Practical Survival Advice

I use commercial M3 bags for my main first-aid kit. I am restocking it with new supplies.

I am thinking of going less on the last compartment as i've never used an Israeli dressing, but a recent hand cut took a whole role of 2" gauze and 5 2×2 gauze pads so far. I am also using the splint to keep my finger from flexing and opening up the cut.

Let me know what you think of the contents…

Pick Apart my M3 Kit

(Mods: feel free to re-file this in another section.)

Call this a diary, or the ramblings of an old man, but this post "The move to the BOL" is about my change from urban life to a very rural portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

10 September 2022

I have arrived, opening another chapter to the book. The timing couldn’t have been better coming across the bridge. As an SB member alluded, traffic was light going northbound. The only problem we had was Rick’s truck got a metal hook…

The move to the BOL & starting over

I'm out of the work force but have been thinking on this.
I went through an apprenticeship which was great because of on the job training. But a commitment, commercial and industrial electrical is 5 years.
Medical seems a good field. Not all require years of training. I was talking to the lab tech drawing blood and she was a traveling worker, I was surprised they will at that skill level. Seems a pretty good job if blood doesnt bother you and youre careful about needle sticks. Training is…

Good wage but low training jobs

I guess I should start a thread so I will have a place to post about what I will be doing around the homestead.

I will try to upload a couple pictures taken over the past few years, and update occasionally when something seems worthwhile.

I have been adding a few fruit trees every year for the past few years, but this year I am adding 20 more, as well as a few more pecans. I have also finally planted two Champanel grapes, as a sort of test to see what they do.

I think I will not be…

PeanutFarmer's Garden Stuff

Not sure why I never noticed this before. I already have three generation of Lee Priming tools,
the round tray, the square tray and the triangle tray, They all have their up sides and down sides.
Up until this one, my favorites has always been the square tray version.

(sorry, no picture of the round one, one of my sons has it.)

It would appear that is came out around the same time as the last generation (about 7 years ago) and uses the same tray and…

Lee Bench Priming Tool. Love/Hate relationship