Jack,. great show as always. However I wanted to share a few things with you and the audience in general, Here in the Pacific Northwest, while my current state and the one to the north are not quite up for the Naughty list, it is a work in progress. Anyway There is a chain of stores around here called Bi mart. 5 bucks for a life time membership. There were several notices as to a limit on ammunition like two boxes of any one caliber and no more than 2 firearms in separate calibers for any one person for one purchase in a single day. Most shelves were empty, noted mostly were the lack of Rifle ammo, above .22 caliber and very few 12 gauge munitions other than bird shot, almost no slugs, and the like.

Additionally I found that there was a lack of Psyllium and how this was delaying delivery of Metamucil. Not that I use it, however there are alot of folks who do.

Just a few observations, noted, Thought to share, Keep up the good work.

What a FUN episode. I smiled, I laughed, I had a GREAT time. Thanks Karen, thanks Jack and thanks to the women who said “hey…interview us too!!”

Really needed this one. Things are so heavy right now. It felt great to laugh.

It’s true, it WAS a fun interview, and I think you had a good time, too, didn’t you, Jack? I know lots of lady preppers, but only a few men who don’t belong to those women. Everybody knows that man who just wants his guns, and that’s enough, but who’s wife is storing food and such behind his back. I’ve invited many people to this show and who now are participating strongly. I am an elderly single woman, who serves as a resource for several families, and I bet there are more like me. Being a hermit, I don’t think I could do an interview, but would really like to hear from more ladies. A couple of weeks ago, I entertained ten young adults from N.C. who wanted to help me with developing a food forest. I had them dig the trenches for the woody beds and plant trees. They loved it so much the staff members from that training center said they’d like to come back about every ten weeks with a new group to teach them about permaculture and other survival skills. At the end of the day, they had planted twenty five trees, besides putting logs in the trenches, and then I gave a demo and samples of homemade dehydrated foods. They were blown away, these overly nurtured city dwellers. I’m looking forward to the next team who will learn to be more self sufficient and aware of foraging practices. Thanks for the fun, Karen. Loved the stories.

Karen was a blast. Incidently…Pine Bush is where folks “wished they had moved” after settling elsewhere in Orange Co. There’s a lot less of everything, but there are much larger properties, with some very nice houses for very little $, by N.Y. standards.
Have a great week…ya kooks!

I recently researched a piece of land in Pine Bush, but i don’t know if I want to buy in NY, but it is close enough to home and family to act as a Bug out/getaway location in the meantime i.e. while I still slave away for the man so I’ll have to see if I really want to stay deal with the oppressive NY “overlords”.

Enjoyed the interview.

I’ll admit it, I like nice things, I like stuff. I enjoyed the show (as with all TSP episodes) but bashing anyone that owns furniture newer than the 1970’s doesn’t fly with me. I think you did make the point though that we should know where we spend our money and not go into debt buying things to which I whole heartedly agree.

I bought my first house last year and I know exactly how much I have spent buying new things for it, I also didn’t borrow a dime to do it.
Here’s how I justify buying nice things that will be useless in the apocalypse:

1. Don’t borrow to buy them
2. Don’t forget to enjoy life now! As opposed to recounting my ammo and cans of beans on weekends a $3,000 trip for 2 to Turkey is a great way to spend money I budgeted for all year, talk about an experience we’ll remember for a lifetime!
3. Balance spending on “frivolous” stuff like professionally installed window treatments with an equal purchase in prepping.

I found #3 really puts things in perspective, if I can spend $1,500 on blinds then I sure as heck can spend the same on some Wise food buckets and a primitive survival skills course.

I’m sure people will write me off as a stupid materialist but my point is if it is in your means and you are taking care of your preps there is nothing wrong with an iPad if it makes you happy.