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by grenfell
Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:00 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Bug Out vest?
Replies: 31
Views: 7545

Re: Bug Out vest?

If you're going on dragons den how about pitching the idea of a stealth vest that just looks like a beer gut? :D
by grenfell
Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:43 pm
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: vehicle for bugging out
Replies: 33
Views: 12885

Re: vehicle for bugging out

I've got a few customers and friends who keep horses . I'm not sure if it's a prerequisite for keeping them but the majority do seem to be able to moan for long periods at a time , how much hard work horses are , how expensive they are with all the food and vets bills , how to deal with all the muck...
by grenfell
Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:57 am
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: vehicle for bugging out
Replies: 33
Views: 12885

Re: vehicle for bugging out

Not directly concerned with using horses as a bug out option but more concentrating on replacing motor transport this makes for an interesting read , apparently just to replace the farm tractors in the US would require 23million horses.
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2008/04/ ... icult.html
by grenfell
Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
Replies: 1232
Views: 283617

Re: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.

Today and tomorrow I shall be continuing my quest for order , and de cluttering the yard. Funnily enough I've been doing just the same. I'll admit to being a bit of a squirrel and if something has a potential use or value then home it comes. To that I decided it was time to clear out all the scrap ...
by grenfell
Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:34 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Polish Puma backpack
Replies: 34
Views: 7858

Re: Polish Puma backpack

Sorry to resurrect this thread . Possibly good that you went for the patrol pack rather than the Polish jobbie , I came across this review recently and the author ( a Dane who seems to collect and bitch about military gear) is very scathing about almost every aspect of this bag from the camouflage ,...
by grenfell
Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:59 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So You want to Bury a shipping Container?
Replies: 40
Views: 73729

Re: So You want to Bury a shipping Container?

With regards to the whole hidden in plain view idea I saw somewhere a suggestion to use a tanker lorry. I can recall a story about whiskey being shipped in milk tankers to make it appear not worth stealing and then there's the scene in Cagney's film White Heat where the gang hide inside a petrol tan...
by grenfell
Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:48 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: hot weather prep
Replies: 20
Views: 4848

Re: hot weather prep

Yes that's the actual title. Had to google it to find out what channel though :oops:
Anyhoo
http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/extreme-cheapskates/
by grenfell
Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:15 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So You want to Bury a shipping Container?
Replies: 40
Views: 73729

Re: So You want to Bury a shipping Container?

Good to see the article also mentions all the other pitfalls and potential problems of any sort of bunker both underground or otherwise. Personally I think they are great for storage , although condensation can be a problem in any steel structure , and can be delivered and operating as a secure plac...
by grenfell
Sun Feb 08, 2015 1:45 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: What are we planning to grow this year?
Replies: 95
Views: 19615

Re: What are we planning to grow this year?

So what are we planning to grow? Short answer is more. In general I'll be growing pretty much the same as last year. Only differences are going to be I'm trying celeriac , sweet corn and possibly sweet potatoes. One thing I'd like to try is a plant I saw on the Tudor monastery farm series and that ...
by grenfell
Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:42 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Serrations..... Discuss
Replies: 17
Views: 3796

Re: Serrations..... Discuss

Though I do catch my wife using the back of a serrated "Kitchen devil" knife to spread marg with sometimes when someone else has disappeared the butter knife. Perhaps I'm your wife then , ignoring the biology , because I tend to use the bread knife to spread the butter too :D I'm probably...