I find the greatest amounts of lint will always be found on towboats because the deckies are usually too lazy to clean the lint trap before OR after using.

When I first get on the boat, I can usually find a compressed cupful of lint in the dryer trap!! Who's afraid of boats catching on fire?????? I AM!!!!!!

don't the deckies realize that it's a good idea to keep the water on the outside of the ship?

Winterized our Bug Out RV.

Continued to process fireword. Some day I will have it all chopped and stacked.

I only have 6 more of these to go....



Notice the dog 90lb dog near the stump for perspective.

Aquired two ten man ration packs.
Found 100 AA batteries.
backed up my hard drive and transferred any bits and pieces I may need to a removable drive.
drained outside tap.
Put away a jerrican of petrol.
Put away two jerricans of water.

Thats a great find! Was some business discarding them?

I got more bottled water, spare bulbs and batteries for the flourescent lantern I've got, more AA batteries, and duct tape.

I've also scrounged up two of those huge Red Cross emergency kits for an insanely cheap price, took out the stuff I didn't need (my neighbor's kid loved the crayons and the little AAA radio), and kept the things that could come in handy. I now have a buttload of chemical lightsticks, some decent work gloves, a ton of space blankets, and some good plastic sheets too.

I also stocked up on some canned goods, some really good Hillside self-heating canned foods, and today I bought a Light My Fire spork just for the hell of it.

Found the same way as item one

"I love it when useful items fall of the truck together like that."

Speaking of which, has anyone ever seen the movie My Left Foot?

Sue

It is DD1's favorite movie and a major inspiration in/of her life!!!!!

A local wind storm overnight and earlier today has knocked out power for 200,000 people. Luckily for us, the lights blinked a couple of times, but the power stayed up. We lost cable TV + cable internet for a few hours, cell phone lines were dropping a lot more then normal.

The hydro company is telling people to break out the candles and sleeping bags and other supplies as power will not be fully restored until tomorrow at the earliest. It will be dark in a 1/2 hour or so and tonight's temperature will be around 42F.

All this got my attention to so I decided to recharge all the batteries, rotate water, check the pantry and noticed that a few food items needed to be topped up. Made a trip to the local grocery store for these items and managed to spend about $60.00 more then I should of...

Once home, the rest of the batteries were fully charged. Did a count and found that we have 18 AA rechargeable, 6 AAA rechargeable and 48 AA non-rechargeable batteries. The rechargeable batteries are normally used for cameras, flashlights, mp3 players, portable radios and will have to rationed when the time comes when there is no power.

Decided to look at the candle stock, there are around 100 candles of varying sizes not including 200+ tea candles.

Question for the forum, how many batteries and candles is "enough" ?

I plan on buying 10 more AA rechargeable and another card of 24 AA non-rechargeable. We have the ability charge them by 110 volt, 12 volt and solar depending on the circumstances.

Does anyone think that this is too many batteries or candles? What do you consider a reasonable amount?