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We use canning jars to store most of our dehydrated fruits and vegetables. These are normally short term storage, of usually not more than six months before being used. We store sugar, salt, beans, grains, etc., in mylar. So far, have not had any problem with mold in either the jars or the bags...

WhooHoo! Go Eggplants! Go Eggplants! Go Eggplants!

I believe what you may have heard about is that the Federal Reserve, along with the central banks of Britain, Japan and Switzerland are lending the Eurozone banks money as a way to support Europes efforts to contain its crisis. Normally such loans are basically an overnight affair, but this will...

I forgot to mention that we have similar versions of the emergency plans that we keep in each car. These are mainly for use if we are away from home. They include what to do immediately (depending on the type of emergency), maps with prioritized alternate routes to get home and what to do if...

This generation has grown up with the idea that stores will be open pretty much 24 hours a day, be well stocked, and that all you have to do is swipe a piece of plastic to get what they want. Also, there is a certain portion of the political spectrum that sees self reliance (and not a reliance...

The first thing that we did was to evaluate the different types of emergencies that may happen in our area, and the different scales of emergencies (local, regional, national). We "war gamed" the different scales, mainly because of the different responses and relief that would be involved...

I am the Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator for our county. I work with the county and state Offices of Emergency Management and we have yearly exercises. Every few years we'll have exercises involving other states as well as National agencies. This year we participated in National Exercise...

And another thing.... :) Don't overlook designer marked jewelry. Of course, most anything marked with the big names like "Tiffany& Company", Cartier, Chopard, Hermes, John Atencio, or "bvlgari" (Bulgari) well sell at a good premium. Other names to look for (off the top of my head) would be...

My best guess (and it's only a guess) is that it is indeed silver plated. I have not yet seen any items marked "silver soldered" that were plated. I would "assume" that if the pitcher were solid silver that they would not have to mention the soldering, as it would match the rest of the piece. A...

It sounds like you have a plan. In this rural area, I probably put too much time into my "treasure hunts" to make them actually worth it monetarily, but I have fun doing it and I make a little bit of profit (if I exclude the time involved). I do however, have a lot of fun and I get to meet a lot...

Yes, that scale would be fine for individual items. I use pretty much the same format for the ads on Craigslist and eBay. On CL, I usually just put the ads for Scrap Sterling Silver in the General section. If it's for other items that are still in good shape, I use the appropriate categories...

Forgive me if I get a little long winded here. I'll be trying to be as clear as possible, so be sure to ask for clarification on all of the things that I confuse you with. :lol: First, most people don't keep up with the price of silver and gold, so they tend to prices things either real low, or...

You can't beat the micro climate of the Parish and the length of the growing season. The Summer garden up here is done for and there's just a few things going for the Fall garden.

I sold 400 grams of scrap sterling silver that I have picked up at yard sales, flea markets and auctions over the last few months. :D

I haven't tried the PB Snickers, but for years I have LOVED the Dark Chocolate Milkyway. I get at least one a year. Mmmmm!

At one point we lived in a 150 year old home also. It had no closets at all. I did some researching and back in the 1700's and 1800's, at least in southeast Louisiana, your house was taxed by the number of rooms, and closets counted as rooms. Well off people used wardrobes for closets and a lot...

I had been wondering about that myself. :lol:

Mosquitoes! :rant Dang, that's one thing that I don't miss about SELA. We had them bad up here once when we had a real rainy summer, so when it dried up, I had our swampy area bulldozed. Now when it collects water I pour a little olive oil on top of the water to smother the larvae. So far, so...

Some things to watch in the near term. US Day of Rage on September 17 This could just fizzle and turn out to be nothing at all, though I suspect that it will actually end up being a violent spectacle. This "protest" is being incited and championed by the same wonderful people that brought your...

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