Maverick
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Prepping isn't about just catastrophic events, it's also about everyday life and situations beyond our control large and small.
I prep more for life's unexpected events more so than the zombie apocalypse. No one ever plans to get hurt or sick, or loosing a job, or whatever. I guess I look at prepping kind of like a savings account. It's having some resources available when you need it.Prepping isn't about just catastrophic events, it's also about everyday life and situations beyond our control large and small.
This is something that the wife and I need to get serious about doing. We've had some brief discussions with the kids about our wishes, but we do need to get a will drawn up. And possibly a living trust. I also want the have all the arrangements made prior to the big day. We both want to be buried here on the ranch and have a nice spot picked out. My father in-law is already there. My parents want to be buried here too. We plan to leave the ranch to our son (if he wants it) and make some donations to several organizations that are important to us. Ideally I'd like to start giving a lot of my stuff away to the kids as I get older.Death is the most burdensome part of life, best to have all the ducks in a row and get it done early, I'm going to be burned, wife already said she will mix my remains with her cremated dogs, I have a written and video taped will, given the Wife is much younger she can remarry and he can live on the property but won't have legal say unless her and all the kids say otherwise with a 100% consensus. I also had the Wife and kids in front of my attorney and they all signed the will and notarized, anyone that contest the will, will be stricken from it (all signed and notarized) We had a round table discussion and we made the will out together before going to the attorney, nothing was hidden and everyone involved.
No one going to cry over my body or ashes in my case, it's going to be a Wake, a drinking Wake.
I want to be cremated and don't even care what anyone does with the ashes as I won't need them anymore....This is something that the wife and I need to get serious about doing. We've had some brief discussions with the kids about our wishes, but we do need to get a will drawn up. And possibly a living trust. I also want the have all the arrangements made prior to the big day. We both want to be buried here on the ranch and have a nice spot picked out. My father in-law is already there. My parents want to be buried here too. We plan to leave the ranch to our son (if he wants it) and make some donations to several organizations that are important to us. Ideally I'd like to start giving a lot of my stuff away to the kids as I get older.
I want to be cremated and don't even care what anyone does with the ashes as I won't need them anymore....
One thing I just remembered: I'm not sure what gun laws are like where you are, but (and I have many guns) gun ownership for prepping is, perhaps, a little overstated.
If your laws permit, a cheap Moisin nagant rifle with a few hundred rounds of steel ammo and some basic cleaning supplies will go a long way. Such a setup can be had for less than $200.00 ( US).
It won't be as sexy as an M-16 or an AK-47, but a good bolt action rifle with .30-.06 ballistics like the Moisin Nagant will go a long way toward putting food on the table.
Also, note that most snipers use bolt action rifles, and sharp shooting from a distance has its place post shtf.
You can then help yourself to the enemy's stuff.
Note that in WWII, a farmer from Finland took his simple bolt action rifle into the boonies and got over 600 kills against the Russians that invaded his country.
Many of the Afghani Mujahadeen resistance fighters used only bolt action rifles against the Soviets that invaded their country.
Don't fall into the idea that you must have a huge arsenal of expensive (and possibly illegal) guns to make things work for you in a crisis.
Preferably yes, thanks!OK Brent but should we wait until you are dead first???
My motto is to advoid as many confrontations as possible in life.I remember when individuals and small groups such as the Weavers at Ruby Ridge, The Branch Davidians and those dudes from the Posse Commitatus tried to face off against overwhelming force, where as if they had learned how to bug out and regroup at s safe rendezvous location multiple tragedies could have been avoided. Look at the loon Claude Dallas every time he was coming under pressure he buggered off, he only ever engaged one or two lawmen or rangers at a time. And remember in most cases WE have families to care for so if one of us gets taken out there is very often no one to take over, unlike the gangs, LEOS and Feds. Learn from Insurgents from the US Minutemen, or the Vietcong, or the IRA or Basques or Native Americans etc
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