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Odds 'n Sods:
Fellow novelist Matt
Bracken mentioned this article: Farms
of fear, about murders in rural South
Africa. It gives some useful glimpses, when considering security measures for
retreats in the not-too-distant Schumeresque future.
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Speaking of Harder Homes and Gardens, ponder this piece: Bulletproof
public
design in Los Angeles. (A hat tip to James K.)
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Inyokern spotted this sobering piece: Into
the Economic Abyss: How Deep Will
It Go? Even the mainstream media is catching on...
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Reader "EL" suggested using propane for a source of lighting.
EL notes
"The Amish in our area use it through out their buildings. Using three
30# and (2) 20# barbeque
tanks with a accessory hose and fitting running a single mantle lantern from
Wal-Mart, the set up (determined by testing hours of burn time from (1) 20#
tank) is all that's needed to get five hours of light per night for
one full year. The compact
single mantle lantern puts out a little less than a 40 watt incandescent light
bulb."
