So are sunglasses. Blinding light can do plenty of damage as well as hinder security efforts. Some eye doctors carry roll-out shade strips - I always snag a couple whenever I can.
speaking about eye injury.... if you have no self-defense tools, keep some sand in your pocket. something happens thrown the sand in the other persons eyes. Its a cheap shot, but might just buy some time for you to get away or go on the offensive.
On my sign I would write “Hungry-Need Food Please!. That way they would think you didn’t have anything lol. Instead of a washboard I have 2 buckets with holes in the center of the lids and new plungers. Just add clothes, soap and water, put on the lid with plunger handle through the hole- works almost like a butter churn. The second bucket is for rinsing.
Better to have dog chain near front door & Beware of dog sign. Bonus- have a big dog too. Plus: "Looters will be shot." Fenced in yard, solar lights and traps set.
@@justpatty7328 I imagine once the law is jungle common law, not British you could make some much more effective deterrent signs. I’d imagine a half dozen scalps or hands hanging from the sign might be deterrent enough. Probably wouldn’t even need anything written.
Watching this video from Europe, I am so amazed that you have listed clothes pins as if they were something rare. Throughout my whole life I have always dried my clothes on clothesline!
Another difference between Europe and North America appears to be price. Everything seems dirt cheap over there but everything I look up to buy in the UK is at least twice the number of pounds as it is dollars. Like a 30 dollar hatchet should be £22 but the same thing here is like £56 or 75 dollars. life is so cheap over there!!!
I am a 66 year old retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant (E8/1972-1993) and former Defense Contractor (2005-2010). From 1988-1993 I did substantial disaster management work in California for riots, floods, fire, earthquakes, etc, especially in the areas of logistics. I can tell you from firsthand knowledge and experience from many disasters that if you are counting on the government or military to take care of you and your family’s needs in a disaster or collapse you could not be more wrong. The truth is that the U.S. military and government is simply not equipped or manned to feed, house and take care of large numbers of civilians, especially in a major city. A small town yes, a large major city no. No better real-world example of this exists then the Katrina disaster which should have been a wakeup call for everyone out there on the limitations of the U.S. military and government to take care of effected civilians in the disaster area. While we can provide good levels of security patrols and rescue, that is pretty much it in many cases. The bottom line here is except for the military providing rescue and security or anti-looting patrols, you are pretty much on your own for most things. One sad fact is that most people in this country are not prepared to take care of themselves and only have enough food on hand to support their needs for about two weeks, and usually far less. Think about what that means! There are going to be a lot of very desperate people out there running around, especially in a prolonged disaster or collapse. My recommendation to all of you would be to have at least six months of non-perishable food and consumable supplies (ie; toilet paper, soap, etc) for you and your family and the ability to defend yourselves.
I’m shooting for 2 years and we have some good gardens and livestock and at and aks- minis -50. Cal and as close as the best with regular practice- strength in unity that’s another circle - I’m not really looking for trouble avoiding stealth and uniting but crazy travels and 2 and half hours from major city 35 minutes to small city
Thank you for service I appreciate you and all the good people of this country who aren’t bought off and raised your kids and they / we all knew then and know now what sex we are lol cheese technology
I have a washboard, and let me tell you...gets everything faaar cleaner than the washing machine. I wouldn't want to have to use it for jeans or towels, but it is great for everything else. And yes, I use it several times a month... I find it meditative. I used it for diapers a long time ago.
Cloth diapers is a great item to have - my kids are out of them but I have kept a few for barter. I always suggest condoms as a prepper item - again, some of us are "fixed" but for young people, family planning is going to be critical!
My mom taught me how to do laundry with a washboard. I haven't seen one in years, but if I were looking for one I would try a smaller hardware store like an Ace hardware (not that big box place "H.D.").
So as a lady who was without a washer for two weeks and didn’t want to pay the laundry mat… if you are prepping to wash and hang dry clothes, it is also VERY helpful to have something to wring them. Actual wringers are expensive, but the press-type ones on the commercial mop buckets will work. If you don’t get enough water out by hand, and hang them in the wrong weather, they don’t dry fast enough and will smell musty. (I added a wringer to my preps)
Mop wringer is a good idea. I have tried many cheep ideas. Wrapping clothes around a sapling and twisting. Putting clothes in a bucket with holes in it inserting another bucket on top of clothes and sitting on it (this works ok) Putting jeans between two 1×12 board and standing on it. Wringers sounds much easier.
The one from Sam's club works like a charm for wringing out excess water. Used it to wring out towels when toilet overflowed. Got them barely wet and I was able to carry them to the washer. Definitely another must have.
Ive hung clothes in winter outside, takes a couple days but as long as theirs a wind they freeze dry well and smell super strong of oxygen when brought in.
Fairly anti-social behavior. But in these times and what is to come, I completely understand your seriousness and sense of humor…. Just take it easy on the delivery person.
A simple pencil sharpener: super easy to carry and it can turn dry woodsticks into pretty thin pieces as firestarters. Saves time searching and drilling 😉
Bandanas!! Can be used for Dust control/sun control(even stick an opened one on top of your head then put your hat on)/ extra layer to retain heat/provides a portable a.c. & cold temps/air filter, tied around your nose& mouth/ works like triangle bandage & other bandages, sling etc/ can be used as a hair tie, extra cleaning rag, ladies can use it for hygeine purposes, 100% cotten be used to char material or filter water debris from entering your water bottle, pack wounds as a last resort, and soo much more..
Sewing kits. Or some type of clothing repair. You can buy cheap complete ones for a few bucks. They include buttons, thread, thimble, needles and in some cases a small sissors.
Don't waste money on a kit. A pack of 20 needles is a few bucks, and a spool of heavy thread is a buck. A specialized needle for leather is probably the next step. LEARNING how to darn correctly is invaluable. Learning how to knit and crochet, especially how to fix holes in knit wear. That's not as straightforward as one may think.
I stocked upon mine by going to flea markets and estate sales. Way cheaper when fill a bag for 50¢. Also Foxfire books a set for 2$. Can find cast iron tools etc must be patient but saves $$$
Sewing kits are great. After you buy it at the dollar store, replace the cotton thread with nylon upholstery or Mil-Spec thread that is 1000 times stronger, works great when wet, and can double as fishing line, snare line, or sutures. Replace straight sewing needles with curved ones that can double as a suture needle, or even a fish hook, in a jam. (Every try to stitch yourself up with a straight needle?) Buttons can double as snare wire locks, but I wouldn’t rely on thimbles to boil water in.
Absolutely the #1 item is an inexpensive pair of suede leather gloves from any hardware store. They protect your keyboard callused hands and fingers from cuts, bruises, splinters, dirt, etc, giving you more confidence and speed in grabbing, handling and pulling items. They can be put into fire temporarily, or handle cooking/boiling pots to prevent burns. Your primary tools are your limbs. Protect them at all costs. For their weight, they are gold. Buy a multi-pack -- make them a tradable item.
@@OhSoCheesy split-leather (aka. suede) is the bottom layer of the hide removed from an animal. Aesthetically it is rougher texture so has a slightly better grip because of this nap. It is stiffer because it is denser --- consequently it is more heat and abrasion resistant, so for rougher handling and work, which is the purpose of a glove in a survival situation, it is the better option. In general, I've found split-leather gloves to be tougher than top grain gloves in terms of durability. Gloves wear out. So having multiple pairs around is very useful. Primarily it boils down to cost vs looks. You can get 5 pairs of leather-palmed safety-cuff suede gloves for the price of a single pair of (top) grain leather, which is normally a little bit thinner than suede (there are exceptions of course), but more flexible. Grain leather also is a bit more water repellant than split leather (more natural oils are in the top layers of the hide and the texture is smoother - like a leather couch), and takes less time to break in the leather to make it more comfortable. Because it is more resistant to water, I personally find it a bit more slippery to work with in the field -- but that also depends on the type of leather - goat, pig, cow, bison, deer/elk, horse, kangaroo (strongest leather out there), etc... Bottom line, is buy and use what you are comfortable with. I suggested split-leather (suede) gloves primarily because they are readily available everywhere for a reasonable price and work better as a heat protection than grain leathers, and the cloth safety cuff is a bit easier to slide your hand into (and out of) repeatedly, rather than the "driver" style or shape that most full or top grain leather gloves adopt.
@@ep7 Thank you for the lesson on gloves! I never knew there was a difference. I know your answer took quite a bit of time to write. It is helpful and appreciated!
@@ep7 I doubt the "denser" part. There's a reason why top and full grain are the only certified leathers for motorcycle garments, the fibers are cross woven which helps disperse stress to the material (which aids in its strength). Split/suede/genuine leather can be compressed beforehand in the manufacturing process to add strength per given thickness. Besides that, I agree. Most situations won't demand such levels of protection that full and top offer, it would be better to purchase multiple slightly weaker gloves if the tradeoff is redundant back ups. Though leather isn't the only material, again, just look at certified motorcycle gloves as an example. They require high abrasion resistance, strength, thermal insulation and resistance, and must be reliable.
I have always assumed that there will be no power and I also am a wood worker so I have the manual hand tools. If you get a bit brace a make sure the chuck is appropriate for your bits. You can eliminate the the auger by getting a set of auger bits for your brace. They come in configurations for both chucks. Chisels are good. A rudimentary set is OK. If you think you will be doing any timber framing, a slick and adze are in order. Woodcraft supply and Rockler have the draw knives. The folding saw is essential. A good crosscut or rip saw, bow or solid a nice upgrade. If you wedge, you sledge...if you get a 5lb hammer also get a masonry chisel and you can split rocks for the camp fire or rocket stove. BTW: we have uses a cookie rack for washing. Not elegant but it worked. Thanks for the video.
Something my family have always kept in our preps, and in our cars is a pack of cards. Simple but card games can help keep the mind sharp and the littles entertained in longer term emergencies. They come in a million varieties from basic cheap packs, to waterproof, and even ones that have tips for emergencies, flora/fauna identification, and more.
Thank you! Yes, I always have a deck of cards and a paperback book in my car and my backpack. Keeping the brain stimulated will help with stress and boredom.
Window screen & tools needed to replace your window screens. If there is a grid down situation & you don't have air conditioning you will want to open your windows without bugs coming in.
Use a brand new toilet plunger and a five gallon bucket filled with soapy water to wash/agitate your clothes by agitating with a up and down motion. This works MUCH better than a wash board with less effort. Then rinse in another bucket of clean water. Next, use a mop wringer with a bucket to wring the clothes out, before hanging them to dry. As a bonus, you can conserve the rinse water in the bucket to use again.
@Ben Dover I test 100% of my prepper stuff. The Plunger and bucket works far better than a washboard. However I have just under 12KW of Solar Power (as of a month ago), so I am likely to continue to use my electric washing machine, for now. As a former Military guy who was raised in a military family, I was always taught and then re-taught the old adage of "2 is 1 and One is None" So the plunger and wringer are now the backup plan. I also make my own liquid laundry soap for a fraction of the cost of store bought. It works BETTER and it even smells better. Fels Naptha soap bars and Borax and Ivory powder Soaps and some water. Very inexpensive. Makes about 5 times as much product for the price of one jug of Something like GAIN, or TIDE or in other words an 80% reduction of cost
@@sweetbriarfarm777 Yeah...may need to do that one in a bathtub with a plunger!! LOL Or perhaps a stationary wash tub (like a deep laundry sink with the drain plug inserted). The key is wrapping the material around the plunger stick, and agitating up and down
@@theeggtimertictic1136 For some reason in the US. hanging clothes out to dry has become taboo in cities and suburbs. In most all HOA/Home Owners Association neighborhoods, hanging clothes out to dry is against the rules and you can be fined. A lot of people in rural areas still hang clothes outside.
My husband, boys, and I went 14 days without electricity during deer season at our deer camp just for fun and to see how we would do out there. Dont underestimate your need for entertainment. You will need plenty of board games, cards, dominoes, books, puzzles, art & craft supplies, sports balls/gloves, and a small portable DVD player/CD player that you can recharge with a solar generator to keep your wife & kids complaining down to a minimum. Mosquito netted hunting hat was a game changer. I even slept in it. Cut resistant gloves to use when processing animals. Heat resistant gloves for getting your food out of a fire. Bug zapping devices. Moth traps. Baby wipes. Dry shampoo.
How NICE! I Love your Wood chisel set. I actually do have a Manual old fashioned drill, a small chisel set, wood carving tools and several hand saws. I also have an old fashioned Reel lawnmower, Coffee Grinder and French Style coffee pot you pour heated water into. No electricity! I've had these things for a few years now. Works great and SAVES Money ..... Stretches Finances. A Big Plus, to me! And for Firestarter, I Save, Recycle and Repurpose Candle Wax drippings, dryer lint, Tolit & paper towel rolls, pencil shavings, cardboard shred shavings that have NO Toxic ink, used Dryer sheets that I also use as Spider deterrents in clothes, AND have Cotton-Balls & Patroleum Jelly or Rubbing Isopropyl Alcohol. FYI:. You can collect small wood sticks, and use a quality Large sized Pencil Sharpeners, to make small wood shavings for fire kindling firestarter. If you dry out those wood shavings on a pan, in the Sunlight of a window seal, it works better as fire starter. Then store in an old coffee can with an oxygen absorbers to prevent moisture from ruining the wood shavings ability to be good firestarter. Thus, for multi-purposed uses, it is A GOOD Idea to STOCK UP ON Pencil Sharpeners, Potato peelers, Can Openers and Egg Slicers. 🙂 Also to save on money, I have a bucket system I use for washing clothes by hand. To wring clothes out well, before putting them in a dryer, I use an old fashioned & modernized Mop Bucket on wheels, with a nice Wringer & Wringer Side-Handle. It Works Well. All it takes is a little arm muscle with grit or a little attitude...lol The Old fashion Country Way. 🙂 Oh, and I also have my own ancient apothecary Mortar & Pestle, for making my own medicine with.
@@brentgilbert4208 Ever notice that steel strings are the perfect length for a few wraps around a small branch and each and still have sufficient length for a garrote?
Dawn dish liquid and water in a spray bottle kills wasps, hornets, flies and other pests without the chemicals. I use it quite often in my business to get rid of pests AND the nest. It's also more cost effective and safer for the user.
Use Palmolive dish detergent mixed with water keeps ticks off your clothes and animals. A hunter told me years ago, he sprayed his hunting dogs and they never got ticks or fleas.
I LITERALLY added an entire bottle of dish soap into a wasp nest in my front lawn last year, shoved the hose in it, and let it rip.....very next day they were still going in and out. Only thing that’s ever worked for me in the ole gas method. Sorry.
All this method does is move them to a new subsection of the best for a few days dish soap is not strong enough or damaging enough to kill a bee let alone an ant use Cheyenne pepper mixed with vinegar and the reaction it creates is a burning insect killer. Do not get on hands causes burns.
Nails ! Some of the first settlers burned their homes down because nails were so rare , they'd wait around afterwards to pick them up to take with them so they could rebuild .
I am allergic to bees so I have a stockpile of ground hornet spray. I also have a store of Liquid Children's Benedryl it has saved me a few times I use it instead of my epi-pen, as long as you get it down your throat immediately before anaphylaxis sets in. I try to keep it with me everywhere I go in the summer.
Get a industrial mop bucket one that has the rollers on it that wring out the mop. You can use the rollers for when your doing your laundry to wring out your clothes with
I recommend a small packet of cinnamon and crushed dried chili pepper flakes. Of course these can be used to flavor food, for trade, and especially to kill off ants. Bay leaves are also good to put in around your food to prevent bugs from intruding.
Good item to add to the overlooked list. Sillcock Key. You can use them to access water in places like businesses, schools etc, and to access the water stored in water heaters.
I love how he explains air drying & using clothespins without being condescending towards the younger generation. Very appreciated - another reason to respect this man
For the budget conscious: I buy brake cleaner (very cheap) and have stopped using any type of wasp and hornet spray. Only caveat is that you need to get within a few feet of the target. It's incredible and kills everything crawling out of the nest almost instantly. We hit the small nests in the spring when they are forming.
Breaching tools, sledgehammer, pry bar, breacher bar. And announcement gear such as an air horn and megaphone. Can help you get found and out of a building collapse or help others.
I just bought these bug nets for your head. They go over the top of your head and they were like $2 from Walmart aka ChinaMart in the camping section. They also have lanterns that are only $7 that you put lamp fuel in with a wick. Highly recommend them!
Good purchase on the bug nets, but just a word of caution on the lamps... The cheap Chinese lamps/lanterns that I bought from Wallyworld (Chinamart) leaked lamp oil. There are good quality lanterns (brand name Dietz , Coleman) that are well worth the money. I also found kits where you can turn old wine bottles into lamps/lanterns the kits had a long wick and a brass cap, you fill the bottle with lamp oil. I prefer lamp Oil lamps lit inside versus burning Kerosene. Kerosene burning does produce an odor that is tough to breathe in for a while.
.. not to mention those cords strung out behind older houses were used to dry (cloth) baby diapers and clothes. Now those are what clothes pins are for!
@@markharder3676 In Australia, they're called a "hills hoist" & they're round in shape & can be raised up, so they spin in the breeze, otherwise known as "a poor kid's merry go round"
From over 25 years as a dancer I have developed really tough toenails. It's a struggle to cut them. So I have put some industrial strength toe nail nippers in my storage. Might seem trivial but it's hard to walk comfortably in your shoes if your toenails are too long.
Dollar store solar yard lights. Set them out in the daytime at night bring them inside. For a dollar, you can't beat it. The three-dollar ones have an on/off switch and are a lot brighter.
@@jturtle5318 Walmart had some new ones in stock that had motons sensors and were bright LED's . This could now be used as an active security device. The only reason I did not get some is they were a little high in price so I will try and source them online.
How about soap making: from fat and ash to soap which could be used or bartered. Even just general knowledge about how people would live and make things pre industrial revolution is extremely valuable.
I think you are 100% correct. That being said I'm going to concentrate on other things/skills as it is cheap to stock up some simple Ivory or Irish Spring bars.
@@thomaspaul311 I have limited storage, so I have to choose what is most important to store. If it came down to it I could use plain ash for cleaning, as it cuts through grease and can be rinsed away.
Good video and catalyst for generating options! Knowledge is the pivotal issue to improving each of our efforts to mitigate SHTF. This means as a minimum resource we need Books/Materials to refer to and mitigate long-term areas of weaknesses like : Security, Medical, Nutrition, Food Preservation, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Construction, Gardening, etc. The one survival item I would ensure I had was a strong sense of Good Will with my neighbors. If I could only choose 1 material item to add to the video's list, I would a Fireman's Jacket.
Repair kits for eye glasses are cheap but if you loose the small screw that holds the temple piece in place, one of these kits are invaluable. Steel wire and decking screws along with a good quality multi-tool can also save the day... Great videos CP, keep up the great work!
In emergency can sometimes use a straight pin in lieu of eyeglass screws. May be a bit wobbly, but better than nothing. Just bend and cut off the pointy end so you don't stick yourself. Lol
Fishing line and fishing hooks are often overlooked good for fishing but also can be used to make snares hard to see and strong if you get the heavy test
Actually I've been conditioning my family and I for hard times ahead we took the biggest leap this year moved to an off grid property in Northern Canada and have been homesteading so when SHTF happens its just another day.
I got a washboard about half that size for $6. It fits in my backpack, got it at a carneceria. Got a bar of natural rose scented Zote soap for a buck. I've had to wash clothes by hand before. If you can find the clothes pins without springs I would recommend it. 550 paracord makes a great clothes line.
I have three sewing machines, light, heavy duty and an industrial sewing machine.. tarps, tool bags, tents, seat coverings etc. I have made draperies for my daughter's room and I also make custom quilts all sizes to order. I have a multitude of hand powered tools. I look for them at yard sales esp senior couples. There is a very long list I am working on..
I have a mosquito net for my head that goes over a hat - seasonally we have a ton of bugs so if we were living rough that would be a fantastic tool. It could also double as a net for other purposes whether fishing, washing, gathering, etc.
Those nets are Golden! I carry in all vehicles and boats! (Means I have the lake to myself during bad bug season) But use mostly for when I mow..dang deer fly's can drive ya nuts! A plus use I found is they are ideal for morel mushrooms.....the plus is the spores can get out along your route!
1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of dish soap in sprayer then top off with water. Kills wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets. Way cheaper than store bought stuff.
@@kate5176 I was out of bug spray last week and a wasp got in the house. I tried some hairspray and it worked very quickly, without setting off my asthma. It smells better, too. I had to get a little closer to the little bugger than I would like, though.
Besides, hornets and wasps anyone who is prepping should have a couple of gallons of vinegar around. Great for cleaning, food preservation, and just making bland food more palatable.
Back in the old days? Here in Ireland most of us dry our clothes on a clothes line ... I only use the dryer when the weather is desperate ... they cost a solid fortune in electricity!
yes my washing machine is a washer /dryer and in two years I have never used the dryer ..Everything goes on the clothes horse and is dry next day although I am a bit lazy so it usually gets left a few days before I put it away ..why waste electric... I also never iron anything but as I live in jeans and tee shirts it's ok
I loved to have my clothes dried on the solar dryer. 😋 Here in West Texas, the humidity is so low that by the time one load of laundry is done washing, the clothes on the line will be completely dry and ready to take in. I love the freshness of the clothes dried outdoors.
Same in Australia. I have a dryer, but only use it to finish clothes off (that are almost dry after hanging outside all day). Most people I know don’t even own a dryer.
Whoa whoa whoa! That "solar" light uses rechargable batteries and they do wear out! Stock up on at least 3 sets per light. I'm dealing with one that crapped out and need to replace. So I'm saving up for a bulk pack of rechargables.
Bicycles and spare inner tubes & parts!!! (& Trailer to haul gear) Out of all prepper channels I have seen, not one have I seen ever talks about bicycles. A good way to travel once petrol runs out
I've got everything you mentioned except the door stop alarm, & wash board. I have a large bar of Hunter's soap that washes your scent away. I always keep a pair of dollar store reading glasses in my sewing kit, tool box, car, barn, anywhere I need to read something. I also have an 8'1/2 x11 plastic magnifying sheet I use when doing cross stitch. You can lay the whole sheet on any page to read easily. In an emergency, a plastic water bottle, (doesn't need to be full), turned on it side makes a great magnifier. Keeping some simple herbs & spices for medical emergencies like, whole cloves or clove oil for toothache, spilanthes (the toothache plant), eucalytus for dry tooth sockets & pain, tansy to keep bugs away, from your threshold or thrown in a fire, jewelweed, for poison ivy, (it usually grows nearby poison ivy), cattail root for wounds that won't heal, plantain leaves for bites and cuts, dried puffballs to stop bleeding, yarrow leaf for bloody noses, chamomile for anxiety & to help you sleep. Throwing a handful of mullein into a still water body temporarily paralyzes fish so all you need is a net to scoop them out. So many more free things from the earth. I keep a roll of hardware cloth handy there are so many uses for it. Thank you for your videos, they always challenge me to think!
little old lady should use her clothes pegs to hang out some pieces of men's clothing (large size) and also leave a pair of work boots outside near her door
For your 1" Auger, it is nice to have a 1" Log Tenon Cutters; Since watching your channel, I've stepped been forced to reevaluated some of my prior beliefs and have delved deeper into subjects that I knew nothing about. - I've learned a lot from your videos. Thank You for sharing you knowledge
I do alot of outdoor manual type work and always have a good set of clippers in my lunch/go bag along with some 1st aid gear for minor cuts and scrapes plus bee stings and other insect bites.
Nail clippers, pencil sharpener, tiny hair elastics, some of the coolest 'survival' gear isn't very Rambo, but it puts you up to level 2 easily, Surviving
I still have a wood and glass washboard that I picked up at a yard sale for $2 back in the 70's. On the upper wood part at the back is stamped Vancouver, B.C. along with the image of the head of a Native American man wearing a head dress. I have since moved to Nova Scotia from B.C., and it came along. Just could not part with it, or my wood drying racks and clothes pegs. Nova Scotians hang out their laundry as a matter of course to catch those Atlantic breezes, so I am in the right place with my love for the old fashioned ways. Sending love & appreciation your way.
A good supply of extra saw blades for the bow saw, also called 'swede saw'. Winter camping in the north teaches us how important to be able to get firewood quickly from standing dead trees, or build shelters out of logs. Saws are more important than axes in such situations. And a stone to sharpen the blades.
I'd take a manual flour grinder, since flour itself is deemed to have a short shelf life, whereas grains are better in that department. That way you will have bread.
If you have a concave make up mirror, and put a large magnifying lens directly on top of it, then you can see a greatly magnified view into your eyes to get crap out of them and to get a much better view of your face, especially into your own mouth. This allows you to not only see into your eyes and mouth, but to do things like swab out sand from your own eyes.
I just went on Amazon and ordered the outdoor motion detector light, the door stop alarms + extra 9-volt batteries, and lastly the adjustable eyeglasses. Thank you for another fabulous video; love them all! 😍
Guitar strings, exacto blades, crochet needles and yarn, replacement rubber strips for fixing clothing , metal replacement window screens in a roll to make a candy shaped fire log! Plus you can save the ash to make soap.
Estate sales are a GREAT source of older wood working tools. I have found brace and bit sets with assorted auger bits for pennies on the dollar. Wood chisels also. Garden tools, ladders, sharpening stones, etc. are also easy to get for a really good price.
I have a washboard and clothespins. Also have plenty of pest control items stocked up. Spray paint is a pretty standard prep. as is solar powered lights, etc. Got 'em stocked. As a person who works with wood, I've always had a wide selection on hand tools and I don't plan on getting rid of them. Deet is a necessity where I live, prepper or not . . . so, got it. Might look into that doorstop alarm though. Looks like an interesting gadget.
Using the rule of 3's. I recently broke my 2 favorite metal spatulas in the same week. So, have extra manual kitchen tools and long handled ones for cooking over a fire.
I have a farm and we use cats as pest control they kill all the field mice that will destroy or crops which is a plus because cats are nice to have around anyways
We had an infestation of squirrels once. I know people think they are cute and all, but when they are in the hundreds, they can do major damage to your home and autos. We tried non-lethal methods to get rid of them at first, but they just kept coming. Finally, we got a sweet, but tough outdoor cat. After he started bringing us dead baby squirrels, the rest of the squirrels took off to find safer territory.
@@out-n-about Didn't you blokes (is it alright to call Aussies "blokes"?) have trouble with rabbits as well? Some blue-bloods needed something to hunt and imported some bunnies?
Cats in fact are indispensable. You won't be able to rid yourself of rodents with traps. They get wise to the traps very quickly and can't be caught no matter what bait you use
@Anna We had a cat that always presented he kills to us. Some were not completely dead. Including the frogs that she ate the legs before giving the rest to us.
A selection of screws, nuts, flat washers, and drill screws. Just an old standard hex head cap screw. Only about a dozen of 1/4" thru 5/8" anywhere from 1" to 2-1/2" long.
LMAO "back in the old days". I turned a large igloo beverage cooler into a manually operated washer. I put an isolator in the bottom with a gasket and hooked it to an excersize bike. Tested, works great! 😁
A lot of travelers' gear is good prepping gear too. Eg. dry bags, pegs (aka clothes pins - multipurpose, can use as a clip for multi items), dry soap, quick drying towels, camping equipment
I don't think it matters in which position it it stored, but what IS highly recommended (specially for paint spays) is to open the valve upside down once you finished using them, to purge any remaining product and prevent future obstructions.
Good video. Great list. Peppers are spending $60,000-$100,000 to place solar panels on their homes for something that may never happen. Save a bunch of money by prepping to live without electricity.
Metamucil, laxative, Pepto-Bismol and the like, I suspect eating survival food in an emergency for any length of time is going to have some affect on your digestive system. I think it would be beneficial to have vitamin supplements stocked up also.
The one item most everyone forgets is heavy duty aluminum foil. So very useful. If the sun does a micro nova you will need protection from DNA damaging plasma and cosmic rays. Also several layers may help protect your electrical components. You can start a fire with it, make utensils... Shiny side out for emf protection. The dull side has a wax coating to help prevent sticking when cooking
Love it. I actually prepped up almost all of the same, minus the wood tools. Instead of a washboard, I paced a large Ice Cube tray, at the outset of lock downs I gave it a shot in the tub and it worked fine, plus it takes up less room and it's multi functional.
There is a hiker friendly (thus bugout bag friendly) washboard called a Scrubba Wash Bag. Basically a rubber washboard inside a dry sack. Insert clothes, insert water, roll top shut, let air out of the valve, close valve, and agitate by hand (or foot). It works amazingly well, keeps all the soap and water inside the bag and not on you, doesnt need a basin, and packs down to fit in a pocket. TH-cam has vids, check it out.
I just bought the Calliger 14" and it arrives tomorrow. I tried to do a lot of research and this seemed to have good reviews. It is also made in America.
1. A washboard 2. Clothespins 3. Pest control 4. Wasp spray 5. Signage (supplies to create a warning sign) 6. Spray paint 7. Security light 8. Door stop alarm 9. Adjustable glasses and/or reading glasses
So many great ideas! I have a stock of puppy pads for bugging in so my pups can potty in a controlled manner if its too dangerous outside. Bonus! One can light them on fire and lob at people.
@@tenchraven Oh dear God, my condolences. I wish you had asked, I would have warned you about HOA's. Mind, when I lived in an apartment, I strung my clothes line in the living room.
I've got a few ikea door hanger octopus things that I love for setting where outdoors isn't an option. Especially in winter when I have heating on, I find stuff dries super fast on them. They have pegs built in, but half the time I just dump towels etc over the octopus arms & I hang them off cupboard door handles, just letting the arms nearest the doors hold the rest of the arms clear of them, so they're hanging in fresh air & not damaging the cupboard with wet clothing. Probably sounds like a messy option, but they're seriously convenient & work well, easily fold up when not in use, just flip upsidedown & hang from the same place & for drying stuff, just tip them over & throw stuff on them & you're done, by morning everything's dry :)
Great list! The rodent control is really important. We lived in an apartment in an old country schoolhouse for about 7 months. Mice came inside during the winter, and we lost $50 worth of shelf- stable milk, broth, and pantry staples in one shot, before I realized the mice were there. We now use D-con in the basement and a good cat in the house.
Thanks. I've washed a few clothes by hand every so often for years and never used a washboard. I just rub the fabric against itself in a wad, then another wad, etc, and they get clean. This includes very dirty clothes.
8:15-- in addition to these, if you have a current prescription i would recommend getting several backup pairs. I keep an extra pair in my GHB, BOB, and INCH bags in addition to just a backup in the medicine cabinet. There are several options online for durability and good deals. I also keep repair kits in all those locations (which can usually be found for around $2).
Honestly glasses are the easiest prescription item to stock up on. I also keep my old scripts on hand for 3 years as emergency extra backups and barter items.
It's funny cuz it's true!! I have two children under 5. The other day, I was playing with them, pretending that I was calling on the phone, going, "Ring. Ring. ... Ring. Ring." My 5 yr old was like, "what are you doing?" And it suddenly occurred to me that he doesn't associate "ring, ring" with a phone call because we don't have a landline, and my phone is always on silent!! I always say, "someday everyone will wonder why we said "hello?" like a question, when we answer the phone." I miss the days when it was a surprise as to who was on the other end 🥰
Here in Brazil and in a lot of countries of South America, hanging your clothing is still very common, not everyone can afford a drying machine. Very useful tips. Regards from Brazil.
I only use my dryer for jeans, towels and sheets. Hang the rest on hangers on my shower curtain rod. I live in Texas, so they dry in a few hours. Also, something I'd stock up on is fishing gear, especially of there's a fishing hole nearby.
It's not so much Gathering hand tools. It's getting into practice of using them. Any estate sales and garage sales I go to I grab extra tools. Shovels ,old axes, pickaxes , rakes , wedges for splitting wood. Shovels especially; one shovel is good for is better.
I think safety glasses are overlooked. An eye injury when the grid is down would be a disaster.
Safety glasses for adults and four children are a great idea especially when an hstf situation occurs
So are sunglasses. Blinding light can do plenty of damage as well as hinder security efforts. Some eye doctors carry roll-out shade strips - I always snag a couple whenever I can.
I've been threatening my son sith buying them hoping he'll stop breaking his glasses.. But secretly knowing we need to have a small stash of them.
yes, injury prevention is always best. Some high quality gloves, even welding gloves
speaking about eye injury.... if you have no self-defense tools, keep some sand in your pocket. something happens thrown the sand in the other persons eyes. Its a cheap shot, but might just buy some time for you to get away or go on the offensive.
On my sign I would write “Hungry-Need Food Please!. That way they would think you didn’t have anything lol. Instead of a washboard I have 2 buckets with holes in the center of the lids and new plungers. Just add clothes, soap and water, put on the lid with plunger handle through the hole- works almost like a butter churn. The second bucket is for rinsing.
Better to have dog chain near front door & Beware of dog sign. Bonus- have a big dog too. Plus: "Looters will be shot." Fenced in yard, solar lights and traps set.
Pretty smart idea with the buckets and plunger.
Or have an inner bucket with several holes drilled in the sides to act as a wash tub that can be removed and inserted into the rinse bucket.
@@vinlago - I should try that.
@@justpatty7328 I imagine once the law is jungle common law, not British you could make some much more effective deterrent signs. I’d imagine a half dozen scalps or hands hanging from the sign might be deterrent enough. Probably wouldn’t even need anything written.
Watching this video from Europe, I am so amazed that you have listed clothes pins as if they were something rare. Throughout my whole life I have always dried my clothes on clothesline!
Jajaja...me too😁😁
Fairly rare stateside. People use a few here & there for other purpose, arts & crafts & such. Not so easy to find.
Another difference between Europe and North America appears to be price. Everything seems dirt cheap over there but everything I look up to buy in the UK is at least twice the number of pounds as it is dollars.
Like a 30 dollar hatchet should be £22 but the same thing here is like £56 or 75 dollars. life is so cheap over there!!!
Me too
@@twmbwen1402 Your free government services aren't free. :)
I rarely see anyone mentioning a good whetstone or some other means of sharpening tools. A sharp tool is a safe tool
A good file to form an angle on the bevel and then sharpen with the whetstone. This good for axes, machetes and survival knives.
This guy sells everything even rocks for sharpening. Buy buy buy
That seems a given to need a sharpener or whetstone, especially if you have multiple edges…
Lots of rocks lying around...
I just added that to my kit the DMT credit card size diamond sharpener and the puck landsky axe sharpener! 👍🏻
I am a 66 year old retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant (E8/1972-1993) and former Defense Contractor (2005-2010). From 1988-1993 I did substantial disaster management work in California for riots, floods, fire, earthquakes, etc, especially in the areas of logistics. I can tell you from firsthand knowledge and experience from many disasters that if you are counting on the government or military to take care of you and your family’s needs in a disaster or collapse you could not be more wrong. The truth is that the U.S. military and government is simply not equipped or manned to feed, house and take care of large numbers of civilians, especially in a major city. A small town yes, a large major city no. No better real-world example of this exists then the Katrina disaster which should have been a wakeup call for everyone out there on the limitations of the U.S. military and government to take care of effected civilians in the disaster area. While we can provide good levels of security patrols and rescue, that is pretty much it in many cases. The bottom line here is except for the military providing rescue and security or anti-looting patrols, you are pretty much on your own for most things. One sad fact is that most people in this country are not prepared to take care of themselves and only have enough food on hand to support their needs for about two weeks, and usually far less. Think about what that means! There are going to be a lot of very desperate people out there running around, especially in a prolonged disaster or collapse. My recommendation to all of you would be to have at least six months of non-perishable food and consumable supplies (ie; toilet paper, soap, etc) for you and your family and the ability to defend yourselves.
Thank you for your service and may God bless and keep you and your family ❤
I’m shooting for 2 years and we have some good gardens and livestock and at and aks- minis -50. Cal and as close as the best with regular practice- strength in unity that’s another circle - I’m not really looking for trouble avoiding stealth and uniting but crazy travels and 2 and half hours from major city 35 minutes to small city
Thank you for service I appreciate you and all the good people of this country who aren’t bought off and raised your kids and they / we all knew then and know now what sex we are lol cheese technology
I have a washboard, and let me tell you...gets everything faaar cleaner than the washing machine. I wouldn't want to have to use it for jeans or towels, but it is great for everything else. And yes, I use it several times a month... I find it meditative. I used it for diapers a long time ago.
Cloth diapers is a great item to have - my kids are out of them but I have kept a few for barter. I always suggest condoms as a prepper item - again, some of us are "fixed" but for young people, family planning is going to be critical!
This might be a silly question but where did you get it? I haven't seen one in a store for years.
@@jennysroad Lehman's. 😊
My mom taught me how to do laundry with a washboard. I haven't seen one in years, but if I were looking for one I would try a smaller hardware store like an Ace hardware (not that big box place "H.D.").
@@rangerannie5636 That's what I was thinking. When I looked up what Lehman's was, it's similar to Ace or Tractor Supply here.
So as a lady who was without a washer for two weeks and didn’t want to pay the laundry mat… if you are prepping to wash and hang dry clothes, it is also VERY helpful to have something to wring them. Actual wringers are expensive, but the press-type ones on the commercial mop buckets will work. If you don’t get enough water out by hand, and hang them in the wrong weather, they don’t dry fast enough and will smell musty. (I added a wringer to my preps)
VERY smart !!!! I have wrung clothes by hand and it sucks! Going to get a mop bucket with the wringer. Thank you!!
Super clever..... Thanks for sharing....👍👍
Mop wringer is a good idea. I have tried many cheep ideas. Wrapping clothes around a sapling and twisting. Putting clothes in a bucket with holes in it inserting another bucket on top of clothes and sitting on it (this works ok) Putting jeans between two 1×12 board and standing on it. Wringers sounds much easier.
The one from Sam's club works like a charm for wringing out excess water. Used it to wring out towels when toilet overflowed. Got them barely wet and I was able to carry them to the washer. Definitely another must have.
Ive hung clothes in winter outside, takes a couple days but as long as theirs a wind they freeze dry well and smell super strong of oxygen when brought in.
I have a sign in my driveway that says “If You Can Read This You’re In Range”. Works great!!
Fairly anti-social behavior. But in these times and what is to come, I completely understand your seriousness and sense of humor….
Just take it easy on the delivery person.
"Due to increased ammo prices there will be no warning shot."
I'm not opposed to the sign myself but prosecutors or family members that sue you afterwards may use it to their advantage
Mine says "Forget about the dogs, beware of owner!" and has a image of a hand with a gun in it.
@@Rob-- hahaha sounds like something my son would have!
A simple pencil sharpener: super easy to carry and it can turn dry woodsticks into pretty thin pieces as firestarters. Saves time searching and drilling 😉
Celluloid guitar picks are good fire starters too. Don’t ask me how I know
oh awesome!!
Good one
or arrows with some surgical tubing or bicycle inner tube
Aswell as arrows
Bandanas!! Can be used for Dust control/sun control(even stick an opened one on top of your head then put your hat on)/ extra layer to retain heat/provides a portable a.c. & cold temps/air filter, tied around your nose& mouth/ works like triangle bandage & other bandages, sling etc/ can be used as a hair tie, extra cleaning rag, ladies can use it for hygeine purposes, 100% cotten be used to char material or filter water debris from entering your water bottle, pack wounds as a last resort, and soo much more..
Sewing kits. Or some type of clothing repair. You can buy cheap complete ones for a few bucks. They include buttons, thread, thimble, needles and in some cases a small sissors.
Agreed. A Sail needle, Glovers needle and and a strand from 12 or 36 bank line will fix almost anything.
Don't waste money on a kit. A pack of 20 needles is a few bucks, and a spool of heavy thread is a buck. A specialized needle for leather is probably the next step. LEARNING how to darn correctly is invaluable. Learning how to knit and crochet, especially how to fix holes in knit wear. That's not as straightforward as one may think.
@@kaseyc1350 I keep a cheap sewing kit in my get home bag and singer survival sew kit in my bug out bag. The singer kit was like 5 bucks
I stocked upon mine by going to flea markets and estate sales. Way cheaper when fill a bag for 50¢. Also Foxfire books a set for 2$. Can find cast iron tools etc must be patient but saves $$$
Sewing kits are great. After you buy it at the dollar store, replace the cotton thread with nylon upholstery or Mil-Spec thread that is 1000 times stronger, works great when wet, and can double as fishing line, snare line, or sutures. Replace straight sewing needles with curved ones that can double as a suture needle, or even a fish hook, in a jam. (Every try to stitch yourself up with a straight needle?) Buttons can double as snare wire locks, but I wouldn’t rely on thimbles to boil water in.
I’m 14, but I’ve gotten my whole family into prepping
Excellent!
How long have you all been at it?
@@therealitinerantgardener594 about a year now
Awesome! Good for you. You are ahead of 90% of adults in this country. Proud of you.
Congrats. That’s hard to do with some family. Sometimes people just don’t listen
Absolutely the #1 item is an inexpensive pair of suede leather gloves from any hardware store. They protect your keyboard callused hands and fingers from cuts, bruises, splinters, dirt, etc, giving you more confidence and speed in grabbing, handling and pulling items. They can be put into fire temporarily, or handle cooking/boiling pots to prevent burns. Your primary tools are your limbs. Protect them at all costs. For their weight, they are gold. Buy a multi-pack -- make them a tradable item.
Why Suede? I have leather work gloves, but I've never bought suede. Thanks!
@@OhSoCheesy split-leather (aka. suede) is the bottom layer of the hide removed from an animal. Aesthetically it is rougher texture so has a slightly better grip because of this nap. It is stiffer because it is denser --- consequently it is more heat and abrasion resistant, so for rougher handling and work, which is the purpose of a glove in a survival situation, it is the better option. In general, I've found split-leather gloves to be tougher than top grain gloves in terms of durability. Gloves wear out. So having multiple pairs around is very useful.
Primarily it boils down to cost vs looks.
You can get 5 pairs of leather-palmed safety-cuff suede gloves for the price of a single pair of (top) grain leather, which is normally a little bit thinner than suede (there are exceptions of course), but more flexible. Grain leather also is a bit more water repellant than split leather (more natural oils are in the top layers of the hide and the texture is smoother - like a leather couch), and takes less time to break in the leather to make it more comfortable. Because it is more resistant to water, I personally find it a bit more slippery to work with in the field -- but that also depends on the type of leather - goat, pig, cow, bison, deer/elk, horse, kangaroo (strongest leather out there), etc...
Bottom line, is buy and use what you are comfortable with. I suggested split-leather (suede) gloves primarily because they are readily available everywhere for a reasonable price and work better as a heat protection than grain leathers, and the cloth safety cuff is a bit easier to slide your hand into (and out of) repeatedly, rather than the "driver" style or shape that most full or top grain leather gloves adopt.
@@ep7 Thank you for the lesson on gloves! I never knew there was a difference. I know your answer took quite a bit of time to write. It is helpful and appreciated!
I prefer mechanics gloves, much easier to do fine work with.
@@ep7 I doubt the "denser" part. There's a reason why top and full grain are the only certified leathers for motorcycle garments, the fibers are cross woven which helps disperse stress to the material (which aids in its strength). Split/suede/genuine leather can be compressed beforehand in the manufacturing process to add strength per given thickness.
Besides that, I agree. Most situations won't demand such levels of protection that full and top offer, it would be better to purchase multiple slightly weaker gloves if the tradeoff is redundant back ups. Though leather isn't the only material, again, just look at certified motorcycle gloves as an example. They require high abrasion resistance, strength, thermal insulation and resistance, and must be reliable.
I have always assumed that there will be no power and I also am a wood worker so I have the manual hand tools. If you get a bit brace a make sure the chuck is appropriate for your bits. You can eliminate the the auger by getting a set of auger bits for your brace. They come in configurations for both chucks. Chisels are good. A rudimentary set is OK. If you think you will be doing any timber framing, a slick and adze are in order. Woodcraft supply and Rockler have the draw knives. The folding saw is essential. A good crosscut or rip saw, bow or solid a nice upgrade. If you wedge, you sledge...if you get a 5lb hammer also get a masonry chisel and you can split rocks for the camp fire or rocket stove. BTW: we have uses a cookie rack for washing. Not elegant but it worked. Thanks for the video.
Something my family have always kept in our preps, and in our cars is a pack of cards. Simple but card games can help keep the mind sharp and the littles entertained in longer term emergencies. They come in a million varieties from basic cheap packs, to waterproof, and even ones that have tips for emergencies, flora/fauna identification, and more.
Thank you! Yes, I always have a deck of cards and a paperback book in my car and my backpack. Keeping the brain stimulated will help with stress and boredom.
Window screen & tools needed to replace your window screens. If there is a grid down situation & you don't have air conditioning you will want to open your windows without bugs coming in.
Buy enough screens to mess up a few times.
It's easy to break the screens as you install them for the first time.
I have screen material to repair my window screen. Also I think buying the adjustable screens as back up.
Worst case scenario: use tights . Cut them length ways and use tin tacks to stretch them over the window frames.means open windows and no bugs!
Use a brand new toilet plunger and a five gallon bucket filled with soapy water to wash/agitate your clothes by agitating with a up and down motion. This works MUCH better than a wash board with less effort. Then rinse in another bucket of clean water. Next, use a mop wringer with a bucket to wring the clothes out, before hanging them to dry. As a bonus, you can conserve the rinse water in the bucket to use again.
@Ben Dover I test 100% of my prepper stuff. The Plunger and bucket works far better than a washboard. However I have just under 12KW of Solar Power (as of a month ago), so I am likely to continue to use my electric washing machine, for now.
As a former Military guy who was raised in a military family, I was always taught and then re-taught the old adage of "2 is 1 and One is None"
So the plunger and wringer are now the backup plan. I also make my own liquid laundry soap for a fraction of the cost of store bought. It works BETTER and it even smells better. Fels Naptha soap bars and Borax and Ivory powder Soaps and some water. Very inexpensive. Makes about 5 times as much product for the price of one jug of Something like GAIN, or TIDE or in other words an 80% reduction of cost
I’ve done queen-sized bed sheets on a washboard. Wouldn’t do it in a 5 gal bucket; too small 😣
@@sweetbriarfarm777 Yeah...may need to do that one in a bathtub with a plunger!! LOL Or perhaps a stationary wash tub (like a deep laundry sink with the drain plug inserted). The key is wrapping the material around the plunger stick, and agitating up and down
I got a mop bucket with a wringer to help me before hanging out to dry.
I have a never been used plunger just for things like washing of poking someone with....or flush the toilet with dirty laundry water.
There was a entrepreneur in the 90's who sold solar powered clothes dryer for $49.95. It was a bag of clothes pins and a black clothes line.
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Genius.
Do people not dry their clothes on a line in America?!
@@theeggtimertictic1136 For some reason in the US. hanging clothes out to dry has become taboo in cities and suburbs.
In most all HOA/Home Owners Association neighborhoods, hanging clothes out to dry is against the rules and you can be fined.
A lot of people in rural areas still hang clothes outside.
My husband, boys, and I went 14 days without electricity during deer season at our deer camp just for fun and to see how we would do out there. Dont underestimate your need for entertainment. You will need plenty of board games, cards, dominoes, books, puzzles, art & craft supplies, sports balls/gloves, and a small portable DVD player/CD player that you can recharge with a solar generator to keep your wife & kids complaining down to a minimum. Mosquito netted hunting hat was a game changer. I even slept in it. Cut resistant gloves to use when processing animals. Heat resistant gloves for getting your food out of a fire. Bug zapping devices. Moth traps. Baby wipes. Dry shampoo.
How NICE! I Love your Wood chisel set. I actually do have a Manual old fashioned drill, a small chisel set, wood carving tools and several hand saws. I also have an old fashioned Reel lawnmower, Coffee Grinder and French Style coffee pot you pour heated water into. No electricity! I've had these things for a few years now. Works great and SAVES Money ..... Stretches Finances. A Big Plus, to me!
And for Firestarter, I Save, Recycle and Repurpose Candle Wax drippings, dryer lint, Tolit & paper towel rolls, pencil shavings, cardboard shred shavings that have NO Toxic ink, used Dryer sheets that I also use as Spider deterrents in clothes, AND have Cotton-Balls & Patroleum Jelly or Rubbing Isopropyl Alcohol.
FYI:. You can collect small wood sticks, and use a quality Large sized Pencil Sharpeners, to make small wood shavings for fire kindling firestarter. If you dry out those wood shavings on a pan, in the Sunlight of a window seal, it works better as fire starter.
Then store in an old coffee can with an oxygen absorbers to prevent moisture from ruining the wood shavings ability to be good firestarter.
Thus, for multi-purposed uses, it is A GOOD Idea to STOCK UP ON Pencil Sharpeners, Potato peelers, Can Openers and Egg Slicers. 🙂
Also to save on money, I have a bucket system I use for washing clothes by hand. To wring clothes out well, before putting them in a dryer, I use an old fashioned & modernized Mop Bucket on wheels, with a nice Wringer & Wringer Side-Handle. It Works Well. All it takes is a little arm muscle with grit or a little attitude...lol The Old fashion Country Way. 🙂
Oh, and I also have my own ancient apothecary Mortar & Pestle, for making my own medicine with.
Multi hole mechanical pencil sharpener...Quick tender and sharp sticks for traps and snares..
Yes - the sturdy old skool knid are all over eBay
I keep old guitar strings for snares. Only applies to guitar players though, I guess! I also keep a big rat trap in my kit.
Have 2, a must have item at well for the properly prepared
Would a knife work?
@@brentgilbert4208 Ever notice that steel strings are the perfect length for a few wraps around a small branch and each and still have sufficient length for a garrote?
Dawn dish liquid and water in a spray bottle kills wasps, hornets, flies and other pests without the chemicals. I use it quite often in my business to get rid of pests AND the nest. It's also more cost effective and safer for the user.
I do that myself, I add vinegar to it, so it also works as a flea treatment and detterant.
Use Palmolive dish detergent mixed with water keeps ticks off your clothes and animals. A hunter told me years ago, he sprayed his hunting dogs and they never got ticks or fleas.
That's what I use, in a supersoaker water gun so I don't have to get too close.
I LITERALLY added an entire bottle of dish soap into a wasp nest in my front lawn last year, shoved the hose in it, and let it rip.....very next day they were still going in and out. Only thing that’s ever worked for me in the ole gas method. Sorry.
All this method does is move them to a new subsection of the best for a few days dish soap is not strong enough or damaging enough to kill a bee let alone an ant use Cheyenne pepper mixed with vinegar and the reaction it creates is a burning insect killer. Do not get on hands causes burns.
Nails ! Some of the first settlers burned their homes down because nails were so rare , they'd wait around afterwards to pick them up to take with them so they could rebuild .
I am allergic to bees so I have a stockpile of ground hornet spray. I also have a store of Liquid Children's Benedryl it has saved me a few times I use it instead of my epi-pen, as long as you get it down your throat immediately before anaphylaxis sets in. I try to keep it with me everywhere I go in the summer.
Get a industrial mop bucket one that has the rollers on it that wring out the mop. You can use the rollers for when your doing your laundry to wring out your clothes with
Printed maps and a compass are a must have!
Great suggestion. A topographical map as well.
Sectional charts at sport's pilot shop.
@@owen1079 great tips, thank you!
Great thought Sat phones and cell phones may be useless.
There is a compass in the sky day and night if you can read it. Still confused how people can't approximate direction. Maybe I am part bird.
I recommend a small packet of cinnamon and crushed dried chili pepper flakes. Of course these can be used to flavor food, for trade, and especially to kill off ants.
Bay leaves are also good to put in around your food to prevent bugs from intruding.
Rosemary is a good bug repellant.
Walnut leaves deter mice.
I plant lemon basil in my pots near door . All critters hate that smell.
@@leahmccullough9578 I hadn't heard that one. Thanks!
Bay leaves + sugar = rum! Good for cleaning wounds, setting fires, degreasing things, and of course , running alcohol stoves!
Good item to add to the overlooked list.
Sillcock Key.
You can use them to access water in places like businesses, schools etc, and to access the water stored in water heaters.
I love how he explains air drying & using clothespins without being condescending towards the younger generation. Very appreciated - another reason to respect this man
For the budget conscious: I buy brake cleaner (very cheap) and have stopped using any type of wasp and hornet spray. Only caveat is that you need to get within a few feet of the target. It's incredible and kills everything crawling out of the nest almost instantly. We hit the small nests in the spring when they are forming.
Breaching tools, sledgehammer, pry bar, breacher bar. And announcement gear such as an air horn and megaphone. Can help you get found and out of a building collapse or help others.
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Or raid if it comes to that
@@reaperhunter7297 hence the word breaching tools. I imagine?
Announcement gear - maybe, a whistle?
@@yunggolem4687 yep. Expensive for good ones.
I have had problems with mice and rats and I learned a great tip and it works. Equal parts of baking soda and sugar.
What does that do?
I just bought these bug nets for your head. They go over the top of your head and they were like $2 from Walmart aka ChinaMart in the camping section. They also have lanterns that are only $7 that you put lamp fuel in with a wick. Highly recommend them!
Nice for both
Good purchase on the bug nets, but just a word of caution on the lamps... The cheap Chinese lamps/lanterns that I bought from Wallyworld (Chinamart) leaked lamp oil. There are good quality lanterns (brand name Dietz , Coleman) that are well worth the money. I also found kits where you can turn old wine bottles into lamps/lanterns the kits had a long wick and a brass cap, you fill the bottle with lamp oil. I prefer lamp Oil lamps lit inside versus burning Kerosene. Kerosene burning does produce an odor that is tough to breathe in for a while.
Got them too. Work great.
Love the " Wal-Mart aka China Mart"
So true!!!
It’s hilarious to hear you explain clothes pins to the younger set!
I was like is he joking? I am 36 btw so not that ancient! Nope seems people don't lol
.. not to mention those cords strung out behind older houses were used to dry (cloth) baby diapers and clothes. Now those are what clothes pins are for!
@@markharder3676 In Australia, they're called a "hills hoist" & they're round in shape & can be raised up, so they spin in the breeze, otherwise known as "a poor kid's merry go round"
But then he called it a "clothing line" which makes me suspicious... 😂
it's hilarious cuz in most countries they don't even use drier machines, we just air dry, for example in European countries we do
From over 25 years as a dancer I have developed really tough toenails. It's a struggle to cut them. So I have put some industrial strength toe nail nippers in my storage. Might seem trivial but it's hard to walk comfortably in your shoes if your toenails are too long.
Dollar store solar yard lights. Set them out in the daytime at night bring them inside. For a dollar, you can't beat it. The three-dollar ones have an on/off switch and are a lot brighter.
Mine stopped working after a couple of months.
@@yunggolem4687 I agree that they are not a high-quality long-term solution. It is just a cheap option for low-level lighting.
I've used them indoors when the power was off.
@@jturtle5318 Walmart had some new ones in stock that had motons sensors and were bright LED's . This could now be used as an active security device. The only reason I did not get some is they were a little high in price so I will try and source them online.
How about soap making: from fat and ash to soap which could be used or bartered. Even just general knowledge about how people would live and make things pre industrial revolution is extremely valuable.
I think you are 100% correct. That being said I'm going to concentrate on other things/skills as it is cheap to stock up some simple Ivory or Irish Spring bars.
@@thomaspaul311 I have limited storage, so I have to choose what is most important to store. If it came down to it I could use plain ash for cleaning, as it cuts through grease and can be rinsed away.
Didn't know that about ash.. thanks!
Oh and rats are supposed to hate Irish spring. Rvrs use it a lot....
@@SuperWhatapain mosquitoes, as well hate it.
A leather working kit. Everything from skinning to making your cloths, blankets, or even shelter.
Good video and catalyst for generating options! Knowledge is the pivotal issue to improving each of our efforts to mitigate SHTF. This means as a minimum resource we need Books/Materials to refer to and mitigate long-term areas of weaknesses like : Security, Medical, Nutrition, Food Preservation, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Construction, Gardening, etc. The one survival item I would ensure I had was a strong sense of Good Will with my neighbors. If I could only choose 1 material item to add to the video's list, I would a Fireman's Jacket.
Repair kits for eye glasses are cheap but if you loose the small screw that holds the temple piece in place, one of these kits are invaluable. Steel wire and decking screws along with a good quality multi-tool can also save the day... Great videos CP, keep up the great work!
paperclip works great to replace the screw on eyeglasses in an emergency.
In emergency can sometimes use a straight pin in lieu of eyeglass screws. May be a bit wobbly, but better than nothing. Just bend and cut off the pointy end so you don't stick yourself. Lol
Toilet plunger in bucket. Turn your kids loose! Cheap & free labor.
Fishing line and fishing hooks are often overlooked good for fishing but also can be used to make snares hard to see and strong if you get the heavy test
Would make a good trip wire as well
Guitar strings are even stronger.
@@phild8095 They rust quickly. From experience. Maybe trimmer line.
Get mono and also braided fishing line. Many uses.
What do you mean back in the day I haven't used a dryer in 5 years I hang everything out to dry
Actually I've been conditioning my family and I for hard times ahead we took the biggest leap this year moved to an off grid property in Northern Canada and have been homesteading so when SHTF happens its just another day.
I HANG EVERYTHING OUT!
We never had a dryer, even though our climate is quite wet (Ireland), I always begrudged using electricity to dry our clothes...
Me too
The only problem, is the weather, lots of rains recently
I still hang out our laundry. Saves energy and works great.
Me too
@ Jerri's Collins-Ruth -- Plus, there is nothing like the fresh smell of line-dried clothes/ linens!
Sorry for name typo - glasses too weak to see clearly. Apologies.
Smells better too
Yes they do last longer and lint is a great Firestarter as well as the cotton in vitamin and medicine bottles.
I got a washboard about half that size for $6. It fits in my backpack, got it at a carneceria. Got a bar of natural rose scented Zote soap for a buck. I've had to wash clothes by hand before. If you can find the clothes pins without springs I would recommend it. 550 paracord makes a great clothes line.
In my local army surplus store I can still get 550 paracord for 8 cents a foot.
I have three sewing machines, light, heavy duty and an industrial sewing machine.. tarps, tool bags, tents, seat coverings etc. I have made draperies for my daughter's room and I also make custom quilts all sizes to order. I have a multitude of hand powered tools. I look for them at yard sales esp senior couples. There is a very long list I am working on..
I have a mosquito net for my head that goes over a hat - seasonally we have a ton of bugs so if we were living rough that would be a fantastic tool. It could also double as a net for other purposes whether fishing, washing, gathering, etc.
Nice!
Not as toxic as spray
You can also use the mosquito net to gather snow and let it melt into a cup near your fire.
Those nets are Golden!
I carry in all vehicles and boats!
(Means I have the lake to myself during bad bug season)
But use mostly for when I mow..dang deer fly's can drive ya nuts!
A plus use I found is they are ideal for morel mushrooms.....the plus is the spores can get out along your route!
what's wrong with hanging a few corks from your grog on the hat? That's the traditional option here
1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of dish soap in sprayer then top off with water. Kills wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets. Way cheaper than store bought stuff.
I wonder if that will sting in your eyes, lol, as a spray deterrent for humans.
Hair spray in the can is good for spiders and wasp too.
Cheyenne pepper mixed with vinager is way better. Just don't get on hands causes burns
@@kate5176 I was out of bug spray last week and a wasp got in the house. I tried some hairspray and it worked very quickly, without setting off my asthma. It smells better, too. I had to get a little closer to the little bugger than I would like, though.
Besides, hornets and wasps anyone who is prepping should have a couple of gallons of vinegar around. Great for cleaning, food preservation, and just making bland food more palatable.
Back in the old days? Here in Ireland most of us dry our clothes on a clothes line ... I only use the dryer when the weather is desperate ... they cost a solid fortune in electricity!
yes my washing machine is a washer /dryer and in two years I have never used the dryer ..Everything goes on the clothes horse and is dry next day although I am a bit lazy so it usually gets left a few days before I put it away ..why waste electric... I also never iron anything but as I live in jeans and tee shirts it's ok
Yes, same here in Toronto!!
I loved to have my clothes dried on the solar dryer. 😋 Here in West Texas, the humidity is so low that by the time one load of laundry is done washing, the clothes on the line will be completely dry and ready to take in. I love the freshness of the clothes dried outdoors.
Same in Australia. I have a dryer, but only use it to finish clothes off (that are almost dry after hanging outside all day). Most people I know don’t even own a dryer.
@@tashamews1673 Yes I finish mine off in the dryer too unless it's a particularly wet time.
Whoa whoa whoa! That "solar" light uses rechargable batteries and they do wear out! Stock up on at least 3 sets per light. I'm dealing with one that crapped out and need to replace. So I'm saving up for a bulk pack of rechargables.
Bicycles and spare inner tubes & parts!!!
(& Trailer to haul gear)
Out of all prepper channels I have seen, not one have I seen ever talks about bicycles.
A good way to travel once petrol runs out
I've got everything you mentioned except the door stop alarm, & wash board. I have a large bar of Hunter's soap that washes your scent away. I always keep a pair of dollar store reading glasses in my sewing kit, tool box, car, barn, anywhere I need to read something. I also have an 8'1/2 x11 plastic magnifying sheet I use when doing cross stitch. You can lay the whole sheet on any page to read easily. In an emergency, a plastic water bottle, (doesn't need to be full), turned on it side makes a great magnifier. Keeping some simple herbs & spices for medical emergencies like, whole cloves or clove oil for toothache, spilanthes (the toothache plant), eucalytus for dry tooth sockets & pain, tansy to keep bugs away, from your threshold or thrown in a fire, jewelweed, for poison ivy, (it usually grows nearby poison ivy), cattail root for wounds that won't heal, plantain leaves for bites and cuts, dried puffballs to stop bleeding, yarrow leaf for bloody noses, chamomile for anxiety & to help you sleep. Throwing a handful of mullein into a still water body temporarily paralyzes fish so all you need is a net to scoop them out. So many more free things from the earth. I keep a roll of hardware cloth handy there are so many uses for it.
Thank you for your videos, they always challenge me to think!
Mullein? Never heard of it. Thx.
@@4maryjowells You're welcome!
Now we use close pins to clip our chip and snack bags.
Really? I could have sworn I seen a video someplace where someone named Mistress or Master was using them for something very different! 😂😂😂
You can make clothes pegs by an evening fire...
@@lordvelos1 Ouch! 😉
little old lady should use her clothes pegs to hang out some pieces of men's clothing (large size) and also leave a pair of work boots outside near her door
The boots idea is good. Also a BIG dog bowl could make someone think twice before trying to come toward your house.
That's not effective if they're around for a day or longer, because they see you moving around, working etc but never see the man who fits the boots.
@@jturtle5318 move the boots around - unless they are watching you 24/7 (unlikely) that should work
Dude, as a married man with 2 daughters, this is an amazing idea. Thanks!
Great idea on my own will go to thrift shop to outfit my ghostly make relative!!
For your 1" Auger, it is nice to have a 1" Log Tenon Cutters; Since watching your channel, I've stepped been forced to reevaluated some of my prior beliefs and have delved deeper into subjects that I knew nothing about. - I've learned a lot from your videos. Thank You for sharing you knowledge
I was only 14 when I was very impressed with an item in my friend's kit. Fingernail/toenail clippers!
I do alot of outdoor manual type work and always have a good set of clippers in my lunch/go bag along with some 1st aid gear for minor cuts and scrapes plus bee stings and other insect bites.
Hey just saw your post. Nail clippers are used by some fisherpeople to cut fishing line,not just for toes..
@@lukequigley121 true that is
Nail clippers, pencil sharpener, tiny hair elastics, some of the coolest 'survival' gear isn't very Rambo, but it puts you up to level 2 easily,
Surviving
I still have a wood and glass washboard that I picked up at a yard sale for $2 back in the 70's. On the upper wood part at the back is stamped Vancouver, B.C. along with the image of the head of a Native American man wearing a head dress. I have since moved to Nova Scotia from B.C., and it came along. Just could not part with it, or my wood drying racks and clothes pegs. Nova Scotians hang out their laundry as a matter of course to catch those Atlantic breezes, so I am in the right place with my love for the old fashioned ways. Sending love & appreciation your way.
A good supply of extra saw blades for the bow saw, also called 'swede saw'. Winter camping in the north teaches us how important to be able to get firewood quickly from standing dead trees, or build shelters out of logs. Saws are more important than axes in such situations. And a stone to sharpen the blades.
I have a small foot-pedaled washing machine I would use for cleaning clothes if there was no power.
not the most efficient thing, but aye it may be for some.
Which is nice but the question is portability how heavy is it or bulky to carry
Wow, where? I have the low powered set to run off solar.
@@kathleenlogan8229 they have them on amazon for like $30 ~ $100, i used to have one in my apartment theyre great
Cool? I have stomped clothes in the shower.
I've got 3 mannequins from an old department store nearly a decade ago. Going to pull a Kevin Macalister trick . Strength in numbers
Best sign I've seen... Nothing Past This Point is Worth Your Life.
"Looters will be butchered, salted and canned in mason jars".
Nah! They'll know your lying: Everyone knows you can't get the lids!😁
Add "the rest will be consumed live on the sport, with little or no fanfare"
trespassers we need dog food
They ones that read it won’t catch the irony that you cannot can someone in a jar…..lol.
@@donoberloh haha you caught it though!!!
I still have my washboard from 1969. The house I just bought still has a clothesline. Good video .
I still have mama's from 1935.
My good friend has a pedal lathe, and a pedal sewing machine...they both work great..
Pedal sewing machine worth its weight in gold, silver and bullets!
I'd take a manual flour grinder, since flour itself is deemed to have a short shelf life, whereas grains are better in that department. That way you will have bread.
If you have a concave make up mirror, and put a large magnifying lens directly on top of it, then you can see a greatly magnified view into your eyes to get crap out of them and to get a much better view of your face, especially into your own mouth. This allows you to not only see into your eyes and mouth, but to do things like swab out sand from your own eyes.
I just went on Amazon and ordered the outdoor motion detector light, the door stop alarms + extra 9-volt batteries, and lastly the adjustable eyeglasses.
Thank you for another fabulous video; love them all! 😍
Rat traps can be used for squirrels when you need to keep a low sound signature. Heavy weight fishing line for traps and early warning.
Guitar strings, exacto blades, crochet needles and yarn, replacement rubber strips for fixing clothing , metal replacement window screens in a roll to make a candy shaped fire log! Plus you can save the ash to make soap.
Nit picking: crochet HOOKS, knitting NEEDLES. I have carved my own - it was more fun to make them than to use them LOL.
Estate sales are a GREAT source of older wood working tools. I have found brace and bit sets with assorted auger bits for pennies on the dollar. Wood chisels also. Garden tools, ladders, sharpening stones, etc. are also easy to get for a really good price.
I have a washboard and clothespins. Also have plenty of pest control items stocked up. Spray paint is a pretty standard prep. as is solar powered lights, etc. Got 'em stocked. As a person who works with wood, I've always had a wide selection on hand tools and I don't plan on getting rid of them. Deet is a necessity where I live, prepper or not . . . so, got it. Might look into that doorstop alarm though. Looks like an interesting gadget.
Using the rule of 3's. I recently broke my 2 favorite metal spatulas in the same week. So, have extra manual kitchen tools and long handled ones for cooking over a fire.
I have a farm and we use cats as pest control they kill all the field mice that will destroy or crops which is a plus because cats are nice to have around anyways
We had an infestation of squirrels once. I know people think they are cute and all, but when they are in the hundreds, they can do major damage to your home and autos. We tried non-lethal methods to get rid of them at first, but they just kept coming. Finally, we got a sweet, but tough outdoor cat. After he started bringing us dead baby squirrels, the rest of the squirrels took off to find safer territory.
No amount of cats could handle the mouse plague we had in Australia 🙀
@@out-n-about Didn't you blokes (is it alright to call Aussies "blokes"?) have trouble with rabbits as well? Some blue-bloods needed something to hunt and imported some bunnies?
Cats in fact are indispensable. You won't be able to rid yourself of rodents with traps. They get wise to the traps very quickly and can't be caught no matter what bait you use
@Anna We had a cat that always presented he kills to us. Some were not completely dead. Including the frogs that she ate the legs before giving the rest to us.
A selection of screws, nuts, flat washers, and drill screws. Just an old standard hex head cap screw. Only about a dozen of 1/4" thru 5/8" anywhere from 1" to 2-1/2" long.
LMAO "back in the old days". I turned a large igloo beverage cooler into a manually operated washer. I put an isolator in the bottom with a gasket and hooked it to an excersize bike. Tested, works great! 😁
A lot of travelers' gear is good prepping gear too. Eg. dry bags, pegs (aka clothes pins - multipurpose, can use as a clip for multi items), dry soap, quick drying towels, camping equipment
Store your arisols upside down. It will prolong the shelf life by keeping the propellant at the bottom of the can.
Holy cow didn't know this. Bless you n thanks!!!
Great advise thank you so much! ❤️🙏🏽
I don't think it matters in which position it it stored, but what IS highly recommended (specially for paint spays) is to open the valve upside down once you finished using them, to purge any remaining product and prevent future obstructions.
Good video. Great list. Peppers are spending $60,000-$100,000 to place solar panels on their homes for something that may never happen. Save a bunch of money by prepping to live without electricity.
Your so right about this.
I heard solar batteries don’t last forever. ☹️
So now who’s ready for the 17th century??
Metamucil, laxative, Pepto-Bismol and the like, I suspect eating survival food in an emergency for any length of time is going to have some affect on your digestive system. I think it would be beneficial to have vitamin supplements stocked up also.
especially immodium when washing hands/dodgy water happens.
The one item most everyone forgets is heavy duty aluminum foil. So very useful.
If the sun does a micro nova you will need protection from DNA damaging plasma and cosmic rays. Also several layers may help protect your electrical components.
You can start a fire with it, make utensils...
Shiny side out for emf protection. The dull side has a wax coating to help prevent sticking when cooking
Use to make solar oven too.
Do a video. Love to see it.
Love it.
I actually prepped up almost all of the same, minus the wood tools.
Instead of a washboard, I paced a large Ice Cube tray, at the outset of lock downs I gave it a shot in the tub and it worked fine, plus it takes up less room and it's multi functional.
There is a hiker friendly (thus bugout bag friendly) washboard called a Scrubba Wash Bag. Basically a rubber washboard inside a dry sack. Insert clothes, insert water, roll top shut, let air out of the valve, close valve, and agitate by hand (or foot). It works amazingly well, keeps all the soap and water inside the bag and not on you, doesnt need a basin, and packs down to fit in a pocket. TH-cam has vids, check it out.
Seeds to garden, and homeschooling items for kids. Old fashion way.
New fashioned....
@@SarahConnor562 Me too
McGuffy readers
Yes to seeds and make sure they’re non GMO.xx
In addition to the wash board and clothes line and pins, I suggest getting a hand clothes wringer as well.
I just bought the Calliger 14" and it arrives tomorrow. I tried to do a lot of research and this seemed to have good reviews. It is also made in America.
A mop bucket with a press down wringer works well for getting the extra water out of clothes, plus you can use it for other purposes as well.
1. A washboard
2. Clothespins
3. Pest control
4. Wasp spray
5. Signage (supplies to create a warning sign)
6. Spray paint
7. Security light
8. Door stop alarm
9. Adjustable glasses and/or reading glasses
So many great ideas! I have a stock of puppy pads for bugging in so my pups can potty in a controlled manner if its too dangerous outside. Bonus! One can light them on fire and lob at people.
lmao at the idea of lobbing puppy poo but kills 2 birds with one stone!
Fun fact: The simple clothesline can save you HUNDREDS of dollars a year.
The trick is buying a place where a clothesline doesn't lead to shrieking karens and other HOA-comrades at your door.
@@tenchraven Oh dear God, my condolences. I wish you had asked, I would have warned you about HOA's.
Mind, when I lived in an apartment, I strung my clothes line in the living room.
All summer long smoke from fires not conducive for drying clothes outside in California lol
@@TimeSurfer206 I have a bowflex in my spare room. Excellent for hanging clothes on. 😂
I've got a few ikea door hanger octopus things that I love for setting where outdoors isn't an option. Especially in winter when I have heating on, I find stuff dries super fast on them. They have pegs built in, but half the time I just dump towels etc over the octopus arms & I hang them off cupboard door handles, just letting the arms nearest the doors hold the rest of the arms clear of them, so they're hanging in fresh air & not damaging the cupboard with wet clothing. Probably sounds like a messy option, but they're seriously convenient & work well, easily fold up when not in use, just flip upsidedown & hang from the same place & for drying stuff, just tip them over & throw stuff on them & you're done, by morning everything's dry :)
Basically everything we use on the homestead on a regular basis... except the glasses. I had never thought of that before your video on them.
I use no trespassing signs shot full of bullets on my mountains cottage. I even put a few spent casings in the holes.
My favorite sign for deterence is an official quarantine sign with a hand written note "please leave food'.
People stay away.
Great list! The rodent control is really important. We lived in an apartment in an old country schoolhouse for about 7 months. Mice came inside during the winter, and we lost $50 worth of shelf- stable milk, broth, and pantry staples in one shot, before I realized the mice were there. We now use D-con in the basement and a good cat in the house.
Ahhhh! CP, you made my day. “Don’t open dead inside.” 😎
It's $1.00 for each dryer load where I live, so yeah, clothes line.
Thanks. I've washed a few clothes by hand every so often for years and never used a washboard. I just rub the fabric against itself in a wad, then another wad, etc, and they get clean. This includes very dirty clothes.
That's the way I have done it. (didn't have a washboard anyway)
Just subscribed now. One thing to note since a washboard is very bulky you can use a scrub brush to clean your clothes so you should add that
8:15-- in addition to these, if you have a current prescription i would recommend getting several backup pairs. I keep an extra pair in my GHB, BOB, and INCH bags in addition to just a backup in the medicine cabinet. There are several options online for durability and good deals. I also keep repair kits in all those locations (which can usually be found for around $2).
Honestly glasses are the easiest prescription item to stock up on. I also keep my old scripts on hand for 3 years as emergency extra backups and barter items.
@@OhavYisrail I keep my old glasses too. Having mostly correct eyesight is better than no corrected eyesighy
I've got a washboard and soap to go with it. I've also got 2 steel wash tubs that I can heat water in.
Thought it was hilarious that you had to explain clothes pins.
It's funny cuz it's true!! I have two children under 5. The other day, I was playing with them, pretending that I was calling on the phone, going, "Ring. Ring. ... Ring. Ring." My 5 yr old was like, "what are you doing?" And it suddenly occurred to me that he doesn't associate "ring, ring" with a phone call because we don't have a landline, and my phone is always on silent!! I always say, "someday everyone will wonder why we said "hello?" like a question, when we answer the phone." I miss the days when it was a surprise as to who was on the other end 🥰
I thought those "clothes pins" were for for some weird nipple compressions.....
@@kaseyc1350 Wow.. you are absolutely correct. I can't tell if I feel old, or awesome right now!
I'd just use a limb myself
I don't have a clothes dryer clothes lines works for me
Here in Brazil and in a lot of countries of South America, hanging your clothing is still very common, not everyone can afford a drying machine. Very useful tips.
Regards from Brazil.
I only use my dryer for jeans, towels and sheets. Hang the rest on hangers on my shower curtain rod. I live in Texas, so they dry in a few hours. Also, something I'd stock up on is fishing gear, especially of there's a fishing hole nearby.
It's not so much Gathering hand tools. It's getting into practice of using them. Any estate sales and garage sales I go to I grab extra tools. Shovels ,old axes, pickaxes , rakes , wedges for splitting wood. Shovels especially; one shovel is good for is better.