Okay, that title is a lie. This post is about sealing up your SHTF food buckets the Frugal Squirrel way. Since I’ve been on a food grade bucket kick, I figured I’d follow up on the Screw Mountain House #10 Cans post with these few informative videos on how to seal up your grub in those buckets and mylar bags. The most expensive piece of equipment in these videos is the food saver, heat sealing, thingy-ma-bob. I thought this was required until I read some of your comments on the previous post that said you folks just use a regular old clothes iron and a board to seal ‘em up. That makes total sense.
Take a note that the coming posts will be sporadic at best. The Mrs. has been picking up a couple extra shifts here and there, further limiting an already limited schedule for stuff like SHTFblog. Then next month kicks off deer season in Maine, and there’s no way I’m going to miss some of that action, and then it’s Thanksgiving mayhem, quickly followed by the mad Christmas rush where everybody and their brother is holding Christmas parties, at work, at friends’ houses, spending time with family, yada yada yada. Combine all of this with another web project I’ve been tinkering with, and my own need to focus less energy on encouraging others to prep and more energy on securing my own preps.
Unfortunately, I just can’t do it all. As always, you can sign up for e-mail updates or subscribe via RSS if you want to get posts without having to check the blog. Or check back when you like, or just say, “Screw you, Ranger Man” and flip me the bird – lol – whatever. It’s a free country. Of course, previous attempts at an extended blog break have never lasted that long, so you never know. But for now, I gotta run. Ta ta!
- Ranger Man
BTW:
“None Given” writes to me:
Ranger Man,
I am considering a Ford Explorer, a good TEOTWAWKI vehicle. BUT it comes with Microsoft “Sync”, which touts, among other things, that it will automatically call 911 in the event of an airbag deployment. Good for some, too Big Brother for me, can you put this out to the masses so I may get hints on how to DISCONNECT this?
Ayuh, can anyone help a brother out?
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Ummmmm….. There ain’t nothin’ good about an Expolder, ahem, Explorer as a Teotwawki vehicle! What, is this guy nuts? Modern, computerized, plastic death traps! Tell him to get a pre-1986 Bronco!
That was “Exploder”….. Jeez, that’s bad when you mess up yer put-downs….. Heh heh heh.
That’s okay, Mayberry…I’m tired enough that my mind corrected your spelling while I was reading it and I never noticed. Is that sad, or what?
“none given” – Any ford dealership can disable this for ya. Good luck convincing them to do it!
I hope None Given has a really good friend who specializes in automatic transmission repair.
I worked at a Ford dealer for ten years and in my professional opinion the Ford Explorer was a piece of shit.
Unless,
You get one with the 4.0 liter engine and a manual transmission.
Even then it is a marginal vehicle.
As for the question, yes the dealer has a machine that interfaces with the on board computer that should easily disable that function, for a fee.
Hey!Looks like Ford/Microsoft Sync relies on a user supplied cell phone which connects vis Bluetooth. No phone, no Bluetooth, no 911…Search “sync my ride” on youtube.com for a 2 minute blurb….
I dont think a Ford Exploder is a very good vehicle when SHTF for a few reasons. It gets 3 stars for having a fair amount of cargo space and being a 4×4.
The down side is EVERYTHING is electronically controlled, even the 4 wheel drive. I know, the Mrs. 4 wheel drive quit working last year. It was a $600 electric gizmo that was buried somewhere in or around the transmission. Im still not sure what the hell the mechanic told me.
We fix it, all is well. For 3 months. Then it blows out again, of course out of parts warranty. She now has a 4×2 cause im not fixing the POS again.
If you want a good SHTF vehicle go to http://www.govliquidation.com and check out Uncle Sams old iron. Or visit my website at http://www.mresource.net No computers, very little electronics and long lasting Diesel engines. The price helps too. CHEAP!
not to mention the high number of rollovers.
The down side is everything is electronically controlled, even the 4 wheel drive. I know, the 4 wheel drive quit working last year. It was a $600 electric gizmo that was buried somewhere in or around the transmission. I am still not sure what the hell the mechanic told me.
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