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smithlabs
Toby
Husband, Father, Christian, Inventor, Electrical Engineer, Prepper, Homesteader, Solar Nut, gemstone collector, and Ham Radio operator
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N. E. Oklahoma
http://www.smithlabs.us
December 2, 2017
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My first grade grandson loves Algebra.
I got my grandson a dry erase board for Christmas. He was running out of chalkboard space for his equations. My Daughter asked him about his dog Lincoln whining (he wanted food); and this is the result.
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Sunday the homeless meal went very well!
The last Sunday of every month we feed the homeless here in Tulsa. This time we fed 102 meals, and it ran smoothly! The volunteers are experienced, and can run the whole thing without direction. We got
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An unexpected foot falls today in NYC, investors begin leaving; to avoid similar fines in real estate transactions!
I didn't see this one coming! It makes sense that real estate investors would be concerned, because everything they do is now subject to the same possible fines! Here, a major speculator is not building
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informationwars
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Truck drivers boycott (effectively mooning) NY state; as is their Constitutional right!
You can only push so far, and the other shoe will fall! Now we get see if the man sitting in the oval office (or his handlers), will try to be as big a Tyrant as the Worm to our north.... Truckers are
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Outdoors and more
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The worst vegetable to stack in your prepping supplies.
When prepping, the first step most people is to buy canned food for storage. Nothing wrong with starting here, I did myself. There is one commercially canned vegetable that does not store well on the shelf
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prepping
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Some common mistakes preppers make, and how we fix it!
I have noticed several mistakes that seem to keep recurring in the prepper community. So I decided to post on these problems; and offer an explanation of why they are a mistake, IMHO! First a little background
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Sometimes things just fall into place....
Some things just need to happen to get moved out to the homestead permanently. I need to be able to mill some trees into lumber, so I can use them in some of the homestead construction. I lost a 3 foot
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hive-epping
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How will you open your can stored food after SHTF?
A question that begins simply, and move to complex areas quickly. Most preppers begin with a kitchen can opener, usually in pairs; with a P-38 on their keychain for backup. This will get you in trouble,
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So it begins, converting a building to a net zero house!
Most people start at the Solar panels, batteries, and wind generators; to move fully off grid. I started that way myself, until I realized that it is backwards. You can throw 5 time as much energy at a
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There was a limb down on my Son's house...so we removed it!
My Son bought a house to rent, about 90 miles away from here; because he could pay cash for it! He intends to rent it, but with all of low cost properties, it needs a lot of repair. We got a call from
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How to use herbals for bandages, after you have them in hand.
I recently gave a bottle of comfrey tincture to a Lady to help her heal. I called days later, and she hadn't used it because she didn't know how. It seems to be a common problem, so it made sense to do
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A few secrets for working on cars, that a lot of people don't know!
I've done heavy car work since I was 8 years old (clutch), and I've picked up a few tricks since then. Some people will know some of these, but some may get some value out of others! First, let me say
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Sometimes it becomes necessary to kill a tree, here's how to do it!
This tree was growing between two houses, and we hired it removed. But they left a 14 foot tall stump, trying to get extra cash for removing that too! It is still 3 foot diameter, and began growing out
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Truth about EV cars...or the good, the bad, and the ugly!
There is a Lot of 'information' circulating these days about electric vehicles. Some are accurate, while some are lies, and some are pie in the sky! Here is a comprehensive analysis of one of the most
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Stain and polyurethane can breathe new life into a floor!
When his renter moved out, my Son decided to make the hardwood floors in his rental an asset. His house is an older home, that has two living areas. He rents out the upstairs, and lives in the basement
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Practical homestead wound repair with herbals!
In the last post I did there was a picture of a large butterfly stitch. A friend asked me what that would be good for, since it was so large. So here's the explanation of what I used it for.... First,
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The largest single lack most preppers miss.
Prepping has become a way of life to some, and a hobby to others. A majority of those prepping seem to have a blind area, that needs to be covered! I asked my Sister what she would do for a deep cut, or
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Outdoors and more
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Something every homesteader / prepper should have in their first-aid kit!
While cooking spaghetti sauce for the homeless meal today, I was burned by a bubble escaping the boiling liquid. When I reached in to stir it, the bubble popped right under my thumb! The ball of my thumb
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A preview of the coming apocalypse.
I'm not entering the weekend- engagement, but I wanted to include this so people could get a small idea of what happens, when things stop working! Tulsa had some really bad weather last night! Straight
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One of the most important questions in the World.
I wrote this many years ago, when my Son was pre kindergarten. Why Daddy? I asked you why, you told me. I asked you how, you showed me And now I have a Son, And when that little one; Asks me why, I tell
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