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XRS001
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Re: Long time survivalist/prepper, new to this forum- hello from Oxfordshire

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pseudonym wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:13 pm Hello and welcome to the Forum. :)
Thank you ☆
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Re: Long time survivalist/prepper, new to this forum- hello from Oxfordshire

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Frnc wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:51 am So what do people do on this yearly camp?
And any youtube preppers on it.
Fill er up jacko...
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Vitamin c wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:02 am
Frnc wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:51 am So what do people do on this yearly camp?
And any youtube preppers on it and welcome
Fill er up jacko...
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Re: Long time survivalist/prepper, new to this forum- hello from Oxfordshire

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XRS001 wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:29 am
Arzosah wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 5:09 pm Welcome to the forum - I've never heard the term "primativist", very interesting, there's a big overlap with prepperdom, from the sound of it. And yes, I think a fair few people on here that the climate crisis is the source of an awful lot of the problems we're going to be facing.
"Primitivist"? I'm not a survivalist. I'm fascinated as to how we survived 900,000 years on this planet hunter gathering with some basic agriculture. These are the key skills for humans future adaptation to multiple systems collapse.
Hello and welcome to our community.

Now I know, that as you've only been here for a day, you're not pulling Arzosah up on a spelling mistake, are you? :lol:
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itsybitsy wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:35 am
XRS001 wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:29 am
Arzosah wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 5:09 pm Welcome to the forum - I've never heard the term "primativist", very interesting, there's a big overlap with prepperdom, from the sound of it. And yes, I think a fair few people on here that the climate crisis is the source of an awful lot of the problems we're going to be facing.
"Primitivist"? I'm not a survivalist. I'm fascinated as to how we survived 900,000 years on this planet hunter gathering with some basic agriculture. These are the key skills for humans future adaptation to multiple systems collapse.
Hello and welcome to our community.

Now I know, that as you've only been here for a day, you're not pulling Arzosah up on a spelling mistake, are you? :lol:
Absolutely not, no. I was explaining what a primitivist is.
I barely notice spelling being dyslexic... possibly mine is wrong and his is more correct.
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XRS001 wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 4:36 pm I have been a primitavist for a very long time, at least 20+ years & prepper for about 5. I have taught adults bushcraft from time to time. I lived off grid for 12 years (solar & wind powered). I run a yearly camp for 160 people in a field for 10 days & am in charge of the hot water system in the field, we also compost the waste in the field in a home built dry sanitation composting toilet....
I am very happy to share what I know, experiences and what I have tried.
So.... Tell us more about your time off-grid? Extensive solar? How well did wind contribute?
What about the hot water in a field? Have you rigged a wood boiler of some sort?

Foraging is a hopeless prospect for many of us, especially townies. My idea of foraging would be raiding the bins behind Greggs or robbing the local allotments*. It still counts.

Naughty, especially now I have one.
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XRS001
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Re: Long time survivalist/prepper, new to this forum- hello from Oxfordshire

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jennyjj01 wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:51 am
XRS001 wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 4:36 pm I have been a primitavist for a very long time, at least 20+ years & prepper for about 5. I have taught adults bushcraft from time to time. I lived off grid for 12 years (solar & wind powered). I run a yearly camp for 160 people in a field for 10 days & am in charge of the hot water system in the field, we also compost the waste in the field in a home built dry sanitation composting toilet....
I am very happy to share what I know, experiences and what I have tried.
So.... Tell us more about your time off-grid? Extensive solar? How well did wind contribute?
What about the hot water in a field? Have you rigged a wood boiler of some sort?

Foraging is a hopeless prospect for many of us, especially townies. My idea of foraging would be raiding the bins behind Greggs or robbing the local allotments*. It still counts.

Naughty, especially now I have one.
800Wp solar, 300amp hours of traction cells from a golf cart (wet maintainable) & 750w turbine. Running lights charging laptop.

Had a diesel gen which ran on a veg oil conversion (diy). For a washing machine.

Raeburn M F for great & hot water.. all packed into a 60ft boat.
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Re: Long time survivalist/prepper, new to this forum- hello from Oxfordshire

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Vitamin c wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:02 am
Frnc wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:51 am So what do people do on this yearly camp?
And any youtube preppers on it.
It's a familly camp, we don't do public photos or video.
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XRS001 wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 12:04 pm
800Wp solar, 300amp hours of traction cells from a golf cart (wet maintainable) & 750w turbine. Running lights charging laptop.

Had a diesel gen which ran on a veg oil conversion (diy). For a washing machine.

Raeburn M F for great & hot water.. all packed into a 60ft boat.
So, your off-grid living was on a barge? Again, that makes you an authoritative source here.
If on a barge, can we assume you had little or no growing space? So any good off grid food sources?
Graceful Degradation! Prepping's objective summed up in two words. Turning Disaster into Mild Inconvenience by the power of fore-thought

Not Feeling Optimistic. Let me be wrong