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

Surprisingly, “Good Eats” had an episode involving what to do with your 50# bag of wheat. Cracked wheat, bulghur, etc, etc. Very informative. Wheat is, from a preparedness standpoint, cool stuff since if stored properly it’ll last virtually forever and is versatile enough to make breads, porridges, bulghur, and even meat-substitutes. Ranks right up there with beans and rice in terms of cheap food that will store well and keep you off the FEMA food lines. Of course, man does not live on wheat alone and thats where the freze-dried lasagna and MRE pork comes in.
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Briefly caught a thing on CNN about how some company has come up with an LED lightbulb to replace standard bulbs but still throw off the spectrum of color that we’re used to. Very cool…LED technology is going to render the incandescent, heat generating bulb obsolete for many functions (but not all). Bulb life that is almost indefinite, requires less electricity, not as delicate as a filamented bulb…good stuff. Except for my MagLite and tactical gunlights I use LED’s for all my flashlights these days.
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Winter is approaching, which means that soon it’ll be time to endurance test various bits of gear to see how they function in cold weather. I refilled the lamps and heater a few weeks ago and still have over 50 gallons of kerosene on hand so Im way ahead of the curve on this one…although I still want the extra kero heater. Definitely time to get the storm windows in.
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Man, if you saw Commander Zero’s What-I-Want-For-Christmas list…..Ive got some expensive and somewhat wierd tastes.