Survival and Emergency Preparedness

The gold one came in today. Looks real nice with the black band.



I prefer the steel band so I swapped them.

My Casio Duro came in yesterday. Big heavy thing. Bigger than my dad's old watch.


And yes, I ordered the gold trimmed one. It's due in today.

Apparently the Duro MDV 106 series is considered the best cheap(ish) watch on the market. Bill Gates even wears one. They had one with gold trim which looked really nice but it only came with a plastic band and I wanted a metal band. Now that I have the black face one coming I may just go ahead and ...

My Pulsar solar watch finally died after 35+ years. I started wearing my dad's old beat up nautical watch but it's gold and white hands on a white face is really hard to see. I wore it diving a couple weeks ago and while it is easier to see under water it's annoying to have to keep tilting it in day...

I've been lucky enough to shoot a bunch of full auto over the years. The conclusion I've come to is that it's mostly a novelty. A skilled shooter can put accurate semi-auto shots on target almost as fast with much more controllability. Suppressive fire may be effective if you're just spraying wildl...

Is "full auto" a viable option for a home defense weapon? The guy whose gun we shot asked me if I wanted a Super Safety type weapon. I had to think about it for a while and weigh the pros and cons. Pros... -Having a full auto rifle, carbine or PDW (braced pistol) would be handy to have if ...

So...a guy I know brought over a 9mm MP5 pistol to the woods house. The lower trigger pack is an AR parts/type and is 3D printed. Using a 3d printed lower with AR parts saves about $800. The upper is an actual HK and is considered the firearm. It also has a Super Safety which, as I have noted before...

I went to my Doc for my annual old guy, medicare wellness checkup yesterday. When you get on medicare you are required to go to the Doc who asks you a bunch of questions to determine if you are being taken care of at home. they ask how much you eat, drink, pee. If you can walk, talk, stand up, sit ...

I ended up riding my bike almost every day and working out at least every other day when in Florida. Went 66 days without drinking alcohol. On the 9 night cruise I averaged 2 drinks a day. Somedays I had 3 or 4, some days none or one. That's considerably less than what I usually drink on a cruise. H...

I went to my Doc for my annual old guy, medicare wellness checkup yesterday. When you get on medicare you are required to go to the Doc who asks you a bunch of questions to determine if you are being taken care of at home. they ask how much you eat, drink, pee. If you can walk, talk, stand up, sit d...