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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Brilliant Older Farmer
Enjoy!
Panchito
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Sling Bows - A Cheap Alternative to Expensive Bows For Hunting
The really funny thing is that I started this post LAST year! Today is the 27th of December, 2012, and we're snowbound again. Well, not really snowbound, but there is a bit of snow out there, and to Cincinnatians, that is one and the same thing. If flakes are only coming down, let alone piling up, we're snowbound and looking right into the eyes of disaster! Poor souls, that they are!
Anyway, I felt the need to rescue this draft, that consisted solely of the first line of this post and nothing more, from the sad fate of forever remaining a mere draft.
"What should I tell you about?" I ask. I think the topic of this post will simply HAVE to be, not snow, but...
Sling bows! I know, that term got you excited. I assure you that was my goal, and with this post I think I will be able to capture your attention and motivate you to try this "invention" out. Note the quotation marks and remember them being there - their meaning will become clear as we go along.
Sling bow. Slingbow. I understand that that last bit was really NOT a complete sentence, but I'm just rolling the term around in my mouth, seeing how it should best be written. I had tried this idea out in a very simple, primitive way several times in the past myself, before ever hearing the term slingbow, even thinking of a way to center the arrow in the sling. But I abandoned working on my idea. Who knows whether my idea was passed on through myriad relationships before coming to rest in the fertile mind of Dave Canterbury? I will most likely never know. I also thought up the idea of putting sliding doors on both sides of minivans, and putting a small, backward-facing door on pickup trucks well before they ever happened, but that is another story.
Think of that great little invention, or tweak to an existing invention, the "Wrist Rocket" slingshot. Now think of using the slingshot to sling arrows instead of 30 calibre shot balls, or rocks. Canterbury came up with a simple way of centering the arrow directly between the two arms of the slingshot at the same level as the elastic tubes. Then he went one further and attached a "Whisker biscuit", which is available at Walmart, or so says Dave. Canterbury that is.
Watch his video to learn more:
Hope you enjoy it, improve it, use it for yourself.
Ciao,
Panchito
As always, if you like this post, please comment on it, pass it on, tell your friends. I really appreciate it!
Rocket Mass Heaters
I'm not going to write much on the topic today, but rather introduce you via a video, to Vention4wh, a YouTuber who has 221 videos on the Tube. This is the first one I've watched, and I feel that he does a very good job of explaining, in layman's terms, how a Rocket Mass Heater works. So without futher adieu, here's the video:
Cheers,
Panchito
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
How to Build a Permaculture Vegetable Garden
Being a prepper, I am working toward melding the two together into something I call Permaprepper, or Permaprepping. I think of the whole thing as a new way of living a hunter/gatherer lifestyle in todays techno-savvy world.
As I’ve said before, if you aint preparing for hard times yet, you best get moving, because they’re here for many of us, and are bearing down on the rest at a rapid pace.
Enjoy the link...
How to Build a Permaculture Vegetable Garden
Ciao,
Panchito
Perma-Prepping Again
At a recent outdoor event nearby I picked up a copy of Edible Ohio Valley, a local magazine that had a booth at the fair. In the latest issue, Braden had an article published about permaculture. I read the article. It was good.
I checked out the This Land website and ended up contacting Braden, who came over to meet me and take a little tour of my property. We had some great discussions, ate some grapes that were close to being ripe that I picked from our Niagara vines, and discussed potential workshops that I might want to host and/or lead here on our land.
I found Braden to be an intelligent young man, full of knowledge, and very concerned about the welfare of others. Hailing from a well-to-do family of Cincinnati, at a fairly young age he seems to have had a bit of an epiphany regarding life, faith, and how to live that faith out in a tangible manner. In his case, helping others to create healthy, productive, natural environments via permaculture.
I'm all for that notion. I've been studying, researching, and trying to put into effect similar ideas here on my own bit of land in the Cincinnati area. My main problem is that I have neighbors, and those neighbors desire that my land look much like their land, dead, grassy, dandelion-less desert. To do such a thing is sort of anathema for the likes of me.
So, I'm hoping for a good year of business from here on out, to be able to sell this place and purchase a place with copious amounts of land, build a better house, and start creating a permaculture inspired system. I think it may be the only way into the future for humanity, although I also believe that we're approaching the final hour, before apocalyptic events kick in.
So if you stumble upon this blog post, and find that you’d like to know more, do more, give more, and potentially create such a living situation for yourself and/or others, contact me, via a comment on this post, Google +, or some other manner.
Ciao,
Panchito
Break Down Armament
Watch the video and you’ll get a good idea what the facts are…
At the moment, in the USA, where I reside, guns are still legal. At least a good number of varieties of guns. Day after day, the liberal (actually, they are NOT liberal, but are really just corrupt, mislead, immoral hoards of people with little or no connection to reality) elements in our society are chipping away at the public’s right to keep and bear arms. The notion that this right exists to enable us to hunt game is not at all correct, that right exists to enable the public to take out those elements of government that are corrupt and have subverted, or otherwise perverted our Constitution. The author of those thoughts was none other than one of our most beloved presidents, Abraham Lincoln. I suspect he’d have a thing or two to say to the elected officials of today, were he here to speak today, don’t you?
At any rate, the reason for my post today is to turn you all on to another option for discreet armament, albeit primitive. Archery still works, even today. We may be one day reduced to only this… if things continue to deteriorate in the USA, if Obama gets his way.
Ciao,
Panchito
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Raised Bed Production
There are surely similar situations near where you live as well. I obtained some great lumber from a sign company last year for the building of three other raised beds. My thinking is that if there is lumber and other building materials to be had for free, why o why would anyone spend money on new lumber? Why would us "Greenies" not do all we can to reuse, re-purpose, and recycle existing materials, instead of adding to the problem, enabling the lumber companies to continue making huge profits at the expense of our environment?
Anyway, here are a few shots of our raised beds for your personal enjoyment...
Wofati
I HAD a book by the name of "The $50 and Up How to Build an Underground House Book", by Mike Oehler. I leant it to a friend, who decided he didn't want me building such a structure on his property, so he "lost" it. Book? What book?
Anyway, Mike Oehler has created some great, super-cheap houses from materials found on his own property, mostly. Paul thought through Mike's ideas, visited Mike, visited other experts in the field, and made some interesting modifications, which you can read about here:
http://www.richsoil.com/wofati.jsp
I am very interested in this sort of thing, as I find that the housing industry is a joke. Overpriced, under-built, low-quality housing without an iota of ecological leaning. I say, "Go for broke"! Under-price it, over-build it, max out the quality, and max out the eco! Forget about building 2x4 houses completely. There is absolutely NO reason to build the crap we've been building for the last 100 years or more. There exists designs to tackle ALL aspects of green building TODAY, eliminating the need to order lumber from a lumber yard, order flooring from another store, order roofing from a roofing supplier, etc. I'm interested in knowing your thoughts, whoever you are, so please leave a comment when you read this post.
Thanks,
Ciao,
Panchito
Monday, July 9, 2012
My Astounding Trip
Ah, Canada! Or, Oh, Canada!
I've recently returned from an amazing trip to some of the most astounding fishing I've ever heard of. Imagine catching one five pound Smallmouth bass after another till your arms ache! That was the scene for our entire party of five, for eight days! Not only bass, both Large and Small-mouth, but lunker Walleyes, Northern Pike, and Lake Trout. It was a trip to remember forever.
I'll be posting pics of some of our catch when the files arive. You'll be amazed. Unfortunately, I've been sworn to secrecy regarding our whereabouts. Canada is a huge place, no?
Cheers,
Panchito
Monday, February 27, 2012
The World Bank and Greed
This article pretty much says it all, so follow the link below to the source.
http://networkedblogs.com/utVPg
Ciao,
Panchito
Friday, February 24, 2012
Cops These Days! What Are They Thinking?
http://goo.gl/R1yje
Cheers!
Panchito
Red Skelton's Pledge
For those of you who are newer to this life than I, Red Skelton was a comedian from years gone by. Crazy, funny, good guy.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Ron Paul - The Likely Winner in the Maine GOP Caucus
Can you spell V-O-T-E-R F-R-A-U-D? I can.
I just went to their website at http://www.mainegop.com/2012/0...e-caucus/. I scrolled to the bottom of the page to leave a comment. Guess what I discovered? Yep, that's right, the following: Comments are closed. You will not be able to post a comment in this post.
What a surprise! I'm surprised, aren't you? Liars. Cheats! I'm calling for a full-out investigation into this obvious voter fraud case! This is just one more outrage perpetrated against Ron Paul, a good, honest man.
I'm outraged over this. This kind of crap has got to stop.
How about an honest election for a change?
The Latest GOP Voter Fraud Case - Maine!
Check out this article from Brad Friedman, originally published on www.BradBlog.com, and republished on www.Alt-Market.com, a website that "promotes decentralization, localism, and the de-globalization of human economic systems."
http://www.alt-market.com/articles/577-neocons-caught-red-handed-stealing-maine-state-primaries
Part of his report includes a video by Rachel Maddow that includes some very good reporting, whatever her motives might have been for digging into this voter fraud perpetrated seemingly by Maine GOP Party Chairman Charlie Webster. Webster seems to have a history of committing voter fraud, though I hope that's not true. This indictment doesn't seem to be "just" a case of the liberal media trying to sour things for Mitt Romney, although that might be their ultimate goal, who knows? It rather, seems to be a genuine case of fraud. It is also NOT being carried by hardly ANY other members of the "mainstream" media. Hmm!!!!
I'm just saying...
I'll say it again, Ron Paul is the only guy I consider worthy of my vote.
Ciao,
Panchito
Sunday, February 12, 2012
What about that guy, Ron Paul?
To illustrate my point, watch this short video on this very topic. What needs to happen is, we must force justice to occur, and force the networks to do what is right. They are very obviously NOT going to do what is right on their own. The left is scared stiff that Ron Paul is going to win, the right is either equally scared he'll win, or just using the opportunity to negate him as a candidate to help their own butts get elected.
Even Santorum and Perry are letting this happen. Michelle Bachmann didn't say a word in defense of Ron Paul when he was getting blacked out by the media. Great Christian testimonies folks! Shame on you! You should have insisted during every debate that all candidates get equal time, every time! Shame on you.
I have made my decision. Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate worth voting for, the only candidate worthy of my vote.
Ciao,
Panchito
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Patagonian EcoAldeas
So check out this video. Forgive me the Spanish headers, but you'll still be able to understand what's going on. There's no dialogue, just pictures and videos. It's a beautiful vision of what can be done when many hands belonging to like-minded people work toward common goals.
I hope you enjoyed the video. It's food for thought, and action. Please understand that even now, it is entirely possible to build a wonderful, comfortable habitation that uses NO outside electricity, water, gas, heating, and recycles all wastes completely. These houses may turn out to look NOTHING like what you are used to seeing, but they are every bit as comfortable and enjoyable as any house you may be aware of right now, or more so. More about that in another post.
Ciao,
Panchito
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Oscar Perone of Argentina and his PermApiculture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUXFbem6FMo&feature=colike
If you would like to discuss this in more depth, in English, or Spanish, please feel free to contact me via the comments section.
Ciao,
Panchito
Friday, January 6, 2012
Brace Yourself, America is Tanking!
Take a gander, when you have time. It is really worth listening to/watching.
Ciao,
Panchito
Thursday, January 5, 2012
A Commentary on Irresponsible Spending
If this doesn't get your gander up, you're probably comatose, or worse.
Ciao,
Panchito
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Aquaculture Video
Hmm...
Let me know what you think.
Ciao,
Panchito
Sunday, January 1, 2012
New Year!
We're here in Fairfield with our good friends celebrating the new year. Good food and good conversations while the Bengals struggle to catch up to the Ravens.
My friend wants to go to that island that I wrote about earlier. He needs to get away from it all. That place IS away from it all.
I, however, have to come up with a financial miracle to make something like that happen.
Happy New Year to all my readers!