If you find yourself stuck in the woods, mushrooms could save you or kill you. This app will rapidly identify mushrooms, and save your photos for offline usage into a personal database. The app will give you a brief description, its toxicity, habitat, further identification tips (its not 100%, but will show you multiple possibilities based on the picture you take), and scientific classification. Just now, I discoverd a destroying angel. Little did I know, a pea-size serving is enough to cause liver and kidney failure.
This app is 100% free, with the VIP version unlocked; kudos to the frens at modded central. Think twice; take a picture and it could save your life.
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This app is 100% free, with the VIP version unlocked; kudos to the frens at modded central. Think twice; take a picture and it could save your life.
https://t.me/ModdedCentral/68665
I just wanted to share a little bit of my recent experience sorting out locks for my new home place.
The house we bought, like many older homes in rural areas, didn't really have locks. Every door had a barrel lock on it. Only the front door had a keyed lock, a disused old Yale night latch with no key.
We were warned by the neighbor that there's a family of dope fiends up the road who break in to unattended places sometimes. The house had sat open and unlocked for the last six years.
I decided that I'd like a little more comfortable being able to lock the house while I'm gone. I am aware that all security is able to be defeated, but I also didn't want this house to be the lowest hanging fruit. A lot of the most casual thieves just go around checking for unlocked doors.
The house we bought, like many older homes in rural areas, didn't really have locks. Every door had a barrel lock on it. Only the front door had a keyed lock, a disused old Yale night latch with no key.
We were warned by the neighbor that there's a family of dope fiends up the road who break in to unattended places sometimes. The house had sat open and unlocked for the last six years.
I decided that I'd like a little more comfortable being able to lock the house while I'm gone. I am aware that all security is able to be defeated, but I also didn't want this house to be the lowest hanging fruit. A lot of the most casual thieves just go around checking for unlocked doors.
I know a few locksmiths and have picked up a bit from them over the years. Big Box Store locks often only have a few different keys sold there. There's often 100,000 possible combinations for these locks, and the Big Box Store only brings in a dozen. Add to that quality control issues in manufacturing, and your best option is to go to a real locksmith.
I brought the cylinder to my friend and got it rekeyed, with a new set of keys cut to code on the computerized machine. There was also a Yale deadbolt on the door to the workshop on one of the outbuildings that I had keyed alike by the same locksmith. He charged $30 a piece for rekeying.
The outbuildings, collectively, have ten doors designed to be secured with padlocks. As I have used Wilson Bohannan padlocks in outdoor applications for many years without any issue, I reached out to the company to see about having padlocks made keyed alike to the house.
Wilson Bohannan is an American padlock manufacturer that specializes in extremely weather-resistant and corrosion-resistant padlocks for outdoor use by utility companies, railroads, and the like. I had one of their locks on the sidewalk bulkhead of my old shop for five years, getting hit with rain, snow, and splashed with salt from the road a few feet away through winter. It never gave me difficulty to open or close, the stainless hasp is still shiny, and the brass body has only discolored.
I had initially wanted a rekeyable padlock, in case we have to change the key at any point in the future. With a unit price in excess of $47 apiece, we opted to go with a non-rekeyable version for a little over $15 apiece. Their minimum order for custom locks is any combination of a dozen pieces, which gives us an extra pair for future uses.
This isn't that much more expensive than a Chinesium brass padlock bought at a Big Box Store, and the convenience of having a single key for the house and outbuildings reduces a lot of the temptation to certain family members for leaving one lock or another open when they step away for a bit.
Despite the single point of failure that is the possibility of a bad actor acquiring a copy of the key, I judged the better habits a keyed alike system would give to be worth the risk. Besides, if you could lose one key, you afew just like likely to lose a keychain with all the keys.
I brought the cylinder to my friend and got it rekeyed, with a new set of keys cut to code on the computerized machine. There was also a Yale deadbolt on the door to the workshop on one of the outbuildings that I had keyed alike by the same locksmith. He charged $30 a piece for rekeying.
The outbuildings, collectively, have ten doors designed to be secured with padlocks. As I have used Wilson Bohannan padlocks in outdoor applications for many years without any issue, I reached out to the company to see about having padlocks made keyed alike to the house.
Wilson Bohannan is an American padlock manufacturer that specializes in extremely weather-resistant and corrosion-resistant padlocks for outdoor use by utility companies, railroads, and the like. I had one of their locks on the sidewalk bulkhead of my old shop for five years, getting hit with rain, snow, and splashed with salt from the road a few feet away through winter. It never gave me difficulty to open or close, the stainless hasp is still shiny, and the brass body has only discolored.
I had initially wanted a rekeyable padlock, in case we have to change the key at any point in the future. With a unit price in excess of $47 apiece, we opted to go with a non-rekeyable version for a little over $15 apiece. Their minimum order for custom locks is any combination of a dozen pieces, which gives us an extra pair for future uses.
This isn't that much more expensive than a Chinesium brass padlock bought at a Big Box Store, and the convenience of having a single key for the house and outbuildings reduces a lot of the temptation to certain family members for leaving one lock or another open when they step away for a bit.
Despite the single point of failure that is the possibility of a bad actor acquiring a copy of the key, I judged the better habits a keyed alike system would give to be worth the risk. Besides, if you could lose one key, you afew just like likely to lose a keychain with all the keys.
Folks due to spammers the comment group here is not related to off the grid. If you can pass muster in the comment group that is linked we will invite you to the main chat group. Thanks to the spammers we were deleting more posts that good info. Nothing against you but this is a necessary step.
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A little bit of clarification to address the undue concerns caused by the prior post. The channel OffTheGridOfficial isn't going to ban or remove anybody unless they misbehave.
The discussion/comments chat formerly associated with this channel has been separated from this channel because the constant spam through the comments were disruptive. A new chat, OffTheGridComms, has been created to manage comments and give us a chance to screen those we allow into the discussion group.
Want in? Prove your worth in the comments with intelligent questions, good suggestions, and a pleasant demeanor.
I, for one, will be posting some prompts for discussion over the next few weeks to encourage these sorts of discussions.
The discussion/comments chat formerly associated with this channel has been separated from this channel because the constant spam through the comments were disruptive. A new chat, OffTheGridComms, has been created to manage comments and give us a chance to screen those we allow into the discussion group.
Want in? Prove your worth in the comments with intelligent questions, good suggestions, and a pleasant demeanor.
I, for one, will be posting some prompts for discussion over the next few weeks to encourage these sorts of discussions.
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Edible_Forest_Gardens_Vol.2-Design_and_Practice.pdf
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Forwarded from Stina Steen
The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods.pdf
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Pop quiz: do you have flash lights? Yes silly but winter coming and gets dark sooner. Pro tip: aim flashlight up at your ceiling for a nice even light for walking around.
If you have a generator there are things to be mindful of… noise of course and lights that can be seen from the street. So imagine I’m cruising your neighborhood and I see lights on in ONE house. I’ll take note and come back after you are asleep and liberate your generator.
Thinking of cooking on the LP grill outdoors? Smell travels and you’ll have hungry people showing up. That’s great if they bring beer but not so great during long term power outage.
If you have a generator there are things to be mindful of… noise of course and lights that can be seen from the street. So imagine I’m cruising your neighborhood and I see lights on in ONE house. I’ll take note and come back after you are asleep and liberate your generator.
Thinking of cooking on the LP grill outdoors? Smell travels and you’ll have hungry people showing up. That’s great if they bring beer but not so great during long term power outage.
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Pop quiz: do you have a way to start a fire? I just spent 30 minutes yesterday looking for the gas grill lighter. We’ve just moved and everything is packed up. Also my mother in law was a heavy smoker and when she passed years ago we kept her fishbowl of old bic lighters. They are also packed in a box we can’t find.
Do you have extra coin cell batteries for your red dot scopes?
I just had a conversation with a friend in Germany. He has recently bought a Lister engine to run a generator in his house. Naturally this also makes heat. So I asked where do you get the fuel in the long run to run the generator? The answer was that he is an elevator repair man and every building in Germany has an elevator that uses hydraulic oil. The elevators are often overfilled and the oil must be changed periodically. Hundreds of liters of oil in each elevator. The best part about it is that the government is housing a lot of illegal immigrants in multi story apartment buildings and he looks forward to disabling the elevators in those buildings when shit hits the fan. https://youtu.be/dpu320oGniM
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Lister SKT-6/1
Lister 6/1 mit 5 kW Synchrongenerator, Schaltschrank für Inselbetrieb mit Temperatur - und Netzüberwachung,
Umschaltung von Heizöl auf Pöl.
Umschaltung von Heizöl auf Pöl.
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Fire drill: how many can openers do you have? Two is one and one is none.
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Fire drill: Your well pump just failed. Do you have the parts to pull it? Pipe unions? Waterproof splice kit? Spare pressure switch? Spare pump? Teflon tape?