Atleast some politicians are speaking up. Every politician that voted for this bill needs to be identified and their investments noted and boycotted by the general public.
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The Gallantry knife by Survival University.
Blade Length: 16.25”
Blade Thickness: 0.1875”
Overall Length: 23.75″
Blade Material: 1075 High Carbon Steel
I was talking to Al at Survival Supplies Australia about ordering a condor Rude Boy machete and all 20 of them went in one day. Ill have to wait for the next shipment. While we were talking he mentioned the Gallantry knife. I had been looking for a Ginunting sword for several months and when I found out it had a micarta handle and a 16 inch blade I grabbed it. Only 6 in the country and Al had to order them directly from Survival University. The 16 inch blade suits my height better than the standard Filipino variants at 19 to 21 inches and I have a preference for micarta grips. I cant wait to try this out on some timber. Ive recently started back in martial arts. Aikido Jo staff however the knee doesn’t like stepping backward and I have to drag the Jo to support myself. Not quite ready to get back into Filipino martial arts but it is a goal to aim for.
https://thesurvivaluniversity.com/product/gallantry-knife-survival-knife?hsLang=en
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/the-survival-university-gallantry-knife
Ive been working on ideas to have an EDC within your wallet to include alternative ways to start a fire , to cut, open locks, tinder, lighting, E&E etc.
IDEAS
Wazoo Firecard
Fresnel Lense
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/fresnel-lens
Toollogic Tool Card
Grim Cards
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/brand/grim-workshop-survival-card
Knife Card
https://newatlas.com/lynx-knife-steel-blade/57826
https://www.onestopknifeshop.com/store/nemesis-nk3-titanium-credit-card-knife.html
https://www.arizonacustomknives.com/products/186056
https://imboldn.com/tack-titanium-card-knife
https://www.bladehq.com/cat–Credit-Card-Knives–261
https://www.etsy.com/listing/994192922/h-edge-wallet-knife-credit-card-shape
Ferro Rod Key Ring
Torch
https://www.wolfeyes.com.au/accessories/handy-gear-spares/led-keylight-torches-flashlights
https://www.liteshop.com.au/content/liteshop-branded-15-lumen-skilhunt-kc-01-led-keyring-torch
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/photon-white-beam
Mini Pry Bars
Tools
Card Power Bank Charger
Wallet Tracker
Well this week I turn 55. On September 11 of all days. I really didnt think Id make it this far. All I had to do was outlast my animals which the last of them past two years ago November. In the past 20 years Ive gone from being 98 kilo and able leg pressing 300 kilo to weighing 60 kilo and can barely press 55 kilo.
I started by having damaged my back L4-S1 and had two surgeries. Not long after I was told I was terminal and had two years to live. I waited 18 months for my first bilateral lung transplant. This lasted two years before having Bronchitis obliterans and before becoming stabilized went down to 25% lung capacity and spent the next 9 years on an oxygen hose. It was then I was informed that i was going into respiratory failure and had a year to live. I lasted 15 months and the day I went into hospital for the last time they called for a second transplant. 58 days in ICU this time and i came out of there weighing 50 kilo. My normal healthy weight is 85 kilo.
Since then I have severed the left quad tendon. Spent 6 months in a leg brace and another 6 months on heavy pain killers and beer trying to bend the leg, throat cancer, shoulder cancer cut out twice. Tore the tendon on my right bicep and been told I need a new left shoulder.
Thats the high lights of learning how to walk three times and being told Im terminal more times than I can now be bothered counting. Last year I spent 16 days in hospital with covid, loosing 10 kilo of body weight. 75 down to 65 kilo. Then a few months ago at the same time as tearing the bicep I had right heart failure, pneumonia and a sudanomis infection loosing another 6 kilo over a six week hospital stay and 20 days on antibiotics.
It feels like Ive spent the last 10 years perpetually doing rehab in order to have a decent quality of life. Im up at 6am every morning and at the gym by 7am. Either on the bike or doing weights. In the last month Ive had to build up on the stationary bike by doing 2.5minute spits on level 1 to build up to 20 minutes. Then the same on level 2 and so and so. This week I have made it to level 4 on the bike and 5 minute spits to try building up to a full 20 minutes.
I was lifting 8 kilo bicep curls before the last hospital stay. I am now only doing 2 kilo in order to strengthen the tendon tear. Starting over after every major infection is a bitch. It take atleast 3 months to recover my lung capacity each time.
Ive been told Im hard to kill. I think that started after having a 90 litre blood transfusion to get of the operating table. The Aorta being too short. Ive got a 12cm scar in my right groin from where the transfusion swelled up like a big German sausage and they had to cut it out. I was helping the docs pull the foam out from the vacuum drain after they didnt want to give me any more anesthesia. I could have fitted my fist in the hole. Two years of dragging my leg around on endone and beer until it healed.
I started back into martial arts not long after returning home from hospital and was turning up after training and having an endone and two beers to stop the pain while still requiring a walking frame for the first 6 months to build up the strength in my legs. Id missed out on 12 years of my life and was determined not to miss anymore. I trained in 5 martial arts, sometimes four nights a week. only sitting down when I couldn’t breath or the leg pain became too much.
Im still trying to keep up with bushcraft and training but most of the last year has been spent trying to get my leg to work properly and rebuilding lung capacity while finishing off building my van. Im not exactly sure what Im doing at the moment other than trying to keep up a decent level of quality of life to keep traveling and experiencing as much as I can before the lungs once again fail after ten years post transplant. By the afternoon Im exhausted and on pain killers. Still pushing myself though.
Sawyer Micro Squeeze
Hydropak 3litre
Hydroblu Versa Flow
Renovo MUV Survivalist Water Filter System
Grayl Ultra Press
A video from Sigma 3 Survival School came up using the Sawyer Squeeze in conjunction with a Hydrapak 3 litre bladder bag. That interested me, however finding the adapter to fit the water bag was harder than I thought. The adapter ended up being from hydrapak and not Sawyer. I prefer the Micro Squeeze for the flow rate, size and thread system to combine with the hydrapak pack sleeve. I’m also purchasing a new grayl ultrpress to have a lighter filter to the full size for hiking. While looking these up I stumbled across the Hydroblu versa Flow, that I’m considering as an option over another Sawyer mini for a backup.
Ive owned a Renovo MUV system for some time without testing it and am amazed these aren’t mentioned more commonly on you-tube, being the only small filter system I can find that also removes viruses.
I’m trying to set up a few different systems to what I’m currently using to loose weight, making it easier for me to carry.
https://www.aussiestormshop.com.au/versa-flow-carbon-filter-kit
https://www.snowys.com.au/filter-adapter-28mm
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/hydrapak-hydrasleeve-insulated-seeker-3l
https://www.aussiestormshop.com.au/Renovo-MUV-Survivalist-Water-Filter-System
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/grayl-ultrapress-purifier
Ive gradually been putting together a small recovery kit. When I had my 4WD I could carry full sized tools however when transitioning to van life Ive had to downsize.
This consists of the CRKT Chogan Mattock and Hammer/hatchet, along with the Cold Steel Spetsnaz Trench Shovel. The Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel would probably be the better fit for sizing to match handle lengths but when using a shovel to get out of the bog I prefer the longer handled version.
What I like is that the handle from the mattock and axe are interchangeable. I now have to find a canvas maker that can sew up a tool roll to hold all three pieces of equipment. These three tools should get me out of most situations.
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/crkt-chogan-hammer-2724?b7=z1
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/crkt-chogan-mattock?b7=z1
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/cold-steel-spetsnaz-trench-shovel-cs92sfx?b7=z1
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/cold-steel-special-forces-shovel-sheath-cs92sfsb7=z1
A handle comparison the special forces is approx 9 inches shorter than the trench shovel.
Its been a while since doing anything on Escape and Evasion. I haven’t tried these two techniques but they look interesting enough to post and Ill be trying them out when I can escape from hospital.
Deviled Sausages and couldn’t have a better view to cook with. The Jet boil took a little to get used to when starting up at full turns and there was a zip tie around the knob that needed to be removed that I didn’t see when first setting up. Other than that the wind didn’t blow it out and the meal was a great success.
EDIT Second Cookout Spag Bog
EDIT Third cook Chicken Stroganoff
I was watching Self Sufficient Me and halfway through the video he mentioned Egyptian Spinach. I thought this would make another great prepper plant to plant or store seeds from.
Common Names: Bush okra, Jew’s mallow, Jute, Jute mallow, Meloukia, Molokhia, Moroheia, Moroheiya, Mulukhiyah (and other spelling variations), Nalta jute, Tassa, Tasso, Wild okra, tororo no, koshta, saluyot, po krachao, rau day, West African sorrel, Malu Khia, Melokheya, Meloukia, Salad Mallow, Jew’s mallow, Moroheiya
This “food of kings” dates back to the time of the pharaohs, when an Egyptian king drank it in soup to recover from an illness. Modern Egyptians also use Molokhia to make a soup prepared since ancient times that is considered highly nutritious.
A very hardy, fast-growing annual. The young leaves used in salad, older leaves and the shoot tips are cooked like spinach and are high in protein. It self-sows readily. Sow spring and summer. Suitable for subtropical and tropical areas.
The seed is naturally green in colour and is NOT treated. Start seeds in flats or direct sow fairly heavily and thin. This is hot weather-loving green. Plant out after the danger of frost has passed and the soil is warm. It does best in good soil for rapid growth, so continue to provide compost or nutrients throughout the season. Likes full sun, warm to hot weather and steady moisture – mulch will help keep the soil moist. Cut tender top leaves continuously or harvest whole plant and succession-sow.
https://growerjim.blogspot.com/2014/12/molokhia-egyptian-spinach.html
“Guerrilla gardening is the act of gardening – raising food, plants, or flowers – on land that the gardeners do not have the legal rights to cultivate, such as abandoned sites, areas that are not being cared for, or private property. It encompasses a diverse range of people and motivations, ranging from gardeners who spill over their legal boundaries to gardeners with a political purpose, who seek to provoke change by using guerrilla gardening as a form of protest or direct action. “
I was watching Survival Lilly dis-morning.Link below that was shedding light on what was occurring in Europe. Such as Britain making backyard gardeners register chickens, organic farms having accidents and being shut down etc. She suggested starting Guerilla Gardens to combat backyards being forced to shut down. With news headlines quoting that backyard gardeners create more carbon that big businesses.
I had tried this many years ago with varying degrees of success. I was in a mobility scooter on oxygen scooting around seed bombing different areas to see if it would work. The places that weren’t spayed by the local councils did in fact thrive.
“Who controls the food controls the people” Henry Kissenger 1974
https://www.thethinkingconservative.com/who-controls-by-henry-kissinger
Maybe its about time we all looked at Guerilla Gardening as a way of food security for the future.
http://www.guerrillagardening.org/
https://todayshomeowner.com/lawn-garden/guides/ultimate-guide-to-guerilla-gardening
https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/guerilla-gardens/13924202
