Practical Survival Advice

Here we are, in the early 21st century and most of life is way easier than our grandparents, let alone our great grand parents, ever had to deal with. I've lived my life as a blue collar working guy in a machine shop, came from a crumby part of town, and finally joined the army out of high school to both get out of the old 'hood and maybe get some kind of education or training. Had luck with both counts.

I used to be a knife nut. As a young street guy, a knife was an important part of what…

How much knife do we really need?

For the last couple of days while on SB, looking at posts, I get kicked out of SB and have to get back in, and this keeps happening over and over. Seems it may be happening when a new ad comes into SB, IDK.
Any thoughts, please?

What is this and what can I do to prevent it, never had it in my yard or garden beds before, last year I added garden soil from lowes to the beds, now I got this weed in the beds and yes the dogs have been digging up the beds this winter.

Today I did some research on heirloom seeds and passed the info on, to some friends. Also will be hitting the pool to get the exercise in. Will be reading my survival manual during my down time tonight.

Prepping can be quite overwhelming to beginners, but doable in bite sized pieces.

It would be neat to hear what all of you are doing.

Just when I thought there might be more sanity about gun control measures, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed new controls into law last week, including one that allows credit cards to track ammunition purchases. Other gun controls signed by Hochul outline new “warnings that gun dealers must provide to customers about the risks of firearms” and a third control bans what are commonly known as “Glock switches.” I wonder if other states will follow with similar legislation and whether this…

Gov. Hochul (NY) Signs Bill Allowing Credit Cards to Track Ammo Purchases