Comments on: Step 10: Non-Food Items

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:52:00 +0000

Keep a few pairs of warm shoes on hand. IE: Hiking boots, Sturdy Tennis shoes, Rubber boots.

By: granny mae

granny mae — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:27:00 +0000

Another thing, if you are leary of using your hands be sure to store some rubber gloves. By the way grandmother did her was in a tub with a scrub board so it isn’t so bad if you have to go back a few years. It won’t last forever.

By: granny mae

granny mae — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:24:00 +0000

I disagree. As an olderster I have used cloth diapers and washed them over and over just as you could with rags for toilet paper and my grandmother told me they used rags for their periods when she was younger and they just washed them. What you do is keep a pail with a lid on it half full of water, to soak the rags in. When ready to wash you dump the water in a place away from the house and rinse the rags with water then wash. It takes a little more time especially if you have to wash by hand but be sure to use bleach and rinse well.

By: Retired Teacher

Retired Teacher — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:51:00 +0000

If you use the Baking Soda for your head – what about the rest of your hair? I use hairspray and all of it needs shampooing.
ZTKI’s g’mother.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:46:00 +0000

It is impossible to have “too many” ways to start a fire. Stock up with matches, lighters, and fire steels. Learn to start a fire with steel wool and a nine volt battery. You may need alternate methods to cook your food, be ready for it.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:46:00 +0000

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:06:00 +0000

Sorry! This is a very bad idea. The printing inks are known to cause cancer and other medical problems. Take it from someone who used catalog pages half a century ago.

By: lgd113

lgd113 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:13:00 +0000

Sunshine sanitizes anything used instead of tp. I use washcloths instead of tp. I feel they are clean once they are washed, but drying them in the sun assures they are sanitized. Any old cloth cut can be used for tp. Like someone said–cut up old tshirts. this could be the tp storage project for now. Maybe someone would want to store cloth for pee and tp for poo. Pee is sterile. It’s is the poo that will be the carrier of eColi.

By: MK

MK — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:30:00 +0000

Great idea. She may want to consider a copper IUD. It lasts 10 years. I’m a fan of mine

By: MK

MK — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:28:00 +0000

It is a silicone cup that you insert in a similar way to a tampon. Instead of absorbing menstrual fluid, it contains it for emptying later. They’re actually really wonderful, although I prefer a brand called The Keeper