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"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents...

Well written. Thanks for the reality-check. Personally, I distinguish between TSHTF and TEOTWAWKI. TSHTF, to me, is more like, the aftermath of Katrina, or Loma Prieta, or some shortterm but catastrophic event. May require evac, or sheltering in place, for some limited period of time (a couple...

I remember y2k being referred to as the "reboot button for America". And being a little disappointed that it hadn't happened. OTOH - I was also happy that it didn't happen. So, yeah. I understand the ambivalent feelings.

Yeah. You want to get yourself a copy of Balls Blue Book of canning. Or just use the online USDA Complete Home Canning Guide for recipes and tips to start.

DH tried to make a toasted cheese sandwich Sunday. He cut two slices of bread and a slice of cheese, put them together, and... stuck them in the toaster. (Note - it's NOT a toaster oven.) Then he was surprised when the cheese "fell off". I'm buying a toaster oven tomorrow, since the toaster is...

So did any of the appetite stimulant suggestions help?

Just stick with the tomatoes and spices the first time. If you add onions, you'll definitely need a recipe because that changes the acidity and you have to be careful to have enough acidity to avoid botulism. Tomatoes are fine, particularly with lemon juice added. Onions and other veggies, not...

Toss em in the freezer whole. They'll be fine and way easier to peel that way.

So, seeing how much some of ya'll get done, I'm wondering what your daily/weekly routine is like? I realize that of course there will be crazy days and emergencies, etc, but what is your day generally like? I'm working on recovering my routines so I'm kinda off from all the travelling this...