Prepping on a budget (IDEAS)

[Burt Gummer]

Check out..
- Thrift stores
- Old mill surp
- Ramen noodles/Knor pasta sides
- Garage sales "ask if there is other stuff he wants to sell he hadn't put out!"
- Bakeries for spare 5gal buckets

[WhiskeyJack]

Good shit burt but you may want to try the wal mart bakery for 5 gal buckets first they are a buck a piece and they are pretty damn good.

[WhiskeyJack]

Oh and for those of you who stock propane like me. Any time im scrapping i pick up any propane tank on the side of the road. They are only 20 bucks to trade out at a walmart, gas station or grocery store. But 42 bucks to buy new. It aint pretty but ive tuned one mans trash into a case of ammo more than once people. Nothing glamorous about it. But survival isnt pretty. And neither am I. and im a dollar store whore for all kinds of shit. espeasialy isopropyl alchohol.  [url=http://yoursmiles.org/p-m

[WhiskeyJack]

Just a thought, couldn't you just boil the gauze from the fabric store to sterilize it?  Then let it dry and put it in a sealed bag.

when using a unsealed bandage. boil and use asap. you can clean them and store them but for best defence against bacteria you want to treat a clean
un- wraped, unboiled bandage material with alchohol or antibacterial cream befor use. But its all about stopping the bleeding fast in a emergency situation so what evers clever. just return and treat properly when time allows. But your heads definitley in the right place man. Theres alot of shit out there that can be used as a pressure bandage. Even your socks. [img]http://www.smileydesign.n

[STRAITJACKET]

if your looking for 5 gal food grade buckets you can try the bakery at walmart. they have them avail for only a dollar each and they have good seals and the lids close and seal nicely. its a great value instead of paying up to 10 bucks for new ones. they are only used once and generally held bulk frosing for cakes and other pastery type shit.I just bought 5 and i am using 2 of them for my ceramic water filter system from CTD. I filled one half way with water snaped on the lid and turned it upside down. No leaks. so check it out. Im not a fan of walmart persay but a deal is adeal.

     Another great resource for 5gal. food grade buckets for FREE is Burger King they give them away, at least in my A.O. check it out.

[WhiskeyJack]

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[Kentactic]

Steel grates is pretty bad. We had some jerks actually steal the bronze emblems from a vetrans memorial cemetary and try to sell em to a scrap yard. the owner was prior service navy and had some friend in that cemetary. he boaught the plates called the cops and returned the plates to the memorial. you have to show ID in RI to use a scrap yard so he wrote the lic # down for the popo.
Another group has been hitting park and rides with a bat powered sawsall and cutting catalitic converters out of cars for the presious metal in them. now we have to give alot of personal info to turn them in. A freakin state senator got his ganked as well. Folks are getting desperate.

Folks from back home are always complaining about phone service being down from the lines being stolen for the copper.  Its a reoccuring problem but not one just in WV... I found stories of phone cable theft in Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Alabama, Vermont.... I could go on and on.  There have been several deaths due to electrocution... but it seems the problem is getting worse.  Lets face it...the economy sucks and people are getting desperate.

i replaced (5) 2'' and (1) 3/4''  stolen backflow devices last week. theyve also been stealing the sewer lids here. one was right near a school.. a little girl fell 30ft and broke her leg. some are right in the middle of busy streets. and then theyve also been stealing the fire hydrants and thousands of feet of copper wire from the street lights.