Well, my question is, what were stoneware bean pots used for? Storing beans or cooking them? I have one from an auction that I would love to incorporate into my kitchen but dont want to ruin it. What are stome other crocks that can still be used in the kitchen. I know the traditional crocks...

I have some old cast iron skillets and a dutch oven I want to give a good cleqning to. These have a heavy HARD crust baked on them and in them and I want it off so I can re-treat them. Any good ideas? I have been scrubbing with steel wool and it doesnt want to come off. Any help would be...

I am looking into building a small log cabin on a piece of property that I have. I have been looking into using walnut logs as I have access to ALOT of them left over from logging two years prior on a friends property. These are nice straight logs about 7 - 12 inches in diameter. The only info I...

With everyone trying to get the most out of our money (me included) I have found that you can get a heck of a GREAT quality kitchen utinsels buy the older stuff at garage sales and ebay. I have found the I can buy AMERICAN steel knives that are old, but still better than anything knowadays on...

I have been hearing about these non hybrid seeds on the radio, I think it is a good idea to have some put up, but I dont know how or where to purchase these at a reasonable price, any ideas?

Well, Ford saw the hard times coming and prepared,(like alot of us are trying to do) they made cut backs, closed unnecessary plants and as of yet did not ask for money from the feds. Today they announced they will OPEN a plant in the midwest that has been closed for 2 years to build engines...

I am going to pick up one of those hand held, hand cranked blenders. I figure I can get one cheap now before they become scarce. And also the hand cranked butter and cream separators. Cheap investment that might make things a little easier just in case. ;)

Ok, I dont know how to exactly copy this so I will do it best I can. Of you are unemployed, (as I am) and have one of those new unemployment debit cards, ( which I DONT)! BANK of AMERICA( yea right), Citi Group Inc (this means ANY bank that starts with CITI), JP Morgan Chase, and U.S.Bank...

I bought this book hearing about it on this site. I gopt it off Ebay in a HArd back version for 11.00 Shipping and all. Realy a great book to add to your library!! I quote: " to put by' is an old, deep-country way of saying to 'save something you dont have to use now, against the...

Just got back from my brothers place, he has been out of work since they end of July. His wife was working at restaurant, lost her job for a short period of time but was able to find another one. In this whole mess they fell behind 2 house payments. He has his house paid down to about $25,000...

Well, just that, I keep hearing about this 2012 thing, but no one can realy say what thee heck it is. Can anyone shed some light on this subject? Thanks

Well I thought in this hard times that it would be neat to post how people have figured out to save money, I mean cash, not look for bargains, which that helps to, but its been covered in other topics. Here's my 2 ways I do. 1. I never pay with exact change during the day when we are out...

I just ran across an old friend and they are paying $1800 a month plus taxes $200 a month. thats 2000k a month on a 3 car 3 bed, 2 bath 1/2 acre lot house. they think they are living the good life! Someone PLEASE slap me! I am dreamin ........ right?........

Helly, I am new here to this sight,sawsome people talkin about it on BYC so I came to to see what yall wa doin over here. Pretty good stuff! Anyway. My wife is gluten intolerant, (cant eat anything with wheat in it) we have all the different flower stuff and so on, but have not figured out...