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I tried already. You have to type it out to turn it into a tag. If you copy / paste, it’s just text and doesn’t trigger the email. I’ve tagged all of VIP already. When we upgrade the board, I’ll use the system to send a special email to all users that have logged in during the last 5ish or so years anyone it. Once the app is out, I’ll send a second email announcing that. I also plan to create a landing page for new members as well as a landing page for old members / account recovery and then run paid campaigns for both. Also planning a capsule of forum tees, stickers and maybe patches with the main one only being available through VIP. (When you sign up for VIP for the cost of a tee, you get that tee. It’ll be the only way to get it). Around that time you m also going to reach out to all the writer friends I know and incentivize them to promote and post to see if it all converges. But super happy at our progress just doing this super DIY right now.

Yes indeed… Putting up the bat signal to rally everyone back up. Check out the 12oz beta mobile app and jump back in! Getting awesome again.

Nice! When it comes to generators, I’d suggest a multi fuel one. Obviously the capacity is based on what you need, which generally is whatever it takes to keep your refrigerator / freezer going plus a bit to top off devices and lanterns. If you want to get slick, setting something up permanently to power a couple circuits (again, usually the fridge / freezer and maybe whatever lights and an outlet in a kitchen) is a good move. Suggest getting a couple very high capacity LED based lanterns. The ones that take D batteries are best IMO. I’d get a minimum of two (they’re generally reasonably priced at around $30 or so), as well as an oil based lamp and plenty of candles is great. Naturally a couple headlamps and flashlights is always good to have on hand. They sell these at Costco from Duracell and when they go on sale (regularly), they’re basically the cost of batteries on their own. Honestly, it’s not that deep. Just picture what event is most likely (ie: hurricane or whatever) and then visualize what it’s like when it’s at its worse. Then buy the things that you need to be comfortable and productive. I met Mike a couple times. He’s a friend of a friend so he came by the print facility for a tour and we got a chance to talk. He’s a good dude and teaches good stuff on self sufficiency and resilience. Only suggestion beyond that he teaches is that the most likely disaster most will face is financial (job loss or illness that makes money critical). I feel like he should spend more time discussing that versus the more dramatic shit like economic collapse or civil war etc.

Good to see you on here again!

No recent shots to share so I’ll post some old ones. That said, I think I’ve unlocked the secret to a proper grilled steak. Obviously starts with the quality of your meat as well as the cut. Inherently, the beef flavor is in the fat, so a fatty cut like Ribeye is my go to. I then smoke the meat in a Traeger to 125°. Before it gets to chat, I heat lump charcoal in one of those chimney things and get a Weber grill heated to so once my steaks are at 125° on the Traeger, I shift them over that nice sear and final cook to 130° final temp. While it’s resting (about 10 minutes) I’ll melt some home made cowboy butter on it. As far as seasoning, I largely want to taste the meat, so I keep it simple… I wipe the meat down with Wagyu beef tallow , apply a liberal bit of quality sea salt or kosher salt and sometimes a very light dusting of Chupacabra rub. Epic! Wagyu beef tallow: https://a.co/d/9gZEf8M Chupacabra Rub: https://a.co/d/fp5iHXg Cowboy butter recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/cowboy-butter-recipe-7974944 I’ve been on the cowboy butter tip lately, but sometimes will also add or instead do a good chimichurri. Here’s a great recipe: https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-chimichurri-sauce-242335

LOL, bring a tent, food and ammo.

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@Poesia [ ] T bumping you thread dude and inviting the lurkers to say hello. @Augustb

you, @psm026 and @ditto / @salchich-pepin

Glad you finally jumped in and started posting my dude.

Seems like you know a lot about this. Do you work on app development?

This is a pretty great site as far as homesteading and farming for those getting into all this and not sure where to start… https://abundantpermaculture.com Also, the main guy, Justin Rhodes has an awesome YouTube and pretty good Instagram feed: https://youtube.com/@theJustinRhodesShow?feature=shared https://www.instagram.com/thejustinrhodesshow/?hl=en Beeb promoting the Survival Podcast for ages, but also a great resource on the subject. In fact, it’s one of the resources that got me going in this direction ages ago. I was living in downtown NYC and starting to see and experience things that woke me up. 9/11, big black out of the North East, Hurricane Andrew back in Miami, etc. Anyhow, started dreaming about cabins and hobby farms back when I used to lurk on Tumblr. Then started looking into it and eventually created a plan that took years of engineering and work to do. What you see now is many more years of planning and building to engineer and execute. https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-survival-podcast/id284148583

What do you suppose all the recent UFO shit is about? Seems awfully suspect that these last couple years suddenly there’s all kinds of mainstream and government attention on n the subject? Personally I believe there’s certainly life out there, simply based on statistical probability. But likewise, thinking that an alien species that understands the physics of folding space (since light speed is impossible and still too slow) would hit our atmosphere and somehow crash… Seems like a freakin stretch. Anyhow, why now all of sudden? Best guess from me is that it serves as yet another mechanism to distract and divide since “they” seem to be overplaying the race / class / eco mechanisms that normally keep people distracted and divided.

How many of you guys have changed your views on preparedness after these last couple years? I can see how pre-Covid, BLM, etc maybe it was harder to see how quickly life could change and assume you wouldn’t be left out on a limb to fend for yourself. Not trying to turn this into a political thread necessarily and there’s threads for all those topics, but more wondering how many people are now beginning to realize how precarious things can get and wondering how to set yourself up to be a little more self sufficient? Noticed a few related threads around from gardening to cooking to mortgages etc that sort of speak to skills and lifestyle changes that help you be a little more in control of your lives. Anyhow, going to keep reminding everyone on here that it’s a really good idea to put yourself (and family) in a situation where you can ride out tough times. Whether it’s an unexpected job loss, health issue or the apocalypse and zombies roaming the earth (obviously a metaphor for a truly shit hit the fan, regional or national disaster), it would be a really great idea to not have to wait or depend on others when you’re in a fucked up spot.

Bumping this cause I’m trying to keep ya’ll healthy.