Picked up another rack of food-service-type shelving the other day. I was greatly pleased with the first one I got that I was chomping at the bit for another. Theya rent cheap but they work wonderfully and have freed up a large amounto f space.

One rack is strictly for the long-term food in the bunker. The other rack is for stockpiling and roating the day to day stuff. For example, the girlfriend loves Mount Olive pickles which were formerly unavailable here. When our local Albertsons started carrying them we figured we’d stock up in case their carrying of the product was a temporary thing. Thus, we have about 50 jars of pickles. Now, keeping all those jars in the kitchen cuts down on space for other things like pots, pans, Cuisinarts, etc….so 45 of them will go downstairs on the new shelving and five willr emain in the kitchen for use. As stuff gets used up in the kitchen, more will be brought up from downstairs where a clipboard and spreadsheet printout keep track of whats there. The end result will be a kitchen with more usable space, a larger supply of food onhand, and a serener me.

Rearranging things onto the new shelves also gives me a chance to go through my gear and supplies and see what’s what.The trick isnt so much to get more space for storing things as it is to make efficient use of the space that I have.
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Been running the Dillon pretty much nonstop during the day these last few days and have a good bit of ammo to sock away. I need to reinventory the stuff and come up with a solid count. My goal is at least 5k of everything. On things like 9mm thats easy and relatively cheap. On things like .357 Magnum…well, thats another story. Still, its cheaper than factory ammo.

Speaking of .357’s……buddy of mine wants to sell me his Marlin .357 carbine. I’ve wanted one for years but never got around to picking one up. Given an environ that frowned on black guns and Glocks, the Marlin and a Smith .357 would make a very decent doesnt-look-threatening package. This particular Marlin does, saldy, have the crossblolt safety but on the bright side it has a nice receiver sight mounted on it. I just need to scratch up $300 for it.

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You know I loves me that Nalgene stuff. Heres a cool product that I didnt know they made:
http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=86
http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=71

Its a flexible bladder but has the rigid wide-mouth opening and lid of a normal Nalgene bottle. This means that it’ll work with all he usual filters and accessories that are sized for a Nalgene bottle but this thing can be comapcted or even have the excess air evacuated to keep it from sloshing. Very cool!!! Not sure about durability but im willing to find out. Seems like a very cool product!