You are giving me some hope Farmgal... though I'd have more if I actually knew a farmer out here lolThey tend to stick to their own family and friends...

Canadian Tire also has those solar panels from Coleman on sale again. I'm sure they were mentioned somewhere before; was there any consensus on the v...

I believe Meinmachine has an excellent point regarding how many people could accurately survive without oil/electricity etc. That population would of...

I'm not pro-Monsanto but the first thing I did when I seen this 'nutrition label' was look at the source... if it had come from the University of Kans...

We will have a rough agenda out shortly as well but if you have any ideas you'd like discussed then please pm myself or Traveller so that we can put t...

Watch for postings for our next meeting. One of our "calgary volunteers" was able to find a spot to host an indoor meeting. Watch for a rough agenda...

I would accept photographs for forgiveness of this oversight... 😎

I went out on a limb at the Calgary gunshow and bought a knife from a local knifemaker. I have hummed and hawed over this purchase for quite a while ...

I'd love to see that cube at our next meeting if you can talk him into coming out gc_

We moved out of Calgary to the 'burbs for reasons other than teotwawki but it has allowed us to prepare better for bugging in as well. The only thing...

Howler; I'm going to assume that for literary drama, he added in the challenges of the racoons for those of us who would not have thought of the 4-leg...

I have a wonder box (you bring your food to a boil for 5-15 minutes, transfer your pot to the wonder box put the wonder box lid on and leave it cookin...

Well for what its worth, I learned from the locals in Iqaluit, nunavut on how they cook with very limited fuel resources, it was using rocks to make a...

thanks and goodluck with getting a group started. Even if you never form a 'formal' unit, you can at least meet for coffee and share ideas.

Something so spicy hot that it kills anyone who is of English/Scottish/Irish/Scandinavian bloodlines I imagine. There is salt and there is pepper; wh...