Useful Tips Link Round-Up
Here’s a bunch of links with some useful tips in them you’ll find useful, but don’t really need extra commentary:
Lehman’s Country Life has a post up about keeping cool without electricity
Woodsrunner Dairy has some old time woods lore advice.
First Ways has a post showing three wild summer edibles for urban foragers.
Survival Blog has a post on low cost preparedness.
The Urban Survivalist has an interesting post on his wallet survival kit. It’s a good read along wit TEOTWAWKI Blog’s piece on Every Day Carry items.
Pagans Against Child Abuse has a post up on how predators target single mothers. For women with kids networking online it’s worth a read.
Better Living Daily has a post on the uses for Linden for those of you lucky enough to live near a Linden tree.
P.J. Deneen has a article on direct sales for those of you looking to make some part time money.
China Central Bank Outlines Plan to Dump Dollar
Hu Xiaolian, deputy governor at the Chinese central bank, has released a paper which suggests it’s soon time for China to peg the yuan to a basket of foreign currencies, rather than the U.S. dollar alone.
This especially makes sense for China given that, going forward, the U.S. might not the voracious consumer it once was. Thus tying itself at the hip to the dollar might not be as useful as it was before.
Via Business Insider here’s the Scribd version of the complete report. Read it and weep.
Laredo Incursion Story Confirmed a Hoax!
Here’s the skinny. Digger’s Realm sure dug himself in deep. As did Death by 1000 Papercuts. Shameful.
I apologize for posting about it in the first place. One would think you could trust Pat Dollard, but I knew at the time this didn’t feel right so I should have trusted my instincts.
Some people are still trying to run with this story but I’m calling it; this is a hoax, period.
Some Good Food Storage Information
These videos show that even improperly stored food from the 80s and 90s stayed good if kept in reasonable conditions. Something the budget conscious prepper who doesn’t have access to all the materials people claim you need should keep in mind.
Part 1 starts slow but still is worth watching:
Part 2 is the nitty gritty. Notice that many of the cans they open have not been properly stored:
The food in the buckets showed some degradation but were still edible. The cans though were far superior, lasting even when abused. So this is food for thought for preppers who can’t afford all the “necessities” of food storage.