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We dive deep into bartering strategies for disaster scenarios, focusing on what items hold the most value and how to trade safely when traditional systems fail.
• Batteries (AA, AAA, and CR2032 "watch batteries") are excellent barter items that are always in demand
• Personal hygiene products like soap, toothpaste, and wet wipes boost morale and become surprisingly valuable
• First aid supplies and over-the-counter medications will always find willing traders
• Small tools (screwdrivers, socket sets, duct tape) and repair skills offer recurring value
• Freeze-dried meals and long-shelf-life foods become premium trading commodities
• Practice safe bartering by knowing your trading partner, bringing backup, and setting clear terms
• Don't overshare information about your supplies to avoid becoming a target
• Useful skills like sharpening tools or mending clothing can be bartered repeatedly without depleting supplies
• Trust your gut—if a trade feels wrong, walk away
• Look for fair exchanges where both parties feel they've received good value
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
The National Weather Servicehas issued a severe thunderstorm
warning.
Welcome to the Common SensePractical Prepper Podcast, where
(00:21):
prepping doesn't have to becomplicated or expensive.
Coming to you from awell-defended, off-grid compound
high in the mountains, comingto you from his Florida room in
Richmond Virginia Neitheroff-grid nor well-defended,
unless you count as chickens andcats, here is your host, keith.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Hey, all this is Keith and welcome back to the
Common Sense Practical PrepperPodcast, august 19th 2025.
Well, tonight I want to talkabout bartering and I want to go
into a little more depth than Idid a couple weeks ago when I
specifically spoke aboutbartering with silver one ounce
(01:02):
silver rounds.
So I want to go into a littlemore detail and a little more in
depth about the type ofbartering and the things you can
barter with.
So, like any SHTF situation, itcould be relatively minor,
absolute catastrophe.
So I'm going to pick just kindof a generic SHTF situation and
keep it relatively simple,because you can go off on so
(01:25):
many tangents and what, if andhow, about what happens if, or
what are you going to do when.
So I'll keep it relativelybasic if I can.
So we're going to talk about asevere storm, a severe storm
that a hurricane makes landfalland, by the way, erin is slowly
making her turn north and eastout to sea and boy, she's taking
(01:48):
her sweet time.
So a hurricane comes ashore,takes out a significant chunk of
the East Coast, goes as farnorth as Virginia, maryland.
We get Virginia, maryland,north Carolina, south Carolina,
georgia, atlantic Coast, floridais just completely hammered
right.
(02:08):
So we're talking about powerutilities and there's
automatically going to be astress to the supply chain.
Okay, so let's talk aboutthings that you can barter with
Batteries AA, aaa or even what Icall the watch batteries, the
CR2032s, the one that you cannever find, or I always go to
(02:32):
the store and get the wrong onebut the 2032s are kind of the
universal type of what I callwatch battery.
Garage door openers use them.
They are very, very inexpensive.
Garage door openers use them.
They are very, very inexpensive.
You can get, my goodness, youcan get 10 or 12, and they're
only, you know, maybe a quartera piece.
(02:52):
You can get them in a box of 30or 40 or 50.
Check Amazon If you go to yourlocal drug store or grocery
store, they're going to be much,much more expensive.
All right, so those go in.
All sorts of different devices.
Make sure that you have enoughfor you.
Obviously, your AA, aaa, maybesome nine volts D size batteries
, maybe the bigger mag lightsand maybe some of your cheapy
(03:15):
plastic flashlights might runyour C's, but if they're LEDs
they're going to probably run asmaller battery.
Make sure that you have anamount to barter.
Make sure you have a little bitextra.
Things can get a little diceywhen you're actually dipping
into your core preps to barterNow, you may have to, there'll
(03:35):
be you may be running on runningshort on something that that's
one of your core part of yourprep.
So you know, it's all about.
It's all about negotiation.
It's all about what?
What you would consider a good,a good price, I guess.
All right.
So we have our flashlights, wehave our batteries, or extra
batteries, those little uh 20,30 twos.
They're very small, always indemand.
(03:56):
You can go ahead and put themin either their original pack
and keep them in there it's kindof like a blister pack.
You pop them out on the backbut put them into a Ziploc bag,
something that will remainwatertight.
And if you have them in your gobag or you get home bag, but
just make sure you have themhandy and have them in a bag
that's watertight and do checkthe expiration.
(04:18):
You leave them in your pantryor your go bag for a long period
of time.
Go ahead and check theexpiration.
I really don't know over a twoor three year period, how much
of the state of charge theyactually lose, but it is
certainly possible.
Hygiene products, soap,toothpaste, sanitary pads,
(04:38):
disposable razors, didn't eventhink about that.
So when we go back to personalhygiene products, just things
for basic cleanliness.
Now, if you're like me, ifyou've ever been outside in the
yard or you've been involved ina strenuous activity some sort
of athletics and you get homeand you're like, oh man, I just
want a shower.
(04:58):
And you drag yourself in ashower.
Do you know how good it feelsonce you get out of that shower
man?
I feel great, that was one ofthe best showers shower.
Do you know how good it feelsonce you get out of that shower
man?
I feel great, that was one ofthe best showers ever.
And you kind of catch yoursecond wind.
Well, you kind of boosted yourmorale.
So when you have an SHTFsituation, the tiny little
(05:22):
things, like somebody shavingwho normally stays clean, shaven
, somebody who not necessarily agermaphobe, but someone who's
been slopping around in thewoods and they're wet and
they're dirty and they've beenlooking for things to forage,
and you have an opportunity tobarter and you have some dude
wipes, or whatever you want tocall them, flushable wipes.
Costco are relativelyinexpensive.
You can get them in a case.
It's a very good price.
(05:42):
But here I go, I digress.
So just someone shaving whonormally doesn't shave, just
someone to wipe the crap off oftheir face, just get clean, does
a tremendous amount for morale.
Not only is a good hygiene tokeep the dirt and the ooky stuff
out of your face and out ofyour eyes, but it's very good
(06:05):
for morale.
So remember that.
Just soap I mean bars of soap,I mean how cool is that when
somebody would, I'll give youfour gallons of water for three
bars of that Irish spring.
Or the antibacterial liquidsoap something I really never
even thought of.
I know soap is important.
(06:26):
Toothpaste got to brush yourteeth, that sort of thing but
was never at the top of my preps.
So talked briefly about firstaid supplies bad bandages,
antiseptic wipes, anyover-the-counter meds,
antihistamines, tylenol, motrin.
Again, keep what you need, butkeep your little stash, your
little bartering stash, separatefrom what you have for your
(06:51):
core preps Small tools, a smallscrewdriver set, a small socket
set, duct tape, multi-tool, asewing kit.
What happens if your neighbor orsomebody like rips, like their
only one of their only pair ofpants they have because of the
storm?
Their only only t-shirt is nowripped and they needed it mended
(07:13):
.
Super duper important.
A lot of folks don't have thebasic tools.
They don't have the littlecheapy screwdriver set with the
Phillips and the straight head,other different type of tools, a
little socket set, nothingcrazy.
A lot of folks don't have those.
I probably have more than I cancount in my junk drawer Now.
Most people I know have a junkdrawer in the kitchen that has
(07:34):
exactly that.
It's just a bunch of junk.
So consider that Small toolsoften overlooked.
You're going to I'm not sure ifyou would let somebody borrow
the screwdriver for a gallon ofwater.
If you know the person andthey're going to give it back,
that's one thing.
But again, we're talking aboutbartering.
Briefly, we'll talk aboutprecious metals and, like I've
(07:56):
said before, if you've got thebudget, small denomination of
silver coins we spoke about theone ounce rounds are fantastic.
They're recognized, they holdvalue and they trade easier than
gold.
Okay, gold is very expensive.
Was it like $3,100 an ounce?
I think I don't have the moneyto purchase gold, so I really
(08:17):
don't follow gold that well.
To be honest.
Soap, toothpaste and thosehandy wipes probably are going
to be a little more popular thansilver.
You'd be amazed on what peoplewill trade or what people will
barter for when you have thebatteries and the soap and the
(08:39):
toothpaste.
People think personal hygienefirst, so they're probably
thinking about what do I havethat I can give to you for the
soap, and then vice versa.
You can always find yourself ina position where you haven't
prepped well enough, you don'thave enough of the personal
items, and you're going to be ina position where you're going
(08:59):
to be requesting from otherpeople Freeze, dried meals, food
with a long shelf life, longshelf life grains are perfect.
If you bag your own meals, yourown little trail meals, those
are fantastic.
There's meals in a jar, soupmixes in a jar.
The list is endless and youwould be amazed again.
(09:22):
For folks who are not preparedand that's 90% of the population
just like having a good shower,having a nice warm, hearty meal
that kind of sticks to yourribs, as my grandfather would
say.
That increases moraletremendously.
So when you're out in thewilderness, getting clean, a
(09:42):
nice hot meal and starting afire and sitting by the fire are
probably the three things thatwould increase morale the
quickest.
Be careful about hoardingsupplies.
You don't want to have too muchof anything because you may not
have the room for it.
200 pounds of rice in thefive-gall gallon buckets might
(10:06):
be taking up too much room.
So again, just be careful andbe mindful, obviously if you
have the discretionary incomebut also the storage, the space
that you're going to be placingthose items.
Let's talk about repair skills.
Can you fix a leaky pipe, patcha tire?
Back to the sewing kit, mendclothing?
Just think about a situation.
Somebody in your community hascome to you and say, hey, I've
(10:30):
got a leaky pipe, or thetoilet's leaking or something's
not right.
A handyman, do you?
Is there anything you can do tohelp me?
Again, a bartering situationjust presented itself.
Do you know how to sharpen aknife?
Do you know how to sharpen achainsaw chain?
So very interesting, if theneighbor across the street has
(10:54):
trees down and they break outtheir chainsaw and they haven't
had it out for several months,several years.
They never got the chainsharpened and you know how to do
that.
It's not that difficult.
It can be a little timeconsuming, but again, hey, keith
, I heard you running thechainsaw yesterday.
I haven't had this thing out intwo or three years and it's all
(11:15):
rusty and it's dull.
Do you think?
Do you have time to sharpenthis for me?
I mean, I've got those freshpeppers or the corn we just
picked, or two gallons of myfavorite lemonade.
You know, if I give you agallon lemonade, would you mind?
Sharpening the chainsaw chain?
There's a perfect example ofjust having just basic skills is
(11:40):
going to be absolute gold in asituation like that.
So if you want to know how tosharpen a chainsaw chain, look
it up on YouTube.
Well, you look up anything onYouTube and you can get some
very good tutorials on on how todo that.
Sharpening a knife A lot offolks don't have a wet stone.
They don't have the stone tosharpen a knife.
(12:01):
As you know, it's only the dullknives that cut you.
My grandfather told me that amillion years ago and it took me
a second to get it, but Ieventually was able to pick that
up.
So let's talk about barteringsafely and smartly.
This really makes me nervous,especially with a stranger, when
(12:22):
you're trying to do somebartering.
Okay.
So how to barter safely andsmartly?
So trading during an SHTFsituation is like haggling at a
flea market.
Emotions can run high.
You need to protect yourself.
So here's a few tips that mighthelp.
First, if at all possible, knowthe person you're trading with.
(12:44):
If possible, take somebody thatyou trust along with you, a
neighbor, friend, whomever itmight be.
If you're trading with astranger, meet in public, a
neutral spot, bring a buddymaybe, but you know again, be
very, very careful when, when itcomes to bartering with a
complete stranger.
(13:04):
So set clear terms up front,before you hand over your
batteries or before you sharpenthat gentleman's chainsaw chain,
agree on what you're getting inreturn.
So you'll say I'll trade you 10AA batteries for a gallon of
water.
Not well, whatever you think'sfair.
(13:27):
Because when they say, well,I'll give you a stale biscuit
for those 10 AA batteries,you're like whoa, whoa, wait a
minute, wait a minute.
That's not fair.
So just get right down to thenitty gritty, right down the
brass tacks, and get itclarified on exactly what you're
going to provide and what thisother person is going to provide
(13:47):
.
Let's talk about oversharing.
This ties into OPSEC oroperational security.
Don't let people know how muchyou have in your stockpile.
If you're trading a few bars ofsoap, don't mention that you've
got 200 bars back in the shed.
Keep it low key.
Avoid from being a target.
(14:09):
So if somebody comes to you andthey want to barter and they
have a gallon of the lemonadeand they're like do you have any
rice?
You're like well, sure, I'llgive you five, three pound bags
of rice for the gallon oflemonade, and that's a deal,
because I have so much.
I got rice coming out my ears.
(14:29):
I've got so much rice I couldprobably live on rice and beans
for the next 18 months.
Don't do that.
Don't overshare Again.
When people get desperate, thesecan be your friends, your
neighbors.
People get desperate in certainsituations so you need to be
really careful.
Trust your gut.
I've preached this for years.
(14:50):
If a trade feels off oranything else feels off, if
someone you believe is pushingyou too hard, just walk away.
There'll be other opportunities.
Just walk away, there'll beother opportunities.
The goal is to come out ofevery trade feeling good about
the deal and staying safe.
My dad always taught me when youbuy a car used car or new car
(15:14):
when you leave, if you believeyou have the best deal or you
received the best deal, younegotiated the best deal, then
that's all you need.
It's not.
Well, did I pay a good price?
That's relative.
Somebody could say, well,$12,000 for that used car, oh,
you got ripped off.
The next person could say$12,000?
Oh, that seems fair.
(15:35):
It's all about when you walkaway.
So when you walk away, youdrive away in your new car or
used car.
If you feel away, you driveaway in your new car or used car
.
If you feel as though you weretreated fairly and you
negotiated the best price youcould, that's all that matters.
It could be completelydifferent for somebody else, but
that's all that matters.
So the same with bartering Atthe end, if you feel as though
(15:59):
it was fair, if you feel asthough that you received
something in return you knowthat's roughly valued, you know
quote, unquote, valued as theother item then that's
considered a win.
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(16:20):
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All right, let's close with alittle more information about
Prepper Camp.
They're the last part.
What 26th, 27th, 28th ofSeptember, down in Saluda, north
Carolina?
A couple folks have asked me ifthe schedule for this year's
Prepper camp has been posted andit has not.
And I checked with some folksand apparently it's kind of one
(17:29):
of those they publish it at thelast minute or very close to the
actual days of the eventsbecause there's probably a lot
of moving parts and theschedules.
There's eight hours of classesand there's, like I guess, eight
areas, so eight locations,different tents in different
(17:49):
areas around the campground thatthese classes take place.
So there's a lot going on,three days full of classes.
So I went to the website andI'm just going to give you a
couple different classes thatwere last year, 2024.
And I assume most of thesepeople will be back, but I'm
sure there's probably a fewdifferences.
Butchering class man if theyhave that, I may have to go to
(18:13):
it.
Freeze drying I have a freezedryer.
It's a fantastic tool.
How to use herbs?
Beekeeping, mushrooms, hamradio using drones?
Post-disaster that man that'dbe fantastic if you have a large
property to check things out.
Herbal animal care, survivingmartial law that's kind of
(18:37):
important.
Prepping for an EMP.
Secret garter secret gartering,gartering, oh Lord.
Secret guarding I'm not surewhat secret gartering is, but it
sounds like something thatshould happen after a wedding.
Ghost phones, trauma fromterrorism, edible items in the
(18:58):
wild, situational awareness Boythat's a great class.
Night vision, emergencyshelters, ai, avoiding abduction
I highly recommend avoid beingabducted at all times.
Survival groups, secretlivestock, bug out bags,
survival evasion all sorts.
Cane self-defense If that one'sthere, I'm going to have to
(19:20):
check that one out.
Travel security all sorts ofthings Bartering they're all
over the place and there's abunch of different speakers.
There's different events.
They have movie night.
Recently the prices went up.
It's kind of one of thosethings the further out you
purchase your tickets, the lessexpensive they are, and I think
it kind of helps the folks thatare putting it together get a
(19:42):
head count or an accurate headcount early on.
So again, I'm going to check itout.
It's going to be my first timedown there, looking forward to
touching base with a few peoplethat I've met online and through
different prepping channels andprepping forums.
So again, folks, if you have achance, go down there, I'll be
there.
If you want to reach out to me,email practicalpreppodcast at
(20:06):
gmailcom.
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You can search Common SensePractical Prepper Podcast or the
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quick search for Common SensePractical Prepper podcast.
All right, folks, thank you somuch for stopping by and
(20:27):
listening and, as always, becareful out there, take care of
one another and until next time.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
The National Weather Servicehas issued a severe thunderstorm
warning.
Welcome to the Common SensePractical Prepper Podcast, where
(00:21):
prepping doesn't have to becomplicated or expensive.
Coming to you from awell-defended, off-grid compound
high in the mountains, comingto you from his Florida room in
Richmond Virginia Neitheroff-grid nor well-defended,
unless you count as chickens andcats, here is your host, keith.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Hey, all this is Keith and welcome back to the
Common Sense Practical PrepperPodcast, august 19th 2025.
Well, tonight I want to talkabout bartering and I want to go
into a little more depth than Idid a couple weeks ago when I
specifically spoke aboutbartering with silver one ounce
(01:02):
silver rounds.
So I want to go into a littlemore detail and a little more in
depth about the type ofbartering and the things you can
barter with.
So, like any SHTF situation, itcould be relatively minor,
absolute catastrophe.
So I'm going to pick just kindof a generic SHTF situation and
keep it relatively simple,because you can go off on so
(01:25):
many tangents and what, if andhow, about what happens if, or
what are you going to do when.
So I'll keep it relativelybasic if I can.
So we're going to talk about asevere storm, a severe storm
that a hurricane makes landfalland, by the way, erin is slowly
making her turn north and eastout to sea and boy, she's taking
(01:48):
her sweet time.
So a hurricane comes ashore,takes out a significant chunk of
the East Coast, goes as farnorth as Virginia, maryland.
We get Virginia, maryland,north Carolina, south Carolina,
georgia, atlantic Coast, floridais just completely hammered
right.
(02:08):
So we're talking about powerutilities and there's
automatically going to be astress to the supply chain.
Okay, so let's talk aboutthings that you can barter with
Batteries AA, aaa or even what Icall the watch batteries, the
CR2032s, the one that you cannever find, or I always go to
(02:32):
the store and get the wrong onebut the 2032s are kind of the
universal type of what I callwatch battery.
Garage door openers use them.
They are very, very inexpensive.
Garage door openers use them.
They are very, very inexpensive.
You can get, my goodness, youcan get 10 or 12, and they're
only, you know, maybe a quartera piece.
(02:52):
You can get them in a box of 30or 40 or 50.
Check Amazon If you go to yourlocal drug store or grocery
store, they're going to be much,much more expensive.
All right, so those go in.
All sorts of different devices.
Make sure that you have enoughfor you.
Obviously, your AA, aaa, maybesome nine volts D size batteries
, maybe the bigger mag lightsand maybe some of your cheapy
(03:15):
plastic flashlights might runyour C's, but if they're LEDs
they're going to probably run asmaller battery.
Make sure that you have anamount to barter.
Make sure you have a little bitextra.
Things can get a little diceywhen you're actually dipping
into your core preps to barterNow, you may have to, there'll
(03:35):
be you may be running on runningshort on something that that's
one of your core part of yourprep.
So you know, it's all about.
It's all about negotiation.
It's all about what?
What you would consider a good,a good price, I guess.
All right.
So we have our flashlights, wehave our batteries, or extra
batteries, those little uh 20,30 twos.
They're very small, always indemand.
(03:56):
You can go ahead and put themin either their original pack
and keep them in there it's kindof like a blister pack.
You pop them out on the backbut put them into a Ziploc bag,
something that will remainwatertight.
And if you have them in your gobag or you get home bag, but
just make sure you have themhandy and have them in a bag
that's watertight and do checkthe expiration.
(04:18):
You leave them in your pantryor your go bag for a long period
of time.
Go ahead and check theexpiration.
I really don't know over a twoor three year period, how much
of the state of charge theyactually lose, but it is
certainly possible.
Hygiene products, soap,toothpaste, sanitary pads,
(04:38):
disposable razors, didn't eventhink about that.
So when we go back to personalhygiene products, just things
for basic cleanliness.
Now, if you're like me, ifyou've ever been outside in the
yard or you've been involved ina strenuous activity some sort
of athletics and you get homeand you're like, oh man, I just
want a shower.
(04:58):
And you drag yourself in ashower.
Do you know how good it feelsonce you get out of that shower
man?
I feel great, that was one ofthe best showers shower.
Do you know how good it feelsonce you get out of that shower
man?
I feel great, that was one ofthe best showers ever.
And you kind of catch yoursecond wind.
Well, you kind of boosted yourmorale.
So when you have an SHTFsituation, the tiny little
(05:22):
things, like somebody shavingwho normally stays clean, shaven
, somebody who not necessarily agermaphobe, but someone who's
been slopping around in thewoods and they're wet and
they're dirty and they've beenlooking for things to forage,
and you have an opportunity tobarter and you have some dude
wipes, or whatever you want tocall them, flushable wipes.
Costco are relativelyinexpensive.
You can get them in a case.
It's a very good price.
(05:42):
But here I go, I digress.
So just someone shaving whonormally doesn't shave, just
someone to wipe the crap off oftheir face, just get clean, does
a tremendous amount for morale.
Not only is a good hygiene tokeep the dirt and the ooky stuff
out of your face and out ofyour eyes, but it's very good
(06:05):
for morale.
So remember that.
Just soap I mean bars of soap,I mean how cool is that when
somebody would, I'll give youfour gallons of water for three
bars of that Irish spring.
Or the antibacterial liquidsoap something I really never
even thought of.
I know soap is important.
(06:26):
Toothpaste got to brush yourteeth, that sort of thing but
was never at the top of my preps.
So talked briefly about firstaid supplies bad bandages,
antiseptic wipes, anyover-the-counter meds,
antihistamines, tylenol, motrin.
Again, keep what you need, butkeep your little stash, your
little bartering stash, separatefrom what you have for your
(06:51):
core preps Small tools, a smallscrewdriver set, a small socket
set, duct tape, multi-tool, asewing kit.
What happens if your neighbor orsomebody like rips, like their
only one of their only pair ofpants they have because of the
storm?
Their only only t-shirt is nowripped and they needed it mended
(07:13):
.
Super duper important.
A lot of folks don't have thebasic tools.
They don't have the littlecheapy screwdriver set with the
Phillips and the straight head,other different type of tools, a
little socket set, nothingcrazy.
A lot of folks don't have those.
I probably have more than I cancount in my junk drawer Now.
Most people I know have a junkdrawer in the kitchen that has
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exactly that.
It's just a bunch of junk.
So consider that Small toolsoften overlooked.
You're going to I'm not sure ifyou would let somebody borrow
the screwdriver for a gallon ofwater.
If you know the person andthey're going to give it back,
that's one thing.
But again, we're talking aboutbartering.
Briefly, we'll talk aboutprecious metals and, like I've
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said before, if you've got thebudget, small denomination of
silver coins we spoke about theone ounce rounds are fantastic.
They're recognized, they holdvalue and they trade easier than
gold.
Okay, gold is very expensive.
Was it like $3,100 an ounce?
I think I don't have the moneyto purchase gold, so I really
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don't follow gold that well.
To be honest.
Soap, toothpaste and thosehandy wipes probably are going
to be a little more popular thansilver.
You'd be amazed on what peoplewill trade or what people will
barter for when you have thebatteries and the soap and the
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toothpaste.
People think personal hygienefirst, so they're probably
thinking about what do I havethat I can give to you for the
soap, and then vice versa.
You can always find yourself ina position where you haven't
prepped well enough, you don'thave enough of the personal
items, and you're going to be ina position where you're going
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to be requesting from otherpeople Freeze, dried meals, food
with a long shelf life, longshelf life grains are perfect.
If you bag your own meals, yourown little trail meals, those
are fantastic.
There's meals in a jar, soupmixes in a jar.
The list is endless and youwould be amazed again.
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For folks who are not preparedand that's 90% of the population
just like having a good shower,having a nice warm, hearty meal
that kind of sticks to yourribs, as my grandfather would
say.
That increases moraletremendously.
So when you're out in thewilderness, getting clean, a
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nice hot meal and starting afire and sitting by the fire are
probably the three things thatwould increase morale the
quickest.
Be careful about hoardingsupplies.
You don't want to have too muchof anything because you may not
have the room for it.
200 pounds of rice in thefive-gall gallon buckets might
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be taking up too much room.
So again, just be careful andbe mindful, obviously if you
have the discretionary incomebut also the storage, the space
that you're going to be placingthose items.
Let's talk about repair skills.
Can you fix a leaky pipe, patcha tire?
Back to the sewing kit, mendclothing?
Just think about a situation.
Somebody in your community hascome to you and say, hey, I've
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got a leaky pipe, or thetoilet's leaking or something's
not right.
A handyman, do you?
Is there anything you can do tohelp me?
Again, a bartering situationjust presented itself.
Do you know how to sharpen aknife?
Do you know how to sharpen achainsaw chain?
So very interesting, if theneighbor across the street has
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trees down and they break outtheir chainsaw and they haven't
had it out for several months,several years.
They never got the chainsharpened and you know how to do
that.
It's not that difficult.
It can be a little timeconsuming, but again, hey, keith
, I heard you running thechainsaw yesterday.
I haven't had this thing out intwo or three years and it's all
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rusty and it's dull.
Do you think?
Do you have time to sharpenthis for me?
I mean, I've got those freshpeppers or the corn we just
picked, or two gallons of myfavorite lemonade.
You know, if I give you agallon lemonade, would you mind?
Sharpening the chainsaw chain?
There's a perfect example ofjust having just basic skills is
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going to be absolute gold in asituation like that.
So if you want to know how tosharpen a chainsaw chain, look
it up on YouTube.
Well, you look up anything onYouTube and you can get some
very good tutorials on on how todo that.
Sharpening a knife A lot offolks don't have a wet stone.
They don't have the stone tosharpen a knife.
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As you know, it's only the dullknives that cut you.
My grandfather told me that amillion years ago and it took me
a second to get it, but Ieventually was able to pick that
up.
So let's talk about barteringsafely and smartly.
This really makes me nervous,especially with a stranger, when
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you're trying to do somebartering.
Okay.
So how to barter safely andsmartly?
So trading during an SHTFsituation is like haggling at a
flea market.
Emotions can run high.
You need to protect yourself.
So here's a few tips that mighthelp.
First, if at all possible, knowthe person you're trading with.
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If possible, take somebody thatyou trust along with you, a
neighbor, friend, whomever itmight be.
If you're trading with astranger, meet in public, a
neutral spot, bring a buddymaybe, but you know again, be
very, very careful when, when itcomes to bartering with a
complete stranger.
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So set clear terms up front,before you hand over your
batteries or before you sharpenthat gentleman's chainsaw chain,
agree on what you're getting inreturn.
So you'll say I'll trade you 10AA batteries for a gallon of
water.
Not well, whatever you think'sfair.
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Because when they say, well,I'll give you a stale biscuit
for those 10 AA batteries,you're like whoa, whoa, wait a
minute, wait a minute.
That's not fair.
So just get right down to thenitty gritty, right down the
brass tacks, and get itclarified on exactly what you're
going to provide and what thisother person is going to provide
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.
Let's talk about oversharing.
This ties into OPSEC oroperational security.
Don't let people know how muchyou have in your stockpile.
If you're trading a few bars ofsoap, don't mention that you've
got 200 bars back in the shed.
Keep it low key.
Avoid from being a target.
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So if somebody comes to you andthey want to barter and they
have a gallon of the lemonadeand they're like do you have any
rice?
You're like well, sure, I'llgive you five, three pound bags
of rice for the gallon oflemonade, and that's a deal,
because I have so much.
I got rice coming out my ears.
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I've got so much rice I couldprobably live on rice and beans
for the next 18 months.
Don't do that.
Don't overshare Again.
When people get desperate, thesecan be your friends, your
neighbors.
People get desperate in certainsituations so you need to be
really careful.
Trust your gut.
I've preached this for years.
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If a trade feels off oranything else feels off, if
someone you believe is pushingyou too hard, just walk away.
There'll be other opportunities.
Just walk away, there'll beother opportunities.
The goal is to come out ofevery trade feeling good about
the deal and staying safe.
My dad always taught me when youbuy a car used car or new car
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when you leave, if you believeyou have the best deal or you
received the best deal, younegotiated the best deal, then
that's all you need.
It's not.
Well, did I pay a good price?
That's relative.
Somebody could say, well,$12,000 for that used car, oh,
you got ripped off.
The next person could say$12,000?
Oh, that seems fair.
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It's all about when you walkaway.
So when you walk away, youdrive away in your new car or
used car.
If you feel away, you driveaway in your new car or used car
.
If you feel as though you weretreated fairly and you
negotiated the best price youcould, that's all that matters.
It could be completelydifferent for somebody else, but
that's all that matters.
So the same with bartering Atthe end, if you feel as though
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it was fair, if you feel asthough that you received
something in return you knowthat's roughly valued, you know
quote, unquote, valued as theother item then that's
considered a win.
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They have a great website.
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They have a great website andevery once in a while they'll
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.
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All right, let's close with alittle more information about
Prepper Camp.
They're the last part.
What 26th, 27th, 28th ofSeptember, down in Saluda, north
Carolina?
A couple folks have asked me ifthe schedule for this year's
Prepper camp has been posted andit has not.
And I checked with some folksand apparently it's kind of one
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of those they publish it at thelast minute or very close to the
actual days of the eventsbecause there's probably a lot
of moving parts and theschedules.
There's eight hours of classesand there's, like I guess, eight
areas, so eight locations,different tents in different
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areas around the campground thatthese classes take place.
So there's a lot going on,three days full of classes.
So I went to the website andI'm just going to give you a
couple different classes thatwere last year, 2024.
And I assume most of thesepeople will be back, but I'm
sure there's probably a fewdifferences.
Butchering class man if theyhave that, I may have to go to
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it.
Freeze drying I have a freezedryer.
It's a fantastic tool.
How to use herbs?
Beekeeping, mushrooms, hamradio using drones?
Post-disaster that man that'dbe fantastic if you have a large
property to check things out.
Herbal animal care, survivingmartial law that's kind of
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important.
Prepping for an EMP.
Secret garter secret gartering,gartering, oh Lord.
Secret guarding I'm not surewhat secret gartering is, but it
sounds like something thatshould happen after a wedding.
Ghost phones, trauma fromterrorism, edible items in the
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wild, situational awareness Boythat's a great class.
Night vision, emergencyshelters, ai, avoiding abduction
I highly recommend avoid beingabducted at all times.
Survival groups, secretlivestock, bug out bags,
survival evasion all sorts.
Cane self-defense If that one'sthere, I'm going to have to
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check that one out.
Travel security all sorts ofthings Bartering they're all
over the place and there's abunch of different speakers.
There's different events.
They have movie night.
Recently the prices went up.
It's kind of one of thosethings the further out you
purchase your tickets, the lessexpensive they are, and I think
it kind of helps the folks thatare putting it together get a
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head count or an accurate headcount early on.
So again, I'm going to check itout.
It's going to be my first timedown there, looking forward to
touching base with a few peoplethat I've met online and through
different prepping channels andprepping forums.
So again, folks, if you have achance, go down there, I'll be
there.
If you want to reach out to me,email practicalpreppodcast at
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gmailcom.
I'm on the X.
You can search Common SensePractical Prepper Podcast or the
official handle, I think, isprep underscore podcast prep
underscore podcast.
Obviously, the easiest way isjust to go on and just do a
quick search for Common SensePractical Prepper podcast.
All right, folks, thank you somuch for stopping by and
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listening and, as always, becareful out there, take care of
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