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Restraining prisoners

Another area that does not get much consideration but needs at least a little thought is the requirement for us to restrain people. There are several scenarios that require restraining people ranging from a few minutes to the rest of their lives. You may also need to interact and trust the captive or their relatives […]

Population reduction

During and after an event we are working on the assumption that there will be a reduction in the population due to the event or in the aftermath with the lack of infrastructure leading to death.

To put it in a less clinical and more emotive way we are looking at people dying either by […]

Starting young

When I was a boy I was in the Scouts, first in Scotland where I had a tartan neckerchief and a 5 inch fixed blade tartan handled sheath knife as part of my uniform. We were taught many interesting things including map reading, self defence, starting fires, etc. and, critically, responsibility.

When I cam down […]

Clearing our awkward hurdles

Hurdles

These are several hurdles in the way of our desire for self sufficiency and prepping. The key ones are;

Financial issues Location issues Space issues Time issues Legal issues

The first four are obvious. The more money you have the less of an issue the other hurdles are. The better your location the less […]