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    GiveAway: Eneloop batteries 4xAA/4xAAA

    I do like your site, you did a great job.
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    GiveAway: Eneloop batteries 4xAA/4xAAA

    This may be wrong but.......... "Some of them charge a pair of batteries for X amount of hours, and then stop." to "Some of them charge a pair of batteries for X amount of hours and then stop." without the comma. AAs, please.
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    Power Outage, How many Lumens, How many batteries? (for lights and more)

    You can google how to make one of these from PVC pipe, for your well, just in case. https://www.lehmans.com/product/lehmans-own-galvanized-well-bucket/pump-parts
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    Power Outage, How many Lumens, How many batteries? (for lights and more)

    Chainsaw flashlight (gas engine powered spotlight) http://www.instructables.com/id/Chainsaw-flashlight-gas-engine-powered-spotlight/step3/Design-and-configure-the-machine/
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    Faraday flashlight

    As has been said, the Nightstar is the real deal, a military grade shake light that will last for many decades, it was also a good suggestion for you to pick up a 9v Pak-Lite, it seems expensive for it's tiny size, but it is also military grade, and you can just use the old batteries that you...
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    What Anti Virus software should I use?

    You are right to have Malwarebytes (free, I assume) and to scan with it periodically, and you are right about needing an antivirus for real time protection, download Avast free for your anti-virus and also use "Malwarebytes anti-exploit free". Once you download them and get them started, Avast...
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    The long list of potentially useful stuff in bug out, SHTF, car kits, and more...

    Anyone who knows Louisiana knows why they live there, and what an incredibly wild and wonderful state it is.
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    The long list of potentially useful stuff in bug out, SHTF, car kits, and more...

    This thread has left useful information, and gone into fantasy B movie fiction.
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    Home invasion light

    Politifact-- "What's missing from media claims linking Google Trends to Brexit vote" http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/jul/01/daily-mail/what-google-trends-tell-us-and-doesnt-about-brexit/
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    Power Outage, How many Lumens, How many batteries? (for lights and more)

    i was thinking of a situation of a long term 6 months long blackout when I won't be using the car and don't want to run the engine, but will want to use my flashlights, lanterns, and transistor radios, freely and on high settings at night, so I might want to charge a few AA, AAA, D cell, 18650...
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    Power Outage, How many Lumens, How many batteries? (for lights and more)

    I'm set up for that as well and I have a little trickle solar charger to keep the battery topped off when not in use. Something that I would like is a small panel that can keep my battery fully charged when using it to charge a lot of batteries, even though I don't have gasoline to run the...
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    Power Outage, How many Lumens, How many batteries? (for lights and more)

    Carrying rice balls was a common field staple for the Vietnamese. Sometimes our own deep penetration teams would carry rice balls as field rations.
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    Power Outage, How many Lumens, How many batteries? (for lights and more)

    Today I was thinking of how just a big bowl of cooked rice with a cup of hot water and a tablespoon or two of peanut butter is a pretty good survival meal in an emergency.
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    Power Outage, How many Lumens, How many batteries? (for lights and more)

    It would be pretty unusual for flashlight people to not be interested in blackouts.
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    Power Outage, How many Lumens, How many batteries? (for lights and more)

    I lived for many years 70 feet from the Pacific in San Diego, and I had a big pressure cooker and a 60'coil of stainless steel tubing to make a still from, and I also kept the materials to make a large flat solar still in case natural gas wasn't available, I even tried my pressure cooker by...
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