by Survival Blog | Dec 22, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
You are a safe and responsible firearms owner. After much research on the web and discussion with friends and family, you have made the decision to purchase or build up a general service AR15 style 5.56/.223 caliber rifle and accept the responsibility of doing so. You...
by Survival Blog | Dec 21, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
On December 21, 1620, William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims landed on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts. — Today marks the Winter Solstice. We can be encouraged to know that starting tomorrow, the days will be getting longer, here in...
by Survival Blog | Dec 21, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
I’m writing this as an expansion of JWR’s article posted on December 8, 2022. As he noted, many office jobs can now be done from home. This article is about how I got started in my career in Infomation Technology (IT). While bumpy at times, IT has really paid off for...
by Survival Blog | Dec 20, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
On December 20th, 1606, the Virginia Company loaded three ships with settlers and set sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 104 of the...
by Survival Blog | Dec 20, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
I recently finished reading another set of doom and gloom novels. I like these stories as they give me ideas of what to do or options to consider if the need arises. After I put the book down, I thought about the equipment that was used and if it was relevant to my...
by Survival Blog | Dec 19, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
December 19th is the birthday of physicist Albert A. Michelson (born 1852, died May 9, 1931), who was the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize in science, for measuring the speed of light. I’m related to the Michelson family by marriage, so his name often came...
by Survival Blog | Dec 19, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
I carry a knife every day. There are always boxes to open, ropes to cut, carpenter’s pencils to sharpen, and a host of similar tasks. Recently, I had the opportunity to test the Bear OPS Rancor II Pattern 400 as an everyday carry (EDC) knife. I found it sharp, light,...
by Survival Blog | Dec 19, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
The following flexible recipe is from SurvivalBlog reader D.G. D.G. writes: “This Sweet and Sour Lentils Over Rice recipe is a variation on something that my wife found online, back in the early AOL days of the Internet. This is one way that we use up some of our...
by Survival Blog | Dec 18, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
Today is the birthday of Jørgen Haagen Schmith (born December 18, 1910, died October 15, 1944). He was better known under the codename Citron and was a famous Danish resistance fighter in occupied Denmark. His biographical sketch at the Infogalactic Wiki describes his...
by Survival Blog | Dec 18, 2022 | SurvivalBlog.com
(Continued from Part 2. This concludes the article.) Assembling Your Kits You should have or be in the process of getting some kind of long-range weapon and one or two blades for various tasks. These are going to be integrated into your preparedness primarily as...
