I filed my income taxes just now.
Finally got the kerosene lanterns I ordered. 72 hour max burn time between fills, and large enough to knock the chill off a small green house. Will test them sat am. Now I need kerosene. ....
I bought 4 of the Jupiter lanterns last year. I decided that running more than one of them inside the house at any one time put more kerosene odor in the house than I cared for and the small amount of light they gave wasn't worth the hassle of constantly having to mess with the wick to keep them burning cleanly. Just because they can burn 72 hours between fillings doesn't mean you can light it and walk away. Wicks needed trimming and shaping every 8 hours or so more or less depending on what you burn in them. Kero from the gas station clogged up the wick faster. Ultra purified kero went a lot longer between wick cleaning/trimming.
I ended up buying an Alladin and while it still is fussy, it gives a LOT of light for the amount of kero burned and puts out more heat than a single Jupiter. Once I get the Jupiters cleaned up I'm going to sell three of them.
Churchmouse, we have two nice glass lamps for inside the house, we only use the parifin based lamp oil. No smoking, fumes or odor to speak of. No soot either. It's expensive but worth it when you're just dealing with a short term power outage. I bought the Jupiter lamps for long term preps and we will use purified kerosene in them . I plan to put back 5 gallons of k 1 for the SHTF , in a blue jerry can.
Stocked up on some Girl Scout Cookies.
Produced an updated document listing all banking/securities/insurance/etc accounts. Included contact numbers, websites w/login info/etc. placed in binder with critical documents. SSN cards/birth certificates/passports/will/etc. Placed in fireproof safe at home. Considering adding copies for safe deposit box at bank.
thanks. that reminded me i need to update my info.
Stocked up on some Girl Scout Cookies.
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What happens when you run out of cookies? Wouldn't a better long term prep be to stock-up on Girl Scouts and enslave them to make cookies for you every day?
We have to focus on sustainability!
stock-up on Girl Scouts and enslave them?
I think a little red light just started blinking on someone's desk somewhere.
We did ours last month. Cleaned out and organized the filling cabinet and made copy's of critical info. Put a complete file together and it is with the daughter. She will see to our final business if and when that time comes.