Category Archives: Preparedness

Understanding Crypto Currencies – Part 4 Blockchain basics and what is a Bitcoin?

It’s been a while since Part 3, I wanted to be very sure of this section so took some time to personally invest further into different crypto’s to make sure I understood the basics, there is still a lot to … Continue reading

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Understanding Crypto Currencies – Part 3 So how did we get to where we are in our society today?

In Part two we looked at how an isolated community may establish a currency, in this blog we look historically at money. Many countries in olden times had chosen gold or silver as coinage, the reasoning being that the rare … Continue reading

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Understanding Crypto Currencies – Part 2 So is that Money?

Part 1 doesn’t still doesn’t really explain money though? So, let’s look at this another way, hypothetically if we took a small group of people, 1000 or so, and dumped them on an island (always my go to when trying … Continue reading

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Understanding Crypto Currencies – Part 1 A beginner’s challenge

Join me on my journey of Money and Crypto currencies. Continue reading

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LK-35 Backpack Modification Part 2

In Part 1 we identified a few design modification potentials for the LK-35, in this blog I expected to have delivered the Swedish webbing pouch set, however there has been a further two week delay and the suppliers. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

A little late but still I hope everyone had a great Christmas break and have started the year off with plenty of plans to make the ‘dash’ count? We’re making headway with our small patch of woodland and I’ve started … Continue reading

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Paleo – Part 3 – 3 Month Cholesterol Results

Since starting on the Paleo journey, the one thing that had been playing on my mind was Cholesterol levels, knowing they were high at the start of this journey, my concern was that they could potentially get worse. In this … Continue reading

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Paleo – Part 2 – So Far, So Good

Back in June I published details of my change to a Paleo diet that I started officially in March 2016. As the title states so far, so good! In this short update I wanted to go over some of my … Continue reading

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survivalist Wisdom

“If you go to town you need money to buy food, if you go to the jungle you just need a knife” My  thoughts  – I heard this on a TV documentary  speaking to people still connected to their ancestral … Continue reading

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First Proof That Wild Animals Really Can Communicate With Us

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By Traci Watson PUBLISHED July 21, 2016 When humans speak up, the little African birds called honeyguides listen—and can understand, a new study confirms for the first time. Honeyguides in northern Mozambique realize that…

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