Clyde
H.M.F.I.C.
I was on Lee Barraks in 1991 with B CO 118th Support BN!8th ID Pathfinders! I was stationed at Lee barracks from 1988-1990. Made me smile when I seen the crazy 8 patch!
I was with 3rd ID B Co 3rd SPT BN in Schweinfurt
I was on Lee Barraks in 1991 with B CO 118th Support BN!8th ID Pathfinders! I was stationed at Lee barracks from 1988-1990. Made me smile when I seen the crazy 8 patch!
Oh hell I forgot about Boars in Graf! A couple of use built a trap with one of those trees that were there. the plan was the boar would walk on the camo net, trip the trap the tree would snap upright thus trapping the boar, then a couple of Specialists (E-4p ) would have one hell of a dinner...... Well......I have a couple of funny stories about the German boars (not the ones that hung out in the bars but the ones in the woods) at Graf. I will tell one of them...
I took a short cut through the woods by myself to get to the little PX they had there. Going through the woods was off limits but I did it anyway because it was shorter. Well, going to the PX was fine but on the way back I heard this rustling in the bushes just a head off the path. So, I stopped not sure of what it was. Then out popped this HUGE HUGE I mean really HUGE boar. It was about 5 to 6 feet away from me.
Then all these little babies went running out of the woods across the path and into the woods on the other side. The monster boar just stayed there looking at me.
I had no weapon, no stick, there wasn't even a good sized tree that I could easily climb to get way if it charged. True story! I can't believe that my mind cleared and I remembered reading that animals can sense fear. SO I thought, "what is the opposite of fear?", I reasoned it was aggression. Again true story, I had this gargantuan beast right in front of me, so I didn't want to get any closer to it so I figured the only thing I could do to show aggression was to grunt and growl. So I did just that.
Well, this little show of aggression on my part really pissed the boar off. It started grunting and pawing the ground... I learned something about myself in that moment. I learned that no matter what fear I face in the future I wouldn't ever piss myself. I knew this because I was so scared at that moment, more so then than any time in my life ... and I would have been ok with myself if I did piss myself... but I didn't.
The boar moved about 6 inches closer (it was already close so that little difference was way too close). I then figured I needed to act. So I ever so slowly backed up... I back up to about 10 feet away and the boar then quickly bolted into the woods. I stood there for about 5 minutes ...
Well the moral of the story is....
I DIDN'T PISS MYSELF.
Well in my family I prefer beans. However, my wife is from Taipei, Taiwan so you can imagine what side she is leaning!My family and I (wife, teenage boy, and myself) are pretty new to prepping. I have bought about 90 lbs of different kinds of rice and about 5 gallons worth of different kinds of beans. My question is what is the rice to beans ratio that I should be shooting for?
We don't have a lot of money so I wanted to get something now as a staple and then build on it with the finer things in life (canned chicken, canned beef, canned ... ). To head off people telling me I need more than rice and beans to eat... please understand that I know I need to add other things to our diet but that will come in time. If the SHTF, I want to be able to feed my family something and with the Obama economy the way it is... I have/want to start building my emergency supply with rice and beans.
So any ideas about the rice:beans ratio?
THANKS!
Your wife is Taiwanese? How did you meet her?Well in my family I prefer beans. However, my wife is from Taipei, Taiwan so you can imagine what side she is leaning!
I will probably just maintain a 50/50 quantity.
My issue is preserving them for many years. How do I do this?
I use the gamma lids, because they make the bucket air tight and it's easier to just unscrew the center part vs taking the lid on & off to add rice, beans, etc...... I found a place that I can get them at a pretty good price if order 6 or 7 at a time.I don't use the gamma lids, just the lids that come with the buckets. I haven't had any trouble with anything so far.
The standard lids aren't air tight!! That's why the gammas are sooo much better.. Throw in a hand warmer and seal the gamma and your good for years.
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