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Topic: Why clear off your debt? |
Loki
Replies: 63
Views: 1575
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:03 pm Subject: Re: Why clear off your debt? |
| Joeltrout sounds like he works for a collection agency. Or owns one. |
Topic: [Preparedness] Emergency Kits |
Loki
Replies: 148
Views: 51058
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:43 pm Subject: Re: Quick Question about Emergency Kits |
I thought we were just talking about general preps, but if it's bug-out bags, then
Nice BOB!! Firearm included?
Good to see some else that has put a nice BOB together.
Didn't show firearms. P ... |
Topic: [Preparedness] Emergency Kits |
Loki
Replies: 148
Views: 51058
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:56 pm Subject: Re: Quick Question about Emergency Kits |
| I thought we were just talking about general preps, but if it's bug-out bags, then [url=http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic34908.html]here's mine. |
Topic: [Preparedness] Emergency Kits |
Loki
Replies: 148
Views: 51058
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:18 pm Subject: Re: Quick Question about Emergency Kits |
| Your situation is a tough one. All the things you listed are useful, so I guess it's a matter of prioritizing based on your limited income. Think basics: food, water, shelter. For shelter, that means ... |
Topic: Preparedness Advice from World War II Europe |
Loki
Replies: 5
Views: 281
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:14 pm Subject: Preparedness Advice from World War II Europe |
| I found this old article on preparedness written by an LDS member who lived in Germany during WWII. Pretty interesting stuff (skip the first few paragraphs): Frequently I am asked, “What were the most ... |
Topic: Why clear off your debt? |
Loki
Replies: 63
Views: 1575
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:50 pm Subject: Re: Why clear off your debt? |
| If you think you are about to lose your job, but haven't yet, then likely the best thing to do is make minimum payments on debt and pocket all the change you can. If the recession / depression fails ... |
Topic: Protocols for Economic Collapse In America |
Loki
Replies: 7
Views: 489
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:31 pm Subject: Re: Protocols for Economic Collapse In America |
On the second day, US Special Forces would be dropped in by parachute in the cities where the twelve Federal Reserve district banks are located.
Didn't need to read much further than this to recogniz ... |
Topic: Bookies taking bets on cities that will riot... |
Loki
Replies: 62
Views: 2410
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:09 pm Subject: Re: Bookies taking bets on cities that will riot... |
I'm not arguing crime rates with you - you just said "name one" so I did.
Fair enough. But I don't think sports "riots" are real riots. Just a bunch of drunken frat boys and sorority tarts causing ... |
Topic: Just an observation |
Loki
Replies: 68
Views: 1589
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:00 pm Subject: Re: Just an observation |
| I personally think this talk of overshoot and die off is silly, something I've said many times here (still ain't making me any friends). There is so much slack in the system, so many people "living la ... |
Topic: Just an observation |
Loki
Replies: 68
Views: 1589
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:48 pm Subject: Re: Just an observation |
| Right. Let's see some facts and stats. I want proof that it is happening right now, on a widespread base. And not the usual stuff about people dying of famine in Africa (they've been doing that for so ... |
Topic: Minimal Electric Use Plan (Personal)? |
Loki
Replies: 19
Views: 501
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:41 pm Subject: Re: Minimal Electric Use Plan (Personal)? |
| Narz, first thing you should get is a Kill-A-Watt meter. It opened my eyes to just how much juice all my stuff was using. I quantified everything (except the stove, the plug of which doesn't fit in th ... |
Topic: Bookies taking bets on cities that will riot... |
Loki
Replies: 62
Views: 2410
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:35 pm Subject: Re: Bookies taking bets on cities that will riot... |
MSU 2000s(et al) riots. Millions of dollars in damage, hundreds of arrests, fires, etc. White (mostly) college kids.
Sports "riots" are pretty lightweight affairs compared to real riots. The worst ... |
Topic: Anyone planting potatoes? Or whatnot? |
Loki
Replies: 67
Views: 6633
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:21 pm Subject: Re: Anyone planting potatoes? Or whatnot? |
| Harvested most of the potatoes I had in the ground, about 18 row feet, split between 2 varieties, German Butterball (yellow) and Desiree (orange). The German Butterball was definitely more productive ... |
Topic: Iceland on the rocks. |
Loki
Replies: 35
Views: 1275
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Forum: Europe Discussion Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:41 am Subject: Re: Iceland on the rocks. |
| I'm running on recall here, but IIRC the population varied between 20 -40k for a couple hundred years. So while population is not a perfect correlation to carrying capacity, consistency for a few hund ... |
Topic: Look out, Oregon, for a global warming land rush |
Loki
Replies: 0
Views: 124
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:37 am Subject: Look out, Oregon, for a global warming land rush |
| I swear, the mainstream media is sounding more and more doomerish every day. You know when the local daily starts sounding like PO.com, we're in deep doo doo. They even cite Kunstler's silly pirate th ... |
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