Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Man, I gotta post more………

Acquisitions from the Butte gun show –

German rain poncho – Dang it, is there a single piece of US field gear that the West Germans cant beat???? Their poncho is heavier, has nicer snaps and folds neater. How the hell did these people lose World War Two? If it wasnt for their pornographic fascination with poop and puke films these guys would be the country to emulate.

Surplus Brit sleeping bags – On the other side of the coin, you get the Brits who cannot create good food, good cars or a good .223 weapon. However, the sleeping bags were of decent quality, roll up into their own pouch, and look like the may be pretty warm. They were purchased as ‘truck bags’ for that unexpected winter adventure when you get stuck in the snow and cold.

WaterGel – Never enough burn treatments.

And a few Glock 17 mags…although we have Glock 19’s, and the 17 mags stick out the bottom of the gun a bit, this allows us to use this magazine in any 9mm Glock whereas the 19 mag only fits 19’s and the miniguns.

Bunker maintenance….must. organize. bunker.

Man, I gotta post more………

Acquisitions from the Butte gun show –

German rain poncho – Dang it, is there a single piece of US field gear that the West Germans cant beat???? Their poncho is heavier, has nicer snaps and folds neater. How the hell did these people lose World War Two? If it was for their pornographic fascination with poop and puke films these guys would be the country to emulate.

Surplus Brit sleeping bags – On the other side of the coin, you get the Brits who cannot create good food, good cars or a good .223 weapon. However, the sleeping bags were of decent quality, roll up into their own pouch, and look like the may be pretty warm. They were purchased as ‘truck bags’ for that unexpected winter adventure when you get stuck in the snow and cold.

WaterGel – Never enough burn treatments.

And a few Glock 17 mags…although we have Glock 19’s, and the 17 mags stick out the bottom of the gun a bit, this allows us to use this magazine in any 9mm Glock whereas the 19 mag only fits 19’s and the miniguns.

Bunker maintenance….must. organize. bunker.

Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Theres really no excuse for..uhm..well..excuses.

I’ve been a very, very bad paranoid survivalist lately. I’ve completely neglected my duties as Commander Zero. Oh, sure, I could handle a couple months of chaos and everything just with whats sitting around the bunker at the moment, but, dang it, I should be better than that.

Simply put, I’ve been too busy. I get home in the evening, eat and by then its about 8 and I want to just relax for an hour or two and the next thing you know its bedtime.

Did manage to get a freezer alarm put in, so at least some things have been getting done.

Biggest thing I want to get done is to go down to the bunker and organize things a bit better. It would take at least a couple hours, so maybe if I just go home and skip a meal I can focus on it and maybe get things done. I’d feel a little better if I knew everything was neatly organized and arranged for immediate usage.

Theres really no excuse for..uhm..well..excuses.

I’ve been a very, very bad paranoid survivalist lately. I’ve completely neglected my duties as Commander Zero. Oh, sure, I could handle a couple months of chaos and everything just with whats sitting around the bunker at the moment, but, dang it, I should be better than that.

Simply put, I’ve been too busy. I get home in the evening, eat and by then its about 8 and I want to just relax for an hour or two and the next thing you know its bedtime.

Did manage to get a freezer alrm put in, so at least some things have been getting done.

Biggest thing I want to get done is to go down to the bunker and organize things a bit better. It would take at least a couple hours, so maybe if I just go home and skip a meal I can focus on it and maybe get things done. I’d feel a little better if I knew everything was neatly organized and arranged for immediate usage.

Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

New toys arrived the other day. Tritium safety markers.

These are glow-in-the-dark elements like what are used in night sights. Theyre used for marking safe passageways through darkened areas…like in stairwells and that sort of thing. No batteries, no maintenance and reliable for at least ten years. $13 ea. I wanted to get a bunch to mark off the bunker so that in the dark I’d be able to find the doorways easily.

The company makes the Betalight. A handheld tritium lightsource that, unfortunately, is difficult to get ahold of in this country. They also make some severely cool ‘tactical’ stuff as well.

Anyway, I called the US distributor and asked about these things. Apparently they are a little fussy about who they sell them to. I told them I needed it for marking egress in a powder bunker where a stray electrical spark would be bad news. The guy said that sounded like a ‘legitimate end use’ to him and took my order. Like Im gonna crack a couple thousand of these things open and make my own nuclear bomb or something….

They are quite bright and since they have a screwhole on either side for mounting to a surface, I can simply slip a split ring on one end and affix it to my medic bag to make it easy to find in the dark.

Nice product.

And, found a place locally selling Glock knives for $30, brand new. Picked up a new one to add to my stash. Just happened to be desert tan in color, so I now have one in black, one in olive and one in desert, which also works for snow camo as well.

New toys arrived the other day. Tritium safety markers.

These are glow-in-the-dark elements like what are used in night sights. Theyre used for marking safe passageways through darkened areas…like in stairwells and that sort of thing. No batteries, no maintenance and reliable for at least ten years. $13 ea. I wanted to get a bunch to mark off the bunker so that in the dark I’d be able to find the doorways easily.

The company makes the Betalight. A handheld tritium lightsource that, unfortunately, is difficult to get ahold of in this country. They also make some severely cool ‘tactical’ stuff as well.

Anyway, I called the US distributor and asked about these things. Apparently they are a little fussy about who they sell them to. I told them I needed it for marking egress in a powder bunker where a stray electrical spark would be bad news. The guy said that sounded like a ‘legitimate end use’ to him and took my order. Like Im gonna crack a couple thousand of these things open and make my own nuclear bomb or something….

They are quite bright and since they have a screwhole on either side for mounting to a surface, I can simply slip a split ring on one end and affix it to my medic bag to make it easy to find in the dark.

Nice product.

And, found a place locally selling Glock knives for $30, brand new. Picked up a new one to add to my stash. Just happened to be desert tan in color, so I now have one in black, one in olive and one in desert, which also works for snow camo as well.

Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

The amount of suckage from that earthquake movie is waaaaaay past 10.5 on the Suck-O-Meter. yeah, I was expecting it to be bad..but how bad? This bad: they show a scene of a tv broadcast and the crawl on the bottom of the news screen says that “marshal law” is in effect. Hmmm..think maybe they meant martial law?

How can you live in a place like California, the terrestrial equivalent of Jell-O, and not have at least three ways out of the state mapped off? Or have your emergency gear ready to go on a moments notice? Take the freeway? Its LA for cryin’ out loud, traffic is a mess even on a good day…add a couple million panicked motorists and all you have is a parking lot.

Well, maybe “Day After Tomorrow” will be more entertaining.

Biggest amusement for me: waiting for Fred Ward to tell ‘the President’ that the source of the tremors is graboid activity. Paging Burt Gummer, paging Burt Gummer…

Oh, and someone get Kim Delaney some acting lessons huh?

The amount of suckage from that earthquake movie is waaaaaay past 10.5 on the Suck-O-Meter. yeah, I was expecting it to be bad..but how bad? This bad: they show a scene of a tv broadcast and the crawl on the bottom of the news screen says that “marshal law” is in effect. Hmmm..think maybe they meant martial law?

How can you live in a place like California, the terrestrial equivalent of Jell-O, and not have at least three ways out of the state mapped off? Or have your emergency gear ready to go on a moments notice? Take the freeway? Its LA for cryin’ out loud, traffic is a mess even on a good day…add a couple million panicked motorists and all you have is a parking lot.

Well, maybe “Day After Tomorrow” will be more entertaining.

Biggest amusement for me: waiting for Fred Ward to tell ‘the President’ that the source of the tremors is graboid activity. Paging Burt Gummer, paging Burt Gummer…

Oh, and someone get Kim Delaney some acting lessons huh?