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Grock

Grock

Veteran Member
Pulled out the Bear Compound and fired a few hundred field points at the target. Its been too long.
Good news is my aim and form are still good... Bad news is my strength and muscle tone need work.
Hurting a bit now. Its a 70lb pull, but its been at least a year since I exercised those muscle groups specifically.

I have been concentrating on firearms, lots of rounds, and going through each weapon and adjusting/testing for accuracy. I have been upgrading optics, and tuning the solutions to my preference. From the Rem700s, to the 10/22s, all the ARs in between, and every handgun I own. Everything is right.

But I hadn't spent much time with my silent partner.
This will be corrected.
 
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mecoastie

Veteran Member
Dozdoats said:
Typhoon X12

Ah, thank you for sharing. Looks interesting, last listed price I saw at Atlantic was $469 - bet the next batch will cost more :D.

Most of a flat should definitely count as a break-in in anyone's terms. Especially if it ate Win birdshot OK. I have seen a lot of shotguns not like Win birdshot over the years. A good field strip cleaning and lube is in order. Testing magazines in a box fed gun is a necessity, if any do not work reliably, mark them for range use only.

I am a genuine old phart stuck in the mud and still like my 870s for working shotguns, my last run with a semi was with a then new Winchester/FN SLP. Still a conventional layout tube fed gun but fast and soft recoiling. Had a Benelli M1S90 before that one, and a High Standard 10A before that. But I still like my pumps - they are oldphart guns and I are an oldphart.

That one should do you as long as you can feed it, but I bet select slug drills with it are a major pain :D
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Picked her up used like new for less than $350. I couldnt say no.

No slug drills in her future. She is a one trick pony. Dump as much buck as quickly as possible to clear my house.

I love my 870s but it is a lot easier to hit the mag release and stuff another one in. Every training and qual I went to with our 870s it was always the loading that screwed most guys up. It is not a natural feeling unless you have a lot of time with the guns.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
I'm getting ready to process beets for canning... hoping for at least eight pints of pickled beets. Next up sweet pickle relish that should yield 24 half-pints, and tomorrow 43 pounds of cooked ground beef will be jarred up and pressure canned. Combine that canned beef with the eighteen pints I have left from my first batch and that's a pint jar of ground beef per week for a year. I have another forty pounds of chicken hindquarters to can up as well, they're in the freezer.
 
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raven

TB Fanatic
sweetie ran out of bread so I made a loaf
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then i made a pizza crust
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Tried to find a T135/90D 16 Spare tire for the Maxima.
- New at TireRac $135. Used off MarketPlace $25 if you can find one your size.
Checked the air in the Spare tire in the Altima.
- It was 25 PSI. Supposed to be 60 PSI. Stupid tire gauge only goes to 50 PSI.
Put the registration sticker on the Equinox
 
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Coco82919

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I just bought a bunch of essential oils. They are so expensive.
Also dicing some more ham for the freeze drier.
I finally received a case of six number ten cans of FD beef from Safecastle that I ordered back in Feb. I really thought they would never come. I think I got a good deal because they were on sale and I had a 65 dollar gift card to use as well. I was looking a roast beef at Sams club, precooked and ready to be sliced for sandwiches. It was 45 dollars for about 7 pounds. I thought I might buy it and dice it for the freeze drier but could not make my self spend the money.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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bw said:
Olive oil in steel cans lasts virtually indefinitely. Put something over the pullout-spout so rats can't chew it, store cool. We've got some from Y2k, still fine.
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I just added two cans to my walmart.com list. thanks for the idea.

I do have a bit of coconut oil stored in a cool dark place.

ETA: I also added a gallon of peanut oil

Judy
 
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Murt

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packyderms_wife said:
Recipe for the fermented dill pickles?
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www.culturesforhealth.com

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this is the recipe that I used
I let them sit for 7 days covered with a coffee filter held on with a rubber band
every day or so I would top off the brine to keep everything covered
I used straight 8 and national pickling cucumbers ---picked fresh and chilled
 
beDplorable

beDplorable

Senior Member
Finished assembling med kits for all the vehicles. Got the parts and pieces from skinny medic.
Also ordered 250 20 gauge #4 shot shells from sg ammo to add more cushion on to that supply.
 
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Pinecone

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vessie said:
Same here, but it's me who's having that 'bad feeling' Very Strongly and I have been having an urge to get warm winter clothing and shoes, snow boots etc.

Also, more cat food and other things. V
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Hey Vessie, I wonder if you are feeling the "BAD winter" feeling that I am. The trees that are bearing are bearing heavier than I've ever seen - cones to fruit. It's either drought stress (west side of the Cascades and in severe drought for a couple months - go figure.) or a very bad winter is coming. We've been mild for two or three now, so we're due to be walloped.
 
vessie

vessie

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Pinecone said:
Hey Vessie, I wonder if you are feeling the "BAD winter" feeling that I am. The trees that are bearing are bearing heavier than I've ever seen - cones to fruit. It's either drought stress (west side of the Cascades and in severe drought for a couple months - go figure.) or a very bad winter is coming. We've been mild for two or three now, so we're due to be walloped.
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I have a very strong *feeling* that we're going to have a Very Bad Winter.

Just this last Thursday, I was mentioning to my husband as we were driving home how the blackberry picking is going to be a banner year and the apple trees lining all the roads in and out of Snoqualmie and North Bend, Wa. are absolutely Heaving with fruit, and I also noticed all of the maple trees are so loaded with seeds pods and are so thick that I could see them from almost a block away, and this was after coming off of exit 32 on I-90.

I said to him that every time I see this type of overbearing of fruit and seeds, the spiders are out 'ballooning' much earlier, we end up having big snows like we did here in western Wa. in 2008 -2009.

Oh and by the way, anyone who is reading this and who lives in the Seattle/Eastside area and are wanting to pick free apples and pears etc., just come out to Snoqualmie, Wa., and drive on through to North Bend on hwy 202 or even over from exit 27 off of I-90 which takes you onto SE North Bend Way, both sides of the road are loaded with heirloom apple trees, all the way into town and after going through town, continue on E. North Bend Way, all the way east into "Ken's Truck Town" in Tanner, Wa.

King county has a 15+ foot legal easement off the road, so all of that is free to pick. Free food.

Also, our valley on the old maps (I collect the old maps) was known as the Sallal Prairie, because this place is Loaded with Sallal plants.

They are edible and are Everywhere!

wildfoodsandmedicines.com

Salal — Wild Foods and Medicines

Ever-green, basic food, plant of perseverance. Salal, a backdrop in Northwest woodlands, is so common that many people barely notice it. Its shiny deep-green leaves remain beautiful all year. Stems are long-lasting when cut and are a valued addition to floral arrangements. This mirrors salal...
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And they are starting to ripen, early I might add.

I live on up to Snoqualmie Pass and I'm always driving through town instead of the highway, because it's just so beautiful there, so much to see. V
 
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connie

Veteran Member
Is there a weekly prepping thread ? I have searched sub forums but find nothing. Before the switchover I read some kitchen/ cooking etc on sub forum. Thanks
 
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Dozdoats

On TB every waking moment
Picked her up used like new for less than $350. I couldnt say no.

I doubt I could have either. Someone is always gonna need a shotgun somewhere, so I have adopted every stray I ran across for years.

Check patterns with buck at least at 3, 7, 10, 20, 30 and 40 yards. I have some guns that will go 50 with the right load. I had a Patternmaster choke tube that was about 30% effective with 000 buck at 100 yards but it couldn't handle slugs so I retired it.

These days you can choose a pattern with most open choke barrels by changing loads. Cheap stuff (S&B, Rio etc) with soft lead pellets, no buffering, no shot cup or plastic shot sleeve gets bad flat spots when fired and really scatters, giving wide open patterns.

Factory middle priced loads generally pattern better at a little more cost per round, because they have better wads, shot cups, plastic buffering or harder lead alloy or even plated pellets. The Fiocchi 12 ga 2 3/4" nickel plated 00 is a good load in this category in my experience.

The tightest patterns come with the high dollar stuff most often. Federal Premium and other loads with FliteControl wads seem reliably good at long range patterns out of open chokes. See
Federal Law Enforcement Tactical 12 Gauge Ammo 2-3/4" 00 Buckshot 9 Pellets 5 Rounds for my favorite load.

My best 870 (an old Express with a used Police CYL choked riot barrel) will do palm size patterns with this load at 40 yards. It's not too hard to miss with this shotgun if you are not careful.

Hope your new beastie baby takes good care of you!
 
Laurane

Laurane

Canadian Loonie
FollowTruth said:
I remember reading how during WWII the Europeans were starved for fats and oils. So I've added several pails of shelf-stable lard to my storage. Also put a whole beef in the freezer and will be eating, canning and freeze-drying that.
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What is the best long term fat - oils turn rancid or smelly quite quickly....... we don't use lard or Crisco types, mainly butter as we don't think the hard fats are very healthy. And we won't be able to hunt for meat, so that fat is out.
 
Laurane

Laurane

Canadian Loonie
bw said:
Olive oil in steel cans lasts virtually indefinitely. Put something over the pullout-spout so rats can't chew it, store cool. We've got some from Y2k, still fine.
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Really - I have bought Olive oil in dark glass bottles and once opened, it doesn't seem to last well. So metal cans are good until you open them, and maybe they have been stored too warm.
 
Laurane

Laurane

Canadian Loonie
vessie said:
I have a very strong *feeling* that we're going to have a Very Bad Winter.

Just this last Thursday, I was mentioning to my husband as we were driving home how the blackberry picking is going to be a banner year and the apple trees lining all the roads in and out of Snoqualmie and North Bend, Wa. are absolutely Heaving with fruit, and I also noticed all of the maple trees are so loaded with seeds pods and are so thick that I could see them from almost a block away, and this was after coming off of exit 32 on I-90.

I said to him that every time I see this type of overbearing of fruit and seeds, the spiders are out 'ballooning' much earlier, we end up having big snows like we did here in western Wa. in 2008 -2009.

Oh and by the way, anyone who is reading this and who lives in the Seattle/Eastside area and are wanting to pick free apples and pears etc., just come out to Snoqualmie, Wa., and drive on through to North Bend on hwy 202 or even over from exit 27 off of I-90 which takes you onto SE North Bend Way, both sides of the road are loaded with heirloom apple trees, all the way into town and after going through town, continue on E. North Bend Way, all the way east into "Ken's Truck Town" in Tanner, Wa.

King county has a 15+ foot legal easement off the road, so all of that is free to pick. Free food.

Also, our valley on the old maps (I collect the old maps) was known as the Sallal Prairie, because this place is Loaded with Sallal plants.

They are edible and are Everywhere!

wildfoodsandmedicines.com

Salal — Wild Foods and Medicines

Ever-green, basic food, plant of perseverance. Salal, a backdrop in Northwest woodlands, is so common that many people barely notice it. Its shiny deep-green leaves remain beautiful all year. Stems are long-lasting when cut and are a valued addition to floral arrangements. This mirrors salal...
wildfoodsandmedicines.com wildfoodsandmedicines.com
.

And they are starting to ripen, early I might add.

I live on up to Snoqualmie Pass and I'm always driving through town instead of the highway, because it's just so beautiful there, so much to see. V
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Are you able to get to your Hawaii place with Covid?
 
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Mushroom

Opinionated Granny
I dug out the sun oven today so I could get used to cooking in it again. Aslo ordered 50 lbs of bread flour that should get here at weeks end. my 2 lb of yeast arrived today and went into the freezer so I should be good for baking for the next couple years. Bud is recovering from his stroke in April but he has been modernizing the solar equipment that needed it. It has taken him 5 days to do a 4 hour job but he is getting it done and the mental and dexterity exercise is doing him good.
 
changed

changed

Preferred pronouns: dude/bro
Deena in GA said:
My husband has been having a really bad feeling about what's coming, so we've been adding to the food stocks. Fortunately, we got a lot of wood split and stacked before we got sick, so we're back to at least a couple of years worth.

Today I ordered more supplements online and I'm about to head over to LL Bean's site to order him some more shoes.

Oh, and we got a new puppy. :)
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I've been in a funk myself. Negative news overload.
 
#1 oldskool

#1 oldskool

"You finally really did it. You maniacs!
Oh yeah......due to the recent crossbow post...ordered a couple of new strings......be here Wednesday !
 
vessie

vessie

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Laurane said:
Are you able to get to your Hawaii place with Covid?
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Haven't tried yet, they still have that mandatory 14 day quarantine for all arrivals coming to the islands right now.

My sister lives on Maui and many of her friends wanted to be at their homes on island, so they had to stay at their home and nowhere else during the first 14 days upon arrival and my sister has been doing all the shopping for them, for their required 14 days.

I came home early this last March from Kauai, because of all the talk of potential lock downs, by the governors, yet they were undecided on just how they'd do 'lock downs' and didn't want to be stuck on an island during one of those. I wanted to just get home and so my husband stayed there until the second to the last day before Gov. Ige' started their lock downs and quarantining.

I'm not looking forward to going back during these type of times, and who knows what the gov. of Hawaii will decide by then, things are so fluid right now. V
 
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school marm

Veteran Member
Laurane said:
What is the best long term fat - oils turn rancid or smelly quite quickly....... we don't use lard or Crisco types, mainly butter as we don't think the hard fats are very healthy. And we won't be able to hunt for meat, so that fat is out.
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I really like coconut oil. It substitutes pretty well for butter in baking and cooking. I use it to make cream of ______ substitutes as well. And for the last two years it's been $2/lb--less than butter most of the time and shelf-stable for at least five years.

Coconut Oil
Magic Mix
Using Coconut Oil Instead of Butter in Magic Mix
 
Quiet Man

Quiet Man

Nothing unreal exists
Thank you all for the kindnesses in your replies... :)

John Deere Girl said:
If you have the money, and it gives you peace of mind, do it.
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Thank you for the nudge in the right direction John Deere Girl.

mecoastie said:
What is the purpose of the cash? Do the current solar panels meet your needs? How old are the batteries and have they been maintained? Buying more firewood. Do you have the means to cut your own? You may want to look at that if not. I wouldnt spend it all because you may need some in the future if nothing happens.
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mecoastie: Honestly, I have a huge amount of PV. It's just that, for years, I've had this sense that panels will become priceless and critical to support life. My batteries have been extremely well maintained, but the oldest bank is pushing 8 years (I don't expect much more out of them), and the newer one is closing in on 5 years. I think I'll price-out replacements for the older one. You're right about the firewood too. Thanks for the perspective!

jward said:
Firewood is always good imho. I would fear that solar and battery items might be top dollar at the moment due to the panics, and wouldn't make them my first choices, personally...
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I agree about firewood. I'm going to pursue that. I'll price-out new batteries before deciding on them. Thanks!

jazzy said:
maybe do a little of both. it kinda depoends on what you think of the fed reserve doing massive $$$ prininting that will end up devaluing the dollar and what your purchase power would be. especially if the talk aobut fooda nd supply chain breaking down resulting in shortages and rising prices, , if there are any loss of crops this year again, if covid comes back and is worse causing more panic and riots, banking problems? with blm nad antif who hate everything american and when trump wins will probably have a major hissy fit and get real ugly.

theres alot of factors for the rest of the year and thru winter i think. maybe fill and gaps in preps, make sure your health and teeth are taken care of, is your vehicle need any work, are you safe where you are? maybe keep some cash at home, buy a little silver coin if you want and the rest in the bank. diversify.

i dont trust the economy or the banks
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jazzy: Thank you, too, for the thoughtful reply. You've hit the mark on many points. I have a great deal of long-term food storage. I suspect that the Fed has printed multiples of the Trillions that they've admitted to this year and particularly since the Repo markets failed last year. I've long foreseen the collapse of the dollar, and for years saved a significant portion of my purchasing power in tangible form. The cash (bills) was set aside for emergencies and a 'transition' cushion. I think I will use a little of it and keep the majority.
 
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hd5574

Veteran Member
A trick my mom taught me a hundred years ago.
Soap years back was hard milled. It was hard not like the soft bar soap of today.
Hard soap lasts much longer in the soap dish.
She taught me to buy bar way ahead and unwrap it and store that way.
Overtime it gets harder in the air.
She was right it lasts a lot longer.
 
et2

et2

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vessie said:
Haven't tried yet, they still have that mandatory 14 day quarantine for all arrivals coming to the islands right now.

My sister lives on Maui and many of her friends wanted to be at their homes on island, so they had to stay at their home and nowhere else during the first 14 days upon arrival and my sister has been doing all the shopping for them, for their required 14 days.

I came home early this last March from Kauai, because of all the talk of potential lock downs, by the governors, yet they were undecided on just how they'd do 'lock downs' and didn't want to be stuck on an island during one of those. I wanted to just get home and so my husband stayed there until the second to the last day before Gov. Ige' started their lock downs and quarantining.

I'm not looking forward to going back during these type of times, and who knows what the gov. of Hawaii will decide by then, things are so fluid right now. V
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We were just notified our 2 week trip over Christmas thru VRBO was cancelled. They sent our deposit back. Just heard about the 14 day lock down on Limbaughs show this week. Now we have some expensive air fare to deal with thru Delta. Waiting to see if they close things up again. Maybe I can get my money back from them too.
 
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AlfaMan

AlfaMan

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raven said:
sweetie ran out of bread so I made a loaf
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then i made a pizza crust
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Tried to find a T135/90D 16 Spare tire for the Maxima.
- New at TireRac $135. Used off MarketPlace $25 if you can find one your size.
Checked the air in the Spare tire in the Altima.
- It was 25 PSI. Supposed to be 60 PSI. Stupid tire gauge only goes to 50 PSI.
Put the registration sticker on the Equinox
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Have you tried your local Craigslist for the Maxima spare tire? Sounds like you might have an 08-2012 Maxima, think the Altima temp spare tire might work for that car too. You might also check your local u pick u pull auto parts junkyard for one. $135 is WAY too much for a temp use spare. In that same thought; have you considered getting another full size rim for the car and buying a good used tire for it? Might come out cheaper and no aggravations of driving around on a donut spare.
The Suzuki I just bought had a car tire, low profile tire as it's spare. Looked like it came off a low rider-Absolutely worthless. So, I went to the local used tire store and picked up a nearly new 225/60R16 Sumitomo LT truck tire for 50 bucks, installed. This used tire had 8/32" tread on it-good enough for regular use.
 
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mecoastie

Veteran Member
Dozdoats said:
Picked her up used like new for less than $350. I couldnt say no.

I doubt I could have either. Someone is always gonna need a shotgun somewhere, so I have adopted every stray I ran across for years.

Check patterns with buck at least at 3, 7, 10, 20, 30 and 40 yards. I have some guns that will go 50 with the right load. I had a Patternmaster choke tube that was about 30% effective with 000 buck at 100 yards but it couldn't handle slugs so I retired it.

These days you can choose a pattern with most open choke barrels by changing loads. Cheap stuff (S&B, Rio etc) with soft lead pellets, no buffering, no shot cup or plastic shot sleeve gets bad flat spots when fired and really scatters, giving wide open patterns.

Factory middle priced loads generally pattern better at a little more cost per round, because they have better wads, shot cups, plastic buffering or harder lead alloy or even plated pellets. The Fiocchi 12 ga 2 3/4" nickel plated 00 is a good load in this category in my experience.

The tightest patterns come with the high dollar stuff most often. Federal Premium and other loads with FliteControl wads seem reliably good at long range patterns out of open chokes. See
Federal Law Enforcement Tactical 12 Gauge Ammo 2-3/4" 00 Buckshot 9 Pellets 5 Rounds for my favorite load.

My best 870 (an old Express with a used Police CYL choked riot barrel) will do palm size patterns with this load at 40 yards. It's not too hard to miss with this shotgun if you are not careful.

Hope your new beastie baby takes good care of you!
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I run the S&B in the house because it is a 12 pellet load and at those distances it is fine in the 870. I like the way the Fed LE132 patterns at distance but they dont give that stuff away. Patterning her is next up once I get through the reliability.
 
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Wildwood

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Today I started getting my garden ready for the next round of planting which will include a second round of summer plants and some fall stuff. I pulled up two rows of beans and one of squash. My son is able to harvest from his garden year round some years so I'm going to give it a shot this year with my new raised bed.

I had a gut feeling last summer to get my preps in good order and so I did. In January, I ramped it up another notch so all I'm doing now is replacing what we use. Today I did set down and made a shopping list of what needs replaced.

Back in April, DH and I decided what to spend our disposable income on and bought some gardening supplies, meds, vitamins, etc. while we could still get them. We knew then, my business was taking a hit and we couldn't count on it for much income. So far I'm very pleased with what we decided to buy. The extra money on gardening was a very good decision...we've eaten out of it all summer and not touched any of our veggie preps...we've actually added to them. Tonight we had purple hull peas, fried squash and sliced cucumbers from the garden.
 
Esto Perpetua

Esto Perpetua

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vessie said:
Always!!!

I have been saving even more bacon grease than usual for some reason, and keeping the grease in jam jars and then into the freezer.

But I have literally been able to keep the bacon grease in my fridge for almost a year with no spoilage, since I keep my fridge at 35* degrees. V
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I can't keep it that long. I fry eggs in it and use it to flavor home canned beans so it doesn't last long around here!
 
vessie

vessie

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et2 said:
We were just notified our 2 week trip over Christmas thru VRBO was cancelled. They sent our deposit back. Just heard about the 14 day lock down on Limbaughs show this week. Now we have some expensive air fair to deal with thru Delta. Waiting to see if they close things up again. Maybe I can get my money back from them too.
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Were you going to Hawaii? V
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

TB Fanatic
hd5574 said:
A trick my mom taught me a hundred years ago.
Soap years back was hard milled. It was hard not like the soft bar soap of today.
Hard soap lasts much longer in the soap dish.
She taught me to buy bar way ahead and unwrap it and store that way.
Overtime it gets harder in the air.
She was right it lasts a lot longer.
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I have little use for the hand crafted boutique soaps, they don't last any time at all and I'm not wasteful. I don't use liquid hand soap or body wash, I use bar soap, I have a ton of Ivory and some other that I bought at dollar tree, I like the balck one with (dang I can't remember, I'll look it up and add it later, it last a long time, but I also don't let it sit in the water in the tub. I have enough to last for a long time.

I remember my great grand mother being saving with things, she was very poor. Might be why I'm not wasteful.

Judy
 
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