Jamie Jackson

Lester. You're welcome Sir.   As far as I know, Augason Frams is still located in Salt Lake City, or thereabouts.   I prefer to pick my individuals storage items as well. You know the old adage: "Store what you eat and eat what you store".   I recently ordered a bucket of their rolled oats and some of the banana slices you mentioned. I eat oatmeal with dried fruit almost every day..it's a fast and easy breakfast as I work 12 hour shifts...   Augason Farms, I believe, started with their milk alternative, Morning Moos. We store Nido Powdered milk ourselves and use it frequently. Primarily in cooking and or baking. Good stuff!   While the majority of our Long Term Storage(LTS) foods are thing we pack ourselves with Mylar/o2 absorbers and place into buckets...there is a certain advantage and ease to picking up some prepackaged buckets like the Augason Farms rice or rolled oats. It's already done for ya. :pleased:     We also purchase the LDS Starter Kits in #10 cans for LTS. It's affordable quality and the shipping has been free thus far.   I can't see prices on anything coming down...what with the incompetency in Washington, Quantitative Easing "forever" , and the rest of the Bravo Sierra occurring...   It's good to have options my Friend.

Congratulations on your dehydrator Mark. :up:   It's pretty phenomenal how much benefit they can be my friend.

You're welcome folks.   I understand the sentiment about Walmart. Many folks share it....But it's an affordable food storage option.   I have no qualm about purchasing reasonably priced ammo from them as well.  There's some decent folks working at my local Walmart. :up:

Oh Heck...   Welcome back to Brad and Brian!   A brother to my brother is my buddy...even if he is a Glock hater! :up:

  LOL I am always happy to entertain my Brother.   Heck, I might even clean my Glock this year...maybe... :pleased:     Now you know Spiffy would never say anything to jinx himself. :popcorn:       I hear ya Buddy. I haven't had any problems with Kahn mags until today, wouldn't you know it? :cool:   But at least I've figured out a way to make Glocks double feed in order to get the malfunction clearance practice...only I shouldn't actually do it during a match. LOL.

LOL, This old guy appreciated the sit-down time. :pleased:     Great match Folks. Good people and good stages. And I had a chance to practice my double feed malfunction drills! What more could a fella want? :rock:     In all seriousness, Thanks to the S.O.'s and my fellow shooters for a great day.

Just a head's up for folks that are unaware.   Walmart.com, of all places, carries [url=http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=augason&ic=16_0&Find=Find&search_constraint=976759] Augason Farms LTS foods[/url], and the shipping is free with orders over $50.00. You can combine any "home free" listed items to meet the $50.00 requirement.   For me this has worked out cheaper than ordering directly from [url=http://www.augasonfarms.com/?_oskwdid=11441582&_engineadid=30203047535&gclid=CKKA5vCa0bQCFQixnQodqVkA_g]Augason Farms.[/url]     I know money is tight for everyone these days, so I hope this will help some of you folks out.        

I've used a [url=http://www.frontiernet.net/~akim/prodnfo.html] Mika's pocket holster[/url] for a number of years. Affordable quality, imho.     I had a Kramer horsehide holster, excellent holster btw, but Gomez talked me out of it years ago. I was happy to give it to him. He's missed.

Brad and I are planning on being there. My schedule finally rotated back so I can attend. It's been so long I gotta remember which way the bullets go in the magazines! :ugh:         Yeah Brasil...lots of seated starts...what's up with that? :pleased:

Thanks for the head's up Buddy. That .223 is friggin scarce right now.   Stop by the ER and slum a little...all the rest of ACEMS is! :usa:

  That should work just as well Mark. I simply don't have an attachment for that with my old Black and Decker sealer. You should be good to go my Friend.   I think you'll see a great benefit in your food storage endeavors with a good dehydrator. :up:

    Various recipes:   http://www.dehydrate2store.com/recipes/   http://www.backpackingchef.com/dehydrating-fruit.html       http://feedyourskull.com/2012/11/10/banana-chocolate-cherry-trail-mix-clusters/   :up:   edited because I'm a technotard...

I realize this may be a bit late, but the offer is still available.   I gave a couple of subscriptions to [url=http://www.backwoodshome.com/store/files/sub1special.html] Back Woods Home magazine[/url] to some family and friends.   I have subscribed to BHM for several years and frequently refer to past articles for information and ideas. imho it's one of the best magazines for Self Sufficiency and Self Reliance / Homesteading…and a true value in this day and age.   Helping others on the road to self sufficiency will benefit us all.     :up:

We have a 9 tray Excalibur dehydrator and use it frequently. We also pressure and waterbath can, but this unit extends our food storage options tremendously.   Whenever we have excess from our garden, or run across great loss leader deals at grocery stores, we dehydrtae the foods, toss them into pint or quart jars with an o2 absorber and put them in the pantry.   We have an island/table in the center of our kitchen. The bottom shelf is loaded with jars of dehydrated foods...bell peppers, soup mixes (mixed vegetables), mushrooms, onions, garlic, celery, herbs and many other daily use items.   A Mandoline slicer is a big help in prepping the foods. But a good sharp knife does fine.   A good resource for food dehydration is Dehydrate2Store.   Another great resource for canning and preserving food is Jackie Clay's "Growing and Canning Your Food" and well as [url=http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/JackieClay/]Jackie Clay's Blog[/url]. The book is "canning centric", but well worth the price. The blog covers pretty much everthing related to homesteading and food preservation and Jackie is quick to respond to questions.

A buddy sent me a link to this a few days back.   Very well written, and very accurate imho. Definietly woth the read.   I've already sent the link to several friends.

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Good points Lester Weevils Sir.     My personal experience with [b][i]my[/i][/b] PT 92 may well have been a metallurgy issue for the material being used, at that particular time. But it was enough for me to view that particular make and model with caution.   I have a little J-frame model 85 Taurus purchased in 1987 that has been a gem. It has a very nice blue finish, a decent stock trigger, and is very reliable…but it’s my wife’s gun and hasn’t seen a tremendous amount of rounds put through it.   Maybe the metallurgical issues have been resolved with current or recent production Taurus handguns. I hope so.   I agree that with proper maintenance and parts replacement at scheduled intervals will (or at least should) increase reliability and longevity.   My personal criteria for a carry gun is that it has proven itself, to [b]me[/b], to demonstrate that reliability under adverse training conditions and less than optimal maintenance.   [b]And[/b] [u]all[/u] things mechanical break, and[i]Thanks to Murphy[/i], at the worst possible moment.   That’s why I carry two guns. :cool:       An aside: I've noticed the bold typing in a number of threads and seen comments regarding it... ?

I'm not knocking Taurus in general, but back in the 90's I had a PT 92, and shot it a good bit. Problem was, I broke the locking block completely 3 times. Taurus, under warranty, promptly replaced it. I couldn't trust my life to it. I sold it and purchased a Glock 19. I've had a couple of them...traded one for a G 17 to go with my G26.   I adhere to the OP's criteria in that my Glock 19 is on my belt...daily and I trust it with my life...quite literally. I quit counting after about 30,000 rounds. I occasionally change the springs and even clean it every now and then. I stick with OEM parts and carry a Glock armorer's tool on my keychain…but I’ve only ever needed it for stripping it down.   Glock’s are monkey simple to work on. Even I can do it. And this thing has been AK reliable, even with all of the abuse I’ve put it through.   I do love my blue steel 1911. It’s a great handgun. Everything I hear about S&W M&P’s lead me to believe they will probably turn out to be every bit as reliable. But my Glock has proven itself to me many things over. YMMV.

I'm not surprised David. The panic buying is definitiely on.   I was in our local Walmart (Turkey Creek in K-Town) on Monday and picked up a couple of hundred rounds of 7.63x39 for a range trip. There was a lowered, but still tolerable selection when I left. I had to stop in for a few grocery items this morning and took a look. Except of the higher end 40's and a few rifle cartridges, the shelves were pretty much bare. 2 employees were working the area, scanning all of the empty slots for re-order, but said they had no idea when, or if, they'd get adequate replacements.

I took an Oath a long time ago, and it's still binding. Without the Bill of Rights, this is no longer America...it barely is now.   A Constitutional Convention would pretty much be a certain end to what we have left.

  I certainly respect your viewpoint good Sir. And I'm also certain my statement doesn't apply to everyone.   It's just been with my experiences, that when people pay even a "token" fee, they have a sense of ownership in their actions, and tend to be more receptive of the information being offered.   There are exceptions always.

I originally purchased the book when it was first released. I re-read it a couple of months ago.   Like Orwell's1984...it was prescient in it's nature...just a few years off.   The first 100 or so pages are incredible in detailing the destruction of our Constitutionally Protected God Given Rights.   Definitely worth the time. It should actually be mandatory reading  for any serious member of the "Gun Culture". :up:

I think it's an excellent idea Joe.   My Father was a butcher, and I was raised in an old fashioned meat market back in the '60's...not pre-packaged and pre-cut meats...sides of beef and pork, whole chickens and fryers... we even raised and butcher our our hogs. We had a cinderblock smokehouse, salt and sugar cured hams we cut... But that was a different time and those skills are rapidly being lost. Most folks think meat is "grown" on styrofoam trays covered in cello wrap. :cool:   I think your offer would be a great service to the community, and that charging for the lessons only makes sense. People actually do see value in what they purchase, vs what is "free", imho.     PETA is a PITA. But good point DaveS.

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